Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic run through headlines, starting with Paxton Lynch being in the USFL and which recently-drafted quarterback is likely to land in a minor league soon. Plus how long will Kirk Cousins keep playing and will he end his career with the Vikings, are the Vikings glad they didn't end up the winners of the DeShaun Watson sweepstakes and which young QB will take the next step.

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Matthew Coller and Purple Insider contributor slash former Pioneer Press columnist Brain Murphy talk about how Kevin O'Connell's philosophy differs from Mike Zimmer and what that means for Kirk Cousins and the Vikings and the types of pitfalls that can happen to a new head coach and how O'Connell will have to navigate those this season...

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Matthew Coller is live in Cincinnati with Pro Football Focus's Eric Eager, so why not have Eric be the first guest to answer Fans Only questions? Vikings fans want to know who was to blame for the shortage of leadership in previous years, how the 2022 schedule compares to the 2017 schedule and whether football nuts talk to their wives endlessly about football.

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Sports Illustrated Vikings reporter Will Ragatz talks with Theo Ash, who has become one of the top Tik Tok NFL content creators and co-host of the Stay Hot podcast. They talk about his unique background and his view of the Vikings-Packers rivalry and his memories growing up in the region.

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Associated Press Vikings reporter Dave Campbell talks about what has most drawn his interest with the Vikings' offseason, what position he's keeping an eye on in OTAs and whether it's more windy than normal this spring in Minnesota.

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Matthew Coller talks live with former Bleacher Report reporter Tyler Dunne, who runs now runs the NFL site GoLongTD talk about the Minnesota Vikings' culture improvement and how it might impact the 2022 season, whether they did the right thing staying the course, how Kevin O'Connell will be different from Mike Zimmer and which Vikings ill-fated event Tyler would change.

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Matthew Coller answers Minnesota Vikings fan questions, from how Purple Insider business works to the language Kevin O'Connell will be teaching Kirk Cousins in the new offense to who's battling it out for the WR4 position to whether the Vikings should keep a fullback in the mix.

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Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic run through NFL headlines, starting with a bizarre story in which a baseball player slapped another baseball player over fantasy football. They talked about the best current rivalry in the NFL, what Vikings fans would advise Kevin O'Connell to do differently than Mike Zimmer and what Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said about Justin Jefferson's future.

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Sports Illustrated Vikings reporter Will Ragantz hosts with WCCO Radio's Paul Hodowanic. They go through a list of reasons for optimism about the 2022 Vikings and discuss whether we agree with them or not. Everything from the new coaching staff making a difference and getting more out of Kirk Cousins to the team staying healthier, specific areas like the pass rush and offensive line improving, and the schedule being favorable.

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In the debut episode of the Purple Insider Book Club, Matthew Coller talks with Doug Farrar of USA Today, whose book The Genius of Desperation brilliantly lays out the history of innovation in the NFL. Doug discusses how the AFL set the stage for today's game and how teams beat the Vikings with innovative strategies in the early Super Bowls. Plus he discusses the origins of different defenses and how that connects to what the Vikings are set to play this year under Ed Donatell. Buy his book here: https://www.amazon.com/Genius-Desperation-Schematic-Innovations-Modern-ebook/dp/B07BB4C94S

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