Teddy Bridgewater & the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Atlanta Falcons 41-28 yesterday in an impressive debut by the future of the purple franchise.

To honor his achivements, we busted out a 10-pack of ponderings from Sunday's game to ponder. Ponder.

1. Thorough Teddy Time Thoughts
2. The Defensive is Still Offensive at Times
3. Asiata & McKinnon: The Cruuuuise Brothers
4. The Offensive Line is Back
5. Xavier Rhodes is Aight
6. Jarius Wright. Welcome Back
7. Cordarrelle.... Still Bitter
8. Zimmer's Timeout Game Needs Work
9. Be Nice to Chrisitan Ponder
10. The Ladies at TCF Bank Stadium.

#PurpleFTW Helmet Sticker Winners for Week 4:
• Teddy Bridgewater
• The Offensive Line
• McKinnon/Asiata
• Xavier Rhodes
• Harrison Smith
• Jen Hale

An Andy Carlson Joint.

The Vikings host the Falcons Sunday and Ted Glover (@purplebuckeye) of The Daily Norseman stopped by to preview the matchup between the Teddy Bridgewater led Purple People Eaters vs the Dirty Birds from the Dirty South.

All of the Episode 66 Goodness Entails:
-Why Ted is in Germany
-Ted survives the DN comment section
-1998 Vikings Memories (Blacked out memories?)
-Positives from the Saints Loss
-Teddy Bridgewater Time. Let's do this
-Why Teddy should breed hope for the Vikings
-Offensive Line Issues
-WTH happened to Matt Kalil?
-Vlad Ducasse is David Dixon
-Austin Wentworth (877-SACK-NOW) (via Eric Thompson)
-Charlie Johnson is the 3rd best OL right now. Let that sink in.
-Kyle Rudolph: Injured and Invisible
-CHASE FORD!!!
-The Defense is Improved
-Heat coming from all directions
-But Robert Blanton can't cover TEs
-How the Atlanta Falcons can get got.
-McKinnon Involvement. Need Mas
-Teddy loves his TEs
-If Jarius Wright could come out of Witness Protection, that would be great.
-Hester vs Cordarrelle: Kick Return Shootout
-Ted's STONE COLD HOT TAKE (Hint: It concerns "That Team Up North")
-I'm aware that "Roasting Dirty Birds" means something else entirely in England.

An Andy Carlson Joint.


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The Vikings fell to the Saints 20-9 Sunday in New Orleans, but all is not lost. It's Teddy Freakin' Bridgewater time, baby.

Who Dat Talking Points Today include:
1) It's Teddy Time in the City
2. Roughing the Passer? Question Mark?
3. The Defense Showed Promise
4. Good Offensive Lineman are kind of a big deal
5. Matt McKinnie or Bryant Kalil?
6. Cordarrelle-darrelle-darrelle – Where are you?
7. Kyle Rudolph: Groining Pains
8. 2014 Schedule Love

My proudest moment: I didn't mention "Bountygate" once and only made one thin reference to it. Great success!


An Andy Carlson Joint.


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New Orleans native Georgette Dunn (@GeorgetteJedik) joins us on the podcast to discuss the Vikings-Saints matchup from a "behind enemy lines" perspective and talk a little cajun non-sense as well.

Cajun nonsense on the levels on:
-Her thoughts on the Adrian Peterson situation as a Southern mother
-Did the Vikings "Get it Right"?
-Supporting the TEAM
-The Bandwagonness of Saints fans (Seahawks fans ain't got norhin' on em)
-Team Cassel of Team Teddy?
-When (if) Teddy Bridgewater should start
-The Saints Defense Sucks
-How to tailgate in the South
-Stopping Drew Brees, Brandin Cooks, the Remnants of Marcus Colston, and G's BF Jimmy Graham
-Andy predicts the Vikings win 75-69 (PURELY for Fantasy reasons)
-Andy gets Georgette on the No-Fly List. #HomelandSecurity
-Word Association
-An Interesting Side Effect of Katrina
-Waffle House: You Complete Me
-Oyster po Boy Love
-"Make Em Say Ughhhh" was one of our Prom songs
-One of us lives near Lil Wayne
-"Gone with the Wind" was NOT set in New Orleans
-G's favorite song is "Stand Up and Get Crunk"
-G's STONE COLD HOT TAKE: Hint - She Loves Brian Hoyer
-The Gauntlet
-G's Mardi Gras Story (It involves a horse)
-Andy knows where Picayune is because of Jonathan Bender


We TRY to keep it Football football related as we already said our piece in previous episodes Goodbye, Adrian and The Seven Vikings Fans You Meet During The AP Situation, but hard not to touch on why your best player is (rightfully) not on the field this week or for the entire season in all likelyhood.


An Andy Carlson Joint.


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The Adrian Peterson Abuse situation & the Minnesota Vikings's handling of it has raised eyebrows and divided a fanbase.

We talk about the Seven Types of Vikings Fans you'll encounter during this terrible situation.


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Adrian Peterson needs to be cut by the Minnesota Vikings and suspended indefinitely by the NFL. Immediately.

We discuss why.


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Lindsey Young (@LindseyMNSports) of Vikings Territory and Timberpups joined us again to preview Vikings-Patriots & dig into all other sorts of awesomeness.

Awesomess on the level of:
-Her recent article about Viking Wives that ran on KSTP.
-Reveling in the Vikings 34-6 destruction of the Rams
-Zimmer's Defense receiving national praise. Too soon?
-The “funness” of Cordarrelle Patterson
-The functionalness of Matt Cassel
-Harrison Smith Love
-Josh Robinson Dap
-Patriots Preview (NOMAHHHHHHH)
-How the Vikings can beat the Patriots
-The Matchups: Gronk vs Barr/Harrison. Cordarrelle vs Revis. Brady vs EVERYBODY.
-The Development of Anthony Barr
-Teddy Time on Hold
-The NFC North is WIDE OPEN
-What's More Likely?
-Lindsey states that the Vikings will win 7-straight Super Bowls... (Not really, but kinda)
-Timberwolves
-Fantasy Football Issues
-Lindsey's Stone Cold Hot Take Prediction for the NFL season
-And a whole lot more.

 

Make sure to check out Lindsey's personal site http://makingthecall.wordpress.com/

An Andy Carlson Joint


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We bask in the glory of the Vikings' 34-6 ass kicking of the St Louis Rams in the 1st installment of Purple FTW's Rapid Reaction, Muy Caliente Take, Too Soon Recap Show (RRMCTTSRS)

Muy Caliente Rapid takes like:
1) DAT DEFENSE is So SEXY
2) Cordarrelle PATTERSON is the Truth
3) Adrian Looked Old
4) The Cassel-Jennings Chemistry is REAL
5) Where the Hell was Kyle Rudolph?
6) Blair Walsh. He Aiiiiight
7) Harrison SMITH is a MAN
8) Captain is Major
9) St Louis is a Morgue
10) The NFC North is WIDE Open



An Andy Carlson Joint.


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Arif Hasan (@ArifHasanNFL) of Vikings Territory, Vikings Journal, and The Daily Norseman makes his triumphant return to the Podcast to discuss everything Minnesota Vikings related and all other sorts of schtuff.

Schtuff Like:
-53-Man Roster Reactions
-Waiver wire pickups
-MarQueis Gray's development in the NFL
-Practice Squad takes
-Chase Ford (kinda) makes the club in a tub
-Austin Wentworth's roller coaster of emotion
-What is Ahmad Dixon?
-Christian Ponder. Still tradeable?
-Depth Chart coverage
-The Safety position is still not so safe
-Preview of the Rams
-The Rams WRs are a pile of unfullfilled potential
-Greg Robinson isn't Orland Pace yet, I guess
-Cordarrelle is Norv's Manhattan Project
-The Vikings will make the playoffs in 2014 if ________.
-Over/Under 3.5 starts in 2014 for Teddy Bridgewater?
-Matt Cassel faith
-Arif's Stone Cold Hot Take of the 2014 season. #Shocking is the only thing I can come up with
-What is Vikings Journal? Show it some love.
-JJ Watt is underpaid
-Michael Sam
-Wes Welker Dancin' with Molly
-Why apple picking sucks
-Eating a bald eagle for Thanksgiving. (Just kiddin, FBI)
-Star Wars is a thing
-Master Tesfatsion is Seth Rogan to Arif's Paul Rudd
-ArifsThoughts.angelfire.com


An Andy Carlson Joint.


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