Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Matthew Coller connects with Pro Football Focus's Eric Eager to discuss what Stefon Diggs, Davante Adams and Tyreek Hill's recent extensions mean for the future of Justin Jefferson. How does the Vikings' timeline match up with paying him? What can they do to make him want to be a Viking for a long time? Should they draft an insurance receiver this year?

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Matthew Coller and ESPN's Courtney Cronin discuss whether the Bears and Vikings have gone different directions with their rebuilds and wonders if Ryan Poles chose Chicago over Minnesota because he was allowed to rebuild. And, can we muster up some draft takes with no accountability?

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Matthew Coller analyzes fan questions from Twitter, including whether the Minnesota Vikings' owners believe they can Eli Manning their way to a Super Bowl, what the Vikings' plans at quarterback are long term and whether they would pick Malik Willis if he was available. How would they handle the 12th pick if Pittsburgh offered a trade down? Will the Vikings win 1.5 or more playoff games in the next four years?

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Matthew Coller is joined by Gabe Henderson and Eric Smith of Vikings Entertainment Network and Vikings.com to do a draft simulation. Who are some players Gabe and Eric expect to step up next year from the 2021 draft? Why Gabe wants to build on defense. Eric's top pick is looking to help Kirk and the PFF grades from the draft simulator to assess all of their picks.

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Should the Vikings sign more free agents? Sure. But where should they spend whatever cap space they can muster? Sam makes the case for the offensive line while Matthew talks about an option along the D-line that would actually change the Vikings' chances on defense. Plus popular baby names and how we felt on draft night in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

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Matthew Coller answers fan questions from Twitter on everything from the Minnesota Vikings' ownership and whether it's still considered a major asset to the franchise, what it means to have a good culture, whether the Vikings should draft Iowa center Tyler Linderbaum and why drafting a QB is still a good idea, even if it can go bad.

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Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic talk about the Minnesota Vikings signing guard Chris Reed. Is this an upgraded approach over the previous regime? Are we missing something when it comes to analyzing how the Vikings offensive lines have been built? Plus fill out the Vikings draft questionnaire -- five questions that will tell you what type of player the Vikings should pick. And three made up trades.

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Matthew Coller takes questions from Minnesota Vikings fans -- everything from why the Vikings haven't leaned more into the offensive side of things this year to comparing Kirk Cousins to every quarterback the Vikings are going to face on their schedule this year.

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Matthew Coller, Sam Ekstrom and Pro Football Focus analyst Ben Brown talk about some of the ways betting experts figure out which direction teams are going. Would Ben bet on the Vikings over 9 wins next year?

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Matthew Coller talks with New Orleans Saints reporter Nick Underhill about whether the Minnesota Vikings and Saints can escape being seen as middling teams. Is there a way out? Why are each of these teams making moves to stay in the hunt rather than rebuilding? Is that the right way to go in a weak NFC? Timeline Week continues...

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