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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Day 1 recap: Where is JJ McCarthy looking to grow at camp?

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

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🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Matthew Coller talks about what he saw at Vikkings training camp on Day 1 and answers Vikings fan questions. 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.

0:10.6

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.

0:19.9

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

0:22.7

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

0:28.5

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

0:34.5

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

0:40.4

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

0:48.5

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

0:56.3

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

1:02.0

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

1:06.9

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

1:12.5

reps and a lot of stuff going on.

1:14.7

Day one, Vikings training camp.

1:16.5

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

1:24.3

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

1:31.1

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

1:37.2

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

1:46.2

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

1:52.3

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

1:58.7

together, there is a lot of talent on that

2:01.5

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

2:06.5

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

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