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Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom get together to talk about some interesting fan questions, including about whether Vikings fans have the right to cheer for the Packers to win in order to induce changes at coach and quarterback this offseason. They discuss whether the Vikings should let Aaron Rodgers' future dictate their plans at QB and then give their regrets and resolutions for the 2021 and 2021.

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Matthew Coller and Manny Hill get together to talk about the passing of John Madden. They talk about what Madden meant to shaping their love of football, memories of him calling games with Randy Moss and other NFL legends and the legacy of the Madden video game.

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Sam Ekstrom subs in for Matthew Coller. He goes over the day's news, which includes Adam Thielen's ankle surgery and Dalvin Cook's return. Then he joins Paul Hodowanic for a fiery episode of Hot Routez where they rank bad refs and discuss the greatest thorns in the Vikings' side.

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Matthew Coller and former Minnesota Viking Jeremiah Sirles talk about why the interior of the Vikings' offensive line hasn't come together this year. Sirles breaks down Ezra Cleveland and Garrett Bradbury's game. Jeremiah also talks about whether the Vikings have a coaching job that the top candidates are going to want and what type of coach would find it attractive. Are the Packers going to rub salt in the wounds of Vikings fans.

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Matthew Coller and ESPN's Courtney Cronin get together to talk about Justin Jefferson's frustrations with the play calling and the lack of energy surrounding the team heading into the game against Los Angeles. Now as the Vikings go to play the Green Bay Packers, is this thing over? Why do the Vikings always seem to end seasons like this? What we will remember about the final days of Zimmer's tenure if ownership decides to move on?

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Matthew Coller is joined by Brian Murphy to talk about the Vikings' loss to the Los Angeles Rams and some very layered comments by Justin Jefferson. What do we think the Vikings' owners thought watching the game and listening to Jefferson's frustration after the game? Should they have already made the decision to make changes at coach, quarterback and general manager? Is there reason to be excited about what Vikings fans have seen from young players or does this situation feel like it needs a serious overhaul?

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Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom break down the Minnesota Vikings' 30-23 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. After the game, Justin Jefferson was unhappy. Are they turning him into one of the many Minnesota athletes who has been talented but not surrounded with enough to get over the hump? What's behind another December of struggles for Kirk Cousins and how much should we be putting on coaches? Sean Mannion tests positive for COVID, leaving us to wonder if the same fate awaits Cousins before a key game in Green Bay. Plus Matthew Stafford tried to gift the Vikings the game but they didn't seem to want it. And what do we make of a completely quiet US Bank Stadium?

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Matthew Coller opens the show with an update on the Vikings' injury situation with Adam Thielen and CJ Ham and then talks about how COVID will keep Andre Patterson out of Sunday's game. Then Pro Football Focus's Steve Palazzolo joins to talk about the state of quarterback play in the NFL and why it has been mostly poor this season and whether we're seeing a transition from the all-time great QBs to the next wave. Steve thinks the Vikings should keep leaning into Kirk Cousins but it's unclear what their future is at QB.

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Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic get together to react to the news that Dalvin Cook will be out with COVID this week. Will Cook's absence push the Vikings to be more aggressive in the passing game rather than drifting back into old running habits like they did against Chicago? Plus why the Rams on paper are not a good matchup for the Vikings but there are some factors that open the door for the Vikings to win the game. And then they are visited by the ghost of Vikings past, present and future as they look at the playoff races and what happens if the Vikings miss the postseason.

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Matthew Coller is joined by Ryan Dyrud of LA Football Network to talk about the Los Angeles Rams' matchup with the Minnesota Vikings and how the Rams have approached this season with Matthew Stafford at quarterback. The Rams are all-in on winning this year and sometimes it's worked and other times this season they have shown their weaknesses. How losing Robert Woods hurt them. Is Odell Beckham fitting in? Is Sean McVay using Stafford correctly? Who is a comparable for Stafford in the past NFL? Why is Aaron Donald so freaking good?

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