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Matthew Coller and Brian Murphy talk about Murph's son attending his first NFL game in person and the experience his boy had at the end of the game. Then Matthew and Brian talk about whether fans can possibly sit back and enjoy the ride or if the Minnesota Vikings are simply too frustrating to have fun watching. Murph is amazing that Mike Zimmer acknowledged that he thought the team was going to blow the lead and they talk about what it was like to see washed up Ben Roethlisberger.

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Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic talk about how the Minnesota Vikings put together a brilliant first half against the Pittsburgh Steelers. From the Vikings defense to Dalvin Cook running over the Steelers to Ben Roethlisberger struggling, everything was going right until midway through the second half when everything came apart and the Vikings nearly blew a 29 point lead. Who should be blamed for the Vikings nearly blowing it? Should we even worry about that at this point? The Vikings wont consider in season changes now, so should fans just root for the playoffs?

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Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom discuss what the atmosphere will be like at US Bank Stadium on Thursday night when the Minnesota Vikings play the Pittsburgh Steelers. They also talk about whether it's a good thing that the Vikings' owners are nowhere to be found when the team is struggling. Matthew talks with Mark Bullock, former Washington Post and Athletic writer, about the Vikings' playoff race with Washington and how Taylor Heinicke is leading Washington into the postseason.

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Former Minnesota Viking Jeremiah Sirles talks about what he saw on tape between the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions and why the Vikings chose to mess with the offensive line again. We talk about why the Vikings have been incapable of putting together a good offensive line for the entirety of the Mike Zimmer era and break down how other quarterbacks would perform under the same circumstances as Kirk Cousins. What does Jeremiah think the Vikings' final record will be?

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Chris Jones is an accomplished author, including writing for Esquire and ESPN. His work has also appeared in The Best American Magazine Writing and The Best American Sports Writing anthologies. Jones has a new book called "The Eye Test: The case for human creativity in the age of analytics." Jones joins to talk about Kirk Cousins and why he has an incredible quarterback rating but the Minnesota Vikings haven't won as much as you would expect compared to other quarterbacks with similar numbers. Jones uses examples from his book to try to hunt for an answer to this confusing question. Is it just the defense? Or is it something beyond the numbers?

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Matthew Coller and Brian Murphy dig through the ashes of the Minnesota Vikings' loss to the Detroit Lions to figure out what happened in the Motor City Meltdown and what's next for this struggling franchise. Matthew forces Brian to talk him into either Mike Zimmer, Rick Spielman or Kirk Cousins having a case to stick around and then they play the finger pointing game in which each person blames somebody else for their woes. The Vikings play Pittsburgh next. Could that be it for Zimmer if they lose?

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The Minnesota Vikings lost to the Detroit Lions. Matthew and Sam talk about all the possible criticisms of Kirk Cousins, Mike Zimmer, Rick Spielman and everybody else that played a role in the Vikings falling to a 0-10-1 football team and taking a hit to their playoff chances, which now might not really matter. Could this be the game that forces changes if the Vikings lose on Thursday? What went wrong with the gameplan? The offensive line decisions? The defense at the end of the game? Playing Oli Udoh at left tackle? Now what happens?

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Former Vikings running back Robert Smith joins the show to talk about following this Vikings team as a post-game analyst and how crazy the games have been. He discusses why the Vikings' run game hasn't been as good this year, why Kene Nwangwu is such an exciting young player and his greatest pass block ever on Warren Sapp. Robert tells a great Randy Moss story and discusses what he sees in terms of similarities with Justin Jefferson.

Plus PFF's Austin Gayle joins to discuss the Vikings' draft class. Does he see a long-term star in Christian Darrisaw? Is Nwangwu special? What should we make of the upcoming QB class in the NFL draft?

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Matthew Coller and ESPN's Courtney Cronin run through the schedule and talk about how things will play out for the Minnesota Vikings. But the challenge to picking the remaining slate is that Courtney has to pick the craziest possible thing to happen to determine a win or a loss. Plus Matthew gives Courtney quotes from the 90s classic Point Break to describe the matchup between the Vikings and the Detroit Lions. What do those quotes say about Kirk Cousins, Justin Jefferson and Mike Zimmer. And what will the Vikings do at right guard?

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Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom start off talking about whether Everson Griffen's absence or Dalvin Cook's injury will be more impactful to the Minnesota Vikings down the stretch. Is there a chance Dalvin Cook isn't part of the Vikings' future because of his injuries and lesser production? Will the final stretch determine the future of Mike Zimmer, Rick Spielman and Kirk Cousins? Let's play the comparison game, comparing Cousins, Zimmer and the 2021 Vikings season to different things.

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