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BJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald run a 3-round live mock draft simulator for the Minnesota Vikings through Pro Football Focus featuring a rather unexpected outcome in the first round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your Minnesota Vikings have evaluated and weighed the prospects for the NFL Draft. Kwesi Adofo-Mensah held a press conference today where he showed his mastery of saying a lot and of nothing at the same time. Their draft board is set. Rehearsals have been done. Trade scenarios already worked through. All in preparation for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. We all don’t know how the board will fall, or the Vikings will select, but here at Climbing the Pocket, we’ll try and divine it through out one and only, full 7 round mock draft. [Unfortunately, which turned into only three contentious rounds.] Who’s your favorite choice? How do you see the Purple drafting? Will cornerback be the first selection for Kwesi and Keven O’Connell? Who will the Vikings draft? Fan with us!!! Come join the @Climb_ThePocket’s and @DailyNorman's "In The Huddle" show with host Jason Brown @brownjayson, Tyler Forness @TheRealForno, Flip Mazzi @Flipmazzi, and Jonas Stärk @JonasStaerk. Producer Dave @Luft_Krigare joins us from the truck and enjoys an OUTSTANDING brew from @LakeMonsterBrew. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the live show here: https://youtu.be/f9XEuX9U0Nw At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ For your beer and food needs: https://www.lakemonsterbrewing.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are just three days away from the NFL Draft! It's time to not only talk about the Minnesota Vikings' draft fits, but also how the first round can look. Joining me tonight is Ian Cummings (@ian_cummings_9) of Pro Football Network to break down both his and my final mock drafts of the cycle. We will be discussing why we had certain fits, who might sneak into the first round and potential surprise risers and fallers. Talking points for tonight’s show: — Comparing drafts Tyler vs Ian — Who will the Vikings select? — Who will fall? — Who will rise? — Who will sneak into round 1? — Skol Search: mock draft v12. Fan with us!!! The guest is Ian Cummings @ian_cummings_9 of Pro Football Network @PFN365. Tyler Forness @TheRealForno and Dave Stefano @Luft_Krigare producing this @Climb_ThePocket Network’s & @DailyNorseman’s production, and enjoying an OUTSTANDING brew from @LakeMonsterBrew. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the show here: https://youtu.be/d_t8RAtlSjA At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ For your beer and food needs: https://www.lakemonsterbrewing.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NFL Draft is just a few days away starting on Thursday. There is very little time left for your Minnesota Vikings to rehearse as many scenarios as possible in the first-ever draft where Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Keven O’Connell are running the show. The previous regime left them with the #12 pick in the first round. Is it high enough to get the player they want? Will they trade down? What if they are stuck in the 12th pick purgatory where their coveted targets are lost and settling for the next guy on the list is a reach? But first, Dave and Darren start a series on a handful of breakout players that we can expect. Taking a look at certain players who if they take their game to another level in 2022 could give the Vikings a real boost. This could enhance their chances of having a successful 2022 season. Entering his 4th season, and the third time we call for a breakout… Irv Smith Jr. Should he breakout? Yes. Can he stay healthy? He hasn’t the last two seasons, so we will see. From one question to another. With the mad money that is exploding for top wide receivers, what will that mean for the Vikings when they have to pay Justin Jefferson? We’ll take a look and see. 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! Make sure to enjoy your favorite Lake Monster Brewing beverage as well. SKOL! Theme #1: Breakout player: Irv Smith Jr. Theme #2: Will Justin Jefferson be a Vikings in 2023? Theme #3: Stuck in the middle - is it corner or bust? 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, and enjoy an OUTSTANDING brew from @LakeMonsterBrew. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the live show here: https://youtu.be/BdX9bmS_khc At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ For your beer and food needs: https://www.lakemonsterbrewing.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flip and Eric on Viking Hot Takes will be looking at 6 possible prospects that your Minnesota Vikings might actually draft. Looking at who’s available when the Vikings are on the clock, and if and why Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and crew would select them. Will it be right? Will it be prophetic? Watch and find out. Tonight, Flip will battle Eric for the 33rd episode of Viking Hot Takes on the Climbing The Pocket channel on Thursday night. In this episode, we’re not following the usual format of the show, we’re changing it up to asking “will the Vikings draft?” for 6 total prospects, 3 each in the 20 minute show: Flip asks will the Vikings draft: 1. Trent McDuffie, CB from Washington? 