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Matthew Coller is joined by reporters, players, analysts and much more to break down everything Minnesota Vikings football. From discussing whether Kirk Cousins will take the Vikings to the next level to breaking down offensive line combinations to analyzing the NFC North, this podcast is for people who live and breathe football.

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From Moss to Favre to the roof collapse, a look...
Matthew Coller is joined by Judd Zulgad, Chip Scoggins and Brian Murphy to talk about their memories from 2010, the craziest Vikings season of all time, as we close in on the anniversary of a ton of wild events that happened that season. What was Moss's return like? How insane was the roof collapsing? What did 2010 do to Favre's legacy? That and much more in this episode...
79 min
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A crazy day in Vikings land: Yannick Ngakoue tr...
Whew. What a morning for the Minnesota Vikings. Matthew Coller and intern Paul get together to go over all the events of Thursday morning, inclduding the Vikings making a trade, Rick Spielman talking about the future of the team and Danielle Hunter being out/wanting a new contract.
54 min
1528
A Vikings-y look at the 2021 NFL Draft class (y...
Matthew Coller and PFF draft analyst Austin Gayle break down Matthew's bad draft simulation and which quarterbacks are going to dominate the top of the draft. Plus why it would make sense for the Vikings to keep an eye on the wide receiver class and what's happened to past draft classes that have caused them so much trouble now.
42 min
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Tuesday Morning Left Guard: What the Vikings-Fa...
Matthew Coller and former Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman Jeremiah Sirles hold their noses as they watch back the Vikings-Falcons tape and talk about some of the areas that simply won't get better and where the team can learn from other plays. How did Ezra Cleveland look? Why Julio Jones's performance against the Vikings should be concerning and who's getting traded.
44 min
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Ghosts of Vikings past and future, the trade de...
Matthew Coller and ESPN's Courtney Cronin break down how Kirk Cousins has been a disappointment overall since his signing in 2018 and what the Vikings can do about it now. We look back at their options in 2018 and wonder if they should have seen this coming and then talk about each veteran's chances to get traded at the deadline.
55 min
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Everyone is under fire after the Vikings' horre...
The Vikings collapsed against a winless team on Sunday. Now what? And what does it say about a botched offseason? Does someone get fired? Do we start talking about Mike Zimmer's future?
60 min
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A new offensive line combination and what if th...
Matthew Coller and Judd Zulgad talk about Dru Samia's absence from Sunday's game against the Falcons and what the Vikings' decision at guard tells us about Ezra Cleveland's status. Plus why they stuck with Samia for three weeks and who the pressure is on if the Vikings lose to a lowly Atlanta team.
36 min
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Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic looks into the ...
Matthew Coller is joined Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic to project the future of the Vikings. Why do fans have a low approval rating of Kirk Cousins? Is he paired with the wrong coach? How will the QB situation play out over the next few years?
53 min
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About those Kirk Cousins trade scenarios and ch...
Matthew Coller and Derrik Klassen of Football Outsiders (and contributor to Zone Coverage) talk about how Kirk Cousins has had a strange season, playing very well in several games and struggling at other times. Derrik answers questions about whether the Vikings should/would ever trade Cousins and which deals would make any sense. Plus we check in with Julian Council to talk about Teddy Bridgewater's start in Carolina and whether the Panthers are fairly legit with Teddy.
67 min
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Can we trace the Vikings' 1-4 start back to the...
Matthew Coller and PFF's Eric Eager talk about whether the Vikings took the wrong approach last offseason with everything from letting Kevin Stefanski go to extending Kirk Cousins to distributing their cap space on Anthony Harris and Yannick Ngakoue rather than in a number of severe weakspots.
38 min
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Was the Vikings' guard situation foreseeable? A...
Matthew Coller and former Viking Jeremiah Sirles break down how the Vikings' guard play ruined offensive opportunities against the Seattle, especially on the hotly-contested fourth-and-1 play. Why are the Vikings so bad at finding answers at guard? Why isn't Ezra Cleveland playing? And how the Vikings mismanaged their draft capital with the O-line. Plus how players will approach the rest of the season and how we should evaluate Mike Zimmer.
43 min
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Was Sunday night the most Vikings-y loss of the...
Matthew Coller and ESPN's Courtney Cronin rank the top 5 most Vikings-y losses of the Mike Zimmer era and the crazy things that have gone into some wild L's along the way. Where does the Sunday night debacle in Seattle rank? Why are the Vikings still playing Dru Samia? How frustrating is Kirk Cousins's tendency to throw the worst interceptions at the worst times and hilarious Kirk Cousins trade ideas.
58 min
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A classic Vikings collapse in Seattle
Matthew Coller and intern Paul exchange rants about the Vikings' decision on fourth down, their failure on the final drive, Dru Samia's incredibly bad game, Kirk Cousins's turnovers and how the Vikings blew a shot to get back on the playoff race.
60 min
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What's gonna happen between the Vikings and Sea...
Matthew Coller and ESPN's Myron Medcalf play a game of "What's Gonna Happen," in which they make predictions about the Vikings-Seahawks Sunday Night Football game and they discuss whether the Dallas Cowboys will get it together and the benching of Dwayne Haskins.
47 min
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Sunday night vs. Seahawks is the Vikings' seaso...
Matthew Coller and ESPN's Courtney Cronin talk about what a Vikings win would mean to the rest of the season and then break down the Path To Victory. How can the Vikings' offense keep rolling? Does the defense have any shot at stopping Russell Wilson? And which players are under the most pressure?
61 min
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How much we should value a Vikings win and what...
Matthew Coller gets Sam Monson from PFF's take on whether the Vikings' offense can continue its pace over the last two weeks and whether we should be intrigued by a win over the Texans. Plus how Kirk Cousins's rollercoaster continues and why he showed that he's too good to Tank For Trevor. Plus why we're not surprised by Kevin Stefanski's success but are wondering if Josh Allen continues what he's doing.
43 min
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Yahoo! Sports' Eric Edholm breaks down why Just...
Matthew Coller and Yahoo! Sports' Eric Edholm talk about how Justin Jefferson compared as a prospect coming out of LSU to what he's doing now in the NFL with the Vikings.
45 min
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Tuesday Morning Left Guard: Signs of progress f...
Matthew Coller and Jeremiah Sirles break down the Vikings-Texans tape. How is Justin Jefferson impacting the offense? What Jeremiah remembers about Dalvin Cook in 2017 training camp. Why the Vikings are still making mental errors on both sides of the ball and what their outlook is for upcoming shootouts.
45 min
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Grading the Vikings at the quarter mark of the ...
Well that flew by. The Vikings have reached the quarter mark of the season so it's time to assess them position by position. Andrew Krammer of the Star Tribune joins to talk about what we've seen from Kirk Cousins so far, how Dalvin Cook has been everything they paid for, Justin Jefferson's emergence changes the game and the defense hasn't had anyone new step up.
47 min
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Do the Vikings suddenly have a dangerous offense?
Intern Paul has five key questions from the Vikings' win over the Houston Texans, including whether they suddenly have a dangerous group of weapons now that Justin Jefferson has dominated two games in a row. Plus Harrison Smith shows he's expendable and a rant about the wild week in COVID with the NFL
44 min
1546
The Vikings beat the Texans. That's good, right...
Matthew Coller and ESPN's Courtney Cronin break down what the Vikings' victory over the Houston Texans means. Does this give them some optimism for a turnaround going forward? Or was it fool's gold against a very bad team?
52 min
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Danielle Hunter's second opinion, another corne...
Matthew Coller connects with SI Vikings reporter Will Ragatz to talk about whether the Vikings will beat the Texans, wildly speculate about Danielle Hunter's neck injury and his "second opinion" and discuss what Cam Dantzler's return means to the young cornerback group. Plus Texans trivia.
45 min
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Would you rather be the Vikings or Texans?
Matthew Coller connects with Texans reporter Rivers McCown to talk about how the Texans have ended up at 0-3, how they are being impacted by DeAndre Hopkins, how Bill O'Brien is ruining DeShaun Watson and whether you'd trade rosters straight up. Plus Hot Routez with intern Paul checks in on trade possibilities if the Vikings lose the next game.
71 min
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OK fine, we'll talk Tank for Trevor and Vikings...
At 0-3 Vikings fans are starting to talk about Trevor Lawrence so Matthew Coller connects with one of the top draft analysts Mike Renner to talk about Lawrence as a prospect. Is he worth it? Plus what happened with the Vikings' last few drafts? How might it impact the future and was their process wrong?
33 min
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Tuesday Morning LG: The Vikings' OL struggles i...
Matthew Coller and former Vikings offensive lineman Jeremiah Sirles break down the Vikings-Titans tape. They discover that it's incredible how many things are being affected by the O-line issues, including Kirk Cousins's reads and Irv Smith Jr.'s production. Plus is Jeremiah buying Justin Jefferson?
44 min