On the Road With Albert Breer: Vikings Training Camp

Day three. Yeah, so I had a nice dinner with my editor John Plume last night Yeah, this isn't day three for me this day 16 for me so Today is the first time. I'll be back on a plane and Almost a week now, so this is the end of my driving The driving piece of my trip, so I have gone. I've driven this car from Detroit To Columbus to Cincinnati to Indianapolis to Chicago to Green Bay to Minnesota, so Yeah I'm gonna be with the Vikings today most of their stuff is in the afternoon So I had to book a late flight which means I'm on about I think I was like about an 8 o'clock to Cleveland This of course is a time zone ahead of Cleveland Which means I'm not like landing until like 11 15 11 30 in Cleveland and then with the Browns tomorrow quirk of my trip, but before I go to Vikings I am Getting gas because I don't know how long I'm gonna be at Vikings And so you try to maximize your time there And you if I've got a full tank of gas. I don't have to worry about that for my rental back Then I get an extra maybe 10-15 minutes I'm wearing a different shirt today, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I left three days of clothes and in In LA so that was a slight disaster Sometimes these things happen that's currently and in transit back to my to my house in Massachusetts and And yeah, I had to do a little shopping, but otherwise good. I've gotten by Just doing laundry twice, which is a win and I based on what's in my suitcase right now I think I'm gonna make it home on Thursday Six I think this was seen as a paid accomplice by a lot of people but there were a couple of reasons why Number one, you have to know what's going on beforehand so you can react in the moment So that's important and you have to have good background on whatever the situation is doesn't always work out that way, but that's important To have as much background I made as many of the big stories you can You know and then from there, you know, I just Think it's just you know an ability to you do it enough and you you learn how to handle it. So But it's good to be here when this when something like this happens for sure it's just comes down to knowing what you're covering and Being able to get a hold of people and no, I I don't I don't think it's overly complicated You know, I think for me, it's just like I have You know, I have an ability to Adjust the fly and look like that's what I've done. That's what we signed up for. That's what you I've done my whole career You know when I was an individual team beat when I was covering a lockout You know when I was covering I mean like I can remember the ultimate situation was the the the string of domestic violence Situations that have in the NFL in 2014 where it was very rice Adrian Peterson and and Greg Hardy and you just have to You have to be adapted No, I don't keep a personal journal And I think if most people like had to look at this in my notebook It probably all looked like chicken scratch at this point. I can kind of write in code to myself So this is a lot of information in it, but I don't know how many people actually be able to decipher what's in there Yeah, I mean I guess a lot of it's just upstairs, you know what I mean like and I try to you know when I come to each of these places take a little bit away from each of them and Maybe I should start. I don't know Work day, I don't know how to grade it I mean, I you just kind of like hope that you can get to the best work He possibly can and I like it was interesting being in there today when you know, the biggest story of their summer breaks figuring out who their quarterbacks gonna be but I You know, it's my job to figure out how and why and all that different stuff and so We were able to get some of that done today You know, I guess like I said the whole time you've been with me like it's I mean for me like the main thing it's just going and seeing people and making sure that You know making sure that that I that I get face time with the people I need to get face time with And yeah, so I think I Rarely walk away from one of these as I miss our turn I rarely walk away from one of these thinking that you know, was it it was not a good day Just a chance to go and see people and everything else makes these makes these good Minnesota is interesting because it's like a whole campus, you know, it's just such a Massive place and yet it's easy to get around. I Think that one none of them are perfect, but that one's you know, I think a model for a lot. He's affected they've got like a fully functional stadium in there and then three practice fields and You know an indoor that it's got enough room to punt and all the different, you know bells and whistles and trappings that these places have to have To have the players in the best position to play. Well week to week. It's awesome Remember this is the start of my season But I mean, yeah, it's gonna be good to go home and I'm still a couple days away from that Like I go from here to Cleveland to Buffalo and then home But obviously seeing my kids my wife All that's great and Before I have to leave again next week it's It's it you just feel good. You feel more prepared for the season you feel like You know, you've seen who you need to see and like to me it's like it's as rewarding as any trip I may go to the course of the year Because of the amount of people that I see is the amount of work that I'm able to do hopefully Hopefully everybody out there enjoys it too. I'd say you have to love it You're probably not gonna watch your friends do a lot of it, but if you do love it Doesn't have the same appeal that we used to I never viewed it and I get to be around Off to Cleveland now my flights already been delayed so we are now 16 stops in three with the camera The first 13 with that the last two without so be sure to check out everything that we have from Cleveland and Buffalo