and Hello welcome to another episode of Purple Insider Matthew Coller here and joining me for the first time ever because he just moved here to cover the Minnesota Vikings

Alec Lewis of the Athletic, taking Chad Graf's position, and Alec, I have to tell you,

it's big shoes to fill. I mean, the writing was fine from Chad, but more so,

Chad was the legend of awkward moments around the locker room and in the media room.

So these are big shoes to fill because it's been so much less awkward since you showed up.

I can be awkward. Trust me. We can make that happen as quick as we want to and I thought, I mean yesterday

obviously and we've talked about this but I thought there were they were going to be seven awkward moments I'm asking dumb questions I'm runner no but it was it was a good time and it is it they are big shoes to fill I mean

Chad tweeted yesterday I think after seeing what

Justin Jefferson did in the first half that there wasn't a Patriots receiver

that I think had recorded more than like 55 yards in the whole game he's like

what am I doing?

I, Chad, I've got a lot of respect for not only having

to now deal with Bill Bell Check,

but obviously what he did here.

And he's been, honestly, couldn't have been better and more helpful and so on a serious note it's

I'm appreciative of kind of the help he's provided and the experience that he had on the show before me.

Well you and I speaking of experience and yes everyone knows on the show how much we appreciated

Chad and love Chad here but it is hilarious that he went to after watching the Vikings destroy

Matt Patricia many times went to cover a team that decided to put Matt Patricia at

offensive coordinator,

and I'm shocked that it didn't work out.

I just can't believe it.

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