Rocket Science: Josh Dobbs Blasts Off, Returns To Earth
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Josh Dobbs was the author of one of the most dramatic wins of the NFL season, leading his team to a victory over the Falcons — and learning plays on the fly — just five days after coming over from the Cardinals in a trade. Today, we look at why Dobbs — an actual rocket scientist — was in the rare position to rise to that occasion. And, after a disastrous performance against the Bears on Monday night, where does Dobbs’s story go from here?
Guest: Alec Lewis, The Athletic
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| 0:38.0 | Wondry. What's up y'all? I'm Josh Dobbs honored to be in Minnesota. Introduce myself to everyone. |
| 0:51.0 | Tremendous game, like team effort. I know obviously the circumstance that I was put in was a little abnormal for a Sunday in the NFL. |
| 1:00.0 | That is the voice of Vikings quarterback Josh Dobbs, moments after he engineered one of the most stunning wins of this NFL season. for. Time. |
| 1:13.0 | Catch. |
| 1:15.0 | Brandon Powell, touchdown Vikings and they have the lead. |
| 1:19.0 | How by Joshua Dobbs. |
| 1:24.4 | Dobbs pulled off that early November win |
| 1:26.5 | just five days after joining his new team, |
| 1:30.0 | meaning he had almost no time to learn the Vikings complicated offense. |
| 1:35.1 | But as the athletics Alec Lewis explains today, |
| 1:38.6 | those who know Dobbs best were not surprised. |
| 1:42.3 | Brian Russell, the academic advisor who worked with best, we're not surprised. |
| 1:42.5 | Brian Russell, the academic advisor who worked with Josh and his mom, Stephanie. |
| 1:46.8 | He essentially viewed Josh as like a CEO type figure. |
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