1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: I We're Back is another edition of Colts Corner with 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: myself Kevin Bowen. The Colts AFC South hopes are gone, 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: playoff hopes on life support, and we recap what was 4 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: an ugly one certainly in primetime last night. Took on 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball and boys, my hand raised, 6 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: I didn't think Philip Rivers had that in him. Unfortunately 7 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: it is marred and what was a twenty one point 8 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: loss on Monday night football certainly smooth, safe travels everybody 9 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: out there this time of year. I know it's busy 10 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: and appreciate you spending time with the podcast. This will 11 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: be it for the week. We'll come back next week 12 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: recap Colts and Jags and get your set for whatever 13 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: Week eighteen is gonna look like. We'll go over what 14 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 1: I liked, what I didn't like today, some playoff scenarios 15 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: as well, so we'll do that here on the podcast. 16 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: Let's you know again, it's kind of a little bit 17 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: where we're at last week of you're recapping two movies, 18 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: and the Rivers movie took even you know, a different 19 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: turn i'd say in a positive direction certainly from last night. 20 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: But the big picture is what gets so much focus 21 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: this time of year, and the big picture is now 22 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: five straight losses, six and seven AFC South elimination, eleven 23 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: straight years of it. And I think what two is 24 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: bothers him about that is, you know, last year you 25 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: were eliminated from the South with three games ago. This 26 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: year you're eliminated from it with two games ago. Like 27 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: it's not even like you're back at twenty twenty three 28 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: where you get it to week eighteen or even week 29 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: you know, seventeen to potentially you know, put some pressure 30 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: into that final divisional game in the final week of 31 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: the season. You know, to me, I think that's just 32 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: a little element that would also be additionally bothersome, you know, 33 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: if I were evaluating this operation and then big picture too, 34 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: just the financial component. You know, anybody watches Monday night football, 35 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: you know, it's been a while since the Colts have 36 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: been on it. I mean, it is an unbelievable just 37 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: marketing night for your city, for your franchise, all of it. 38 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: And I think there's a financial component that. I mean, 39 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: if anybody watched the first hour of a pregame coverage, 40 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: I mean you got more Colts love than you got 41 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: forty nine ers love, you know, camp bind him is 42 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: getting a one on one interview on the field, and 43 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: Nick Cross getting highlighted. Great piece on the cheerleader Morgan 44 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: and her sign language relationship. I guess with young boy 45 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: named Mark. I mean, just some awesome, awesome coverage for 46 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: your team and for your franchise, and then you know, 47 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: you go out and lay that egg and it's probably 48 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: a reminder to a lot of those TV markets of 49 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: why they don't put the Colts into prime time very often. 50 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: And you know what we're used to unfortunately here recently, 51 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: is the Colts lose these games, and they lose them 52 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: and you know, rather embarrassing fashion. This isn't you know, 53 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: Taylor Heineke or Jake Browning or Drew Locke, but you know, 54 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 1: to make the forty nine ers look like that is 55 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: it's ugly. You know, I thought so much of the game, 56 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: and we'll get into what I like, what I didn't like. 57 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: Really turned on the Amir Abdullah kick return fumble, and 58 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: you just didn't create the blueprint that you had at 59 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: all the previous week in Seattle. So I'll have to 60 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: get to we'll get some Twitter questions. It'll just be 61 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: meeted on the podcast if you couldn't find that out 62 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:20,839 Speaker 1: already here, but we'll get back with me and Eddie 63 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: hopefully coming up next Monday. Just an abomination of a 64 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: defensive effort, and that's where I'll start. And what I 65 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 1: didn't like the most. It just just awful. I mean, 66 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: go over the drives, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, field goal. The 67 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: only thing that stopped the forty nine ers all night 68 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: was a crossbar, a touchdown, field goal, touchdown. And then 69 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: you know, you finally got the interception there, real real 70 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: laid off Kendrick Bourne's hands. So you know, all the 71 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: numbers point to it. The one hit on brock Purty, 72 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey getting to a yard to per carry number 73 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: that he hasn't really sniffed the season or certainly done 74 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: it very often. The fact that you didn't get them 75 