Locked On Vikings - Daily Podcast On The Minnesota Vikings

On today’s show, I talk (whisper) about the 1990s QB Carousel, mostly focusing on Jim McMahon, Warren Moon and Randall Cunningham. These retreads that all showed up late in their career couldn’t be more different. They all deserve their due. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Dave Download the Dave app from the App store right now for an Extra Cash account and get up to 500 dollars instantly. For terms and conditions go to dave.com/legal. Instant transfer fees apply. Banking provided by Evolve. Member FDIC. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s show, some discussion on Twitter inspired me to lay out what I think about QB decision making. I think a lot of today’s metrics miss the boat on QB decisions. We have to quantify before we qualify. And yes, there are a lot of Kirk Cousins takes in this one. Put the hazmat suit on. The article I was talking about: https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-evaluating-quarterbacks-decision-making-process Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s episode of the Locked On Vikings podcast, we’re talking about Minnesota Viking great and Hall of Famer Cris Carter. What made him great? We’ll talk about the good and the bad of Carter’s personality, his intensity, and what brought him to the brink and back from it. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Dave Download the Dave app from the App store right now for an Extra Cash account and get up to 500 dollars instantly. For terms and conditions go to dave.com/legal. Instant transfer fees apply. Banking provided by Evolve. Member FDIC. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the NFL legal tampering window! We're already into it, with the Vikings releasing Michael Pierce and replacing him with Harrison Phillips from the Buffalo Bills. He's a run stuffing defensive lineman, much like Pierce, and he's younger and cheaper. But did the Vikings get worse today? Let me give you all of the Harrison Phillips contract details you need, and you can hear the Michael Pierce news break live while I'm recording. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Join the discord community: https://linktr.ee/LukeBraunNFL Submit Twitter Tuesday questions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3mA_-Yke_oIwlZ5vOnIW_TK4d9gRwjmOB7YOLzeLLIz_-3w/viewform?usp=sf_link Sub on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9qwCJcClgWI0JNTezBLqQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's show we'll go into the Kirk Cousins extension details, what it means for the Minnesota Vikings and more. Kirk Cousins is now guaranteed to be the quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings for the next two years, and the salary cap gets a little help, but not a ton. Plus, a mock draft monday in light of the new information! Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Join the discord community: https://linktr.ee/LukeBraunNFL Submit Twitter Tuesday questions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3mA_-Yke_oIwlZ5vOnIW_TK4d9gRwjmOB7YOLzeLLIz_-3w/viewform?usp=sf_link Sub on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9qwCJcClgWI0JNTezBLqQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I want the Vikings to trade Kirk Cousins, and I'm thinking about trading other veterans like Adam Thielen and Eric Kendricks. I want them to target a 2023 quarterback in the NFL draft. We've done a few other mock offseasons, but let's take the restrictions off and just do... the one I think is a good idea. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Join the discord community: https://linktr.ee/LukeBraunNFL Submit Twitter Tuesday questions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3mA_-Yke_oIwlZ5vOnIW_TK4d9gRwjmOB7YOLzeLLIz_-3w/viewform?usp=sf_link Sub on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9qwCJcClgWI0JNTezBLqQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What if the Vikings traded away, Kirk Cousins, Danielle Hunter, Eric Kendricks, Harrison Smith, and everyone else with a cap hit greater that $10 million? Today, I'm doing a mock offseason complete with a free agency simulation and a mock draft for 2022. The goal is to put the Vikings in a better spot by 2023 than they'd be in if they kept Kirk Cousins. Who would the quarterback be? Who would make up the defensive front? What free agents could they grab? Let's cathartically eviscerate our favorite football team. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Join the discord community: https://linktr.ee/LukeBraunNFL Submit Twitter Tuesday questions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3mA_-Yke_oIwlZ5vOnIW_TK4d9gRwjmOB7YOLzeLLIz_-3w/viewform?usp=sf_link Sub on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9qwCJcClgWI0JNTezBLqQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Russell Wilson's trade to the Denver Broncos reset the quarteback trade market. How does that affect Kirk Cousins, if the Vikings are trying to trade him? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Join the discord community: https://linktr.ee/LukeBraunNFL Submit Twitter Tuesday questions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3mA_-Yke_oIwlZ5vOnIW_TK4d9gRwjmOB7YOLzeLLIz_-3w/viewform?usp=sf_link Sub on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9qwCJcClgWI0JNTezBLqQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's Twitter Tuesday, we're gonna talk about Eric Sugarman (allegedly) pressuring players to play through injuries, and how to handle that as a fan. We'll also answer your questions - tons of NFL draft questions and some weird ones. As always. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Join the discord community: https://linktr.ee/LukeBraunNFL Submit Twitter Tuesday questions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3mA_-Yke_oIwlZ5vOnIW_TK4d9gRwjmOB7YOLzeLLIz_-3w/viewform?usp=sf_link Sub on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9qwCJcClgWI0JNTezBLqQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's Locked On Vikings, it's a full on cap plan episode, complete with cap-saving moves, free agency and a mock draft. This is kind of the culmination of a bunch of episodes from the last couple weeks. We're having the Minnesota Vikings sign Brandon Scherff (!!), we're keeping all the big time veterans in-house, we're getting competition and replacement for the starters that aren't good enough like Cameron Dantzler and Troy Dye, and we're fixing this roster. On top of all of this, we're keeping the cap under control, and arguably making progress toward balanced books in Minnesota. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Join the discord community: https://linktr.ee/LukeBraunNFL Submit Twitter Tuesday questions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3mA_-Yke_oIwlZ5vOnIW_TK4d9gRwjmOB7YOLzeLLIz_-3w/viewform?usp=sf_link Sub on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9qwCJcClgWI0JNTezBLq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let's talk about the 40! The 2022 NFL Draft wide receivers absolutely tore up this drill. So what does it mean? How can we use it? How much stock do we put into it? Plus, let me introduce you to Johnny Pemberton, an actor you probably recognize who is also a die hard Minnesota Vikings fan. Welcome him in with open arms. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Join the discord community: https://linktr.ee/LukeBraunNFL Submit Twitter Tuesday questions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3mA_-Yke_oIwlZ5vOnIW_TK4d9gRwjmOB7YOLzeLLIz_-3w/viewform?usp=sf_link Sub on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9qwCJcClgWI0JNTezBLq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's show I wanted to get into some free agents. The Vikings have a ton of needs: They need a Jack Linebacker, a Sam Linebacker (that might be Anthony Barr), a Will Linebacker, a bin full of Cornerbacks and another Safety. Other than that, things are set. So let's go into those positions. What kind of Linebackers do the Minnesota Vikings need? Which NFL free agents fit those skill sets? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Join the discord community: https://linktr.ee/LukeBraunNFL Submit Twitter Tuesday questions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3mA_-Yke_oIwlZ5vOnIW_TK4d9gRwjmOB7YOLzeLLIz_-3w/viewform?usp=sf_link Sub on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9qwCJcClgWI0JNTezBLq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the NFL Combine! Kwesi Adofo-Mensah had some things to say about Kirk Cousins. It's probably not that meaningful, but here's my theory, at any rate. Finally, the whole thing. The Vikings are taking on a Vic Fangio scheme, and it has a number of fairly simple, but also complex concepts? How will Ed Donatell approach defense and the new scheme? How is this different from Mike Zimmer? I really want us all to get together and intuitively understand the Fangio defense and how it works, in the language and terms the coaches actually use. Come along, and evolve with me. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Join the discord community: https://linktr.ee/LukeBraunNFL Submit Twitter Tuesday questions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3mA_-Yke_oIwlZ5vOnIW_TK4d9gRwjmOB7YOLzeLLIz_-3w/viewform?usp=sf_link Sub on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9qwCJcClgWI0JNTezBLq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's podcast, it's Twitter Tuesday! Will the Vikings trade Dalvin Cook? Should they? What about Mike Zimmer's comments on Kirk Cousins? Which NFL Combine drill is most important? What free agent edge rushers would work in Minnesota? All that and much, much more! Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's show, I wanted to muse about the 3-4 defense and how it evolved, which reminds me of the super specific evolutionary envrionment of the Galapagos Islands. Bear with me - this one gets weird, but if you're good, you get a mock draft at the end where I take Tyler Linderbaum and Daniel Faalele. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Join the discord community: https://linktr.ee/LukeBraunNFL Submit Twitter Tuesday questions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3mA_-Yke_oIwlZ5vOnIW_TK4d9gRwjmOB7YOLzeLLIz_-3w/viewform?usp=sf_link Sub on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9qwCJcClgWI0JNTezBLqQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices