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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Dane Mizutani gages fan reaction to Vikings quarterback options

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

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

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Dane Mizutani joins the show to discuss Sam Darnold winning the Super Bowl and look ahead to an offseason that will be filled with questions about who will play QB for the Vikings this season. 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,

0:10.4

Matthew Collar here, along with Dane Miztoni of the Pioneer Press to react to Sam Darnold's

0:16.7

Super Bowl victory and to mainly talk about what is next for the Vikings at the

0:22.6

quarterback position after we had a few new wrinkles tossed into the mix and then

0:28.1

preview a little bit of what we can expect in the coming weeks from the Minnesota Vikings.

0:33.1

But why don't we start out with this?

0:36.4

How do you even put in context what has happened here with Sam Darnold?

0:42.3

Because I was just thinking about this.

0:44.8

Something my wife has said to me before, Dane, is she said, does this stuff happen to

0:49.2

every franchise?

0:50.5

And I'm like, oh, no, definitely not.

0:53.0

To have on record the worst trade in history, Herschel Walker, a field goal kicker,

0:58.7

make every single kick and then miss one at the only moment that they truly needed it.

1:03.0

And to give away a 14-win quarterback who then immediately turns around the very next season

1:10.3

and wins the Super Bowl.

1:12.2

I mean, I get why people who watch the Vikings feel the way that they do about this

1:19.0

team's history.

1:20.1

And I also got to say, I'm so impressed that you guys grind it out the way that you do.

1:25.2

Because this one is another, just you know punch in the

1:29.7

face to Vikings fans to watch their former quarterback go and win the Super Bowl but how do we even

1:35.3

how don't we even talk about this thing I mean it is the most Minnesota Vikings thing of all

1:42.5

time like for a fan base that loves to be self-loathing and say like, we will always be

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