Purple Daily - A Minnesota Vikings Podcast

The Vikings trudged through a sloppy and not well played game to get their fourth win of the season, this time over the New York Jets. Manny Hill, Judd Zulgad, and Matthew Coller took your calls on everything from today's 37-17 win over the Jets. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Matthew Coller connects with Joe Caporoso from TurnOnTheJets.com to talk about whether the Vikings should re-sign Sheldon Richardson long term. He also discusses Sam Darnold's play and whether the Jets would have been better off with Kirk Cousins than Darnold. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Matthew Coller and former NFL quarterback Sage Rosenfels break down the Vikings' matchup against rookie QB Sam Darnold. Also they go through some things that stuck out on last week's tape to Sage, whether Kirk Cousins should throw the ball away more often and look at whether his tipped passes a problem. Also a great Doug Flutie story and our journeyman quarterback of the week. See Privacy Policy a...

Matthew Coller and Courtney Cronin recap the Vikings win over the Cardinals, and examine the injuries on the team, notably Mike Hughes now being lost for the season with a torn ACL. Was taking Hughes in the first round still the right move? Also, Eric Eager of Pro Football Focus joins to talk more on how the Vikings overall have looked in the first 6 games of the season. See Privacy Policy at http...

Matthew Coller and former NFL wide receiver Donald Jones get together again to talk about Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs' rise to stardom. Why are undrafted players driven differently than guys who were drafted? How does Thielen succeed in the slot? Plus Donald played with Marshawn Lynch and he explains why Marshawn was a great leader. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California...

Matthew Coller and former NFL quarterback Sage Rosenfels talk about the Vikings' run-and-play-defense win over the Arizona Cardinals. Why was Mike Zimmer's defense able to confuse Josh Rosen? What should we make of Anthony Barr's season so far? Why did Kirk Cousins struggle at times? And what did we make of the touchdown celebration? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California P...

The Vikings returned home for the first time since the Buffalo loss and put in an all-around good effort for a 27-17 win over the Cardinals. The big win led to you, the listener, calling in to talk to Phil Mackey and Manny Hill about the sudden return of the run game, the second good showing in a row by the defense, and an interesting trade proposal. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy...

Matthew Coller and Judd Zulgad talk about the Vikings' solid win over the Arizona Cardinals. What did it mean to get the running game in order? Why did the defense look like themselves again? How concerned should we be about some of Kirk Cousins' errors in the first half? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

Matthew Coller and former NFL quarterback Sage Rosenfels dive into Josh Rosen's game. What did Sage see from Rosen when he was coming out in the draft? What do we know about the NFC North? Plus a tribute to the "King of Journeyman Quarterbacks." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Matthew Coller and former NFL wide receiver Donald Jones go in-depth on Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs' excellence. What makes them great route runners? How does intelligence factor into their success? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Matthew Coller and former NFL quarterback Sage Rosenfels talk about Drew Brees becoming the all-time leading passer in NFL history, what a quality control coach does, why Kirk Cousins is so excellent at play-action, the Vikings' gameplan, whether the Vikings actually outplayed the Eagles and how Wade Phillips blocked Matthew on Twitter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californi...

Matthew Coller and Courtney Cronin discuss the Vikings win in Philadelpia and look ahead to next week's game against the Arizona Cardinals. Also Doug Farrar of USA TODAY joins to discuss how offenses around the NFL have had so much success this season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The Vikings returned to the scene of the crime and found it a bit more friendly this time around, at least result anyways. Coming out with a 23-21 victory sees the Vikings go to 2-2-1 which left you the listener to call in about the turnaround from the past couple weeks, Kirk Cousins, and questionable calls from the refs. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notic...

The Vikings jump started their season on Sunday with a victory over the Eagles and Matthew Coller was there to bring you all the details from the game and the victorious locker room in Philadelphia. Judd Zulgad and Coller discuss the importance of this win for the Vikings, where things stand in the NFC and how this might have changed things for the defending NFC North champions. See Privacy Policy...

Matthew Coller and Pro Football Focus's Eric Eager break down Vikings/Eagles and try to make statements that they are sure are true about the Vikings. Will the offensive line improve? Do we know who the defense is? And what do we know about the Chicago Bears being legit or not? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my...

The Purple Podcast goes on the road as Matthew Coller and Manny Hill preview the Vikings-Eagles game at Lucky's 13 in Mendota. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Matthew Coller and former NFL quarterback Sage Rosenfels talk about how a quarterback prepares for a big game. Whether the pressure is on the Vikings this week to save their season. How they can get the running game going. And the Eagles have a GREAT list of journeyman quarterbacks See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sel...

Matthew Coller connects with Brandon Thorn of USA Football and Scouting Academy to discuss the Vikings' struggles up front. Should Mike Remmers be moved back to tackle? Should Brian O'Neill get in the game? What can the Vikings do at guard? Can Pat Elflein save them? And how do they match up against the Eagles' edge rushers? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy No...

In this debut episode of Purple Live, Matthew Coller and Courtney Cronin examine the Vikings loss to the Rams, give Kirk Cousins a grade through 4 games, and also take calls from listeners on the status of the team. Mike Renner of Pro Football Focus also joins for more analysis. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-m...

Former NFL quarterback Sage Rosenfels talked with Mackey and Judd on Friday afternoon and broke down one of the Rams' great plays from Thursday, why Kirk Cousins has issues with outside pressure and how the Vikings can turn things around... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Matthew Coller and former NFL quarterback Sage Rosenfels dive into an insane week of passing performances. Why are QBs regularly throwing for 400 yards all of the sudden? Plus Sage breaks down the Vikings' defensive miscues after watching the tape and talks about Kirk Cousins' post-game press conference following the Rams game. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

Matthew Coller and Judd Zulgad discuss whether the Vikings can fix their defensive woes, Coller tells us of coach Mike Zimmer's troubling reaction to those issues and gives us a locker tidbit about Kirk Cousins' postgame reaction that you don't want to miss. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Neither defense showed up in an absolute shoot-out between two of the preseason NFC favorites as the Vikings fell to 1-2-1. There was a lot of questions about what's wrong with Anthony Barr, what happened to the vaunted defense, and the lack of a running game for the Vikings. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-i...

Matthew Coller connects with author Bobby Peters of the Rams Third Down Manual, which details the success of Sean McVay's offense. Matthew and Bobby analyze the different creative elements that Mike Zimmer will face and how the Vikings slowed down the Rams last year. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Matthew Coller and former NFL quarterback Sage Rosenfels dig into the Vikings' mentality heading into their Thursday night matchup with the Los Angeles Rams and take a closer look at Sean McVay's offense. What makes Jared Goff effective and how does McVay give different looks to opposing defenses. Plus The Journeyman Quarterback of the Week. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cali...