WEBVTT - Best of JMV 8/26/26 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:03.980 The Ride with JMV. 0:00:04.240 --> 0:00:05.260 You count three seconds. 0:00:05.580 --> 0:00:06.019 Look at them. 0:00:06.500 --> 0:00:08.800 I don't say anything. Then they'll ask you again. 0:00:08.820 --> 0:00:11.080 And you say, why are you asking? 0:00:11.960 --> 0:00:16.880 I don't have to explain myself. 93.5 and 107.5. The Fan. 0:00:16.900 --> 0:00:22.979 Man, that was a week ago, wasn't it? Dave Kechter 0:00:23.060 --> 0:00:26.640 on this show. Memorable for, I guess, a lot of 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:29.990 the wrong reasons, right? Because we really didn't understand what 0:00:30.010 --> 0:00:32.790 the hell he was talking about last week. Hopefully, I 0:00:32.810 --> 0:00:34.949 did not hear from anybody that happened to see him 0:00:34.990 --> 0:00:38.770 at Helium, but hopefully things went well for him. Champ 0:00:38.930 --> 0:00:44.150 from Anchorman was a little bit off the mark this 0:00:44.210 --> 0:00:47.349 time last Wednesday while we're at the State Fair. Today, 0:00:47.409 --> 0:00:51.770 we're at Logan Street location. This is Kroger, everybody. And 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:54.760 we are doing this and doing this for a specific reason. 0:00:54.810 --> 0:00:59.100 It's called Help in the Heartland. The campaign roundup at 0:00:59.140 --> 0:01:05.600 Kroger Checkouts. You can donate in that fashion, too. 0:01:05.620 --> 0:01:05.680 317-239-1070. 0:01:06.060 --> 0:01:12.320 Keyword give. You can donate as well there. 1075thefan. com. So 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:14.910 many ways you can do it. And as you can see, 0:01:15.030 --> 0:01:18.370 if you're watching via YouTube behind me right here, we 0:01:18.410 --> 0:01:23.190 have everybody involved. Swift is here from Hot 100.9. Hammer 0:01:23.250 --> 0:01:27.509 is here from Hammer and Nigel. We've got, I think, 0:01:27.569 --> 0:01:29.550 good folks down at Hank. I think Mindy's down there 0:01:29.610 --> 0:01:32.199 on Hank, and Dan Pantos is down there on Hank FM. 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:35.500 That's 97.1 Hank FM right there. So it is a group. 0:01:35.900 --> 0:01:38.800 It is a team effort, which Chris Denary, who joins us, 0:01:38.819 --> 0:01:40.740 the voice of the Pacers, here in Noblesville at the 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:41.660 Kroger location. 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:43.610 You can get down with that. We're all a part 0:01:43.630 --> 0:01:43.930 of a team. 0:01:43.950 --> 0:01:44.509 Yeah, pretty awesome. 0:01:44.530 --> 0:01:45.630 No question about that. 0:01:45.690 --> 0:01:48.990 Kroger, a great partner of Pacer Sports and Entertainment. Great 0:01:49.030 --> 0:01:51.570 to be sitting out here again, what it looked like 0:01:51.710 --> 0:01:55.150 a week ago. It's hard to believe, John, when people 0:01:55.190 --> 0:01:57.230 that experienced it, but of course those of us who 0:01:57.550 --> 0:02:00.420 maybe just saw it via video. But, you know, great 0:02:00.450 --> 0:02:03.260 to see, you know, so many people coming into Kroger, 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:05.940 especially here. And again, as they round up, all that 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:07.600 money will go to the American Red Cross. 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:11.200 Yeah, and there's a little bit of construction in and 0:02:11.260 --> 0:02:15.040 around Noblesville downtown or the square of Noblesville. 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:19.300 But it is very easy to... Maneuver. I will say this. 0:02:19.540 --> 0:02:22.419 When you think back on Noblesville, the first name that 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:26.060 always will come to my mind is Tom Coverdale. Now, 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:29.560 who comes to your mind, athletically speaking, from the town 0:02:29.780 --> 0:02:32.620 of Noblesville? Who is the first person you go, hey, 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:33.680 because for. 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:34.440 Me it's Coverdale. 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:35.500 I think it's Scott Hafner. 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:36.440 Yeah, right. 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:40.280 Scott Hafner, who played at Evansville and played in the NBA. 0:02:41.500 --> 0:02:43.060 He's a little bit younger than I am. 0:02:43.940 --> 0:02:46.530 Back when I was in high school in the late 70s, 0:02:47.530 --> 0:02:49.950 Dave Nicholson was the boys coach here. 0:02:50.550 --> 0:02:51.750 They had really good teams. 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:56.690 They had Mike Chesser and Tom Beatty, all kinds of 0:02:56.730 --> 0:02:57.570 really good players. 0:02:58.730 --> 0:03:01.160 So, yeah, I remember Noblesville. 0:03:01.460 --> 0:03:04.200 And what Mayor Jensen has done, the funny story is, 0:03:04.740 --> 0:03:08.760 is Mayor Jensen's mom and my dad were longtime teachers 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:09.720 at Westfield High School. 0:03:09.740 --> 0:03:09.900 Right. 0:03:10.220 --> 0:03:12.839 And so Mayor Jensen's a little bit, maybe a lot 0:03:13.060 --> 0:03:15.730 younger than I am. But to see what he's done 0:03:15.810 --> 0:03:18.769 here in the city of Noblesville, you know, we're very 0:03:18.830 --> 0:03:22.030 fortunate to have the Noblesville boom, the Pacers G League 0:03:22.050 --> 0:03:25.690 franchise over on the other side, and what the city 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:26.760 of Noblesville has done. 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:26.980 So. 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:30.350 Any way that I could come and just be supporter 0:03:31.010 --> 0:03:33.480 of what they're doing here in Noblesville to raise money 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:37.260 for those. who need it because they had the devastation 0:03:37.300 --> 0:03:38.260 of the floods last week. 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:42.880 I see my man. There's Bill Reynolds, the dad. And 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:48.060 look at Jalen. The J-Dog is in the house. See, 0:03:48.820 --> 0:03:52.110 we're not even to 330 yet, are we? Just hit 0:03:52.170 --> 0:03:55.910 over 334. 334, and it's already the greatest day of 0:03:55.990 --> 0:04:01.850 all time because the J-Dog is in the house right here. 0:04:01.870 --> 0:04:06.390 That is outstanding. J-Dawg, good to see you, buddy. It's 0:04:06.410 --> 0:04:08.910 good to see you. You know Chris Denary there, J-Dawg, 0:04:08.970 --> 0:04:09.390 right there. 0:04:09.410 --> 0:04:13.920 I'll tell you, two of the fondest individuals from Tipton, 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:16.500 Indiana that you will ever meet right there, Chris. 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:20.960 Tipton, Indiana. I'll tell you what, a history there. 0:04:21.420 --> 0:04:24.040 And you think about what happened, John, with what happened 0:04:24.060 --> 0:04:27.160 here in central Indiana. And, you know, it started north 0:04:27.220 --> 0:04:29.810 and just you saw what happened to Muncie and Cambridge 0:04:29.850 --> 0:04:30.990 City and those types of places. 0:04:31.250 --> 0:04:32.830 You know, just the river and the water. 0:04:32.850 --> 0:04:35.539 And it went down Waverly near me also had some 0:04:35.620 --> 0:04:36.880 issues with high water. 0:04:36.900 --> 0:04:41.780 I mean, it's just, again, you forget how much damage 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:43.500 water can do. And it did. 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:45.400 I've got to ask you this. 0:04:45.420 --> 0:04:48.520 We're going to get into DAZN because there's another layer 0:04:48.540 --> 0:04:50.700 to this. We found out last week that the official 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:53.279 content provider of the Pacers is going to be DAZN. 0:04:53.740 --> 0:04:55.500 I want you to go over some things on that 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:57.960 that people may not know about the price points. 0:04:58.660 --> 0:05:02.910 But also, there was another layer of news regarding DAZN today. 0:05:02.930 --> 0:05:03.950 What does that entail? 0:05:04.010 --> 0:05:09.170 I mean, DAZN today announced that they are acquiring Everpass Media. 0:05:09.290 --> 0:05:09.450 Yeah. 0:05:09.910 --> 0:05:11.470 And why is that important? 0:05:11.529 --> 0:05:15.690 Well, Everpass is the distributor for commercial NFL Sunday ticket 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:19.260 in a partnership with DirecTV and DirecTV Stream. 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:23.220 So I'm going to end up getting full court through DAZN. 0:05:23.339 --> 0:05:24.140 Is that this season? 0:05:25.220 --> 0:05:26.100 Or what? 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:27.039 Here's the thing. 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:29.539 What a lot of people don't know about DAZN is 0:05:29.620 --> 0:05:32.260 they are the streamer internationally for the NFL. 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:32.500 Right. 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:37.670 I mean, they have relationships with Peacock, Netflix, Paramount, Apple. 0:05:39.029 --> 0:05:44.110 And so this is a monumental story because it's not 0:05:44.250 --> 0:05:50.220 just what they do consumer-wise. It's what they do, you know, 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:52.640 when you go to your favorite, you go to District Tap. 0:05:52.940 --> 0:05:53.100 Yeah. 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:53.440 And. 0:05:54.350 --> 0:05:57.890 Everpass Media has been the partner to distribute how you 0:05:57.930 --> 0:05:59.989 watch those games in a bar or restaurant. 0:06:00.250 --> 0:06:01.370 Well, now DAZN owns that. 0:06:01.570 --> 0:06:06.650 So what's the anticipation here? If you're thinking in the 0:06:06.740 --> 0:06:09.480 not-so-distant future, what's the anticipation with this move? 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:14.260 Well, I think what DAZN has done, developed a partnership 0:06:14.300 --> 0:06:16.960 with the Pacers. Earlier they had announced a partnership with 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:19.720 Minnesota and the Timberwolves. It looks like there are going 0:06:19.740 --> 0:06:22.990 to be some other teams involved. And I think what 0:06:23.010 --> 0:06:25.390 a lot of people forget is just a few weeks ago, 0:06:25.410 --> 0:06:29.590 DAZN announced that they're becoming the distribution partner, the streaming 0:06:29.630 --> 0:06:33.369 partner with MSG and with Yes Network, with the Knicks, 0:06:33.710 --> 0:06:37.230 with the Rangers, with the Nets. All those New York 0:06:37.290 --> 0:06:39.330 teams who were trying to do it on their own 0:06:39.850 --> 0:06:42.810 are now working with DAZN because they've been a proven model, 0:06:43.250 --> 0:06:45.610 not just here in the States, but pretty much internationally. 0:06:45.670 --> 0:06:49.880 So And I think what we've talked about, and I 0:06:49.900 --> 0:06:51.160 listened to, you. 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:52.039 Know, you last week. 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:54.339 I did miss that interview, though, on Wednesday. 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:57.719 Yeah, you're probably not missing much out of that. We're 0:06:57.779 --> 0:06:59.479 still trying to figure out what the hell went down. 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:01.900 But last Thursday, when I got back from South Carolina, 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.140 I had a five and a half hour mow because 0:07:04.180 --> 0:07:04.419 it was. 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:07.720 You know, so my grass was so long. So I 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:09.340 had you in from three to six. 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:14.130 But what's important, you know, about DAZN is the opportunity 0:07:14.170 --> 0:07:16.450 that they will have to for anybody to be able 0:07:16.490 --> 0:07:19.970 to watch. I think the pricing points that they made, outstanding. 0:07:20.630 --> 0:07:23.350 You were talking about your mom. 0:07:23.390 --> 0:07:23.630 My mom. 0:07:23.650 --> 0:07:24.470 That you can share. 0:07:24.490 --> 0:07:24.560 Yes. 0:07:24.870 --> 0:07:30.030 You can share two IP addresses. That's $ 79. 99. 0:07:28.350 --> 0:07:31.210 So if two people want to share, that's $ 40 a year. 0:07:31.270 --> 0:07:31.770 Exactly. 0:07:31.870 --> 0:07:35.750 The other thing is, John, 22 games will be free 0:07:36.290 --> 0:07:40.890 behind the paywall. 15 of those at a soon-to-be-announced over-the-air 0:07:40.930 --> 0:07:45.090 station in Indianapolis. seven additional games on the zone, and 0:07:45.330 --> 0:07:50.420 all four preseason games, including Tyrese Halliburton's return to Ames, Iowa, 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:53.400 at Iowa State. So all of a sudden, you have 0:07:53.420 --> 0:07:58.750 the opportunity, and again, with a wonderful app. to watch 0:07:58.810 --> 0:08:02.010 those games and and again it it's not for me 0:08:02.050 --> 0:08:04.850 to tell people how to spend their money but I 0:08:04.890 --> 0:08:07.310 will tell you I think Mel Raines and her staff 0:08:07.330 --> 0:08:10.770 did an outstanding job and how they negotiated this not 0:08:10.830 --> 0:08:14.430 just for this year but to position Pacers basketball for 0:08:14.450 --> 0:08:15.489 the future as well. 0:08:15.310 --> 0:08:18.010 So Chris is this the future for the entire league 0:08:18.190 --> 0:08:20.510 is that the path because we have that news right 0:08:20.530 --> 0:08:22.630 there is this the path is this where we're going 0:08:22.650 --> 0:08:24.550 where the entire league is going to be What's. 0:08:24.450 --> 0:08:27.590 Going to be interesting, what the NBA is talking about 0:08:27.650 --> 0:08:31.180 is having a national streaming partner moving forward. And we'll 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:33.880 just have to wait and see how all of that works. 0:08:33.940 --> 0:08:37.660 But the NBA is very dynamic in what they've done. 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:42.000 And they've done a great job with the new package 0:08:42.020 --> 0:08:44.380 they put in place. There are more games over the 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.930 air on national TV. They added Peacock. They added Prime. 0:08:48.470 --> 0:08:51.429 So there are more ways that you can watch games. 0:08:52.590 --> 0:08:55.030 And what that says, John, is there's a lot of interest. 0:08:55.390 --> 0:08:57.310 People want to be a part of it, right? And 0:08:57.350 --> 0:09:00.570 it's why you see college sports. You see the Big Ten. 0:09:00.590 --> 0:09:03.490 If you want to watch IU or Purdue basketball or football, 0:09:03.510 --> 0:09:05.130 you're going to have games on Peacock. You're going to 0:09:05.150 --> 0:09:07.770 have the games on Prime. It's because there's so much 0:09:07.929 --> 0:09:12.400 interest in sports. Sports is the best live television or 0:09:12.460 --> 0:09:17.040 streaming opportunity that there is, and people are willing to 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:17.420 do that. 0:09:17.660 --> 0:09:21.300 So, Chris Denary, who is the voice of the Pacers, 0:09:21.700 --> 0:09:25.540 the zone this season. Now, a former Pacer who was 0:09:25.590 --> 0:09:27.770 a part of the Avicii Zubac deal. 0:09:27.929 --> 0:09:28.550 Yeah. 0:09:28.650 --> 0:09:30.590 And believe me, there was no bigger fan. 0:09:30.650 --> 0:09:32.770 I love Bill McMather, and I still do. 0:09:33.330 --> 0:09:36.229 And I love it because he's all ball all the time. 0:09:36.250 --> 0:09:37.230 Yeah. 0:09:38.059 --> 0:09:39.900 I kind of wonder, and you and I can talk 0:09:39.940 --> 0:09:44.160 about this, whether he kind of wanted to leave more 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:45.939 than they wanted him to stay. 0:09:45.980 --> 0:09:48.819 We'll get into that. But today, it's not going to 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:49.900 be the Clippers any longer. 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:51.870 Now he is in New Orleans, and that is going 0:09:51.890 --> 0:09:55.070 to be the competition when Tyrese Halliburton returns for real 0:09:55.250 --> 0:09:57.890 on the road in New Orleans. And Benedict Matherin is 0:09:57.929 --> 0:10:00.230 going to be a member in that night number one 0:10:00.250 --> 0:10:01.470 of the Pelicans. 0:10:01.490 --> 0:10:04.050 Yeah, if I saw it, it's a two-year deal with 0:10:04.110 --> 0:10:05.700 a player option in the second year. 0:10:05.750 --> 0:10:08.740 So what Ben is doing is he's betting on himself. 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:11.820 He's betting that in year one with New Orleans, he 0:10:11.860 --> 0:10:14.760 can have the type of year that has him re-sign 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:17.960 at a higher value in New Orleans or go somewhere else. 0:10:18.020 --> 0:10:19.479 I mean, Benedict's a wonderful player. 0:10:19.500 --> 0:10:19.700 I mean. 0:10:20.110 --> 0:10:21.450 He's a favorite of mine. 0:10:21.890 --> 0:10:25.929 And, John, what you have to think of, and we've 0:10:25.970 --> 0:10:28.559 seen it in sports, in any sport. To get a 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:31.680 good player or a great player like the Pacers, I think, 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:34.160 got in Evita Zubats, you have to give up a 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:35.120 really good player, right? 0:10:35.140 --> 0:10:35.380 Yeah. 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:37.660 I mean, that's just how it works. And so I 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:40.480 think for Benedict Matherin, as you looked at the way 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:44.590 the Pacers are constructed, their starting five is set. It's Halliburton, 0:10:44.710 --> 0:10:48.710 it's Nembhard, it's Siakam, it's Neesmith, and it's Zubats. I'm 0:10:48.770 --> 0:10:52.250 sure Benedict Matherin wants to be a starter. He was 0:10:52.309 --> 0:10:54.530 coming off the bench with the Clippers. We'll have to 0:10:54.570 --> 0:10:57.300 wait and see what happens next. with him with the Pelicans, 0:10:57.360 --> 0:11:01.179 but there's no ill will from anybody against Benedict Mather, 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:06.000 and he's a wonderful person, but that's the. 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:07.090 Life and times in sports. 0:11:07.250 --> 0:11:08.190 How do you compare? 