Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast
1,389 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 852 ratingsMatthew Coller is joined by reporters, players, analysts and much more to break down everything Minnesota Vikings football. From discussing whether Kirk Cousins will take the Vikings to the next level to breaking down offensive line combinations to analyzing the NFC North, this podcast is for people who live and breathe football.
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The Vikings are 'in love' with multiple QBs... are you?
April 15, 2024 00:30 - 1 hourVikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said that the Vikings are in love with multiple quarterbacks in this draft class. Do we believe him? How many QBs do you love from this class? Former Purple Insider intern Paul Hodowanic, currently with PGATour.com joins to talk draft (and a little Masters too) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ESPN's Courtney Cronin weighs Vikings, Bears futures (and attempts a pie chart)
April 12, 2024 23:42 - 45 minutesMatthew Coller is joined by ESPN's Courtney Cronin to discuss the futures of the Vikings and Bears. Which NFC North has the best chances long term? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Reacting to Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's pre-draft press conference
April 11, 2024 19:09 - 54 minutesMatthew Coller and Will Ragatz of Sports Illustrated get together at TCO Performance Center following Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's press conference in which he talked extensively about quarterbacks and was surprisingly insightful Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michigan beat reporter breaks down McCarthy and Mel Kiper mocks him to Vikings
April 11, 2024 05:22 - 1 hourMlive.com Michigan football beat reporter Aaron McMann joins the show to talk about what he learned about JJ McCarthy covering him last year and Matthew talks with Vikings fans about a bold plan within Mel Kiper Jr.'s latest mock draft. Is it really worth it to trade up for.... THAT quarterback? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Four defensive prospects visit Vikings, CBS's Chris Trapasso breaks them all down
April 10, 2024 02:41 - 50 minutesMatthew Coller is joined by CBS Sports draft analyst Chris Trapasso to break down the four defensive prospects taking Top 30 visits with the Vikings this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Arif Hasan talks about what we can learn from his consensus draft board
April 09, 2024 03:15 - 1 hourMatthew Coller is joined by Arif Hasan of Wide Left Football to discuss what his consensus draft board says about this year's QB class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chip Scoggins and Judd Zulgad tell Vikings draft stories
April 08, 2024 05:00 - 1 hourMatthew Coller talks with Star Tribune Columnist Chip Scoggins and his former beat partner Judd Zulgad about what they remember from the drafts of Adrian Peterson, Percy Harvin, Christian Ponder, Cordarrelle Patterson and the most recent draft regret. Plus their predictions about what is going to happen next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3 Vikings draft simulations -- WHICH IS THE BEST OPTION?
April 06, 2024 18:00 - 1 hourMatthew Coller runs 3 draft simulations for the Minnesota Vikings. What did they give up? Which QBs did they land? Plus Matthew answers Viking fans' questions about where the team stands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is the price to trade going up or down as we approach the draft?
April 05, 2024 05:00 - 58 minutesMatthew Coller opens up the mailbag to answer your Vikings questions in this FansOnly episode. Do the Vikings have a favorite QB prospect? Is Justin Jefferson's contract extension holding up the team's plans for trading up? Do late rising QBs pan out? https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
NFL.com’s Eric Edholm talks Diggs trade and buys McCarthy-Vikings hype
April 04, 2024 01:44 - 52 minutesMatthew Coller talks with Eric Edholm of NFL.com about the Bills trading Stefon Diggs and then deep dives into his takes about the QB class, in particular whether the JJ McCarthy hype is real or if he’s being overvalued by the draft community. https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Watching back the best games of JJ McCarthy and Drake Maye
April 03, 2024 03:24 - 1 hourMatthew Coller and Chris Trapasso of CBS Sports talk about watching back the best games of the year from JJ McCarthy and Drake Maye and then discuss their best and worst QB opinions of the past https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vikings meet with Penix Jr. and FOX Sports' Carmen Vitali talks NFC North
April 02, 2024 02:12 - 47 minutesMatthew Coller talks about the Vikings visiting with Michael Penix Jr. and then chats with FOX Sports' NFC North reporter Carmen Vitali about which team won the NFC North offseason so far and what the Vikings will do in the draft Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Does JJ McCarthy fit with the Vikings' scheme?
April 01, 2024 00:40 - 58 minutesMatthew Coller answers lots of Vikings fans questions, from how JJ McCarthy might fit in the Vikings' scheme to what happens if Caleb Williams isn't taken No. 1 overall and much, much more... https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
QB Class FACT OR FICTION with Chris Trapasso
March 30, 2024 03:49 - 1 hourCBS Sports Draft analyst Chris Trapasso analyzes criticisms of the 2024 QBs in the draft. Does Drake Maye still struggle with accuracy? Is J.J. McCarthy lacking a standout tool? Or are these just draft cliches? https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
PFF's Brad Spielberger's mock draft has a surprise Vikings trade
March 29, 2024 01:14 - 47 minutesMatthew Coller and PFF analyst Brad Spielberger talk about his latest mock draft and how he thinks the top of the draft will play out. He has a trade that very few draft analysts have explored. Does he think Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye go No. 2 overall? Plus the exact date he believes Justin Jefferson will sign his extension. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TSN's Farhan Lalji talks about how good Michael Penix Jr. is and the Vikings meet with Jayden Daniels
March 28, 2024 13:00 - 1 hourMatthew Coller talks to TSN reporter Farhan Lalji, who covered Washington and Michael Penix Jr this year and then discusses why we have overlooked a Jayden Daniels/Vikings connection as they met with him at his pro day on Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Broncos analysts talk about the trade-up race with Vikings
March 27, 2024 23:00 - 1 hourMatthew Coller talks with Cecil Lammey and Andrew Mason about the Broncos' mentality in trading up and then continues to talk with Vikings fans about the news from the owners meetings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Patriots owner seems ready to trade down and a wild Kyler Murray Vikings mock
March 27, 2024 05:32 - 1 hourMatthew Coller, freshly back from Orlando at the owner's meetings, talks with Vikings fans about Robert Kraft saying that the Patriots aren't afraid to move down in the draft, opening the door for the Vikings to make the move. Plus a former GM did a mock with the Vikings getting Kyler Murray. HUH? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Live from Orlando: Vikings owner Mark Wilf talks QBs and McCarthy at No.2????
March 26, 2024 11:00 - 1 hourAt the owners meetings in Orlando Matthew Coller is fresh off speaking with Vikings owner Mark Wilf. What did he have to say? Matthew brings you the most interesting comments from the Vikings owner and a rumor from NFL Network that JJ McCarthy could be the No. 2 overall pick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Live from the owner's meetings: Trades are in the air for Vikings
March 25, 2024 18:38 - 46 minutesLive from Orlando at the Owner's Meetings Matthew Coller and Dane Mizutani of the Pioneer Press break down a beat reporter session with Kevin O'Connell and whether we're getting smoke screened or if the Vikings would be comfortable sticking at 11 and 23. How much are they willing to pay? Plus what Sean Payton and Jarrod Mayo said about trades. https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ESPN says Vikings will be aggressive in trading up (part 2)
March 25, 2024 02:00 - 56 minutesMatthew Coller chats with fans on YouTube getting their reactions to the latest rumors surrounding the Vikings' QB situation https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ESPN says Vikings will 'be aggressive' to trade up -- let's rank QB outcomes (part 1)
March 24, 2024 05:32 - 1 hourESPN reported that people around the league believe that the Vikings will be aggressive in trading up for a quarterback. What's our confidence level that it happens? Mel Kiper of ESPN mocked the Vikings sticking at 11 and getting JJ McCarthy. So let's rank the best to worst outcomes at QB for the Vikings in the draft and talk timeline for a potential trade. https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Reacting to Breer's Vikings trade-up report Part 2
March 23, 2024 02:00 - 1 hourMatthew Coller continues the discussion on Albert Breer's report that the Patriots are not interested in trading out of No. 3. Then what happens? https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Albert Breer reports the top 3 teams won't trade with the Vikings -- NOW WHAT? (Part 1)
March 22, 2024 11:00 - 1 hourMatthew Coller talks about a report from NFL Insider Albert Breer that the Chicago Bears, Washington Commanders and New England Patriots have given the Vikings "polite no" answers to their inquiries about trading up. The Arizona Cardinals also are "open for business" according to NFL.com. Are the Vikings stuck with No. 4? Should they just roll with No. 11 and 23? What. Is. Going. On. https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What do former Texans Greenard, Cashman and Griffin bring to the Vikings? A Texans writer tells us
March 22, 2024 00:00 - 49 minutesMatthew Coller is joined by Texans writer Rivers McCown to discuss the Vikings signings of Jonathan Greenard and Blake Cashman. Also they look into the success Houston had with a rookie QB in 2023. https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Defector's Drew Magary talks us into Vikings trading three first-round picks for Drake Maye
March 21, 2024 03:28 - 52 minutesLifelong Vikings fan Drew Magary of Defector breaks down why the Vikings' decision to look to the draft at quarterback has given him new life and talks about a scenario where the Vikings have to give up their two first-round picks this year and one next year to get Drake Maye rather than taking JJ McCarthy or waiting around for another QB. https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CBS Sports draft analyst Chris Trapasso breaks down Daniel Jeremiah's Vikings-y mock
March 20, 2024 14:00 - 59 minutesNFL Network's top draft analyst released a mock draft with the Vikings at center stage. CBS Sports draft analyst Chris Trapasso breaks down the proposed QB pick of Jeremiah and gives his 90s/early 2000s comparisons to the current crop of quarterbacks https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How good are the Vikings right now?
