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Is Kirk Cousins overrated? Jayson asks that question. Your Minnesota Vikings are still engaged in a very busy general manager and head coach search. The new GM and HC will have a decision they need to reach soon, and that is to keep or try and trade Kirk Cousins? We have all seen the general boxscore stats, and Jayson gets into some of the more in-depth advanced stats to ask if Captain Kirk is rated correctly? The new regime has a tough decision to make. Will they make the correct one? We’ll have to wait and see. What are your thoughts on Kirk Cousins? Do you think he's overrated? Fan with us!!! Jayson Brown @brownjayson and Dave Stefano @Luft_Krigare producing this @Climb_ThePocket Network’s & @DailyNorseman’s production. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the show here: https://youtu.be/wkugKNyDSeI At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your Minnesota Vikings are engaged in a very busy general manager and head coach search. Mark and Zygi Wilf have assembled football-minded committees to find them, but what are they valuing in the process? Jayson Brown argues the potential of this business practice. Inspired by a viewer’s question, he continues to explain that they should be looking for traits and abilities that could excel in the position. It should not necessarily be filled with someone who has done it before, and you could easily fit in. There is a much higher likelihood of success when hiring for potential. Do you agree? Fan with us!!! Jayson Brown @brownjayson and Dave Stefano @Luft_Krigare producing this @Climb_ThePocket Network’s & @DailyNorseman’s production. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the show here: https://youtu.be/4XhPHE0x0Zw At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What a week! Darren and Dave look at some of the Vikings’ decisions and agree that it is time for a change. The Minnesota Vikings have reached a point of frustration. Years of being the worst of the best, or best of the worse have led to angst, hard feelings, and dysfunction. Both Rick Spielman and Mike Zimmer were released. How they handled the end and this last season as a whole, says a lot. What direction will the Vikings go next? The GM and HC searches are on. Do they look for a talent guru, someone with business acumen, or a leading-edge expert with analytics? Let’s talk about it. Then as a bonus, we’ll look at a prospective linebacker, because that will be one of many holes needed to fill in next season’s defense. Do you like this young man? Two Old Bloggers are comprised of Dave and Darren, who both started blogging on the Purple decades ago. They will talk over issues and events in the offseason, so get ready for the Climbing The Pocket and Daily Norseman 2OB commentary and interaction show! Here are the themes for the show: Theme #1 - Zimmer goes out the wrong way Theme#2 - Who will be the new GM? Theme#3 - Positional outlook: The Linebackers Join us for your Minnesota Vikings talk amongst Two Old Bloggers and join the conversation! Fan with us!!! Come join the @Climb_ThePocket’s & @DailyNorseman’s blogger show with Darren @KickassblogVike and Dave @Luft_Krigare. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the live show here: https://youtu.be/rJa673odEQg At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tyler Forness joins Dave to talk about the Minnesota Vikings' search for a new General Manager. As we know, on Black Monday of this week, Zygi and Mark Wilf fired Rick Spielman as GM. Rick had been with the team since 2006 and GM since 2012. His job status and that of head coach Mike Zimmer were linked. Until 2018, the team was on the rise, but after that, it struggled with only one playoff appearance. Decisions on signing Kirk Cousins played into it, along with the perceived inability to get enough quality starters out of the draft. Throw in some failures at certain positions and some panic trades that didn’t pan out as envisioned, made for it being time for a new GM. The Wilf’s have assembled a committee to find the next one. It has been reported that out of all the names seen early in the week, the next move is to interview a group of 8 external candidates that have been vetted. We’ll call this stage of the GM search, the big 8. The big 8 group includes Eliot Wolf - Patriots, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Glenn Cook both from the Browns, Brandon Brown and Catherine Raiche both from the Eagles, Monti Ossenfort - Titans, Ryan Poles - Chiefs, and John Spytek - Buccaneers. Tyler has an interesting theory on the pairs from the same team. Also, look at who has possible future coach connections. Who do you like? Fan with us!!! Guest Tyler Forness @TheRealForno and Dave Stefano @Luft_Krigare producing this @Climb_ThePocket Network’s & @DailyNorseman’s production. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the show here: https://youtu.be/sNTzo-B4-R4 At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt Anderson joins Dave to talk about the memories of a miracle, the Minneapolis Miracle to be exact. Four years ago today, the Minnesota Vikings were playing the New Orleans Saints in the Divisional round of the playoffs. The Vikes opened up a 17-0 lead by the half and all was looking great, but… Drew Brees led a comeback in the second half and took the lead. Kai Forbath hits a 53 yard FG to put the Vikings back in the lead, but then Wil Lutz matched with a 43 yarder with 25 seconds left. The Vikings started the final drive and moved backward on the first play, but then 3 plays later only made it to their 39-yard line. The Vikes need at least 20 yards to get into very long field goal range. Only 10 seconds were left on the clock. The ball was snapped, Case Keenum dropped back, and then fired the ball downfield to Stephon Diggs. The defender missed the tackle beneath him as he skied for the ball. He stumbled but stayed inbounds and took it to the end zone for the win. US Bank Stadium erupted! Fans watching in bars, at other games, at home all erupted too. What a play! Fan with us!!! Guest Matt Anderson @MattAnderson_8 Jayson Brown @brownjayson and Dave Stefano @Luft_Krigare producing this @Climb_ThePocket Network’s & @DailyNorseman’s production. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the show here: https://youtu.be/kDkKDmftRUk At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Minnesota Vikings are officially in their offseason and the news has yet to slow down. The hunt is on for a brand-new head coach and general manager. What direction is the team going? Is it a full rebuild? What about the defense? Who do you want to see lead the next iteration of the Purple? Flip and Eric will ask. Football between the lines is done. Your favorite team is planning for 2022. It is time to go further than any other Vikings team before it. Can they? How soon? Tonight, Flip will battle Eric for the 26th episode of Viking Hot Takes on the Climbing The Pocket channel on Thursday night. Following the usual format of the show, we put the usual 20 minutes on the clock and asked each other three questions: Flip asks: 1. Grade the Vikings offense. 2. Grade the Vikings defense. 3. The next Vikings GM should be _______. Eric asks: 1. Are the Vikings entering a full rebuild? 2. How many defensive starters will be back in 2022? 3. The next Vikings Head Coach should be ______. Fan with us!!! Talk with Flip Mazzi @Flipmazzi, with Eric Thompson @eric_j_thompson, and producer Dave @Luft_Krigare as part of a @Climb_ThePocket Network’s & @DailyNorseman’s production. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the live show here: https://youtu.be/7xze08MvnOE At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vikings Happy Hour is here to enjoy some Vikings football talk and a beverage or three. Judd Zulgad of SKOR North bellies up to the bar with his Surly Furious [his favorite beer] to have fun talking about what happened and the future. The Minnesota Vikings’ season is over. Both the general manager and head coach were fired. Rick Spielman and Mike Zimmer will no longer run the mediocracy. In his press conference, Mark Wilf talked about the desire to be considered a contender, open communication, and collaboration, and is now looking for replacements. We’re here to talk it all through with you, the fan, so grab your favorite beverage and join the conversation! Discussion topics tonight: Intro State of the Vikings Memory Lane on Rick and Zim? Takeaways from Mark Wilf’s presser. Thoughts on Kendricks/O’Neil presser? Where does Zimmer rank among Vikings coaches? Any steam on the following: GM candidates HC candidates What should we expect this offseason? Fan with us!!! The guest, Judd Zulgad @jzulgad of SKOR North @SKORNorth. The regulars: @Matt Anderson @MattAnderson_8, and Ryan Ortega @sportsguyry, Myles Gorham @MylesGorham85, and Producer Dave @Luft_Krigare. This is a @Climb_ThePocket & @DailyNorseman production. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the live show here: https://youtu.be/7wVpwU1vCGk At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Minnesota Vikings 2021 season is in the books and the process of change has started. The Vikes finished with an 8-9 record and with the win over the hapless Chicago Bears and other action in week 18, secured the 12th pick in the 1st round of the draft. Mark and Zygi Wilf, along with the ownership group decided to fire Rick Spielman and Mike Zimmer. Mark said, "We're disappointed in the football results." The search is now on for a new GM and HC. Will, the Wilf’s get it right this time? Do you have confidence in their approach? Your favorite CTP personalities are here, along with you, to discuss it. Agenda: - A free-flowing discussion of the conclusion of the season. - The firing of Rick Spielman and Mike Zimmer. - Discussing the Mark Wilf press conference. - Who might you like as a new GM and head coach? Fan with us!!! Come join the @Climb_ThePocket Network's and @DailyNorman's "In The Huddle" show with host Jason Brown @brownjayson, Myles Gorham @MylesGorham85, Flip Mazzi @Flipmazzi, and possibly other CTP personalities. Producer Dave @Luft_Krigare in the truck. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the live show here: https://youtu.be/FC-fv_a8Hak At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vikings vs Bears. The Minnesota Vikings are hosting the Chicago Bears in their final game of the season. This is their final game of the Rick Spielman [as GM] and Mike Zimmer era. Dalvin Cook said that they are “playing this one for Zim.” Kirk Cousins talks about playing hard for the game and for his teammates heading into the game. Will they? Some did, and some made business decisions. Many players who are heading into free agency, including Anthony Barr and most of this season's one rental, will be playing their final game for the Vikings. Who will come back? We won’t know for months. Enjoy watching them now. Many changes are on the way, but first, we have football. Both for your Vikes and the Bears, expect an effort to win, even if it is for pride. The Vikings are favored by 4 points. Will they win straight up and will they cover? They did. Do you actually want them to? Not for draft position, but otherwise, yes. Join us in the final 2:00, find out, and react? We invite you to LIVE! 1) Highlights 2) Lowlights 3) Speed round and your questions 4) What’s ahead The Final Score [the name for CTP’s Postgame show] is ready for the season. There are 4 new regulars and the occasional guest. The focus will be on you the fan, and how you felt the team did. Hopefully racking up the wins in the regular season. Today, Jayson Brown, Flip Mazzi, Matt Anderson will attempt to join us from Lambeau, and Dave will all be here. Did you like what you saw? #SKOL Fan with us!!! Guest Tyler Forness @TheRealForno. Regulars Jayson Brown @brownjayson, Flip Mazzi @Flipmazzi, Matt Anderson @MattAnderson_8, and Dave Stefano @Luft_Krigare producing this @Climb_ThePocket Network’s & @DailyNorseman’s production. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the live show here: https://youtu.be/XKBXmmHBGkQ At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2OB looks at the Minnesota Vikings vs Chicago Bears, in what friend of the show, Ted Glover, calls the “Dead Man Walking Bowl”. In all likelihood, both head coaches, Mike Zimmer and Matt Nagy will be fired within 24 hours of the final whistle. There is the possibility that both have already been notified too. There are also expected changes coming at the general manager level of both squads as well. Those factors, along with players who will not be on the team next season, make a game that only determines draft position, interesting. Bears QB Justin Fields is out on Covid IR so Andy Dalton will start against the Vikes. Zimmer has said Kirk Cousins will start along with all the other starters healthy enough too. They are treating this as a regular game and trying to win. Should they? This is a game full of business decisions from the owners to the players. To play hard or not, to win or not? In the same way, as with a Shakespearean tragedy, fans will see and talk about the tragic flaw(s), the tragic hero(s), antagonist(s), and the catastrophe. Two Old Bloggers are comprised of Dave and Darren, who both started blogging on the Purple decades ago will go over a way to possibly see how this game will go and if the Vikings can win, so get ready for the Climbing The Pocket and Daily Norseman pregame show! Here are the themes for the show: Breaking news: Jason La Canfora of CBS is reporting that Mike Zimmer will be released and Rick Spielman moved out of the GM position. We'll go over the usual stats to start - the strengths and weaknesses of each team. Theme #1 - Vikings vets will play but should they? Theme #2 - Will Kellen Mond play? Theme #3 - Who will play their last game as a Viking? Join us for your Minnesota Vikings talk amongst Two Old Bloggers and join the conversation! Fan with us!!! Come join the @Climb_ThePocket’s & @DailyNorseman’s blogger show with Darren @KickassblogVike and Dave @Luft_Krigare. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the live show here: https://youtu.be/oP5a0aRiRyY At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Minnesota Vikings have one more game left. It is a contest where the Chicago Bears come to US Bank Stadium for what looks like a meaningless game. Changes are on the way for the team after another sub-.500 season. Flip Mazzi and Eric Thompson will be asking questions on those topics. One of them involves grades. The hot takes will flow. Football continues! At least for two more weeks. Your favorite team is nearing the end of the 2021 campaign, the no-excuses season. It is time to go further than any other Vikings team before it. Can they? Tonight, Flip will battle Eric for the 25th episode of Viking Hot Takes on the Climbing The Pocket channel on Thursday night. Following the usual format of the show, we put the usual 20 minutes on the clock and asked each other three questions: Flip asks 1. Grade Klint Kubiak's season. 2. Grade Mike Zimmer's Vikings. 3. What is the best-case scenario for Sunday? Eric asks 1. How do you feel about Mike Zimmer playing the starters in the final game? 2. Out of Zimmer, Spielman, and Cousins, who will be back next season? 3. Will the Vikings have a better or worse record in 2022? Fan with us!!! Talk with Flip Mazzi @Flipmazzi, with Eric Thompson @eric_j_thompson, and producer Dave @Luft_Krigare as part of a @Climb_ThePocket Network’s & @DailyNorseman’s production. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the live show here: https://youtu.be/TzJWFARX7cA At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zygi and Mark will have some hiring decisions soon so let’s look at those. The rules for hiring an HC interested me. There is the brand-new one this year about possible interviews in weeks 17 and 18. However, the Vikes didn’t partake because the decision on Zim has yet to be made, or at least made public. I think there is a rule now that they can’t take a job until they are eliminated from the playoffs. Say they want to target Byron Leftwich. They must ask the Bucs for permission to interview him, I believe. [I may be wrong there.] Then, if the Bucs go all the way to the SB, we would not see him until the middle of February. Fans are going to want to know early, and they may get restless and agitated if their favorite candidate is being waited on. This is because they may move to team Y [like Chicago] and they miss out. There is the whole if you hire a staff soon, they may have up to a month's head start on planning for FA and the draft. You may miss out on quality for expedience. Then there is this… The question is how will the Wilfs go about selecting? In what order? They might select both. They could select the HC, then the GM, or the GM and the HC and tell them to work together on either option. Or, they could select the GM and let him choose the HC. I have heard they are entertaining all 3 options, on top of who to fire, who to keep, who to demand changes from, and any combination thereof, and of course how Kirk’s disposition plays into all of that too. If the Wilf’s insist on Kirk staying, like they supposedly did a year ago, that will play into decisions. They may ask candidate A, what he would do with Kirk? If the answer is, optimize him by doing this or that, or look to trade him, it could be a trap interview question. The Wilf's want them to answer a certain way. Another question on the GM side is will the Wilf’s hire a CEO type with football knowledge as GM? Or will they hire a football guy that has worked their way up but not run an organization? This and many of these questions will have to be answered. As they flow in the future, CTP’s Vikings Daily SITREP will be here to discuss them with you to improve your situational awareness. We want to aggregate what is happening with the team we all want to love. Fan with us!!! Jayson Brown @brownjayson and Dave Stefano @Luft_Krigare producing this @Climb_ThePocket Network’s & @DailyNorseman’s production. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the show here: https://youtu.be/2DV6s7TUUgw At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices