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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

REACTION: Rodgers wilts, Vikings should have no regrets

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

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

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Coller reacts to the Steelers getting smashed by the Houston Texans. Now the Vikings can officially say that they do not regret sticking with their plan rather than signing Aaron Rodgers. Let's look at the whole playoff bracket and give first impressions. Plus, if the Vikings are looking for QBs, they may have to compete with the Steelers. Is Mike Tomlin done? 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, and it is time to react.

0:14.3

To now, we have seen the entire wild card round as the Pittsburgh Steelers fall to the Houston Texans in a game that the only

0:24.1

way to put it would be that escalated quickly. It was some kind of crazy war going on out there

0:30.8

between C.J. Stroud and himself, as he kept fumbling and throwing interceptions at the worst

0:37.4

times in the red zone,

0:39.0

couldn't seemingly take a snap.

0:41.0

He fumbled the ball where they, you know, ran a flea flicker and then, well, he should

0:45.8

have just thrown it out of bounds or taken the sack.

0:48.0

He ends up getting stripped.

0:49.8

And that was the only reason why the Pittsburgh Steelers were even remotely in the game as it went down

0:56.0

the stretch because the Pittsburgh Steelers could not do anything on offense at all whatsoever

1:03.8

with Aaron Rogers under center. And the Vikings related takeaway, which we'll start with and then

1:10.3

we'll get to the whole bracket

1:11.5

and take a look at that. And also the possibility that now Pittsburgh could be looking for

1:17.7

coach and quarterback. Could there be any reverberations in Minnesota, Brian Flores, or

1:24.0

potential quarterbacks that are out there if Aaron Rogers decides to retire,

1:28.7

but also if they change coaches or even if Mike Tomlin comes back,

1:32.7

why would you go back to Aaron Rogers?

1:34.7

So we'll get to all those questions.

1:36.3

But the first thing that I thought about when the Steelers made the playoffs was,

1:42.8

wait, are the Vikings going to regret not signing Aaron Rogers? And all year

1:49.3

long, I kind of went back and forth on this where, yeah, I mean, I think the Vikings would

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