Climbing The Pocket - A Minnesota Vikings Podcast
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The Draft With Diante Lee | Vikings Happy Hour🍻
April 21, 2022 13:02 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBOn Climbing The Pocket’s Vikings Happy Hour, we’re live from Lake Monster Brewing with guest Diante Lee of The Athletic. We’ll break down the prospects on the defensive side of the ball and some potential targets for the Minnesota Vikings. Grab yourself a drink and join us! If you are in St. Paul, come and join Matt and Ryan as they do the final tune-in show before the draft day 2 extravaganza at the Lake Monster brewery. Grab your favorite Lake Monster Brewing beer or any other drink and j...
Unbelievable! - Eye on the Draft
April 21, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBBJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald discuss how the Minnesota Vikings' rebuilt front-office will approach the 2022 draft and potential pitfalls to avoid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/minnesota-vikings-ctp/support
Draft Prep Part 3 with Blue Chip Scouting’s Devin & Mike | 🎙The Real Forno Show 🏈
April 19, 2022 12:39 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBYour Minnesota Vikings prepare and the rest of the league is locked deep behind their screens watching tape and crunching numbers. Will analytics play a larger part this year for the Purple? Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, the new general manager, promises as much, at least theoretically. The NFL Draft is now just 10 days away! After covering the skill positions and edge rusher, part three will be focusing on the small school players and sleepers in this year's draft class. Joining Tyler Forness tonight ...
Vikings’ Propaganda: Don’t Worry, Be Happy | Two Old Bloggers🎙
April 17, 2022 00:52 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBWe have received a huge dose of state-run media talking points lately. Vikings' propaganda states to a person, “Don’t worry, be happy!” The line of thinking was it was all the defense’s fault. Mike Zimmer was evil. The bad man is gone, and now all will be alright. Is that reality? Dave and Darren will go at it as your Two Old Bloggers on Climbing The Pocket. There seems to be something afoot with the press conferences of players all holding the same line. Optimism, sure, is something we all w...
Who’s Your Favorite? | 🔥Viking Hot Takes🔥
April 15, 2022 13:34 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBFlip and Eric are back for Viking Hot Takes with a series of questions to get you thinking about your Minnesota Vikings. The first couple rounds of NFL Free Agency appear to be done. The team is preparing for the NFL Draft, but are there any more free agents on the Vikings' radar? How will Kwesi Adofo-Mensah manipulate the draft and fare in trades with other teams? Can his analytic approach yield first-year starters or more long-term benefits? …Or fail completely? What’s your hot take? Tonig...
The Draft Without Crissy Froyd | Vikings Happy Hour🍻
April 14, 2022 14:38 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBOn Climbing The Pocket’s Vikings Happy Hour, we’re joined by Crissy Floyd of The Draft Network, NBC Sports Edge, and Sports Illustrated. She is a young up-and-coming sports journalist that loves football and loves interviewing quarterbacks in her spare time. With the upcoming NFL Draft, it will be interesting to hear her takes on prospects, especially those that might be selected or are great fits for your Minnesota Vikings. Well… That was the plan. Due to severe weather knocking out power w...
Draft Prep Part 2 with NBC Edge’s Thor Nystrom | 🎙The Real Forno Show 🏈
April 12, 2022 13:32 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBYour Minnesota Vikings prepare for the draft portion of building the team, we are a mere 17 days away from the NFL Draft, and projections are still all over the place. On tonight's show, we bring in Thor Nystrom from NBC Sports Edge to help me break down all the sill position players in this draft class. Could the Vikings select a quarterback? It seems unlikely. How about a running back? How about a tight end? Find out tonight on The Real Forno Show at 8 central! After that, we conducted a SK...
Vikings Sneaky Draft Needs | Two Old Bloggers🎙
April 10, 2022 14:08 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBDarren and Dave are focusing more on the NFL Draft as we are less than 3 weeks away. Your Minnesota Vikings have obvious needs, but also, the Vikings have sneaky draft needs too. Under the previous regime with Rick Spielman, it was pretty easy to guess what positions were going to be selected early. Will that turn out to be the same with Kwesi Adofo-Mensah running the draft room? It looks similar to the moves the team has made in the past, but we'll have to wait and see. Kwesi calls it a “com...
Gophers & the Draft with Daniel House | Vikings Happy Hour🍻
April 07, 2022 11:49 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBTonight on Climbing The Pocket’s Vikings Happy Hour, we’re joined by Daniel House of Gopher Guru and Vikings Corner. We break down the Gopher prospects in the upcoming NFL Draft as well as other current prospects the Vikings should be going after! Grab your favorite Lake Monster Brewing beer or any other drink and join Daniel, Matt, Ryan, and Dave in this Vikings Happy Hour! Discussion topics tonight: — Intro — What are you drinking? — University of Minnesota Gophers Pro Day — Gopher prospe...
Vikings: Position Rankings | CTP’s In The Huddle
April 06, 2022 13:22 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBYour Minnesota Vikings have pretty much completed their Free Agency shopping and are now refinancing their NFL Draft shopping list. Jayson and Myles are looking to evaluate where they are at by position and how that might affect their draft strategy. Needs, wants, or plans to load up draft picks for next year? We’ll find out. What do you think they’ll do? #Vikings position rankings: - Free agency over for the Vikes? - What's the rank of each position group? - How do they affect #NFLDraft an...
Draft Prep Part 1 with Yahoo’s Eric Edholm | 🎙The Real Forno Show 🏈
April 05, 2022 13:42 - 1 hour - 59 MBIn free agency, the Minnesota Vikings signed edge rusher Za'Darius Smith, but the work is not done! While they have spoken about wanting to get a Danielle Hunter extension done, neither Hunter nor Smith are a guarantee after this season. On tonight’s show, Yahoo Sports’ Eric Edholm joins the show to discuss the edge class in-depth. How good is it at the top? How deep is it? When should the Vikings take an edge? Find out tonight on The Real Forno Show at 8 central! After that, we conducted a S...
“But Can He Play Guard?” | Two Old Bloggers🎙
April 04, 2022 14:57 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBThe owners meeting down in Florida has concluded and the power trust the Minnesota Vikings are back home. Being down in Florida did not stop them from some free agent signings, however, and we’ll go over those over the last week or so. Kwesi Adofo-Mensah talked about “competitive rebuild“ and does that mean getting high-priced veterans or building from the draft? Or more likely a combination of those and maybe more approaches, especially with directions coming from the Wilfs? The goal is to w...
Live with Thor Nystrom | Vikings Happy Hour🍻
March 31, 2022 14:50 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBClimbing The Pocket’s Vikings Happy Hour will be doing another on-site broadcast from Lake Monster Brewery. What a habit to get into! Great people, awesome Minnesota Vikings talk, and even better beer! Big news of the the starts with the re-signing of Patrick Peterson on another one year deal to play cornerback and hopefully continue to mentor the likes of Cameron Dantzler and the other corners. By no means does this signing mean that the Vikings should not draft more corners and even one a...
Vikings: Improving At The Margins? | CTP’s In The Huddle
March 30, 2022 13:51 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBYour Minnesota Vikings signed a couple of players yesterday. They signed Jesse Davis, who played right tackle for the Miami Dolphins but will look to start at the right guard position. It is assumed that both Wyatt Davis, last year’s 3rd round draft choice, and Oli Udoh will compete with him for the position. Was it the improvement you all hoped for? If the Vikings had available cap space before recently, would they have targeted someone who grades better and that the fans are angry about los...
Corners & Wide Receivers | 🎙The Real Forno Show 🏈
March 29, 2022 11:53 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBTonight, we introduce The Real Forno Show. This is the evolution of CTP Mondays and Mock Draft Mondays all rolled into one show featuring Tyler Forness. Tyler is a contributor to NBC Sports Edge, USA Today’s Vikings Wire, and a regular guest on SKOR North, along with being a Climbing The Pocket rising star. He will always turn your Mondays purple and bring you everything you need to know about the Minnesota Vikings and making them better! On the show, Tyler will be exploring cornerback prosp...
Competitive Rebuild | Two Old Bloggers🎙
March 27, 2022 02:21 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBYour Minnesota Vikings have made it through the opening weeks of NFL Free Agency doing what Kwesi called a “competitive rebuild.” What is that? What does it mean? This includes navigating the legal tampering period, getting under the cap, to signing a few free agents. General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kevin O’Connell and their staffs have been busy. It took an extension of Kirk Cousins, some restructured contracts, the releasing of Michael Pierce, and a few other moves to get to the poin...
The Vikings - Unicorns & Rainbows | 🔥Viking Hot Takes🔥
March 25, 2022 14:26 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBFlip and Eric are back for Viking Hot Takes. Optimistic fans are viewing moves by the Minnesota Vikings to be in a positive light. The team is getting better, right? Signing another defensive tackle and linebacker like last year is different because it is Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kevin O’Connell doing it. Extensions and pushing out cap money on players via accounting tricks is different this year because they are “more deliberate and thought out”. Is it? There are players lost every year, a tur...
Live From Lake Monster Brewing with Matt Lange | Vikings Happy Hour🍻
March 24, 2022 14:48 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBClimbing The Pocket’s Vikings Happy Hour will be doing their first live on-site broadcast from Lake Monster Brewery. This is preparation for the live draft show on Day 2 of the draft, and because it will be fun to do and interact with everyone there. We’ll be discussing Za'Darius Smith's signing along with his pairing with Danielle Hunter. Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s press conference and the bits of reading between the lines from all that corporate speak. Plus any other Vikings talk. Then we’ll get...
Unbelievable! - Meet at the Quarterback
March 24, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBBJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald discuss the signing of pass-rushing beast Za'Darius Smith and how the move impacts the Minnesota Vikings. Spoiler: Optimism is building. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/minnesota-vikings-ctp/support
Vikings Sign Za’Darius | CTP’s In The Huddle
March 23, 2022 10:50 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBYour Minnesota Vikings had a splash NFL Free Agency signing and now we are entering the age of Za’Darius. Edge rusher from the Green Bay Packers, Za’Darius Smith has signed a 3-year deal to play opposite Danielle Hunter on the Purple’s defensive line. The hint came yesterday when he put out the cryptic tweet stating, “Meet at the quarterback." With both edge rushers now healthy, Smith and Hunter promise to terrify opposing quarterbacks at an extremely high rate. That is a great thing! Plus, t...
Could the Vikings Draft a Wide Receiver In Round One? | Mock Draft Mondays 🏈
March 22, 2022 15:22 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBFrom time to time, you ask why? Why won’t the Vikings draft a wide receiver in round one? Since your Minnesota Vikings seem to be in run-it-back mode, and hiring a promising offensive-minded coach in Kevin O’Connell, could building the offense up to be a powerhouse be the strategy? Kirk Cousins was extended, maybe a tad bit too early, and more tools for him to succeed make sense. If so, do you choose Chris Olave after trading down in round one? Tyler will make that argument. He is the only on...
Have the Vikings Improved? | 🔥Viking Hot Takes🔥
March 18, 2022 14:01 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBFlip and Eric are back for Viking Hot Takes. They are wondering if your Minnesota Vikings are making sound moves to start off the NFL’s brand-new league year. You hear that you can’t win the Super Bowl in March. That may be true, but you start to build a team that can in March. The moves to date feel familiar, i.e. like extending Kirk Cousins and signing a new linebacker [Jordan Hicks] and defensive tackle [Harrison Phillips] like last season. Kevin O’Connell said today they got better. But d...
Happy New League Year with Doogie Wolfson | Vikings Happy Hour🍻
March 17, 2022 14:41 - 1 hour - 71 MBHappy New League Year everyone! Climbing the Pocket is celebrating Vikings Happy Hour with special guest Darren “Doogie” Wolfson bringing the scoops. Enjoying your favorite beverage [and we suggest a fine beer from Lake Monster Brewing], as we talk about all the extensions, cuts, signings, re-signings, and rumors for your Minnesota Vikings. Make sure you get the latest player moves and transactions. This is because the Vikes get under the cap and can legally sign free agents in this time of N...
Unbelievable! - Gonna Need Some Magic
March 17, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBBJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald discuss Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins's 1-year extension, what it means for the team as well as the signings of free agent Harrison Phillips and Jordan Hicks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/minnesota-vikings-ctp/support
Same Old Same Old | CTP’s In The Huddle
March 16, 2022 13:57 - 51 minutes - 47 MBTonight on In The Huddle, Jason Brown and Nick Olson will discuss what feels like the “Same Old Same Old” in the land of the Minnesota Vikings. NFL Free Agency is upon us and the new league starts Wednesday. The only transactions from the new Vikings front office look like the old Vikings front office. Kwesi Adofo-Mensah was billed as the forward-thinking analytics guy that would apply a new direction and way of thinking, but that hasn’t happened yet. They sign a perennial practice squad guy,...
The First Domino Falls | Mock Draft Mondays 🏈
March 15, 2022 14:08 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBThe decision has been made! The first domino fell. Your Minnesota Viking and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah had made has inked his first big contract signing Kirk Cousins to a one year contract extension keeping him on the team through 2023. Was that a smart deal? How does it impact the salary cap? Does the Vikings plan change over the next few months in building a team? Join Tyler, Deshawn, and Dave as they break it all down in-depth, including a fired up rant from Tyler after his piece from earlier tod...
Reload in 2022? | Vikings Daily SITREP 🌎
March 15, 2022 12:54 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBYour Minnesota Vikings have announced an extension for Kirk Cousins. It happened last night and amounts to a “Reload” to the team in an effort to be competitive. Mark Wilf spelled it out weeks ago at his presser so when when he tells you that, believe him. Jonas has views on the subject from CTP Europe and joins Producer Dave to hash them out. Is it a reload? What about the defense? What about a long term plan? Watch and find out. Fan with us!!! Jonas Stärk @JonasStaerk and Dave Stefano @Luf...
Kirk Cousins is Extended | CTP 🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨, 13 March, 2022
March 14, 2022 01:39 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBThere it is… Kirk Cousins has been extended and the details are confusing, but we’ll try to break it all down for Minnesota Vikings fans. Fan with us!!! Jayson Brown @brownjayson, and Dave Stefano @Luft_Krigare producing this @Climb_ThePocket Network’s & @DailyNorseman’s along with @LakeMonsterBrew’s production. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the show here: https://y...
Done Anything Yet? | Two Old Bloggers🎙
March 13, 2022 02:06 - 1 hourYour Minnesota Vikings are quickly running out of time to get cap compliant by the start of the new NFL league year on Wednesday. Fans keep asking, have they, “Done Anything Yet?” Rumors and tweets of rumors are flying, but nothing as of yet. Hopefully, that changes soon, but we all know with legal tampering starting at noon Eastern on Monday, things are about to really get wild and the Climbing The Pocket along with our thirst-quenching partner, Lake Monster Brewing, is here for it all. Dar...
Ben Goessling & Vikings’ Moves? | Vikings Happy Hour🍻
March 10, 2022 15:04 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBWhat is guest Ben Goessling from the Star Tribune hearing? The quarterback moves continued today and there were reports of other teams inquiring or making offers for Kirk Cousins, but was the price right? With the QB carousel moving, does it change the approach from Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kevin O’Connell toward the direction they want to move? Are there any other players on the trade market from the Vikes? Tonight is the first Lake Monster Giveaway to a lucky viewer that liked @LakeMonsterB...
Unbelievable! - Quarterback Market Develops
March 10, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBBJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald discuss the Minnesota Vikings' decision to move on from head trainer Eric Sugarman in favor of former Los Angeles Rams assistant Tyler Williams as well as the swelling trade market for the quarterback position and, of course, Kirk Cousins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/minnesota-vikings-ctp/support
Is Kirk Cousins Next? | CTP’s In The Huddle
March 09, 2022 14:47 - 1 hour - 55 MBThe QB carousel has begun to spin at full speed. First, there was the announcement of Aaron Rodgers signing a 4-year extension for $200M with the Green Bay Packers. Then, a blockbuster trade for Russell Wilson from the Seattle Seahawks to the Denver Broncos. Is Kirk Cousins next? Your Minnesota Vikings have a decision to make. Fresh from the NFL Combine and seeing some of the quarterbacks there having a good week, say like Malik Willis, do these moves imply that the pressure is off to win the...
The BIG Combine Recap | Mock Draft Mondays 🏈
March 08, 2022 14:32 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBYour Minnesota Vikings staff returns home from Indy for the NFL Combine. This show will cover the big combine recap. Who starred and who didn’t? Who will the Vikings target? Tyler has also been gathering industry mock drafts each week and tracking who they pick. Is there a consensus? Is there someone you like? Do the Vikings select a quarterback, cornerback, or edge player? Then hopefully, Deshawn and Tyler will finally get to Mock Draft Mondays’ version 5.0 mock draft draft. Talking points ...
Vikings’ Quest For The Best | Two Old Bloggers🎙
March 06, 2022 17:03 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBYour Minnesota Vikings are at the NFL Combine taking in all the action. They are looking at the numbers and performances of players that will be on their draft board. The NFL Draft is coming at the end of April, however, NFL Free Agency will come about at the start of the league year on 16 March. Legal tampering starts on the 14th, and illegal tampering is already underway [wink, wink] offsite at the many fine establishments in Indianapolis. Darren and Dave today will be looking at all 3, fr...
Brandon Scherff? | 🔥Viking Hot Takes🔥
March 04, 2022 16:34 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBThe NFL Combine is well under way and your Minnesota Vikings are there. Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kevin O’Connell have given their press conferences and there were clues as to where the Vikings hope to go. There is a new staff, the lack of available cap money issue, evaluations of current players, free agents, and all the guys at the underwear olympics in Indy. Free agency is about to happen and rumors are starting to fly, including exceptional guard, Brandon Scherff, wanting to play close to ho...
Judd Zulgad & The Combine | Vikings Happy Hour🍻
March 03, 2022 15:43 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBWe apologize for the issues we had with Judd's audio, but I encourage you to still listen because the information was pure gold. Plus, you absolutely love when Judd goes on a rant. We did. What do you do when your scheduled guest gets called up for jury duty? You perform off schedule, and this is no check-down to CJ Ham either. It is going for it all in a massive shot downfield. The Climbing The Pocket family is scoring big with Judd Zulgad, everyone’s favorite sports dad, grabbing his Surly ...
Unbelievable! - The Big Decision
March 03, 2022 12:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBBJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald discuss the impending big decision for Minnesota Vikings by new general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and new head coach Kevin O'Connell -- should quarterback Kirk Cousins stay or go? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/minnesota-vikings-ctp/support
Vikings & The Combine | CTP's In The Huddle
March 02, 2022 14:50 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBThe Minnesota Vikings team staff, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, Kevin O’Connell, along with their respective staffs are in Indianapolis for the NFL Combine. Kwesi had his press conference today and KOC will have his tomorrow. All sorts of things from interviews, player evaluations, talking with player reps, etc., take place in this week-long event. We may watch for 40 yard dash times or bench press reps, but what happens behind closed doors and in the steak houses and bars can mean much more for where ...
The NFL Combine | Mock Draft Mondays 🏈
March 01, 2022 14:30 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBYour Minnesota Vikings staff have made their way to Indy for the NFL Combine. Tonight on Mock Draft Monday, Tyler is back from vacation and ready to break down the combine. Every year since 1987, the combine has called Indianapolis home. Throughout the week, players take medical tests, interviews, and on-the-field, workouts to help NFL teams paint a picture of what their plan should be, come April. Join Tyler and producer Dave at 8 Central on why the combine matters and what to watch for movi...
Vikings Introduce Staff - Changes Ahead? | Two Old Bloggers🎙
February 27, 2022 17:19 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBYour Minnesota Vikings held a press conference this week, where head coach Kevin O’Connell introduced the new coordinators on his staff. You have Wes Phillips taking over as offensive coordinator, Ed Donatell as defensive coordinator, and Matt Daniels as special-teams coordinator. Darren and Dave will get into these gentlemen and how their schemes will affect what we see on the field on Sundays. We will focus on the "multiples" fronts that Ed Donatell described in his question and answer per...
Vikings Free Agents with Will Ragatz | Vikings Happy Hour🍻
February 24, 2022 16:27 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBYour Minnesota Vikings have assembled their staff and Kevin O’Connell with his coaches and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah are starting to evaluate the roster. Join Matt, Myles, Ryan, and Will Ragatz from Sports Illustrated to chat all things Vikings! On tonight’s agenda, Kevin O’Connell’s presser, and the key takeaways we should have. Then we look ahead to the Vikings offseason and the group breaks down what to do with impending FA’s! Can the Vikings re-sign any of them? Do they want to? The bar should b...
