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ALA FOOTBALL MACHINE: Vikings Hour: Zimmer Speak, 5th Year Options & Time Travel

On the 2nd round of the Andy Luke & Arif Football Machine: Vikings Hour, the guys talk about what the Andre Smith signing means for the offensive line, decode Mike Zimmer’s comments at the NFC Coaches Breakfast, answer YOUR Twitter questions and debate the merits of picking up the 5th-year options of 2013 1st round draft picks Sharrif Floyd, Xavier Rhodes and Cordarrelle Patterson. Also Andy declares that time travel is real via Randy Moss wearing #18 during his rookie preseason.

All that and more action on this edition of the Andy Luke & Arif Football Machine.

A Cold Omaha Podcast Network Production

This is Hour 1 (All Vikings Talk) of this week’s Andy Luke & Arif Football Machine. For Hour 2 (General NFL Chatter), click here.


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The Andy Luke & Arif Football Machine is a weekly conversation between two cerebral football minds…. and Andy Carlson. We’ll be bringing you an hour of Minnesota Vikings talk as well as an hour of general pro and college football chatter every week as part of the Cold Omaha Podcast Network. We talk NFL Draft, fantasy football, college football playoffs, and everything else that involves a pigskin and 4 downs. Arif Hasan breaks down the game through an analytic approach and has had his work featured in the Star Tribune, LA Times, Forbes, SB Nation, International Business Times, the Bleacher Report and MSNBC. He’s currently a staff writer for the Daily Norseman and Cold Omaha. Arif’s also made radio appearances on 1500 ESPN, KFAN and 105 The Ticket, and also stars on the Norse Code Podcast. Luke Inman is the resident NFL Draft guru and has been breaking down prospects and tape for eDraft and Cold Omaha. His Prospect a Day series on YouTube is the toast of #DraftTwitter. Andy Carlson hosts a lot of podcasts (Purple FTW! – Dedicated to the Pain AND Pleasure That Is The Minnesota Vikings) and tries to be funny. #DreamTeam
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