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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

ESPN's Kevin Seifert analyzes which early training camp storylines are a big deal

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

🗓️ 5 August 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Coller brings you the most interesting comments from Adam Thielen and Ed Donatell's press conferences and then sits down inside TCO Performance Center with ESPN's Kevin Seifert to talk about whether the biggest storylines of camp so far like Garrett Bradbury, the backup QB situation and the vibes are worth talking about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

and And welcome to another episode of Purple Insider, Matthew Collar here inside TCO Performance Center.

0:27.0

Want to bring you a few things from press conferences and then I have a fun conversation

0:32.1

with Kevin Seifert of E-S-P-N.

0:34.8

So let's just get into it right away with Adam Thhelan.

0:38.8

And one of the things that Adam Thalin was asked about today was Vives which you know has been a big part of the conversation and Kevin and I will get to that later with our thoughts but

0:49.1

Adam Theeland was asked specifically about the fact that during practices Kevin O'Connell rarely ever

0:56.2

seems to get to work up when the team makes a mistake.

0:59.8

We don't look over and see Kevin O'Connell's eyeballs bulging out of his head or see him screaming at players.

1:07.0

And Adam Theland gave his thoughts about where that type of approach could have some value.

1:12.0

No, I think that's what's really cool is... that type of approach could have some value.

1:12.8

No, I think that's, I think that's what's really cool is,

1:15.1

you're kind of almost like, it's kind of almost awkward

1:18.0

when things aren't going well and you're like waiting for,

1:21.4

you know, coach to blow up up but the positivity and the energy

1:26.0

that they bring even when things aren't going well is something that's really going to

1:29.7

set us up to handle adversity the way that they can coach through those tough moments when we put

1:36.2

a couple balls on the ground or things are a little laxadazical. There's a sense of urgency still, so

1:41.6

we still on us. But the way that they can coach

1:44.4

through those is is something I think is going to really set us up to to handle

1:48.1

that adversity through a season. Also from Adam Thielen's press conference if you guys

1:52.1

remember earlier this year, Justin Jefferson made it very clear what his goal is for this season and that's to end the year being talked about as the best wide receiver in the entire NFL.

2:04.1

So Adam Thielen tried to contextualize what Justin Jefferson meant by his comments about that

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