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versus that defense this week and I think it made us better for the Long Haul Moving Forward rookie Center Michael Jurgens just seems from afar like a tough guy what do you like about him yeah he's got the mental makeup for sure PA and he's really smart um and and what people don't really realize about him is the the combination of the length and and then he's pretty stout for a young Center that's played you know he really had been an allconference caliber Center and then switches to guard just for the better men of the team um there his senior year but really he's got inside Flex to really play all three spots pa uh and we really feel like he can you know have the kind of ownership you look for with his football intellect and everything that he can really be a a nice developmental type Center Force and and and still give us some great depth inside at the guard spot uh now La last year Kevin you kept five receivers uh when you cut it down and the room is this year I mean not saying it wasn't last year but it's bursting at the seams with hope and promise I mean good problem to have right yeah and I think it's what's been really cool is you're seeing um kind of the layers to it right you've got really BP and Trent as veteran guys that you know know exactly how they need to play they have an impact in the past game but also whether it's BP as the punt returner uh or his ability in the Run game to be physical even though he's not a huge guy um and then Trent being a bigger guy knows exactly what his role is I mean even the touchdown pass against the Raiders last week was was really right off of a run where he was inserting and splitting people's face you know leading on you know run plays and things like that then you get into you know that group of you know Naylor and and Tristan Jackson lucky Jackson uh terribly unfortunate to see theer go down he'll miss today but we hope to get him back for next out of their tunnel from across the field from us here at Brown Stadium the weather could be a story here today it isn't right now 84 degrees it feels like 89 we have sun in and out but there could be some storms in the area about 7 p.m. 60% chance of storms at that point in time if you're the Vikings you've been here all week long okay all week long you you've taken some tough news on the injy front Chase Addison went down with an ankle injuries they're great young receivers I mean you want to play the game you don't want a weather delay you want to get back to the twin CI right right you certainly appreciate the work that you got against the Browns on Wednesday and Thursday but you really don't want to they don't want to experience a weather delay by any stretch of imagination get back on the plane come out of it unscathed and everyone will be better for it all right let's go over to the Browns at quarterback uh know Desa Watson he'll play next week in Seattle against the Seahawks all right so that's kind of a promo for that game get a nap incidentally that game will not kick off until 10:00 our time get a nap rather right I certainly will um but we will go with GTR yes today as the starter and then Snoop Huntley Tai Huntley will finish yeah and for DTR that's a promotion if you will because last week he was the fourth QB to enter into the game and tonight he finds himself starting the game so that is a great move on his part because the way in which he played Jim I think it merits just that ETR spent a lot of time in offseason recovering it seems to me that he's on track to be a part of this football team you know may I say building on your point he was the fourth quarterback I thought he was the best quarterback for the Browns against Green Bay all right we're all ready to go two teams are on the sideline we'll have coin toss opening kickoff we'll check in with Ken Carman down to the Browns sideline it is all straight ahead game two Browns Vikings on the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns radio network prepare to Bo to your game 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teams today's coin the helmet side is heads and te is Tails helmet is heads te is Tails Minnesota you're the vising team it is your choice that's heads Heads is the call it is heads you win you'll receive which way you want to kick just like that okay Minnesota wins a toss elects to receive and Cleveland kick and a second half Choice good luck gentlemen all right there you have it the Vikings win it and they want the ball right away to get going right now let's go down to the brown sideline first time today we visited with K Carman brought to you by CrossCountry mortgage the official mortgage company of the Cleveland Browns hello Kent Jim gerro good afternoon to you and a couple of things that coach Kevin stansky talked about before this game Pace he wants these guys to play in some Rhythm they got out of rhythm in the second half last week and technique and coachability there's 50 or 51 roster spots that are already spoken for on this team so even though there's so many guys in warm-ups not playing today they'll be playing next week in Seattle those are the starters that means a couple of guys they may very well make this roster this afternoon now they did not like the way Kade y kicked off during the dynamic kickoff last week because he put it in the end zone they want him to put it in the landing Zone exactly because if you put it in the landing Zone that creates a scenario in which that kickoff cover team could do what get a tackle inside a 20 in it we know anything we know the longer field that you have to operate from offense it makes it much harder to score Vikings are in all purple purple helmets Viking logo on the side purple jerseys white numerals trimmed and gold white pants purple and gold Tri up the side the Browns are in there orange helmets white jersey Brown numeral white pants orange and brown trim up the side K York will do the kicking today Dustin Hopkins will not kick today back deep for Minnesota will be Malik noes and their running back Dwayne McBride so and they put the ball up on the te at the 35 yd line and then the coverage team is up at the Viking 40 the return team blockers are at the 35 I saw New England break like a 43 Yer the other night against Philadelphia yeah we haven't seen many of those in the preseason games thus far but you have to imagine that a lot of teams right now Jim are simply in the state of let's just see if we can block the thing before we give any idea of being more adventurous with how we go about scheming it and off we go York puts it end over end and it is caught but Le NS caught it at his two he's out to the 10 15 20 25 24 and he got rubbed out of bounds and knocked down to the ground at the 24 yd line as the Browns come flying down and make the play it's a 23 yd kickoff return and it'll be first and 10 there coming up on the tackle right there coming in there is the linebacker Caleb Johnson with a big hit yes Caleb Johnson brought the thunder on that play right there and that's exactly what you want to see from a young player the ability go down there cover kicks and make a play all right it will be Nick Mullins at quarterback he'll have a receiver left one to the right on the far side wano will be the running back K wano and they give it to him off the right side he's up to the 25 maybe the 26th he's knocked down at the 26 yd line as the Browns un piled there and get in and make the hit on him getting over there as Sam Kamar one of the tacklers and he brings him down it'll be second down coming up on a gain of two second down and eight for Minnesota and Wan was certainly someone you do not want to let get outside because he has the ability to take it to the house being one of the faster players on the Viking Squad and he did last week 48 yd run for a touchdown against the Raiders he's the lone back in the back field second down and eight from their own 27 here's Mullins play action fake boot leg roll on looking down the field throws and oh what a hit in the back and khif palassi came in and boomed in and knocked the ball away at the 35 yd line he really put a super big hit as he knocks it away and it'll be third down in loss and that's an example of the Cleveland Browns playing much better on defense than what they did last week because last week on that particular play it was wide open so great job by the young guys of showing that they can learn and apply to the football field aille Harry the former top draft choice of the Patriots now being converted to a tight end as the intended receiver third down seven they have it at their own 27 yd line shotgun for Mullin one back in the back field Brown Show Blitz here's Mullins back in the pocket look it loading up down the far right sideline that is caught down at the Browns 41 yd line Naylor makes the grab down at the Cleveland 41 on cam Mitchell on a big big catch and a big play on third down and eight and the Vikings get a big hit of 32 well they call him Speedy nator for a reason because he showed speed right there but give credit to Mullins for figuring out BAS on the motion that we were in man coverage oneon-one situation and they took advantage of it and made a big play Naylor goes Far Side wide to the right one running back deep in the back field that's Wan woo three in a triangle near side left toss sweep near side here's Wan woo to the edge to the 40 out of a tackle 35 and he's down to the 30 yd line and got knocked into the Browns into the Vikings sideline at the 30 yd line a gain of 11 that's going to be a first St and last week you heard me say forcing contain on multiple occasions and right there you saw a situation in which the defense did not honor their run responsibilities you have to have someone on the outside forcing the play back in if you don't do that you're going to pick up positive yards day in and day out Chase Williams on the tackle for the Browns one back deep in the back field vesota now first and 10 at the Cleveland 30yd line Wan W the running back right up the gut takes it left side he's to the 25 to the 24 down to the 23 he's at the 22 and a half yd line getting over there is Isaiah Maguire one of the tacklers to get in there and Mamu diat was in there too a run of eight not much there but he turned it into a good run right and one of those things that you have to present for yourself as a guy trying to make a squad is angre effort and right now we need much more of that from this defense because Minnesota is simply marching down the football field it will be Naylor wide right P inside of him in a slot one receiver Jackson near side to the left Juan R the running back Mullins back to pass looking throwing right side and it is incomplete down inside the 10 at the yard line they went for Naylor hassi was over there and almost reached over him to pick off the ball at the 8 yd line and if BEC comes third down and two yeah I've been told that P get fat and then some cows get slaughtered right there he needs to be much more gracious with his delivery of the football and not be greedy that being Mullins he had a wide open player but he tried to go for the deeper route seventh play of the drive new running back in the game miles G A Gaston a well-traveled running back three receivers go out wide to the right both off the right side Jackson comes in motion right to left Mullen on third down and two looking looking looking flush looking throws got a man open caught M the tight end makes the grab inside the 15 yd line at the 14 that's a first down Chase Williams makes the tackle eight yards on the game mullen's really got himself some time there right is so imperative as a quarterback in a modern NFL game they have the ability to have some wiggle and to escape pressure to extend the play and that's certainly what mullers did right there defense has to just be much more stickier with their coverage so Vikings have it first and 10 now at the Cleveland 14 yd line one running back that's Gaston deep in the back field Mullins underneath Center and on first down back looking throwing left looking for Jackson he catches it left corner to the end zone touchdown Christian Jackson makes the catch for the touchdown in the left corner of The End Zone on Tony Brown and the Vikings go ahead 6 nothing there was one guy on the bike as roster you did not want to have catch a touchdown it was Tristan Jackson because he had a lot to say during the course of practice he had a lot of exchanges not only with players but fans alike and I'm pretty sure he's right now telling his teammates how much of a baller is we give them credit executed really well on that play all right here's will rker the rookie out of Alabama from Hoover Alabama for the extra points snap back ball down kick up and the kick is good we'll take a timeout from Brown Stadium 11 45 left to go here in the first quarter it's the Vikings out in front 7 nothing over the Browns on the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns radio network star 102 is the 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brought down by Lewis SE 21 yards on the return and here comes d TR and the brown offense but I want to go back to the brown defense what's going on well for me is energy you have to have intensity I don't care if the starters are not out there this is your opportunity to shine and right there seemed like it was a bunch of guys who made the assumption that they've already made the squad and that's far from actually being the reality of the situation DTR was good last week 14 for 18 134 yards the running back is Pierre strong they have Giovani RI in the shotgun with them DTR to throw in the pocket lot of time throws it near side and it's behind strong incomplete off his hands into the Viking bench at about the 25 yd line he looked out here geran he looked left he looked middle he couldn't find anything and strong to be honest with you was a long way away from him he certainly was and give credit to the Vikings they rushed four minut and got pressure and dropped out the remaining seven and that's why there were no open spots in that zone area for DTR to throw to Michael Woods goes Far Side wide left three in a triangle near side to the right one running back deep in the back field it's strong crochet in motion left to right play action fake DTR looking left throwing left poche caught it at the 48 yd line of first down right in front of his bench covered on the play by a Caleb Evans gain of 17 a nice throw well the de coordinator for Vikings Brian Flores didn't get the memo you don't Blitz during preseason but apparently he doesn't buy into that thought process ETR diagnosed the blitz found his open man in prochet and connected for first down and it is first and 10 the Browns have it at their