March 20, 2024 00:02 - 1 hourWill Ragatz of Sports Illustrated talks with Matthew Coller about how many games the Vikings would win if the season started today and how much work they still have to do in order to be competitive https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vikings sign a defensive tackle and will send everyone to see JJ McCarthy
March 19, 2024 14:00 - 1 hourMatthew Coller talks about the Vikings signing former Rams DT Jonah Williams and reports that the Falcons were trying to trade up to the top 3 and got rebuffed. Plus the Vikings plan to send Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, Kevin O'Connell and their QB coaches to JJ McCarthy's pro day. Is he the guy? Is that good for the Vikings if they can't land Drake Maye? https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Star Tribune's Ben Goessling takes us inside the Vikings' decision at quarterback
March 18, 2024 21:50 - 58 minutesMatthew Coller talks with Ben Goessling of the Star Tribune about whether the Vikings' brass was on the same page about letting Kirk Cousins walk and their approach to trying to trade up to get a quarterback. Plus is there anything to Justin Jefferson rumors? https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are the Vikings trying to get to the No. 3 overall pick? What's the hold up???
March 18, 2024 04:02 - 1 hourMatthew Coller talks about a rumor that the Vikings want to get up to the No. 3 overall pick with the Patriots and why it's taking so long for them to move their two first rounders to get to the top of the NFL draft. Plus fan questions about sitting QBs in Year 1, the Falcons tampering and WR3 with KJ Osborn leaving for the Patriots https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Grading the Vikings' moves so far and the Falcons' tampering
March 16, 2024 22:24 - 1 hourMatthew Coller and Manny Hill talk about the Vikings' moves so far and how they would grade each one and talk about the investigation into the Falcons' alleged tampering and discuss the bigger context to moving on from Cousins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Eric Eager talks draft trades and Will Parkinson analyzes Sam Darnold's time as a Jet
March 16, 2024 17:00 - 1 hourSumerSports' Eric Eager talks about the Vikings' moves in free agency and their need to trade up to at least the top 4 for a quarterback and then Turn On The Jets podcaster Will Parkinson breaks down Sam Darnold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vikings acquire 23rd pick from Texans.... to move up for a QB?????
March 15, 2024 17:13 - 1 hourMatthew Coller talks with Vikings fans about the Vikings' trade with the Houston Texans to get an additional first-round pick. Momentum now building for the Vikings to go up and get a quarterback. https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Breaking down Vikings free agency press conferences
March 15, 2024 01:08 - 55 minuteshttps://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Harrison Smith is back with the Vikings
March 14, 2024 03:08 - 2 hoursMatthew Coller talks with Vikings fans about Harrison Smith's return and what comes next with the Vikings' plan for free agency https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brian Murphy breaks down Kirk Cousins' legacy in Minnesota
March 13, 2024 17:00 - 52 minutesMatthew Coller and Brian Murphy talk about why Kirk Cousins couldn't get the Vikings over the top during his six years with the Vikings and what it said about the team's approach around him and what it means for the future. https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Danielle Hunter leaves Vikings, CBS Sports draft analyst Chris Trapasso analyzes Sam Darnold and Justin Fields' trade value
March 13, 2024 00:09 - 55 minutesMatthew Coller and CBS Sports Draft analyst Chris Trapasso react to Danielle Hunter joining the Houston Texans and then go rapid fire through topics like the Falcons in the draft post Kirk Cousins signing and Bo Nix's pro day https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vikings sign Sam Darnold AND Aaron Jones!!!??!?
