Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Matthew Coller and Pro Football Focus' Kevin Cole talk about the Vikings' quarterback situation. If the Vikings were presented with all the analytics on Cousins, would they want him to stay or be traded? What analytics are telling us about the next draft class, including some very cool statistical discoveries about pocket presence. Plus, will the NFL ever get better at drafting quarterbacks?

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Matthew Coller and Jeremiah Sirles open the show with Jeremiah talking about Kevin O'Connell being hired rather than Jim Harbaugh. Then they discuss what O'Connell what can do for the Vikings' offense to improve from the Zimmer era. Plus what Super Bowl was Jeremiah's all-time favorite?

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Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom discuss the most bizarre insult Matthew has ever received online and then dive into the Vikings' options at quarterback with our new wheel of quarterback options. We spin the wheel and it lands on a rookie, a veteran and one young QB who might be on the trade block. Also the NFL 100 gives us an idea of how many players the Vikings have to build around in comparison to a team like the Rams.

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Matthew Coller and ESPN's Courtney Cronin get together to discuss why ESPN's Adam Schefter is reporting that the Vikings want to work out a contract extension with Kirk Cousins and whether it makes sense for them to have made up their minds already on what's next at the quarterback position. Plus Courtney talks about the process that led to the Vikings landing on O'Connell, what it would take to reach a Super Bowl with Kirk Cousins and passive aggressive advice for O'Connell as the new head coach.

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Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic talk about PFF's fascinating comparison for Malik Willis and whether he's the QB we would pick for the Vikings if we had to decide on a quarterback today. Also whether you'd sign Kirk Cousins if he was a free agent from another team and how many games the Vikings would have won if Bill Belichick was their coach in 2021.

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Matthew Coller talks about Saturday's Senior Bowl in which Malik Willis set himself apart with his athletic skills and then chats with Drew Dinsick of NBC Sports Betting about whether he would have upgraded the odds of the Vikings winning a Super Bowl in the next few years if they had hired Jim Harbaugh.

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Matthew Coller opens with a rant about bizarre reporting surrounding the Jim Harbaugh situation and Brian Murphy and Sam Ekstrom talk about what the next steps are for Kevin O'Connell after he takes over as the head coach and why being the opposite of Mike Zimmer is good for the Minnesota Vikings.

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Matthew Coller and Will Ragatz of Sports Illustrated discuss Vikings fan freakout over the team not hiring Jim Harbaugh and instead picking Kevin O'Connell to be their next head coach. Will the Vikings keep any assistant coaches? Is it a concern that O'Connell didn't call plays? What does it mean for Kirk Cousins?

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Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom react to the news that Kevin O'Connell will be the next coach of the Minnesota Vikings and talk about his timeline for a rebuild and whether Vikings fans should be upset that Jim Harbaugh didn't work out.

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Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic react to the Vikings not hiring Jim Harbaugh and instead picking Kevin O'Connell as their next head coach.

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