Purple FTW! Podcast

[Editor's Note: Taking the week off to head down to Podcast Movement! But I wanted to leave you guys with some content to get you through this desert of football news with one of our most downloaded episodes ever. Please enjoy and I'll catch you next week. -Andy] Hindsight is 20/20. That's why we jumped in our DeLorean and went back to save the Vikings from themselves in 2011. There was a run on quarterbacks early in the first round and de facto GM Rick Spielman panicked and overdrafted Christian Ponder at #12. He did hit on Kyle Rudolph in the 2nd and Brandon Fusco in the 6th, but I think we can do a touch better with hindsight and our time machine. Come along with Purple FTW! as we redo the Vikings 2011 Draft! Other 1.21 Gigawatts Talking Points Include: • The Rules of Time Travel • Remembering the 2010 Vikings (For some reason) • 2011 Refresher: Frazier, Musgrave, Pagac... LET'S GO! • The Original 2011 Draft Picks 1 (12) – Christian Ponder – QB – Florida State 2 (43) – Kyle Rudolph – TE – Notre Dame 3rd Round Pick went to New England in the Moss Trade (They Took Mallett) #74 4 (106) – Christian Ballard – DE/DT - Iowa 5 (139) – Brandon Burton – CB - Utah 6 (168) – DeMarcus Love – OT – Arkansas 6 (170) – Mistral Raymond – S – USF 6 (172) – Brandon Fusco – C – Slippery Rock 6 (200) – Ross Homan – LB – Ohio State 7 (215) – D'Aundre Reed – DE – Arizona 7 (236) – Stephen Burton – WR – West Texas A&M • Who I picked instead (Spicy one inthe 5th round) • The real-vs-Andy 2011 Vikings Depth Chart • The Andy 2015 Vikings Depth Chart (The Secondary is STACKED) All that and other "Joe Webb signs a big time free agent deal so we can still draft Teddy!" 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 defeated the Green Bay Alien Packers last year to secure the NFC North Division crown. But we always knew they'd be back..... We gear up for another year of battle with our gruesome, green, over-weight nemesis from across the Mississippi with some Vikings talkers leading into your 4th of July Weekend. Today's Topics Include • Alan Roach is a Hot Damn BOSS • Troy Williamson Said it was All in his Head • Buddy Ryan Changed Cris Carter's Life • Kyle Rudolph Believes in Kyle Rudolph • USA Today Ranked Teddy-Zim #12 QB-Coach Duo • T-Jack Ends His NFL Career • Sid Hartman to be Honored at US Bank Stadium • PFF Points Out What We Already Knew About Teddy's Protection • Vikings Beef Up Analytics Department All that and other "THIS. IS OUT. INDEPENDENCE DAY." nonsense 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

Alright fine. I've been famously (infamously?) curmudgeon about all of the endless US Bank Stadium construction updates. I'm a big "skip the labor, show me the baby" sort of guy. But now that the baby has been born, I'm in love with this $1.1 billion dollar bundle of joy. We'll hop into some of the gritty details of the Minnesota Fightin' Vikings latest encampment this week. LUKE BRYAN..... Hooray. All that and other "Ice Up, Arden Hills" nonsense 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

Harrison Smith is the best kept secret in the NFL. He's the most complete safety in the league, yet is continually over-looked for accolades and by the national media. Maybe they'll take notice now that Dirty Harry is the highest paid (by per year average) safety after inking a 5-year, $51.25M deal with $28.578M guaranteed. Now it's time for Harry to earn that cheddar and he seems more than ready to justify the #Faith shown by the Minnesota Fightin' Vikings. Today's Topics Include • Vikings Mini-Camp Wrapped Up a Day Early • Joint Practices Announced with the Bengals • Only 10 Days in Mankato • Adrian Says to Trade Anyone Not Thinking Super Bowl • Laquon Treadwell Got Hazed with.... Fruit Snacks? • Will This be the Year for Cordarrelle? • Why Linval & Sharrif Benefit from Fletcher Cox's Mega-Deal • What if Xavier Rhodes Becomes Good at Off Coverage? • Decoding What Everyone's Saying About Mortiz Boehringer • Vikings Cut DT Bruce Gaston & LB Travis Lewis All that and other "Harrison Has More Equity Than Me" nonsense 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

Harrison Smith is the best kept secret in the NFL. He's the most complete safety in the league, yet is continually over-looked for accolades and by the national media. Maybe they'll take notice now that Dirty Harry is the highest paid (by per year average) safety after inking a 5-year, $51.25M deal with $28.578M guaranteed. Now it's time for Harry to earn that cheddar and he seems more than ready to justify the #Faith shown by the Minnesota Fightin' Vikings. Today's Topics Include • Harrison Smith Got PAID (Rightfully So) • What's Going On with Anthony Barr? • Edmond Robinson Getting 1st Team Reps • Don't Count Out Charles Johnson Yet • SI's Doug Farrar Has High Praise for the Vikings Defense • Pressure is On Trae Waynes • Could Brandon Fusco Be Cut? • Could This Be Kyle Rudolph's Last Season in Purple? • Aaron Rodgers Gave Up Cheese • #MoreThanWords Update All that and other "Harrison Has More Equity Than Me" nonsense 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