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: into a third down until the third drive of the game. 76 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know if I've ever really seen that. 77 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: And you know, two plays in the second half I 78 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: thought just kind of was the cherry on top for me. 79 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: You know, you get your ass kicked in the first half, 80 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: you give up twenty four points and then and Kittle 81 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: just smoked you in the first half, and the very 82 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 1: first play coming out of the third quarter, right to Kittle, 83 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 1: right to Kittle, like you know, to me, that is 84 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: in anybody but eighty five. Then later you get in 85 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: that third and goal, I think it's from the nine 86 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 1: there in the fourth quarter, and you know, again you're 87 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 1: gonna have plays against a guy like Christian McCaffrey where 88 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: he just is better than you. He puts his foot 89 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,679 Speaker 1: in the ground and he moves differently than Zion Franklin 90 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: or Jermaine Pratt. That is what makes Christian McCaffrey certainly 91 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: one of the more unique players. That said on last 92 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: week's podcast, he's one of the more probably the most 93 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 1: gifted runner mover everyone describing that that I've ever seen. 94 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 1: And to get into a third and goal from the nine, 95 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: and for the breakdown and coverage to let him walk 96 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 1: into the end zone. Again, nothing he did athletically on 97 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: that play. That was Canton, Ohio. And yet he just 98 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 1: waltz in the end zone on a third and goal 99 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: from the nine, like you gotta work hard to score 100 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: a touchdown from that down in distance and for him 101 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: to get in the enzone that easily those who plays 102 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: in the second half. I thought it was just a 103 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: cherry on top of sure, you know, one hit all 104 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 1: game long and you got a healthy front seven. There's 105 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: so much invested party had he padded that ball all 106 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: all night long. So just horrific from your defense. And 107 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: again that's a healthy front seven. It's Buckner back in 108 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: the lineup. I get your down corners, but you know 109 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: that's it really when you look at the injuries and 110 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: to allow you know whatever, it was forty one. If 111 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: they wanted more, they probably could have scored more there 112 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: at the end. Just absolutely horrific day. And we're just 113 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 1: kind of used to this, the Colts defense allowing what 114 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 1: Perdy threw the most touchdowns a forty nine Ers quarterback 115 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: has had in twenty five some year, or maybe it 116 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: was longer than that, maybe it was thirty five years. 117 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: It just that stuff happens, I feel like so often 118 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: against the Colts. Yeah, just awful from your defense. The 119 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: other thing I didn't like, again going back to the 120 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: Abdullah fumble. I don't know if you guys felt this, 121 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: but that felt like a ten to fourteen point turnover. 122 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: And I jotted that down at the time, you know, 123 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: I wanted to make sure that like you don't just 124 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 1: get you know, prisoner of the Hey, how did the 125 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: game unfolds from there? And then you react to the turnover? No? No, no, 126 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: In time, I thought to myself, oh no, because you know, now, 127 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 1: part of it was probably because what Rivers were doing 128 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 1: offensively I didn't think was sustainable. Now, granted the offense again, 129 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: hand raised, I was wrong on Philip Rivers and his 130 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: ability to at least do a little bit more down 131 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: the field than I thought. And you know, at the 132 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 1: end of the day, you what I mean, you scored 133 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: twenty seven offensively. I guess if you take away the 134 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: pick six, you score twenty you know, net twenty offense. 135 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: I mean that still is a fine number, especially against 136 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: a team in San Francisco that wasn't putting up just 137 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: insane point totals this season. But you know, in taking 138 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: the ball, I think Steichen's thought there is we need 139 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: to play from ahead, and I get that, given your 140 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: offensive makeup, given the offensive line injuries, I understand why 141 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: he's doing that. I know a lot of people are 142 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: bothered by it, but I get that thought. And to 143 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: have the punch out right when O seven to seven 144 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: and now they're up fourteen seven, and I get the 145 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: Colts answered, but I just felt like it created an 146 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 1: immense amount of pressure and really just a pathetic night 147 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: for your special teams, kick coverage and kick return, you know, 148 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: penalties glore. You get the life there late with the 149 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: Tyler Goodson return and that gets whistled back for a 150 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: couple of penalties, you know, outside of Groupie doing his thing. 