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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

The Athletic's Alec Lewis does not think Vikings should trade Jonathan Greenard

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

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In Phoenix, Arizona, for the NFL Owner's Meetings, Matthew Coller and Alec Lewis of The Athletic talk about Kevin O'Connell's comments on how the Minnesota Vikings will handle their quarterback "competition" and whether the Vikings should trade Jonathan Greenard. Plus Matthew answers questions on whether Jordan Addison's fifth-year option changes the idea of drafting a wide receiver. 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.

0:10.1

Matthew Collar here inside my hotel room at the NFL owners meetings in Phoenix.

0:15.5

First, we're going to bring you a conversation with myself and Alec Lewis,

0:19.6

breaking down everything that Kevin O'Connell had to say

0:22.4

here at the owner's meetings. And then I'll answer some of your questions now that we've heard

0:27.3

from the head coach, the general manager, and the owner. So let's get to that conversation first,

0:32.9

and then we'll hear from you after that. Well, I don't think he's gotten enough credit for, you know, playing in rhythm.

0:41.2

You know, some of those plays, we all, we all recognize some of the highlight real ability

0:46.4

that he has.

0:47.4

And Kyler Murray has always had that level of talent.

0:50.7

But I think sometimes what we don't recognize is the third and seven right before the huge scramble play on, you know, on the earned first down.

0:59.9

But that third and seven where he, you know, hits McBride away from some tight coverage on a route, you know,

1:05.4

routes that are maybe similar to some of the things we'll do or, you know, watching him play with really, really good

1:11.2

technique and fundamentals either in the dropback game.

1:14.2

The play action game can be done a lot of different ways, offset gun, pistol, and under center.

1:19.6

He's pretty dynamic in the keeper game, the movement game, obviously with his natural

1:24.4

athleticism.

1:25.1

So, you know, I see a lot of ways that we'll be able to continue the evolution and evolve our offense here in year five.

1:32.5

What is this place called?

1:34.1

The Biltmore.

1:35.0

We're at the Biltmore here at the NFL owners meetings in Phoenix, Arizona, Matthew Coller, Alec Lewis from The Athletic.

1:41.6

And we just got done talking with Kevin O'Connell at the breakfast where all the NFC coaches were talking in a circle and we got to fire some good questions at Mr. O'Connell.

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