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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Fixing the Minnesota Vikings

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Sports, Nfl Team, Nfl, Nfl Draft, Football, Minnesota, Vikings

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Coller and Manny Hill each get 3 moves to fix the Minnesota Vikings for 2026. They talk about coach firings around the NFL and pick this weekend's games. The Purple Insider podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. Also, check out our sponsor HIMS at https://hims.com/purpleinsider 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, presented by Fandul,

0:10.8

Matthew Collar here along with Manny Hill.

0:14.2

And we have a lot to discuss tonight.

0:17.3

Actually, just saw some news, Mr. Hill, that the New York Jets are going to interview

0:24.3

Durante Jones, who is the Vikings defensive backs coach slash passing game coordinator.

0:30.9

And Durante has been a guy that Harrison Smith has repeatedly praised as one of the reasons he

0:37.1

came back, not just Brian Flores, and also

0:39.8

has been the guy that I have cited many times that would take over for Brian Flores, should

0:46.4

Flores get a different job?

0:48.8

So that I just saw that come out from ESPN's Adam Schaefter.

0:53.2

And you know what I think it speaks to, Manny?

0:55.6

Is just how much is up in the air with these situations.

0:58.9

The Vikings could feel like they are just back and the 2026 version is very, very close to

1:05.8

the 2025 version.

1:07.5

It could be J.J. McCarthy starting.

1:09.8

It could be Brian Flores at the defensive

1:11.9

coordinator position and the entire front office and everything set up, the O line coach, the

1:17.7

offensive coordinator, everybody's back and they're just going after it again. Or it could be like

1:23.7

very different. And we are going to find out in the next couple of weeks.

1:29.8

Yeah.

1:30.5

This is, this is the thing that you kind of deal with every off season.

1:34.9

You know, the Vikings obviously had a very disappointing year, but they finished the year

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