Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Matthew Coller and former Viking lineman Jeremiah Sirles break down Justin Fields's incredible debut for Ohio State and talk about QB scouting. What you're looking for in a player's skill and character. Jeremiah argues that the Vikings should draft an offensive lineman before worrying about QB becuase he's a crazy person and they talk about loving to see Teddy Bridgewater's return and more.

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Matthew Coller and Ben Goessling discuss how the Vikings will approach the trade deadline and how decisions could be impacted by Rick Spielman and Mike Zimmer's need for the team to bounce back quickly in 2021. They also go through a bunch of decisions the team made and whether they regret them now and Ben guesses the eight Packeres running backs who have run for over 2,500 yards since 1990.

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Matthew Coller and Will Ragatz of Sports Illustrated get together to discuss rumors from reports and Twitter searching that point to either Harrison Smith or Adam Thielen or both being traded. Is that a good idea for the Vikings to totally rip it apart? Plus the exciting performances of Justin Fields and Zach Wilson helped us start a new movement of Vikings fans looking for the team's next QB.

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Matthew Coller and Brad Spielberger from Pro Football Focus talk about his article arguing that the Vikings should trade Mike Zimmer to the Cincinnati Bengals. Would it be better for Zimmer to coach somewhere else? What would it mean for the Vikings' rebuild? Plus Brad talks about why it's tough to get out from under Kirk Cousins's contract and what to do with Danielle Hunter.

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Matthew Coller is joined by Judd Zulgad, Chip Scoggins and Brian Murphy to talk about their memories from 2010, the craziest Vikings season of all time, as we close in on the anniversary of a ton of wild events that happened that season. What was Moss's return like? How insane was the roof collapsing? What did 2010 do to Favre's legacy? That and much more in this episode...

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Whew. What a morning for the Minnesota Vikings. Matthew Coller and intern Paul get together to go over all the events of Thursday morning, inclduding the Vikings making a trade, Rick Spielman talking about the future of the team and Danielle Hunter being out/wanting a new contract.

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Matthew Coller and PFF draft analyst Austin Gayle break down Matthew's bad draft simulation and which quarterbacks are going to dominate the top of the draft. Plus why it would make sense for the Vikings to keep an eye on the wide receiver class and what's happened to past draft classes that have caused them so much trouble now.

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Matthew Coller and former Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman Jeremiah Sirles hold their noses as they watch back the Vikings-Falcons tape and talk about some of the areas that simply won't get better and where the team can learn from other plays. How did Ezra Cleveland look? Why Julio Jones's performance against the Vikings should be concerning and who's getting traded.

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Matthew Coller and ESPN's Courtney Cronin break down how Kirk Cousins has been a disappointment overall since his signing in 2018 and what the Vikings can do about it now. We look back at their options in 2018 and wonder if they should have seen this coming and then talk about each veteran's chances to get traded at the deadline.

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The Vikings collapsed against a winless team on Sunday. Now what? And what does it say about a botched offseason? Does someone get fired? Do we start talking about Mike Zimmer's future?

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