0:11:08.690 --> 0:11:11.229 We've yet to see Kelly Oubre in a Pacel uniform, 0:11:11.410 --> 0:11:12.870 but how would you compare the two? 0:11:12.890 --> 0:11:14.550 Because most notably, people are saying, well. 0:11:15.570 --> 0:11:18.340 Now, Kelly Oubre comes in, and he's more expensive than 0:11:18.380 --> 0:11:21.319 Matherin was as a restricted free agent going down betting 0:11:21.380 --> 0:11:23.980 on himself at New Orleans. How do you view those 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:27.179 two players in the midst of this Pacer team? 0:11:27.220 --> 0:11:31.280 Well, just from a person standpoint, again, I think Kelly 0:11:31.340 --> 0:11:35.719 Oubre will be very comfortable coming off the bench in 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:39.570 a six-man role. Is that something that Benedict Matherin wanted 0:11:39.929 --> 0:11:42.970 wherever he was, whether it's with the Pacers? With the Clippers, 0:11:43.130 --> 0:11:46.090 I don't know that. Only he knows that. But I 0:11:46.150 --> 0:11:49.250 think with what Kelly Oubre has done over the last 0:11:49.370 --> 0:11:52.990 number of years with the teams that he's played with, Philadelphia, Charlotte, 0:11:53.970 --> 0:11:58.010 he's put up some very consistent numbers, 14 points, five rebounds. 0:11:58.350 --> 0:11:59.469 He's a long defender. 0:12:00.190 --> 0:12:02.530 I think the Pacers are very happy to have somebody 0:12:03.150 --> 0:12:05.530 of Kelly Oubre's talents to bring off the bench. 0:12:05.610 --> 0:12:06.530 All right, more on that. 0:12:06.570 --> 0:12:09.030 We've got some pacer conversation because Chris is going to 0:12:09.090 --> 0:12:12.099 hang here for the entirety, man. We thank you for 0:12:12.220 --> 0:12:14.340 being a part of this and thank everybody out there 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:16.840 as well. Now, before I get one more time to 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:19.740 how you can be a part of this event today, 0:12:19.800 --> 0:12:21.860 I've got to get Rafael Sanchez on the show here 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:22.240 in a minute. 0:12:22.260 --> 0:12:24.200 I hope he understands that. There's zero way. 0:12:24.220 --> 0:12:26.460 I'll tell you what, my brother, if you give me 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:30.440 five minutes on the other side, all right, I've got 0:12:30.460 --> 0:12:34.400 to have Rafael Sanchez on this show here A couple 0:12:34.420 --> 0:12:37.740 of things. Mike Chappell had this. Everybody covering the Colts 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:40.400 had this a little bit earlier today. We knew that 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:43.079 there was going to be some sort of move. Makai 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:47.640 Blackman was a guy that they acquired, I think, going 0:12:47.730 --> 0:12:49.790 back to 2025. 0:12:49.790 --> 0:12:52.510 I believe, a year ago in August. 0:12:52.870 --> 0:12:57.830 For a six rounder. And certainly he looked a lot 0:12:57.929 --> 0:13:00.809 better today. in the games a year ago than what 0:13:00.830 --> 0:13:03.640 he had so far in the preseason. And with the 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.200 way he looked in the preseason, he was waived, and 0:13:06.220 --> 0:13:08.939 the Colts signed Kenneth Harris a little bit earlier today. 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:13.830 So a shuffle of sorts in the cornerback room for 0:13:13.850 --> 0:13:14.350 the Colts. 0:13:15.030 --> 0:13:16.010 Mooney Ward. 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:20.000 Was meeting with the media earlier today, and the good news, 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:23.250 he is back at practice, back feeling good after the 0:13:23.410 --> 0:13:24.709 Tuesday gathering. 0:13:24.730 --> 0:13:27.070 He expects to be ready for the opener. 0:13:27.150 --> 0:13:30.469 So that's the news coming from The Colts a little 0:13:30.490 --> 0:13:32.450 bit earlier today and stuff we're going to follow. We've 0:13:32.470 --> 0:13:34.610 got Matt Taylor coming up on the show, Kevin Bowen 0:13:34.650 --> 0:13:36.569 on the show, Brian Baldinger is going to join us 0:13:36.630 --> 0:13:39.050 a little bit later on, Marlon Jackson coming up a 0:13:39.050 --> 0:13:39.929 little bit later on. 0:13:39.990 --> 0:13:43.850 So it is a heavy show with conversation. 0:13:44.110 --> 0:13:47.290 And, again, this reminder, when you're at the checkout, and 0:13:47.309 --> 0:13:51.910 in a variety of Kroger locations throughout the state of Indiana, 0:13:51.929 --> 0:13:55.110 but certainly right here off of Logan Street in Noblesville, 0:13:55.450 --> 0:13:59.370 you can round up at Kroger Checkouts to donate. 0:13:59.920 --> 0:14:01.160 To the American Red Cross. 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:05.300 And again, all donations go directly to those here locally 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:09.260 that need the funding and need the relief because of 0:14:09.330 --> 0:14:13.449 the floods of a week ago. 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Logan Street, Kroger, 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:57.690 for a tremendous cause on this Wednesday afternoon. Don't go anywhere. 0:14:57.710 --> 0:15:03.270 It's 93.5 and 107.5 The Fan. but on the Andy 0:15:03.310 --> 0:15:06.050 Moore Automotive Group hotline, friend of the show. He was 0:15:06.130 --> 0:15:08.150 out here along with James Boyd a little bit earlier 0:15:08.190 --> 0:15:09.790 this morning, a part of the Fan Morning Show. 0:15:10.710 --> 0:15:13.229 Kevin Bowen with a lot of Colts news today. I 0:15:13.270 --> 0:15:15.390 think some significant stuff, right? 0:15:15.990 --> 0:15:20.270 With Blackman being waved and kind of shuffling the deck 0:15:20.770 --> 0:15:23.670 in that secondary defensively for the Colts, and then the 0:15:23.710 --> 0:15:25.610 words of Cherverius Ward. 0:15:25.790 --> 0:15:30.270 Interesting out there, to say the least, correct? Yeah. Yeah, 0:15:30.430 --> 0:15:30.720 I guess. 0:15:31.630 --> 0:15:34.100 Alec Pierce-Watts, that seems to be the top of mind 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:37.780 for everybody, still not practicing. Just to update everybody on that. 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:42.300 So that now continues here. Deep into August, they'll practice tomorrow. 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:45.120 It's usually the lightest practice of the week. If he 0:15:45.140 --> 0:15:47.610 doesn't go tomorrow, then I don't think anything until Tuesday. 0:15:47.910 --> 0:15:52.230 So you're starting to get a little closer to September 13th. But, yeah, 0:15:52.250 --> 0:15:54.490 as far as roster news, like you said, Makai Blackman 0:15:54.990 --> 0:15:59.340 was cut. For those not really familiar with Makai Blackman, 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:01.630 he actually played the most snaps of any corner. on 0:16:01.670 --> 0:16:03.670 the football team last year. But for those that have 0:16:03.700 --> 0:16:06.480 watched the preseason, you saw why he was cut. He 0:16:06.520 --> 0:16:11.060 was struggling mightily in coverage and with penalties. So yeah, 0:16:11.100 --> 0:16:15.280 roster move there. I'm trying to think what else. Josh 0:16:15.300 --> 0:16:18.720 Downs missed with a calf injury. And yeah, Keenan Allen 0:16:18.740 --> 0:16:20.200 had a bunch of catches at today's practice. 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:24.710 I'm curious your thoughts on Alec Pierce. 0:16:25.260 --> 0:16:27.850 Is there a deadline for you in mind to make 0:16:27.910 --> 0:16:31.710 sure that there's nothing being compromised to start this season 0:16:31.770 --> 0:16:34.229 as far as this practice return? Are you comfortable in 0:16:34.270 --> 0:16:36.170 your feeling maybe more so than you were a couple 0:16:36.210 --> 0:16:36.670 of days ago? 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:41.240 It's starting to wane a little bit. I think Tuesday 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:44.060 is vital or next week is vital for him to 0:16:44.100 --> 0:16:46.480 be practicing. I mean, that would leave him two full 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:51.040 weeks behind. Now the question would become, OK, assuming he 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:55.410 practices for two full weeks, how effective can he be 0:16:55.490 --> 0:16:58.770 on September 13th and how much can he play? You know, 0:16:58.790 --> 0:17:00.670 Pierce plays a ton of snaps. You know, he would 0:17:00.710 --> 0:17:04.619 out snap Michael Pittman Jr., you know, I think often. And, 0:17:04.780 --> 0:17:06.179 you know, even though he didn't have maybe a ton 0:17:06.220 --> 0:17:10.100 of catches, he was still playing well. Virtually every offensive snap. 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:12.600 And so, you know, that's such a weapon. It's such 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:14.300 a threat when you have him out there, even if 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:17.119 you're not necessarily throwing the ball to him, you know, 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:20.990 every other play. So that would probably become my other question. Again, 0:17:21.030 --> 0:17:23.989 how effective would he be week one? And then how 0:17:24.050 --> 0:17:25.670 much is he playing? 0:17:26.690 --> 0:17:27.270 Just period. 