151 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: I thought that Abdulah play was just huge and you're 152 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: just not in a position to do that in your blueprint. Again, defensively, 153 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: kick coverage, kick return also was just a big problem 154 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: for you. I'd say the last thing I didn't like, 155 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: I mean, so much of it is just like could 156 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: have said, the defense have probably moved on again. I 157 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: know your offense had a nice night, but you know, 158 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: to only have two point nine yards per carry with 159 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: with Taylor, you know, when you had a little bit 160 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: of that offensive lall there, and just right now you aren't. 161 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: And you can't be in a position where you have 162 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: to have Rivers drop back the amount that he's doing 163 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: because sooner or later CJ. West is gonna get to 164 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: him and he's gonna have some moments where he's forty 165 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: four years old in a pocket and he's not gonna 166 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: be able to you know, hit guys all night long. 167 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: And I think you saw that over the course of 168 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: forty eight minutes, but or over the course of sixty minutes. 169 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: But damn, two point nine yards per carry for Taylor. 170 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: It's just a he it's a season low. And you know, 171 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: we hinted at this on the podcast. I expected some 172 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: musical chairs in the offensive line, and they really gave 173 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: you musical chairs. I was I didn't totally understand that, 174 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: to be honest with you, I just assumed they would 175 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: keep it. How they end up. The Seattle game looked 176 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: to a new for Bernard Ryman, and for the most part, 177 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: you keep four positions intact. Instead they bumped Dalton Tucker 178 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: in there, and then they move Gonzalvez over and you know, 179 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: obviously you lose borderline. I'm not talking about Bordelini, you 180 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: know when you lost him in the second play of 181 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: the game. But you know, you get a red zone 182 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,239 Speaker 1: hold on Tucker, you get a false start on Gonzalvez. 183 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 1: I want to say Travis maybe had an legal formation. 184 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: I mean, those were again big penalties from you know 185 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:27,199 Speaker 1: an offense right now that it's just hard to consistently 186 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: create the chunks that are out there. So yeah, that 187 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,559 Speaker 1: was definitely something that I did not like. Jonathan Taylor 188 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: two point nine yards per carry shifting gears to what 189 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 1: I liked. Again, you gotta go to Rivers. And you know, 190 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: first off, for those who didn't watch a TV copy 191 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: like I thought, ESPN did a wonderful job in just 192 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: letting that breathe. Side note, we had Joe Buck on 193 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: our fan morning show on Monday. I really enjoyed that combo. 194 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: If you're an EU fan, I think you'll extra enjoy that. 195 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: That's up in our podcast page, the Fan Morden Show 196 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: here on one of seven five to the fan. But 197 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: you know, ESPN just really laid out when Rivers got 198 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: flying of scrimmage and the Colts had this approach, we're 199 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,599 Speaker 1: gonna go tempo, we're gonna get to the line to 200 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: thirty seconds to go on the play clock, and we're 201 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 1: gonna let him dissect it. And here in Indie we've 202 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: got the Indianapol Symphony Orchestra and Jack Everly's the maestra 203 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: of it, and Philip Rivers was Jack Everley he got 204 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: that line of scrimmage and he just dissected. And that's 205 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: how we're gonna throw at anticipation, that's how we're gonna 206 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: create advantages. And you know, it largely worked. And I 207 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: was highly skeptical of would there be more downfield stuff, 208 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: And like, I don't want to act like they obviously 209 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: were hitting go balls. I mean certainly some definite underthrown 210 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: go balls or deep balls. Every want to classify them 211 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: to Pittman and downs, and you know, even Piers she 212 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: would bailed out on one of them there with a flag. 213 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: But you know one thing I thought Rivers did such 214 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 1: a great job early on is you got into some 215 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: bad third and lungs, you know, third and eight, third 216 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: and twelve. And his ability to throw a wounded duck 217 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: on the right shoulder seemingly every time is ubsurd. And 218 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 1: again I'm not saying right shoulder like right or left. 219 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: I'm saying the shoulder that allows that guy to make 220 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: a play after the catch. Taylor catching run on third 221 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 1: and eight, Downs catching a little bit of run on 222 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: the third and long as well, and then boom, he 223 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: gets the off side's