# The Mina Kimes Show: Murray Up and Wait: NFC North Preview Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nfl-on-espn-6321414/the-mina-kimes-show-murray-up-and-wait-nfc-north-preview Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nfl-on-espn-6321414/the-mina-kimes-show-murray-up-and-wait-nfc-north-preview.md Podcast: [NFL on ESPN](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nfl-on-espn-6321414) Published: 2026-08-12T11:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP2170778389.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP2170778389.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nfl-on-espn-6321414/episodes/the-mina-kimes-show-murray-up-and-wait-nfc-north-preview Duration seconds: 4840 ## Resource Mina Kimes is joined by Carmen Vitali to break down the NFC North ahead of the 2026 NFL season, starting with the breaking news that Kyler Murray has been named the Vikings’ QB1. Mina and Carmen discuss what the move means for Minnesota before diving into the Packers, Lions and Bears, examining what each team does well, where they could struggle, and the biggest questions they’ll have to answer this season. To wrap things up, they rank the division from first to fourth and make their picks for who takes home the NFC North crown. (0:00) NFC North Preview (1:10) Kyler Murray named Vikings QB1 (5:46 ) Vikings offense  (15:56) Vikings defense (24:25) Lions offense (33:15) Lions defense (40:58) Bears offense (53:12) Bears defense (59:10) Packers offense  (1:08:38) Packers defense  (1:13:45) Ranking NFC North Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nfl-on-espn-6321414/episodes/the-mina-kimes-show-murray-up-and-wait-nfc-north-preview/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/nfl-on-espn-6321414/the-mina-kimes-show-murray-up-and-wait-nfc-north-preview.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.