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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Breaking down the Vikings' pre-draft press conferences (Part 1)

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Football, Vikings, Minnesota, Nfl Team, Sports, Nfl, Nfl Draft

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Coller is joined by Dane Mizutani of the Pioneer Press to break down what Justin Jefferson had to say about working with JJ McCarthy, Kevin O'Connell talking Jonathan Greenard and Rob Brzezinski analyzing his draft strategy. Did we get any hints about how the QB situation will play out and who the Vikings will pick on Thursday? The Purple Insider podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. Also, check out our sponsor HIMS at https://hims.com/purpleinsider Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider presented by Fandul Inside TCO Performance Center, Matthew Collar, Dane Mizatani of the Pioneer.

0:15.7

We have just wrapped up talking with Justin Jefferson, Kevin O'Connell, and Rob Brzezinski about the start of the Vikings

0:22.8

offseason program here as well as the National Football League amateur draft.

0:28.6

So I would like to begin, Dane, with Justin Jefferson.

0:32.2

It's the first time we have heard from him this offseason.

0:35.3

And I think that, you know, it's a little bit too bad that Jefferson

0:38.5

is now in the age where he's done enough interviews, enough press conferences, hundreds and

0:43.8

hundreds of them that he can dance around what he thinks without ever really, you know,

0:49.5

telling us. And he's good at that. You know, when he was younger, there was like a raw Justin Jefferson

0:55.7

who would just sort of say what was on his mind. And now he's a veteran. He knows how to deal with a

1:02.6

quarterback situation such as this one. But I did find it interesting that he talked about working

1:08.9

out with J.J. McCarthy quite a bit here in Minnesota.

1:13.3

And then at the same time, talked about how exciting it is to have Kyler Murray, his unique

1:18.3

skill set, and kind of tossed it out there of like, well, I guess the best man will win the

1:23.5

quarterback competition. And he left it at that. But I think it's worth exploring a little bit of where J.J. McCarthy fits into all this.

1:32.6

Then we'll get into what Rob Brzezinski had to say about the draft and all that,

1:36.0

about where he fits in into OTAs, into mini camp, and the lead-up to training camp.

1:43.1

And I think that from Kevin O'Connell's perspective,

1:46.1

he doesn't have to show his hand really at all in those phases. But I think it also says,

1:52.6

too, it's not like this organization has said, JJ, whom? We've never heard of him. We got this new

2:00.6

quarterback, Kyler Murray. I think that

2:02.6

JJ McCarthy will be given every opportunity to develop and show where he's at. I think we know it's

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