penalty. He takes the shots to 224 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,959 Speaker 1: Pierce and honestly, we'll see how the River's experience goes. 225 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: I fully expect him to start, by the way, on Sunday, 226 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: short week. Technically you can't be eliminated till what eight 227 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,439 Speaker 1: pm on Saturday. If you are, so, you gotta prep obviously, 228 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: like you're not. So I fully expect him to be 229 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: the starter. The throw I'll probably remember the most is 230 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: the third and goal from the sixteen on that next drive, 231 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: Like for so many teams out there, that's that's a 232 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: give up play. Third and goal from the sixteen. No, 233 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: you just check it down, you try to whatever. Maybe 234 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: if you get down to three or the two, you 235 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: entertain going for it, but that's a give up play. 236 00:11:56,559 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 1: And for him to throw with that anticipation before or 237 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: Pierce makes his break, it was so to quote Rivers, 238 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: it was so stinking good. Like that thing ain't the 239 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: tightest viral in the world, but man, that is in 240 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: a window. It is in the bucket right there. So 241 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: you know he got downs involved a little bit more. 242 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:17,559 Speaker 1: You know, you hung in there. On the fourth he 243 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: delivered one to warn on that touchdown drive I thought 244 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: was really impressive too, And you know, obviously it wasn't perfect. 245 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,199 Speaker 1: You know, again, I think I'm allowed to quote my 246 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: wife because she's delivered three children. But she has said 247 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:33,839 Speaker 1: in watching Philip Rivers, it's like watching someone six weeks 248 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: postpartum try to operate back there. I think that's a 249 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: fair quote, and I think she's fine with me going 250 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 1: to the direct quote on that. But you know, of 251 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: course the final iron t you know, puts a little 252 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: bit of a damper on it. But the River's experience 253 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: and I think if I'm grading him as an NFL 254 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: quarterback was largely pretty darn good last night, especially down 255 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 1: three significant offens alignment, and I'm not I'm trying to 256 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: like remove the forty four year old great obviously, when 257 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: you throw that factor and it's like, holy shit, I mean, 258 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: this thing is it's it's incredible, But this is where 259 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: you get torn on it. And you know, I don't 260 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: know if you guys caught the money and that countdown, 261 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: but Troy Aikman gives them the Himmi Award, and you know, 262 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: Rivers half joke. I think I'm the first person ever 263 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: get an award after throwing for one hundred and twenty 264 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: yards and a loss, And like that's where we're at 265 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: right now, it's the Rivers thing is cool, wild, and 266 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 1: you could argue has been, you know, certainly more effective 267 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 1: than I thought it would be. But it's five straight losses, 268 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 1: it's six of seven. It's looking at a historic collapse. 269 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: It's eleven years without a home playoff game, and that's 270 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: what I'm gonna keep on going back to that. Like, 271 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: we got a lot of big picture questions coming up 272 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: in TWITTER time, so maybe I'll hold off for that, 273 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: But like that part of it, I mean, think about, 274 00:13:55,800 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: just if you live in the indie sports bubble, think 275 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: about the success those teams collegiately professionally have had since 276 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: the Colts last hosted home PLAYFF game, all of them, 277 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:09,719 Speaker 1: even the programs that you would say have struggled, like 278 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: Purdue football. Purdue football has played a Big Ten title 279 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: game inside of Lucasohl Stadium in the last what five years? 280 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: And again a basketball has won what multiple play tournament 281 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: games in the last ten years, and yet you haven't 282 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: hosted a division that's not Allen, not Mahomes, not Lamar Jackson. 283 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: And again this year two years removed or two weeks 284 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: removed from it, last year three weeks removed from it. 285 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: The other thing I liked was Pierce just again, he 286 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: continues to cash in. Good things happened when you target 287 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 1: out Pierce, And you guys have heard me say it 288 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: a million times. I'll continue to say it a million times. 289 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: And you know, financially, I think some things have opened 290 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: up with the Jones injury on. You know, could you 291 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: potentially tap into that a little bit more, whether it's 292 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: franchise tag, whether it is you know, just more money 293 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: period on a long term deal. I think those are 294 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: all things too potentially explore there. So shout to alt Pierce. 