0:17:27.490 --> 0:17:30.470 But yeah, I would say Tuesday, John. Yeah, I kind 0:17:30.490 --> 0:17:32.990 of thought this week, you know, that would be three 0:17:33.150 --> 0:17:36.000 full weeks. That would be plenty of time. You start 0:17:36.020 --> 0:17:38.100 to get to next week and it's typically a light week. 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:42.260 in the NFL that week just before Labor Day. And 0:17:42.300 --> 0:17:45.219 then you get into regular season mode after that. So, yeah, 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:47.220 the time is starting to tick just a hair faster, 0:17:47.240 --> 0:17:47.660 I would say. 0:17:49.140 --> 0:17:51.800 Kevin, it looked like reading online that Daniel Jones had 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:55.020 another good practice today. And, you know, from my perspective 0:17:55.060 --> 0:17:57.260 with the Pacers, of course, you have the two leaders 0:17:57.680 --> 0:18:01.600 of your teams, Daniel Jones, Tyrese Halliburton, both coming back 0:18:02.000 --> 0:18:05.730 from Achilles injuries. What's impressed you the most about watching 0:18:05.790 --> 0:18:07.410 Daniel Jones here in training camp? 0:18:08.570 --> 0:18:10.610 Well, first off, great to hear the voice of my 0:18:10.650 --> 0:18:15.219 basketball coach growing up, and I hope the boys are 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:17.280 well and the grandkids are well. 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:20.340 Yeah, Daniel Jones had a really nice day. 0:18:20.380 --> 0:18:25.340 Yeah, he was 19 to 24 from a very unofficial standpoint. 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:27.600 But one thing we've noted kind of in training camp, 0:18:28.100 --> 0:18:31.179 when they have been hurt at the skill positions, and 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:34.710 today he practiced without Alec Pierce, without Josh Downs, without 0:18:34.730 --> 0:18:38.090 Tyler Warren– the defense has pretty much dominated those days. 0:18:38.550 --> 0:18:40.810 I would not say that was the case at all today. 0:18:40.850 --> 0:18:44.129 And again, Keenan Allen had probably five or six catches 0:18:44.190 --> 0:18:46.689 and he had a big deep ball. Jones did do 0:18:46.770 --> 0:18:50.170 a Laquan Treadwell with a sauce gardener and combine them. 0:18:50.310 --> 0:18:51.150 But yeah, the most. 0:18:51.070 --> 0:18:53.090 Impressive thing to Jones, I think it's just been the 0:18:53.130 --> 0:18:55.300 amount of work he's done. You know, the fact that 0:18:55.340 --> 0:18:59.669 he has taken literally every single starting rep, I think 0:18:59.710 --> 0:19:02.159 today was the 15th practice we've watched so far. Um, 0:19:03.730 --> 0:19:07.270 But I thought Tyrese– I'm sure you caught the comments. 0:19:07.290 --> 0:19:11.430 I thought Tyrese's comments Monday night were, per usual from him, 0:19:11.510 --> 0:19:15.889 just very honest about their differences in the rehabs in 0:19:15.930 --> 0:19:18.520 that you look at a calendar and Tyrese will be 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:23.500 16 months removed when we get to October, whatever it is, 21st, 0:19:24.080 --> 0:19:27.520 whereas Daniel will be nine months removed when the Colts 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:30.750 get to September 13th. And Ty was saying on Monday– 0:19:31.180 --> 0:19:36.119 You know, it's amazing to me how different I felt 0:19:36.300 --> 0:19:41.510 at 10 months versus 13 months. Just what three months 0:19:41.570 --> 0:19:45.129 can do for you in this rehab. Yes, at 10 months, 0:19:45.190 --> 0:19:49.730 did Tyrese think he could play basketball? Yeah, he did. 0:19:49.950 --> 0:19:52.950 But again, he's made comments before that even some of 0:19:52.970 --> 0:19:54.520 the practice guys were kind of getting the best of 0:19:54.580 --> 0:19:58.080 him on the offensive end of the floor three or 0:19:58.100 --> 0:20:00.400 four months ago, whereas now he feels a lot different. 0:20:00.420 --> 0:20:02.520 So I think that'll be kind of the looming question 0:20:02.540 --> 0:20:04.740 then with Jones is when you get to the regular season, 0:20:04.780 --> 0:20:06.560 it's one thing to play. Again, it's another thing to 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:10.820 be himself. And and how much does he feel himself 0:20:10.940 --> 0:20:13.110 early in the season? And then how much better does 0:20:13.140 --> 0:20:14.389 he feel as the season moves along? 0:20:15.810 --> 0:20:18.570 Kevin Bowen fan morning show is Kevin James. 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It is called Help in the Heartland. 0:20:58.440 --> 0:21:03.520 Again, Logan Street, Kroger in Noblesville with Chris Denary, JMV 0:21:03.560 --> 0:21:06.300 here in the afternoon on Wednesday on The Fan. 0:21:08.540 --> 0:21:11.380 How do you view going into last year, for example? 0:21:11.500 --> 0:21:14.500 And then we saw just how good they were up until, 0:21:14.859 --> 0:21:17.560 you know, obviously they were compromised with the injury to 0:21:17.580 --> 0:21:19.940 their quarterback. How do you view what they have this 0:21:19.980 --> 0:21:23.270 year going into this season compared to how you felt 0:21:23.869 --> 0:21:26.630 about that team dynamic this time a year ago? 0:21:26.650 --> 0:21:30.210 Good question. 0:21:30.550 --> 0:21:34.690 Um, You know, I'm trying to think what my win law. 0:21:34.710 --> 0:21:37.210 I think I had them right around nine last year. 0:21:37.230 --> 0:21:44.570 I probably won't be overwhelmingly different this year. You know, offensively, obviously, 0:21:44.590 --> 0:21:47.730 I didn't think Daniel Jones and that unit would look 0:21:47.770 --> 0:21:50.810 historically as good as it did. That was certainly the 0:21:50.850 --> 0:21:55.670 big outlier. Defensively, it was probably worse than maybe I thought, 0:21:55.760 --> 0:21:57.320 and that's kind of where the gap was closed to 0:21:57.340 --> 0:21:57.840 get to a. 0:21:59.359 --> 0:22:01.679 Similar win total, and obviously the injuries played into it. 0:22:02.090 --> 0:22:04.450 I think defensively it's kind of more the volatile unit, 0:22:04.930 --> 0:22:06.810 you know, if you put injuries to the side of, 0:22:07.510 --> 0:22:10.010 you know, if Latu takes a third-year jump and if 0:22:10.090 --> 0:22:13.170 those corners stay healthy, you know, could you really have 0:22:13.250 --> 0:22:15.490 something that was, you know, certainly not what you. 0:22:15.430 --> 0:22:16.870 Had last year? 0:22:16.890 --> 0:22:18.830 You know, like I thought the Lou Anarumo defense in 0:22:18.850 --> 0:22:21.490 year one was probably a little bit too much bend 0:22:21.910 --> 0:22:25.330 but don't break for his liking. I think he wants 0:22:25.390 --> 0:22:27.070 to be more aggressive. I think he wants to play 0:22:27.090 --> 0:22:28.750 man coverage with these corners. And I think he wants 0:22:28.790 --> 0:22:33.189 to bring the house when those opportunities do arise. So 0:22:33.230 --> 0:22:35.129 is that more of a playmaking defense? Is that more of, 0:22:35.330 --> 0:22:38.300 you know, a little bit, you know, risk reward too. 0:22:40.560 --> 0:22:42.580 But yeah, it just seems like, and I'm trying not 0:22:42.600 --> 0:22:44.600 to go off of Saturday's preseason game, but it's just, 0:22:45.180 --> 0:22:47.300 you're just banking on a lot, a lot of health situations. 0:22:47.900 --> 0:22:51.660 And I just worry about the depth of, at those 0:22:51.760 --> 0:22:55.040 spots and you hear Javerius Ward's comments today about managing 0:22:55.100 --> 0:22:57.790 back pain and, you know, any 30 year old playing 0:22:57.810 --> 0:23:00.770 in the NFL, managing back pain for 17 weeks, you know, 0:23:01.310 --> 0:23:03.150 even putting his injury situation to. 0:23:03.090 --> 0:23:06.489 The side, I think would be difficult. So, you know, 0:23:06.710 --> 0:23:08.510 it's just those bets. It's Jones. 0:23:08.609 --> 0:23:10.609 It's, you know, we have the receiver position, maybe a 0:23:10.609 --> 0:23:13.470 little bit of Buckner. That's just a lot at some 0:23:13.510 --> 0:23:15.169 of your most important players in the roster. 0:23:16.280 --> 0:23:19.340 Kev, I have you here. You cover everything, but certainly 0:23:19.380 --> 0:23:21.419 the Colts right now. I have Kristen Neri here, the 0:23:21.460 --> 0:23:24.580 voice of the Pacers. This has been my thought all along. 0:23:25.700 --> 0:23:29.740 They're similar but different for a reason to me. The Pacers, 0:23:30.640 --> 0:23:32.919 you bring everybody back, or what is kind of the 0:23:32.960 --> 0:23:35.960 damning quote around here, running it back. But if you're 0:23:35.980 --> 0:23:38.810 the Pacers and you're Kevin Pritchard to Chad Buchanan and 0:23:38.850 --> 0:23:40.830 Rick Carlisle, you do that for a reason because you've 0:23:40.869 --> 0:23:43.669 seen the results. You've seen how close it was, and 0:23:43.710 --> 0:23:47.409 you believe in that. With the Colts, you basically bring 0:23:47.750 --> 0:23:51.899 some folks back, the most legitimate pieces to this puzzle 0:23:51.940 --> 0:23:56.220 back this year because you didn't have much of a choice. 0:23:56.920 --> 0:24:00.440 So it's weird how you're kind of forced to believe 0:24:00.540 --> 0:24:02.500 in what the Colts are doing right now because there's 0:24:02.520 --> 0:24:06.140 really no other alternative if you do bring everybody back 0:24:06.280 --> 0:24:09.030 or run it back, especially organizationally and coaching-wise. 0:24:09.690 --> 0:24:12.010 But with the Pacers, you have a belief because you. 0:24:12.940 --> 0:24:16.020 in the core group and what they accomplished and what 0:24:16.040 --> 0:24:19.199 they could still accomplish with Tyrese Halliburton and his return 0:24:19.240 --> 0:24:21.940 together it is a very interesting dynamic you you put 0:24:22.000 --> 0:24:24.440 those two pieces together with the Pacers and the Colts 0:24:24.580 --> 0:24:26.620 at all in that particular fashion. 