Kyle Rudolph and Brian Robison (Minnesota Vikings)

The Peter King Podcast

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4.4 • 872 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Minnesota tight end Kyle Rudolph breaking down the pass route known as Buffalo right 7 Heaven (the play that won the NFC divisional playoff game against New Orleans), on the reaction from the fans and the unique nature of this fan base, and on what makes Case Keenum a good fit for the Vikings offense. Minnesota defensive end Brian Robison, the only remaining Viking from the painful 2009 NFC Championship Game loss to the New Orleans, on the polar opposite feeling of that game and this win over New Orleans, on the ethos of the Vikings with all of their former marginal players, and on why this team has gone further than analysts thought.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Peter King. Welcome to the MMQB podcast with Peter King,
0:07.0	where I take you inside the minds of the biggest influencers in the NFL.
0:12.0	This week, from Frosty, Minnesota. in the divisional playoffs over New Orleans.
0:25.0	I'll have Kyle Rudolph, the tight end of the Minnesota Vikings and also the longest
0:30.8	tenured Viking Brian Robison, the defensive linemen
0:34.4	linemen to talk about the impact of one of the most incredible football
0:39.2	games anyone has ever seen. But first, just a few thoughts about the other side. You know, I woke
0:46.3	up on Monday morning here in Minnesota and I'm sitting right now in the Minnesota Vikings training facility in Eden Prairie, Minnesota,
0:57.0	maybe 15 minutes south of downtown.
1:00.0	And you come out here and you realize that, my God, this is, this is euphoria land.
1:07.8	It's wonderful.
1:09.2	Everybody's so happy.
1:10.4	Mike Zimmer, who's normally not always the happiest guy when I see him. I mean, he's just a, you know, a very, very solid, but not euphoric guy.
1:24.0	Mike Zimmer's got a big smile on his face.
1:27.0	But anyway, it was so interesting,
1:29.0	when I woke up Monday morning,
1:31.0	I just kept thinking to myself not of the euphoria of the Minnesota Vikings
1:38.6	but of the intense and utter sadness of the New Orleans Saints.
1:47.6	And you'll hear in this podcast
1:50.2	I talk to Kyle Rudolph about, you know, look at the end of this game in 45 seconds.
1:57.4	There's 10 seconds left in the game and in a severe
2:05.0	a severe depression, and that is the life you're going to be
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