Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom talk about the surprising decision to keep Danielle Hunter on his current contract and what that says about where the Minnesota Vikings stand. They talk about whether drafting a quarterback would still put the Vikings on a good long-term timeline.

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Matthew Coller and Manny Hill fill out the Purple Insider "Who Did It Better" bracket, which ranks the top 16 individual Vikings seasons of all time and whittles it down to the GOAT. Alan Page's MVP season or Jared Allen's 22 sacks? 09 Favre or 04 Daunte? Moss or Peterson's best year?

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Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic talk about DeShaun Watson joining the Cleveland Browns and the Vikings restructuring Harrison Smith and Adam Thielen's contracts and whether the Vikings should have waited it out when considering trading Kirk Cousins rather than extending him.

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Matthew Coller and Andrew Krammer of the Star Tribune talk about Jordan Hicks and Harrison Phillips' press conference and then discuss some of the fans' explanations for why the Vikings haven't done anything significant outside of signing Kirk Cousins to an extension. How much of their current position is due to how Rick Spielman left the salary cap? Were they forced by ownership to keep Cousins? Is there still a possibility of changing QBs? And much more...

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CBS Sports draft analyst Chris Trapasso joins Matthew Coller to talk through where the Vikings stand after the legal tampering period and what's next for them, especially when it comes to their draft approach. Are there good enough defensive ends and corners at No. 12 to be game changers or should the Vikings go all-in on a wide receiver and support Kirk Cousins? Plus the Baker Mayfield situation and Julio Jones getting released.

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Matthew Coller and USA Today's Mark Schofield talk about the Vikings' decision to stick with Kirk Cousins at quarterback. Mark discusses the shortcomings and strengths of the 2022 QB class and whether we haven't seen more movement from teams regarding QBs because it's a weak QB class. Also Matthew and Mark play a game of "does this team know what it's doing?"

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Matthew Coller calls upon Judd Zulgad to analyze the Minnesota Vikings' decision to extend Kirk Cousins and give him a no-trade clause while also doing nothing so far in free agency outside of signing a defensive tackle.

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Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic react to the breaking news that the Vikings extended Kirk Cousins through the 2023 season with a no-trade clause.

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Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic react to... well...nothing. The Vikings seem to be at a standstill with reports that they could trade Kirk Cousins and that they could also play out Cousins' contract. How does the DeShaun Watson news impact the Vikings? Should they be in on trading for him? What issues might come about if they do? They discuss a rumor of Baker Mayfield for Kirk Cousins and go down the rabbit hole of how free agency will play out depending on the Cousins moves.

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Matthew Coller talks with Eric Edholm of Yahoo! Sports about the average projected draft position of each quarterback in the NFL draft and whether the Minnesota Vikings should wait to see who falls rather than picking one at No. 12 overall. Plus what is Kirk Cousins actually worth in a trade? Is there a low-key team that we should keep our eye on? What if the Vikings go with other positions like receiver or D-end in the draft? And what makes a good rebuild?

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