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It is impossible not to root for Adam Faelin if you know his story and how improbable it is

that he is playing in the NFL, let alone tearing it up a decade in.

So I was already a fan but then in 2018 a legendary coach told him, well we'll get into it

to the podcast but he got sworn at during a game by a legendary coach and from that point on to be

he was just a living legend Adam, how are you, man?

I'm great, thanks for having me.

Right on. Well, I will get to that celebrated moment because it's one of my all-time favorites

but yeah, I mean you are part of a Vikings team that's really started out well at five and one.

No Kevin O'Connell for a while, it's really cool what you guys have going.

You know, we always hear the words culture change pretty much anytime there's a coach exchange.

What is it really meant in terms of Kevin and Quacey, Dofe Menta coming in at how you guys

have experienced it?

Yeah, I think just leadership, you know, I think it's not it's a collaborative leadership.

It's not just one guy being a good leader, it's multiple people from the top, you know,

being really good leaders and you know, I think there's different ways you can lead

but I feel like when you really get a bunch of good leaders that collaborate together,

they kind of know their weaknesses, they know their strengths and kind of feed off one another.

It's a combination that isn't going to necessarily make you win games but it's going to set you

up to handle adversity and I feel like in this league that's more important than probably

X's and O's just being able to handle adversity because at any point in the season you're going to

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