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Matthew Coller answers fans questions, including the timeline for Kirk Cousins, what happens if the Vikings get off to a slow start, whether Kevin O'Connell's scheme is being relied upon too much, what we remember about Rick Spielman's first draft compared to Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's and much more

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Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic pick every game on the Vikings' schedule. What will their final record be? Which games do Matthew and Paul disagree on the results? What are the hardest games to pick?

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Sports Illustrated's Will Ragatz talks with WCCO Radio's Paul Hodowanic about comments from anonymous executives about Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's first draft. They also discuss the starting chances for Andrew Booth Jr. and Will takes Vikings fan questions.

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The NFL is releasing its schedule later this week so Pro Football Focus analyst Ben Linsey joined the show to talk about the quarterbacks the Vikings are set to face this season. Are there stats to suggest Justin Fields will be better? Zach Wilson has to take a huge step forward. Did we see the best of Mac Jones last year? How about Matt Ryan in Indy? Tua in Miami? Plus Matthew answers fan questions.

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Publications like Bleacher Reporter, USA Today and NFL.com put out their post-draft power rankings and they were not very kind to the Minnesota Vikings. Are they wrong? Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic rank NFL teams until they get to the Vikings. What might throw off the rankings? Which bets are we willing to make on teams with uncertainty? Are the Vikings a lock to have a middling record or are they volatile ?

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Arif Hasan of The Athletic talks about how to properly use "consensus" draft boards and why they've been proven to matter. He discusses the Vikings' strategy versus the draft charts and whether getting a great prospect is better than two good prospects. Arif takes the draft grade survey, which looks into our souls and decides whether the Vikings had a good draft or not.

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Matthew Coller answers Minnesota Vikings fans' questions, including whether the team is betting on last year's group giving up on Mike Zimmer, whether fans should be unhappy with Matthew for selling them on a receiver only to see the Vikings take defensive backs, if the Vikings could do something different with Ezra Cleveland and if the plan is to skip out on the highly touted 2023 QB class next year.

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ESPN's Courtney Cronin talks about a strange incident with a Chicago Bears scout right after the draft and then breaks down which of the NFC North teams made the best case in the draft. What did she think of the Vikings' path? Did Detroit come out better than both the Bears and Vikings? What was the most surprising thing about the draft?

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Pro Football Focus college analyst Seth Galina joins Matthew Coller to talk about scouting the quarterbacks this year and why the NFL only believed in Kenny Pickett. He discussed Lewis Cine's "positional value" and why there is so much talk about the "consensus" draft boards following the draft.

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Sports Illustrated Vikings reporter Will Ragatz debuts his first show on Purple Insider. He talks with Thor Nystrom of NBC Sports Edge about whether the Vikings got good value in the NFL Draft out of their picks, how Lewis Cine compares to Kyle Hamilton, getting Andrew Booth Jr. as a better deal than one of the top cornerbacks in the draft and why the Vikings' fifth-round pick was a good "dice roll"

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