Minnesota Vikings future with or without Harrison Smith
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a way. Go. All right, we have uh this is uh one of two episodes of Purple Daily on your feeds here today. We've got the Thursday Juds Campnotes episode that will drop uh around middle of the day, and then our guy Darren Doogie Wolfson here from the five eyewitness news sports department. Who was at the Vikings OTA practice yesterday, so we're gonna get into uh some things from his observations and notebook as well. Presented in part, Judd by MSP Plumbing, Heating and Air, huh? Yeah.
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Uh let's start there's a million places we could go here. Let's start with uh Harrison Smith. What are you hearing about whether one of the greatest Vikings players of all time will step foot back on the playing field this year?
Well, first off, happy reckless speculation Thursday. It was a fun day on Wednesday. How about KOC going all black? I mean it was steamy. I mean you can tell for those watching on YouTube, like I got some serious sun. Now I'm not complaining based on how crappy April and a good portion of early May was, but it was steamy on Wednesday, yet KOC wearing all black. It was very impressive or, who knows, maybe a bit idiotic, but it didn't seem to bother him with his California ties. All right, on Harrison Smith. So, will he be back for a 15th season? My understanding, Phil, is he is staying in shape. So, like, we can't rule out retirement whatsoever. I had a conversation post-OTA with Josh Mattellas. Josh told me Harrison was recently in town.
Josh and Harrison bonded. Josh has been working Harrison, seeing if there's a possibility that Harry. We'll come back. Harry keeps test texting Josh that hey You're now The old man in the room. Now I guess technically in the D V room, Byron Murphy Junior has one year of NFL experience over Josh Mattellas, but I guess in terms of seniority when it comes to wearing purple, Josh Metellus Year seven. So anyway, we wait and see. I just I continue to wonder Is it a situation where Harrison Smith joins the team like mid season? Like let's see how the first handful of weeks go. What do more Jay Ward snaps look like? How is Mattellus playing? Theo Jackson? How about the rookie Thomas? Is there a role for him? Or is he just a special teamer?
But what about Harrison Smith back end? of the season, something along those lines. That he maintains the shape he needs to be in. He does all his stuff off to the side, but doesn't need to go through the grind of training camp. I've just I've wondered about that for a while. And the fact that I just I can't rule out retirement at this point, it just makes me wonder if he plays like half a season, if if that's even a possibility. I mean, if the Vikings are three and five, eight games in, doesn't make sense, but It just it's something I've thought about.
But Duke, don't you think that if he decides to play like I think I think he's addicted to Sundays? So don't you think i if he decides to play that that like I'm with you on like training camp. So he wouldn't have a full camp. But I feel like he would be there for week one. Now they might re rework his role a bit to your point. I got the impression from uh when O'Connell did talk after the one day that we had access to the rookie mini camp.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the opening overview of the Purple Daily episode and its focus on the Vikings?
0:01–5:47
2
Will Harrison Smith return for a 15th season with the Vikings or retire?
5:47–11:33
3
How could Harrison Smith’s role change if he plays only part of the season?
11:33–20:35
4
What impact could free‑agent signings like Ingram Dawkins or Blake Cashman have on the Vikings defense?
20:35–31:29
Speakers
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