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

along with Alec Lewis of the Athletic

Inside TCO Performance Center.

Well, after everybody else's gone home,

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

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

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

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

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

I've got my jacket.

I might sleep here.

I mean, you know.

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.

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

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

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

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

as you should, since you cover the team professionally.

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

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

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

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

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