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Speaker 1: here if you will on Querying Company. Brandon, how are you?

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Speaker 2: I'm doing good?

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Speaker 3: Jake Miley thought, is that's fall break here starts that weekend,

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Speaker 3: but that would be flights out of Denver, and maybe

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Speaker 3: or they want to see Paul McCartney. Maybe I'm going

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Speaker 3: to be in London because the Broncos played the Jets

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Speaker 3: the night before that that Sunday to twelfth, and I

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Speaker 3: think that concert's on the eleven the course field where

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Speaker 3: they used to have Major League Baseball, but these days

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Speaker 3: the Rockies play there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, what what is by the way before we get

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Speaker 1: the Rockies? They're terrible, right, They're the worst team in baseball.

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Speaker 3: When you never get creative with how you handle your management.

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Speaker 3: And since Dan O'Dowd got here in ninety nine, they've

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Speaker 3: had twenty six straight years.

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Speaker 3: So Dan O'Dowd was seated by one of his under

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Speaker 3: He did, then Ronado deal that also traded Ronado, and

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Speaker 3: doubt he is now the GM. A lot of people

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Speaker 3: as well other teams, you bringing someone from the outside

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Speaker 3: of other people that have worked at other teams, they

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Speaker 3: don't know how to win at altitude. I used to say, well,

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Speaker 3: you've got forty wins. You also do not know how

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Speaker 3: to win it out when I have one hundred loss

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Speaker 3: And so they're not going to be the worst team

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Speaker 3: a couple of young pieces like all major league teams

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Speaker 3: seem to have, but no, they they and they played hard.

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Speaker 2: Since the break, but they're just not very good. And

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Speaker 3: Even with them drafting that Aliday's younger son Ethan this

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Speaker 1: I think it's at you know what, I guess you're right,

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Speaker 1: right Branda Christall. By the way, our guest BK. Denver

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Speaker 2: The Denver to the regional manager.

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Speaker 1: What's that?

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Speaker 1: mean you're George Stands. Do you smell ex gratifications? That's right,

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Speaker 1: you're the assistant to the assistant manager. Okay, Brandon, let's

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Speaker 1: get to this. You know, the Colts looked really good

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Speaker 1: Brandon the defense itself. Kristaal is our guest talking about

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Speaker 1: By the way, Brandon Jalen texts in the show that says,

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Speaker 3: But yeah, it's the best bar in Talent. We actually

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Speaker 3: And it's the great place to see a game. You

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Speaker 2: Winner on the field. Now, they're not. They're not trying

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Speaker 1: They're just not trying to win, right, They're not trying

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And I don't know how you how you fix

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Speaker 1: Brandon, We appreciate the time as always man safe travels

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Speaker 1: and certainly safe travels over to London That'll be cool

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Speaker 4: Thanks to see at the game.

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Speaker 1: Someday I will be there. Yep, all right, we'll be

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Speaker 2: Thatunds great? Jake? I appreciate that. I appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Brandon Cristall, our friend out in Denver with Guerrilla Sports.

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Speaker 5: Second Down and ten.

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Speaker 1: Offensive Only continues to do.

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Speaker 2: A great time.

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Speaker 1: Down Sa Frise Toledo. That's how it sounded as Purdue

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Speaker 1: a number of Boilers will be on hand this Saturday

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Speaker 4: I'm great, I'm great. Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: How often do you see and or hear that play?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I was going to say, you know, it's it's fascinating, Seth,

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Speaker 4: think of the time like Tom Brady was before that,

439
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Speaker 4: maybe a year before, but maybe you know during the

440
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Speaker 4: Big Ten that season, probably no one. He just had,

441
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Speaker 4: you know, the discipline. He would outwork a lot of

442
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Speaker 4: people in film room and just he kind of he

443
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Speaker 4: knew how to kind of go through that progression. And

444
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Speaker 4: so I mean, future Hall of Famer quarterback. I was fortunate,

445
00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:48,040
Speaker 4: right time, right place, all Americ quarterback, you know, Hall

446
00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:52,119
Speaker 4: of Fame, you know, NFL Super Bowl winning quarterback in

447
00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,240
Speaker 4: the future. And so I was just fortunate to have

448
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Speaker 4: a really accurate STARp dude there on the rock to me.

449
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Speaker 1: Those guys you mention and by the way, I mean

450
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Speaker 1: Drew Brees, you know obviously John Standerford who was a

451
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Speaker 1: great player out of Monrovia, Vinnie Sutherland, Tim Stratton the

452
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Speaker 1: tight end, Stu Schweigert who was like a walking interception

453
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Speaker 1: ag and Adell Travis Dorsch as well. You guys are

454
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Speaker 1: all among those that will be honored this weekend at

455
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Speaker 1: Ross Aid for the twenty fifth anniversary. How excited are

456
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Speaker 1: you and how much do you talk to those guys?

457
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Speaker 4: Yeah? I mean I just text John Stanford today. We

458
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Speaker 4: were talking often. You know, you kind of stick a

459
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Speaker 4: lot of times, you stick with kind of your close

460
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Speaker 4: your close knit guys. I was really tight with the

461
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Speaker 4: receiver group, and a lot of those guys are still

462
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Speaker 4: here in Indianapolis. There's a text thread with Vinnie and

463
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Speaker 4: Stanford and at Simpson and Donald Winston. We all kind

464
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Speaker 4: of stick together from a wide out or a wide

465
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Speaker 4: receiver standpoint. But that crew was really tight. So we

466
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Speaker 4: all try to come back a couple of games the

467
00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,320
Speaker 4: season to connect and a lot of guys, you know,

468
00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:58,760
Speaker 4: a Lafayette's the way to kind of the common ground

469
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Speaker 4: to bring everyone back. So, I mean, Purdue doesn't make

470
00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,119
Speaker 4: it to the Rose bull too often, so you know,

471
00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,959
Speaker 4: we're celebrated up there. We're grateful for that, and so

472
00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,399
Speaker 4: it's fun to see those guys. But a lot of

473
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Speaker 4: the guys stay in touch in a meaningful way. And

474
00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,280
Speaker 4: that team was really special, full of a bunch of

475
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Speaker 4: leaders and guys that played in the league and are

476
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Speaker 4: doing great things outside of you know, outside of football,

477
00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:24,840
Speaker 4: you know later in their career with their families and

478
00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,480
Speaker 4: the profession. So it's just really fun to kind of

479
00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,919
Speaker 4: look back and see just how special of a group

480
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Speaker 4: that two thousand team was.