295 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: Good things happen you target I'm smart by rivers to 296 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: get him going. And those catches, you know, those are tight, tough, 297 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: window crowded, fifty to fifty type of balls, and he 298 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: always comes down with them, always comes out with them. 299 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: All right, let's get to squitter questions. This one from 300 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 1: Joel he goes. I saw stat that the Colts defense 301 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: is the third most expensive in the league. At this point, 302 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: I don't even blame Chris Boward anymore for the situation 303 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: we are in. I actually blamed Carly Ursa Gordon for 304 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: this one Hin Tight twenty twenty. But the more I 305 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: thought about the Sauce Gardner trade, the more I wonder 306 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: why she would green light it. Mortgages your next two 307 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: first rounders to a guy that should have been fired 308 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: two years ago. If Jim or say it was in 309 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: better health. The return on investment or lack thereof for 310 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: the defense, pass rush, lack of help with the linebacker position, 311 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: those alone are firebale offenses. Yet it seems that Ballad 312 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: is not even on the hot seat. If Carly give 313 00:15:56,280 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: him thumbs up for the trade, please help it make sense. Yeah, 314 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 1: there's a lot to get to here. You know, I 315 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: will say one thing from last night that has me 316 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: curious is this. You know, there are a lot of 317 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: core beliefs that Jim Rsay possessed, that their daughter wants 318 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: to daughters want to continue. You know, there are obviously 319 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: some things they will do differently. But one of the 320 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 1: most constant things that was there for Ersay, Jim Rsay 321 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: that bothered him was when his team got embarrassed in primetime. 322 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: He knows those opportunities are precious, so to get them, 323 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: you gotta take avangel and to get embarrassed in primetime 324 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: was something that really bothered And again it probably bothers 325 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: you as much optically as it potentially bothers you financially 326 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: when you're running the show and what the franchise. You know, 327 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: what being in the spotlight gives you, and you know 328 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: all of those things, and so I am curious that 329 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: part of it. You know, again, I don't know what 330 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: Curler or say Gordon's gonna do. And you know, obviously 331 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: I said, I don't get the impression that changes eminent 332 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 1: but or at least those in the powers that be, 333 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: I should say, feel nervous about it. And the sauce 334 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:12,119 Speaker 1: trade has been a big point of all of this. 335 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 1: But what in the embarrassment last night was not trotting 336 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: out a forty four year old quarterback. The embarrassment last 337 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: night was where Chris Baward is richly invested. I mean, 338 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 1: I've gone over it a million times. There's no position group. 339 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: I think he cares about more that you've gotten less 340 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: return on investment in than the defensive line. I mean 341 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: that to me is such a damning element you could 342 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:37,679 Speaker 1: point to, you know, lack of division titles, lack of 343 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: playoff appearance, as lack of playoff wins. All that probably 344 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 1: speaks for itself. But again, in the blueprint that Chris 345 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 1: Bauard handed the RSA family nine years ago, the d 346 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 1: line was a huge emphasis. And I mean, you've got first, second, 347 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: third round picks galore in there. You've gotten money galore 348 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: in there, and no matter the defensive coordinator, I would 349 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: say time and time again, and it is underperformed now 350 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:10,359 Speaker 1: on the sauce trade. Like I'm trying not to be 351 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: hindsight's twenty twenty. You know, at the time, I think 352 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: I probably paid a little bit more ad Mitchell element 353 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 1: to it than maybe some were. And you just kind 354 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 1: of break the trade down a little further, and if 355 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: you put players to the draft picks, what you basically 356 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: said is we're trading let's call it four players. Let's 357 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 1: say that you traded back once. You're trading four top 358 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: fifty picks for one player. So that obviously is a 359 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: big trade on paper when you look at it from 360 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: that side of it. But also there was major quarterback 361 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:54,640 Speaker 1: confirmation after just two months, and you also were sitting 362 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,479 Speaker 1: here saying, our regime has earned the right for us 363 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: to execute this. So you know, yeah, its sauce is great, 364 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: but it's also Carli Ers Gordon saying, well, Daniel Jones 365 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: is great, and he's a foundational piece and he's gonna 366 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: stay healthy and injury history has never been there for him, 367 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:12,479 Speaker 1: and we have the right GM, we have the right 368 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 1: head coach. And