And the Hey everybody welcome to an emergency podcast Matthew Collard here as always

and Minnesota Vikings have their defensive coordinator they have hired

Brian Flores according to ESPNs, Adam Shefter and how much can change in 24 hours or so just yesterday when a Giro Evero decided that he was going to sign with the

Carolina Panthers to become their defensive coordinator. Well then of course there

was some Viking fan panic as you know look I understand why because he was

their reported top candidate and he decided to go somewhere else and so then it was

like wait if Brian Flores isn't the guy then now what ends up

happening at defensive coordinator and there was concern that it was going to end up being

you know Mike Petton that they was going to end up being, you know, Mike Petton, that they would have to turn to him because they wouldn't have any other options or go with someone that had no experience whatsoever, but in the end, they end up with Brian Flores. And if you look at his past history,

I think it's really important to start here

with Brian Flores for why this hire makes a lot of sense.

I think that it's reasonable to say

we never know whether a hire is going to work out

and personnel, which we'll get into,

is a big deal.

But this isn't the first time that Brian Flores has faced a similar situation. If you go back to Miami when he first got the job as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins and it's well documented in 2008. the quarterback at the top. And they had the worst defense in the entire NFL

and Brian Flores' first year,

and they were coming off a season where they were 27th.

And he was tasked then after that of turning around their defense and the results were pretty remarkable in just one year in his second year as head coach of the Dolphins but a full year to take down some of the roster, rebuild, and they went from

32nd to 6th. And a big part of that with Brian Flores in charge was the fact that they were able to create some roster space, some cap space, and rebuild the roster. They signed people like Byron Jones, Kyle Van Noe, but Flores was also responsible for and and it was noticeable as I was going through the 2020 Miami Defense that you know there were

guys that also were recent draft picks that developed and you know improved you know guys like Jerome Baker who may not be

familiar to Vikings fans but you know he had five and a half sacks that year or

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