481
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Speaker 1: You know, it's weird, Seth, And I'm gonna when I

482
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Speaker 1: say this, you're probably going to exhale and be like, dude, really,

483
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Speaker 1: you're having me on to ascess. So, yeah, are you

484
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Speaker 1: familiar with Mike Prewitt, the great running back? You know

485
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Speaker 1: that were the Prewitt brothers, But Mike Prewitt was a

486
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Speaker 1: really good Purdue back in the mid seventies. Are you

487
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Speaker 1: familiar with Mike Prewett.

488
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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely familiar.

489
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Speaker 1: So Mike Prewitt would be to you what you are

490
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Speaker 1: to today's Boilermakers. And when you hear it that way,

491
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Speaker 1: that's when you think it doesn't In other words, to me,

492
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Speaker 1: it seems like three years ago, right, I mean, it

493
00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:06,159
Speaker 1: seems like three to five years ago, and it is

494
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Speaker 1: worth celebrating because it has been that long since. And

495
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Speaker 1: yet you have this group of players now that are

496
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Speaker 1: that are maybe maybe this is what is good for

497
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Speaker 1: Purdue football currently to see that example that is there

498
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Speaker 1: for them. I mean, how much do you follow today's

499
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Speaker 1: Purdue players.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean we we're pretty We're pretty tight. We've

501
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Speaker 4: had guys like Rondell Moore that came through the program,

502
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Speaker 4: had a lot of talent. He was an intern for

503
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Speaker 4: our business at the Morales Group. So I stay pretty

504
00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,440
Speaker 4: in touch, you know, whether it's coach Walters or Coach

505
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Speaker 4: Odom or whoever's the new coach. You know, we try

506
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Speaker 4: to stay in touch and go back and speak to

507
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Speaker 4: the team, and I think, you know, you know, for me,

508
00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,520
Speaker 4: it was like Bob Greasy and Lee Roy Keys. Those

509
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Speaker 4: guys are kind of the Pruett kind of the late

510
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Speaker 4: seventies or late sixties, early seventies. You know, those guys

511
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Speaker 4: were iconic. They were up in the you know raft

512
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,320
Speaker 4: you could see they're all American status, so you know,

513
00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,560
Speaker 4: we want to be like them. So I think it's

514
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Speaker 4: great trying to be intentional about getting back there and saying, hey,

515
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Speaker 4: this is possible. This is like the last ranked Big

516
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Speaker 4: Ten recruiting class and we ended up winning the Big

517
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Speaker 4: Ten championship and going to Rose Bowl, So it can

518
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Speaker 4: be done when a lot of people, you know, kind

519
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:25,000
Speaker 4: of have you. You know, they're not favoring you, or

520
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,600
Speaker 4: you're kind of that underdog, and so I mean, I

521
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,840
Speaker 4: think that's the story of the two thousand team is

522
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:35,399
Speaker 4: like gritty underdog overachievers that really made headways, you know

523
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Speaker 4: in that season.

524
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Speaker 1: Now you mentioned the Morales Group, but you're the president

525
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Speaker 1: of the Morales Group. Correct, Yes, okay, and that is

526
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Speaker 1: I was thinking real estate. But correct me if I'm

527
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Speaker 1: wrong here in terms of what it is that your

528
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Speaker 1: business does today.

529
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Speaker 4: Yeah, the bulk of what we do is we help

530
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Speaker 4: people find jobs. Weren't staffing and recruiting Okay, okay, now

531
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Speaker 4: all good. We've been doing that for twenty two years now.

532
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Speaker 4: My dad started it and I jumped into the business

533
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,520
Speaker 4: right out of college. So it's been fun growing this

534
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 4: thing and using it for good and yeah, so I've

535
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Speaker 4: been doing that for the last twenty two years.

536
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Speaker 1: Well, the reason I ask, I'm curious of this, you know,

537
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Speaker 1: I think that we think Seth Morales is our guest

538
00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,800
Speaker 1: from that two thousand per new team that's going to

539
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Speaker 1: be honored this weekend at ross Aid, with the Boilers

540
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Speaker 1: in USC with college athletics in general, Seth, we think

541
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Speaker 1: that every player on the field that we're watching, that

542
00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:30,960
Speaker 1: the barometer in the ceiling is the NFL, and that

543
00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,560
Speaker 1: college success is defined by whether or not a guy

544
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Speaker 1: goes on and plays in the NFL. And yet there

545
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Speaker 1: is so much that can be learned from just the

546
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Speaker 1: team aspect of it. What things did you learn from

547
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Speaker 1: Joe Tiller or from working with other guys on the

548
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Speaker 1: roster that you carry with you today?

549
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean with Joe Tiller, it was all about

550
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Speaker 4: just hard nos in mindset. He was a psychologist and

551
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:04,200
Speaker 4: he push to you to get really uncomfortable. With Drew Brees,

552
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:06,880
Speaker 4: it was put in the extra work when you were

553
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,159
Speaker 4: heading home to the dorms, he was putting in a

554
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:13,359
Speaker 4: couple extra hours from like ten pm on to do

555
00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:17,240
Speaker 4: extra film. And so seeing guys like that excellent at

556
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Speaker 4: their craft, it was kind of like it was masterclass

557
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,560
Speaker 4: if you were taking notes. And so you see guys

558
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:29,320
Speaker 4: like Matt Light who is just kind of the joy

559
00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,720
Speaker 4: of the locker room and jokester, but like very philanthropic,

560
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Speaker 4: and seeing just how he's posts you know, New England

561
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,160
Speaker 4: Patriots super Bowl winning team, you know, seeing how he's

562
00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,679
Speaker 4: kind of carrying himself. And so it's been fun to

563
00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:45,200
Speaker 4: like learn from those guys. Cut it up. But it

564
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Speaker 4: was I think for me it was like, you know,

565
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Speaker 4: Coach Cheney who was our offensive coordinator, he was a

566
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Speaker 4: mastermind from from an offensive standpoint. So these guys, man,

567
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,800
Speaker 4: we had so many talented coaches and players and the

568
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Speaker 4: way they brought themselves. If you just if you were

569
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Speaker 4: paying attention here antennas were up, you were going to

570
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Speaker 4: learn quite a bit.