I don't know, maybe Carl lost sight 369 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: of that and like what it really meant. Maybe she 370 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: realized what the trade meant and still signed off on it, 371 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:28,199 Speaker 1: which probably brings a little bit more scaredness to it. 372 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: But I think we did provide proper context when the 373 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,160 Speaker 1: trade occurred. Like there is a large amount of risk 374 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: in this, a large amount, and I understand the timeframe 375 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 1: and trades like this are not possible every single day 376 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 1: of an NFL season or certainly an NFL offseason, But 377 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 1: it was quite the chips in move at a point 378 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: in time where franchise, like there are other franchises around 379 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: the league that I think could have pulled that off. 380 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: I e. You have a more established quarterback, either injury 381 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: history wise or contractually, your GM and your head coach 382 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,879 Speaker 1: have more on their resume. They've earned the right for 383 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,439 Speaker 1: us to do this, you know, kind of removing yourself 384 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: from the sauce element of the trade. I know some 385 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: people were skeptical about Hey, you know, is he truly 386 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: you know, an all pro, etcetera, et cetera. But even 387 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,679 Speaker 1: if you take that side of it out and just 388 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 1: kind of stuck to what the trade set, otherwise, it's 389 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: a lot, all right. Jacob Tanner Trent, we got a 390 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: million people asking about changes. Basically a question I got 391 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: down here is do you think there will be significant, 392 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 1: will or should be significant changes to staff or roster 393 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: in the offseason. Recently, the Colts have routinely underperformed year 394 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: in a year out and nothing changes. Do you think 395 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 1: new ownership will be different or is this just the 396 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 1: new norm for the franchise? Again? Is this the most 397 00:20:56,080 --> 00:21:01,679 Speaker 1: egregious and let's just focus on sample size is bigger? 398 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: Is this the most egregious of the nine years? No, 399 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 1: but it's nine And to me, the only reasons that 400 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: I pause when I hear Hey, they should be brought 401 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 1: back is because injuries and because you don't have two 402 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: first round picks. And I'm not sure if that's valid 403 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: enough in my opinion, I don't think it is. I 404 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: guess to be frank, you know, first off, tell injuries 405 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: to the forty nine ers, and right now, are there 406 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: other AFC teams that are sitting there outside of the 407 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: postseason that are gonna say, hey, our hands raised injuries 408 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: for us and we'll be back next year. You don't 409 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: think Kansas City is saying that. You don't think Cincinnati 410 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: saying that. You don't think Baltimore saying that. And the 411 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: Colts have obviously had some very notable injuries here of 412 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: the last month plause. I don't want to ignore that, 413 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: But there's also been like good injury health. I mean, 414 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,680 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor hasn't been touched all year from an injury standpoint. 415 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,360 Speaker 1: Your offensive line until the last couple of weeks, they 416 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: were i mean thirteen games end of the season without 417 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: hardly anything. Your pass catching group totally healthy throughout there. 418 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: I was very nervous about linebacker and safety depth, and 419 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,880 Speaker 1: you've been very healthy at both of those two spots. 420 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:23,159 Speaker 1: So it's not like you've just been ransacked with injuries 421 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: all over here. Is there context with it? And should 422 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 1: it deserve some mention? Yeah, I'm not gonna ignore that. 423 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna sweep it under the rug. But for 424 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 1: me to say that means that everyone gets to run 425 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 1: and back. I don't understand that aspect either at all. 426 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 1: And you know, if you want to go off of 427 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,719 Speaker 1: Ballard's words, I mean, what did you say last year 428 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 1: the season in press conference? We have to find a 429 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: way to win end of the season games more often. Well, 430 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:58,120 Speaker 1: look what's happening right now? And then two he said 431 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 1: it close is good to the super Bowl last play zoomo, 432 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: going eight nine is not close. Well, if you're a 433 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 1: betting man right now, you'd probably say eight maybe nine. Well, 434 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:12,120 Speaker 1: there you go. So you know, what do I think 435 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: they should do? You know, stichen is the one that like, 436 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 1: like if you graded Stichen on last night. That's what 437 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: makes it so difficult when you are the head coach 438 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: in the play caller as the OC and the play 439 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: caller Stiken was borderline brilliant last night given what he 440 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: had available to him, borderline