Vikings

FOOTBALL MACHINE: Hour 1 - The Run Game, Pass Protection and Cornerback Depth

Sam, Arif and Luke are in studio to talk about the Vikings dominant win over the Atlanta Falcons. We expand on how the great run game didn’t give us the best evaluation of the O-line. We also talk about how important it is to have depth in the secondary and we preview the upcoming game on the road against Green Bay.

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Sam Ekstrom (@SamEkstrom) is a Zone Coverage staff writer covering the Minnesota Vikings and Golden Gophers basketball.

Arif Hasan (@ArifHasanNFL) covers the Minnesota Vikings for The Athletic.

Luke Inman (@Luke_Spinman) Luke Inman is Zone Coverage’s resident NFL Draft guru and video content creator.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the co-founder of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports.

A Zone Coverage Podcast Network Production


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