and Hey, Hey everybody welcome to another episode of Purple Insider Matthew Collard here along with

ESPNs Kevin Seiford and Kevin we're going to play a fun game today because it is June 19th and there is not a whole lot of big old breaking news and

thanks to Justin Jefferson we don't have to worry about that and the contract extension

during this summertime.

So what I want to go through is the things

that the Vikings are selling to us and the fans

to believe in this team going forward.

And whether we are actually buying or selling those things and I'm going to start in a pretty obvious place.

Are you buying Sam Darnold as QB1. Kevin O'Connell reluctantly revealed that he is the

starter for the beginning of training camp, but are you buying into the idea

that this team really believes that Sam

Donald could take themselves somewhere this year?

Um, well, I think it's two separate things there. I do, I, I 100% believe that he's the quarterback heading into camp and I think

common sense tells us he's the quarterback in week one assuming health. I guess it's not out of

the question that J.J McCarthy could make so much progress that that would become less more of a question but for right now to me like that's the obvious situation.

Now do the Vikings think that it is that because the Vikings think Sam

Donald can have a career renaissance? I'm sure at this early stage there's some hope

for that. He's done nothing to tell you like he

that definitely can't happen but there also hasn't been much that's happened so

far either this has all been you know most most of his passes have been on air, you know, there certainly hasn't been a pass rush that he's had to worry about.

All the things that sort of lead to any quarterback struggling, he hasn't had to demonstrate a proficiency against yet.

But I think that they still have a reasonable hope that he can play as well as he's ever played

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