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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Could the Ravens hire Brian Flores? (Part 1)

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

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

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Coller talks about the Ravens firing John Harbaugh and how they could consider hiring Brian Flores. Tweets from Skip Bayless, Mina Kimes, Aaron Schatz and others are endorsing the idea. Mike Florio was on Pittsburgh radio and said that Lamar Jackson could still go. Really? Plus, Kirk Cousins talks with Kay Adams and insinuates that he wants to be a starter. "I want to play." And Ryan Fitzpatrick continues to talk about how Flores was a "dictator" in Miami. Plus starting a new offseason series spotlighting one position group each show. We begin with the defensive backfield. 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, Matthew Collar here, the show, of course, presented by our friends at Fandul. And we got a lot of space on the show tonight to have conversation with you guys. I mean, actually really got a lot of space in the

0:22.2

offseason to have conversations. So questions, comments, thoughts, feelings on coach searches that

0:30.0

are going on, quarterback ideas, other things that should be in the spotlight this off season.

0:35.5

We're going to start with Brian Flores' situation and then get to a lot of the rest.

0:40.4

It might have to talk a little bit about Kirk Cousins redoing his contract with the Atlanta

0:45.2

Falcons and maybe just to have some fun times.

0:48.8

We've got a draft sim ready to go.

0:51.9

So let's begin, though, and throw your questions, comments and reactions into the comment

0:57.9

section here and we'll run down what's going on in the league and then I'll get to that.

1:02.9

But good place to start is the Baltimore Ravens firing John Harbaugh.

1:08.8

Now, it wasn't that shocking.

1:10.8

I saw a lot of reactions. Like, wow, I can't believe they actually did it. But, it wasn't that shocking. I saw a lot of reactions.

1:12.3

Like, wow, I can't believe they actually did it.

1:14.1

But, you know, I mean, Flores, I'm sorry, Harbaugh, it really felt like it came down to that last game with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

1:23.2

And somebody posted a photo of the goalposts.

1:27.1

And on the left and right, it was, you know, Mike Tomlin fired, you know,

1:32.0

John Harbaugh fired if it, you know, goes through the middle.

1:35.0

Or I guess it's the other way around.

1:36.6

It would be Harbaugh fired if it goes wide, right or left.

1:39.7

And, you know, Mike Tomlin fired if it goes down the middle.

1:42.7

But that, it really felt that way in the Pittsburgh and Baltimore game.

1:46.7

Like whichever one of these guys loses this one is probably going to lose their job.

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