own 48 yd line Woods goes out wide left aens on a wing on the left side two receivers Right aens Down the Line in motion left to right shotgun for GTR strong on his left hip takes the snap gives it strong running near side right he is saddled up by the Vikings no gain brought down at the 48 yd line that will make it second down and 10 too much penetration on the part of the Vikings on that play for it to have any symbus of success and and if you are the browns offensive line right now you're under scrutiny you have to do a much better job of getting pushed Jim Ryan asamoa was in on that tackle second down 10 Browns have it their own 48 down 7even nothing Jabari thrash goes out wide left Pon Wells the tight end inside of him Michael Woods near side right strong alongside DTR DTR throws nice catch aens got it on a pluck catch that ball was right on him he got it at the Viking 45 and he land at the 44 kamu gr Hill on the tackle gain of eight will make it third down in a workable two yeah workable two you can work with those conditions but even better job by DTR Jim of getting rid of the football the guard was beat from the from the GetGo on that play but he found a way to deliver accurate pass it will be Michael Woods Far Side wide left three in a triangle near side right trash crochet aens strong the running back DTR under Center they need two yards they need to get to the 42 here's strong left side he's not going to get there unless he pumps and pumps and he didn't get there knocked down really for a loss of one back to the 44 and it'll be fourth down coming up Jain Roy made the tackle for Minnesota and DTR and the offense will stay out on the field Gerard on fourth down and a couple and what type of effort do I want to see from strong in that scenario I want to see one in which he feels like his life is on the line I feel that right now he's hitting the hole not with the ferocity that he needs to in order to make this football team he has to do a much better job of being aggressive on these runs they fourth down two and a half to get crash Far Side wide left Woods near side right inside of him prochet strong in the backfield with DTR back on fourth down looking left throws left thrash make the catch out of the tackle he's at the 35 got a block he's at the 30 and he's into the brown sideline at the 29 yd line of the Vikings knocked out by Dallas Gant he made the catch bounced off two tackles and got 15 and Jamari thrash is showing that he's not a flash in the pen he had some promising plays last week Jim and right there is one of the better plays that you're going to see during the course of the preseason absorbs the hit keeps his feet alive and then has run after catch yardage as well great job on a part of thrash Giovani RI into the game at tight end off the line to the left three receivers near side right strong the running back in the gun DTR Minnesota 29 first down back in the pocket up in the pocket rolling right from the pocket looking down the field from the pocket lobs one down the field to the end zone and a flag in the end zone they interfered with Lei right at about the one yd line here will be first and goal the penalties on Bobby McCain and Bobby Bain made a critical mistake you do not grab in the Viewpoint of any offici interference Defense number 48 yep foul occurred in the end zone so the ball we placed at the one yd line first down what's more impressive is the fact that DTR stayed alive and was able to deliver that pass inside that bench Red Zone true cicilian pasta sauce best ingredients a best quality a best taste a motto Ben on the weekend of the feast first and goal at the one Deonte foran into the game he'll be the lone back in the back field Woods to the right rash to the left DTR under Center on first down and go they give it to former left he got hit behind the line he's fighting to get in he's at the goal stripe did not get in second down and goal and the one thing you can have on the goal line is a stalemate you have to get pushed forward for the offensive line and right there the Vikings held their ground and we got no push hence we got no touchdown or yardage and it will make it second down and goal and they'll put the ball right smack back at the one yd line where it was on first down Foreman will remain in the game he'll be the running back Woods will be one of the wide receivers he'll go out Far Side wide left the rookie thrash below us to the right REI is in tight on the left side Foreman deep in the back field DTR gives it Foreman Cuts left looking for a push again he's to the goal line he's in touchdown Deonte foran from a yard out and it's 76 Vikings and the BR touchdown presented by cross country mortgage the official mortgage partner of the Cleveland Browns when it comes to financing we always get you home visit ccm.com today all right he didn't go in untouched he certainly did not he had a lot of traffic to work through but to his credit like you did today he got to where he needed to get on time that's very well said all right here's Kate York now for the extra point and it will be borquez who will hold they're going to check this out to see if he got in and I do think he did what do you think I think he got in as well you can 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is one of the return men back deep for the Vikings and also back there is Dwayne Hopkins and Kade York just kicked it all the way into the dog pound and it will come out to the 30 yd line I really don't think they want him to do that do they no no he was playing last year and and years prior excellent job appreciate it but now they're going to get the ball on the 30 ydd line you do not want that type of field position to take place for any squad because it increases the opportunity them score the football so Kate needs to do a much better job of making sure Jim that that ball lands in the landing area well Nick Mullins was very good in his first drive down the field and he brings the Vikings out he put them in the end zone to give them a seven nothing lead and the Browns came back Juan Woo becomes the running back in the backfield three receivers right one left shotgun here's mullin's play action bootleg out to the right he throws and it is caught Jackson's got it and he's over the 35 to the 36 yd line and he got tagged down there over there on the tag down for the Browns is Cam Mitchell down to the brown sideline brought to you by cross country mortgage the official mortgage partner of the Cleveland Browns here's Ken Jamari thrat three catches 43 yards last week and then kept that drive going talked to him earlier this week he said Jeff Braum made things so much easier Louisville and it's made it easier here with the Browns they of six second down four from their own 36 yd line in motion Brandon Powell left to right here's Mullins back to pass pressure coming and he had to unload the ball he had a face full of mmud diabate who had really jumped right over the offensive line and Mullins did the right thing he turfed it and thank goodness deat was in that spot couldn't that pressure on him cuz he had a tomboy waiting for him if he would have been able to deliver that pass so great job byat a a very promising opportunity for the Minnesota Vikings all right you're right let's dial it up huh let's get some pressure on Mullin in the backfield one running back they are two for two on third down third down and four Vikes have it at their own 36 yd line Powell in motion left to right two receivers left one right Bin's back looking near side left throwing Powell's wide open at the 40 4548 into his own bench area run out by Devin bus but it's a big wide open pass play out to the 48 yd line gain of 12 I mean he was wide open yeah Sam if you're going to play off man you still have to put yourself in a position to where you can compete on the play and right there you're in a situation where simply put Tony Brown was not in the field up play to make a play Tony Brown wasn't in the field I mean I didn't know where he was one back in the back field it's Juan Wu they give it to him he rubs right he got hit at the 50 yd line good strong hit Winston Reed get in there made the hit for the brown nice low hard tackle eight of two second down and eight and the ball right at the 50 and you hear me talk so much about Force that's how you force the issue you have your Gap responsibility you come up to the line of scrimmage and you make a play great job on the part of Edmonds of filling that Gap and making a very great open field tackle 543 left to go first quarter game tied shotgun Mullins one back on his right hip Wan wo two receivers right tight end down the line that's Muse in motion left to right mullin's back throwing m the tight end caught it at the 45 and you got submarin and then there's a flag down as they throw the flag and it has to be on Tony Brown I would imagine would it well I'm trying to ascertain what did he do wrong other than make a nice tackle or die for his legs and long last time I checked that's still legal it was a gain of five on the pass play and then the flag came out I probably say he was diving with his head low though that's probably what the call is going to be Fleet blakeman our referee are ready to flip that mic on here we go person foul tripping Defense number 38 oh boy 15 yd penalty from the end of the run first down tripping and our power play has not been good has it huh when we get the man advantage on the tripping call now they move deeper into Browns territory they'll take that ball and they'll move it down inside the 30 down to the 29 you Tony Brown said by any means necessary I will get you down because if he does side across the 25 by the sideline and he steps out of BS at about the 23 ydd line as Justin Jefferson watches on a sand uniform Andor pads now Justin stole the show in the Raiders game being miked up from the sideline in in the third quarter where the Vikings scored a couple of touchdowns uh we we have safety immortality Harrison Smith miked up on the sideline for quarter number three today Peter that's going to be great it is it's going to be as you know diametrically opposed from a wide receiver to a DB from a from a guy who's just crazy to a guy that's as you know cool as anything you've ever met Mullins on the boot hit as he throws incomplete and he was hit by perhaps the best player on the field for Cleveland right now veteran Devin Bush uh Devin is in a six-year from Michigan he he was a very high first round pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers played there for four years was with Seattle last year he's under size but man he's a big hitter and then and that's those are the kind of guys that you're going to see out there today Jim Schwarz is is feeling Fielding excuse me a very very good defense a very physical defense they're developing guys all over the place and you know though when you guys missing something in a measurable that's what causes them to slide a little bit but they can still play football a play of a 47 yd possession big Blitz by Jim schwarz's defense ball was tipped and Ball's incomplete on third down so now it's Fourth and four and uh will rer the Alabama rookie heads into the game drafted in the sixth round he was three of three field with the quarterback fumbled the ball recovered by his teammate okay at the 23 yd line okay fourth down R is is four of four on extra points this preseason in the uh in the game against the Raiders he was one to two on field goals the Cleveland Browns recovered the ball was a fumbled it'll be their ball first down oh let hold up on the right on the rord in out here comes the red flag who throws the red flag Kevin oconnell or Wes Phillips Wes Phillips calling the offense all right game tied at seven 4 and a half minutes to go in the first quarter from Cleveland brown stadium is Minnesota Vikings football with its smart sustainable Water Solutions pin air helps the world move improve and enjoy water life's most essential resource from great tasting water for homes and businesses to energy efficient pumping Solutions and everywhere in between pin a is focused on driving Innovation that helps people and the planet Thrive visit pentair.com to learn how Pent the official sustainable water 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gets the opportunity to kick pleas Lakeman and his staff said that uh mullen's arm was moving forward so the Vikings keep the ball and uh thanks to high ve there's will rer who walked off in the Las Vegas Raiders from 38 he also had a field goal blocked in that game this will be a 41 yard try left hash in a game tied at seven Ryan right holds Andrew depala snaps the rookie will Riker's kick is end over end and it is good and the Minnesota Vikings have a 10-7 lead in the second preseason game an interesting note with rker Pete is when he was at Alabama he was 47 of 49 from 40 yds and in so like his Collegiate long is 52 all right that's pretty good but we've seen longer that took place against JJ McCarthy's Michigan Wolverines in the 2024 Rose Bowl but from 40 and in you can make a lot of money with that man he's 47 to 49 no yeah absolutely and that's you know that's a huge piece I mean that's your leading scorer your kicker is your leading scorer on the team so you've got to make sure that you have that shorted up and and for rker to be able to come in we know he's been he's been under pressure Paul and he's done well under pressure and if he's only good from 55 in well then you know when to punt you know when to kick it uh quick peek at the Minnesota Vikings schedule provided by US Bank few weeks from now will be have met life and you're wrap it up against the Motor City kitties yeah a lot of it's just the buy early this year week six we last year it was very very late so get a little bit get a little bit earlier of a buy here's Riker's kick Deep In The End Zone and it'll be a Touchback now once again the the coverage players and uh those blocking for the returners cannot move on the on these kicks until the ball either touches a player or touches the ground so now the Cleveland Browns will begin at the 30 yd line we have 4 and 1/2 minutes to go in the first quarter Pete referenced it earlier uh the entire second quarter will be spent with Minnesota Vikings general manager quac ad Doo Mena who's going to be here in the Vox box with us Yours Truly Pete burich Ben Liber from the sideline will be chatting with quacy about the 2024 Minnesota Vikings and how his years working here for the Cleveland Browns really pave the way for him to get that Vikings job first down for the Browns and we have a flag on this play play the handoff goes to Pierre strong Jr following the blocking of tight end Jordan aens offense number 65 10yd penalty replay first down that's Germaine affetti old Germaine affetti ninthe Texas A&M we we've seen him getting a bunch of fights excuse me we've seen him with the Seattle Seahawks a million times yeah we have and what a nice job by Dallas Turner to to really set up that edge because they were kicking out with the tight end and trying to wall down that whole defensive end and find the that seam in between and Dallas Turner able to get off the block and Chase down the running back from behind so very very very athletic play by Dallas Turner Dorian Thompson or Robinson seconde UCLA will fire one to the right side it's caught at the 25 yd line for a quick hitting gain of four yards and that is seldomly used fullback Giovani RI yeah you won't you'll find more fullbacks and tight ends on this roster than you do a normal one right Paul I mean just a lot of big bodies and that's the mentality here it's is just three yards in a cloud of dust I mean you come into the Press Box all the pictures are all black and white they're all very very old it's old school football no logo on the field nothing in the end zone I mean this is this is a preseason game man Dallas Turner still in the game hand in the grass opposite to the right tackle as Dorian Thompson Robinson fires a fast ball out to the left side just outside the numbers caught by the running back strong Junior and he is cor moraled and stopped post haste by several Vikings including Bobby McCain who was in the uh defensive backfield with the Miami Dolphins when Brian Flores was there that'll be a gain of three for the Cleveland Browns making it third and 11 they're 0 of one on third down bikes lead 10-7 and Durante Jones is not being as conservative as Brian Flores was a week ago Paul that was another that was a zero Blitz kind of look you make him throw hot you get the tackle on the outside very well executed Dorian Thompson or Robinson goes on a five-step drop throws it to the left side and it's caught by aens and the tight end tries to drag Vikings to the first down but he can't it'll be a gain of seven and this will be our first punt of the game as the Vikings defense stops Cleveland and Pete referenced Durante Jones He is the defensive backs coach and defensive passing game coordinator he's calling the defense the entire first half inside linebackers coach Mike saravo will call it the entire second half and punting for the Cleveland Browns is Cory Bo horz seventh Year from New Mexico he set a brown single season record last year with an 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gain of seven second and three Ben what's your read on Ed Ingram who has started every single game he's been healthy through his two years years with the Vikings at Right Guard playing with the twos well I think there's one word that I can kind of sum it all up he's been solid you know I don't think he's been exceptionable exceptional I don't think he's great I don't think he's been poor either he's just been solid in what he's doing as Pete was talking about at the beginning of the broadcast like yes he can run block and that is that is his Forte like he can get his big body going forward I think that's where he's the most comfortable with the weight on the front of his toes I still think that he needs to get a little bit better when it comes to just the pass blocking recognition not so much just one-on-one but it's the twists it's the games it's the communication it's the resetting of the feet when you got a guy you know coming from a different angle he just doesn't have a lot of 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punt the Vikings still are carrying two punters Ryan Wright second year from Jalan Seth Vernon his first full year from Portland State uh but Ryan Wright he's been holding for Will rard and now he gets the first punt of the game for the Vikings and Ryan versus Las Vegas at three puns averaging 57 yd per this one is fielded about the 10 yd line and returned to the 15 excellent excellent coverage work by the Minnesota Vikings including the man Matt Daniels the Special Teams coordinator calls Sero Andrew deala two-time All Pro getting down the field and getting up to the booth is Minnesota Vikings general manager quacy ad Doo Mena kind enough to spend uh the majority of the second quarter with us here in the Box Box in your squads leading 10-7 uh where here at Cleveland Brown Stadium as we mentioned earlier now qu's into his third year as general manager of the Vikings he was vice president of football operations in 2020 and 2021 for the Cleveland Browns as the Browns are backed up near their end zone Dorian Thompson Robinson still in the tailb goes back to pass excellent Rush by Andre Carter and Brian asena and they capture the quarterback in the end zone for a safety quy welcome to the game I I got to sit here all the time I guess well same thing happened last week Jefferson jumps on the mic in the third quarter we start scoring touchdowns left and right and uh that was a couple of Vikings in onch charging fashion or they going to say he was down at the two they didn't call safety though no they didn't call he's going to be down at the two really okay I don't know about that looking at the replay do they mean the minus two in the end zone it's preseason for the officials too I guess I mean CLE blakeman was out there at those joint practices maybe he got a little delirious or something with the heat no we got a lot of love for Cle a lot of lot lot of history with him no doubt one of the best referees in the NFL all right so Dorian Thompson Robinson now operates out of the end zone looks left he'll check down over the middle to REI and he's stopped at the 6yd line uh so quacy your uh your time here with the Cleveland Browns let's begin here uh you and general manager Andre uh Andrew Barry and uh the rest of the cast hired Kevin stefansky who was offensive coordinator for the Vikings and he's become two-time NL coach of the year what led you guys to Kevin Now Kevin is somebody you we talk about the culture of Comm there um and just being able to be rational minded through through adversity um he is the exemplary of that um incredibly smart guy uh well-rounded a Pearl Jam fan as you as you probably know um and just a a great guy from the same area his dad obviously was the front office executive so he's been arounded his whole whole life just an incredibly talented person um who sets the sets the table there now uh Kevin stansky is 42 years of age he's been 14 years with the Vikings and um he he was offensive coordinator for the Vikings part of 2018 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yeah uh immeasurable um you know everybody in their life needs somebody to believe in them um a little more than they believe in themselves um and for for for me that's Andrew Barry um just saw a potential in me that I don't know that I necessarily knew I had um just you know everybody before you're somebody that that has the job somebody has to believe in you and and he was that for me um when they write the job description for general manager they're basically describing Andrew Barry I've never met anybody more qualified for the job just his passion for it um his ability to ask questions be curious work hard build the staff uh be humble I'm just you know obviously incredibly talented a mentor of mine and it'll be somebody in my life forever now quacy we had a chance to sit down uh before the first preseason game and talk just a little bit about what it's like to be a GM and one of the things you said that that that stood out to me was Talent acquisition is key and you have to be hungry to acquire Talent what is that what does that mean and then I figured you find out you you signed Matt Carell all a sudden you guys got to find a quarterback that is an unbelievable process that you guys had to go through to find the next best quarterback absolutely yeah when I say hungry for it it's you know never being complacent thinking that every decision that you make could be the reason you go to the playoffs could be the reason you you win an extra game in December could be the reason you go to the Super Bowl just that mindset so you talk about that evaluation uh I'm sorry that that workout we had you know we bring our operation to Cleveland with us um and you know Ryan Ms uh Ryan grigson our great staff put together a workout and you know we had a couple guys work out and you know we we had some questions and we got a lot of other stuff to do but I Ted my my group I said hey let's go back and study it make sure we're making the best decision we went back and watched the film and we're talking about the third preseason game you know maybe you're supposed to to mail that in but I won't let them mail it in we won't we can't mail that in we made a decision and obviously brought it mad and not saying that that decision will be the the reason we win the Super Bowl but it's the mindset that that everything can matter right so you're not relaxing in a hot tub you guys are are grinding never never that I'll let those guys relax in the offseason Ben Liber here's the GM hey so quy that being said you talk about Talent Acquisitions and evaluations we bring in Matt carral as a quarterback just a couple days ago what did you guys would you guys establish with him why him in particular there's a lot of guys out there in the free agent Market but what can you tell us about Matt yeah you know so we we did obviously we've done extensive work on quarterbacks last two years so he was in the process um in 2022 when we first came together we interviewed with him and obviously remember the spent time we spent together he's talented um you a lot of these quarterbacks they come into situations where the context isn't necessarily going their way and they can't overcome context right away so we're making bets at the end of the day we're making bets on players um we're trying to say hey if we remove him from a certain environment and put him in our environment what could that look like he's somebody that's had you know personal struggles everybody matures differently in life age 21 25 26 maybe he comes to our building and that'll be the right time but again when you're talking about risk reward you're talking about assigning this point time of year it's you know not super expensive and you're just trying to get a look at somebody and potentially see what you you have that's a Peak at Matt carral First full year from Old Miss third round draft pick by the Carolina Panthers in 2022 sadly went to the injured reserve that year and this year he tore it up for the Birmingham Stallions in the UFL now miles gasin is in the tail back he's been here since the GM's been on the mic and he's tearing it up as Mullins rolls out to the right pumps and he's able to get it away from an onch charging ground and throw it away on second down so now we're going to look at third and about three yds uh a qu I don't know how much of the game you've been able to watch but you K wanu look more like looks more like a running back today than I've ever seen him great job keeping his shoulder squares making keeping his shoulder Square making guys miss I mean Aaron Jones is a big acquisition but Chandler and wanu are going to be very important to this roster are they not you you know that that's a position where you need depth you're going to play all three guys whether you know on first second down third down special teams we like our group you know a game like today where we're trying to get outside toss crack things like that can's going to be pretty good getting to the edge uh you saw last week when he sticks his foot in the ground and goes there's not a lot of people in this league that they can catch him um as I always say development takes time and it doesn't happen in year one or year two for every person it happens at different stages and he's getting to a place where he's coming to his own that pass left went to Miles gasin the veteran and that's a Vikings first down 925 and counting to go in the first half 10-7 Minnesota led by Nick Mullins who's N9 of 17 107 yards and a 14 yd touchdown pass to Tristan Jackson who is wide left couple of Vikings out to the right Trent sherfield SE he had a TD against the Raiders he goes in short motion to the right now he's slot right and the toss goes to gastan nice cut back to the right hit at the 17 and he falls ahead just inside the 15 it'll be second down you you discuss the operation of getting quarterbacks or quarterback here to Cleveland to work them out which was really cool how about the operations of the organization for a 5-day trip period I mean Chad Line Paul Martin Chuck Peterson everybody that goes into that staff I mean that's arduous it's unbelievable I always call that group The unsung heroes nobody knows their names but I'm always amazed by their work ethic you know we're driving over here actually just to tell you the level of detail that Paul Martin has and he's timing how long it takes from the hotel to the to the to the stadium just to make sure the pinpoint accuracy and are the ways he can get better and I just I just love an organization where everybody thinks that everything they do matters everything that it's going to be matter to the end goal and him Chad they do a great job uh third and six for the Vikings on the incomplete pass Pete yeah another thing that Paul and I have been discussing earlier was going into the season you know you have Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison but who's going to be that number three and I think you know between Brandon Paul Jaylen Naylor and Tristian Jackson you've got to be feeling pretty good about not just the number three receiver but number four and number five what a what a great competition absolutely and I I think a lot of times when before people are names you know talk about me before I was a vice president somebody had to believe in me and so these are a lot of guys that we believed in they've been in our program the last two years and we we've seen the ability and we're excited for them to get the opportunity to go do their thing third down Mullins ducked away from one brown but Martin was able to get him Martin with the second sack for the Browns that's Jeremiah Martin First full year from Washington now rer is coming on to kick a field goal you know this is this is just this is In fairness you know when you have joint practices and you have games like this and all you guys go back and watch film I mean having those joint practices and looking at the other team I mean that that 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Aaron Jones uh I don't know whether they caugh he caught wind Josh Jacobs was coming to Green Bay or like whatever formation kicking team number 998 all right left prior to the kick being caught by the