0:24:27.420 --> 0:24:29.420 Yeah I can I can hear where that's coming from 0:24:29.510 --> 0:24:31.850 I mean obviously the Pacers have earned trust of their 0:24:31.890 --> 0:24:34.030 fan base that the Colts would dream of you know 0:24:34.050 --> 0:24:38.990 just from what Kevin Pritchard has done In building this 0:24:39.050 --> 0:24:41.770 championship contender, I would argue, too, the Pacers have probably 0:24:42.090 --> 0:24:45.300 added a little bit more, depending on how you feel 0:24:45.320 --> 0:24:47.620 about Ibiza Zubats. But, you know, they've added a little 0:24:47.640 --> 0:24:50.560 bit more to that. You know, that's why I think 0:24:50.580 --> 0:24:53.270 there's a misconception about the Colts season. You know, when 0:24:53.290 --> 0:24:56.310 you hear the phrase run it back, I understand where 0:24:56.350 --> 0:25:00.020 people come from. Granted, they did lose probably a handful 0:25:00.080 --> 0:25:03.640 of rather notable players in terms of just pure starts, 0:25:03.740 --> 0:25:06.520 whether that's Braden Smith or Michael Pittman Jr. or Quiddie 0:25:06.540 --> 0:25:10.180 Paye or Zaire Franklin or Kenny Moore or Nick Cross. 0:25:10.680 --> 0:25:14.820 It's just the replacements for those. Okay, Miles Turner, for example, 0:25:14.859 --> 0:25:17.440 he'd fall into one of those categories of those Colts 0:25:17.460 --> 0:25:20.440 players I just named, but the thought there is you've 0:25:20.480 --> 0:25:24.720 replaced him with better. I think there's a debate about, again, 0:25:24.830 --> 0:25:27.709 how much better are you at some of these departing 0:25:28.600 --> 0:25:31.280 names that we're seeing here. Is Michael Pittman Jr. and 0:25:31.300 --> 0:25:34.520 Keenan Allen a wash? Is Braden Smith and Jalen Travis 0:25:34.580 --> 0:25:37.699 a wash? Is Zyre Franklin, I don't even see, you 0:25:37.720 --> 0:25:39.290 can say CJ Allen, I don't think he's going to 0:25:39.310 --> 0:25:41.369 be a week one starter. Is, you know, Zyre Franklin 0:25:41.390 --> 0:25:43.850 and Akeem Davis Gaither a wash? You know, those are 0:25:43.869 --> 0:25:46.570 some of the questions that I think you have. Whereas 0:25:46.590 --> 0:25:51.370 with the Pacers, again, first off, they have deserved earned 0:25:51.410 --> 0:25:53.650 trust with their fan base and such belief in their 0:25:53.670 --> 0:25:56.760 head coach. in their core, you know, comparing Rick Carlisle 0:25:56.800 --> 0:26:00.879 and Shane Steichen's resumes would be a bit ludicrous to do. 0:26:01.300 --> 0:26:04.130 And then obviously they've added a guy like Zubat to, 0:26:04.150 --> 0:26:06.070 you know, many believe is an upgrade over what they 0:26:06.109 --> 0:26:07.930 had at center in the previous run. 0:26:11.600 --> 0:26:14.780 Especially, John and Kevin, what you talk about all the time, John, 0:26:14.840 --> 0:26:19.700 is what Tyrese Halliburton means to the franchise. And what 0:26:19.720 --> 0:26:22.110 we saw off the floor, what he did to bring 0:26:22.170 --> 0:26:27.590 back a sellout crowd at Victory Field and just the 0:26:27.670 --> 0:26:32.340 love that he has for the organization. and for the city, 0:26:32.720 --> 0:26:35.540 and for the fans, but importantly, what he does on 0:26:35.580 --> 0:26:38.980 the floor. I mean, I have been captivated at times 0:26:39.700 --> 0:26:42.960 going back to YouTube and watching two years ago some 0:26:43.010 --> 0:26:46.780 of the performances that he has had. in big game situations, 0:26:47.080 --> 0:26:50.330 whether it was a key regular season game, but more importantly, 0:26:50.660 --> 0:26:54.890 in that playoff run against the Bucs, the Knicks, the Cavs, 0:26:55.070 --> 0:26:58.550 and the Thunder. And so that gives you, it's not 0:26:58.590 --> 0:27:00.350 just hope, Kevin, as you said. 0:27:00.670 --> 0:27:01.290 You've seen it. 0:27:01.650 --> 0:27:03.619 I mean, the Pacers have proven it. 0:27:04.140 --> 0:27:05.500 Over a two-year period. 0:27:05.760 --> 0:27:09.060 And what, to a man, they want to do is show, hey, 0:27:09.240 --> 0:27:11.900 last year was a blip on the radar. We weren't healthy. 0:27:13.040 --> 0:27:17.420 We had all kinds of different lineup combinations, I think, approaching, what, 0:27:17.420 --> 0:27:20.940 30 to 40 different starting lineups or whatever it was. 0:27:21.400 --> 0:27:25.090 So I think with that, to your point, is Chad 0:27:25.109 --> 0:27:27.210 Buchanan has said, look, we owe it to this group 0:27:27.970 --> 0:27:30.210 to bring them back and let them have another run 0:27:30.290 --> 0:27:32.510 at it because they were so close two years ago. 0:27:33.740 --> 0:27:34.100 Yeah. 0:27:34.280 --> 0:27:36.359 And again, I mean, just playoff runs, like even if 0:27:36.400 --> 0:27:39.399 you remove the run to game seven, I mean, how 0:27:39.420 --> 0:27:43.430 about the year before, you know, you won two playoff series. 0:27:43.470 --> 0:27:43.710 Yeah. 0:27:44.150 --> 0:27:46.770 You then, you know, I know the Boston series ended 0:27:46.830 --> 0:27:48.369 in a sweep, but I mean, you got to the 0:27:48.430 --> 0:27:52.659 Eastern Conference finals. I mean, again, to update everybody on 0:27:52.700 --> 0:27:55.220 the Colts and their recent playoff run, it's 11 years 0:27:55.260 --> 0:27:58.290 without a division title. It's eight years without a playoff 0:27:58.330 --> 0:28:00.969 win and it's five years without a playoff appearance in 0:28:01.010 --> 0:28:04.090 a league where 14 of the 30 team, 40, 14 0:28:04.090 --> 0:28:06.860 of the 32, you know, make it, you know, they've, 0:28:06.930 --> 0:28:10.889 they've up the, the playoff, participants to seven. 0:28:11.050 --> 0:28:12.470 They did that back during the COVID year. 0:28:12.490 --> 0:28:15.310 So now it's, you know, seven of 16 at each conference. 0:28:15.330 --> 0:28:17.610 So it should be, you know, it is easier than 0:28:17.650 --> 0:28:21.369 what it was prior to 2020. So, you know, I 0:28:21.410 --> 0:28:23.250 just think there is some, you know, when you get 0:28:23.330 --> 0:28:27.150 to April, May, June basketball, it's different. When you get 0:28:27.280 --> 0:28:30.720 to January football, it's different. And, you know, this group 0:28:30.760 --> 0:28:34.540 of Colts obviously isn't yet to be there. So I 0:28:34.560 --> 0:28:37.159 think that's another big, big difference in all this. 0:28:40.170 --> 0:28:43.180 Hey, Kev, very quickly, James and Caleb and I played 0:28:43.220 --> 0:28:46.300 last night at Center Grove, and Trace Jackson Davis played 0:28:46.320 --> 0:28:49.700 with us, and then today his younger brother, Taven Jackson, 0:28:50.180 --> 0:28:52.520 was named the starting quarterback, which we felt all along 0:28:52.540 --> 0:28:54.540 was going to be the case. North Texas, they score 0:28:54.560 --> 0:28:58.340 off against the defending national champion football Hoosiers in game 0:28:58.360 --> 0:29:02.200 number one. How interesting is that dynamic going to be 0:29:02.500 --> 0:29:04.620 for you? I know this football is back and talking 0:29:04.640 --> 0:29:07.310 about you being a defending national champion is just weird 0:29:07.330 --> 0:29:10.160 enough the way that it is, but and a former Hoosier, 0:29:10.260 --> 0:29:13.440 former center Grover, and all that going into Bloomington in 0:29:13.460 --> 0:29:14.140 week number one. 0:29:15.160 --> 0:29:16.150 Yeah, James and I. 0:29:16.110 --> 0:29:18.420 Were talking about that earlier, just how, you know, Taven 0:29:18.440 --> 0:29:21.610 Jackson is kind of this, he's almost this forgotten character 0:29:21.650 --> 0:29:24.470 at times in all of this IU talk. You know, 0:29:25.070 --> 0:29:27.170 if you want to go back to the Brendan Sorsby conversation, 0:29:27.230 --> 0:29:29.490 wasn't it him and Brendan Sorsby competing for the starting 0:29:29.510 --> 0:29:33.510 job years ago? Can you imagine how things could have 0:29:33.530 --> 0:29:36.820 been different had Sorsby won that? And then again, he's 0:29:36.980 --> 0:29:39.430 Curtis Rourke's backup. I think he started a game. 0:29:39.470 --> 0:29:39.970 If I remember correctly. 0:29:40.320 --> 0:29:43.600 He didn't Rourke injure his thumb late in the season. 0:29:43.640 --> 0:29:46.760 And I think Taven started a game or two there late. 0:29:46.780 --> 0:29:49.920 And then obviously, you know, he transfers and here he's 0:29:49.960 --> 0:29:53.370 coming back for that game. So, yeah, I would say, 0:29:53.390 --> 0:29:57.340 you know, Honestly, you could be starting for North Texas 0:29:57.380 --> 0:29:59.260 and I'd be thrilled to be talking about college football 0:29:59.300 --> 0:30:01.200 and not talking about everything else that goes on with 0:30:01.220 --> 0:30:01.820 college football. 0:30:01.840 --> 0:30:04.060 But yes, that is definitely an added storyline. 0:30:04.080 --> 0:30:07.360 And I would imagine one that Taven and his brother 0:30:07.500 --> 0:30:10.070 and many others down there on the south side will 0:30:10.110 --> 0:30:12.410 be paying attention to come noon next Saturday. 0:30:15.100 --> 0:30:18.480 A good friend, Ray, too, who is just an excellent dude. 0:30:18.960 --> 0:30:21.770 It's going to be interesting. It's a good way to 0:30:21.810 --> 0:30:24.650 put it right there. Kev, I appreciate it. Thanks for 0:30:24.690 --> 0:30:27.370 you and Jane for being out here earlier today. And 0:30:28.170 --> 0:30:30.130 thanks for the conversation on this Wednesday, pal. 0:30:30.170 --> 0:30:30.810 We appreciate it. 0:30:31.690 --> 0:30:34.080 You boys look great on the Zoom. Chris, as I said, 0:30:34.160 --> 0:30:36.540 best to you and the family. And tell Evan and 0:30:36.560 --> 0:30:37.220 company I said hi. 0:30:38.020 --> 0:30:38.360 Thanks. 