571
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Speaker 1: At what point did you realize Drew Brees was special?

572
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Speaker 1: Is there a particular moment that you can recall where

573
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Speaker 1: you just went, yeah, okay, this is something here yeah.

574
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Speaker 4: I mean, I remember we were playing ten State into

575
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Speaker 4: the third quarter. We're in kind of the end zone

576
00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:24,320
Speaker 4: coming out. We've got a march like ninety yards and

577
00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,560
Speaker 4: he's in the he's in the buddle, and you can

578
00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 4: feel the ground shaking below you because there you got

579
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Speaker 4: this upper deck. It's a white out Penn State.

580
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Speaker 2: You know.

581
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Speaker 4: They they get all their fans there and they do

582
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Speaker 4: a great job of kind of creating a tense environment.

583
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Speaker 4: And Drew was just collective in the huddle. He was

584
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Speaker 4: really sound. He was like, Hey, we're going to march down.

585
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Speaker 4: It's just kind of this like allm assured presence that

586
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Speaker 4: you typically wouldn't see when you're down and you're in

587
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,520
Speaker 4: that type of environment. But the guy just knew how

588
00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,359
Speaker 4: to like keep it together and keep the team going

589
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,160
Speaker 4: and wasn't afraid to call guy out in the huddle either.

590
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 4: And so I think those moments early on, when I

591
00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,880
Speaker 4: was a sophomore just kind of watching. It was kind

592
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,040
Speaker 4: of midway through the season as we were getting to

593
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Speaker 4: run through our kind of month of August or October

594
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 4: when we made kind of that run. It was great

595
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,239
Speaker 4: to see him do those things, and it really kind

596
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 4: of stuck out to me that he was going to

597
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:20,720
Speaker 4: be super special.

598
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Speaker 1: Does he also stay in touch with guys?

599
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Speaker 4: Yeah, he does, man, he does. He's got a couple

600
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,320
Speaker 4: of guys that he's really tight with that you know,

601
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,440
Speaker 4: he was in the dorms with when he first started.

602
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 4: But he does a good job of kind of circling

603
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,560
Speaker 4: around and you know, a phone call, our attacks, you know,

604
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,719
Speaker 4: he gets. I mean a lot of people are you know,

605
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,919
Speaker 4: asking him for stuff, and he's got to kind of

606
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,040
Speaker 4: guard his time. But for the most part, I mean

607
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,360
Speaker 4: he's pretty accessible and I appreciate that.

608
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Speaker 1: Okay. Lastly, Seth Morales our guest purdueing USC coming up Saturday,

609
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 1: will be honoring the two thousand rows bull team, of

610
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Speaker 1: which Seth was a part of it. When you look

611
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Speaker 1: at this year's version of Purdue, I don't know how

612
00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:59,200
Speaker 1: much you still you know, keep in touch you mentioned

613
00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:02,679
Speaker 1: it earlier, or all of what they are doing, what

614
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,200
Speaker 1: jumps out of you? What are you curious to see here?

615
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,000
Speaker 1: And what truly is probably their first big test with us,

616
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:10,280
Speaker 1: which it sounds so weird to say USC in the

617
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,080
Speaker 1: Big ten, but nonetheless.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it is wild. Yeah, I think what I've seen

619
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Speaker 4: early on is not a lot of penalties. Discipline the

620
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 4: locker room has been won by coach Odum. I think

621
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Speaker 4: these guys are trying. You know, you guys got You've

622
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,720
Speaker 4: got guys like Devin Makby that are you know, talented

623
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,840
Speaker 4: and leading the charge. But you've got some guys that

624
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,399
Speaker 4: are really trying to make a name for themselves. So

625
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Speaker 4: I don't know, we'll see. I think their offenses look

626
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 4: pretty good. You know, they've been able to put some

627
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,880
Speaker 4: points on the board. They responded pretty well last week

628
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 4: as they got down in a little bit of a hole.

629
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Speaker 4: But you know, I think I think they'll they'll keep

630
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:50,080
Speaker 4: it interesting. USC is a little I don't know, I

631
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 4: would say they're They're not always the most consistent team

632
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:56,320
Speaker 4: out there. They're kind of an enigma, right yeah, yeah,

633
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 4: very very talented, always have you know, four and five

634
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 4: star players, and you know, have some pretty good coaches.

635
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 4: But I think Purdue will make it interesting. And I love,

636
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,880
Speaker 4: you know, these big games. Early on, it was like

637
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,520
Speaker 4: when Tiller came in early on to the to the

638
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,080
Speaker 4: Big Ten and we took it to Notre Dame. You know,

639
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 4: it was kind of like that that keystone moment for him,

640
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 4: that signature wind to really say hey, we're here, and

641
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:21,560
Speaker 4: so I think they'll keep it interesting. We'll see how

642
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 4: it turns out, but it's not going to be a blowout,

643
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:26,960
Speaker 4: and I think they'll show up and do their thing.

644
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 1: You know. It's I will tell you this seth being

645
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,760
Speaker 1: somebody who grew up as a diehard Indiana fan. I mean,

646
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,320
Speaker 1: I grew up in Indianapolis. I was an IU guy,

647
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,680
Speaker 1: went to IU, and then when I got out, it

648
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 1: would have been a little bit after you were playing there.

