Episode 473

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Hosts	Arif Hasan, James Pogatshnik
Guests	None
Type	Mailbag

Norse Code Episode 473 was a mailbag-focused episode featuring extensive listener questions across multiple themed corners.

Overview

The episode covered the Danielle Hunter holdout situation, potential extensions for T.J. Hockenson and Justin Jefferson, and featured an extensive mailbag segment with questions spanning football analysis, hypothetical scenarios, and Arif's various themed corners.

Segments

Opening: Clean-up segment with technical notes
Danielle Hunter holdout: Discussion of Alec Lewis piece on Hunter's situation
Extensions: Coverage of potential deals for Hockenson and Justin Jefferson
Mailbag: Extended listener Q&A session with themed corners

Mailbag Questions

Bro Yules - The 22' Vikings had a terrible defense despite having two top DE's and leaders in Brandon Thorns 'True Pressure Rate' metric. Does this seem to support the Coverage > Pass Rush argument?
Kenneth Allen - How did the league react to other recent first time elite seasons by WRs, e.g. Cooper Kupp 2021, and what can KOC learn from those adjustments? Is there a way for him to play 4d chess by anticipating similar adjustments to Jefferson and accounting for them in 2023?
Anonymous - It seems like everyone is ranking Geno above Kirk, and in some instances significantly above. I'm nowhere near a Kirk stan, but I really don't understand the Geno hype or what separates them. Where do you fall on both and why we should believe in Geno after just one good year?
Fred Monticello - Is there a path to defensive, uh... "success" we'll call it... Without Hunter? EDGE by committee? A shit ton of safety blitzes? Is there any available FA we could bring in? What are our best options?
Jack - In your opinion, is waiting to extend Jefferson likely to make him sour? Also, for the food corner, what's the best protein on a gyro?
Chris - If the nfl made a tournament of the best teams an entire division could make by combining their teams, which division would you bet on?
Will Melvin - What would it take for Dalvin Cook, Case Cookus, and Brandin Cooks to be on the same NFL roster, and is this a case of too many cooks?
Anonymous - What is the makeup of the perfect fullback, and how many of these characteristics does Captain Ham have?
Gaming Nerd Bolsharif - For Arif's hypothetical rules change corner, in a push for player safety, the 2023 NFL season will get rid of all current players and instead replace them with the animals or people from each teams namesake
Gaming Nerd Bolsharif - For Arif's alternate history corner: you're sent back in time to 2015 and are given administrative control over the Vikings where you're allowed to change 4 decisions the Vikings make anywhere between 2015 and 2018
Probably Not Chat GPT - For Arif's technology corner: Should the Vikings use all-22 footage to draw up all the plays called by the patriots and chiefs during their prime years and feed all of those plays into a neural net program?
Dr. Delta TSar-if Brad - For Arif's nfl corner: what is the optimal allocation of money and cap by position group?
Dr. Delta TSar-if Brad - For Arif's immigration corner: What should the United States do with uppity Englishmen living in the US?
Damian Bolsharif - Question for Arif's Independence from Britain Corner - Is Canada your Northern Ireland?
ANY/a Taylor Joy - What Spielman era player's jersey would you most want to give away in the same way as the Laquon Treadwell masterpiece last summer?
ANY/a Taylor Joy - For Arif's Furry Corner, which Viking, past or present, is most likely to have a hidden fursona?
Nick Howard - What did you with your free time when Elon made everyone one's twitter accounts rate limited?
Logan Bolsharif - For Arif's cookie corner: there's a crumbl cookie opening in town soon - can you get my 3yo a job there?
Ulaeron - For Arif's Beekeeping Corner: I captured my first wild swarm today
Minneapple Cinnamon Cheerios - For Arif's self fulfilling prophecy corner- why do I avoid go to the dentist for years because I'm afraid of being told I'll need a bunch of work done?
Kyle Slaybee - For Arifs Anime/Manga corner. I am almost finished reading the Swordsmith Arc of Demon Slayer
Room Bolsharif - Which episode of the Adventures of Pete and Pete is the best?
Don from Ohio - Start, bench, cut: Randy Moss, Cris Carter, Justin Jefferson?

Key Bits & Lore

Case Cookus mentioned in Will Melvin's "too many cooks" question
Laquon Treadwell jersey giveaway referenced
Don from Ohio makes appearance with start/bench/cut question
Beekeeping corner featured with wild swarm capture question
Multiple Bolsharif-named questioners continue running gag

Production Notes

Opening required cleanup due to missing audio, used Zencastr
Reference to Brett Kollman video
Technical note: 8725 (likely internal production reference)

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