0:30:40.080 --> 0:30:43.020 I will. Thank you, bud. That's Kevin Bowen right there, 0:30:43.060 --> 0:30:43.810 Fan Morning Show. 0:30:46.910 --> 0:30:49.470 To discuss that and more around the NFL from the 0:30:49.550 --> 0:30:52.010 NFL Network, you see him really all over, too, and 0:30:52.030 --> 0:30:55.200 you can find him on social media platforms. For example, 0:30:55.260 --> 0:30:57.720 you can find him on X with a lot of 0:30:57.760 --> 0:31:01.480 his breakdown and a lot of his videos at Baldy NFL. 0:31:01.500 --> 0:31:04.380 Brian Baldinger is with us now. Brian, thank you for 0:31:04.400 --> 0:31:05.060 the time today. 0:31:05.100 --> 0:31:05.920 How are you, pal? 0:31:07.030 --> 0:31:08.850 I'm good, guys. Good to be with you, man. Good 0:31:08.890 --> 0:31:10.980 listening to you here. Glad to join you. 0:31:12.150 --> 0:31:13.050 I want to start here. 0:31:13.370 --> 0:31:19.760 Your impression on the Colts offensively being able to be 0:31:19.930 --> 0:31:25.020 as good, as prominent this season as they were before 0:31:25.060 --> 0:31:27.480 the Daniel Jones injury of a year ago? 0:31:27.500 --> 0:31:30.979 I think they have a chance. I mean, you know, 0:31:31.040 --> 0:31:33.580 they just gave Alec Pierce a big fat contract, and 0:31:34.420 --> 0:31:36.729 Kyler Warren comes back for a second year. They rebuilt 0:31:36.770 --> 0:31:39.790 their offensive line last year. Jonathan Taylor had a great season. 0:31:40.920 --> 0:31:43.800 Daniel Jones was playing great up until the injury. Really 0:31:43.840 --> 0:31:48.320 great up until Pittsburgh. I think they were 8-1 or 0:31:48.340 --> 0:31:51.040 8-2 when they went to Pittsburgh. It seemed like it 0:31:51.060 --> 0:31:53.340 was kind of downhill from there. Obviously, once the injury 0:31:53.380 --> 0:31:57.750 took over, they had trouble winning the football game. I 0:31:57.990 --> 0:32:02.370 think they could return. The one thing about Daniel, those 0:32:02.430 --> 0:32:05.910 first eight or ten games, he was as accurate as 0:32:05.930 --> 0:32:09.730 I've ever seen him. And the deep ball was in play. 0:32:09.760 --> 0:32:13.780 The big chunk plays were in play. He never played 0:32:13.840 --> 0:32:16.740 better in the first 10 games last year. And just 0:32:16.780 --> 0:32:19.770 watching him. out of Graham Park this summer and talking 0:32:19.790 --> 0:32:22.530 to him, you can't really tell that he had the injury. 0:32:22.630 --> 0:32:23.990 And so that's a good sign right now. 0:32:24.410 --> 0:32:27.410 Brian, this is Chris Denary, voice of the Pacers on 0:32:27.510 --> 0:32:31.960 DAZN coming up. But a longtime NFL fan, of course, 0:32:32.020 --> 0:32:34.410 have followed the Colts since they moved back in the 80s. 0:32:34.800 --> 0:32:36.060 You're an offensive lineman. 0:32:36.100 --> 0:32:38.959 You look at the great strength of this current Colts team. 0:32:39.420 --> 0:32:40.840 You look at the five guys that are going to 0:32:40.860 --> 0:32:43.200 throw out there and start in front of Jonathan Taylor 0:32:43.240 --> 0:32:46.230 and Daniel Jones. How impressed are you with with the 0:32:46.270 --> 0:32:48.110 potential of this Colts offensive line? 0:32:48.680 --> 0:32:51.180 Well, I'm really impressed. I mean, you know, to be 0:32:51.200 --> 0:32:54.380 able to... Change out some really good players there for 0:32:54.420 --> 0:32:59.400 Bortolini and Gonsalves. Rebuild that offense line. We're going to 0:32:59.420 --> 0:33:02.810 see what Jalen Travis looks like this year. Replacing a 0:33:02.850 --> 0:33:07.510 pretty good player, Braden Smith. That's going to be where 0:33:07.550 --> 0:33:10.890 all eyes are going. But obviously it starts with Quinton inside. 0:33:12.110 --> 0:33:15.600 But I feel like they've got a lot of continuity 0:33:15.620 --> 0:33:18.780 there except for the right tackle. They're very well coached. 0:33:19.180 --> 0:33:22.820 They're a great offensive line coach. You know, Johnson Taylor 0:33:22.960 --> 0:33:26.860 was just awesome last year. Led the league in, you know, 0:33:26.900 --> 0:33:31.790 rushing touchdowns and rushing attempts and had, you know, probably 0:33:31.810 --> 0:33:35.790 the second best season ever. Like, they should be very good. 0:33:35.690 --> 0:33:36.550 Up front, you know. 0:33:37.070 --> 0:33:40.110 We'll see what, you know, what Giddens looks like, you know, 0:33:40.150 --> 0:33:43.130 as a backup and taking some carries off him, maybe 0:33:43.170 --> 0:33:45.910 what McGowan can give him. But I expect it to 0:33:45.950 --> 0:33:48.330 be very good. They've got continuity there. They're well coached, 0:33:48.390 --> 0:33:49.730 and they've got good players up front. 0:33:49.860 --> 0:33:52.980 Brian Baldinger joins us again at Baldy NFL. 0:33:53.000 --> 0:33:54.920 You can find a lot of his video work and 0:33:54.960 --> 0:33:57.060 breakdowns on social media. 0:33:57.900 --> 0:34:01.150 I look at the start of the schedule. What's that? 0:34:01.490 --> 0:34:02.010 Sorry about that. 0:34:02.370 --> 0:34:04.850 I look at the start of the regular season for 0:34:04.870 --> 0:34:05.330 the Colts. 0:34:06.760 --> 0:34:09.219 There's no gimme's. There's no gimme's anywhere. Don't get me wrong. 0:34:09.320 --> 0:34:12.770 But you start with Baltimore, for example, on the road 0:34:12.790 --> 0:34:15.610 to Kansas City on a Sunday night, Houston, and then 0:34:15.870 --> 0:34:19.290 on the road in London, Jaden Daniels, Washington, Pittsburgh after that. 0:34:20.110 --> 0:34:21.600 You feel comfortable about them? 0:34:21.640 --> 0:34:26.200 If they're able to navigate that, not get buried by that, 0:34:26.320 --> 0:34:28.920 do you feel comfortable about the remainder of their schedule 0:34:28.940 --> 0:34:31.719 and what they might be able to do accomplishment-wise within 0:34:31.739 --> 0:34:32.750 the AFC South this year? 0:34:33.510 --> 0:34:38.650 The AFC South, it's a different conference, different division than 0:34:38.690 --> 0:34:42.830 what it's been. I mean, Jacksonville won 13 games. That 0:34:42.910 --> 0:34:46.610 defense is stout. Houston has the best defense in football. 0:34:47.110 --> 0:34:51.160 That's no joke. The Ravens have been that team. They 0:34:51.180 --> 0:34:53.520 weren't last year. We'll see if they get back to 0:34:53.560 --> 0:34:58.600 their ways. Just watching Kansas City two weeks ago, you 0:34:58.620 --> 0:35:02.779 can't tell that Patrick Mahomes had a surgery. Like, he literally, 0:35:03.110 --> 0:35:05.570 he's going to start, he's coming off a Monday night game. 0:35:05.969 --> 0:35:08.070 When you see him against Denver to open the season, 0:35:08.650 --> 0:35:11.089 so it's a short week for them. But honestly, you 0:35:11.130 --> 0:35:14.050 can't project any of this stuff. You know, the Ravens 0:35:14.130 --> 0:35:16.680 might be really good, but we don't know what Lamar 0:35:16.700 --> 0:35:18.239 and Derrick Henry are going to look like with a 0:35:18.280 --> 0:35:20.060 new coach and a new system and a new coach, 0:35:20.719 --> 0:35:24.580 a new offense coordinator, offense line coach. It's all new there. 0:35:25.590 --> 0:35:29.410 Kansas City is completely rebuilding their defense. I don't know 0:35:29.489 --> 0:35:33.040 how good they're going to be early in the season. So, 0:35:33.060 --> 0:35:36.049 you know, you've got to be ready to play. But 0:35:36.550 --> 0:35:39.390 the fact is... you know, just watching last week's game 0:35:39.430 --> 0:35:44.320 against Atlanta, like nobody's playing. So, you know, I'm comfortable 0:35:44.360 --> 0:35:47.020 saying that September is the new August. And so you're 0:35:47.040 --> 0:35:48.420 going to find out what you have and what you 0:35:48.460 --> 0:35:51.020 don't have in some of those matchups you talk about 0:35:51.060 --> 0:35:53.500 to start the season and what you need to get 0:35:53.739 --> 0:35:56.509 better at, what you need to fix and, and how 0:35:56.550 --> 0:35:58.650 you better, you know, figure out ways to win games. 0:35:58.730 --> 0:36:01.090 But again, You're not going to know until you go 0:36:01.110 --> 0:36:04.670 against Baltimore on September 13th and see Kansas City on 0:36:04.710 --> 0:36:07.840 that Sunday night. You're going to be trying to figure 0:36:07.860 --> 0:36:09.259 out your team in those first couple weeks. 0:36:09.660 --> 0:36:12.080 Brian, are you amazed to see, and you mentioned it 0:36:12.140 --> 0:36:15.219 with Patrick Mahomes coming back from that knee injury. Colts, 0:36:15.239 --> 0:36:17.969 of course, have Daniel Jones recovering from the Achilles injury. 0:36:18.410 --> 0:36:22.980 In all your years after you played, just what the 0:36:23.040 --> 0:36:28.299 doctors can do now and players returning much quicker than 0:36:28.340 --> 0:36:32.440 they used to from significant injuries like ACLs or Achilles? 0:36:32.900 --> 0:36:36.279 I'm absolutely amazed. I saw Daniel Jones, like I said 0:36:36.300 --> 0:36:40.620 a couple weeks ago, talk to him. These guys attack 0:36:40.660 --> 0:36:42.950 rehab now. It's not maybe like it used to be, 0:36:43.030 --> 0:36:45.930 but it's all day, every day. 0:36:46.370 --> 0:36:48.170 But that doesn't... make. 0:36:48.030 --> 0:36:51.410 The injury feel better. Sometimes, sometimes you need it to 0:36:51.469 --> 0:36:53.750 rest a little bit, but I am amazed at seeing 0:36:53.790 --> 0:36:59.509 those two quarterbacks move around and watch them practice. And like, 0:36:59.690 --> 0:37:03.650 there's no giddy up. There's no, you know, nobody's limping. Nobody, 0:37:03.910 --> 0:37:06.350 they all look like they're as good as new. So 0:37:06.410 --> 0:37:09.350 I am amazed, completely amazed. And maybe my home's a 0:37:09.350 --> 0:37:12.230 little bit more just because that was two major knee 0:37:12.290 --> 0:37:15.029 ligaments that he had repaired. I talked to their trainers 0:37:15.110 --> 0:37:17.180 in Kansas city about it and what he did, but yeah, 0:37:17.469 --> 0:37:21.560 Both quarterbacks look ready to go. Now, are the injuries 0:37:21.600 --> 0:37:25.010 completely healed? It looks like it, but who's to really say? 0:37:25.090 --> 0:37:28.970 So I hope that they're healed and they're ready for 0:37:28.989 --> 0:37:29.730 a 17-game schedule. 0:37:32.550 --> 0:37:37.150 Brian Baldinger, who joins us, is the biggest difference in 0:37:37.450 --> 0:37:40.969 what you witnessed with Daniel Jones while he's in New 0:37:41.030 --> 0:37:45.219 York compared to just that portion of high-level football he 0:37:45.280 --> 0:37:48.680 played for Shane Steichen with the Colts before that injury 0:37:48.719 --> 0:37:52.640 last year? Is the biggest difference that of his relationship 0:37:52.860 --> 0:37:55.890 and the coaching ability, offensively speaking, of Shane Steichen here? 0:37:56.469 --> 0:37:59.230 I think it reflects well on Shane. He did similar 0:37:59.270 --> 0:38:05.469 things in Philadelphia. He's an aggressive guy. He wants to 0:38:05.650 --> 0:38:09.100 take his shots, and they did last year. They're going 0:38:09.120 --> 0:38:11.440 to be without a really good player that went on 0:38:11.460 --> 0:38:14.779 to Pittsburgh, but that's life in the NFL. Josh Downs 0:38:15.250 --> 0:38:18.190 can step up. I think Ty Warren has a chance 0:38:18.250 --> 0:38:22.250 for a really good season. But, but Shane is, he 0:38:22.290 --> 0:38:25.160 knows how to protect and he knows how to attack defenses. 0:38:25.760 --> 0:38:27.759 We saw even last week in a preseason game, I 0:38:27.780 --> 0:38:31.400 saw that kid Coleman Cohen, Owen, that's a big 40 0:38:31.400 --> 0:38:33.300 yard pass down. And like the way that they attack 0:38:33.340 --> 0:38:37.419 that defense in Atlanta. it's pretty good. That'd be tough 0:38:37.440 --> 0:38:40.700 to cover by just about anybody. And so he's going 0:38:40.719 --> 0:38:44.089 to get guys open. Can you anticipate the throw? Can 0:38:44.130 --> 0:38:47.650 you make the throw? Can you complete a pass like 0:38:47.690 --> 0:38:50.870 Riley did to Owen there for 40 yards? Can you 0:38:50.890 --> 0:38:53.569 make the play when it's there? The plays I think 0:38:53.610 --> 0:38:53.989 are going. 0:38:53.890 --> 0:38:54.310 To be there. 0:38:55.050 --> 0:38:59.500 How he got Ty Warren open, from the fullback position 0:38:59.560 --> 0:39:03.319 into the flat sometimes last year. I feel like he's 0:39:03.380 --> 0:39:05.440 a very creative play caller and designer. 0:39:05.820 --> 0:39:08.180 So you mentioned Michael Pittman Jr. 0:39:08.560 --> 0:39:12.150 Going to Pittsburgh, and with that they bring in Keenan Allen, 0:39:12.310 --> 0:39:13.969 the veteran wide receiver. 0:39:14.989 --> 0:39:18.490 As of last week, I'm curious your thoughts. 0:39:18.510 --> 0:39:21.549 He normally rolls out of bed no matter what age 0:39:21.750 --> 0:39:24.950 and produces to the level in which a team wants. 0:39:25.010 --> 0:39:26.040 Would you expect that? 0:39:26.719 --> 0:39:29.419 Him to be that firm results wise as a wide 0:39:29.460 --> 0:39:33.290 receiver in Shane Steichen's offense this season Keenan. 0:39:33.130 --> 0:39:37.040 Has always been very quarterback friendly. He's a great route runner. 0:39:37.120 --> 0:39:40.620 Not everybody is. He knows how to, I think at 0:39:40.700 --> 0:39:44.010 his age and the amount of games he's played, he's 0:39:44.050 --> 0:39:46.310 probably best suited for the slot, which is where Josh 0:39:46.350 --> 0:39:48.810 Downs is. But, you know, maybe they come up with 0:39:48.850 --> 0:39:52.250 different packages right now. And he's excellent at beating them. 0:39:53.350 --> 0:39:57.160 And that's been his specialty since he came into this league. 0:39:57.380 --> 0:39:59.779 And for that, the way that he does it with 0:39:59.820 --> 0:40:02.239 the type of routes that he runs that he's really 0:40:02.300 --> 0:40:05.950 good at, it's quarterback friendly. He's going to get separation 0:40:05.989 --> 0:40:09.390 from the defender. So I think there's a place for 0:40:09.430 --> 0:40:11.049 him in this offense. I don't know that he can 0:40:11.090 --> 0:40:13.589 do what Pitt did on the outside. I don't know 0:40:13.630 --> 0:40:16.680 that he can run like that. But at the same time, 0:40:16.700 --> 0:40:21.420 he is a guy that is a big receiver, and 0:40:21.620 --> 0:40:25.060 he does win his one-on-ones. And so there's a place 0:40:25.100 --> 0:40:26.140 for those guys in this league. 0:40:26.780 --> 0:40:30.130 You referenced, too, Brian, Alec Pierce a little bit earlier, 0:40:30.150 --> 0:40:34.150 coming back from an off-season surgery, but getting the high dollars, 0:40:34.210 --> 0:40:37.239 the extension, and a lot of money. And prior to, 0:40:37.460 --> 0:40:41.500 you know, as far as catching the football, especially getting 0:40:41.520 --> 0:40:44.180 down the field and doing that, he was really good. 0:40:44.719 --> 0:40:48.140 But now you have to become more of a well-rounded 0:40:48.570 --> 0:40:50.549 wide receiver, and you're going to be the target, the 0:40:50.610 --> 0:40:53.109 absolute target of everybody. How do you think once he 0:40:53.170 --> 0:40:56.790 gets healthy and is back playing again, he responds to 0:40:57.010 --> 0:40:59.290 all of that? And certainly more so than the money 0:40:59.330 --> 0:41:03.149 and everything else, but the newfound bullseye that he's going 0:41:03.210 --> 0:41:06.489 to have week after week with defenses trying to take 0:41:06.550 --> 0:41:07.710 something away from him. 0:41:08.450 --> 0:41:11.370 Well, I mean, he only caught 47 passes. Now, he 0:41:11.430 --> 0:41:14.770 averaged over 20 yards a catch. That got him over 1,000. 0:41:14.770 --> 0:41:19.690 He's a big play receiver. He's not a volume receiver. 0:41:19.770 --> 0:41:22.340 You're not probably going to target him 12 times like 0:41:22.360 --> 0:41:25.200 you would some other receivers in this league. You've got 0:41:25.219 --> 0:41:27.779 to make the targets count. That's what they've done with him. 0:41:27.820 --> 0:41:30.260 That's what they did with him last year. To your point, 0:41:31.380 --> 0:41:33.000 when you've got the target on your back and you 0:41:33.020 --> 0:41:35.360 get the money, you're going to get brackets. You're going 0:41:35.380 --> 0:41:37.620 to get number one corners. You're going to get a 0:41:37.640 --> 0:41:40.020 lot of attention. And we got to see how he 0:41:40.060 --> 0:41:43.609 handles it. Now, he's a guy that runs well, really well. 0:41:44.110 --> 0:41:46.030 And so we got to see how he handles that attention. 0:41:46.070 --> 0:41:49.330 Not everybody does. But he also is the guy that 0:41:49.870 --> 0:41:53.060 doesn't get targeted a lot. in a lot of games, 0:41:53.480 --> 0:41:56.040 it doesn't seem to bother him. He'll, he'll catch the 0:41:56.100 --> 0:41:58.160 one for 30 and take the top off the defense 0:41:58.560 --> 0:42:01.620 and be maybe content with two catches, but a big touchdown, 0:42:01.660 --> 0:42:05.000 a big play that flips field position, whatever. That's kind 0:42:05.040 --> 0:42:07.549 of the type of guy he's been. So I think 0:42:07.590 --> 0:42:09.270 it's still going to go to a lot of other players, 0:42:09.790 --> 0:42:12.290 but you know, when, when they need the chunks, like 0:42:12.350 --> 0:42:14.770 that's the, that's going to be the guy that we're 0:42:14.810 --> 0:42:16.890 going to go to and we'll see how he handles 0:42:16.910 --> 0:42:17.790 the attention that he gets. 0:42:19.140 --> 0:42:23.360 You referenced, too, both Jacksonville and Houston within the AFC South, Brian. 0:42:23.719 --> 0:42:28.180 And one is with Houston, the defense, which can be dominant. 0:42:28.680 --> 0:42:31.260 But now there's some questions surrounding C.J. 0:42:31.280 --> 0:42:33.800 Stroud. Your thoughts on the Texans quarterback? 0:42:33.840 --> 0:42:36.550 And then, again, are we going to see another move 0:42:36.800 --> 0:42:40.390 toward even more results with Trevor Lawrence in year number two, 0:42:40.469 --> 0:42:43.049 which seemed to work out incredibly well for him and 0:42:43.110 --> 0:42:45.149 that Jacksonville offense under Liam Cohen? 0:42:47.200 --> 0:42:49.880 Well, I mean, look, Houston is the best defense in football, 0:42:49.960 --> 0:42:52.180 and they just brought a number one pick in a 0:42:52.200 --> 0:42:56.540 defense attack, and it's pretty good. There's no answer for 0:42:57.219 --> 0:42:59.549 Will Anderson Jr. and the way he plays the game, 0:43:00.050 --> 0:43:02.930 the way that D'Amico calls the game. It's aggressive. 0:43:03.510 --> 0:43:04.390 Now, C.J. 0:43:04.650 --> 0:43:06.330 Is going to be as good as the guys around him, 0:43:06.489 --> 0:43:10.090 and that's true of most quarterbacks. They fired the offensive coordinator, 0:43:10.130 --> 0:43:12.910 offensive line coaches twice since he's been there. They got 0:43:12.950 --> 0:43:15.589 the same group now coming back this year. They let 0:43:15.910 --> 0:43:18.590 one of the best left tackles in football go, Laramie Tunsil. 0:43:19.390 --> 0:43:22.090 If you replace him with a rookie tackle, no quarterback 0:43:22.150 --> 0:43:24.779 is going to be better being replaced by a rookie 0:43:24.800 --> 0:43:28.880 tackle and letting Laramie Tunsil go. So I'm defending CJ 0:43:29.200 --> 0:43:31.580 because it's not really fair. And they ran the ball 0:43:31.739 --> 0:43:35.180 in a playoff loss to New England. They ran the 0:43:35.200 --> 0:43:38.540 ball for all of 42 yards. He's not going to 0:43:38.560 --> 0:43:40.020 be better if they can run the ball for 42 yards. 0:43:41.190 --> 0:43:43.520 So they need to get better. They need the running 0:43:43.540 --> 0:43:46.880 game to be better for CJ to be better for Jacksonville. 0:43:47.010 --> 0:43:50.270 That was quite a turnaround. And that, That coach Campanile, 0:43:50.290 --> 0:43:53.790 that coach defense, they were awful the year before. They 0:43:53.830 --> 0:43:56.049 let guys run free all over the field every week. 0:43:56.090 --> 0:43:59.009 It was embarrassing. This Campanile is a good coach, and 0:43:59.160 --> 0:44:03.680 they really fix things all the way through defensively. They 0:44:03.700 --> 0:44:06.859 lost Travis Etienne, which was a big part of their 0:44:06.900 --> 0:44:10.520 offense last year. They drafted two running backs last year, 0:44:10.560 --> 0:44:13.620 Bashaun Tootin, who they're going to ask to really step 0:44:13.680 --> 0:44:16.740 up this year. But honestly, they got better when they 0:44:16.780 --> 0:44:20.210 traded for Jacoby Myers. And, you know, they started going 0:44:20.250 --> 0:44:22.730 away from Brian Thomas. And, you know, they went to, 0:44:22.750 --> 0:44:27.049 you know, different guys like Parker Washington. And both those 0:44:27.090 --> 0:44:31.500 guys were difficult to stop. And the quarterback played the 0:44:31.540 --> 0:44:35.379 best he's ever played. I love Liam Cohen and what 0:44:35.440 --> 0:44:38.840 he has done to that team. I don't know if 0:44:38.880 --> 0:44:41.259 they're going to win 13 games, but when you can 0:44:41.280 --> 0:44:44.140 go into Denver and put up 30 on that defense 0:44:44.200 --> 0:44:46.739 last year like they did, that team was for real. 0:44:46.760 --> 0:44:51.160 All right, one final thing with Brian Baldinger with us. Again, 0:44:51.200 --> 0:44:53.989 Brian Baldinger, NFL Network. He does a variety of things, 0:44:54.010 --> 0:44:57.190 and you can see videos as well at Baldy NFL 0:44:57.210 --> 0:44:58.470 of him breaking down everything. 0:44:58.489 --> 0:44:59.130 You had video. 0:45:00.100 --> 0:45:03.880 Going back to end of the weekend of Harrison Butker 0:45:04.200 --> 0:45:09.029 hitting from 69. Obviously doesn't count because it's the preseason. 0:45:09.050 --> 0:45:10.630 I kind of want to play off my friend. 0:45:10.469 --> 0:45:13.890 Kristen Aries question about, you know, the evolution of medicine 0:45:13.989 --> 0:45:17.690 and getting players like Daniel Jones back and playing again 0:45:17.750 --> 0:45:21.390 as quickly as it has now. Is that more surprising 0:45:21.530 --> 0:45:24.460 or is it the leg strength and the accuracy of 0:45:24.500 --> 0:45:28.000 the modern day NFL place kicker in what we're seeing? 0:45:31.450 --> 0:45:33.850 Well, you know, you just had a kicker go to 0:45:33.890 --> 0:45:37.070 the Hall of Fame, and, you know, he couldn't. You 0:45:37.090 --> 0:45:40.370 would never put him out there and kick a 69-yard 0:45:40.410 --> 0:45:42.790 field goal. I mean, it's changed. You get to midfield now. 0:45:42.810 --> 0:45:45.969 There's kickers out there in Dallas, in Kansas City. You know, 0:45:46.010 --> 0:45:50.970 you could get points. It's completely changed the game. And so, 0:45:51.230 --> 0:45:52.950 you know, it used to be if it was fourth 0:45:53.010 --> 0:45:55.129 and sixth at the 50, you were trying to put 0:45:55.150 --> 0:45:58.219 the ball inside the 15-yard line. Now you're kicking off 0:45:58.300 --> 0:46:01.720 and you're getting three points. So it's changed. It's changed 0:46:02.060 --> 0:46:04.799 an awful lot. And those times with Bill Belichick, even 0:46:04.840 --> 0:46:07.500 with great kickers, never attempted. He went a year without 0:46:07.540 --> 0:46:10.549 attempting a 50-yard field goal. It was better to, you know, 0:46:10.570 --> 0:46:13.350 go play field position. Well, that's changed now. And the 0:46:13.390 --> 0:46:16.690 punters aren't much different. I was talking to McAfee just 0:46:16.710 --> 0:46:18.589 a couple of weeks ago about it. He goes, there's 0:46:18.630 --> 0:46:20.859 no such thing as out kicking your coverage, get better 0:46:20.890 --> 0:46:23.180 coverage guys, kick the damn ball as far as you 0:46:23.200 --> 0:46:26.080 can kick it. You know, that's, that was Pat's message 0:46:26.100 --> 0:46:28.860 to me. And it's, he's right. Like these guys are 0:46:28.900 --> 0:46:31.319 putting the ball in the air, 16, 70 yards right now. 0:46:31.860 --> 0:46:34.460 Like it's, it, you can flip field position, the pot game. 0:46:34.500 --> 0:46:36.950 You can get points on almost like if you get 0:46:36.969 --> 0:46:38.259 the ball at the 30 yard line, you get the 0:46:38.280 --> 0:46:41.170 ball to midfield with a buck or, you know, whatever. 0:46:41.710 --> 0:46:43.810 I mean, you come away with three points, get one 0:46:43.830 --> 0:46:44.310 first down. 0:46:47.420 --> 0:46:52.770 Hey, Brian, in closing here, how does that change coaching 0:46:52.830 --> 0:46:58.430 philosophies around the NFL with kickers and punters with that 0:46:58.489 --> 0:46:58.790 in mind? 0:47:00.050 --> 0:47:02.029 It changes a lot. I mean, just look what's going 0:47:02.090 --> 0:47:04.520 on in Denver right now. I mean, Davis Webb is 0:47:04.560 --> 0:47:06.600 calling plays, and Sean Payton is one of the great 0:47:06.660 --> 0:47:10.960 play callers. But in a playoff loss to Buffalo, he decided, 0:47:11.120 --> 0:47:13.580 with a backup quarterback, it was better to go for 0:47:13.600 --> 0:47:15.460 it on fourth and one rather than take the points, 0:47:16.020 --> 0:47:20.279 the field goal. You know, the weather came in, changed everything. Like, 0:47:20.580 --> 0:47:24.020 it changes a lot. It changes how you think about 0:47:24.120 --> 0:47:27.800 fourth downs. It changes what you think about on third 0:47:27.820 --> 0:47:30.819 down and 10 yards from the 50. And maybe you 0:47:30.860 --> 0:47:34.120 just play for the field goal or not. Or maybe 0:47:34.160 --> 0:47:35.870 you stay on the field because you don't have a 0:47:35.890 --> 0:47:38.870 guy that can do that. So it brings a lot 0:47:38.969 --> 0:47:44.330 more coaching decisions into play with what's going on right 0:47:44.370 --> 0:47:46.640 now and what these kickers can do and punchers can do. 0:47:46.660 --> 0:47:50.540 It's Brian Baldinger with us. I want people to track down, Al, 0:47:51.040 --> 0:47:54.700 you do so much in breaking down nearly everything. How 0:47:54.719 --> 0:47:56.450 can they track you down and where are we going 0:47:56.469 --> 0:47:57.109 to see you next? 0:47:58.020 --> 0:48:00.719 Well, I'm on ESPN now. I'm at ESPN, so I 0:48:00.739 --> 0:48:02.239 signed a new deal with them. So I'll be on 0:48:02.280 --> 0:48:05.000 a lot of their shows. And all these breakdowns will 0:48:05.040 --> 0:48:08.820 be front and center after every game all year long. 0:48:09.040 --> 0:48:12.410 And so you can follow me on all the social 0:48:12.430 --> 0:48:15.430 media platforms at Baldy NFL. And I'll still pop up 0:48:15.510 --> 0:48:17.250 on the NFL Network doing some things as well. 0:48:17.750 --> 0:48:20.609 Hey, we always have to end on your time here 0:48:20.670 --> 0:48:21.049 in Indy. 0:48:21.850 --> 0:48:24.149 How was that for you, looking back on that? Because 0:48:24.590 --> 0:48:28.250 we're a part of an effort right now, Hoosiers helping 0:48:28.290 --> 0:48:31.960 Hoosiers with the floods of last week. 0:48:32.239 --> 0:48:34.080 How was your time spent here in Indy back in 0:48:34.120 --> 0:48:34.319 the day? 0:48:35.590 --> 0:48:38.189 I say God bless America and Indianapolis four straight years 0:48:38.210 --> 0:48:41.240 in a row. I love playing there. I love the community. 0:48:41.610 --> 0:48:44.899 I'm a huge college basketball fan. I got to see 0:48:45.000 --> 0:48:48.000 Bobby Knight and IU were down there at Alumni Hall. 0:48:48.060 --> 0:48:50.000 I mean, I just dated a girl who was a 0:48:50.040 --> 0:48:51.180 cheerleader at Indiana. 0:48:51.440 --> 0:48:53.100 I mean, I loved... Living in. 0:48:53.080 --> 0:48:54.899 The state of Indiana, I thought, man, what a great 0:48:54.940 --> 0:48:59.439 place to raise kids, raise families. I love race month, 0:48:59.460 --> 0:49:01.980 the month of May. I can't say enough good things. 0:49:02.020 --> 0:49:04.280 I love the new airport in Indiana. I love being 0:49:04.300 --> 0:49:06.830 downtown in that city. I can't say enough good things 0:49:07.370 --> 0:49:10.410 about the state of Indiana and the city of Indianapolis. 0:49:10.750 --> 0:49:13.730 Brian Baldinger, the former Colts player. Check him out on ESPN. 0:49:13.750 --> 0:49:18.830 Just a variety of platforms, ESPN, socials, and even more. 0:49:19.150 --> 0:49:19.980 Breaking down the NFL. 0:49:20.410 --> 0:49:22.689 Before the season officially gets started on the Andy Moore 0:49:22.730 --> 0:49:25.700 Automotive Group hotline. Brian, it's been an absolute pleasure. Thank 0:49:25.719 --> 0:49:28.020 you for hopping on here today. We shall do it 0:49:28.060 --> 0:49:30.720 again once things are real during the NFL season. 0:49:31.580 --> 0:49:34.000 Let's get to that place of real football, all right? 0:49:34.080 --> 0:49:35.219 I can't get there fast enough. 0:49:38.270 --> 0:49:40.120 You got it, pal. Thank you. Okay. 0:49:40.219 --> 0:49:41.350 Yep. You bet, guys. See you, man. 0:49:41.810 --> 0:49:45.219 Brian Baldinger on the Andy Moore Automotive Group hotline right there.