March 12, 2024 14:39 - 1 hourMatthew Coller jumps out of bed to analyze the Vikings signing quarterback Sam Darnold and running back Aaron Jones https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kirk Cousins is an Atlanta Falcon
March 11, 2024 22:02 - 2 hoursMatthew Coller reacts to Kirk Cousins signing with the Atlanta Falcons and talks about the Andrew Van Ginkel and Blake Cashman signings and chats with fans about what's next https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Baker Mayfield gets a huge contract, Vikings 'still in it' for Kirk Cousins
March 11, 2024 04:18 - 2 hoursMatthew Coller talks with Vikings fans the night before we could get a decision from Kirk Cousins about the possibility he comes back to Minnesota and what their options are going to be if he leaves for Atlanta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bleacher Report's Derrik Klassen would trade it all for Drake Maye
March 09, 2024 16:57 - 51 minutesBleacher Report's Derrik Klassen has been studying this QB class like crazy and one thing he believes is that Drake Maye has special tools. Should the Vikings move up for him? You betcha. Plus he talks about whether the Vikings should be concerned that Caleb Williams will be really good for Chicago and whether JJ McCarthy would be a fit. He's also down on Bo Nix and Michael Penix Jr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Breaking down The Athletic's list of veteran QBs for the Vikings
March 08, 2024 18:00 - 1 hourThe Athletic posted a list of potential quarterbacks the Vikings could chase in the free agent or trade market and.... what the heck is going on here? We go through the likes of Russell Wilson and more potential QBs and whether they would make sense for the Vikings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CBS Sports' Chris Trapasso talks whether the NFL Combine changed his view on the QB class
March 07, 2024 19:00 - 56 minutesCBS Sports draft analyst Chris Trapasso analyzes what he saw at the NFL Combine from the quarterbacks and whether they changed his opinion. Plus he talks about some of the QB options for the Vikings, the hottest QB takes from the internet and then breaks down how he expects the top 10 to fall and how much the Vikings might have to trade up to get JJ McCarthy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Should the Patriots trade down with the Vikings? The Athletic's Chad Graff thinks so
March 06, 2024 23:00 - 50 minutesChad Graff of The Athletic joins to talk about whether he believes the New England Patriots would be willing to trade down with the Minnesota Vikings in order for the Vikings to move up and pick a quarterback. Chad talks about what happened to Mac Jones and if the Vikings should be interested in him Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
PFF draft analyst Trevor Sikkema on Vikings Trey Lance rumor and Cousins' chance to win in Atlanta
March 06, 2024 02:27 - 49 minutesMatthew Coller is joined by PFF draft analyst Trevor Sikkema to discuss the #Vikings/Trey Lance rumors as well as breaking down Kirk Cousins' chances to win with the Falcons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ESPN's Kevin Seifert isn't ready to call Kirk Cousins gone yet
March 05, 2024 01:21 - 56 minutesESPN's Kevin Seifert joins the show to talk about the odds that Kirk Cousins leaves Minnesota and then goes through the potential draft and free agency options at quarterback to determine what's best Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Justin Fields Vikings rumor? HUH???
March 04, 2024 14:00 - 1 hourMatthew Coller talks about ESPN's Jeremy Fowler name dropping the Vikings as a potential landing spot for Justin Fields. Does that make any sense? Plus fan questions about the timeline on Kirk Cousins and different draft options with trades up or down Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Reacting to JJ McCarthy, Bo Nix and Michael Penix Jr. throwing at the NFL Combine
March 03, 2024 05:51 - 1 hourMatthew Coller talks with Vikings fans about what we saw at the NFL Combine in the quarterback throwing sessions on Saturday afternoon and goes through the buzz from Indy, including quarterback rumors i.e. that Baker Mayfield may not be returning to Tampa Bay, wide receivers blowing up the Combine, defensive linemen shining and the running back market now that Alex Mattison is no longer a Viking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Will the Falcons go after Kirk Cousins or Justin Fields? CBS Sports' Chris Trapasso answers
March 02, 2024 16:16 - 45 minutesMatthew Coller talks with CBS Sports draft analyst Chris Trapasso about the Atlanta Falcons' QB options, which come down to Kirk Cousins and Justin Fields, it seems... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices