and Hello welcome to another episode of Purple Insider Matthew Coller here and

this is a very special episode. I have two interviews for you. the first is with Minnesota Vikings special teams

coordinator Matt Daniels we got into a lot of different topics including starting

off with the

the all things cover podcast and CBS Sports

Bryant McFad and he talks about Patrick Peterson

the three four defense what it was about the Pittsburgh Steelers' culture that allowed them to win so much with Mike

Tomlin. So off we go. Let's start with Matt Matt Daniels Minnesota Vikings Special Teams Coordinator

All right we welcome into the show Minnesota Vikings special teams coordinator Matt Daniels what is up Matt

Great to have here. Hey, how we doing?

Doing good. You know, I want to get into a lot of your background and some of your

philosophy. Also as a Kick returner enthusiast.

I want to go back and forth with you on some old school kick returners,

but I have to ask the question that all the people in Viking Land need to know.

Okay, so you went to the podium and you made a promise to us

that in the third preseason game there would be a punt-off I was told I got excited

I bought a stopwatch that was going to keep the you know how long the ball was in the

air and there was no punt off man what happened there was no pun off so I didn't

technically say that there would be a pun off in the actual game. I did not say that

but I did say that there would be a pun off and Quasi and Keel came to me and said

we cannot go into the game with two punters and that's kind of where the no pun off

stemmed from because we kind of had a couple injuries at the corner position and we needed

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