Phil Mackey 🎙

🎬 Ring Leader: @SKORNorth |🎙: Purple Daily + @OLineCommittee + Flagrant Howls | 😅: Minnesota Sports

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

On Tuesday night in NYC, Purple Daily was awarded a national Marconi for podcast of the year!

Eight years ago, @SKORNorth was an idea on a whiteboard. How could we build a series of shows for Minnesota sports fans that would be sustainable in a digital world?

Pretty cool to see how much you all, the fiercely passionate audience and fans, have supported this.

Thanks to everyone who is part of our Purple Daily and SKOR North communities. We appreciate you to no end.

Shout out to our incredible and relentless SKOR North & Hubbard team. Innovators and great humans.

To @jzulgad and @DexsTweets specifically, I love being in the trenches with you both every day on Purple Daily.

Now — or someday, before we die — it’s the Vikings’ turn… 👀

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

Kirk Cousins bringing Vikings fans together!

[R Page @pager55372]

@PhilMackey I think we should talk about our Kirk riff on X from 3 years ago. You were right about the cost of keeping him, I was right about the cost of not. 36 months and the experiment has brought us full circle. I hope and pray we win a SB this time, together. #respect

[SKOR North - Minnesota Sports @SKORNorth]

"This is gonna be old school Kevin O'Connell, turn down the field and hunt because that's what he wants to do and now he has the QB to do it" 🏈

- @Jsirles71 on the #Vikings acquiring Kirk Cousins

[SKOR North - Minnesota Sports @SKORNorth]

🏈 NEW FOOTBALL TAKES! 🏈

- Mocking ENTIRE first round of 2027 NFL Draft!
- Best fits at each pick
- Surprise risers and fallers? 👀

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

I love Nolan Teasley. Just a football cyborg. Even refusing to confirm Kirk Cousins is the starter. Legendary.

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

We are off to a solid start, but we're still looking for more donations to help launch the Jessi Pierce Memorial Scholarship.

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

We at @SKORNorth are honored to announce the Jessi Pierce Memorial Scholarship, which will award annual scholarships to young women pursuing careers in sports media.

Jessi was such a big part of our team at SKOR North AND part of the heart and soul of the Minnesota sports and hockey communities... and one of her great passions was helping other young women who aspire to careers in sports media.

This scholarship will honor that vision.

All throughout this week, people can donate at https://t.co/IeCn8Waeh7

🙏🏒

[Judd Zulgad @jzulgad]

I guarantee that Kirk and his coach won’t look miserable today.

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

Where Kirk Cousins ranks among qualified QBs:

Passer Rating -- 11th
QBR -- 12th
EPA -- 12th
@PFN365 “Impact Grade” -- 11th

How far can the Vikings go with a No. 1 defense + fringe top-10 QB play?

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

@twinsfan103 You were wrong

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

The Vikings trading for Kirk Cousins in a few weeks is going to hit like a drug

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

@1975bassgroove Zero

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

@twinsfan103 Lol

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

@Luckydragon84 I wasn’t joking

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

@cee_jay12489

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

Ah damn, you figured me out!

[TMG SPORTS @TMGSportsRep]

@jone_z30 @PhilMackey Mackey was the biggest Kirk hater on the planet (part for headlines)...now he loves Kirk....for ratings.

[SKOR North - Minnesota Sports @SKORNorth]

"This is a golden opportunity for Kirk Cousins to stamp his career and shut people up, people like me" 🏈

- @PhilMackey reacts to the #Vikings trading for Kirk Cousins

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

Damn, looks like that list is from 2022!

Those of us on the right side of Kirk Cousins history correctly wanted the Vikings to move on in 2024 ... and then correctly wanted the Vikings to acquire him for a reasonable price this week!

I'll start making a list for those fans.

[Hunter W @HuntrLW]

@PhilMackey Sorry. But you’re on the list. Times 1000 to be exact. The list doesn’t forget.

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

UPDATE:

It did indeed hit like a drug.

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

The Vikings trading for Kirk Cousins in a few weeks is going to hit like a drug

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

He's back!

I absolutely love this. For real.

Emergency podcast coming shortly on the Purple Daily YouTube channel.

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Trade: The Raiders are trading QB Kirk Cousins to the Vikings, per @rapsheet and me.

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

!!!

[Dianna Russini @DMRussini]

Minnesota is calling around on QBs all day. The Vikings checked in on Mac Jones in San Francisco, but the price is too high right now.

The name everyone keeps coming back to is Kirk Cousins, as @AdamSchefter said. That's the deal league sources think they're really trying to get done.

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

Here we go.

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Vikings have identified Raiders QB Kirk Cousins as a prime trade candidate ahead of today’s 4 pm ET deadline, per league sources. The clock is ticking to get a deal done.

[Phil Mackey 🎙 @PhilMackey]

MAKE THE CALL, NOLAN