Vikings’ Salary Cap Implications | Mock Draft Mondays 🏈
February 22, 2022 14:50 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBYour Minnesota Vikings have the majority of their new staff pulled together and are hitting the ground running. The first thing will be to evaluate the roster. The Vikings have a lot of players leaving due to free agency. What are those salary cap implications? How will the players be replaced? We are going to be talking about how the cap, that Over The Cap is currently showing the Vikings $16M over, will affect free agency and the draft on tonight's Mock Draft Mondays show. Then a short mock...
Unbelievable! - First Impressions
February 22, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBBJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald discuss their first impressions with new Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell and the range of names added to his staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/minnesota-vikings-ctp/support
Vikings Welcome Coach! | Two Old Bloggers🎙
February 20, 2022 14:27 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBYour Minnesota Vikings are two days from the hoopla at Egan welcoming Kevin O’Connell as their new head coach. He spoke well at his opening press conference and we look forward as a fanbase to the good times ahead. “Now, get to work!” yelled the crusty old sergeant. The staff is coming together and player evaluations starting in the run-up to free agency, and there will be the NFL Combine to attend. Hopefully, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and coach O’Connell will do better than Rick Spielman and Mike Z...
Deshaun Watson Vikings? | Vikings Happy Hour🍻
February 17, 2022 15:15 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBToday started with your Minnesota Vikings announcing that Kevin O’Connell is now officially the next head coach in the dynasty. Fresh from his Super Bowl win with the Los Angeles Rams, he will be at Egan tomorrow for a 4 pm introductory press event. The second thing that happened today was Jeremy Fowler posting an article that included QB rumors. Reportedly Deshaun Watson of the Houston Texans has your Vikings on his radar. What does that mean? If his legal troubles go away, would you be inte...
Kevin O’Connell No Worries | CTP's In The Huddle
February 16, 2022 15:17 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBDo the Minnesota Vikings have their head coach? A tweet concerning a Thursday press event had people in doubt. No worries though, OC Kevin O’Connell of the Super Bowl-winning Los Angeles Rams will be in town Thursday to sign his contract and finally be officially announced. Over the last couple of weeks, we've seen some tweets of the coaching staff being selected. The defense will be run by veteran DC Ed Donatell, which has people wondering if the Vikings will move to the 3-4. Matt Fries of K...
Super Bowl Takeaways | Mock Draft Mondays 🏈
February 15, 2022 15:34 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBWith the Super Bowl having been played yesterday, every team is officially in the offseason! Every year, there are takeaways from the game between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals, that each team can extrapolate and utilize moving forward. On tonight's show, Tyler Forness and producer Dave are planning to look at the major themes from the game. They are also planning to do a quick three-round mock draft to showcase some of the talent in this class. Strap in for another episode of M...
The Kirk Cousin Expense | Vikings Daily SITREP 🌎
February 14, 2022 19:50 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBThe Minnesota Vikings have a key decision looming. This weekend we saw a tweet by Tom Pelissero about extending Kirk Cousins. The Kirk Course expense will be costly with his $45M salary. The options are three; first to trade him and owe him at least his $10M bonus money, second is to give him an extension and push a lot of the bonus money costs into the future but never getting a break, and the third and most wasteful, pay him his $45M this season playing out his contract and making a decisio...
Vikings Staff Identified | Two Old Bloggers🎙
February 13, 2022 16:26 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBYour Minnesota Vikings are starting to pull the staff together. There have been many reports of future coach positions being selected. Some surprises, and a whole lot of “right-hand men”. We’ll pore over some of them as we wait for official announcements. Then speaking of waiting, will Kevin O’Connell be just a modern version of Brad Childress? The question is being asked? On top of all that, Darren will provide some Deep Thoughts on the round bellies on the offensive line. In addition, we w...
A Vikings Perspective with Chris Tomasson | Vikings Happy Hour🍻
February 10, 2022 15:02 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBSince 2013, Chris Tomasson has been covering the Minnesota Vikings for the Pioneer Press. He joins the gang at the bar to discuss his Vikings' perspective. He was on point asking some questions that would irritate Mike Zimmer. He sat down with Bud Grant at his garage sale. Chris has been there. He has researched the team and even written a book titled The Minnesota Vikings, All-Time All-Stars to add to his online beat reporting. What are his thoughts on what has happened over the years and th...