649
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:45,480
Speaker 1: But when I worked at Channel six before in Indianapolis

650
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:49,320
Speaker 1: and I Purdue was kind of my beat and I

651
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 1: had to cover Purdue football, if I say, had to

652
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 1: for a couple of years there. And I just loved

653
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Speaker 1: Joe Tiller. I mean, you know, I don't know what

654
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Speaker 1: he was like in terms of an in data day

655
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Speaker 1: coach intensity level, but in terms of just his candor

656
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Speaker 1: with the media, his accessibility, and his personality. I just

657
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Speaker 1: had such a huge amount of respect for both Gene

658
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Speaker 1: Katie and Joe Tiller. It was a pleasure to cover

659
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Speaker 1: those guys.

660
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I think they embodied Purdue. It's fulest

661
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 4: they're gritty, are working old school guys, you know, do

662
00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 4: it the blue collar way, and you know, he was

663
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 4: a guy that he wasn't going to be warm and fuzzy,

664
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Speaker 4: but he was also going to be really true to

665
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Speaker 4: his word and you were going to respect him when

666
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Speaker 4: he came in. And I feel some of that with

667
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:37,920
Speaker 4: with coach owed him, and so, you know, it's a

668
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Speaker 4: good I think it's a good recipe for Purdue football

669
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Speaker 4: getting getting that back into the state of affairs.

670
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Speaker 1: Somebody just texted me Seth, good lord, I watched that

671
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Speaker 1: clip on YouTube just now. Seth was wide open and

672
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Speaker 1: he's lucky he didn't fall down. Looked like he stumbled.

673
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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I should have. I should have fell you

674
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Speaker 4: know I was. I was just trying to catch the

675
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Speaker 4: damn ball.

676
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Speaker 1: I'm sure, right, Yeah, five minutes of your life.

677
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Speaker 4: It was up there for a while, and yeah, thankfully

678
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Speaker 4: I had a quarterback put it right in my lap,

679
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 4: and you know, you're kind of gassed. At the end

680
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 4: of two minutes, you're just kind of dead. It's hard to,

681
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 4: you know, make a play like that. So I was

682
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 4: just trying to keep my feet and glad I didn't

683
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Speaker 4: stumble and made it work.

684
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Speaker 1: It's pretty cool though, certainly enjoy it. This weekend with

685
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Speaker 1: all the guys and just soaking in what will always

686
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Speaker 1: be a great celebration in honoring that great team in

687
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,960
Speaker 1: the Rose Bowl. Seth, enjoy it, man, I appreciate the

688
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 1: time on short notice.

689
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Speaker 4: Today, absolutely, thank you.

690
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 1: Appreciate it. Seth Morales joining us from Pretty Colts are

691
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Speaker 1: hoping it'll be a beautiful day coming up Sunday, late

692
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,400
Speaker 1: start Lucas Oil Stadium. When I say late, I mean

693
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Speaker 1: not your typical one o'clock start, four o'clock hour. Colts

694
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Speaker 1: and Broncos joining us now on the always busy especially

695
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Speaker 1: today and shockingly unsponsored guest line. Matt Taylor is the

696
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,680
Speaker 1: voice of the Indianapolis Colts about how are you?

697
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Speaker 6: I'm good, Jake?

698
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Speaker 5: What's going on?

699
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Speaker 2: Uh?

700
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Speaker 1: Just set for this game? Right? I mean, you know,

701
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:07,920
Speaker 1: the weeks start to I don't know how it is

702
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:13,240
Speaker 1: for you, but with each week of the NFL season

703
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 1: and they start to just fly past. But I think

704
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 1: Monday is usually kind of a recap day and figure

705
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: out where you are from an injury standpoint day. Tuesday

706
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 1: you get confirmation on the injury, and then on Wednesday

707
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Speaker 1: I kind of start to shift towards Now, let's see

708
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Speaker 1: who's up next on the docket, and so that means,

709
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Speaker 1: you know, Thursday Friday, you're talking a lot about the opponent.

710
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 1: So let's go to Denver. Actually, before we do that,

711
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Speaker 1: let's go back to like say, Monday Tuesday from the

712
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Speaker 1: injury standpoint. Is there anybody that has popped up that

713
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 1: you think might be of question coming up this weekend

714
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Speaker 1: that we did not anticipate being the case.

715
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Speaker 5: No, I don't think so.

716
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Speaker 6: I mean, if you want to go back to Monday

717
00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 6: and Tuesday, we find out about Tarvarius Ward and the

718
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 6: concussion protocol Jalen Jones. It sounds like it's going to

719
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,680
Speaker 6: miss some time, so you would think he's not going

720
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Speaker 6: to be able to go on Sunday. So that means

721
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Speaker 6: the cornerback depth is being tested. It's been pushed pretty

722
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Speaker 6: good right now early on in the season. You know,

723
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Speaker 6: a guy like Makai Blackman, who was traded for at

724
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 6: the end of the preseason's been here roughly two plus weeks.

725
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 6: It's like he's going to probably start, or at least

726
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:23,160
Speaker 6: at the very minimum, see a huge role within this defense.

727
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,720
Speaker 6: So you know that's a storyline, you know, going into

728
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Speaker 6: this game when you've got guys like.

729
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Speaker 5: Courtland Sutton and Marvin Mentze. You're trying to shut down.

730
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Speaker 6: Liotu Latsu is the name to keep an eye on

731
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Speaker 6: on the injury report today. That'll come out probably in

732
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Speaker 6: like the next hour and a half, two hours. You know,

733
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Speaker 6: he popped up on the injury report yesterday.

734
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Speaker 5: So I mean that's a big one.

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Speaker 6: When you got you know, one of your defensive ends

736
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Speaker 6: that you're relying on to kind of break out this

737
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 6: year and a sophomore efforts, you know, that's really really important.

738
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Speaker 6: So you know, those are the big ones, and you know,

739
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Speaker 6: knock on wood.

740
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Speaker 5: The Colts are still experiencing against it right now.

741
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Speaker 6: A pretty clean uh bill health early on the season,

742
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Speaker 6: which most teams are to be fair. But you know,

743
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Speaker 6: as you know, as you were just alluded to there

744
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,880
Speaker 6: in the open, you know, it's a marathon and everything

745
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 6: starts to kind of blend together, and you know the

746
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,200
Speaker 6: season is going to start to take its toll and

747
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,440
Speaker 6: you're gonna see more and more important bodies on the

748
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Speaker 6: injury report show up for the Colts.

749
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Speaker 1: You know, Matt, one thing that I was thinking about

750
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Speaker 1: and I'm going to take the quarterback answer out of

751
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:25,680
Speaker 1: this because it's it goes without saying. I mean, we've

752
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,239
Speaker 1: talked about that competition, you know, since day one. But

753
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Speaker 1: if you look at marquee players for the Colts, or

754
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Speaker 1: really any starter for the Colts, which player for the

755
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:42,880
Speaker 1: Colts would you say has the closest in terms of

756
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Speaker 1: the backup the least amount of drop off when you

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Speaker 1: go from And I mean that as a respect to

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Speaker 1: the backup, not as a drop off from the starter.

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Speaker 1: Do you get what I'm saying? So, which position are

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Speaker 1: they the safest where you say, yeah, I mean, look,

761
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Speaker 1: you obviously what your starter, but let's not sleep on

762
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Speaker 1: this guy is going to have to step in because

763
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Speaker 1: they got a lot of they got a guy right

764
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Speaker 1: there where there's not a huge drop off. That answer

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Speaker 1: that position would be where.

766
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Speaker 5: Great question?

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Speaker 6: I think right now, just hearing you say that, I

768
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Speaker 6: would probably say wide receiver, just because you know you've

769
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Speaker 6: got five of them up on game day and you

770
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Speaker 6: know your your two rotational guys that aren't quote unquote

771
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Speaker 6: starters at least not you know, and when you go

772
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Speaker 6: three wide receiver set, you know, to begin a game,

773
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Speaker 6: guys like ad Mitchell and Ashton Doulan, like I don't

774
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Speaker 6: think there is any drop off very minimal when when

775
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Speaker 6: let's say, if Pierce were to get banged up, or

776
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Speaker 6: Josh Downs were to get banged up, or Michael Pittman Junior,

777
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Speaker 6: I mean ad Mitchell, I think is an emerging player.

778
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,319
Speaker 6: I mean Ashton Dulan just fled up delivers every time

779
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Speaker 6: he's his numbers called, whether it's on special teams or

780
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 6: kick return or you know, a slot receiver, you know,

781
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:02,160
Speaker 6: running an indurund like he did last week almost scoring

782
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Speaker 6: a touchdown against the Dolphins. So that's my answer is

783
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 6: you've got two really good depth pieces. Don't forget about

784
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Speaker 6: Anthony Gould too, So I guess I got to correct myself.

785
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Speaker 5: He had six wide receivers.

786
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Speaker 6: All up the other day against the Dolphins, So I

787
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:20,440
Speaker 6: think that's probably your you know, outside a cornerback on defense,

788
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 6: which I still think is pretty pretty good when everybody's healthy,

789
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,799
Speaker 6: but it's not as of right now. But when everybody's healthy,

790
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,759
Speaker 6: at the wide receiver spot, the Colts have a lot

791
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Speaker 6: of options. A lot of the guys that flat out

792
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 6: aren't gonna play a lot, and they're really good football players,

793
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 6: kind of in the wings.

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Speaker 1: You know, Matt, So you've worked in that, I'm going

795
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:41,880
Speaker 1: to give you an introduction to another queryism. Okay, and

796
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:46,200
Speaker 1: I've had a lot of success with these. So you've

797
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,960
Speaker 1: worked in this building, Matt. You know Scott Johnston, right.

798
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Speaker 5: I love Scotty Okay, he's his producer.

799
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,239
Speaker 1: So yeah, that's right. So yeah, and you work with

800
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 1: him on the Colts Radio side. So Scotty Johnston, for

801
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:02,080
Speaker 1: those that have not heard me say this before, Scotty

802
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 1: Johnston is the guy that every single company needs. And

803
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 1: I call it the copier guy. And the reason I

804
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:10,319
Speaker 1: call it the copier guy is not because they're the

805
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:15,239
Speaker 1: Rob Schneider character from SNL, but because everybody has that

806
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:18,280
Speaker 1: situation where you walk past the copier and somebody's standing

807
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,239
Speaker 1: there dumbfounded, and you're like, what's going on? Like, I

808
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:21,960
Speaker 1: don't know this thing. It's not working. I just need

809
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:24,359
Speaker 1: to print them out. It's not working. And so then

810
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:27,160
Speaker 1: you say to yourself, well, call Scotty. He'll know how

811
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 1: to fix it. Because Scotty can do everything. He has

812
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,759
Speaker 1: the answer to everything. He knows where everybody's breing. All

813
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,920
Speaker 1: that is Ashton Dulan, the Scotty Johnston copier guy of

814
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:36,440
Speaker 1: the Colts.

815
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Speaker 6: Ashton doing is the guy that like, you're in a

816
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,760
Speaker 6: world of hurt if he's not, Like if he shows

817
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,239
Speaker 6: up sick one day and it's like, oh cry, Like

818
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Speaker 6: we don't even.

819
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Speaker 5: Know all the things Ashton doing.

820
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Speaker 1: That's exactly correct, right, he can do it. Can you

821
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Speaker 1: feel like seven roles? Right?

822
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 6: Yeah, he just does them and nobody even knows that

823
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 6: he's doing him right, And you know, it's essential business.

824
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Speaker 6: I mean that's exactly you know who's Scott Johnson and

825
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 6: is And you know, I think we all like to

826
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Speaker 6: think we have a little Scott Johnston in us. You know,

827
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Speaker 6: we're hard to replace. We got some institution institutional knowledge

828
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,200
Speaker 6: about us, right, But I think that's that's absolutely Ashton

829
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 6: Doling man jack of all trades. He's juggling a lot

830
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,800
Speaker 6: of balls. He's essential in a lot of different things.

