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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Packers reporter thinks Malik Willis is a fit with Vikings

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

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

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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ESPN Wisconsin's Jason Wilde joins the show to discuss the NFC North, the Packers' offseason questions, and why he thinks Malik Willis is a fit for the Vikings 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,

0:10.3

Matthew Collar here and joining me from ESPN, Wisconsin, and a many-time guest of the show

0:15.9

when he responds to his text messages, Jason Wildy, to talk a little Green Bay Packers check in.

0:23.7

Wildy, I want to start out actually with a former backup quarterback.

0:28.6

I'm assuming it's former Malik Willis will be signing somewhere, very likely to be a starting

0:35.0

quarterback.

0:36.2

We've had some conversations about Malik Willis. Why don't you, why don't you take us through Malik Willis to be a starting quarterback. We've had some conversations about Malik Willis.

0:39.1

Why don't you, why don't you take us through Malik Willis to begin the discussion?

0:42.6

How's it going, man?

0:44.1

Yeah, first of all, great to be with you.

0:47.2

Such an honor.

0:49.9

And Malik Willis, it's kind of like this right here.

0:54.0

It's a reclamation project.

0:56.3

Like, did some stuff with your podcast, then cast aside because I didn't respond promptly enough.

1:02.3

And now I'm back.

1:04.3

Look, he's a phenomenal story, but he's more than that.

1:09.6

He is also a guy who has rebuilt his career and played pretty

1:15.3

damn good football for this team when they needed him to. You know, it does make me wonder

1:22.1

between the ownership in Tennessee and the different coaching staffs that they've been through.

1:29.0

And obviously, Mike Vrable had a ton of success once he left there and had success there as well.

1:36.1

But it just feels like a place where quarterback's careers went to die.

1:40.5

Marcus Marriota obviously didn't have success there.

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