receiving team team it's a 5yd penalty from the end of the run first down Cleveland it seems like it took him about 5 minutes to sign and uh man we can't wait to watch him in the regular season here's the answer to the trivia question five boom we got a Minnesota in there too Aaron Jones what led you to him uh you know again somebody who's had a long long career obviously in this division um you know for for a for a for a fast guy willing to run between the tackles really accelerate at the line of scrimmage um in the passing game a weapon you know not necessarily a choice guy but get it on an edge accelerate out of a break a third down weapon just an incredible teammate incredible guy fits in our culture um a culture carrier really not just fits in can can lead a culture um just an incredible guy we're surprised he got out of Green Bay but the second we we saw that opportunity we bounced nickname showtime and he's here to put on a show for the Minnesota Vikings what one thing you know with Aaron is is I've seen him play on TV a bunch called a bunch of his games and until I saw him at OTAs W without pads and everything I had no idea how fast that young man was unbelievably fast the time spe doesn't do justice uh to what he is um again it's about acceleration what he does how he changes speeds um incredible running back we're we're excited to have him Dorian Thompson or Robinson still in the game hands off to veteran tailback Deontay Foreman Minnesota leads about Midway through the second quarter 137 all right quacy I'm going to ask you the kind of the question dour of the last couple days and I've asked as many people as I can this question did you stand next to David and joku I did and see just how big that man is I love David I was I was here with David um one of my favorite people um he's like that all the time he he doesn't wear shirts in the middle of January I wouldn't either yeah I'm not sure I would either uh but I was EXC you know I I came back and a lot of those guys that I was here with were first and second year players and now they're on their second contracts and just veteran players it's been cool to see them grow up um you know just proud of him and a lot of those guys there DTR with a throw to the right side and it is incomplete so that's going to bring up um that's going to bring up a punch for the Cleveland Browns and that was Dwight mcln undrafted from Arkansas spent 2020 at LSU with Dante Jones who uh is not only the DBS coach and passing game coordinator for the defense but he's calling the defense in the first half Mike saravo your inside linebacker coach in the second half what a great gesture not only by Kevin oconnell but by the organization to give those guys a chance West Phillips too right absolutely it's not about 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is the evaluation process you talk about being hungry with tal acquisition we try to get guys who can stay connected on blocks you know move people um and then you give a lot of credit to Kevin and the camp he's run he's tried to be more physical establish the Run game and you've seen the fruits of that labor um here here today Mullins under Center on second down second and eight miles gasin the former dolphin he's a veteran he's the tailb play action straight drop by Nick he's been sacked a couple of times fires a bullet over the middle caught by Trent sherfield senior very very strong young man is Trent he nearly shook a tackle and we have a flag on the play they're going to stop it at the 45 yd line pending infraction that will be a Minnesota Vikings first down yeah this is going to go against Cleveland but great protection up front on that play illegal contact Defense number 25 that penalty declined yardage gain is the first down swe it's a Ben's question you know you get the Run game going now you turn around and play pass and you get those open spaces and zones that's Kevin's offense the marriage of the run and pass that people talk about that's that to a see well a couple of the guys uh as part of the Minnesota moving company right now are are um coveted rookies Michael Jurgens at Center he's gone the distance likewise for Walter Rouse the left tackle he's played a lot of right tackle at training camp he's played left tack T Le versatile sword isn't he yes absolutely uh we he's pulling now we try and get all our offensive lineman versatility you know on game day you only get eight so you got to have multiple positions like but we're excited about them it's it's the beginning of their Journey we're not trying to say more than it is but we're excited about where they developing and where the arrows going and that's kind of the beauty of preseason right where if Ralph like say somebody's not the greatest polar or not the greatest or whatever well this is the time to do it to to you know what I'm saying absolutely Player Development this is the chance for for us to identify their need areas where they need to work on and we'll spend the season with our great Player Development staff hoping hoping to improve it um they've been during the week especially you obviously not today but there were a couple of Veteran defensive players I think stood out and and saw a lot from and one of them was Jihad Ward who played real well and I think uh Tillery has come in and taking advantage of the situation uh he's I mean I've never seen a guy wear 300 lb so well right he's he's a monster and he's starting to starting to produce out on the field so tell us about those guys and and and what you what you want to see out of them yeah absolutely Jerry tiller you know he's a former first round pick um there's not that many humans that walk to Earth looking that good 300 lb and that's probably why he was drafted there and you again you talk about somebody who's continued to ascend in their career he's entering a place where people tend to reach their Prime in their career so we're excited about that um in our defense being a three four guy but also ability to get up field and disrupt when he's athletic enough to do that um for sure High Ward you know we're somebody excited about him the role he's going to play for us bigger bigger typ body on the outside backer end but he can swing inside Rush against the guard do some things he's got a little crafty vet Savvy in there um we're excited for that role he'll play for us that was third and short and Miles gasin with very good Vision uh because he was stopped at the line of scrimmage and he found a seam to get a first down now we're looking at Sam Darnell who will be the starting quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings when the team heads to MetLife Stadium what led you guys to Sam you know Sam talented player again a former first round pick um he throws it incredibly well got a quick tight release um you know accurate with the football can go downfield intermediate game great pocket movement I think that's something we we we kind of look for feet and eyes going through your progressions but able to manipulate in the pocket you know overcome a pressure still keep your eyes up go down field and then somebody who quite frankly the context around his play you know where he played before we think we can Elevate him we think we've got a good roster around him a good scheme that elevates the quarterback play and we think we can see the best version of him here and and we'll be able to win some games with him and and we're seeing some highlights with him throwing to the likes of Brandon auk and Debo Samuel playing for Kyle shanahans San Francisco 49ers an organization for which quacy also worked before his days with the Cleveland Browns molins shotgun will throw short left incomplete uh but how much does it matter because Sam Sam comes into the league as a high draft pick with the Jets then he goes to Carolina and then he doesn't play much with San Francisco but I know the reverence and respect you have for the 49ers and the way they run things and their coaching staff does that matter a lot when when you pull somebody for such an important spot absolutely you know the type of training they're going to be getting um what's emphasized again we talk about feet and eyes different things like that we know that they play a similar way and look frankly the similar offenses are going to go shop in the same areas now they have Josh dos we have Sam darnold because we we definitely respect each other and what we do in the pass game three three receivers left lucky Jackson right on Third and seven Mullins trying to get away from the pressure got away from one guy couldn't get away from Two and he's now been sacked three times we hit the two-minute warning more with quad Doo Mena coming up around the corner Vikes ball Vikes lead 13-7 from Cleveland on the Vikings Entertainment 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fool Mr Harrison unbelievable and with NFL Plus premium you too can be a football knowt all courtesy of the Vikings Entertainment Network we are back at Cleveland Brown Stadium the Vikings are about to punt and uh they they have two punters on the roster currently uh this one is Seth Vernon we saw him against the Las Vegas Raiders he punted two times for an average of 45 per with a 55 long and and well now Ryan Wright's coming in well that's crazy uh because Vernon quite the athlete he was a receiver at Portland State uh but for whatever the reason Vernon has come out of the game and U here's Ryan Wright he had seven touchbacks last year and only one the year before it took place in the PO in the postseason game against the Giants deala sends it back to wri and fair catch at the six yard line let's boot it down to Ben lever on the sideline just we were talking about Sam darnold you know we we can all see the physical traits but I want to ask you quacy just about his mental approach I mean in all fairness this is his fourth offense that he's working on right now there's a lot of expectations around him and around this offense so how do you guys as a staff approach just the patience that you got to have with somebody that's learning a new offense and just kind of where his mentals are at overall yeah it's it's the patience but it's also the faith I have in Kevin and how he develops and teaches and I've been I've sat in the classroom he makes it come to life for them he explains the why behind the plays in a way that not every coach does in the NFL um so it's a belief in that and again you talk about relationships Josh mcnown was his teammate um with the Jets and so we know him and know him as a learner and we think we're getting the best version of Sam right now a point in his career where he's dialed in um going to give his best shots to be a great player for the Vikings now quacy uh the rookie JJ McCarthy was set to start today and obviously we have a torrin miniscus he's going to be out for the season how how are you handling the setback you know this job is about St has an injured player after the two-minute warning in this situation requires a team charge timeout this will be their first time out of the half uh this job is about adversity and overcoming it and so you know I I don't never let let my get S get down we talk about positivity and that that's test in the moments where it matters you know and this is one of them um JJ's just a great kid and I know we what we have in him so I'm excited about the future I'm working on his player development plan for this year so I'm going to throw myself into that with with excitement and just know that he's probably watching this game taking notes and we'll have a scouting report for for kevm when we get back to Minnesota well I thought one thing that was interesting Tuesday when when you know everybody's getting on the buses start talking about you know all the news that had popped is you know I'm certainly not speaking for the team but I kind of got the feel that you guys felt from what you saw in the offseason training camp and in that Raiders game the Hayes in the barn we don't exactly know what we have but we know what we have we like yes and we're glad that he's with us so this is a bad beat but it's not like there's not going to be an NFL season next year absolutely that's that's the bright side I take from it um and so we're looking forward but obviously our feet are where we are today but we're we're excited about the future Dorian Thompson Robinson still a quarterback holding the ball a little long thros it out left outside the numbers to Deontay Foreman he makes one guy Miss he makes awesome W Miss and finally he is coralled and thrown down out of bounds by Jay Ward second-year LSU first down for the Browns uh what an interesting run it's been for Jay I mean all the way back to like 2019 I talked to Dante Jones yesterday and he's like all right Jay was a safety he got the LSU I made him a corner and then he's multifaceted so he's going to play safety in the NFL passed over the middle Kau RI and now he's playing mostly corner I mean seriously that that's a lot switching back and forth Brian Flores told us yesterday he feels he's best as a cornerback he just plays faster what do you think yeah I think you that obviously Flo would be a great person to talk to about that um in our defense the safety position evolves a lot of communication and different things getting everybody lined up so it can allow you to play faster if you don't have to do that but Jay's talented he's an instinctive football player he likes to come downhill hit people Blitz um the types of stuff that safeties do nickel backs do in Corners doing this this defense as well well i' say one guy that's not out on the field that I want to talk about for a quick second is is is Ivan Pace I mean Ivan Pace undrafted rookie free agent a year ago and today he's not dressing he's become that you know big of a part of the defense what goes into the free agents I know you you talked about relationships you talked about a number of other things but to find these undrafted guys that's just you know hungry evaluation like like we talked about earlier our coaches get really involved in that process and at that point in the draft it's not about measurables it's going to be about who actually can play football it might not look the same way it looks in the first or second round but the results on the field can can be that way and IP was that way to be frank his film you talk about rundowns Instinct of getting to the football it's all there but he doesn't the measurables don't match up to the guys that go earlier in the draft and that's where you take those those opportunities um he's an incredible Talent it's been great for us well Duron Jones DB's coach calling the defense in the first half is channeling his in Brian Flores with some of these blitzes because he forced DTR to throw it early and it was incomplete so now it's second and 10 31 seconds to go in the first half empty backfield fourman rush and Dorian Thompson Robinson throws it over the middle and it bounds up into the air and it's intercepted by lsen oh lsen picked it off at the 17 yd line so with 20 seconds to go in the first half Minnesota leads 13-7 and they will get the ball with an opportunity if uh West Phillip calling the plays is so inclined to dial something up deep down the field I I know I laugh every time I I just think it's probably happened a million times all over the place I think it's so cool when coaches acques or or the gesture of letting other people do do you know what what is a really cool job even if it's just during preseason you know yeah that's no ego uh coming for both Kevin and and Flo and then obviously just the want to develop their staff all right 20 seconds to go Mullins still in the game and he's 11 of 21 135 yds in a touchdown good for louisine first round pick a couple of years ago had that um catastrophic injury at to Tottenham Hotspur it's been an arduous return for him yeah physically and mentally you know it's always good when Lewis does good things yep let's see what happens with uh Mullins here looks like we're going to take a knee and head to halftime where the Browns will get the ball to begin in the second half uh that was an honor it's my pleasure glad to do it in Cleveland I got a love a lot of love for this place proposed my wife here lot a lot of great uh memories here just thankful to be back here with these great people yeah you can come back for the fourth quarter or do the whole Eagles game if you want my boss is Sam Sam that's Sam yeah uh Sam Newton part of uh a second to none public relations staff thank you quy have a good day uh that's quacy adofo Mena general manager for the Minnesota Vikings with Ben Liber and B bich I'm Paul Allen thanks to touchdown from Nick Mullins to Tristan Jackson and a couple of will rker field 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a touchdown we have Chris hockey join joining us there in Cleveland and Hawk Tristan Jackson he and Speedy Naylor and Brandon Powell man they are making a really good case for wr3 they sure are and it should be interesting to see who decides to keep what and how many receivers will keep on this squad I mean you've only got so many spots and I know that uh there's they're still looking for somebody to return kicks they're looking for a punt returner so a lot of things are going to go into that but it was good to see some flash especially out of Jackson West Phillips is going to be doing the play calling throughout the game so far he has already started doing that and I have to mention this and I I know you watching it there from the stadium we got to talk about the trenches because both sides the Vikings off offensive line they've been opening uphols the Run game's working well and on the other side the defense is holding the Browns run game to almost nothing yeah we're seeing the youth from both sides of the football team obviously and we saw sort of the same thing when we were watching the uh The Joint practices this week we saw a lot of intense physical battles down in the trenches and both coaches like that kind of thing I think we want aggression on the offense and defensive lines I know that uh when we talked to both the defensive and offensive coordinators yesterday sorry in the production meetings for the broadcast they both mentioned their offenses and defensive lines and how they've come together and coales into one tight group of people so again I think what we're going to see is a lot of uh of tough Cuts as we get closer and closer to getting down to the 53 man roster for this team because there are a lot of players making a case for themselves to make this roster all right so Nick Mullins gets the start 11 of 21 135 yards got a touchdown more importantly zero interception Haw but here's the thing and one thing I did notice about him if Nick's On The Run if he's scrambling if it's a roll out if he's you know pedaling back his accuracy level is way down yeah and I got to tell you just talking again to the offensive coordinator yesterday Wes was mentioning the the positives and the negatives of Nick and it's the exact same thing that we've always seen and what we saw with him last year when he got his opportunity to start if he can find a way just to avoid those crazy mistakes the kind of mistakes that you don't expect a pro quarterback to make we've seen so many good plays out of him but you're right when he is scrambling when he gets out there when he's off script sometimes he has troubles and we saw that continue today I don't think we'll see him in the second half we might see Holland we might see the new kid they just brought in so we'll see what the uh the coaches decide to do in the second half but we're going to get a new look I think real quick can wongu on the ground seven carries 45 yards look in the par yeah and again second time in a row he's looked good and he's fast we know that so we got to see if he can improve blocking out of the back field and see how much of a uh a dents he can make in making this squad this year uh lastly if you don't mind mus as we let you go here uh we still haven't gotten the rain I'm starting to learn what it's like to be a weatherman because they keep saying it's going to rain they keep moving it back now they're saying 8:00 right now Lake erie's messing with me man it's that Lake Effect is what you got going on over there that's exactly what's going on today yeah I'm waiting for this big rainstorm that ain't came yet great stuff thanks buddy appreciate it Chris hock from the Power Trip Morning Show there hey let's pause 10 second for station identification it's Minnesota Vikings football the radio home of the Minnesota Vikings FM 100.3 kfxm Minneapolis St Paul The Fan 137 at the half with Wong W on the ground seven carries and 45 yards Mullins 11 of 21 135 and a touchdown so 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the fan my name is Chris hocky we'll break it down Monday morning 5:30 to9 right here on the power trip on the fan the Las Vegas Raiders Justin Jefferson was miked up on the sideline everything went well for the Vikings he had a trisan Jackson touchdown Trent sherfield senior scored a touchdown and um Harrison Smith who is Minnesota Vikings immortality one of the great defensive players in the history of this team uh he will be wearing a microphone and uh we will will get his thoughts as Ryker is set to kick off and kickoff to Jaylen Darden but first the Minnesota Vikings Foundation recently celebrated the 5-year anniversary of the Vikings table food truck to dat Vikings table has delivered more than 65,000 meals to underserved Children and Families A Renewed partnership with EXL energy will support this program for another 5 years so on behalf of the team and uh on behalf of the beneficiaries of Vikings table thank you XL Energy and thank you Minnesota Vikings so now we've seen it a few times watched some others on television uh the new kickoff rule where the coverage guys line up at the 40 5 yards away from them you have a bunch of Cleveland Browns thwn across the field and uh two potential returners for the Browns prochet is back at the nine and Darden is back at the goal line what do you think about all this yeah it it's definitely the it develops very quickly right you know it's not the Gil kickoff where you had guys just hustling down the field but seing a lot of touchbacks today but I expect the deeper you get in the preseason the more these guys are going to try to do something just to make the team now that's a Touchback which means it comes out to the 30 but a flag came in I mean right as he caught the ball at about the 45 yard line the Vikings already had an illegal formation penalty on one of these uh kick coverage opportunities illegal formation yeah kicking team number 98 okay left prior to the kick being fielded by the receiving team it's a 5yd penalty from the 30 yd line to the 35 first down Cleveland yeah that's uh that's twice on him on Bo RoR that's that's our second he's just you know just pink out of what happened getting a little jumpy um I don't know if his foot was I don't know if his foot was too far over the line or he left before the ball you know was touched by the return guy so I don't know looked like a good get off to me must must have been lined up on the wrong side of the line 13-7 Vikings lead hundley's in a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns throws to the left side and it's caught it's a big hit to zier Mitchell Peyton in his first full season from Florida Atlantic and the Browns quickly strike with a 30yd hit the quarterback Tyler Huntley fifth year from Utah unrestricted free pickup in the off season from the Baltimore Ravens he spent four seasons with the Ravens did the quarterback and uh made nine starts with eight touchdowns seven interceptions he can run to he ran in three inter uh three touchdowns handoff on first down up the middle between the hash marks and hit at the 35 end up plunging ahead will be Deontay Foreman gain of three second to seven now we're getting the first chance to look at Nan Wright uh who's we traded for Andrew for Andrew booth just a couple week like we a week ago he came from the Dallas Cowboys so he's getting the opportunity to get out there and show everybody what he could do um you know definitely opportunities at this this on this team at that position so he's going to have to battle this entire game Huntley facing a blitz they're going to screen into it very well done uh caught by Foreman Wiggles right Wiggles left just inside the numbers hit at the 28 and stopped at the 26 for a gain of five Ben with the Minnesota Vikings in the second half what are you looking for and now the defense is coordinated by inside linebackers coach Mike saravo well I had a chance to talk with head coach Kevin okono coming out of the locker room onto the field and you know I asked him sort of the same thing he's like look we just got to practice on maintaining this lead and you know that's obviously not playing tight but that means don't take any unnecessary chances he really wants to challenge these guys just to play Within the scheme you know just play Within the fundamentals of what they're asking you to do don't try to do too much he did talk about how Nick Mullen played in the first half he liked a lot of things he just says that he needs to work on when when plays get extended we talk about those off schedule plays of just try not to do too much you know if you feel like you're going to take a hit get rid of the ball no need for Unnecessary hits on your body uh and that way you kind of avoid any sort of catastrophic mistakes so uh a lot of positives he liked in the Run game but uh it's all about preserving here this lead in this second half and playing within themselves uh we just saw Jay Ward uh who's played corner and now he's playing safety so he's getting safety run in this game lsen is the Deep safety as um Huntley goes on play action and he's going to dump it left for a first down inside the 10 yd line and that one is caught by Tron Welch for a gain of 22 this is a college free agent from Wy Wyoming by way of Buffalo High School in Minnesota part of class of 2019 and he was a baller for the Bison wide receiver in tight end in fact in his final year he had 1,32 receiving yards that was most in Minnesota high school football and Welch scored 17 goals for the Buffalo bisen High School hockey team in three seasons of uh of hockey meanwhile Bo RoR frustrated by the mysterious illegal formations on the kicks comes surging in and sacks the quarterback for a loss of seven that's his third one of the preseason and and I think what Cleveland's doing they're seeing that fiveman front you know you're losing a guy in zone coverage so they want to Bootleg off of it and you're counting on your quarterback to make a guy Miss and in that case Bo RoR who is a very very good athlete five years at the at Air Force and he's been stepping up Hall and and been very active he's been getting to the quarterback and regardless of your height weight speed that's fantastic seventh play of a possession that's gone 54 yds and is going to be boed and halted by an interception and Dwight mln takes off far side to the 20 scoots by Brown at the 40 and Dwight mln has a pick six or does he no he stopped inside the 10 he had a pick six at um the Thursday joint practice Huntley throws it right to mcln and the undrafted corner from Arkansas was able to return it 91 yds Paul when you getting pressure on the quarterback the quarterback back decide he he wants to get through it and what a great job by mcln to the ball wasn't thrown to the guy he was covering but he had his eyes on the quarterback so he was able to fall back in that zone the ball thrown a little bit overthrown and was able to step in and come up with the interception the great catch and really a good decision by him to get up and run he didn't fall in the end zone he realized where he was on the field and he got himself up and got down the field so great job by mcln would love to have seen him put it in the end zone but you right the guys he's putting together a good set of days interception practice interception in the game that's good jiren hall now in a quarterback and he hands it to gasan who weaves his way up the middle across the five down by the end zone and they say it was short jiren Hall to miles gasin for a run of seven yards and uh that will make it second and goal for the Minnesota Vikings jiren hall second year from BYU fifth round pick in 2023 against the Raiders 7 of 16 63 yards he started a couple of games last year played in three in totality got hurt at Atlanta overall zero touchdowns and to one interception last year for jiren Hall who's under Center the center still his rookie Michael Jurgens Hall looks to fade left side and back Left To the End Zone touchdown Malik NOS he held it long enough back Left To the End Zone to haul in a touch down hall to nlls and the Vikings stretch the lead to 197 that's just a great job by jiren Hall executing this offense when you when the Browns are showing Blitz all the gaps are filled and you have one-on ones on the outside you find out which is which one's the tallest receiver and then it's literally sna snapped to the fade and what a great throw and and a great catch they might be look they're looking at the catch right now I taking a long look at it to make sure he came down with it but throwing a perfect J jump ball so nice job by jiren Hall to to just see what happened in from what was there and then trying to take advantage of the one-on-one on the outside