831
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Speaker 3: Uh.

832
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 6: He has to go home at night every night and

833
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:22,160
Speaker 6: watch like three different versions of game tape because of

834
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:22,920
Speaker 6: all that he's.

835
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Speaker 5: Asked to do in his versatility. So, I mean he's

836
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Speaker 5: one of.

837
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Speaker 6: My favorite Colts. I mean, think about it. He's lasted

838
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:31,120
Speaker 6: with the Colts for seven years. He signed multiple contract

839
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,760
Speaker 6: extensions in free agency. Uh, you know, went to Malone

840
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 6: University that that's not even a real place anymore in

841
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:38,240
Speaker 6: terms of football.

842
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:39,960
Speaker 5: They don't have played football there anymore.

843
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:43,920
Speaker 6: So you know, the average lifespan of an NFL players

844
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:47,240
Speaker 6: three years. Uh, and it's even less for undrafted guys.

845
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Speaker 6: And he's just kept, you know, sticking around, made himself necessary.

846
00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:53,400
Speaker 6: And uh, he's just a great story and just.

847
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,360
Speaker 5: An even better guy. He's on his favorite culture of

848
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Speaker 5: all time.

849
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Speaker 1: I'm assuming that you would have to know this because

850
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 1: of your job, Matt. So if you know the answer

851
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 1: to this, I want you to confess up front. I

852
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,560
Speaker 1: know the answer, because then it's not as fun. Can

853
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,560
Speaker 1: you tell me the town or the athletic nickname of

854
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,360
Speaker 1: Malone University?

855
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 5: I can tell you the town, I can't tell you

856
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 5: the nickname.

857
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,680
Speaker 1: Okay, we're gonna guess the nickname. First off, give me

858
00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 1: the town.

859
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 5: Well, I better be right.

860
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 6: I'm ninety percent sure it's in Canton, Ohio.

861
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,879
Speaker 1: Okay, I think that is right. Actually, Okay, so I'm

862
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 1: gonna say, Eddie, I'll let you guess first. Malone is

863
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 1: what what do you mean? Okay? Thanks Matt? Matt. If Matt,

864
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 1: how about yourself? Malone is? What? What's your guess? On

865
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:40,160
Speaker 1: the athletic nickname.

866
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 7: I actually know this answer because they're Division two school.

867
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Mustangs. Matt, what's your guess.

868
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:49,320
Speaker 6: I'll just say I'll just stick with the generic wild Cats.

869
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:53,839
Speaker 1: Okay, Eddie, you ready for the answer. I am the Pioneers.

870
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 1: Oh really, okay, the Pioneers. Well, I guess he was

871
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,120
Speaker 1: a pioneer in terms of Malone players in the NFL

872
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:00,759
Speaker 1: because they shut down the program, right.

873
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,360
Speaker 6: I think the only reason I knew that is because

874
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,320
Speaker 6: I think when he was first picked up by the Colts,

875
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:09,160
Speaker 6: I thought through osmosis. I heard that he used to

876
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 6: play his home games at the Hall of Fame Stadium,

877
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:13,320
Speaker 6: So that's how I was able to put.

878
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,680
Speaker 1: Thatch his quarterback, by the way, Charles Ingles Wilder interestingly

879
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:21,720
Speaker 1: not by the way, so Matt Taylor is our guest.

880
00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:25,839
Speaker 1: Matt this particular game. I'm curious of this when you

881
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,120
Speaker 1: look at what Daniel Jones was able to do in

882
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:30,879
Speaker 1: Week one, and he was obviously impressive, and I think

883
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 1: Tyler Warren is a big part of that. But I

884
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 1: think Shane Stiken should get more credit for the way

885
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:41,240
Speaker 1: he called that game to facilitate the strengths of Daniel

886
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:44,440
Speaker 1: Jones and not illuminate any weaknesses there. I thought he

887
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 1: called a very Daniel Jones centric game. Did Shane Stiken?

888
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:52,880
Speaker 1: Would they have done things schematically different if Richardson was

889
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:53,560
Speaker 1: the quarterback?

890
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 5: May like, you know, it's a great question.

891
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:01,840
Speaker 6: I mean maybe outside of a couple of design runs

892
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:02,880
Speaker 6: by the quarterback, I.

893
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:04,320
Speaker 5: Don't think so.

894
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 6: I mean, you had all the different components in the

895
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:12,759
Speaker 6: offense with Jones last week that you saw when Richardson

896
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:15,719
Speaker 6: was kind of humming last year towards the end of

897
00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:17,799
Speaker 6: the season or the middle part of the season, when

898
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:21,359
Speaker 6: after he came back from the two game benching. You know,

899
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 6: you had you had the RPO game. You had pushing

900
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:26,280
Speaker 6: the ball down the field.

901
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:28,360
Speaker 5: You know, you had the deep shot to Pierce.

902
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,960
Speaker 6: You had kind of the pump faking go and the

903
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,759
Speaker 6: great ball on the sideline to Pittman on the touchdown.

904
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,799
Speaker 6: You had you know, sort of the audible at the

905
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,319
Speaker 6: line of scrimmage and motion out Josh downs on a

906
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 6: fourth and two. I mean, this is you know, I

907
00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 6: think we talked about this maybe last week or the

908
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:49,439
Speaker 6: week before. I mean, aesthetically, it's pretty much the same

909
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 6: offense for either quarterback, and I think that was a

910
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 6: big reason why, or one of the biggest reasons why

911
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,359
Speaker 6: they targeted Daniel Jones is so that they can make

912
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,760
Speaker 6: it easier on the rest of the offense no matter

913
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:04,719
Speaker 6: who the quarterback is, because esthetically it's pretty much the same.

914
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 6: The quarterbacks have similar skill sets because Daniel Jones, as

915
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,440
Speaker 6: we saw in the first game, really mobile, can get

916
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 6: out of the pocket. So I think the only difference

917
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 6: is is that you just you're not going to see

918
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:18,799
Speaker 6: and maybe heck, well we might even see it this week.

