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Learn more at liquiddeath.com slash Insider. Hello welcome to another episode of Purple Insider Matthew Collar here and let's get back

to our fans only questions as we continue I mean I basically should have just made this a theme week and called it

fans only week because I'll have another fans only episode for you tomorrow and then on Monday morning you will get in your

podcast feeds a reaction with Paul Hodawannick and I to championship Sunday that

will record after the games on Sunday night so that should be fun to react to those as well.

And that's kind of all I got there is one small update which is that the Vikings did have an interview with Brian Flores and

one thing that I do find interesting about Brian Flores is that when you look at

when he arrived in Miami they had one of the worst defenses in the NFL, and by the next year, they were sixth in points allowed.

So they did make big progress, and for two seasons, they had good defenses under Brian Flores.

Now that of course goes along with getting better players.

One of those years they were trying to tank so much to the point that the owner was telling Brian Flores that he

had to tank and offering him money allegedly to tank.

And then suddenly it got better. But anyway, did think that you know if you're looking for a

guy who's kind of done that before taking a little bit of a bear cupboard and

built out a defense, Brian Flores has some recent experience with that.

So they interviewed him, but I also get the sense, especially since Steve Wilkes is not staying on as the head coach of

Carolina. They hired Frank Reich. I think that's a very smart hiring for them

to bring in an experienced head coach, draft a quarterback, go forward with a roster

that has some talent on it, so a good hire there.

But I wonder if the Vikings will look at Steve Wilkes

as a potential defensive coordinator,

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