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Matthew Coller talks about the Vikings acquiring RB Cam Akers from the Rams and what our expectations for him should be. Plus Kevin O'Connell played coy about Dalton Risner, Marcus Davenport didn't practice and Justin Fields's time in Chicago is probably over soon

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Matthew Coller and Jeremiah Sirles talk about the questions Dalton Risner can and can't answer, where he's going to play and how much impact he can have. Plus they discuss whether there are improvements to be made on defense and whether they'll beat the Chargers.

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Matthew Coller gets together with Daniel Popper of The Athletic to talk about the Chargers and Vikings playing a do-or-die game for each team. What's gone wrong with the Chargers? Is Brandon Staley on the hot seat? How will they try to stop Justin Jefferson? Is Justin Herbert actually elite?

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Matthew Coller gives a quick reaction to the Vikings (finally) bringing in Dalton Riser. Where will he play? What took so long? Plus Brian Murphy joins for a long discussion about how the Vikings are still alive in the NFC North after a winless weekend by the division but they can't lose another game on Sunday.

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Matthew Coller runs down 10 things that stood out from Sunday's games, including how bad Justin Fields looked -- again. How the Packers played with Jordan Love and a bunch of players hurt, the 0-2 stats that kept being repeated everywhere and much more.

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Matthew Coller and Dane Mizutani of the Pioneer Press discuss the Vikings' loss to the Eagles and whether turnovers were the root cause or whether they would have lost the game anyway because of the run defense and struggles to run the ball themselves. Now what? Is the Chargers game a must win?

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From a Philadelphia hotel Matthew Coller talks with Vikings fans about Vikings-Eagles. The path to the Vikings winning the game, the potential pitfalls and a story that Baker Mayfield stole the Vikings' signs

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Matthew Coller and Jonathan Harrison talk about how the Vikings weren't able to find Justin Jefferson in the second half and a comment he made about the lack of targets down the stretch and they discuss whether the Vikings should hate the Eagles

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Matthew Coller and former Minnesota Viking Jeremiah Sirles talk about the Vikings' performance against Tampa Bay, what they can learn from it and where they take things from here as they go into Philadelphia.

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Matthew Coller and Brian Murphy talk about how aggressive the reaction to the Vikings' Week 1 loss should be and where they can improve from the poor start.

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