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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

YEESH: Aaron Jones to IR, Cam Akers is back (Part 2)

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Sports, Nfl Team, Nfl, Nfl Draft, Football, Minnesota, Vikings

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Coller talks about the latest injury update from the Vikings: Aaron Jones going on IR. The Vikings sign Cam Akers back. They also add Desmond Ridder. Plus Jeremiah Sirles and Maggie Robinson join. The Purple Insider podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

T6. Hock is paid like a top three tight end. He's not a top three tight end. I want to, I just want to see a little more than that we're two games into this.

0:14.6

And I think for some reason, you guys have traded Hockinson's last year as if he was just horrific. And I don't really think

0:23.6

that about last year for him. I don't think he was the same as he was having missed half the season,

0:30.1

but he ended up with 46 catches, 519 yards and a PFF grade that was only four points lower than the year before.

0:38.3

So I don't think it was that bad last year.

0:41.0

I haven't liked what I've seen, but is that because McCarthy isn't seeing him and isn't getting him the ball?

0:47.3

And it can be really hard to get in a rhythm as a wide receiver when the ball never comes to you.

0:54.5

It can be difficult if you're one of those guys.

0:59.1

Let's see.

1:01.9

Pridim.

1:02.7

Sorry if I got that wrong.

1:07.1

What you will get if you go with Wentz and lose in the playoffs.

1:12.9

Yeah, I mean, that's a fair question.

1:16.4

Like what happens?

1:17.7

And he says, people need patience.

1:19.6

Like, what happens if you stick with Wentz and you get into the first round and then you lose?

1:27.0

And you end up with another season that goes 10 and 7, 9 and 8,

1:31.1

first round out.

1:32.3

You're not a serious contender.

1:35.9

Yeah, that's a circle of hell that the Vikings have lived in that they don't want to live in.

1:41.5

And they took a shot with all this to not live in that.

1:44.7

They tried to build a roster that does not live in that hell.

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