Purple FTW! Podcast

At the halfway point of the season, the Minnesota Fightin' Vikings are in the catbird's seat of controlling their destiny with a 6-2 record, a Top-5 defensive unit, and a 2nd half of the schedule laden with potential NFC playoff competitors. To help us talk through the Friday bye week blues, we have our guy Jordan Reid (@JReidDraftScout) to break down some film and weigh in on the upcoming quarterback decision to be made between Case Keenum and Teddy Bridgewater. Plus Joe Duffy (@OffshoreInsider) stops by to talk about some Vikings futures bets.

The Minnesota Fightin' Vikings boast one of the best defenses in the league featuring an elite unit of defensive linemen. But what makes them ELITE? To answer, we brought in D-Line guru and former NFL scout Dan Hatman (@Dan_Hatman) of The Scouting Academy to talk about how Everson Griffen puts in the work, why Linval Joseph is still underrated, and what coaching notes he would give Danielle Hunter. That D-Line deep dive plus Vikes Over Beers with Josh Pelto today on your Bye Week Thursday programming.

The Minnesota Fightin' Vikings' bye week rolls along and the break allows us to debut THE NUMEROLOGY PODCAST: Vikings Bye The Numbers. We take a dive into a few key stats and figures about the Vikes at the midway point of the season and try to find some meaning behind them. Spoiler: Not Really. Plus Darren "Doogie" Wolfson makes his weekly stop to talk about the trade deadline, playoff outlook, and injuries.

The Minnesota Fightin' Vikings dive into the bye feeling good at 6-2. The NFC North is there to be taken, the 2nd half schedule tough but not overwhelming, and the NFC playoff picture looks favorable. Why does it feel weird to feel good? To talk Vikes and explain feelings, we had in Dave Berggren (@DaveBerggren), former journo and known Twitter commodity. We talked about recalibrating expectations around this 2017 team, the potential return of Teddy Bridgewater, and what needs to happen for this squad to make a Super Bowl run. Plus Tell The Truth Tuesday!

The Minnesota Fightin' Vikings escaped London with a sloppy 30-16 win over the Cleveland Browns at Twickenham Stadium. The game looked to be in serious jeopardy early on, and the Vikes even spotted the Browns their first halftime lead of the season, but Mike Zimmer's crew rallied and put away the upstart Lakesiders with a strong 2nd half performance in front of London crowd that was elated to finally watch a competitive football game this season.

Hercules is a Vikings Fan, y'all. Kevin Sorbo (Hercules, Andromeda, God's Not Dead) joins the program to talk about his favorite team, his latest movie "Let There Be Light", a revelation about the 1998 Vikings from John Elway, and what the Vikes winning a Super Bowl in his home city would mean to him.

Dilly Dilly! The Minnesota Fightin' Vikings are ready to parry with the Cleveland Browns Sunday morning at Historic Twickerham Stadium. To preview the game, we have friend of the show Jeff Lloyd (@Jeff_LJ_Lloyd) of Locked on Browns to sell me on how the 0-7 Lakesiders will give the Vikes a game. Also checking in from across the pond is our London Correspondent Peter Carline (@PeterCarline) of The Daily Mail to give us a perspective as a Vikings fan covering the week for the British media. Plus of course Joe Duffy (@OffshoreInsider) to continue our impressive streak of picking games for entertainment purposes only.

We're running out of London/UK references this week as the Minnesota Fightin' Vikings are over yonder to to put the bang thing on the Cleveland Browns. But Darren "Doogie" Wolfson (@DWolfsonKSTP) is here for his weekly SCOOP on the Vikes, Teddy Bridgewater, and the latest on injuries to Michael Floyd, Riley Reiff, Stefon Diggs, and Sharrif Floyd. Plus Josh Pelto (@JoshPelto) returns after a week hiatus to profuse some Purple Positivity and recap witnessing the Vikings dismiss the Green Bay Packers at Historic US Bank Stadium.

The Minnesota Fightin' Vikings are over now over in London to try to head into the bye 6-2. To help us make some blood sausage level analysis, we brought back Myles Gorham (@MylesGorham85) of Climbing the Podcast (and Climbing the Big Board) to talk some Vikings, preview the Browns game, show his guy Laquon Treadwell some love, hype up Teddy Bridgewater's return, and look ahead and try to not get too excited about the 2017 season. Because after all: Vikings.

Anthony Barr has been laying down the law this season for the Zimmer Hellfire Defense. We're honest about his impact on the team in Tell The Truth Tuesday, as well as truth bombs about the Vikings' playoff expectations and the 2017 outlook for the rival Green Bay Packers. Plus Jordan Reid (@JReidDraftScout) makes his weekly appearance to recap the Baltimore Ravens game, look ahead to the Cleveland Browns in London, and point out studs and duds.