Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider,

presented by Fanduel, Matthew Collar here, along with Andrew Kramer of the Star Tribune,

for our hardcore breakdown of the Vikings and Giants.

Why does it feel like it's been eight years since the Vikings last played? We've been

breaking down every throw from the Dallas game. It seems like for days and days. And now another

opportunity for J.J. McCarthy. And you know the interesting part about this game, Andrews,

when you look at the old roster, got the little depth chart here for the New York Giants,

you're like, well, that guy's good, that guy's good, that guy made a lot of money.

I recognize that guy.

But then I go scroll, scroll, scroll to the stat pages and you go, make it make sense.

So is this Giants defense what?

Like, what is J.J. McCarthy facing? Because I recognize a lot of these names, and there's some players who have some really darn good resumes, but their overall performance is very poor. Yeah, like on defense. Anyway, Shane Bowen was one of the first guys to go off the ship, the first deck chair to get off the Titanic. And then it was Brian Daibble and the rest of the crew. But I think that's a big part of it is the coaching. Obviously, they have not been greater than the sum of their parts. You mentioned those parts. They're all very, a lot of them big names. A lot of them, even Minnesota fans would know, Tyler Nubin at safety, John Michael Schmitz, et cetera, all the named defensive linemen that they've got that can be so good. We know are coached well by Andre Patterson, former Vikings co-defensive coordinator. So, yeah, that's the big question is like, okay, you know they can stand out and make plays. You watched that commander's game last week. They were down 22 to 7 by halftime of that game. But they started off well. They started off well defending the run. And then things just kind of fell apart from there. And they look like kind of frankly a disinterested team. And to be two and 12 playing in December, it's not too much of a shock to see that once they get punched in the mouth, they can kind of roll over. So I think that's what it seemed to be last week. Maybe they're a different team this week against the Vikings at home at MetLife Stadium, but you said it yourself. They give up six yards

of play, too, combined with all, despite, I should say, despite all the name talent that they've got.

A rudderless ship, I think would be the way to define the New York Giants and their defense at the

moment. However, I would not the way to define the New York Giants and their defense at the moment.

However, I would not say that it's the easiest defense the Vikings will face this year because of some of these players.

And I've always thought that when we get to these December games, and there are teams that are definitely mailing it in,

especially guys who have big contracts and it doesn't make

any difference at all whether you play well, you're going to get paid next year. But if the game

starts out a certain way and certain people smell blood, as in rack up a few more sacks for the

old resume and the old pro football reference page, there could be some inspiration. And that's

how I see this game with the Giants, where if you come out and your first two drives are

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