and Hey everybody welcome to another episode of Purple Insider Matthew College here along with the

SBNs Kevin Seiford and I'm not even going to waste any time with an introduction small

talk how you been well how's your off season going is

Kirk coming back see for what's going on I have been every time someone

asked me that I've maintained that it's more likely that he is than he isn't and that could even be like a 51% to 49% because there's interest on both sides and a lot of time in these negotiations and discussions you already know that one side is just checked out and I really don't think that's the case on either end.

But it'll come down to, and I feel like we could have said this months ago but is is Kirk gonna if Kirk does what he always does then he's gone which is you know go find you know establishes value and find the best offer for him. I don't think the Vikings

are going to be in the close enough financially to make that happen. if he sort of I don't want to say hometown discount but if he's

really truly willing to do to you know kind of finish out his career here as he says he wants to then he might end up here under a smaller deal that will still make him very rich.

But, you know, it does feel make him

that's, it does feel like it's gonna require something entirely different from him

than we've seen throughout his career.

So if we want to bet on something that's totally out of character,

then that's what we would have to do.

How much do you look into what we heard from Kevin O'Connell,

the entirety of it from the podium to the sit-down to on television, which I noticed even

Good Morning Football was breaking down every word that Kevin O'Connell said.

And I didn't think it was crazy different

from anything that he had said previously,

but there were a few new things that he tossed in,

including taking a shot at the tampering that goes on in Indianapolis. in either. But to add that to it and then to say, you know, kind of he's earned the right to hit free agency and so forth. But we all know, once he hits free agency, it's very, very likely over for him in Minnesota because of that dead cap hit kicking in.

So did that sway you in any way?

Or are you still staying with, it's around 50, 5050 but slightly leaning to a comeback, like did that influence how

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