everybody welcome to another episode of purple insider matthew collar here along with will

ruggots of s i on vikings well you're looking like you spent some time in the sun over the

last few days watching minnesota vikings practice actually we do have a little more shade than usual,

but you and I, there's not a whole lot we can do. But you know what that means, Will,

we have gathered a heck lot of information about the Minnesota Vikings. So I'm just going to

start here with a broad question. Then I want to get into a game with you. How are you feeling

about the 2025 Minnesota Vikings after seven practices?

I'm feeling good. I don't know that my expectations have shifted all that much from where I was

when we came in before this last week of practices. But I mean, if anything, my expectation level and excitement around this defense

has only grown. And it was already pretty high just based on knowing the roster on paper

and knowing how good they were last year and year three under Brian Flores. But they look really,

really good. And then the logical question from that is, okay, if they're looking this

good against the Vikings first team offense, and there's a lot of going against the second

team offense as well, and then how they mix and match those units. But how do we feel about

the first team offense? And I'm not worried about it yet. I think that this is just a really,

really good defense. It's a young quarterback who's had some ups and downs. The offensive line is still getting kind of back to full

strength. Justin Jefferson's been out for the last few days. So I think that there's still plenty of

reason to be optimistic about this offense. I think the run game would be a big, big one. Jordan Mason

has looked kind of

bad as advertised. But this defense, I just think, is going to be for as great as they were

last year. I mean, they, DVOA, EPA per play from opponents, takeaway, scoring, all the stats.

Like, they were top five or higher last year. I think that they could be even better this year, which, scoring, all the stats. Like they were top five or higher last year.

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