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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Kevin Cole breaks down the Vikings' odds at contention after the bye

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

🗓️ 11 October 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Kevin Cole of the Unexpected Points newsletter joins to discuss what the Vikings' chances of being a contender are after the bye week. 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

This episode of Purple Insider is presented by Fandul.

0:09.8

Hey, everybody.

0:10.4

We welcome in to the show, the unofficial analytics dude these days of the Purple Insider podcast.

0:18.1

Kevin Cole of the unexpected points newsletter.

0:20.4

I open it up every single

0:22.4

Sunday and I was very curious to see what you had on the Vikings performance in London. And

0:28.9

one number stuck out to me right off the back, Kevin, which was Carson Wentz, I believe

0:34.6

13th in EPA since taking over as the Vikings starting quarterback.

0:40.3

And also when it came to passing success rate, the Vikings have done pretty good with

0:46.1

Carson Wentz in at quarterback. So why don't we just jump into this situation with the Vikings

0:52.2

at QB and the possibility of J.J. McCarthy coming back.

0:57.6

I've looked at Carson Wentz like, hey, that's good backup quarterback play. That's what you

1:02.9

hope for when you sign a backup quarterback. But would they have a legitimate chance to win

1:09.5

with Carson Wentz? Because I've been sort of leaning

1:12.4

toward there's a ceiling with that and it's probably just going to be okay and nothing more.

1:18.5

But if he plays top 15 quarterback football the rest of the way, I mean, they've got a chance

1:23.3

to make the playoff. So where are you sitting with the Vikings QB situation?

1:27.7

Well, I'm, you know, I'm someone who thinks of Carson Wentz almost entirely in terms of

1:34.3

expectations. So if he is your number two overall pick and you give him a big contract

1:41.9

with the, with the Eagles and then things start to turn sideways.

1:46.3

He's viewed quite negatively.

1:47.7

Of course, you know,

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