What's Sam Darnold going to do in the Super Bowl?
Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast
Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast
4.7 • 958 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider, presented by Fandul, |
| 0:10.5 | Matthew Collar here, along with Mike Schope, our fantasy showpe, WGR 550 and ADP chasing, |
| 0:17.3 | and we made it all the way to the end to the Super Bowl and we have so much to talk |
| 0:23.6 | about for this game. So many props to break down and analyze. But I did want to get your take |
| 0:30.1 | Mike since we haven't talked since Quasi Adafo Mensa was fired by the Minnesota Vikings. |
| 0:36.7 | What do you think from, you know, somebody who's not covering it on a day-to-day basis |
| 0:41.0 | and sort of seeing it from afar of the fact that the Vikings made that move? |
| 0:47.0 | Well, the first thought I had was it's late. |
| 0:50.4 | It doesn't seem like it was something that they were prepared to do or wanted to do until |
| 0:56.4 | the process went along and maybe there were interviews, of course there were interviews and |
| 1:01.1 | internal discussions. I mean, I don't know if it's the same with GMs as it is with coaches, |
| 1:05.9 | but when like a month goes by from the end of your season, you're probably behind the eight ball. |
| 1:13.0 | So you'll tell me whether you think that that will hurt them. |
| 1:16.4 | But I don't know. |
| 1:17.4 | I had mixed feelings about him and I would defer to you on almost any question about him. |
| 1:21.7 | I thought he was interesting as a hire and definitely credible. |
| 1:26.7 | I thought he showed a great personality that |
| 1:29.4 | Jefferson thing where Jefferson was dressed up and he didn't know was him. I mean, |
| 1:33.1 | they leaned into that a little bit. But the drafts weren't great. And Sam Darnold playing in this |
| 1:41.2 | Super Bowl, just unfortunately, there's a lot of bad luck in that. |
| 1:45.5 | I mean, that that happened to the Vikings is a tough, it's tough optically. |
| 1:50.6 | So, yeah, I mean, hopefully for Minnesota's sake, they can find the person they need, |
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