Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Matthew Coller is joined by his former radio co-host and former Minnesota Viking Sage Rosenfels to talk about what's working for NFL offenses today. Sage is driven crazy by the Chicago Bears leaving Justin Fields out on an island and breaks down why Matt Nagy's offense isn't built to succeed. On the other side, Klint Kubiak and Kevin Stefanski are dominating the offensive world -- why are their schemes so much better? Sage also talks about what made Brett Favre a great leader.

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Matthew Coller is joined by ESPN Cleveland's Danny Cunningham. The former co-workers discuss the rise of Kevin Stefanski as a top NFL coach and break down the differences and similarities between Baker Mayfield and Kirk Cousins. They also discuss the Browns' kryptonite on defense and where the Vikings can take advantage. Plus, what does this game mean to Cleveland? And Danny guesses all the quarterbacks who have taken on the Vikings since 1999.

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Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom begin diving deep into the Vikings upcoming matchup with the Cleveland Browns. After a great showing against Seattle, is the Vikings' offensive line going to be up to the task? How about the defensive line, can they get after Baker Mayfield and slow down the dangerous Browns offense? What do we think of the Kevin Stefanski vs. Mike Zimmer matchup? And what happens if the Vikings win? What happens if they lose to Cleveland?

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Matthew Coller and former Minnesota Viking Jeremiah Sirles deep dive into what's worked for the Vikings' offensive line. If they continue playing this well, what does it mean for Kirk Cousins? What worked for the O-line against Seattle that they can continue versus a more difficult Browns team? How are the Cleveland Browns going to attack the Vikings' questionable defense? Plus Cam Dantzler's foolish tweet and another Love to See it, Hate to see it that focuses on frustrating coaching.

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Matthew Coller and Brian Murphy talk about the Vikings' impressive win over the Seattle Seahawks and talk about the new-found trust for quarterback Kirk Cousins. Brian thinks that he's seeing some things that have been different from the past while Matthew has stats that suggest Cousins has hot stretches just like this. When Dalvin Cook comes back, should the Vikings use a more Robert Smith-like approach and what will the Vikings' record be at the bye week?

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From inside US Bank Stadium, Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom break down the Minnesota Vikings' win over the Seattle Seahawks. Was this the best we've seen from Kirk Cousins? Are the Vikings finally leaning into Cousins offensively and trusting him more? What does it mean that they are using all of their weapons on offense? What do we make of the tale of two halves on offense and defense? How the Vikings' win sets up for a huge game against the Cleveland Browns and lays out the path to .500 by the bye week or better.

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Matthew Coller is joined by Seattle Seahawks All-Pro linebacker Lofa Tatupu, who is now host of the Bleav in Seahawks podcast, to talk about the pivotal Vikings-Seahawks matchup at US Bank Stadium. Are the Seahawks letting Russ cook this year? What happened in their meltdown against the Tennessee Titans? Will Dalvin Cook explode like Derrick Henry did last week? Plus what Lofa sees in Bobby Wagner and Eric Kendricks.

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Matthew Coller and ESPN's Courtney Cronin discuss why the Vikings so desperately need a win and why they're both picking the Vikings to save their season on Sunday afternoon. Why is Russell Wilson such a difficult QB to face, even at US Bank Stadium? What would the ramifications be of a loss? Do the Vikings have Wolves-like dysfunction?

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Matthew Coller is joined by Pro Football Focus data scientist and host of the Unexpected Points podcast Kevin Cole to talk about his analytical QB rankings through two games, which have Kirk Cousins as the fourth best quarterback in the league. First they talk about the odd nature of kicking and the ways in which nobody can figure it out, then Kevin breaks down why Cousins's numbers are so strong so far and what it would take to keep them going. And will we see the Vikings' defense improve as the season goes along? What would 0-3 mean in a 17-game season?

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Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom talk about what needs to happen in order for the Vikings to win their next two games and kick start their season again. Would we be giving the same criticisms for the Vikings if they won their two close games? Does it come down to the offense carrying the team or can the Vikings be better on defense? How would we assess the defensive line so far? Where does Russell Wilson rank for things that haunt the Vikings?

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