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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

The Athletic's Alec Lewis grades the Vikings front office

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

🗓️ 23 November 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Alec Lewis of The Athletic talks with Matthew Coller about the way Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has handled building the roster for the 2023 season and beyond. What are we thinking about the team's timeline to be a Super Bowl contender and how will the QB decision play into that? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

And the Hey everybody welcome to another episode of Purple Insider, Matthew Collar,

0:23.3

along with Alec Lewis of the Athletic

0:25.9

Inside TCO Performance Center.

0:28.3

Well, after everybody else's gone home,

0:30.3

we were the first ones in, will be the last ones out out actually it's going to be a battle to see who

0:34.8

leaves first to know who's the last one out because it's a football show.

0:39.2

Right it's a grinders mentality here and really you're gonna have to work hard. I'm going to be

0:45.2

working grinding and making calls and transcribing so we'll see if you're up for

0:50.8

it. That's stuff there's a lot of tape to be grinded.

0:54.0

I've got my jacket.

0:55.0

I might sleep here.

0:56.0

I mean, you know.

0:57.0

You make the joke and yet Mike Zimmer, I believe actually did have like a couch that turned into a bed that during the season he would just stay overnight.

1:06.2

He would grind the tape into the middle of the night, sleepier.

1:09.2

So you know, all right, well you've become full football guy then.

1:12.8

Here's what I want to talk about with you, Alec.

1:15.0

I think that you have a lot of interest in the way the front office has handled things,

1:20.6

as you should, since you cover the team professionally.

1:23.2

Here's what I'll ask. I'll ask the question that I think you would hate the most.

1:27.4

Oh, thanks. The phrasing that you would hate the most, the most difficult way to put it.

1:32.0

I know exactly what you're going to say but go ahead. Okay well how

1:35.0

would you grade the Vikings front office? Is that what you expected? You were going to say I thought

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