Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider, Matthew Collar here.

And I made a promise to all of you that after every training camp practice, I will go live that evening and answer your questions.

So that's what I'm here for right here

right now. Whatever questions you have on what I was able to see out at TCO Performance Center

and the folks we talked to is a pretty good rundown of people that we talked to today, had a short

conversation with Donovan Jackson, Ty Felton blake cashman t j hawkinson kevin

o'connell and of course j j mccarthy too so uh that's a lot of information was taken in today

out of tCO performance center and unfortunately the weather was not great so we had an indoor practice i much much prefer

to be outside you can just see a lot better this on the sideline versus being up on the hill

where you can kind of see things develop it's a little bit easier but we got a lot of lineup

information who was out there injury, just based on who was taking

reps and a lot of stuff going on.

Day one, Vikings training camp.

And I wrote yesterday that what Quasi Adolph-Menzsa said was now we get to see an idea

of the 2025 Vikings turn into the reality. So that's what it felt like a little bit today.

It won't feel like camp is truly started until they put the pads on. It never really does. But

at the same time, like, hey, we've talked about this team, this group so much. And to see them actually out there practicing and starting

their season, well, it's, it's something. And the biggest thing that I think about when I see

everybody else out there, it's like, this is a really good team. I mean, when you just see it all

together, there is a lot of talent on that

football field, but also I had the thought today. There's a lot that could change. And I want to

talk about J.J. McCarthy, of course, but I also want to talk about where we stand now and where

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