Purple FTW! Podcast

In the inaugural edition of the Purple FTW! Mailbag, I answer some of your questions tossed in through Twitter, Facebook, and the Purple FTW! Voicemail. Talkers include: • Did the Vikings do a good job filling needs in the offseason?• Trades that could still be made in 2015• Would I do ____ for a Vikings Super Bowl?• The affects of Fusco moving to left guard• Why I got into podcasting• Why I refuse to watch "The Avengers"A fun little bite sized morsel to get your through the midweek hunger pains. Eat up!An Andy Carlson Joint.Follow us on Twitter @PurpleForTheWinVisit the Website: purpleftw.comSubscribe to Podcast on iTunes: purpleftw.com/itunesWe're also on Stitcher! purpleftw.com/stitcherMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out soundcloud.com/deeb

In the theme of Mad Men, Sam Ekstrom (@SamEkstrom) of 105 The Ticket and Cold Omaha joined the show to make it two dark, handsome, mysterious, and creative dudes talking about Minnesota Fightin' Vikings football. No smoking though because: 2015. And no drinking brown liquor because: 9am on a Monday. (Okay maybe a little brown liquor)Also in the theme of the final season of Mad Men, I broke up the chat into two parts. Please enjoy! Preferably while sipping an ice cold Coca-Cola.Part I Talking Points Include:• Do you watch Mad Men?• Intro to Sam: Why the Vikings? • Start with 105 The Ticket and Cold Omaha• Takeaways from the 2014 season• What's Teddy Bridgewater's ceiling? Current QB comparisons? • In-depth ON THE FIELD Adrian Peterson talk• What does AP have left for 2015?• What's the ideal way he'll be used in the offense?Part II:• 2015 Draft notes• How many instant contributors out of this year's draft?• Is Zimmer THEE long term guy? What about Norv?• I ask sam about the future of Cold Omaha and 105 The Ticket. Where will both be in 5 years?• Sam's STONE COLD HOT TAKE (It's a HOT one)• The Gauntlet• Mild degenerate gambling chatter. Craps FTW• #WhoYaGot• 2015 Vikings record prediction• Who plays Sam in "Cold Omaha: The Movie"?• What would a show featuring Sam & myself be called? (Ekstrom & The Azian?)All that and other "Rick Spielman is BASICALLY Dom Draper" chatter on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast!An Andy Carlson Joint.Follow us on Twitter @PurpleForTheWinVisit the Website: purpleftw.comSubscribe to Podcast on iTunes: purpleftw.com/itunesWe're also on Stitcher! purpleftw.com/stitcherMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out soundcloud.com/deeb

In the theme of Mad Men, Sam Ekstrom (@SamEkstrom) of 105 The Ticket and Cold Omaha joined the show to make it two dark, handsome, mysterious, and creative dudes talking about Minnesota Fightin' Vikings football. No smoking though because: 2015. And no drinking brown liquor because: 9am on a Monday. (Okay maybe a little brown liquor)Also in the theme of the final season of Mad Men, I broke up the chat into two parts. Please enjoy! Preferably while sipping an ice cold Coca-Cola.Part I Talking Points Include:• Do you watch Mad Men?• Intro to Sam: Why the Vikings? • Start with 105 The Ticket and Cold Omaha• Takeaways from the 2014 season• What's Teddy Bridgewater's ceiling? Current QB comparisons? • In-depth ON THE FIELD Adrian Peterson talk• What does AP have left for 2015?• What's the ideal way he'll be used in the offense?Part II:• 2015 Draft notes• How many instant contributors out of this year's draft?• Is Zimmer THEE long term guy? What about Norv?• I ask sam about the future of Cold Omaha and 105 The Ticket. Where will both be in 5 years?• Sam's STONE COLD HOT TAKE (It's a HOT one)• The Gauntlet• Mild degenerate gambling chatter. Craps FTW• #WhoYaGot• 2015 Vikings record prediction• Who plays Sam in "Cold Omaha: The Movie"?• What would a show featuring Sam & myself be called? (Ekstrom & The Azian?)All that and other "Rick Spielman is BASICALLY Dom Draper" chatter on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast!An Andy Carlson Joint.Follow us on Twitter @PurpleForTheWinVisit the Website: purpleftw.comSubscribe to Podcast on iTunes: purpleftw.com/itunesWe're also on Stitcher! purpleftw.com/stitcherMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out soundcloud.com/deeb

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 @PurpleForTheWinVisit the Website: purpleftw.comSubscribe to Podcast on iTunes: purpleftw.com/itunesWe're also on Stitcher! purpleftw.com/stitcherMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out soundcloud.com/deeb

There is no offseason in the NFL. Which means there' no offseason for Purple FTW! Tom Shefchik (@Shefonomics), co-editor of Sporting Sota, joins us to talk Vikings and what's new and different at SS. No shortage of Vikings news: Rookie Mini Camp happened over the weekend, Teddy took a high school girl to prom, and Jerry Jones refuses to let his Adrian dream die. Other "That Talking Points Include:• Baby Shower Recap• Theme From Last Episode: What will the 2020 Vikings look like?• Vikings News• Teddy Took a Young Lady to Prom• Jerry Jones Keep Nudging At Adrian• Ben Dogra Can't Keep Clients• Will Adrian Show Up For OTAs?• Rookie Mini Camp Notes• Tiny Richardson Retires• 2015 Vikings Pro Bowlers Poll• Tom Shefchik Interview• Adrian Peterson Staying• Teddy's Progression• Why I Don't Like Russell Wilson (It's a Dumb Reason)• Tom's STONE COLD HOT TAKE• The Gauntlet• 2015 Impact Rookie? 2015 Impact Rookie in 2020?• Favorite Viking not named Randy Moss• 2015 Record Prediction• If the Vikings were guaranteed to win the Super Bowl within 5-years, BUT you have to pay double for gas for the rest of your life, Would ya?All that and other "I wonder if Teddy went to post prom at the bowling alley" chatter on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast!An Andy Carlson Joint.Follow us on Twitter @PurpleForTheWinVisit the Website: purpleftw.comSubscribe to Podcast on iTunes: purpleftw.com/itunesWe're also on Stitcher! purpleftw.com/stitcherMusic for the Purple FTW! podcast is created by & produced by deeB.To hear more of his tracks, check out soundcloud.com/deeb