1
00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,440
Speaker 1: Colts Steelers. Here we are Week nine of the NFL season.

2
00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,519
Speaker 1: We are back another edition of Colts Corner with myself,

3
00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:10,640
Speaker 1: Kevin Bowen and Eddie Garrison is across the way. A

4
00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:14,200
Speaker 1: road favorite in Pittsburgh is not something the Indianapolis Colts

5
00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,520
Speaker 1: have uttered much in there whatever forty some years of

6
00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:20,280
Speaker 1: playing football, but that's where they're at heading into Sunday,

7
00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,720
Speaker 1: three point favorite. So we'll break down where Pittsburgh's at

8
00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:29,600
Speaker 1: right now. Very really a lot of defensive questions and

9
00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,440
Speaker 1: not a team that I see the record of four

10
00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:34,920
Speaker 1: and three and I'm like, I don't really know where

11
00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,040
Speaker 1: they're four and three or better I guess than whatever

12
00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:39,960
Speaker 1: half the league. So a lot to get to on

13
00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:41,120
Speaker 1: today's pod.

14
00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,520
Speaker 2: Mister Garrison, good afternoon, Good afternoon, mister Bowen.

15
00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:50,240
Speaker 1: I've got nothing to add.

16
00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,519
Speaker 2: Really, does it make you feel old when you get

17
00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:54,360
Speaker 2: called mister like that?

18
00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:56,720
Speaker 1: I don't know, I just kind of yeah.

19
00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,040
Speaker 2: I'm not a big mister Garrison guy either.

20
00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,120
Speaker 1: Occasionally I don't think my well, I guess occasionally get

21
00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:03,960
Speaker 1: called mister Bowen from Kevin.

22
00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,240
Speaker 2: You know the last name the Colts won in Pittsburgh.

23
00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,480
Speaker 1: Two thousand and eight. Dominic Rhodes right, big play late

24
00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:09,040
Speaker 1: in that game.

25
00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:09,399
Speaker 2: Yep.

26
00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, I remember a huge favorite, not a huge favorite,

27
00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,399
Speaker 1: but I remember a favorite in twenty fourteen, and I

28
00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:19,720
Speaker 1: remember Antonio Brown humping the goalpost. That's what I remember.

29
00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,920
Speaker 1: I think Colts gave up fifty I want to say

30
00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,480
Speaker 1: in that game. Obviously a really good Colts team that

31
00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:29,880
Speaker 1: twenty fourteen season, and yeah, I just remember Antonio Brown

32
00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:31,840
Speaker 1: doing that. But yeah, I mean it's always one of

33
00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,680
Speaker 1: my favorite environments. And you know, again, we'll get more

34
00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,760
Speaker 1: to Pittsburgh here in a few minutes, but you know,

35
00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,280
Speaker 1: you watch Sunday Night Football and Jordan Love's got twenty

36
00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,320
Speaker 1: straight completions and I think there are one hundred and

37
00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,600
Speaker 1: fifty some pass attempts in a row without an interception.

38
00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,960
Speaker 1: I mean, their their defense is really really struggling. I

39
00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,720
Speaker 1: do think there are some components of them that you know,

40
00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,040
Speaker 1: I again, I know, I guess I'm speaking out of

41
00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,160
Speaker 1: both sides my mouth, but you know, there is the

42
00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,720
Speaker 1: potential to certainly win. But you know, Shane Sikens really

43
00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,920
Speaker 1: scored a lot against Mike Tomblin in his career, so

44
00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,560
Speaker 1: that's probably a little bit of tease of where all

45
00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,480
Speaker 1: go on my pick here. But nonetheless, let's get into

46
00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:11,760
Speaker 1: the bond.

47
00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,560
Speaker 2: I was about to say, as we do every Wednesday, keV.

48
00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,280
Speaker 2: We start with the news items of the week. Then

49
00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,320
Speaker 2: we'll get into the Pittsburgh Steelers, the opponent this week

50
00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:18,600
Speaker 2: for the Colts, and then round it out which we

51
00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:22,320
Speaker 2: are questions, and then our prediction for Sunday's game. Let's start.

52
00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,359
Speaker 2: We touched on this briefly on Monday's pod, the MVP Debate,

53
00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,480
Speaker 2: and there is a sportsbook out there, Kevin, and since

54
00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,880
Speaker 2: our pod on Monday, there has been a shift in

55
00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:32,480
Speaker 2: the odds. I don't know if you've seen this or not,

56
00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:34,960
Speaker 2: but if you have, I'm still going to illuminate on

57
00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,440
Speaker 2: what this shift is. So our audience is also aware

58
00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,640
Speaker 2: because there may not be you know, big gamblers out

59
00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,800
Speaker 2: there like myself. Patrick Mahomes is the favorite. Josh Allen

60
00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:47,000
Speaker 2: number two, Drake May third best odds, Matthew Stafford, Jordan

61
00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,680
Speaker 2: Love tied for fourth best. And then it is not

62
00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:54,000
Speaker 2: Daniel Jones Jonathan Taylor. After your rant on Monday, Kevin,

63
00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,000
Speaker 2: he has surged up the charts. He is right behind

64
00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,640
Speaker 2: Jordan Love for six best odds to win MVP. Daniel

65
00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:06,600
Speaker 2: Jones is tied for eighth with Jalen Hurts and Baker Mayfield.

66
00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:11,640
Speaker 1: You know, I forget if we bless me. I forget

67
00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,560
Speaker 1: if we went over this on Monday. But we had

68
00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,160
Speaker 1: a listener reach out and they wanted to change the acronym,

69
00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,200
Speaker 1: and I'm all aboard it. No more MVP. How about

70
00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,760
Speaker 1: MOP post outstanding Player? Don't we do that in the

71
00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:24,239
Speaker 1: final four?

72
00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:25,520
Speaker 2: Yeah?

73
00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:27,880
Speaker 1: Most outstanding player in our region? We also, I think

74
00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,920
Speaker 1: doing the NCAA tournament by all means I love that,

75
00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,760
Speaker 1: you know, I think back to Jonathan Taylor in twenty

76
00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,800
Speaker 1: twenty one. Eddie led the league in rushing by more

77
00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:41,000
Speaker 1: than five hundred yards. I think Nick Chubb I believe

78
00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:46,640
Speaker 1: a second that season, and of the fifty votes for

79
00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,760
Speaker 1: MVP that year, Jonathan Taylor got as many as you.

80
00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,120
Speaker 1: And if you think back to that season as well, so.

81
00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:55,480
Speaker 2: Are you saying that you got to vote and that's

82
00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,280
Speaker 2: why you're not in the same category, then.

83
00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,320
Speaker 1: No goose eggs around brother? Okay, that same year, Cooper

84
00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,080
Speaker 1: Cup Triple Crown. You know how many Triple Crown Award

85
00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:07,560
Speaker 1: winners we've had in the last thirty years. Cooper Cup

86
00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,560
Speaker 1: leader catches yards touchdowns? Are you including Jamar Chase from

87
00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,880
Speaker 1: last year? Including Cooper cup Sure? How many we've had three?

88
00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:20,760
Speaker 1: Three and thirty plus years? Okay, Cooper cup Oon vote

89
00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,960
Speaker 1: for MVP? How many Jamar Chase Kate last year?

90
00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:24,960
Speaker 2: I don't think you got any?

91
00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:27,320
Speaker 1: Zero? How many does Steve Smith get back in whatever

92
00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:33,320
Speaker 1: that year was? Zero? Zero? It's just it's a quarterback award.

93
00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:37,840
Speaker 1: So I'll continue to rant and rave and again. If

94
00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,000
Speaker 1: I'm applying this to the Colts, who is the most valuable?

95
00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,200
Speaker 2: I don't just rename it to the BQA best quarterback.

96
00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:48,920
Speaker 1: I like it Colts, Donald Taylor, excuse me, Daniel Jones

97
00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,520
Speaker 1: in terms of value, but the best player it's Taylor.

98
00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,560
Speaker 1: So he's gonna need the marquee moments. You know, at Arrowhead,

99
00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,200
Speaker 1: you know things like I mean at Pittsburgh if you

100
00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,840
Speaker 1: look at the national window. I know people in our

101
00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,640
Speaker 1: audience might not care about it because they live within

102
00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,120
Speaker 1: you know, X amount of miles of Indianapolis. But I

103
00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,200
Speaker 1: know we have Colts fans from around the country. The

104
00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,920
Speaker 1: cults are actually a massive viewing map for this weekend.

105
00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:14,800
Speaker 2: Global. We're global, Kevin this podcast.

106
00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,119
Speaker 1: We are global. I know the CBS coverage map doesn't

107
00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,919
Speaker 1: expand everybody across the seas, but for those here in

108
00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,360
Speaker 1: the United States, it's a big old map for Colts

109
00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:26,320
Speaker 1: and Steelers getting that one o'clock window on Sunday. So yeah,

110
00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,279
Speaker 1: I think Sunday could matter a little bit more. But yeah,

111
00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,159
Speaker 1: I just want to sneak that. In terms of where

112
00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,920
Speaker 1: I'm at with Jonathan Taylor right now and Daniel Jones and.

113
00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,480
Speaker 2: The MVP chatter, you know, it's fascinating because I'm the

114
00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,680
Speaker 2: other way. I think the MVPs Dalel Jones.

115
00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,520
Speaker 1: Right. Yeah, yes, didn't I say that.

116
00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,000
Speaker 2: I thought you said Jonathan Taylor.

117
00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,000
Speaker 1: No, no, no, if you changed the word to most

118
00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,000
Speaker 1: outstanding player, oh no, no, no, value is still a quarterback. Yeah.

119
00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,800
Speaker 1: Value is always a quarterback. That's how that position works. Yeah,

120
00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:58,360
Speaker 1: I agree, But best player, most outstanding player. To me,

121
00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:02,160
Speaker 1: that's Taylor, And I get some people like dude, it's

122
00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,800
Speaker 1: semantics who cares well yes and no. To me, it's

123
00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,599
Speaker 1: a little different. That's why you know, the Heisman just

124
00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,640
Speaker 1: is different. It just sounds different. And that's why I

125
00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,280
Speaker 1: loved last year that Travis Hunter and Nashon genty for

126
00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,640
Speaker 1: one two in that voting, and we finally broke away

127
00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,960
Speaker 1: from you know, not giving it to.

128
00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,680
Speaker 2: A quarterback topic number two on the news items of

129
00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:26,000
Speaker 2: the week. Could lead to maybe a third pod next week,

130
00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,480
Speaker 2: but I highly doubt it. The trade deadline, of course, Tuesday,

131
00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,159
Speaker 2: four o'clock Eastern. As of now, we'll have the normal

132
00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,480
Speaker 2: Monday pod in the pod on Wednesday around you know,

133
00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,720
Speaker 2: four o'clock, five o'clock, whenever we can get it out

134
00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:41,640
Speaker 2: to you and whenever you can listen, quite frankly, but

135
00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,160
Speaker 2: trade deadline is looming. Obviously. The Pittsburgh Steelers make a

136
00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,480
Speaker 2: trade yesterday. They trade a seventh ro out pick for

137
00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,200
Speaker 2: Kyle Dugger. I don't know if Dugger will suit up

138
00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:53,200
Speaker 2: this weekend for Pittsburgh or not. But as you kind

139
00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,159
Speaker 2: of look at things, keV based off the reporting from

140
00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,719
Speaker 2: like Ian Rappaport, Mike Garafolo, Adam Schefter, you name the

141
00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,440
Speaker 2: insiders that have that kind of information, it seems like

142
00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,719
Speaker 2: wide receiver in cornerback are two of the biggest markets

143
00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:09,920
Speaker 2: of teams that are trying to find things. So could

144
00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,200
Speaker 2: that lead to Chris Ballard not going the route of

145
00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:17,200
Speaker 2: cornerback just because the value of these players that could

146
00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,440
Speaker 2: be available won't match what you're going to give up,

147
00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:24,120
Speaker 2: thus him focusing more on edge rusher because the number

148
00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,320
Speaker 2: of teams looking for a potential pass rusher could be

149
00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:28,560
Speaker 2: slim in comparison to cornerback.

150
00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, that would be just fine with me. I did

151
00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,640
Speaker 1: think the Colts have legit interest in adding a defender.

152
00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,000
Speaker 1: And I think, you know, the two areas that you

153
00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,040
Speaker 1: just cover their corner and pass rusher are the two areas.

154
00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,160
Speaker 1: Now again, how does all that come together by Tuesday

155
00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,760
Speaker 1: at four o'clock means to be seen? You know, typically

156
00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,920
Speaker 1: in the NFL, Addie, if you don't see a notable

157
00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,920
Speaker 1: roster move on a Monday or Tuesday, that probably puts

158
00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,040
Speaker 1: everything on the back burner until next week, just of

159
00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,200
Speaker 1: how the practice schedule works and things like that. And

160
00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:56,680
Speaker 1: I don't believe the Colts. I think we touched on

161
00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,480
Speaker 1: this Monday. I don't think they're going to Berlin until

162
00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,280
Speaker 1: after Thursday's practice, So you would still plenty of time

163
00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,760
Speaker 1: next week to get it done early in the week,

164
00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,960
Speaker 1: and you know, still travel overseas with the team. You know,

165
00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,080
Speaker 1: I continue to be a little bit more team pass rush,

166
00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,160
Speaker 1: you know. I thought J T twoim all Allow, for example,

167
00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:18,760
Speaker 1: had a really nice quarterback hit of camboard on Sunday,

168
00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:20,440
Speaker 1: but that was it. You know, he actually had a

169
00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,560
Speaker 1: goose egg in the stat sheet besides that in thirty

170
00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:24,880
Speaker 1: five snaps. So you know, for those out there that

171
00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,200
Speaker 1: might we're looking and saying, okay, let's hold out some

172
00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:30,440
Speaker 1: hope here. You know, corner I think has more of

173
00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,640
Speaker 1: that potential. We'll see if Jalen Jones plays this week.

174
00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,640
Speaker 1: He was practicing again today, some light rain at colds practice,

175
00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,400
Speaker 1: which probably a good preparation for I want to say

176
00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,439
Speaker 1: they're outdoors five to the next six weeks or five

177
00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,800
Speaker 1: to the next six games. So Jalen Jones the second

178
00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,280
Speaker 1: straight week, obviously, Travarious Ward, you think at some point

179
00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:51,560
Speaker 1: as well, I don't see that at defensive end. Again,

180
00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,520
Speaker 1: it's right now, from a passing yard standpoint, it's the

181
00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,080
Speaker 1: worst five game span of any team in the NFL

182
00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,280
Speaker 1: this season. I get there's a little bit of fourth

183
00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:04,240
Speaker 1: quarter inflation to do with that, but you know, I

184
00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:06,280
Speaker 1: think one thing too to remind people, and I think

185
00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:08,559
Speaker 1: for the most part people know this, but you know,

186
00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:12,319
Speaker 1: if you look at recent Super Bowl winners, Eddie, they

187
00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,079
Speaker 1: get after the quarterback, and they typically after the quarterback

188
00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:19,240
Speaker 1: at a very high level last year. Philly is I

189
00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,640
Speaker 1: think the only one that hadn't ranked in the top

190
00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,480
Speaker 1: ten in sacks for past the temp over the last

191
00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:26,840
Speaker 1: handful of years, and then Philly wents the playoffs rolled around,

192
00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,200
Speaker 1: they turned into that unit. We obviously all witnessed what

193
00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:34,080
Speaker 1: happened in the Super Bowl there. I don't I don't

194
00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:38,160
Speaker 1: think the Colts are capable of doing that right now.

195
00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,160
Speaker 1: So you know, are you all of a sudden gonna

196
00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:41,720
Speaker 1: flip a switch and do it? But you know, again,

197
00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,240
Speaker 1: go back to the Super Bowl. I don't consider two

198
00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:46,680
Speaker 1: thousand and six. I don't consider the move for Booger McFarlane,

199
00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:50,640
Speaker 1: you know, Miles Garrett or Max Crosby or Trey Hendrickson.

200
00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,000
Speaker 1: But I considered it an infusion of an area that

201
00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:58,120
Speaker 1: needed some improvement, and it worked. It was a key,

202
00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,440
Speaker 1: key ingredient in the Colts winning that Super Bowl. If

203
00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:02,960
Speaker 1: you look at Quitty Pays season, you know, he had

204
00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:04,839
Speaker 1: that nice game against Arizona, but for the most part

205
00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,560
Speaker 1: it's kind of been back to his normal self. So

206
00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:09,920
Speaker 1: you know, I've been pretty bullish on this for the

207
00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,160
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks now, and I continue to kind

208
00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:14,840
Speaker 1: of be that way when it comes to the pastors,

209
00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,200
Speaker 1: they still continue to work out a ton of dns,

210
00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,520
Speaker 1: a ton of corners, both in the veteran market. So

211
00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,840
Speaker 1: you know, even there's been some interest there. And you know,

212
00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:25,400
Speaker 1: something that Lou and a Room was said earlier this

213
00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:29,560
Speaker 1: week Eddie that I think was encouraging for Colts fans

214
00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,680
Speaker 1: to hear, and maybe it was just confirmation was he

215
00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,600
Speaker 1: got asked very specifically about Ben but Ben but don't

216
00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:40,880
Speaker 1: break and that phrase, and Lou made it very clear,

217
00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,120
Speaker 1: and I think it's fair to say, unlike his predecessor,

218
00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,400
Speaker 1: he is not content with Ben but don't break. I

219
00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:52,000
Speaker 1: think Gus Bradley expressed more contentment with that, more accepting

220
00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,400
Speaker 1: of it, whereas Lou he you know, and again given

221
00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,160
Speaker 1: their situation right now, there probably is going to be

222
00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,439
Speaker 1: a little bit more Ben but don't Break. He does

223
00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,839
Speaker 1: not want that, you know, seven of ten drives for

224
00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,560
Speaker 1: Tennessee entering Indie territory. That's not what he wants. They

225
00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:08,839
Speaker 1: want to be an attacking, aggressive mindset and I think

226
00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:10,640
Speaker 1: that's a big reason why you've able You've been able

227
00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:16,680
Speaker 1: to overcome some of the yardage issues there. So we'll see,

228
00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:18,800
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens, you know, coming up Monday, Tuesday.

229
00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,600
Speaker 1: You know, how much action is there around the league?

230
00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,360
Speaker 1: What do we see? We saw Rams and Titans, right,

231
00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:28,199
Speaker 1: Roger McCurry, you know, heading out to the Rams. I

232
00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:32,160
Speaker 1: mean that's kind of the ideal deadline move, sell team

233
00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:34,960
Speaker 1: by team, cross conference. I go back to Week four

234
00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,400
Speaker 1: Colts and Rams. They had cornerback issues then, so all

235
00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,920
Speaker 1: that kind of kind of makes sense here. The patriot

236
00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,280
Speaker 1: trades that we saw are you know, Kyle Duggart of

237
00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,680
Speaker 1: the Steelers. We'll see if Michael Pittman Junior fights him

238
00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:49,079
Speaker 1: like they got into a few years ago on Sunday.

239
00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:54,480
Speaker 1: But you know, again, new defensive system, new coaching staff

240
00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,599
Speaker 1: in New England. Hey, this guy's not really playing the

241
00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,960
Speaker 1: same role for us, you know. But you know, those

242
00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,240
Speaker 1: are some of the deals that you see this time

243
00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:01,640
Speaker 1: of year.

244
00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:06,959
Speaker 2: So yeah, I want to ask you this. We may

245
00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,160
Speaker 2: have talked about this on a previous spot. I can't remember,

246
00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,560
Speaker 2: but it's something that I've talked about with Jake, Like,

247
00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,640
Speaker 2: if you're making this move, if you're Chris Ballard, how

248
00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:20,679
Speaker 2: much of the contract are you valuing into this? Are

249
00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:23,080
Speaker 2: you looking for a guy that's you know, on the

250
00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:28,320
Speaker 2: last year of his rookie deal, like Julian Phillips with Miami,

251
00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,520
Speaker 2: Are you looking at a guy that you know has

252
00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,000
Speaker 2: a year or two left underneath or left on the

253
00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:37,400
Speaker 2: contract just because it's a fascinating thing. I think you

254
00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:41,080
Speaker 2: have to you know, way here because of we've already

255
00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:42,960
Speaker 2: talked about a countless times keV, but the number of

256
00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:44,520
Speaker 2: guys that you have that are free agents that you

257
00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:47,200
Speaker 2: have to try to retain after this season, especially with

258
00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,320
Speaker 2: the price tag that's going to be Daniel Jones, You've

259
00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,720
Speaker 2: got a you know, penny pinches in certain areas, and

260
00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:54,240
Speaker 2: so if you're trying to make this move to try

261
00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,280
Speaker 2: to show up your roster because you feel like you

262
00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,360
Speaker 2: have a chance to compete this season, then I would

263
00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:00,959
Speaker 2: lean towards you, you know, just trying to get a guy

264
00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,560
Speaker 2: that's like quote unquote rental for the rest of this year. Yeah.

265
00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,560
Speaker 1: I think all of this very fair points to bring up.

266
00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,280
Speaker 1: You know, there's a level of pickiness that I think

267
00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,120
Speaker 1: is difficult when you're trying to execute a mid season trade.

268
00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,200
Speaker 1: Of Yeah, an ideal world, it would fit your financial

269
00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:20,760
Speaker 1: puzzle perfectly, but that just doesn't I think exist that

270
00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:24,160
Speaker 1: often in the middle of a season here and again,

271
00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:26,160
Speaker 1: finances and maybe we'll get more of this in the

272
00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,280
Speaker 1: bye week. We had a couple bigger picture questions by

273
00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,000
Speaker 1: the way, I think we'll stay for the bye week podcast,

274
00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:32,560
Speaker 1: but a few others that will sneak in there coming

275
00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,880
Speaker 1: up here in a bit. But yes, things are about

276
00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,160
Speaker 1: to get more complicated. And you know, that's a great

277
00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,320
Speaker 1: problem to have. That means that you've had some levels

278
00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,520
Speaker 1: of success, You've had some levels of success at positions

279
00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:48,920
Speaker 1: that matter, you know, like those sorts of things. So yeah,

280
00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:53,400
Speaker 1: I think those are all aspects that you have to

281
00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,440
Speaker 1: think about because you know, financially of Let's just go

282
00:13:56,440 --> 00:14:00,640
Speaker 1: down the list. Daniel Jones, duh okay, Alec Pierce, Okay,

283
00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,640
Speaker 1: what does that look like? Michael Pittman Jr. Is he

284
00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:05,559
Speaker 1: coming to you want a new one? If Jonathan Taylor

285
00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,160
Speaker 1: has this season that he's having right now, he's gonna

286
00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:09,719
Speaker 1: want some juice on that.

287
00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:10,959
Speaker 2: Quent Nelson, we don't.

288
00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,319
Speaker 1: We don't have Jonathan Taylor's agent operates h Quent Nelson.

289
00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,080
Speaker 1: You know, is Braden Smith still around? Is he back

290
00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,760
Speaker 1: as he retired? You know what Cross the Cross? Are

291
00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:21,600
Speaker 1: you paying him? And can buying them? Both big money.

292
00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,680
Speaker 1: You know, all of these things are very relevant, and

293
00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:25,920
Speaker 1: I think one thing to keep in mind. I know

294
00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,240
Speaker 1: he mentioned this on Monday, but by no means, don't

295
00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,680
Speaker 1: want to act like the Colts are an old team.

296
00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:35,480
Speaker 1: But when you talk about twenty nine, thirty thirty one,

297
00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:41,080
Speaker 1: thirty two year olds, you're talking Rover Stewart, the Forrest Buckner,

298
00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:48,280
Speaker 1: Ziar Franklin, Kenny Moore, Saveria's Ward Braden Smith. You know,

299
00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:52,200
Speaker 1: some of these guys are getting quent. Nelson I think

300
00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,440
Speaker 1: falls into that group. Are you know, they're just getting

301
00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:56,320
Speaker 1: up there a little bit. By no means are they

302
00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,080
Speaker 1: walking down the eighteenth Fairway, but they're just getting up

303
00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,840
Speaker 1: there a little bit. So that's also something to keep

304
00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:03,880
Speaker 1: in mind and why I think some urgency should be there.

305
00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,320
Speaker 2: Uh this was in August, Kevin. Surprisingly enough, the culture

306
00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:09,800
Speaker 2: the third youngest team in the NFL on average.

307
00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,480
Speaker 1: Really m yeah, So again I don't think they're old.

308
00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:16,560
Speaker 1: Imy Pittsburgh I think is a lot older Frankly, but

309
00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:18,640
Speaker 1: you do have some guys, some like notable, you know,

310
00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:20,480
Speaker 1: and a lot of this just kind of you know,

311
00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:22,480
Speaker 1: like all of a sudden, the Broncos are going to

312
00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:24,800
Speaker 1: become older when Mercedes Lewis gets on their fifty three

313
00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,080
Speaker 1: men roster, like if you have an old kicker, that

314
00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:31,360
Speaker 1: can impact some things, you know when when Venetaria was around.

315
00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:34,200
Speaker 1: But you know those seven names I just mentioned, I

316
00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,040
Speaker 1: mean those are seven of your what your top I

317
00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,280
Speaker 1: don't know, fifteen players in your team, twenty players in

318
00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,560
Speaker 1: your team, so you know, by no means is this

319
00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:43,520
Speaker 1: you know whatever? I'm trying to think of a young

320
00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,200
Speaker 1: team right now. That's you know, having a bit of

321
00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,080
Speaker 1: a surprise year. I guess I don't know if New

322
00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,800
Speaker 1: England wuld necessarily qualifies that, but maybe they would.

323
00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:53,200
Speaker 2: I would throw New England to that makes yeah, just

324
00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:56,240
Speaker 2: because you know first year Mike Rabel, it's you're number

325
00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:58,560
Speaker 2: two with Drake May and you know a lot of

326
00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,560
Speaker 2: people anticipate they would even better, but not, I mean

327
00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,360
Speaker 2: didn't anticipate that they would have the second best record. Sure,

328
00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,040
Speaker 2: and then in the AFC.

329
00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:06,960
Speaker 1: Sure.

330
00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:10,120
Speaker 2: Let us shift now to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Everyone knows

331
00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,120
Speaker 2: who their quarterback is?

332
00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:12,840
Speaker 1: Can we go over Caltinder report before we get to

333
00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,160
Speaker 1: the Steelers here? Yes, again, we'll await it usually comes

334
00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,400
Speaker 1: out during this pod. But guys, that did not appear

335
00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,880
Speaker 1: to be practicing rest days. It looks like for Kenny

336
00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,360
Speaker 1: Moore and Braden Smith, I think we're kind of used

337
00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,520
Speaker 1: to that on Wednesdays. Still, no Taekwon, Lewis and Sampson

338
00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,880
Speaker 1: Ebcom We'll see, in probably Lewis's case, if he can

339
00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,600
Speaker 1: get back tomorrow, would two days be enough for him?

340
00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,040
Speaker 1: Ebacoma was always thought week to week, which in my

341
00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:37,680
Speaker 1: lingo means multiple weeks. Maybe a new part returner for

342
00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,800
Speaker 1: the first time this season. Josh Downs has done it before,

343
00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:42,960
Speaker 1: did it last year, and a mirror Abdullah has also

344
00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,360
Speaker 1: done it last year. I think it was the Raiders

345
00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:51,400
Speaker 1: a little bit there, So Ashton Anthony I don't remember him, do,

346
00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:55,240
Speaker 1: I mean obviously kick returner. So if Anthony Gould, who

347
00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,240
Speaker 1: got hurt late in that winter of the Titans, if

348
00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,000
Speaker 1: he can't go, my guests would be Downs. But Abdulah

349
00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,400
Speaker 1: has done it and clearly they trust him on special

350
00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:03,479
Speaker 1: teams right now.

351
00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,960
Speaker 2: And you probably don't want Josh Downs playing on special

352
00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:08,960
Speaker 2: teams to take any potential extra hits, right I.

353
00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,600
Speaker 1: Mean, Downs did it last year when Gould got pseudo benched,

354
00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:18,080
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, honestly, just ball secure Yeah, sure,

355
00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,840
Speaker 1: I I hear what you're saying, but you know, it

356
00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:22,800
Speaker 1: seems like punk returns are so few and far between

357
00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:26,560
Speaker 1: even this year. Certainly condolences to Matt Gonzalvez and his family,

358
00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,040
Speaker 1: so he put out there on Instagram that his father

359
00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,720
Speaker 1: had passed, and you know, they appear to be extremely close,

360
00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:37,639
Speaker 1: and he was not at practice today, so I assume

361
00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,520
Speaker 1: you'll see that as a personal matter. On the injury report,

362
00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:43,959
Speaker 1: we've talked about the Colts offensive line, how durable that

363
00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:48,000
Speaker 1: group has been, and how together that group has been

364
00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,480
Speaker 1: this season. The Rams game, the only game missed. Gonzalveez

365
00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,600
Speaker 1: was the one that missed that game with a toe injury.

366
00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:55,760
Speaker 1: It was kind of interesting listening to, you know, some

367
00:17:55,800 --> 00:18:00,760
Speaker 1: of the offensive line chatter today, and you know, Bradsmith mentioning, how,

368
00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:04,480
Speaker 1: you know, feels like it's closest that group has been here,

369
00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,480
Speaker 1: that group has been since he has gotten here, and

370
00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,320
Speaker 1: you know, when asked to explain, he kind of mentioned, hey,

371
00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,480
Speaker 1: you know, sometimes whatever ego can get in the way,

372
00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:17,520
Speaker 1: you can have one bad apple. Things like that. It

373
00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,120
Speaker 1: was very enlightening from bradon Smith and describing that offensive

374
00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,639
Speaker 1: line group, who I think deserves a lot of credit

375
00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:24,280
Speaker 1: for how they've played this season.

376
00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:27,280
Speaker 2: That's really interesting considering who's not here anymore.

377
00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean Ryan Kelly and Will Fries would be

378
00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,560
Speaker 1: the two that obviously left that f last season. You know,

379
00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,520
Speaker 1: they've had the same position coach now and Tony Sprown

380
00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,520
Speaker 1: and junior for several years. Offensive staff wise, they've been

381
00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:40,960
Speaker 1: very similar. So yeah, Brandon Smith was definitely opened up

382
00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,520
Speaker 1: on a variety of things and obviously his own journey

383
00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:46,280
Speaker 1: to get back to playing this season. He mentioned actually

384
00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:47,960
Speaker 1: Sunday before the game he had a bit of a

385
00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,960
Speaker 1: you know, I hope I'm phrasing it correctly here, but

386
00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:54,240
Speaker 1: a bit of a you know, OCD type of episode moment,

387
00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:58,240
Speaker 1: and feels like now he knows the proper ways to

388
00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:01,399
Speaker 1: try and handle the situations when they do arise, and

389
00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,600
Speaker 1: said he practiced those and was able to handle it,

390
00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:05,679
Speaker 1: and once the game started he said he wasn't even

391
00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:09,159
Speaker 1: thinking about it really at all. The two names that

392
00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,080
Speaker 1: I guess I didn't expect see on the injury report,

393
00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:15,160
Speaker 1: just to keep an eye on. We'll see about Grover Stewart. Stewart, Yeah,

394
00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:16,480
Speaker 1: I know there are some reports he was in a

395
00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:20,600
Speaker 1: boot earlier this week. You know, he typically is a

396
00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:22,880
Speaker 1: Thursday off day guy if I have my days right,

397
00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,359
Speaker 1: So I don't know something just to keep an eye.

398
00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,679
Speaker 1: And then Nick Cross and we talk about the safety

399
00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:31,680
Speaker 1: play this season, him and Cameron buying him have Wait,

400
00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,960
Speaker 1: I don't even think they've missed a snap comes the game.

401
00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:38,760
Speaker 1: So a little bit of a lengthier injury report than

402
00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:41,359
Speaker 1: we're used to the Colts. That would be my expectation

403
00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:42,760
Speaker 1: when it comes out later today.

404
00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:46,240
Speaker 2: Before Kevin rudely interrupted me, and he's gonna get raisins

405
00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,880
Speaker 2: or I mean whoppers or something in your in your

406
00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:54,600
Speaker 2: basket or a warhead. Oh you're not a warhead, gang wad. Okay,

407
00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,560
Speaker 2: well I'm not giving you warheads. I'm giving you something

408
00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,959
Speaker 2: that you would not like if you enjoys. Yeah, Almonds,

409
00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,520
Speaker 2: that's a good one. That's a great one. Tousy rolls

410
00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:04,560
Speaker 2: another one.

411
00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,720
Speaker 1: Obviously. Honestly, now that I see him, I just think

412
00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:11,960
Speaker 1: that my kids poop somewhere around the house the jumbo size.

413
00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, let's dive into the Pittsburgh Steelers. Obviously,

414
00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:17,359
Speaker 2: we know their quarterback is Aaron Rodgers. Their top running

415
00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,919
Speaker 2: back is Jalen Warren. The guy that they use to

416
00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,720
Speaker 2: kind of spell him. Kenneth Gainville had a nice game

417
00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:27,440
Speaker 2: overseas against Minnesota when Jalen Warren was out prior to

418
00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:31,600
Speaker 2: their Byewake. Their top receiver DK Metcalf, their top tight

419
00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,760
Speaker 2: end Pat Fryarmouth. Other names to monitor in the receiving room.

420
00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,639
Speaker 2: Roman Wilson has started to come on lately for the

421
00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:44,280
Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Steelers. Calvin Austin the third is another one. John

422
00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,760
Speaker 2: new Smith is a guy that obviously has been tied

423
00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,399
Speaker 2: with Arthur Smith throughout the entire pretty much coaching career

424
00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,399
Speaker 2: for Arthur Smith, starting in Tennessee, then Atlanta. He was

425
00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,640
Speaker 2: with Miami, Arthur Smith wasn't, but Johnny Smith was Now

426
00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,600
Speaker 2: with Pittsburgh. Jar Now Washington is the guy they like

427
00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,760
Speaker 2: to target in the red zone because he's, as the

428
00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:08,880
Speaker 2: kids say, six to seven, three hundred pounds, and so

429
00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,479
Speaker 2: they just toss it up to him in the red

430
00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,600
Speaker 2: zone just because he can, you know, box out like

431
00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,840
Speaker 2: you're going up for a rebound if you're a sinner.

432
00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:21,520
Speaker 2: As a team, Pittsburgh offensively, they rank twenty fifth in

433
00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:25,680
Speaker 2: yards per game, sixteenth yards per play, twenty fifth, rush

434
00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,920
Speaker 2: yards a game twenty second, and rush yards per play,

435
00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:35,320
Speaker 2: nineteenth pass yards a game, fifteenth yards per pass completion,

436
00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:38,640
Speaker 2: and then yeah, eleventh and sacks.

437
00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:40,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, when you rattle off some of those stats, Eddie,

438
00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:45,520
Speaker 1: they really are not like top ten or even top

439
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,960
Speaker 1: half in many things. Red zone, they're really good both

440
00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,960
Speaker 1: sides of the ball and turnovers. They've been pretty good

441
00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,840
Speaker 1: from a ratio standpoint, but that's really it. They have

442
00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,439
Speaker 1: struggled in many areas and for those that haven't been

443
00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:02,280
Speaker 1: paying attention their defense, it is firestorm in Pittsburgh right now.

444
00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,680
Speaker 1: My Tomlin is fielding questions on if he's going to

445
00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:08,520
Speaker 1: take over play calling duties again. Shane Stiken has had

446
00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,960
Speaker 1: his way scoring wise with Tara Austin their DC and

447
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,880
Speaker 1: Chainstiken over the last three years. I think I saw

448
00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:18,320
Speaker 1: a stat where Pittsburgh has allowed thirty or more points

449
00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:21,560
Speaker 1: in four of their first seven games. That is correct, Yep,

450
00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,320
Speaker 1: that has happened only one other time in my lifetime.

451
00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,440
Speaker 1: And for those that don't know, my age thirty six

452
00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:33,040
Speaker 1: and I've already had a hair transplant. Nice to meet you.

453
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:34,000
Speaker 1: I'm Kevin Boone.

454
00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:35,359
Speaker 2: Hellok, Kevin.

455
00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:39,399
Speaker 1: You know Eddie, I told you earlier, I said it

456
00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:41,479
Speaker 1: on the podcast, Like you know you watch Sunday Night football.

457
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:42,720
Speaker 1: I watched a good amount of it. I mean, Jordan

458
00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,440
Speaker 1: Love twenty straight completions and you got to go back

459
00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,360
Speaker 1: to their game in Dublin. When wins throw a pick,

460
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,720
Speaker 1: I think it's one hundred and fifty six straight passes

461
00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:53,200
Speaker 1: without an iront so I saw Dane Orrolofski mentioned earlier

462
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,760
Speaker 1: this week. I often watched a Steelers tape and write

463
00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,000
Speaker 1: down the note I have no idea what they're doing. Yep,

464
00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:01,560
Speaker 1: So there you go. H that's the reality where they're

465
00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,639
Speaker 1: at in the wild. Thing is like you look at

466
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,480
Speaker 1: every level of their defense and you're like, oh wait,

467
00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,959
Speaker 1: what that guy's there? Like, I mean there are some

468
00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,440
Speaker 1: recognizable names.

469
00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:12,720
Speaker 2: Obviously Cam Heyward in the middle, but I just start

470
00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,000
Speaker 2: to think he's starting to get up there and he's

471
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,560
Speaker 2: starting to slow down a little bit too.

472
00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,000
Speaker 1: Corners are a little older with Sleigh and Ramsey. I

473
00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:24,000
Speaker 1: don't think WAT has been truly watt this year.

474
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,960
Speaker 2: I mean because of Alex Heigtsmith. He's Alex Highsmith miss side.

475
00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,040
Speaker 2: Yeah he's not there. He's not there right now because

476
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:31,840
Speaker 2: he's hurt. So all the attention now has been on

477
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,159
Speaker 2: t back but correct me if I'm wrong on that.

478
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,680
Speaker 1: I haven't seen today's injury report, but you know, that's

479
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,800
Speaker 1: always been an interesting element of this matchup because you know,

480
00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,840
Speaker 1: for the most part, Watt is the opposite Braden Smith.

481
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,879
Speaker 1: So you know, certainly Max Crosby a couple weeks ago,

482
00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:47,359
Speaker 1: the culture outstands, and that's where I get into. Okay,

483
00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:48,879
Speaker 1: there are a lot of areas where I look at

484
00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,360
Speaker 1: this Pittsburgh team and it's surprising their four and three,

485
00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,600
Speaker 1: but a couple of areas that I think just offer

486
00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,680
Speaker 1: the yellow flag. I probably was unfair with Aaron Rodgers

487
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,159
Speaker 1: last you're based off that Jets game. I thought he

488
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,159
Speaker 1: looked old, old as hell. I've watched it for a

489
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,040
Speaker 1: couple times this season. I don't see that. I don't

490
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,680
Speaker 1: see like crippling Aaron Olds. Now obviously I don't see

491
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,480
Speaker 1: MVP Aaron Rodgers, but I don't see crippling Aaron Rodgers.

492
00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,120
Speaker 1: I didn't think Jalen Warren is a nice back.

493
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:16,600
Speaker 2: I do too, and.

494
00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,520
Speaker 1: Can impact the game in multiple ways. And their tight ends,

495
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,560
Speaker 1: as Eddie laid out there, they do have some and

496
00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:29,399
Speaker 1: plural tight ends, so those are right, and then you

497
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,080
Speaker 1: know with Metcalf, to me, this scream to Travaio's ward

498
00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,120
Speaker 1: shadow game. He's not here and he won't be here

499
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 1: for Drake London and all like that next week. So

500
00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,000
Speaker 1: you know, when you think about that, how do you

501
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,520
Speaker 1: handle that? You know, again, does Jalen Jones get back?

502
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,320
Speaker 1: What's his role if he's back? All of those questions

503
00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 1: that you would have. And then defensively, two things. One again,

504
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:52,960
Speaker 1: don't let their edge guys wreck the game, don't get

505
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,359
Speaker 1: in the obvious, and let Wat get going because we

506
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,520
Speaker 1: know he can do that, especially in that in that stadium.

507
00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, high Smith is back. I didn't realize he had

508
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,119
Speaker 2: been back 't two weeks. It just shows how ineffective

509
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:03,200
Speaker 2: he's been since coming back.

510
00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:05,600
Speaker 1: Right, But they lost to Sean Elliott on Sunday night,

511
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,879
Speaker 1: and he is I don't know what the ideal comp is.

512
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,800
Speaker 1: I guess maybe a Cam Biningham type comp. He is

513
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,320
Speaker 1: kind of their guy in the back end of their defense.

514
00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:15,480
Speaker 1: Gets everybody in the same page.

515
00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,320
Speaker 2: The quarterback of their defense secondary.

516
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,240
Speaker 1: Game acts in this season, and their stats with and

517
00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:23,040
Speaker 1: without him are very different in the negative light when

518
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,320
Speaker 1: he doesn't play well. Now he is out out. So

519
00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,800
Speaker 1: there's a couple more things to throw in there on

520
00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:32,360
Speaker 1: the on the Steelers.

521
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,560
Speaker 2: You ready for shorter questions, Let's have a handful of

522
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,560
Speaker 2: him to get to the mail bag was pretty well,

523
00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,359
Speaker 2: we can't call it a mail bag. Did you used

524
00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,119
Speaker 2: to call it mailbag back in the early days of

525
00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:42,960
Speaker 2: the pot night.

526
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,919
Speaker 1: Of Yeah, that's probably lazy, but I maybe, Yeah, that

527
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:46,160
Speaker 1: sounds like something I would have done.

528
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,959
Speaker 2: Starting with Josh, after watching Daniel Daniel Jones play at

529
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,679
Speaker 2: such a high level through the first half of the season,

530
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:57,399
Speaker 2: Josh can't imagine the quarterback completion between him and Anthony

531
00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,800
Speaker 2: Richardson was ever or competition was ever?

532
00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:00,520
Speaker 1: The close?

533
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,880
Speaker 2: How early in camp do you think Sheen steike knew

534
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,840
Speaker 2: he was going with Daniel Jones. Loved the pod, Thanks,

535
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,280
Speaker 2: Josh and Kevin. I want to add another element to this,

536
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,200
Speaker 2: was Daniel Jones the guy from the get go, from

537
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,960
Speaker 2: the moment they signed him.

538
00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:19,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, Josh, it's a good question. Yeah, I don't know

539
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,960
Speaker 1: from the moment they signed him. I mean I think

540
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,400
Speaker 1: there were some whispers behind the scenes of like, hey,

541
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:28,119
Speaker 1: this is gonna be very real and we really like

542
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 1: what Daniel Jones is gonna bring. I think my first

543
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,280
Speaker 1: yellow flag was when Richardson missed seven of the nine

544
00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,720
Speaker 1: days in the spring, and Eddie, I think the podcast

545
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,879
Speaker 1: that you heard right after that I made that a

546
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,359
Speaker 1: big deal. Like, to me, that was a big deal.

547
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,760
Speaker 2: The Ballard made it so whole hum right now.

548
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,359
Speaker 1: And I didn't understand that. I'm like, wait a minute,

549
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,440
Speaker 1: you said the biggest question about Anthony Rierson at the

550
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:52,840
Speaker 1: end of season was about availability.

551
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:53,280
Speaker 2: Yep.

552
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,119
Speaker 1: So now it's not five months later, right, So that

553
00:26:56,119 --> 00:27:02,119
Speaker 1: that didn't add up to me. And then you know,

554
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 1: as camp moved along, you know it it really gosh,

555
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:08,880
Speaker 1: it seemed like a house divided with the fan base

556
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:14,200
Speaker 1: of like, if you compliment Jones, you hate Richardson. If

557
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,480
Speaker 1: you compliment Richardson, you hate Jones. Like it had that

558
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 1: feel on the training camps, and you know, I remember

559
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,159
Speaker 1: just saying like, Okay, so far Daniel Jones has just

560
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:28,440
Speaker 1: been like steady, hasn't turned it over. Really, but there

561
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,640
Speaker 1: definitely were a lack of big plays. I thought the

562
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:36,439
Speaker 1: early nail in the Richardson coffin was the Baltimore play, yep.

563
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 1: And once that happened, it was kind of like, oh boy,

564
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,840
Speaker 1: this now is really real for the Jerseys. And I

565
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 1: think I kind of shared with you. You know, if

566
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:47,600
Speaker 1: you listen to Stike and I think he's telling us

567
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,879
Speaker 1: something here, and I think our listeners to the podcast

568
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 1: kind of knew where I was going with that. You know,

569
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,520
Speaker 1: I don't think there was a I mean, any fan

570
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:58,760
Speaker 1: could go out there and watch practice. I mean, from

571
00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:03,360
Speaker 1: a completion standpoint, it wasn't like it was a massive difference.

572
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,480
Speaker 1: But you know, I think Shane wanted somebody intellectually, I

573
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:07,840
Speaker 1: don't know if that's the right word, but someone that

574
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,440
Speaker 1: could just kind of match him. And if you weren't

575
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,520
Speaker 1: going to get all of the unique stuff that Richardson does,

576
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:18,000
Speaker 1: then you know he was probably gonna go with Daniel Jones.

577
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:18,800
Speaker 1: And that's how played out.

578
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:24,199
Speaker 2: Roberto is next. If you compare this cult version with

579
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:28,240
Speaker 2: the last one I remember, with Super Bowl chances I

580
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,720
Speaker 2: cults in at twenty fourteen, which one do you think

581
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:33,080
Speaker 2: is better? Better?

582
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,880
Speaker 1: Hmm, that's a good question. I haven't really given that

583
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:41,680
Speaker 1: too much thought. I guess we just brought.

584
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 2: Up Saludos des de Mexico ermano from Roberto.

585
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:51,040
Speaker 1: Oh gosh, yeah, de nada. I don't even know how

586
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:56,240
Speaker 1: to respond. Mio Moore, I love you, that's my love,

587
00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:00,680
Speaker 1: Oh my love. Tayo more? Is that right? Maybe Tango

588
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,680
Speaker 1: la camisa neegro was the song that we sang in

589
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 1: Spanish four with Heather Chandler. That's about where I should

590
00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 1: probably stop or else I'm really gonna get myself in

591
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 1: some Spanish, some espin trouble. I thought for a split

592
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,160
Speaker 1: second that was just you just speaking.

593
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 2: No, that's greetings from Mexico, brother bat.

594
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:26,320
Speaker 1: Oh thank you. Uh twenty fourteen? Yeah, well, I guess

595
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 1: let me start here. That obviously was a Patriots team.

596
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:35,560
Speaker 1: I don't I don't know if anybody view like I

597
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 1: don't know if anyone views like, oh, yeah, the Cults

598
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,200
Speaker 1: are going to the super Bowl, like like but like

599
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,160
Speaker 1: a seven and one, Like if the Chiefs were seven

600
00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:44,320
Speaker 1: to one right now, everybody be like, O, yeah, the

601
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:45,480
Speaker 1: Chiefs are going to super Bowl. I mean how a

602
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 1: lot of people probably still think the Chiefs are going

603
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:50,040
Speaker 1: to the super Bowl. I will say this, Andrew Luckiness

604
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 1: third year offered you some pretty dynamic quarterback play, you know,

605
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 1: if they eliminate because that season ended with what boom

606
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 1: heron as you're starting running back?

607
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:01,120
Speaker 2: What what a callback?

608
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 1: Right? I mean, tup Erson, did you even make the

609
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 1: trip to Foxborough. If I remember correctly, rest in pieces

610
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 1: or a lone Tipton and he was up there on

611
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,440
Speaker 1: the depth charts, so you know that team had quite

612
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,840
Speaker 1: the weapon of Vonte Davis. I will always sadly rest

613
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 1: in peace there. I will always remember that game in

614
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:21,239
Speaker 1: Denver and what Vontae Davis did to Demarius Thomas and

615
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 1: who was an Emmanuel Sanders And I don't know, is

616
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 1: it Eric Decker? Was that the other one? Yeah, missus

617
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:33,800
Speaker 1: Decker very attractive and some would say, mister Decker probably

618
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:35,680
Speaker 1: shout out to our females that are listening out there,

619
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:39,880
Speaker 1: if they're Eric Decker fans, stand up, you know. Again,

620
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 1: I get back to what I said, kind of lead

621
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,560
Speaker 1: off the pot Eddie of do you have a pass

622
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,760
Speaker 1: rush that's capable? And I don't think the Colts pass

623
00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:49,600
Speaker 1: rush necessarily that season was like mathis led the league

624
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 1: in Saxon. Want to say that you're prior, but like

625
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,360
Speaker 1: remember the Jonathan Newson play in Denver. I mean that

626
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,960
Speaker 1: was a huge play in that game. I think you

627
00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,480
Speaker 1: had a little bit more than I think this group

628
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 1: has shown me right now. So I don't know. Obviously

629
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 1: your offense is historically good. It wasn't reaching that levels

630
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,720
Speaker 1: in twenty fourteen. You definitely had some pretty good moments.

631
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: You know, Reggie really fought through some injuries late in

632
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 1: that season and see why I was really emerging as

633
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 1: an elite player there. I'd probably vote for the twenty

634
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 1: fourteen squad just because of I don't know, there's just

635
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,479
Speaker 1: a little bit of a been there, done that of

636
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,760
Speaker 1: like you won a game or excuse me, you got

637
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: there in twenty twelve, then you won a game in thirteen,

638
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,520
Speaker 1: the big comeback against Kansas City, and then you go

639
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,440
Speaker 1: on to win win the Denver game. Like do you

640
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:32,840
Speaker 1: believe in learning processes in the postseason?

641
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,240
Speaker 2: Absolutely? Absolutely?

642
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, And yeah there's part of me that kind of

643
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: goes there too, So yeah, I see some similarities. If

644
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,280
Speaker 1: you made me pick like one or the other, I'd

645
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,600
Speaker 1: say twenty fourteen slightly right now, but you know, we'll

646
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 1: see what the rest of the season uh unfolded?

647
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 2: All right, Roberta, I want you to grade my Spanish here.

648
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,280
Speaker 2: You can reach out to me at Eddie Garrison Underscore

649
00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:00,120
Speaker 2: on Twitter and if for that matter, anyone can in

650
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:06,600
Speaker 2: GROSSI has Poor scoojar L podcast, Kings Unbien Finn day SEMANA,

651
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:14,120
Speaker 2: Holy shit, that sounded great. It's a ken Fred that

652
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,040
Speaker 2: you podcast? Kevin, come on, that sounded on.

653
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 1: Did you just Google translate? What did you do there?

654
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 2: I had to make sure I had the right verbs,

655
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:22,760
Speaker 2: so the only thing I had to look up there

656
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 2: was to listen. I just wanted to make sure it

657
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:26,160
Speaker 2: was a scoochar A.

658
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 1: Couple items to note on Pittsburgh's injury report. Friar Mouth

659
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 1: and for those that watch Sunday Night football, he got banged.

660
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,240
Speaker 1: I mean it was like he wasn't coming back in

661
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 1: the game. He did. He did not practice today due

662
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,600
Speaker 1: to a quad and then Zach Fraser, They're starting center,

663
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,360
Speaker 1: did not practice due to a calf. So they lost

664
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 1: Isaac Seumalo, their guard in that game, to a peck injury,

665
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 1: and now Fraser, their center, miss Wednesday. So seemingly every

666
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 1: week the Colts have been dealtless hand of you know,

667
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,720
Speaker 1: one to two guys on the opposing offensive line seemed

668
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:56,880
Speaker 1: to be a bit banged up. That would be very

669
00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 1: notable for the Pittsburgh team right now. Cannot afford that,

670
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:04,000
Speaker 1: particularly in the trenches. So some items to watch, which

671
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 1: is kind of typical, you get what eight weeks into

672
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,120
Speaker 1: a season. I know Pittsburgh I think is already Yeah,

673
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: they've already had there by.

674
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 2: We got a trade. Jets are sending Michael Carter, cornerback

675
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 2: in a seventh round pick to the Eagles for John

676
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:20,080
Speaker 2: Metchi in a twenty twenty seven to sixth There's another

677
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 2: cornerback traded, Michael Carter.

678
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 1: That's not the running back that I tried to add

679
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:24,640
Speaker 1: in fantasy.

680
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 2: No, no it's not. By the way, Kevin, I love

681
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 2: taking Spanish in high school. So if that didn't show there,

682
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 2: just yeah, that was great.

683
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:36,800
Speaker 1: Again, I know nothing but fund it beautiful.

684
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,960
Speaker 2: I've got three questions left, starting with Steven at this point,

685
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,800
Speaker 2: do you think Chris Ballard keeps his job for next year?

686
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 2: Have the Colts done enough? If you believe so? What

687
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 2: do the Colts need to do for you to believe

688
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:52,080
Speaker 2: he should get another year? I didn't think he should

689
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 2: have been brought back this year, but the team finally

690
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 2: made a huge leap. But is it enough? Thank you

691
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 2: very much, Kevin and Steven. It's ironic. I hadn't fully

692
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 2: looked over at the Twitter questions for the Padia when

693
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,960
Speaker 2: you and I started our prepod meeting, and I made

694
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,760
Speaker 2: mention to you, was like, it's pretty wild that, Kevin,

695
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 2: We're gonna go from Chris Ballard being on the hot

696
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:14,520
Speaker 2: seat this year to him winning Executive of the Year

697
00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:15,120
Speaker 2: at this rate.

698
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think we had curvet I'm wrong. Did

699
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,280
Speaker 1: we get a couple of these type of questions probably,

700
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 1: you know about Ballard and the big the big picture stuff. Yeah,

701
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,360
Speaker 1: I guess I'll just answer them both now. If we

702
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 1: have any others eddy we do.

703
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 2: This is from that golf guy. This is relatively positive

704
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,799
Speaker 2: Chris Ballard question for once. He clearly figured it out

705
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,520
Speaker 2: this offseason with the quarterback, defensive coordinator, in impact free agents.

706
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,840
Speaker 2: But if the Colts don't make a major trade move

707
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:42,880
Speaker 2: and say, lose in the first round of the playoffs,

708
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 2: has he done enough right now to prove his process

709
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 2: is working? Basically? Has Ballard extending himself another few years

710
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 2: with this start? Just curious if the seventy one start

711
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,239
Speaker 2: is enough to change the narrative on him.

712
00:34:56,280 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: Thanks as always, Yeah, appreciate the questions, certainly. You know

713
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:02,400
Speaker 1: I've said at the end of the last years, I

714
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 1: thought Gus Bradley should have gone, and I thought Chris

715
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 1: Bauer should have gone. I think one thing that deserves

716
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:15,360
Speaker 1: definite praise, and I get there's a level of frustration

717
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 1: that it took maybe eight years to get to this level.

718
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:22,279
Speaker 1: But I do think, particularly with people in positions of

719
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:27,239
Speaker 1: major authority, to change your plan of attack, I think

720
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:31,759
Speaker 1: takes some humility and take some public admittance of being

721
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:35,359
Speaker 1: wrong at times, and I think Chris Ballard did that

722
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,840
Speaker 1: this past offseason. The most Eddie I would say is

723
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,399
Speaker 1: in the free agency spending. Now, Shane Stikeen was also

724
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,840
Speaker 1: very close to Gus Bradley, very close, so you know,

725
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:47,719
Speaker 1: the whole Gus Bradley approach. You know, I think I

726
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 1: said to you quite often in the first two years

727
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,239
Speaker 1: of Stichen, I don't understand why he is accepting of

728
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:56,239
Speaker 1: this is the defense. Shane Stikeen is an obsessed with

729
00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:00,480
Speaker 1: preparation in stressing an opponent one if you says Saturday,

730
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:05,279
Speaker 1: as you know you are with the Reds, and for

731
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: him to have been as content as he was with Bradley,

732
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 1: and so I think basically I'm saying Ballard and stike

733
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,320
Speaker 1: And both were kind of in that camp of like, no, yeah,

734
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 1: you know Gus here now. So for both of them

735
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:20,319
Speaker 1: to take the one to eighty this offseason I think

736
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 1: is important. Has the defense been perfect? No, but I

737
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 1: think Loui an Romo's willingness to change up things has

738
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 1: covered up, frankly some of the personnel, particularly back at

739
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:37,400
Speaker 1: corner here. You know, I would assume this keeps Ballad.

740
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,480
Speaker 1: I don't know. I guess there's the internal fight of

741
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:43,280
Speaker 1: like does eight weeks rewrite eight years?

742
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:43,919
Speaker 2: Right?

743
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: And is this just part of hey, we need to

744
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 1: forget about?

745
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 2: Is that?

746
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:53,400
Speaker 1: Like I feel like I'm like saying BC here is

747
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:58,279
Speaker 1: this like chapter three? Yeah? Well again, I mean I

748
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 1: shouldn't use the religious analogies. People are going to be

749
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 1: probably pretty offended by that. But you know what I'm

750
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:05,920
Speaker 1: getting at. It's just like pre life, pre pre COVID

751
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 1: and life post COVID. Yeah, I guess it's like the

752
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 1: best way to.

753
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 2: Pre COVID, during COVID, post COVID.

754
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,440
Speaker 1: Right, Like are we in post COVID Ballard? And like

755
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:16,440
Speaker 1: now we only evaluate life as that.

756
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,360
Speaker 2: Is that a pre marriage and post marriage.

757
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 1: That might be hopefully for everyone's say that that might

758
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:26,360
Speaker 1: be a horrible analogy. So you know, one thing, I

759
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 1: think that Ballard and I probably had not done a

760
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,080
Speaker 1: good enough job of this. Ballad deserves credit on is

761
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,359
Speaker 1: believing in Shane Stiking. You know, there was a reason

762
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 1: why I didn't put Spichen on the fire list back

763
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 1: in January. Yeah, I've always been very bullish on Chain,

764
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:41,080
Speaker 1: but believing he could handle everything was a question I had,

765
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 1: and you know Ballart clearly hired him and and Shane

766
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,279
Speaker 1: admitted today. I actually asked him, you know, hey, where

767
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 1: do you feel like you've grown in your three and

768
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:51,200
Speaker 1: he did say dipping kind of his toes in other places.

769
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:52,719
Speaker 1: Mm hmm, okay, I need to be a little bit

770
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 1: more here, and you'd be a little bit more here,

771
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:58,239
Speaker 1: like not as much offensive centric. Who knows, maybe having

772
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:00,040
Speaker 1: a quarterback that you feel like and handle it a

773
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:03,840
Speaker 1: little bit more from an acumen standpoint helps in that area.

774
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 1: You know, one thing to keep in mind about Ballad,

775
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:07,239
Speaker 1: if I'm not mistaken, Eddie, I want to say the

776
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 1: contract goes through twenty six when they extended him and

777
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 1: Reich back in whatever that was twenty one twenty two.

778
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 1: You know, is there any part of Carli Orsa Gordon

779
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 1: that says, all right, let's write out this extension.

780
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 2: This seems the most plausible.

781
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:23,759
Speaker 1: Maybe not give him an extension, right, but do you

782
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,440
Speaker 1: write it out? And again we get into the awkward

783
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 1: nature of like GM and head coach. Like if you

784
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,360
Speaker 1: compare the Stikeen resume to the Ballad resume right now, HM,

785
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 1: and you gave a letter grade to both, and let's

786
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 1: evaluate the whole resume. Stichen would be what B I

787
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:43,560
Speaker 1: was going to say, like A minus B plus. Maybe

788
00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 1: he needs to finish out this year and win a

789
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,120
Speaker 1: playoff game is getting the A minus range, but let's

790
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 1: call it a B plus. The Ballad resume would be

791
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:54,960
Speaker 1: D plus T minus. Yeah, So if you evaluated those

792
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 1: two letter grades, obviously Seichen has been better than Ballad.

793
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 1: But having said that, Ballard hired Stikeen m H. And

794
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 1: the hierarchy of the NFL works is Ballard has more

795
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,760
Speaker 1: cloud than Stiching, GMS have more cloud than head coaches.

796
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:11,400
Speaker 1: So that's where it makes it a little bit. If

797
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,920
Speaker 1: they were flipped. If the GM was the B plus

798
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,319
Speaker 1: and the head coach was the C minus, you'd say,

799
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 1: just fire the head coach, right and let the GM

800
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 1: hire another head coach.

801
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 2: That's how it felt, you know, with the Frank Craig

802
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:25,279
Speaker 2: hera toward the end.

803
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, I think that's probably fair to

804
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,800
Speaker 1: say it, but that's not again, twenty twenty five cults reality.

805
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 1: So you know, as I sit here right now, I

806
00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:39,360
Speaker 1: mean again, you got to give you know, Chris certainly

807
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,840
Speaker 1: credit for the defensive change, you know, quarterback wise for

808
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,719
Speaker 1: you know, playing that game this offseason, and you know,

809
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 1: I think Shane definitely has some input, but you know,

810
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,919
Speaker 1: personnel moves, you have to point to the GM there

811
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,239
Speaker 1: in deciding that, you know, Daniel was kind of the

812
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:58,319
Speaker 1: right matchup, if you will, or right, I don't know,

813
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:02,239
Speaker 1: counter to Anthony rich it'd send you know, some might

814
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:04,840
Speaker 1: say taking Tyler Warren was a was a no brainer,

815
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 1: but you know, having the wherewithal to stay there, not

816
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 1: panicked during the draft and you know, taken with a

817
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,759
Speaker 1: fourteenth pick. I'm trying to think other personnel. I guess

818
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:14,760
Speaker 1: that was a big stuff. Really. Obviously the free agency

819
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:22,400
Speaker 1: we we've spoken to. So yeah, I think I'm probably

820
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:26,440
Speaker 1: in the team. Let's see, obviously how the rest of

821
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:29,360
Speaker 1: the season plays out, and if you're Carly, you probably

822
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 1: go ahead and ride it through twenty twenty six. But yeah,

823
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:37,319
Speaker 1: I don't know, it's probably more of a bi week

824
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 1: thought I should give and yeah, I'm just always torn

825
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:43,759
Speaker 1: on the I guess I'm torn on the the eight

826
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: weeks eight years and then like the pre COVID post COVID, like,

827
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 1: is this now new Ballard? You know? Is the blueprint

828
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 1: he walked into and the binder he walked into and

829
00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:53,600
Speaker 1: handed to Jim merse as that binder, Hey let me

830
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:57,000
Speaker 1: change that chapter? Uh that tab right there? This is

831
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,040
Speaker 1: my new thought, which is fine. I mean that's part

832
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 1: of being a first time GM and a first time

833
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 1: head coach, and you know, you should evolve and you

834
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,560
Speaker 1: should change, and you should you know, realize where there's

835
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,799
Speaker 1: deficiencies and issues. And you know, obviously Ballard is I

836
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 1: think largely is drafted well in his career. The premium

837
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,640
Speaker 1: positions I think are the one argument. But I mean

838
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,120
Speaker 1: you look at this roster. There's a lot of Chris

839
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,400
Speaker 1: Bood draft picks oh yeah, all over it that have

840
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 1: played very very well. So yeah, that's probably where I'm

841
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,360
Speaker 1: at on the Ballard week aate assessment.

842
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:29,560
Speaker 2: The other kind of like thing that I thought about too,

843
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 2: to kind of put a bow on it, keV, is

844
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 2: that if you don't extend him after this year and

845
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:37,319
Speaker 2: you go into an extra he's on the last year

846
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 2: of his contract, like, does he have more of a

847
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:42,759
Speaker 2: fire enders but to try to do more to help

848
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 2: build this roster.

849
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,640
Speaker 1: Even more with new ownership deciding yeah, you know, with

850
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:49,879
Speaker 1: a new decision maker than the person that hired you. Yeah, yeah,

851
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 1: I mean that's that's a good point. And again what

852
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,919
Speaker 1: stichen was it a six year deal? Is right?

853
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,719
Speaker 2: Is Ballard allowed to do more things with Carly than

854
00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 2: previously with Jim?

855
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:02,440
Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, are all certainly questions to be asked.

856
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,320
Speaker 2: The final question is from Garrett new coming into the

857
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:08,160
Speaker 2: year the offense was really complete, but didn't think it

858
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,839
Speaker 2: would come to the level of nearly matching last year's

859
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:13,640
Speaker 2: win total in the first half of the season. Is

860
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:17,040
Speaker 2: this year's success more indicative of the personnel changes around

861
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:19,560
Speaker 2: the quarterback or the quarterback itself.

862
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 1: I'm having a hard time.

863
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,360
Speaker 2: Picturing what this year would look like if Anthony Richardson

864
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:28,400
Speaker 2: was that quarterback every week. Is this year's offense this

865
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,400
Speaker 2: much better than last year's or is the gap between

866
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 2: Daniel Jones and Anthony Richardson just this wide? Don't does

867
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 2: it speak to how good Jones has been this year?

868
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:43,479
Speaker 2: Or how awful Richardson has been in the past. Well,

869
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 2: I think you have to commend Daniel Jones. And yes,

870
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,400
Speaker 2: there is a gap.

871
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,520
Speaker 1: I think, as I don't know any other way to

872
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:55,440
Speaker 1: put it, there is a there is a chess match

873
00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:58,200
Speaker 1: X and o's difference in the two advantage Dean of

874
00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:01,960
Speaker 1: Jones now have said that, I do think there are

875
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 1: some key personnel elements that are different. First Off, you

876
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:10,759
Speaker 1: have Tyler Warren, Let's start there. Secondly, Jonathan Taylor is

877
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:11,840
Speaker 1: incredibly healthy.

878
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:13,320
Speaker 2: So is Michael Pittman Jr.

879
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 1: Michael Pittman Junior's back. Your offensive line's been intact Eddie

880
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,279
Speaker 1: for seven of eight games you have missed. So let's

881
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:22,319
Speaker 1: times that out eight times five? Is what forty? You

882
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:25,880
Speaker 1: have had thirty nine of your forty offensive line starts

883
00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:28,240
Speaker 1: this season. Yeah, and if you had to pick anybody

884
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:31,520
Speaker 1: that would miss one game, it was mackins allvs. Like

885
00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 1: I mean, if you had to pick any of them.

886
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:35,160
Speaker 1: Now again, I know it is against an opponent that

887
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:37,760
Speaker 1: that you know you would have picked some other opponents,

888
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,880
Speaker 1: and ironically that's the one game you lost. But that

889
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:43,680
Speaker 1: offensive line help is I mean, that's got to be

890
00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:45,600
Speaker 1: top five in the league right now, I'd have to

891
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:47,439
Speaker 1: look through it. I mean, hell, the Chargers were down,

892
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:51,120
Speaker 1: They're fifth and six tackles against you, So I don't

893
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:53,360
Speaker 1: I want to give credit to Daniel Jones, certainly, but

894
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:55,480
Speaker 1: I also want to acknowledge some other areas of this

895
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:59,480
Speaker 1: offense that either A have gotten better, b are healthy

896
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,400
Speaker 1: or and just in general the unit has been real.

897
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:05,799
Speaker 1: I mean, so the Titans have missed the game, right, Nope,

898
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 1: you know a little depth at running back, but I

899
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:10,839
Speaker 1: mean who cares how much Taylor plays and wide out?

900
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:13,360
Speaker 1: What Pierce has missed two games and Downs has missed

901
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:17,600
Speaker 1: the game is that it? Yeah, and Pittman's been out

902
00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:19,359
Speaker 1: there pretty much every week. I guess do one missed one?

903
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:24,799
Speaker 1: So you know, you've been very healthy and that on

904
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:25,520
Speaker 1: that front as well.

905
00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:30,400
Speaker 2: I think too the there's been a shift and what

906
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:32,839
Speaker 2: they and what shin s Psychen and Jim bum Cooter

907
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:36,960
Speaker 2: are wanning out of the quarterback as well. Yeah, that's

908
00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:39,520
Speaker 2: I feel like they've been more in the mindset of hey,

909
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:44,600
Speaker 2: less explosive and let the players create the explosive, if

910
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,120
Speaker 2: you get what I'm saying, instead of, you know, relying

911
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:49,480
Speaker 2: on Racheldson to take a three step droping way for

912
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 2: all these deep routes to develop. Instead, it's you know,

913
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:54,640
Speaker 2: finding Pittman over the middle of fields for seventy eight

914
00:44:54,719 --> 00:44:57,680
Speaker 2: yards that turns into fifteen, or the same with Josh Downs,

915
00:44:57,719 --> 00:45:00,440
Speaker 2: or the same with Tyler Warren and getting cree with

916
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:03,400
Speaker 2: the scheme and how you're usual utilizing these players.

917
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:05,719
Speaker 1: Well, and I'll add one more to Eddie, And I

918
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 1: think it's a really hard question to answer. So when

919
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:12,520
Speaker 1: when athletes or coaches have said this to me or

920
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:15,440
Speaker 1: to us in recent years, I've struggled with the okay,

921
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 1: can you tell me more? And that is this last

922
00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:21,040
Speaker 1: Wednesday I shared with Usiah Franklin mentioned he felt like

923
00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:23,640
Speaker 1: the team was closer and could feel this during the

924
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:25,839
Speaker 1: off season. Yeah, so I followed up as I are, okay,

925
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:27,719
Speaker 1: what do you mean by that? And again I didn't

926
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:31,520
Speaker 1: get maybe a ton of tangible evidence per se, just

927
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:34,239
Speaker 1: like you know the Forrest Buckner's mentioned, hey, we got

928
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:39,960
Speaker 1: one hundred percent attendance at our Thursday night positional dinners. Like, Okay,

929
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:41,440
Speaker 1: that's a little bit of stuff. That's why I brought

930
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:44,359
Speaker 1: up the brain Smith think from earlier. Okay, Brad Smith,

931
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:46,839
Speaker 1: you played the teamsince twenty eighteen, and you're saying, that's

932
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:48,759
Speaker 1: the closest unit you've ever been. You know, it was

933
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:51,320
Speaker 1: actually Bob Kravitz today that followed up with Braiden Hey why,

934
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:55,880
Speaker 1: and that was the Hey Ego list group. Hey, sometimes

935
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:58,080
Speaker 1: one bad apple can kind of bring you down, like okay,

936
00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:00,120
Speaker 1: So there's a little bit of that, because I think

937
00:46:00,719 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 1: it's almost one of the most cliche things you hear

938
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 1: in sports.

939
00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:06,879
Speaker 2: We're closer, didn't Andrew Cantalan in this past game mention

940
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 2: something about I don't know if it was the offensive

941
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:11,480
Speaker 2: line or the offense in generally, like they get together

942
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 2: on Thursday nights and they all, you know, hang out

943
00:46:13,719 --> 00:46:15,360
Speaker 2: or whatever and watch Thursday night football.

944
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:18,760
Speaker 1: So basically the Thursday routine is your position group gets together,

945
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:21,439
Speaker 1: yea some sort of center and I think I think

946
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:23,880
Speaker 1: usually the quarterbacks and the whiteouts team up together. And

947
00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:26,440
Speaker 1: I think Daniel maybe has had guys over for Monday

948
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:29,160
Speaker 1: night football, you know, kind of do that as well.

949
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:31,560
Speaker 1: I heard maybe a fat dance pickup or two. Are

950
00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:32,359
Speaker 1: you a fat dance fan?

951
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:33,960
Speaker 2: I've never had it.

952
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:38,480
Speaker 1: Garrison injury report here, shoulder for cross downs is a

953
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:45,719
Speaker 1: hip and yeah, I guess that covers everything. Grover was

954
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:47,960
Speaker 1: a foot man. There's a lot of dnps now that

955
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:55,200
Speaker 1: I scrolled through this list one, two, three, four or five, six, seven, eight,

956
00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:59,319
Speaker 1: nine nine. They had a couple of rest days in there.

957
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:03,600
Speaker 1: Jalen Jones progressed to full. Yeah, pretty much covers everything.

958
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:06,879
Speaker 1: So some injuries to monitor? Yep, you got anything else?

959
00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:07,640
Speaker 1: Or should we pick them?

960
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:08,600
Speaker 2: What's your prediction?

961
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:10,320
Speaker 1: Do I have to go first?

962
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:14,120
Speaker 2: I'll let you go first again, and it is your podcast,

963
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:16,920
Speaker 2: and the spread is three and a half, total is

964
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:19,000
Speaker 2: fifteen and a half. If you if you look into

965
00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:22,000
Speaker 2: things when you make these predictions, Kevin, such as point

966
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:24,520
Speaker 2: totals for each team Colts twenty six and a half,

967
00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:28,839
Speaker 2: Steelers twenty three and a half, Juice done the over

968
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 2: for the twenty six and a half for the Colts

969
00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:34,200
Speaker 2: in it's minus won thirteen, minus won thirteen both ways

970
00:47:34,239 --> 00:47:36,240
Speaker 2: on FanDuel for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

971
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:38,880
Speaker 1: Some questions about this field and how durable it is.

972
00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:41,040
Speaker 1: Not Heinz Field anymore. It starts with an A, I

973
00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:41,319
Speaker 1: kind of.

974
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:43,600
Speaker 2: Forgot ac you sure or something like that.

975
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:47,080
Speaker 1: Sure, I've always been curious about acupuncture. Thirty one, twenty

976
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:52,120
Speaker 1: three Colts Seahawks one by fourteen at Pittsburgh Green Bay

977
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:54,120
Speaker 1: one by ten. I just don't think it's as vaunted

978
00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:56,400
Speaker 1: of a place. I think they're really real. And so

979
00:47:56,520 --> 00:48:00,680
Speaker 1: Colts thirty one twenty three kicking outdoors boswell badly if

980
00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:02,719
Speaker 1: it gets close, that is probably a little of a

981
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:05,120
Speaker 1: bit of a concern. But I'll go Colt starting on

982
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:05,600
Speaker 1: twenty three.

983
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:11,560
Speaker 2: You rat bastard, really no way, yes, stop it? Yeah,

984
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:12,839
Speaker 2: how I don't know.

985
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:15,640
Speaker 1: I don't think you you were thinking of anything and

986
00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:17,600
Speaker 1: you just heard me say that, and I I am

987
00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:19,440
Speaker 1: always thinking of things. Ken it sounded good.

988
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:21,600
Speaker 2: I'm a degenerate. What are you talking about. I think

989
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:23,719
Speaker 2: about these things all the time. You are you are?

990
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:30,719
Speaker 1: You are literally the same exact one. Yes, gosh, unbelievable. Well,

991
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:31,160
Speaker 1: there you go.

992
00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:34,040
Speaker 2: It'll be on the graphic hopefully this weekend.

993
00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:36,160
Speaker 1: For the fan. Eddie Garrison has nothing more to add

994
00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:39,200
Speaker 1: than that. Uh, next week we should be normal. We

995
00:48:39,239 --> 00:48:41,640
Speaker 1: are expecting a third bowe and child in our family

996
00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:44,640
Speaker 1: somewhat soon here, so uh maybe we'll just do one

997
00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:46,640
Speaker 1: during the bye week, but we'll keep you posted.

998
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,960
Speaker 2: Enjoy Halloween. Hopefully you get the all the reseason.

999
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:52,600
Speaker 1: The real keV, thank you brother. Halloween weather looks great

1000
00:48:52,719 --> 00:48:55,279
Speaker 1: honestly for this year, so safe shot with everybody this

1001
00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:58,040
Speaker 1: weekend Colts Corner that'sself, Kevin Bow and Eddie Garrison signing

1002
00:48:58,040 --> 00:48:58,239
Speaker 1: off