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Matthew Coller and Jeremiah Sirles get together to talk about Jim Harbaugh visiting the Minnesota Vikings and the likelihood that he becomes the next head coach. How can we break this down without being hot take artists? Why Jeremiah thinks it will work and what the path is toward it working. Whether Harbaugh would want Kirk Cousins and Jeremiah pretends to be Harbaugh for a mock press conference.

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Matthew Coller and host of the PFF Forecast podcast George Chahrouri talk about Jim Harbaugh and whether it makes sense for him to become the next coach of the Vikings. George, a 49ers fan, likes the idea because of Harbaugh's competitiveness... but what would it mean to having to rebuild the roster and make a difficult decision on the quarterbak?

Plus Cam DaSilva of RamsWire joins to talk about what went right for the Rams to reach the Super Bowl and what the Vikings can learn from them about going "all in"

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Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom get together to discuss a Bengals-Rams Super Bowl and what it means for the Minnesota Vikings. Will teams around the league think they can acquire Kirk Cousins as a win-now answer now that the Rams went all in and went to the Super Bowl? Should the Vikings be looking at the Cincinnati Bengals as a blueprint for how they can build? What do we make of the Wilfs reportedly flying to Los Angeles to interview the Rams' coordinators again for their open head coaching position?

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Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic talk about the insane AFC and NFC Championships and how Matthew Stafford was able to reach the Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Rams. How game management played a big role in the 49ers falling apart and how Jimmy Garoppolo didn't come through at the end. Plus what it says about building teams that Joe Burrow is in the Super Bowl in just his second season. A Jim Harbaugh update and lots of Vikings candidates looking strong on championship Sunday.

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Matthew Coller is joined by Pioneer Press reporter Jace Frederick to talk about reports that the Minnesota Vikings are interviewing Jim Harbaugh for their head coaching position. How would this fit with the Vikings' timeline? Would he need to take all the power in the organization? Will he be up to date?

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Matthew Coller is joined by ESPN Cleveland's Danny Cunningham to talk about Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's background in building the Cleveland Browns. What have the Browns done as a front office that the Vikings would like to emulate? Are Browns fans happy with their front office? What missteps caused them to miss the playoffs that the Vikings should avoid? Is there any legitimacy to a Kirk Cousins for Baker Mayfield trade? Why is Mayfield's personality a concern?

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Matthew Coller gets together with one of baseball's best analytics writers Eno Sarris of The Athletic to talk about where new Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah fits into the analytics movement in football and how it compares to the NFL. Where has analytics gone right and wrong in baseball? How are front offices evolving and why is it not always great that every baseball team is going the Business School route?

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Matthew Coller, Sam Ekstrom and ESPN's Courtney Cronin get together to break down new Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's first press conference in which he talked largely about his background and not as much about the big decisions facing the team. What can we take away after getting more details about his rise? What is the biggest challenge facing a GM that wants to "collaborate" with the rest of the front office? Can we figure anything out about the rebuilding path for the team from his past employers?

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Matthew Coller and Pro Football Focus cap expert Brad Spielberger break down the Vikings' monumental hire of Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and what it means for the analytics movement in football. Brad explains what an "analytics front office" looks like and how Adofo-Mensah will likely operate the Vikings from the top. He talks about potential trade return for Kirk Cousins, the argument for a patient rebuild and what's going to happen with Danielle Hunter's contract.

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Matthew Coller and former Minnesota Viking Jeremiah Sirles talk about the Vikings hiring Kwesi Odofo-Mensah, why Ryan Poles picked Chicago and whether the Bears are a better job and then give advice to Odofo-Mensah on how to handle his new job, including not having any reservations about moving on from beloved players and not trying to reinvent the wheel with analytics.

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