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Ahead of Super Bowl 58, we are originating from New York City.

It's Thursday, February 8th.

I'm Jamie Errott.

There's Peter Schrager with the fist pump. Cameron Wolfe filling in on that side of the table. What's up, Cam? And then Viking safety, Josh Mattelis. Go blue. Josh, you are here for the week. Go blue, baby. Go blue. How does it feel to have been on Vikings teams that were in playoffs, whatever, to watch so intimately this week,

especially being on TV, teams that are vying for a Super Bowl. Does it make you want to taste it even more? Yeah, I would say the closer I get to the end of my career, because it's obviously approached I'm on the back half of it, my football career. You know, you can't play this game forever, like other sports. but you know you just you just get that itch and that, like, it's just that feeling like you want to experience that. You talk about Debo, his rookie year he went, now five years later or four years later, he's back in the same position. It's like, I want that, you know, I want that. I want to be in a Super Bowl. I want that feeling being with my team, we grinded throughout the whole offseason talking about this one goal and we finally get there. And, you know, it's something as a competitor, you know, as a winner you want and, you know, I'm inching for it. Real quick, when I say that Isaiah Pacheco is going to be the first running back in the history of the sport to potentially win back-to-back Super Bowls in his first two years, When you hear that, do you say, come on, that's just, that's not fair.

Like, what are we doing here?

Spoil, right?

Harrison Smith, been in the league a long time, has never even been to a Super Bowl. And a guy like that spoiled against two Super Bowls, and let alone has a chance to win both of them. So yes, it's definitely something I'm jealous of and kudos to him.

One thing I'm curious about and kudos to him.

One thing I'm curious about, like we've talked a lot about all the positions you play,

12 different spots, like a versatile piece and Brian Flores defense.

Is there a guy on either side of the defense's ball for this game that you look at and is like,

he kind of does what I do?

Kyle Ushack, yeah, I would say he's as versatile as they come.

They're able to do a lot of the stuff they do because of him.

Like I said, yesterday and yesterday's show they like 21 personnel.

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