2. Jalen Pitre, S Baylor? 3. Perrion Winfrey, IDL Oklahoma? Eric asks will the Vikings draft: 1. Derek Stingley Jr, CB from LSU? 2. Jameson Williams, WR Alabama? 3. Jordan Davis, IDL from Georgia? Fan with us!!! Talk with Flip Mazzi @Flipmazzi, Eric Thompson @eric_j_thompson, and producer Dave @Luft_Krigare as part of a @Climb_ThePocket Network’s & @DailyNorseman’s production. Also, with our newest partner at CTP, Lake Monster Brewing @LakeMonsterBrew as we venture beneath the surface in search of something unknown and extraordinary, both in their wonderful selections and our coverage of your favorite team. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the live show here: https://youtu.be/V6itt7unwHA At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ https://www.lakemonsterbrewing.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Climbing The Pocket’s Vikings Happy Hour, we’re live from Lake Monster Brewing with guest Diante Lee of The Athletic. We’ll break down the prospects on the defensive side of the ball and some potential targets for the Minnesota Vikings. Grab yourself a drink and join us! If you are in St. Paul, come and join Matt and Ryan as they do the final tune-in show before the draft day 2 extravaganza at the Lake Monster brewery. Grab your favorite Lake Monster Brewing beer or any other drink and join Diante, Matt, Ryan, and Dave in this Vikings Happy Hour! Discussion topics tonight: — Intro — What are you drinking? — Defensive prospect targets: DT: Day 1 - Jordan Davis Day 2 - Perrion Winfrey Day 3 - Haskell Garrett Edge: Day 1 - Jermaine Johnson II Day 2 - Nik Bonitto Day 3 - Tyreke Smith LB: Day 1 - Nakobe Dean Day 2 - Brian Asamoah Day 3 - D’Marco Jackson CB: Day 1 - Andrew Booth Jr. Day 2 - Kyler Gordon Day 3 - Mario Goodrich S: Day 1 - Kyle Hamilton Day 2 - Nick Cross (or if Cross is a day 3 guy, replace Butler with Cross and replace Cross with Jalen Pitre or Kerby Joseph) Day 3 - Percy Butler — What does Diante have coming up? Fan with us!!! Guest is Diante Lee @DianteLeeFB of the Athletic @TheAthletic. The regulars: @Matt Anderson @MattAnderson_8, Ryan Ortega @sportsguyry, and Producer Dave @Luft_Krigare enjoying another @LakeMonsterBrew. This is a @Climb_ThePocket & @DailyNorseman production. The show's Twitter handle is @VikingHappyHour. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the live show here: https://youtu.be/a_M6DxZeN2s At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ For your beer and food needs: https://www.lakemonsterbrewing.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald discuss how the Minnesota Vikings' rebuilt front-office will approach the 2022 draft and potential pitfalls to avoid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your Minnesota Vikings prepare and the rest of the league is locked deep behind their screens watching tape and crunching numbers. Will analytics play a larger part this year for the Purple? Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, the new general manager, promises as much, at least theoretically. The NFL Draft is now just 10 days away! After covering the skill positions and edge rusher, part three will be focusing on the small school players and sleepers in this year's draft class. Joining Tyler Forness tonight are two of the foremost experts on the lesser-known guys in Blue Chip Scouting’s Devin Jackson and Mike Spencer Hrynyshyn. Grab a cocktail and join us tonight at 8 pm central for a deep dive on the players you might not have heard about yet but need to. Talking points for tonight’s show: — What has Blue Chip Scouting been up to? — Small school draft prospects. — Who are the sleepers in this year’s NFL Draft? — Players to discuss • -Idaho State WR/TE Tanner Conner -Sam Houston State CB Zyon McCollum -Baylor CB Kalon Barnes -Northern Iowa WR Isaiah Weston -Nebraska C Cam Jurgens -Tennessee-Chattanooga G Cole Strange -Coastal Carolina EDGE Jeffrey Gunter -Florida A&M Safety Markquese Bell -Wake Forest OT/OC Zach Tom -Montana State LB Troy Andersen -Fayetteville State CB Joshua Williams -San Jose State TE Derrick Deese Jr -Western Michigan EDGE Ali Fayad — Skol Search: mock draft v11. Fan with us!!! The guests are Devin Jackson @RealD_Jackson and Mike Hrynyshyn @MikeH_Draft of Blue Chip Scouting @BlueChipScout. Tyler Forness @TheRealForno and Dave Stefano @Luft_Krigare producing this @Climb_ThePocket Network’s & @DailyNorseman’s production, and enjoying an OUTSTANDING brew from @LakeMonsterBrew. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the show here: https://youtu.be/4lSGcPRK41A At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ For your beer and food needs: https://www.lakemonsterbrewing.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We have received a huge dose of state-run media talking points lately. Vikings' propaganda states to a person, “Don’t worry, be happy!” The line of thinking was it was all the defense’s fault. Mike Zimmer was evil. The bad man is gone, and now all will be alright. Is that reality? Dave and Darren will go at it as your Two Old Bloggers on Climbing The Pocket. There seems to be something afoot with the press conferences of players all holding the same line. Optimism, sure, is something we all want for the Minnesota Vikings and there are real indicators that get us there, but there are also is something amiss. Let’s look into it together. The deep thoughts and deep dive into the draft continue. All is hope and happiness again, right? Looking at the statistics, you might come to a different conclusion, but there are some surprises along the way too. Yay! 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! Make sure to enjoy your favorite Lake Monster Brewing beverage as well. SKOL! Here are the themes for the show: Theme #1 - Everything is Awesome (The Lego movie song) Theme #2 - Erasing the 2022 end-of half woes Theme #3 - The reality of the draft 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, and enjoy an OUTSTANDING brew from @LakeMonsterBrew. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the live show here: https://youtu.be/fOifS11gd8c At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ For your beer and food needs: https://www.lakemonsterbrewing.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flip and Eric are back for Viking Hot Takes with a series of questions to get you thinking about your Minnesota Vikings. The first couple rounds of NFL Free Agency appear to be done. The team is preparing for the NFL Draft, but are there any more free agents on the Vikings' radar? How will Kwesi Adofo-Mensah manipulate the draft and fare in trades with other teams? Can his analytic approach yield first-year starters or more long-term benefits? …Or fail completely? What’s your hot take? Tonight, Flip will battle Eric for the 32nd 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. Trade up, stay at 12, or trade down? 2. How many Year 1 starters should MIN expect from this draft? 3. Who is your favorite 2022 draft prospect? Eric asks: 1. Who will be the starting right guard Week 1? 2. Which remaining free agent would be the best fit for the Vikings? 3. Which draft format is better: the current Thursday through Saturday or the old Saturday/Sunday? Fan with us!!! Talk with Flip Mazzi @Flipmazzi, Eric Thompson @eric_j_thompson, and producer Dave @Luft_Krigare as part of a @Climb_ThePocket Network’s & @DailyNorseman’s production. Also, with our newest partner at CTP, Lake Monster Brewing @LakeMonsterBrew as we venture beneath the surface in search of something unknown and extraordinary, both in their wonderful selections and our coverage of your favorite team. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the live show here: https://youtu.be/OEllTGLCzS4 At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ https://www.lakemonsterbrewing.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Climbing The Pocket’s Vikings Happy Hour, we’re joined by Crissy Floyd of The Draft Network, NBC Sports Edge, and Sports Illustrated. She is a young up-and-coming sports journalist that loves football and loves interviewing quarterbacks in her spare time. With the upcoming NFL Draft, it will be interesting to hear her takes on prospects, especially those that might be selected or are great fits for your Minnesota Vikings. Well… That was the plan. Due to severe weather knocking out power where Crissy lives, she couldn’t join us. We carried on without her and will try to get her back on soon. Grab your favorite Lake Monster Brewing beer or any other drink and join Crissy, Matt, Ryan, and Dave in this Vikings Happy Hour! Discussion topics tonight: — Intro — What are you drinking? — QB prospects — A quick 3 round mock resulting in the Vikings selecting: 1) CB Dereck Stingley Jr. 2) LB Quay Walker 3) IOL Cole Strange Fan with us!!! Guest is Crissy Froyd @crissy_froyd of @thedraftnetwork, @nbcsportsedge, & @sibulldogs. The regulars: @Matt Anderson @MattAnderson_8, Ryan Ortega @sportsguyry, and Producer Dave @Luft_Krigare enjoying another @LakeMonsterBrew. This is a @Climb_ThePocket & @DailyNorseman production. The show Twitter hands is @VikingHappyHour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your Minnesota Vikings prepare for the draft portion of building the team, we are a mere 17 days away from the NFL Draft, and projections are still all over the place. On tonight's show, we bring in Thor Nystrom from NBC Sports Edge to help me break down all the sill position players in this draft class. Could the Vikings select a quarterback? It seems unlikely. How about a running back? How about a tight end? Find out tonight on The Real Forno Show at 8 central! After that, we conducted a SKOL search and mock draft. Talking points for tonight’s show: — Why Malik Willis is unquestionably QB1. — The surprisingly deep running back group. — The great WR class and how we have them stacked. — How to project this TE class. — Skol Search: mock draft v10. Fan with us!!! The guest @NBCSEdgeCFB’s @thorku. Tyler Forness @TheRealForno and Dave Stefano @Luft_Krigare producing this @Climb_ThePocket Network’s & @DailyNorseman’s production, and enjoying an OUTSTANDING brew from @LakeMonsterBrew. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/climbingthepocket Watch the show here: https://youtu.be/PxN-qCz8KcM At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbingthepocket/ https://www.facebook.com/thedailynorseman/ For your beer and food needs: https://www.lakemonsterbrewing.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices