Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider, Matthew Collar here.

And we are continuing tape guy week with a real tape guy here from the athletic.

Returning to the show, Ted Wynn, one of my favorites, a must read at the athletic. Anytime, Ted, you put something out. I am making that click. So we're going to talk play callers today. But first, we're only a couple weeks away. Ted, tell me you're excited, my friend. I am. It feels like there is no offseason for football, really. But like these few weeks feel the most like there is an off

season like we're in between mini camp and training camp but even then there's stuff to talk

about you know me and you were we're on here talking about football so it's a year-round sport

really but i'm excited for real football to come back absolutely i mean my thing that i get tired

of is we've got the same tape and the same

numbers and the same narratives all the way they ended in February. So we've been working with

the same information for a really long time. And now we finally get some new narratives, new

information, new teams, how they look together, even just with the reports from training camp.

So I cannot wait for that, especially with so many changes to the Vikings roster.

But what I wanted to discuss with you is a fascinating subject to me, having covered a single team for as long as I have.

And knowing that fans always dislike the play caller that they have in every single NFL city.

I think all of us, and it's part of what makes football grade is that I can sit in the press

box and be like, O'Connell, run the ball.

What are you doing?

And everybody at home can do the exact same.

But I want to talk about the best play callers in the NFL, in your opinion, and what they do best.

And then we can tie that into Kevin O'Connell.

So why don't we start there?

You studying a lot of different offenses and a lot of different play callers, how would you define or what are the main traits of a great play caller in the NFL?

That's a great question.

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