and Welcome to another episode of Purple Insider, Matthew Coller here and this is another

fans only podcast. I have gathered dozens of your questions and hopefully I won't

talk too long and we will be able to get to them.

I feel like the five minute timer has been pretty effective to make sure that I get more of your questions in and I have lots of them as we lead up to training camp.

So it's my goal to clear out all the questions that I have and then we can get into camp and

we'll get people saying things at press conferences, we'll get players on the

players on the field and things to react to and all sorts of awesome stuff

and maybe even a last minute signing or maybe by the time I'm running this there will already have been one and an emergency podcast.

Oh, we can only hope the possibilities.

So let me open a diet Dr. P.

And let's dive right into your questions.

Okay, our first one comes through the email, and this is from Kelvin.

Kelvin says, I wasn't sure if this was a question for fans only or just a response through email.

I have been a fan of your podcast since you're with 1500 ESPN and I must say you have been an

inspiration for me. Well that's great to hear. Watching you grow the podcast it gives me hope that I can

accomplish the dreams I have for myself.

One of my dreams is to become a writer and to craft articles pertaining to sports and other interests.

I was wondering if you could provide a little insight into

how you got started in the business of sports writing and journalism and the

approach you take when you choose to write about topics pertaining to the Vikings.

Uh, wow, okay, well, I'm glad that my little podcast here and writing about the Minnesota Vikings could be an inspiration to you.

I really appreciate that. That's very nice to say and makes me feel good.

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