brilliant. But then as head coach, 441 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 1: here's his team once again in the month of December, 442 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 1: not ready to meet the moment. And that's happened far 443 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 1: too often in his three years. So I again, I 444 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 1: largely believe you tie everybody at the hip. I do. 445 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: There's a part of me it's like, would you hire 446 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: the GM and let that person evaluate everything I don't 447 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: love love that. I know San Francisco is one of 448 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: the rare cases where you know, they brought in the 449 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: GM post head coach and it's worked out. But again 450 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 1: that's me in my opinion, what's gonna happen. I'm not 451 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: holding my breath for it. I'm not. I just maybe 452 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,399 Speaker 1: I'm numb to how the franchise is operated and I 453 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 1: should give more credence to carli Ersa Gordon being new. 454 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 1: But the sauce Gardner's trade, right, she signed off on it? 455 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: Did she not? You know me fully understand all the 456 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: parameters that are involved in that. I don't hmm, I 457 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,959 Speaker 1: don't know. Colton asked about Michael Pittman Junior playing out 458 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 1: the rest of his contract or would you try and 459 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 1: get rid of in the soft scene. He has been 460 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: a great colt, but cap space is starting to get tight. 461 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:39,639 Speaker 1: We could pay a receiver a fraction of what he 462 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 1: makes do the same thing, and Pierce is shown he 463 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,639 Speaker 1: can take the next step. If we resign it, well, 464 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 1: certainly you'd have to go out and find another white out. 465 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 1: I mean right now would be what Peerson downs. You know. 466 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 1: That's the other thing with trading. Mitchell of course, that 467 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 1: thought of him potentially taking the torch, even if obviously 468 00:24:55,720 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 1: clear growth was needed, that you would have that element 469 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 1: to it. And you know, I could hear say, well, 470 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 1: you know nowadays you just draft the white out every year. Well, again, 471 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: you don't have your first round pick. So if you're saying, hey, 472 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 1: one of the day two picks is going to white out, 473 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, what that means one pick 474 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: in the first three rounds is going somewhere else? You know, 475 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 1: think the pass rush could use a jolt. You don't 476 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,359 Speaker 1: think this team could use a you know, corner, You 477 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: don't think this team could use the defensive playmaker period, 478 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: probably is the better way to put it. Maybe even 479 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:37,160 Speaker 1: a linebacker. So yeah, I mean, would you tell Pittman 480 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: he's got to play it out? I don't know. I 481 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: don't think this season is all of a sudden meant hey, man, 482 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,919 Speaker 1: here's your third contract with us. And that's come from 483 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 1: a guy that probably likes Pittman, you know, more than 484 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: most here. But that's probably how I would view where 485 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: things are at right now. Again, Mitchell probably throws things 486 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,200 Speaker 1: a little bit differently into the mix here, Isaac. In 487 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: this losing streak. We haven't seen any complimentary football. It 488 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: stems from culture of mediocrity. How do we enhance the 489 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 1: mental grit of this team, Isaac, I mean, very fair, 490 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: and you're right, this has largely been the same core 491 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 1: and that's where I would struggle to do the run 492 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: it back, like earn the right to run it back. 493 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: I don't. I struggled to find evidence of why why 494 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 1: we were talking second third contract guys. I mean, I 495 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: think we said this kind at the time of even 496 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: the seven to one start, and then yes, injuries played 497 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 1: into it, but like the schedule was largely heavily in 498 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:42,160 Speaker 1: your favor to start the season. You know, does it 499 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 1: totally derail to the point that it has so far? 500 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: But I mean, again, you're eliminated from the AFC South 501 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: with two weeks to go. Maybe you just would have 502 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: been eliminated from the AFC South with one week ago, 503 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 1: or you know, if you again, you want to get technical, 504 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,119 Speaker 1: Daniel Jones, by the time he tore his achilles, you 505 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,120 Speaker 1: were out of the playoffs, and sure was he playing 506 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: through a lagan. Yeah, but I mean there's a little 507 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 1: bit of life of like that's the NFL, and unfortunately 508 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: that's Daniel Jones's career, and I don't think that can 509 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:12,119 Speaker 1: be ignored either. That's unfortunate, but I don't think that 510 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: can be ignored either. So, you know, in time, you 511 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: get this question, you know, culture all that like, it's 512 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 1: hard to put a finger on that type of stuff. 