Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Matthew Coller answers Minnesota Viking fan questions, including whether Mike Zimmer will get another chance as a head coach next year, how the Vikings might draft a quarterback in 2023, which Vikings players would be the best at different kinds of wrestling and much more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller pulls some comments from Kirk Cousins and Wes Phillips' press conferences and talks about what we saw at Vikings OTA practice, then Pro Football Focus fantasy guru Ian Hartitz joins to project Justin Jefferson, Adam Thielen, Irv Smith Jr. and Dalvin Cook for the 2022 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and Brett Kollman of "The Film Room" play a game of "talk me into," which includes the Detroit Lions hype, Aaron Rodgers without Davante Adams, the Vikings making the right decision in the draft and the Vikings' path to a Super Bowl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic run down NFL headlines and Vikings storylines, including which players should have a chip on their shoulder, whether Vikings OTA stories will come to fruition i.e. Justin Jefferson taking on the Cooper Kupp role, Dalvin Cook catching more passes, Za'Darius Smith and Danielle Hunter becoming a top edge rushing duo or Irv Smith Jr. emerging as a top tight end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and WCCO Radio's Paul Hodowanic talk about Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell and whether he should feel pressure right away or if he deserves patience. How many coaches would you trade places with? Plus the Vikings player randomizer comes up on Patrick Peterson. How important is he to the Vikings' results this year? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller answers Minnesota Vikings fan questions, from whether the Vikings' high number of close losses points toward good things this year to Andrew Booth Jr.'s health to Georgia defense vs. LSU offense to whether it's fair to expect much bigger things from the Vikings in 2022 because of an improved defense and offensive scheme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sports Illustrated Vikings reporter Will Ragatz is joined by Arif Hasan for his weekly show. They talk about Dalvin Cook posting a video of himself catching a pass out of the backfield and a report from The Athletic about Cook lining up in the slot that made the rounds. They also discuss the secondary and other Vikings OTA thoughts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From TCO Performance Center, Matthew Coller and Star Tribune Vikings beat reporter Andrew Krammer talk about Kellen Mond's fresh chance, Danielle Hunter being back at practice, Matthew's conversation with Bisi Johnson and the WR3 battle and the offensive line. Plus the gap between ESPN power index and power rankers and who Wally Pipp was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pro Football Focus analyst Brad Spielberger breaks down Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's best and most questionable decisions this offseason. Why Brad felt like there were some missed opportunities to improve the offense and why he thought that Adofo-Mensah did a good job in the draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Minnesota Viking Solomon Wilcots breaks down Lewis Cine's value to the Vikings' defense and what it means to have two great safeties in today's game. Also Cody Alexander from Match Quarters deep dives on the Vic Fangio defense, where Lewis Cine fits in and what Andrew Booth Jr. is facing in his transition from college to the NFL at cornerback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller answers fans questions, including the timeline for Kirk Cousins, what happens if the Vikings get off to a slow start, whether Kevin O'Connell's scheme is being relied upon too much, what we remember about Rick Spielman's first draft compared to Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's and much more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic pick every game on the Vikings' schedule. What will their final record be? Which games do Matthew and Paul disagree on the results? What are the hardest games to pick? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sports Illustrated's Will Ragatz talks with WCCO Radio's Paul Hodowanic about comments from anonymous executives about Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's first draft. They also discuss the starting chances for Andrew Booth Jr. and Will takes Vikings fan questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NFL is releasing its schedule later this week so Pro Football Focus analyst Ben Linsey joined the show to talk about the quarterbacks the Vikings are set to face this season. Are there stats to suggest Justin Fields will be better? Zach Wilson has to take a huge step forward. Did we see the best of Mac Jones last year? How about Matt Ryan in Indy? Tua in Miami? Plus Matthew answers fan questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Publications like Bleacher Reporter, USA Today and NFL.com put out their post-draft power rankings and they were not very kind to the Minnesota Vikings. Are they wrong? Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic rank NFL teams until they get to the Vikings. What might throw off the rankings? Which bets are we willing to make on teams with uncertainty? Are the Vikings a lock to have a middling record or are they volatile ? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Arif Hasan of The Athletic talks about how to properly use "consensus" draft boards and why they've been proven to matter. He discusses the Vikings' strategy versus the draft charts and whether getting a great prospect is better than two good prospects. Arif takes the draft grade survey, which looks into our souls and decides whether the Vikings had a good draft or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller answers Minnesota Vikings fans' questions, including whether the team is betting on last year's group giving up on Mike Zimmer, whether fans should be unhappy with Matthew for selling them on a receiver only to see the Vikings take defensive backs, if the Vikings could do something different with Ezra Cleveland and if the plan is to skip out on the highly touted 2023 QB class next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Courtney Cronin talks about a strange incident with a Chicago Bears scout right after the draft and then breaks down which of the NFC North teams made the best case in the draft. What did she think of the Vikings' path? Did Detroit come out better than both the Bears and Vikings? What was the most surprising thing about the draft? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pro Football Focus college analyst Seth Galina joins Matthew Coller to talk about scouting the quarterbacks this year and why the NFL only believed in Kenny Pickett. He discussed Lewis Cine's "positional value" and why there is so much talk about the "consensus" draft boards following the draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sports Illustrated Vikings reporter Will Ragatz debuts his first show on Purple Insider. He talks with Thor Nystrom of NBC Sports Edge about whether the Vikings got good value in the NFL Draft out of their picks, how Lewis Cine compares to Kyle Hamilton, getting Andrew Booth Jr. as a better deal than one of the top cornerbacks in the draft and why the Vikings' fifth-round pick was a good "dice roll" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CBS Sports Draft analyst Chris Trapasso explains why Malik Willis wasn't the top quarterback in the draft, whether the Vikings should have considered Kenny Pickett in the first round and then he goes pick by pick giving his scouting reports and reactions to every pick. Why he really liked the selections of Lewis Cine and Andrew Booth Jr. but had different reactions to later picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller answers Minnesota Vikings fan questions about whether the Vikings should have picked a potential higher ceiling player at No. 12 overall or if landing several possibly good players was the better decision. Also where do the Vikings' draft picks fit in on the depth chart? Should they have drafted a wide receiver? Did this draft make them better in 2022? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pro Football Focus data analyst and host of the PFF Forecast podcast Eric Eager talks about the actual analytics behind Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's draft day trades, the odds at the No. 12 pick and No. 32 picks are hits, whether trading up in the second round was a good idea, the decision to take a guard and linebacker in the second and third rounds and why all of the quarterbacks dropped in the draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller answers Vikings fans' questions about the team's draft, including which draft pick has the highest ceiling, whether Rick Spielman's old scouts swayed the draft and whether we should look at Kirk Cousins's contract extension differently following the lack of quarterbacks taken in the draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic react to the Vikings' draft picks on Day 3, which included a reach at a key position, a Golden Gopher who was surprisingly their first edge rusher and a sixth-round receiver that takes us back to wondering why the Vikings didn't pick a receiver earlier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic talk about a strange Day 2 of the Minnesota Vikings' NFL Draft. The Vikings traded down ...and then traded up...to take cornerback Andrew Booth Jr. And then they took an offensive lineman with serious background issues and a linebacker. Does this feel different? And how were we so misled by the NFL Draft analysts with the quarterback position? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From TCO Performance Center, Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic react to the Vikings' decision to trade down to take Lewis Cine rather than picking Kyle Hamilton or Jameson Williams. They also talk about only one quarterback being picked in the first round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller answers questions from fans, including why Sam Howell hype has disappeared since last year, whether Kwesi Adofo-Mensah can separate himself from Rick Spielman, who the Vikings would pick if they had the No. 1 selection and crazy draft moments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul Hodowanic does a deep dive into the receiver class by interviewing Shotgun Spartling, writer for USCFootball.com, about Drake London. Nick Kelly, Alabama football reporter for the Tuscaloosa News on Jameson Williams, Collin Gay, who reports on Ohio State for Rivals.com, about Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave and Christina Long, Arkansas writer for the USA Today Network about Traylon Burks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Courtney Cronin joins the show to talk about the first flub of the Chicago Bears offseason in a bizarre arrest and she breaks down her favorite NFL Draft storylines heading into Thursday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Courtney Cronin joins Matthew Coller to play a game of "What's Up With the Bears," outlining a ridiculous off-field incident involving receiver Byron Pringle. Then they get into NFL Draft madness and discuss the most interesting things with the draft, including what smokescreens might exist, whether player trades involving DK Metcalf or Deebo Samuel might be in the works and where the quarterbacks will land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and Sports Illustrated's Will Ragatz talk about Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's pre-draft press conference in which he said... not much. However, there were a few things to pick through concerning trades down, cornerbacks, elite players versus getting more players and we talk about the question that wasn't asked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller is joined by Chad Graff of The Athletic to talk about expectations for the Minnesota Vikings on draft night and decisions that could potentially chance everything about what we think will happen on Thursday night. Can we put together a hot take about the first overall pick? Would Detroit really take Malik Willis? Why Chad isn't as hot on the receiver idea and the trade down possibilities that sound very realistic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and WCCO Radio's Paul Hodowanic go through the Minnesota Vikings' options throughout the entire draft. What's the case for trading down in the first round? Will receiver Jameson Williams be available at No. 12? Will there be pass rushers available in the second round? How should they approach the later rounds? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller answers fan questions from emails and Twitter about the Minnesota Vikings' plans for the NFL Draft. Fans have questions about what it would take to trade for Deebo Samuel, why Malik Willis is considered a top prospect, how the Vikings' culture might result in success and a pie chart of which positions they could take on Thursday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic talk about the QB School quarterback rankings and where they would put Sam Howell and Desmond Ridder. Plus they deep dive into recent drafts and whether the Vikings should have regrets based on their process or if missed picks were bad luck and talk about what Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah can learn from errors of the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and CBS Sports draft analyst Chris Trapasso power through a NFL Mock Draft in which they talk about what each team should do... when should Malik Willis be selected? Should the Vikings pick a receiver? Which players will fall down the draft board if teams are going hard for positional value? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller answers fans questions on where Anthony Barr will land in free agency, which free agents are surprisingly still available, if there are any draft rumors regarding who the Minnesota Vikings will pick and if there's a strong case for wide receiver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and Colts reporter slash draft analyst Zach Hicks get together to talk about the rumors that the Colts tried to trade for Kirk Cousins and whether Indy made the right decision getting Matt Ryan. They discuss Deebo Samuel's trade demand and how it impacts the receiver draft and whether there are any great receiver prospects. And they play match game with draft prospects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and Star Tribune Vikings beat reporter Ben Goessling look into the future and talk about what type of draft pick would be a surprise for the Vikings, whether there's any case to take a quarterback, how long Kirk Cousins will be the quarterback and how Kevin O'Connell is in a win-win position after the way this offseason played out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PFF's Doug Kyed joins to talk about big contracts being handed out to cornerbacks, edge rushers and wide receivers and what it says about how teams will approach the NFL Draft. Is the Deebo Samuel and AJ Brown drama giving us a window into what it will be like with Justin Jefferson next offseason? How will draft philosophy and free agency change in the future because of the huge deals players are pushing for? Plus the two truths and a lie game focuses on the truth about Sam Howell, Desmond Ridder, Kayvon Thibadeaux and Drake London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and WCCO Radio's Paul Hodowanic play a game of "Would you Rather?" They talk about whether you'd rather pay Kyler Murray or have Baker Mayfield short term. If you'd prefer Kevin O'Connell versus any other non-elite coach in the NFL. If you'd rather have 11 wins for the Minnesota Vikings this year or a top-three pick next year. And if you'd rather live in Los Angeles or Minnesota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom talk about recent drama with Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray and what that says about the future of the quarterback position and whether it makes a stronger argument for the Vikings to draft a quarterback or hang back and wait until there are available QBs when it's time to move on from Kirk Cousins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller talks with Hunt Palmer, the LSU football pre and postgame host about Derek Stingley Jr., the concerns about him going into the draft and why he might be the best corner in the draft. They also look back at Justin Jefferson's draft year and Patrick Peterson's legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CBS Sports draft analyst Chris Trapasso joins Matthew Coller to talk about what the Derek Carr extension means for teams potentially looking at quarterbacks, whether the Vikings should trade back with the Steelers or Saints, why Danielle Hunter comparisons are ridiculous and 90s comparisons to all the quarterbacks in the draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller answers Vikings fans' questions, including about a scenario that would have the Vikings drafting a quarterback. Would Kirk Cousins be extra motivated? Why does Cousins have a no-trade clause? Rank these ridiculous things that have happened in Vikings history... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller is joined by Pro Football Focus's Austin Gayle, who is working on a project on the expected No. 1 pick Aidan Hutchinson and what made him a great prospect. They talk about why Garrett Wilson would be a great pick for the Vikings and Austin tries to add some hype to Vikings draft twitter. Plus Matthew and Sam Ekstrom from TCO Performance Center take in Day 2 of Vikings player availabilities Listen to Hutch (premier's April 13) here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hutch-the-story-of-aidan-hutchinson/id1614686134 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom were in attendance at TCO Performance Center for Kirk Cousins's first press conference since signing his extension and it was...uncomfortable. Did Cousins have a message for fans or insight into what type of coach Kevin O'Connell will be? And Patrick Peterson called the defense "stacked" ...is that true? What could happen in the draft to create more drama around this team? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller answers fans' questions on whether the Vikings will make a change at center, what a hot or cold start to next season would say about their future and whether the Vikings should make any more free agency signings before the draft Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic talk about why there isn't more buzz around the draft among Vikings fans. Is it because there are so many options that would all make sense? Or because there isn't a clear cut draft debate? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Coller and CBS Sports Draft analyst Chris Trapasso react to Derek Stingley Jr.'s impressive numbers at his pro day and discuss how to spot players in the draft who the Vikings should be wary of picking... including a popular offensive lineman prospect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices