The play-by-play voice of the Minnesota Vikings didn’t answer requests for comment, or post on his x.com account Sunday, a day after comments from a Friday morning radio show incited online ire from people around the Twin Cities, including fans of the team. During his Friday morning show on KFXN-F M 100.3, Paul Allen suggested that protesters who, at the time, were preparing to march against the aggressive presence of federal Immigration and Customs agents in Minnesota were paid to be there. Before tens of thousands marched in downtown Minneapolis in frigid temperatures, Allen — speaking with former Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway and radio producer Eric Nordquist — said, “In conditions like this, do paid protesters get hazard pay? Those are the things that I’ve been thinking about this morning.” The remark refers to a baseless conspiracy claiming that protesters are paid by left-wing groups. “Probably not gonna touch that one,” Greenway said. Allen continued. “Everyone’s catching strays this week,” he said, citing NFL quarterback social media criticism of Tampa Bay quarterback Baker Mayfield and former NFL QB Charlie Batch. “They’re just all over. Protesters caught one this morning.” The comments appear to have been edited out of KFAN’s replay of the show, but web site awfulannouncing.com posted audio of the exchange on their site on Saturday. Messages requesting comment from Allen, Nordquist and KFAN program director Chad Abbott were unanswered Sunday. They also could not be reached on Saturday. Allen is scheduled to appear on his regular show Monday morning, starting at 9 a.m. The Vikings declined to comment Sunday, but the team, which is based in Eagan and plays in downtown Minneapolis, joined more than 60 CEOs from prominent Minnesota businesses in signing an open letter “calling for an immediate de-escalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions.” Since “Operation Metro Surge” began in Minneapolis in mid-December, federal agents have arrested and detained 3,000 Minnesota residents, including U.S. citizens, and shot three. Two were killed, U.S. citizens Renee Macklin Good, 37, on Jan. 7 and Alex Pretti, 37, on Saturday. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have defended each fatal shooting as justified acts of self-defense. Allen’s comments were made the day before Pretti’s death, and on Saturday afternoon he tried to walk back his comments in a post from his x.com account, although he did not address his remarks about protesters. “I have to stop watching all this for a little bit. I’m so sad this terror is happening all around us here in MN,” he wrote. “I just prayed to God’s will for it to somehow stop and now and (sic) started crying. “I truly am sorry for all hurting like me through this, and I just want us to be a Love Covenant again. Truly. Let’s all pray this stops somehow because it’s awful. And no more cheap one-liners from me.” Related Articles Charley Walters: J.J. McCarthy will have to beat out a veteran to be the Vikings’ QB in 2026 Steelers and Mike McCarthy reach verbal agreement, likely securing Flores’ return to Vikings How the Vikings are connected to every quarterback left in the NFL playoffs The Loop NFL Picks: Conference championships What to know about Brian Flores and his contract extension with the Vikings ...read more read less