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Purple Daily - A Minnesota Vikings Podcast

On the air: Fixing Anthony Barr's game

Purple Daily - A Minnesota Vikings Podcast

SKOR North | Hubbard Radio

Football, Vikings, Nfl, Minnesota Vikings, Sports

4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2017

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Coller wrote an article arguing the Vikings should make Anthony Barr a pure pass rusher rather than hoping he can be an all-around linebacker. He joined Mackey and Judd to explain why Barr's play slipped last year and how he can get him back to being a top-notch player next year.

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Answer this for me. Were we, you saw Anthony Barr from a distance when you covered the Buffalo Bills and we were maybe a little bit too close to the fire.

0:36.6

His rookie season, everyone in this town thought,

0:40.5

oh my God, barring an injury, no pun intended, this will be one of the most ferocious

0:47.5

game-changing defensive players in the league for multiple years. He was that in spurts for the first two, took a step back last year. Why?

0:56.3

Did we overrate him? Was it injuries? What do you think?

0:59.1

I do not think you overrated him. I think in his first two years he was a superstar level

1:04.8

player especially year two. I think he was even better than year one. Pro football

1:09.8

folk has had him among the elite defensive players in the league, not just at his position, but in the

1:16.1

whole league in 2015. And in 2016, I think a couple of things happened. One of them, though I think the biggest one was

1:24.9

team started game planning to throw at him. That if there was one criticism going

1:30.4

all the way back to UCLA with Anthony Barr. It was his coverage and he got it, I think he got a big

1:36.6

interception in 2015 and that stuck out as a splash play, but he wasn't like an incredible cover linebacker. He was rushing the

1:44.2

passer a lot and he was last year too, but I don't think teams were really

1:47.8

going after him specifically. But when Xavier Rhodes emerges as a shutdown corner and really makes this big splash by shutting down

1:56.3

Odell Beckham, everyone in the league went, you know what, they just probably pass on throwing

2:01.6

at Xavier Rhodes. He's one of the best in the league at interceptions. They just

2:05.0

a big, big time player.

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