taking another Peak at it here on Fox 9 what do you think taking a look well all he has to do is have possession and get two feet on the ground yep caught it one I don't know I think that left one might have the left 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who was undressed on that throw and I I was I was hoping mcln would get into the end zone man but um how are things how are things down there like when you watch a game from this Vantage Point how do you watch it when it comes to uh the secondary and just the totality of the defense it's good normally uh if I'm not miked up with you I've got a a defensive headset on so I'm getting a call and looking at the secondary in the front and just trying to pretend I'm out there see what guys are doing right quick hitter to the right gain of five five or six it'll be second and about four for the Cleveland Browns Pete uh we we talked a lot about Jay Ward and and his ability to play both safety and corner and in this day and age in this league Harrison it's a very rare thing to do so talk about his skill set and his ability to do both and what it takes for someone to be able to do both yeah he he played a lot of corner at LSU and um flashed on special teams big time last year so when you're flashing on special teams and making making those tackles they tend to be a little harder than than even on defense sometimes so you got to find a spout for a guy like that and it's kind of the more you can do Harrison in chatting with Brian Flores yesterday and Theo Jackson and we've heard it a million times when they all say like you're you're a coach on the field or a coach in the room to these guys I ain't trying to make you sound old or anything but like what goes into that uh uh trying to raise these younger players and get them better quickly lucky Jack uh I'm in the way right now um yeah it's uh yeah it's just it it kind of oh Lou's playing Angry flag that might have been before the hit though yeah the flag came out before the hit yeah so they're going to have they're going to have a little discussion we all know um yeah being the I don't like saying the old guy but being the veteran in the room you know it kind of comes with the territory and it's a it's a role I've always always I've always enjoyed the mental side of the game anyways and however I can pass on the experience and knowledge I have I try to I don't try to be like overbearing and overdo it but um guys have questions they come to me or if I see something um you know I'll let them know but it's I don't like to overstep you know Durante and uh Flo and everybody like but if I see something yeah I'll uh I'll try to help out where I can but that was holding on Jordan uh Kosik who just got here like a few days ago six year from Cal and he spent his last two years with Cleveland no gain on that play and uh it will be second down for the Cleveland Browns Ben lra the Vikings lead 20 to7 what do you have for the Hitman a thank you well yeah I mean look let's we got to talk about the guy that just keeps making plays on defense right now you know a lot of fans been wanting to see louen sort of show up we all understand the injury situation but you know he gets a tip ball interception you know he didn't maybe do anything super special but it shows up on the stat list and I tell you what that huge hit that he just had I mean I'm not saying that this is going to be the game that propels him to X Y and Z but you know I know that you've been there in those situations before where there's sometimes it's just a spark that like gets you to take another step and hit another gear do you think this game is the type of game that Lou absolutely has to have is that for me yeah oh yeah yeah this is uh you know Lou came in reputation of a big hitter and like you said you know had some had some bad luck there over in London um so being able to bounce back get his hands on a ball you know even though you say that's not like spectacular play like you catch the one thrown to you that's a big deal especially in the Red Zone before the half you know that's points uh and then getting a big hit like that like kind of setting the tone should do a lot for his confidence yeah Hunley nearly sacked Runs Out to the right and uh eludes an onch charging Jay Ward for a gain of seven and a first down Jay Ward Harrison I mean safety doing good work on special teams moves to corner he played both at LSU but it how difficult is it learning everything in flor's defense like as a safety and then all of a sudden you're playing Corner uh kind of like we mentioned with my my veteran status uh some things that I don't think are as hard you know if you don't have the experience and stuff they can be harder uh we in our secondary a lot of things are interchangeable between safety and corner and just all our pieces so he has a he has a good understanding of where he fits at both spots now Harrison we'll talk let's talk a little bit about the evolution of your game and I have a question the reason why I'm asking it is because I think the answer might be different than what I expected if you had the choice between a sack and an interception which one would you take is it a sack fumble or is it well it can be it can be a sack Force fumble if you want it to be um now there's something about interceptions especially in the secondary like it's just the act of stealing um it feels good football field so you get a you get a pretty big rush with those um but sacks especially when you get the ball out you know they can be just as big so they both do a lot for the team but picks are picks are a little harder to come by normally well it it is fair to mention that into the regular season Harrison is a half sack from 20 in his career joining the 20 sack 30 interception Club becoming only the seventh in NFL history to do so I mean we got some HS on that list man Charles Woodson Brian Dawkins Larry Wilson Ray Lewis Jack ham and Nick bonani so um getting a half sack this year be really cool for Harrison Smith with 519 to go in the third quarter Huntley nearly through another interception bounces off the hands of a Viking into the awaiting arms of Jaylen Darden and darden's able to secure a first down 16 gets 16 and trailing by 13 the Browns think they're in business Ben Liber uh what do you have up your sleeve for Harrison well I mean I want to ask about just uh what this defense is going through right now I mean I know that you face a lot of a lot of scrambling dual threat quarterbacks we don't probably see as much of them here in the NFL but these guys our defense has their hands full like what's it like when you go against a guy like Hunley that can that can throw the ball down the field and he can scramble a little bit yeah just add one more one more element you got to take into account especially when you're calling plays on like I think that was third and mediumish um so if you're I don't know what coverage we in but you know if you're playing man and he eludes the pass rush there's really nobody else looking at him uh so that can create some issues against guys like this preseason you normally don't have quite as big of a plan so you're just kind of playing baseball and and just just trying to play and and and show what you can do fundamentally inside linebacker coach Mike zabo's calling the defense this half your position Coach tonte Jones called it in the first half Wes Phillips is calling offense the entire game as we have a flag here my man went on the pole a little too early so this will be an infraction against cleveland1 5yd peny still second I don't know man I think it's really cool that oconnell with the gesture of letting other people call the game likewise for Brian Flores um I think that's pretty cool man what do you think of it yeah I think that's that's something you should definitely do in the preseason I know I've seen Hard Knocks and stuff they let players call it so I'm still waiting on that opportunity but uh no it's good cuz we I mean like I've seen some wild stuff happen during the season so just getting getting Reps for different coaches it's just like players really you want to get get a chance to expand there we go TR of expand your repertoire Forman with a short game it's third down for the Browns third and 12 now Harrison you being being having been a bking for as long as you have you played in a lot of different styles of Defense and I don't know if there are two that are more opposite each other than a Mike Zimmer type offense where you had the discipline for defensive lineman do your thing and then now with what you're doing with Brian Flores talk about Flores and what do you love about uh you know the defense that you're playing right now because I'm sure that's part of what kept you around for another year I uh I mean you kind of nailed it with that uh some of the defenses I've played in are very uh very like Gap sound matchy on on you know kind of Manish coverage um and and we do some of that but we also play a little bit more I don't know maybe unconventional is how you call it um but it's it's very like it's very in the player's hands like within the scheme that that Flo has built and it it it kind of gives you a few more tools you can use if you know what you're doing and get some more Vision on the ball um which which is a lot of fun you can get like last year we had a lot more Force fumbles we need to create some more interceptions um but being able to get that many guys to the ball and it comes out idea Kade York from 34 and he nailed it more with Harrison Smith Harry The Hitman miked up on the sideline when we return the Vikings lead the Browns 20 to 10 and this is Minnesota Vikings football no matter who you are or what you do there's a Ford vehicle that can help you own the day make life on the go a walk in the park with the new Ford Explorer become the MVP of the work site with the unrivaled performance of a new built Ford tough f-s series truck the bestselling trucks in America or discover what it really means to Adventure in The Great Outdoors with a new bronos sport whether it's for work or play there's a Ford with a great deal waiting at your local Northland Ford 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FM 100.3 KF in the Vikings radio network Harrison Smith miked up on the sideline as his Vikings lead 20 to10 are are your kids Elanor and Pierce watching right now um they probably are I don't know if Pierce is paying too much attention daddy Elanor is pretty uh she's interested in football every time it comes down says that out pretty much any sport that comes on yeah so so how would you explain to Eleanor or anybody in your Covenant who loves football this new kickoff this new kickoff rule what do you think of it I sold out huh um at least you're getting paid a lot for it uh the kickoff I honestly completely forgot about it we started uh training camp but threw me off when we started practicing it right but I think it's good I think it's good for the game like make it more watchable make it a little you know as safe as they can make it with it still being football and entertaining um cuz it kind of you know the past couple years it kind of became something you changed the channel before something so Paul who threw a touchdown pass to Malik noes hands off Gaston up the middle for three and it'll be second and seven uh so Harrison right next to the hotel that we've been staying in for the last seems like a month there's an airport now I'm wondering if you just at some point thought about maybe sneaking on over there taking the wheel chocks off of beachcraft and then just taking that thing up because you do have your pilot's license I know a lot of people don't know that but Aviation that's a big part of at least it has been a big part of who you are what are these other things outside of football that you love to do uh so that's something I got into a while ago and like you mentioned I had a some good runs in a beach craft and c I I haven't I haven't flown in in a few years though it's just with the kids and with my my recent love of golf it's uh it's just too much too much to be safe up there so uh I put that one on the back burner but I did walk down to the pier right there and stand right uh kind of under where planes were coming in m and saw some some some cool single engines fly right overhead that was that was pretty cool just standing by the water and enjoying that Paul shotgun Runs Out to the right eyeballs gasin finds him and he stumbles his way close to a first down in fact uh it's going to be a connection there of about 6 seven yds then of the third quarter is nearly over um what do you got for Harrison uh it's so sad that we're going to let Harrison go here pretty soon I did want to ask you about your head coach I mean it seems like you guys have you know probably a little different a more uh a deeper Bond than maybe just veteran player and head coach how would you describe your relationship with your head coach who's almost like your Mentor you guys are almost the same age yeah we're uh I I kind of joke sometimes I'm I'm closer to his age and most of the coaches than they're my own teammates so there's some you know some things in life we we tend to talk about and and share and more on the human side but I love talking B I love talking to an offensive guy like like KO who every time we go against him in [Music] practice you know prior when he was with the Rams they always had a lot of good stuff dialed up so just kind of just kind of hearing how he thinks about the game and certain situations and whatnot is uh you that's interesting to me D tried to get Speedy on the right side but was stopped we paused our final um uh the end of the conversation with Harrison Smith around the corner on the Minnesota Vikings Entertainment Network no matter who you are or what you do there's a Ford vehicle that can help you own the day make life on the go a walk in the park with the new Ford Explorer become the MVP of the work site with the unrivaled performance of a new built Ford tough f-s series truck the bestselling trucks in America or discover what it really means to Adventure in The Great Outdoors with a new Bronco 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not seriously what a wonderful kid uh uh I don't know if you've chatted with him but like what do you say to him uh I haven't seen him since the surgery and everything but I I shot him a text his uh his locker is is pretty close behind in between uh just on the other side of jets so we uh I've got to know him pretty well he's like you mentioned he's like's a fantastic young man and uh he's got a bright future ahead of him he's trying to keep his head up which I know he will he's he's a I think he's he's kind of wise me on his ears and he's got that got