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

I just got back from TCO Performance Center, where I watched day five of Minnesota Vikings training camp, but this was a special day.

This was not your regular old

routine run-of-the-mill practice. This was one that we look forward to every single year,

the first day of pads. And as you'll hear a little bit later, that's always the first question to guys when

they come off the field. How did it feel to get back in pads? And you know what? It felt pretty

darn good to watch it. So I've got a ton of stuff for you here tonight. Brian Flores

spoke also full interviews with Harrison Phillips and Ryan Kelly,

as well as your questions as always.

So a lot to talk to you guys about,

but we got to begin with my notes from today's training camp.

So I'm just going to run down the notes and then I will get to some questions. Then I'll bring you a couple players. I also had about a 20-minute conversation with Emily Liker of the Star Tribune. So if you hang around for the whole show, that will be later on this evening as well. It's a lot. So I'm ready. So let's dive right into it. Let us begin with,

let's see, what would you guys be interested in hearing how someone performed in pads for

the first time who met what player? Oh, J.J. McCarthy. Yeah, it sounds like a really good place to

start. So here was J.J. McCarthy's day. I'll take you through it. The first 11 on 11 period is what

they call them. They have different periods. They last forever, you know, whatever amount long. And then

they're trying to accomplish different things in these periods. Sometimes it's a red zone.

Sometimes it's a two minutes. And sometimes it's just sort of your regular run of the

mill started at the 40 yard line and go from there. So they begin with a normal 11 on 11. And J.J.

McCarthy came out looking pretty darn good. He picked up on where he left off the other day on

Saturday when he had, I thought maybe the best practice we've seen

him have in the NFL, even going back to last year on Saturday.

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