919
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 6: We don't know, but you know, towards the end of

920
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:23,640
Speaker 6: last year, you were seeing you know, four or five

921
00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:26,840
Speaker 6: design runs by Richardson. Maybe not so much with Daniel Jones,

922
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 6: but everything else in terms of the playbook, you know,

923
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:36,000
Speaker 6: was designed for a mobile, athletic quarterback, and both those

924
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:38,319
Speaker 6: guys kind of fit that. Bill and I thought it

925
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:40,040
Speaker 6: was important for the Colts to do that for the

926
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:42,319
Speaker 6: rest of the offense, so they didn't have to, you know,

927
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:44,360
Speaker 6: do a drastic one to eighty like they've done in

928
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:49,279
Speaker 6: years past, going from Richardson to Flacco or to Nick

929
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:53,160
Speaker 6: Foles or you know, Matt Ryan or so Gardner, Minshew

930
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:57,760
Speaker 6: that's a drastically different game plan, different style of offense,

931
00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:00,040
Speaker 6: and that's a tough swing for the rest of the

932
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,759
Speaker 6: skill players on offense to deal with. So I think

933
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:05,360
Speaker 6: that's a big reason why Daniel Jones is here, and

934
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,480
Speaker 6: you know, through one game they really executed the big

935
00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:10,280
Speaker 6: picture game plan pretty falllessly.

936
00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 7: Matt last week I was talking with Kevin Bonen. I

937
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,080
Speaker 7: was like, you know what I was thinking about this

938
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:17,600
Speaker 7: going into week one, Like the three things that we

939
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,200
Speaker 7: didn't really talk about during training camp. Number one, we

940
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:22,839
Speaker 7: just talked about him and asked doing being back being healthy.

941
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:25,399
Speaker 7: Number two, Josh Downs was healthy going into week number

942
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:28,879
Speaker 7: one last week against Miami. And number three he got

943
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,880
Speaker 7: overshadowed by just what Ady Mitchell and Alex Pearce were

944
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 7: doing in training camp, and that's Michael Pittman Junior. I

945
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:37,840
Speaker 7: feel like nobody was really talking about Michael Pittman Junior

946
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:41,000
Speaker 7: being healthy in the first week. Last Sunday against Miami,

947
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:43,719
Speaker 7: six catches on eight targets, eighty yards and a touchdown.

948
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,319
Speaker 7: Is get back to that twenty twenty three version that

949
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:48,840
Speaker 7: we saw from Michael Pittman Junior within this Colts offense.

950
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:52,480
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, any to your point, great, great observation.

951
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:55,279
Speaker 6: You know, I don't want to make any excuses for

952
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:56,440
Speaker 6: Michael Pittman Junior.

953
00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:59,239
Speaker 5: I know that he won't make any excuses either.

954
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:02,560
Speaker 6: But I mean last year he got it through a

955
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:04,839
Speaker 6: ton of pain. And it was early on the season too.

956
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:06,840
Speaker 6: I think it was like week three or four. You know,

957
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:09,440
Speaker 6: that report flared up like he's gonna go on IR,

958
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:11,600
Speaker 6: he's done for the season, He's going to have to

959
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:14,200
Speaker 6: have back surgery. I mean, not only did he not

960
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 6: have back surgery, he never went on IR and I

961
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:18,880
Speaker 6: think the rest of the season from that point on

962
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:22,799
Speaker 6: he only missed one game, but he had to go

963
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:25,600
Speaker 6: through a lot of different stuff just to get ready

964
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 6: for Sundays.

965
00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 5: I mean, he didn't.

966
00:44:27,719 --> 00:44:30,799
Speaker 6: Practice a whole lot during the season last year. You know,

967
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:32,960
Speaker 6: had to receive a lot of treatment, went through a

968
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,640
Speaker 6: lot of rehab, you know, just to get himself in

969
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:38,680
Speaker 6: a position to play. And so you know, I think

970
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:41,719
Speaker 6: all of that kind of reflected in his performance. Again,

971
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:44,000
Speaker 6: not making an excuse for him, but I mean he

972
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:45,680
Speaker 6: had sixty nine catches last.

973
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:48,600
Speaker 5: Year, just a little bit over eight hundred yards. That's

974
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:49,600
Speaker 5: a you.

975
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:54,440
Speaker 6: Know, historically a down productive Michael Pittman Junior type of

976
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:57,600
Speaker 6: a season and to see him go out there and

977
00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:01,720
Speaker 6: ball and get eighty yards receiving a touchdown. To your point, Eddie,

978
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 6: you know, last week was a great Michael Pittman junior game.

979
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:09,239
Speaker 6: Stat line wise, he only did what he did on

980
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:13,040
Speaker 6: Sunday last season one time, right, I mean only one

981
00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:15,239
Speaker 6: time in twenty twenty four did he have at least

982
00:45:15,239 --> 00:45:18,080
Speaker 6: eighty receiving yards in a touchdown. So to see him

983
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:19,839
Speaker 6: do that right out of the gate, and he's back,

984
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:22,320
Speaker 6: he's healthy, he is not dealing with that back thing anymore.

985
00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:24,840
Speaker 6: He's got that behind him. I mean he's going to

986
00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:27,960
Speaker 6: kind of step in back into that you know, true

987
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:31,799
Speaker 6: highly targeted go to receiver for the Colts, you know,

988
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:34,239
Speaker 6: their number one guy to make a play in crunch time.

989
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:37,200
Speaker 6: It was really good to see Michael Pittman Junior kind

990
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:40,160
Speaker 6: of emerge back into that role and play healthy and

991
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:42,799
Speaker 6: then have stability at the quarterback position around him.

992
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:45,880
Speaker 1: You know, Matt, when you look at week one, Matt Taylor,

993
00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:48,359
Speaker 1: our guest voice of the Colts, Colts and Broncos coming

994
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:50,799
Speaker 1: up on Sunday, When you look at week one, and

995
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:52,440
Speaker 1: that was such a dominating I mean, it's been a

996
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:56,279
Speaker 1: while since we've seen the Colts have a game where

997
00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:58,439
Speaker 1: they just from the very start. I mean, that game

998
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:01,560
Speaker 1: was never in question, and that's a kudos to the Colts.

999
00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:03,760
Speaker 1: That also may tell us a little bit about Miami.

1000
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:07,799
Speaker 1: But was there any area at all coming away from

1001
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 1: that game? We've talked so much about the positives for Indianapolis,

1002
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 1: what about those areas that might have been a forecast

1003
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:15,400
Speaker 1: of concern?

1004
00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 4: Yeah?

1005
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:19,360
Speaker 6: No, to your point, I mean, you got to you know,

1006
00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:21,719
Speaker 6: you got to get out the microscope to find the negatives.

1007
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:24,440
Speaker 6: But I mean it was it was pretty close to

1008
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:28,680
Speaker 6: perfect as you can play in the NFL by modern standards.

1009
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:30,600
Speaker 6: You know, you win by twenty five points. That was

1010
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:32,560
Speaker 6: the largest margin of victory for the Colts in the

1011
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:34,640
Speaker 6: game since twenty twenty one.

1012
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:37,520
Speaker 5: So it's been a long time since they just kicked

1013
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 5: the holy you know what out of somebody.

1014
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:42,279
Speaker 6: And it was really refreshing to see. But you know,

1015
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:44,319
Speaker 6: there was still some things you got to clean up, right.

1016
00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:47,400
Speaker 6: There was some leakage on some kickoff returns. You know,

1017
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:49,359
Speaker 6: I think of the first kickoff return of the game a.

1018
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:50,280
Speaker 5: Thirty eight yarder.

1019
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:53,480
Speaker 6: So some good field positioned by the Dolphins in that case.

1020
00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:56,920
Speaker 6: And then the biggest one for me is just and

1021
00:46:57,560 --> 00:46:59,399
Speaker 6: I don't want to sound like a broken record, because

1022
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:01,399
Speaker 6: we've been talking about this for the last three years

1023
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:03,640
Speaker 6: and it's really hard to do. It's easier to say

1024
00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:06,160
Speaker 6: than it is to do, because every team in the

1025
00:47:06,239 --> 00:47:07,840
Speaker 6: NFL is dealing with it.

1026
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:09,920
Speaker 5: It's like bullpen in Major League Baseball.

1027
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:12,399
Speaker 6: Everybody needs it, but there's not a lot of it,

1028
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:17,080
Speaker 6: and it's defensive tackle depth and the culture spoiled because

1029
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:19,160
Speaker 6: they have two of the best ones in the NFL

1030
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:22,719
Speaker 6: still going and Grover Stewart into Forrest Buckner. But the

1031
00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:27,160
Speaker 6: problem is, the reality is those guys can't play every down.

1032
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:30,799
Speaker 6: They can't go sixty sixty five plays throughout the course

1033
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:32,920
Speaker 6: of a game. They got to get their rest. You know,

1034
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:35,120
Speaker 6: they get nicked up here and there. You know, you're

1035
00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:37,880
Speaker 6: putting in different packages to rush the passer and things

1036
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:39,960
Speaker 6: like that, but you know, when those guys are out

1037
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:42,680
Speaker 6: of the lineup, there's still a little bit of just

1038
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:46,839
Speaker 6: noticeable difference and being able to stop the run. They're

1039
00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:49,400
Speaker 6: a little bit vulnerable still in the middle of that

1040
00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:52,279
Speaker 6: defense against the run. And then I just think big

1041
00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:55,040
Speaker 6: picture wise too, you look at what Miami did on

1042
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:59,520
Speaker 6: offense last week, which wasn't a lot because they got

1043
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:02,040
Speaker 6: down early on the scoreboard, they had to throw the ball.

1044
00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:04,480
Speaker 6: They didn't run the ball all that much. You know,

1045
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:06,640
Speaker 6: they ran the ball for only seventy two yards for

1046
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:09,880
Speaker 6: the game, but if you look at their number of attempts,

1047
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:13,279
Speaker 6: they were still over six yards per attempt, So you

1048
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:16,759
Speaker 6: know that that's a little bit you know, eye eyebrow raising.

1049
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:19,160
Speaker 6: It's a little bit alarming, even if it was a

1050
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:20,960
Speaker 6: blowout type of the game. They got to get that

1051
00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:23,520
Speaker 6: fixed because that'll come back to bite you when you

1052
00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:25,200
Speaker 6: are in a dog fight of a team. When you

1053
00:48:25,239 --> 00:48:27,440
Speaker 6: do have, you know, an offense it's got a good

1054
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:29,719
Speaker 6: offensive line and a good running back, they can kind

1055
00:48:29,719 --> 00:48:33,120
Speaker 6: of slash and find those vision you know, one cut runs.

1056
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:35,759
Speaker 6: That's something they got to get cleaned up. But again,

1057
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:39,520
Speaker 6: it's it's tough to find, you know, top end, backup,

1058
00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:41,280
Speaker 6: defensive tackle depth because.

1059
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:43,200
Speaker 5: Every team in the NFL searching for those guys.

1060
00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:47,160
Speaker 1: Matt as Vino Scott Johnston wears a different sports jersey

1061
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,719
Speaker 1: of a different athlete three hundred and sixty five days

1062
00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:51,600
Speaker 1: a year. He has never won the same one twice,

1063
00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:53,560
Speaker 1: but if I see him wearing one of Ashton Dulan,

1064
00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:57,040
Speaker 1: I'm gonna freak out because my worlds have collided, said

1065
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 1: Matt Taylor, Voice of the Colts. You can hear them

1066
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:02,680
Speaker 1: on Sunday. Matt, we appreciate it as always. Man, have

1067
00:49:02,719 --> 00:49:03,200
Speaker 1: a good call.

1068
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:04,960
Speaker 5: I appreciate you guys.

1069
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:07,200
Speaker 1: Thank you, Matt Taylor joining us on the program.