513 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 1: But the results are the results, and you know you've 514 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,680 Speaker 1: been a team that has been outside looking in. I mean, 515 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,919 Speaker 1: what's the playoff? If the playoff drought does continue? What 516 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: is it? Let's assume I guess Panthers win the South. 517 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 1: It'd be Jets, Falcons, Saints. You is that right? Colts? 518 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 1: So the fourth longest playoff drought in the NFL right now, 519 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 1: if it gets to five, I gotta go over playoffs 520 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: and arrows in the podcast. I can't get myself to 521 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 1: go there until that. Uh. Tyler wanted to ask about 522 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: Jalen Travis small sample sized youth. What do you think 523 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: performance at right tackle? Yeah, I again, I didn't really 524 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,439 Speaker 1: get the musical chairs. I like Travis at right tackle 525 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: for the most part. I would I think that's a 526 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 1: past the torch spot. You know, when you get into 527 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: you know, the Pittman question, the finances question. I do 528 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: think that's where you go with that. I think that 529 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: kind of makes sense from a how do you handle 530 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,400 Speaker 1: the future on the offensive line, That's where I would 531 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:31,439 Speaker 1: go with that. Okay, Colt's playoff chances. I think I 532 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 1: have this right. I don't don't. I don't know if 533 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 1: it's gospel gospel, but I believe I'll try to make 534 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: this as simple as it sounds. Okay, again, AFC South, 535 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: you're eliminated from so the wildcard and the seven seeds 536 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 1: the only thing you can get. In order to get that, 537 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 1: you have to have three games go your way before 538 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 1: we get into any sort of tie breakers. You have 539 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: to have three games go your way. Those three games 540 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: go charge us. Was that a good Chortenegger? I believe 541 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: it's Chargers go. I felt like those are my better ones. 542 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 1: Chargers over Texans Saturday at four thirty. That's what you 543 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 1: need right there. If you don't get that, it's over, 544 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 1: it's over before you kick off on Sunday. Now, do 545 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: I think they'd all of a sudden say hey, Riley 546 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: Leonard go on the And by the way, I continue 547 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 1: to say, I don't think Anthony Richardson we'll play for 548 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: the Colts this season. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe Week eighteen 549 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 1: something changes if they're eliminated, But that's where I all go. 550 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: The three games Chargers over Texans, Colts over Jags, and 551 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: then week eighteen, you'll need the Colts to go to 552 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 1: Houston and win. You need all three of those games. 553 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 1: If you get all three of those, that means the 554 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 1: Texans are ten and seven, the Colts are ten and seven, 555 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: and therefore we go to head to head tiebreaker they split, 556 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: We go to divisional record. I believe both would be 557 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,440 Speaker 1: four and tune the division. We go to conference record. 558 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 1: I believe they both would have the same conference. Or 559 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 1: we go to common opponents. They both would have the 560 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: same record against that, so we go to strength of victory. 561 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 1: I feel like it's the BCS health. The BCS could 562 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:06,400 Speaker 1: have gotten Notre Dame in this year. I'm all for 563 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 1: the BCS coming back strength of victory, and I think 564 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 1: it means I guess what it sounds like. You want 565 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 1: to cheer for the teams that the Colts beat and 566 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: the teams that the Texans didn't beat. So, for example, 567 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: you want the Dolphins to win their last couple of games. 568 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 1: You want the Broncos to win their last couple of games. 569 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 1: You want the Falcons to win their last couple of games. 570 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 1: And then on the reverse of it, you don't want 571 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 1: the Chiefs to win, the Texans to be the Chiefs. 572 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 1: You don't want the forty nine ers to win, you 573 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:50,760 Speaker 1: don't want the Ravens to win, you don't want the 574 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:54,480 Speaker 1: Bills to win. Those are the teams that the Texans 575 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 1: did beat. So I think right now I kind of 576 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: forget it's a slight edge. I want to say that 577 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 1: Texans may have a slight edge right now, but there's 578 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 1: a lot of shifting that can happen with those those opponents. 579 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 1: So again, before that even gets entertained, three games have 580 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: got to go your way and then you get a 581 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 1: strength of victory at that point. So I think it 582 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: clears it up. I don't know. Part of me becauesn't 583 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: even want to go there, but who knows. They're still alive. 584 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 1: All right, Everybody, have a great Christmas, safe travels. We'll 585 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 1: talk to you Monday. Recaptain Colts and Jags led up