that fire in him so uh hopefully he'll be back back ready to go you're fantastic man can't wait to watch you against the New York Giants thank you very much for doing this and uh we'll see you on the flight back okay all right thank thanks buddy that's Harry The Hitman one of the best defensive players in the history of Minnesota Vikings football fourth quarter around the corner indeed it's Vikings football what's popping Justin 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is he scored a touchdown and that's really good news for Cleveland because it was their only touchdown they scored in the game and it took place with about 5 minutes to go in the game and the Vikings are leading the Cleveland Browns 20- 10 as we enter the fourth quarter Huntley throws to the right on Third and five and that's going to be no gain so the Browns will punch it and a lucky Jackson is deep for the Minnesota Vikings another nice Tackle by LS seen so you know Lewis is is definitely shown up today and I mean we were there we were there when the accident happened out in twickingham in England and man to see him come back and even be on the field is is somewhat of a miracle and so it's great to see all that hard work that he's been putting in playing off and and I like the idea like what you guys were saying about the switch going off and saying hey I'm healthy I'm good I can play this game again let's uh maybe this is the beginning of something great Bo horz with a beauty it's 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when you're backed up in the shadow of your own goal poost but uh I'm looking forward to jiren Hall taking a shot deep at some some point Dwayne McBride with a three yd Scamper to the right side McBride first Bowl Year from uh UAB seventh round pick by the Vikings in 2023 three runs for 17 yards versus the Las Vegas Raiders and so far McBride with Beck Harry has three yards is Hall Boots out to the right throws to the right caught by tight end try Knox TR Knox with a catch and he's blasted out of bounds that'll be a hit of n yard and a Vikings first down Paul I think I think coming into this and seeing the first couple days of of of combined practices I had questions about our ability to run the football and how our offensive line and and how well we were going to be able to stop the football and I think if there's something to take away from today with these guys that have been out here they have the big men have definitely taken care of business I got to give a lot of credit to the offensive line in the running game the running backs and with the defensive line linebackers Hall tossing left McBride leaps over a brown bounces off another at the 20 gets outside the numbers taken down at the 25 yd line Dwayne McBride with a run of seven yards you see West Phillips right behind Kevin okono West Phillips offensive coordinator for the Vikings he was with the Rams when oconnell won a Super Bowl he's called the entire game today offensively defensively Brian Flores the coordinator uh he split it up between DB's coach Dante Jones calling the first half and to Mike saravo inside linebacker coach calling the second half that's really really cool that they're doing that second down second and short McBride goes plunging up the middle and he will get enough for should be enough for a first down it's very close they needed about three yards and in fact CLE blakeman will indicate that is a first down now uh the center Michael Jurgen still in the game looks like he's going to Go the Distance here Pete he is a rookie from Wake Forest seventh round pick is the Damascus Maryland native Michael Jurgen somebody on whom they're quite High OK Connell has a lot of good things to say about him quasa dooa in the second quarter bragged about him and it looks like my man's going to go to the distance as jiren Hall rolls right throws right caught jwn Johnson at the 45 and he make that Jon Jones is gone touch down for the Vikings it's a 71 yd strike jiren Hall has thrown two touchdowns and for J Shawn Jones that is his first pre-season touchdown Jones undrafted from Maryland bumps the score to 2610 well we're talking about the marriage of the run and the pass and we just saw that happen right in front of us and that's a lot to do with Dwayne McBride being very efficient in the running game right and off of that you run the bootleg you run the play fake and you see coach Kevin o Kyle just so excited about a regular play a play that's really meant to move the chains you get 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fans are starting to leave the stadium but but look I've got Aaron Jones over here had seven years in Green Bay everybody knows how good you are right you become a free agent in March and then the Vikings come calling now the thing is I'm sure you had other suitors too like you know what we have to offer in the Run game like why did you choose Minnesota over anybody else um you know the offenses are very similar coming from Green Bay to this offense uh so I knew that uh I like uh KLC and him as a play caller you know and then uh I feel like you guys have weapons already already established there and I could just come in and uh be added value and I value so well you know I think everybody knows that you're you're a great Runner you're electric when you get the ball in your hands going downhill um you can catch out the backfield you you applaud yourself and say that you're a three a three down back you're complete back part of that is being really good in Blitz pickup what goes into being really good at picking up the blitz on third down uh what goes into it is you got number one is the mentality you got to be physical um knowing that they're going to have a running start at you and it's all about protecting your quarterback if you give him that little extra time to get the throw off uh you hold the pocket and he'll the quarterback will make the throw and it's all about protecting him so uh he can he can get the ball off and make a play Down field well you speak about quarterbacks you and Sam dar New Kids on the Block here how have you guys sort of leaned on each other both on and off the field uh you know just coming in uh coming into a new place like you said it's both of our first time here uh just learning the offense together trying to become one uh trying to gain all trying to gain all these guys trust and uh we're we're doing it together so it's great to have somebody right there by your side and then he's a quarterback so he he has a really great inside of the offense and I'm new like I said so uh if I have any questions I'm right there with him I can just uh bounce it off of him and will give it right back to me so it's perfect so going back sort of alluding back to that first question you know we we haven't been great against the run and you come in to this franchise and a lot of us as fans are like oh my gosh he's going to save our rushing attack like a lot of high expectations how do you handle those expectations early early in this training camp uh you know just continue to do the things that I've done and just know it's it's not I'm not it's not just me who's going to do the sav is we got a great group of backs here and uh it's going to be all of us to come in and you know lift up the lift up the Run game and uh have a better year than we did last year in the Run game look everybody's going to know you as Showtime if they don't already because you wear those fancy glasses all the time so I want to get your thoughts on this Showtime what do you think about these I think you got to leave them I think you got to leave them all the rest of the time they look good even in the rain even in the rain it's kind of cloudy though it is it is but that's part of being Showtime you just keep them on so you approve I approve love it all right guys all right thank you Ben thank you Aaron and um the punt I thought bounced off a viking but the offense is running out on the field we're in the fourth quarter from Cleveland and it's raining on the Vikings Entertainment Network no matter who you are or what you do there's a Ford vehicle that can help you own the day make life on the go a walk in the park with the new Ford Explorer become the MVP of the work site with the unrivaled performance of a new built Ford tough f-s series truck the bestselling trucks in America or discover what it really means to Adventure in The Great Outdoors with a new Bronco sport whether it's for work or play there's a Ford with a great deal waiting at 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preseason game Kevin oconnell is going to be miked up for the entire third quarter on the sideline I happen to be quite excited about that peep yeah it'll be it'll be good to just get his thoughts on on really what's going on in the game and just get some uh you know from the horse's mouth per se the updates on who looked good and who's had a great preseason right it seems that he's enjoying himself today I mean West Phillips calling the plays and well look at okell's rise smile he's like that's I mean it's West just called a fourth quarter end around and we're up we're up 17 points I mean you got to try to run some way right and even better Paul stayed in bounds and that's that's these are like the little details that uh that when you have veteran players like Brandon Powell you know when I have we have a 17-point lead you got 8 minutes left to go keep keep that clock going completions runs stay in bounds all those little details that uh that you have to learn they've given rookie Michael Jurgens a break he's out at Center Henry Bird's in we had a bad snap now we have a flag we have a quarterback running right and spinning at the 30 yd line it's raining if there's lightning in the area then um this whole thing could stop can we just have a running clock I mean if the NFL holding offense number 68 that Pen's decline bring up fourth down inauspicious debut for third Center Henry bird replaces Jurgens who's bradberry's backup we have a high snap and then we also had a penalty on 68 how do you explain that away in the meeting room you don't you can't right and and the only thing you can do is hope to get out there in the next 7 minutes and 57 seconds and make up for it you know what I mean James brochet the second fifth year from SMU to attempt to return Ryan R's punt flag on this prochet runs up to the 35 it's a 35 yd punt by Ryan Wright and uh we will pause shortly after the culmination of this penalty 2710 Minnesota yeah had flags on both sides of the field so I would assume it they've got a couple things they have to sort out so this may take a little bit of time but you know overall it's it's actually good to to see a game in on grass in the rain I mean when was the last time had a chance to see a football game in these kind of conditions maybe Nashville in in the preseason like within the last eight years remember that that that Tennessee clipping penalty where we waited like 90 minutes to start the game that's right it's right we had a game in the metall lands that was delayed but that was Turf Monday Night Football that was Turf I mean it's a little different but all right so um still haven't heard from C blakeman no there is it's like I say it's preseason for them too so they're going to walk over and um chat with former Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin stefansky there he is Kevin two-time Associated Press Coach of the Year spent 14 Seasons with the Minnesota Vikings finishing in 2019 as offensive coordinator could have offsetting penalties here meaning reick for Ryan Wright CLE cleat any timeout it's not raining as hard so it's uh not as uncomfortable for everybody on the field there are fouls against both teams on the play okay kicking team member going out of bounds number 40 that penalty's declined holding receiving team number 38 that penalty been forc 10 yds from the end of the kick first down Cleveland all right so that's how we're going to handle that 2710 Minnesota and we pause we have 743 to go in the second preseason game the Vikings have dominated you've watched it and listened to it courtesy of the Vikings Entertainment Network K's light presents to chill or not to chill when your friend skips your favorite song on the playlist end the friendship or choose chill because that song lives rentree in your head anyway and you're planned ahead by bringing Kors light to the party and the sound of that ice cold can cracking open was music to your ears already Kors light choose chill celebrate responsibly 2024 Coors 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quacy as part of the staff underneath the tutelage and a leadership of general manager and grw Barry now uh Kevin became the offensive coordinator for the Vikings in 2018 Pete uh it was um after a Monday Night Football debacle at Seattle weren't running the ball enough low scoring stuff like that first game is off defensive coordinator they played the Miami Dolphins at US Bank Stadium 2018 Dalvin cook goes for 136 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns so I talked to Kevin after the game and you know I'm like you know what got into dvin you know what got into that that running game in that Dolphins game and he said I learned a very important lesson very early in my career to do exactly what the head coach wants you to do and Zim wants to run so we're going to run and gin was just all smiles right you got to work you got to work within that system and and I think what really stands out to me Paul is when you when you talked about his resume in all the different positions that he coached outside the offensive line he's coached everything on the offense and you know I think 30 years ago 20 years ago you had head coaches that that have been around and know how to coach all the different spots um but stepansky does he knows he's been in those rooms so he knows all those little bitty things so in his case he needs to lean on a good offensive line coach and then he'll control control the rest and so uh definitely not uh he got to become become a head coach pretty quickly but he definitely earned his way up that ladder and and you I mean you would know better than anybody you you were a former coach in the NFL coaching uh Vikings linebackers and and stefansky got here from Philadelphia he was an intern with the Eagles uh but Brad childis was hired in 2006 so he was kind of Brad's right-hand man he was this assistant to the head coach and to be able to last as as an assistant coach on any staff through three head coaches Brad childr Leslie Frasier and Mike Zimmer I mean everybody who came across Kevin knew in a second this man set up for success and you're right that's another thing too is is it's one thing as a player or uh you know radio analyst to get through a bunch of different regimes and head coaches but to do it as an assistant coach it's it's almost unheard of right and so we I'm sure childr and the and the coaches saw out of him exactly what we see right just a very in quy ad doens mentioned it earlier he's just a very calm right calming type personality and that's that's what they liked about him very smart um you know very Savvy as well doesn't let the emotions of the game get you know affect them the way you know the way he thinks and what he's trying to do so um but to make it as an assistant to three different regimes is is basically unheard of first down for the Browns Tyler Huntley has gone the distance in the second half through an interception to Dwight mln an undrafted corner from Arkansas that was returned 90 yards almost for a pick six Ben lever joins us on the sideline now you I know the defense is on the field Ben but uh sadly with the injury to JJ McCarthy where he's going to be out for the season uh you have darnold into Mullins then you have jiren Hall where you know better than anybody man you put him on the practice squad and and somebody's going to somebody's going to take him and and make him active on a roster as as a third quarterback so Matt carral was picked up yesterday he's here I think he'll play extensively next week uh but do what what do you think of the quarterback situation now for the Vikings as um Lewis SE comes on a blitz and he gets Huntley seene with a massive hit on a player also an interception and now a sack but uh but uh the the quarterback room Ben how do you think it changes with the injury to the Michigan rookie you know let me just say like this is an unbelievable game by Louis scene I mean the way he disguised that Blitz like he this is the most comfortable that he's looked no doubt in in his whole Viking career but uh look this the quarterback room uh I I I agree with Pete what he was saying earlier with jiren Hall you know look he he does a really good job of truly managing the game you know I think that's what we see with a lot of check Downs a lot of safer throws you know he's really he's really good with the boot legs that we we saw on that run after a catch on that touchdown but we have yet to really see him uncork it and unleash it and this offense really is predicated by getting the ball down the field explosive plays getting the ball in the air for a long time and hitting guys in stride and that's something that we've seen out of Nick Mullins and and if if Matt carral can come in next week and at least show a semblance of that skill set I think it's going to be really hard for a guy like jiren Hall to stick around right and um Wes Phillips Pete told us some interesting things about Nick Mullin yesterday and what was most eye openening to me is how well Nick fires freshh like you just put him in the game and he's just like super ready to go right that's not necessarily a talent that you want to be known for you know it's like yeah this is a guy you can just throw in the game and you know but it is unique and and so for Mullins and we saw enough of him I think last year that the anticip is there he understands the offense you just wish he had a little bit more in the way of arm strength like little more zip on the ball like darnold has um and I think that's the only thing that's that would really keep him from you know from being a starter in this league so I think we're getting our first look at Matt caral ladies and gent quarterback he's smiling he's in the he's like welcome to town who are you and you're the quarterback all right he wasn't even in Cleveland 24 hours ago or maybe he got here right around them they worked him out and now he's on the squad Matt carral First full season from Old Miss third round draft pick 2022 by Carolina went to the uh injured reserve in 2022 so he didn't get to play didn't play in 2023 spent 2024 with the Birmingham stallions and off McBride deep in the second preseason game where the Vikings lead 27 10 let the macal era begin they say how much of that offense you think he's got right you know and and everything and everything else so well when I uh when I taped the pregame for kfn with Kevin oconnell you know 2 and a half hours whatever before the game and I asked him about Corral and he's like well you know he might play today and I go okay I got got on my card I only have two bullet points for him and he said that's okay we only have two plays for him I'm like okay it's about right a flag and delay game yeah these are the close start oh offens number 74 5y penalty still third down like um you know when we were discussing JJ McCarthy correction second down with quao Mena it's it was so refreshing authentic and honest to hear when we we got to the facility Twin Cities Orthopedics performance center Tuesday to come out to Cleveland you know from all the right people but most importantly the majority were like you know this this is very unfortunate but his Improvement was so rapid and so good and we loved him in the first place yeah it's a setback it's unfortunate but nevertheless we know what we have and we like it and and and obviously you're putting a lot of equity the teams Equity draft Equity all that in a young man uh and so you have high expectations and then to have him show up on campus start being with you know being with his teammates and everything else and then to exceed those expectations on the field that's that's unbelievable all right two-minute warning second preseason game bikes lead by 17 on the Minnesota Vikings Entertainment Network no matter who you are or what you do there's a Ford vehicle that can help you own the day make life on the go a walk in the park with the new Ford Explorer become the MVP of the work site with 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who's been in the city of Cleveland for right around 24 hours uh is in at quarterback seems like we had a bust to play He's Back In The End Zone he's about to take a safy and that's exactly what happens a host of Cleveland Browns involved an onch charging Game Changer lonni Anderson started it uh but it was finished off by Martin uh who's uh who's been problematic against the Minnesota Vikings today that's 60 and it's Jeremiah Martin First full year Washington I mean caral took the snap that had no idea no no 1 minute 54 seconds on the game clock 154 how's he supposed to you know he opened up turned the wrong way I mean it's uh it's but you know what it's an opportunity right you just have to do the best you can with with what the with the hand you're dealt and mhm you know hopefully he'll be able to get schooled up a little bit on the sideline and Chris Williams in the mix some quick twitch and you know get them get them straightened out but we'll see well there you know there the Serendipity of it Pete is there's always a teaching Point not only for Corral and the extended play he may be getting in Philadelphia after like jiren Hall uh but uh now another opportunity to uh work on the new K on the um on the new kickoff situation you're absolutely right L me my money right now is if there's a tackle to be made Louis seen is going to make it he's out there covering kicks I mean how about that you know minute minute 54 let to go in the second preseason game and he's out there covering kicks doing what he has to do so um my money's on Louis C to maybe come down with a big big play here rker kicking this from the 20 and uh we have a couple of Browns back there amarian Brown rookie wide receiver from South Carolina he's deepest and James brochet the second he's in front of him and now the players take off and here comes amarian trying to get the edge and uh he is STO ball comes out fumble the man who caused it may have been the man who fell on it that's Duke Shelly which means even in the preseason the Duke the Duke the Duke can be on fire and they signal Vikings football M so to feel was a fumble by the receivers recovery by the kickers first down well the the plane flight home's going to be loud and we're going to hear dupe for the for the majority of the flight you know as long as it was recovered while he was in bounds then that's you know that's oh nice STP that's a great play that's what the veterans do you know I mean that's again I've said it before but the most valuable thing a player can play is under review look at Brandon pal yeah the most valuable thing a player can have is is experience and you know as we as we hey Ben lever as we learned last week what it doesn't matter at times if it's a preseason game to these players and coaches I mean Jefferson's reaction to sherfield senior and Jackson scoring touchdowns last week we just saw Brandon pal and and tyman and some other players going nuts for Duke shell it I mean they just support each other and just pull for each other really with all teams so much even in the preseason right but yeah and and also I mean Duke Shell's a likable guy I mean I think when when he was here on his first stin you know he bonded with the uh the DBS he bonded with the defense and the team really well they got along with him uh it just didn't work out the first time so he comes back he still got that dog in him and he goes out there and uh and causes a forced fumble we'll see if we actually get the ball back or not but you know I'm watching here on the sidelines you know people are dapping him up all over the place and here's the other thing leis seen getting dapped up he's dapping people up it's I know that we've talked a little bit about him in today's game but again this is the most active and involved I've seen the sideline in his teammates with him as well and then do you think that I mean obviously they're pulling for him as well especially the guys that were there that witnessed you know what occur what occurred was that the fumble was out of bounds is retained by Cleveland first down but it's Duke come on Wow all right wonder if they F the over you guys were trying to get points and Ben you know having a lot of these guys seen what happened to Louis Cena over in England it have to be pulling for him I mean that was a horrific accident that he experienced I guess we'll get the Ben here in a second yeah sorry I didn't hear that would you would you ask I was talking about these guys that are on the sideline they saw what happened to Lewis out in England and they they they have to be absolutely thrilled for him oh yeah I would think so I mean look it's a tough injury to come back from but you know I would say you know we we all know that he's physically able to to play for a long time but you know how it is man you you take a devastating injury and mentally it's it's sort of it can be tough to come back from I'm not saying that that's what's been going on why he really hasn't um you know supplanted himself as a you know maybe starting a starting type of safety or whatnot but um it seems like the the mental part the emotional part has really come alive today Owen Porter 57 he had a little pick six opportunity there from 3 five out minute 15 to go in the game third down for the Cleveland Browns nice move by Andre Carter who you know was undrafted last year went to Army uh one of three undrafted rookie free agents to make the roster last year and that was a that was a really really good move that he put on the left tackle so to see these undrafted guys hang in there year after year get better and get better to see him show up like this is is kind of like I think quacy go forment was talking about earlier with with investing being the right guys in and knowing that they all mature on different rates and eventually they're going to turn out if you got the right guy you um Ben joined this too quick sadly we have a a brown down right now with a minute the field for Cleveland this situation requires a charge team timeout this will be their first time out of the second half when you know quac is not going to play his hand obviously but they kept five receivers last year here and the way Tristan Jackson is playing he was a practice squad guy last year when they elevated him before the Atlanta game the the dobs game well he caught a two-point conversion after a dobs rushing touchdown so I mean a limited opportunity he did the best he could but sherfield senior he's a tough customer and he's been in the league with um you know with Buffalo and San Francisco longer than Jackson of course you have 18 and and three Brandon Pal's part of the mix Jaylen Naylor they're all over uh you first Pete it's uh I don't know if they keep six but uh it's going to be a tough decision it is and you know they and that's another thing too is you know Tristian Jackson this is he's going into his eth season where sherfield is going into his 11th so neither of them are are are young but I think right now with oh there we go there's an interception by your Minnesota Vikings with 56 seconds to go in the game and that one was picked off by jacobe Francis second-year corner from Memphis so lisen has an interception Dwight mln has an interception and now Francis with an interception from the arm of uh Tyler Huntley and that's going to make a defense feel good I think they they should be very proud with about how they stopped the run today they knew that the Browns are going to be a physical team and all across the front both sides of the ball really but the defensive front held up well and the three turnovers I mean that's that's what you want that's what you're going for every single week m you know Flores is talking about we had to make sure we keep punching the football especially when we get in these game situations and for them to come up with three interceptions uh that's that's fantastic and that's something the defense is going to they're going to have fun watching the film of this game yeah and they're going to you know hopefully build on this and then take it to Philadelphia and having not won a preseason game Paul for a couple of years now we're on all of a sudden 2 and 0 in the preseason this year so lost 10 in a row now we can't lose now we can't lose all right well the Minnesota Vikings are going to win 2712 as Matt caral is going to take a final knee and the Vikings will head back to Twin City's Orthopedics performance center and U they'll practice up to the Eagles game leave Friday play the Philadelphia Eagles next Saturday at noon from Lincoln Financial then after that after Labor Day the first Sunday after Labor Day we are at the New York Giants to begin the regular season we appreciate you watching on fox9 and listening on FM 100.3 kfn and the Vikings radio network on behalf of Ben lever and Pete bich I'm Paul Allen 2712 and a bunch of passing touchdowns all over the place for your Minnesota 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