Purple FTW! Podcast

The 'doesn't count' portion of the NFL schedule is almost half over as the Minnesota Fightin' Vikings roll into Century Link Field in Seattle play some Friday Morning Thursday Night West Coast football. I rattle through a few things I'm going to be looking for in Game 2 and also find a way to poke fun at new 49ers quarterback Christian Jerome Ponder (somehow). Seattle's Best Talking Points Include: 1) Exum-Kearse Round Two 2) Hai, Anthony Harris 3) Can Treadwell Build on a Solid Debut 4) Can Nick Easton Make the Squad 5) Is the Andre Smith-TJ Clemmings 6) Will Adam Thielen Solidify Self as WR3? 7) Trae Waynes is Still Not Starting 8) Will 1st Team Offensive Line Be Less Garbage? 9) How's Teddy Look Again? 10) Moritz Boehringer? 11) BONUS – Edmond Robinson 12) BONUS – Blair Walsh All that and other "IT'S REAL TO ME, DAMMIT" chatter on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast! An Andy Carlson Joint Follow us on Twitter: @PurpleForTheWin - http://twitter.com/purpleforthewin Visit the Website: http://purpleftw.com Producer Credit: Daniel Paluch @DanielPaluch - http://twitter.com/DanielPaluch Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://purpleftw.com/itunes We're also on Stitcher! http://purpleftw.com/stitcher Bookmark us on Amazon & show some love! http://purpleftw.com/amazon Music for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB. To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

Usain Bolt is cool and all, but he's no Jerick McKinnon. I open the show with an opining love letter to #21 and how I hope the Minnesota Fightin' Vikings will actually use him this year. Then we turbo through a couple roster battles that I'm keeping an eye on. There's a lot of suss out over the next few weeks for the Vikes. Battle Talking Points Include • Joel Stave vs Taylor Heinicke • Matt Asiata vs CJ Ham • Adam Thielen vs Jarius Wright • David Morgan II vs Rhett Ellison • Willie Beavers vs Everyone • Scott Crichton vs Everyone • Emmanuel Lamur vs Edmond Robinson • Marcus Sherels vs Everyone • Antone Exum vs Jayron Kearse All that and other "Two Men Enter, One Man Leaves" chatter on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast! An Andy Carlson Joint Follow us on Twitter: @PurpleForTheWin - http://twitter.com/purpleforthewin Visit the Website: http://purpleftw.com Producer Credit: Daniel Paluch @DanielPaluch - http://twitter.com/DanielPaluch Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://purpleftw.com/itunes We're also on Stitcher! http://purpleftw.com/stitcher Bookmark us on Amazon & show some love! http://purpleftw.com/amazon Music for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB. To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

The Minnesota Fightin' Vikings got their first free skate of the year out of the way Friday night in Cincinnati getting a win 17-16. There was some good, bad, and ugly to go around and we talk about it all in tonight's recap as we also get in some preseason reps. #Reps Preseason Feeling Talking Points Include: • The "Teddy Can't Throw the Deep Ball" Party is OVER • Trae Waynes is Your Starting LCB • 1st Team Offensive Line is Still a Concern • John Sullivan is Not the Same Player. Accept That. • We Don't Really Know about the 1st Team Defense • Who's Going to Start at Safety? • Laquon Treadwell Update (UPDATE) • JAYRON • Kentrell Brothers is Going to Be Good • CJ Ham is an NFL RB • The Backup QB Situation is _____..... • Two Minute Drill All that and other "On to Seattle" chatter on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast! An Andy Carlson Joint Follow us on Twitter: @PurpleForTheWin - http://twitter.com/purpleforthewin Visit the Website: http://purpleftw.com Producer Credit: Daniel Paluch @DanielPaluch - http://twitter.com/DanielPaluch Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://purpleftw.com/itunes We're also on Stitcher! http://purpleftw.com/stitcher Bookmark us on Amazon & show some love! http://purpleftw.com/amazon Music for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB. To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

The Minnesota Fightin' Vikings begin their two days of practice with the Cincinnati Bengals before Friday's first preseason game in Southern Ohio (but really Northern Kentucky). Mankato Training Camp is in the rear view mirror. Impressions were made, but still plenty of time for jobs to be won or lost. But that won't stop us from recklessly speculating who will (Teddy Bridgewater) and who won't (Antone Exum) be in Purple to start the 2016 season. Follow along with our 53-man roster projection on the Google Doc. All that and other "I MADE THE ROOSTER!" chatter on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast! An Andy Carlson Joint Follow us on Twitter: @PurpleForTheWin - http://twitter.com/purpleforthewin Visit the Website: http://purpleftw.com Producer Credit: Daniel Paluch @DanielPaluch - http://twitter.com/DanielPaluch Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://purpleftw.com/itunes We're also on Stitcher! http://purpleftw.com/stitcher Bookmark us on Amazon & show some love! http://purpleftw.com/amazon Music for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB. To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

My time at Minnesota Fightin' Vikings Training Camp has concluded. I enjoyed my time watching the team in the Crown Jewel of South Central Minnesota. Everyone loved Ribfest, but it's time to get serious about some football. Here's 14 observations from Mankato. Today's Topics Include • How's Teddy Look? • Everson Griffen Might Be a Top-5 Edge Player • I Don't Know About Xavier Rhodes – Elite or Just a Guy • Adrian Peterson Is Ready to Go • MyCole Pruitt & David Morgan II Look to Be Big Factors • I Believe in Matt Kalil 2016 • Sully/Berger Will Be a Matchup to Watch • Charles Johnson is Going to Start. Deal with It • Laquon Treadwell is Not Going to Start. Deal with It • Stefon Diggs is Disgusting • Trae Waynes is Massively Improved • I Think the Vikings Keep 4 Safeties • Blair Walsh and Jeff Locke Update • BONUS: Moritz Jerome Boehringer Is... All that and other "Effin' Ribfest" chatter on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast! An Andy Carlson Joint Follow us on Twitter: @PurpleForTheWin - http://twitter.com/purpleforthewin Visit the Website: http://purpleftw.com Producer Credit: Daniel Paluch @DanielPaluch - http://twitter.com/DanielPaluch Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: http://purpleftw.com/itunes We're also on Stitcher! http://purpleftw.com/stitcher Bookmark us on Amazon & show some love! http://purpleftw.com/amazon Music for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB. To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb