and Hello welcome to another episode of Purple Insider Matthew Collar here and a very

special guest on the show not only is he a purple insider newsletter

subscriber a listener to the podcast owns a purple insider shirt, but also is a great

reporter for the Frederick News and Post in Maryland and talk about small world here.

That just happens to be where Jordan Addison,

the Vikings first round pick is from.

Josh, Smith, it's great to get together with you Josh. We have talked many times about the Vikings but I didn't think other than Chuck Foreman being from your area that we would ever have a reason to get together on the pod until the Vikings drafted Jordan

Addison. So what is up man? How are you? I'm great man. This is this is so cool. It's like I'm like having an

outer body experience or something and in line with like the draft, the honor of the draft and those incredibly terrible like post draft pick interviews like I want to shout out to the heavenly football

father here you know without him this wouldn't be possible I wouldn't be on I

wouldn't be on this podcast with you on a podcast I listen to like literally every night on my drive home from work so you know

thank the good Lord upstairs for the Vikings draft in Jordan Addison and having this this possible for me. I mean I remember weeks ago I put Jordan

Addison on the Vikings in a draft sim and you sent me a message you like he's

from here hopefully they do it.

And I don't think either one of us thought they would.

I don't know how many I've ever got right.

I did get Brian O'Neill right once upon a time

in a draft sin, but for the most the most part every year I'm just taking

guesses like everybody else but then you know this ends up working out and of

course as you know as a long time listener slash subscriber. The drum was being banged for many years for a wide receiver for the Vikings just because I mean everybody knows the argument the value of having a number two or even a number three wide receiver.

You shouldn't, as you have, you know, Chris Carter memorabilia in the background,

shouldn't have to explain that to any Vikings fans, but I would love you to offer some insight having written about him coming from that area about what the Vikings are getting in Jordan Addison and just his background.

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