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Speaker 2: It is week seven here of the NFL season, and

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Speaker 2: I'd say one of the definite Markie games of the

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Speaker 2: week that is Colts and Chargers coming up four to five.

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Speaker 2: This is Colts Corner with myself, Kevin Bowen. Should have

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Speaker 2: Eddie Garrison back in the saddle on Monday. I hope

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Speaker 2: Looks like the CBS Number two crew. We'll be on

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Speaker 2: the call coming up here for Colts and Chargers. Obviously

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Speaker 2: a lot of connections here with Shane stike and being

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Speaker 2: in the Colts Ring of honor, slight favorite to the fighting.

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Speaker 2: Harball's coming up here on Sunday. So we'll get in

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Speaker 2: but plenty of Colts news items to get to here

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Speaker 2: as we get into another podcast. Will certainly hit on

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Speaker 2: some Twitter questions, So we'll be Riley Leonard as the

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Speaker 2: backup here recording this Wednesday afternoon just before the Colts

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Speaker 2: get out to practice. But Shane Stikeen did confirm will

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Speaker 2: be Riley Leonard as the backup, so one play away

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Speaker 2: on Riley Leonard to pick one nine. I think he

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Speaker 1: At some point you have to deliver from the pocket.

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Speaker 2: You know, at some point the opening drive against Ohio

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Speaker 2: Jeff Driscoll, Jaren Hall, Tanner Mordecai, and Kyle Trask. Get

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Speaker 2: I appreciate that. Yeah, running back is interesting. I mean,

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Speaker 2: Colts deserve credit for what they've done so far. You know,

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Speaker 2: I brought up the stat I think on last week's pod.

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Speaker 2: If you look at point differential teams that have done

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Speaker 2: this the first five weeks, a lot of them have

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Speaker 2: gone on to not only make the playoffs, but win

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Speaker 2: a playoff game. So again, I think the Colts deserve that.

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Speaker 2: But at the same time, those teams likely aren't gonna

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Speaker 2: be there in January, and there is an uptick. I mean,

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Speaker 2: if you look at it, the Colts have played i'd

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Speaker 2: say two to three, you know, quality football teams, how

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00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,960
Speaker 2: everyone to define Denver and Arizona, and all three of

445
00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:09,399
Speaker 2: those games have come down to virtually the final play.

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Speaker 1: And you're two and one in them.

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Speaker 2: So, like, when you play more of those teams, because

448
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Speaker 2: more of those teams right now are on the schedule,

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Speaker 2: how does that look? And also what does the confidence

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Speaker 2: do for you? What does winning some of these games?

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Speaker 2: What does that now do for your franchise? When you

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Speaker 2: get to December and or even January and you're starting

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Speaker 2: to play more of these meaningful games. Walter wants to

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Speaker 2: ask about Zia Franklin, saying that he should probably stop

455
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Speaker 2: talking to tight ends that are cooking him in the

456
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Speaker 2: past game. He wants to know what was up with

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Speaker 2: him lining up at cornerback. He made one play, but

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Speaker 2: I think other teams know he isn't.

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Speaker 1: A coverage linebacker. I know he just sign Jermain Pratt.

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Speaker 2: Who would you like to see the Colts go after

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Speaker 2: to help the secondary and linebacker group. You know, getting

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Speaker 2: linebackers on running backs, That's what you saw on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: It's rather inevitable. I mean, you have to have some

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Speaker 2: people play safety, so that's where you know, buying them

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Speaker 2: and buying them especially is kind of that that that

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Speaker 2: free safety r nit cross play a little bit closer

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Speaker 2: to the box. But yeah, teams are I think going

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Speaker 2: to try to isolate running backs and you're starting to,

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Speaker 2: I think, face a little bit of better tight ends too.

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Speaker 1: You know, do you see tight ends on some of

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Speaker 1: these linebackers coming up?

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Speaker 2: And again, if I had to rank what needs help

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Speaker 2: the most, it would probably be d n.

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Speaker 1: I mean, linebacker is probably above corner.

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Speaker 2: I'm just not holding my breath for real investments there corner.

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Speaker 2: Can you bank on the health improving Yeah, you probably

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Speaker 2: could do that a little bit defensive ends of one

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Speaker 2: that you should be the most frustrated about, in my opinion,

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Speaker 2: because again that's where the investments are the are the richest.

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Speaker 2: We'll end with this one from Joel He goes hey, KB,

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Speaker 2: If I'm not mistaken, both the Daniel Jones I n

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Speaker 2: T and the almost iron T from the Arizona game

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Speaker 2: took place in the sun where there are lots of

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Speaker 2: shadows mixed with the very bright sun on TV. The

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Speaker 2: contrast of sunshadow makes difficult to watch at times. I'm

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Speaker 2: sure it's difficult, not worse in the field. If not

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Speaker 2: worse in the field, do you notice is potentially be

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Speaker 2: an issue? And if so, is it time to just

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Speaker 2: leave the roof closed?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: I mean watching the Colts game on TV when the

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Speaker 2: roof is open and it's at one o'clock game, it

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Speaker 2: is just a Frankly, it's just a horrific experience. I mean,

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Speaker 2: I go back and watch the games on Monday and

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Speaker 2: I'm like, this is awful. I mean, how can you

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Speaker 2: recognize some of these numbers? And I mean I'm lucky that.

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Speaker 2: You know, I watch these guys so much in practice

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Speaker 2: settings that I'm used to body types.

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Speaker 1: It is. It's tough.

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Speaker 2: I'm trying to think the interception that he threw to Mac.

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Speaker 2: Will I really blame it on the sun?

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Speaker 1: I mean, I don't.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I understand it's it's definitely, you know, weird

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Speaker 2: with some of those shadows, but I don't know if

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Speaker 2: I can go full sun on that one. I felt

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Speaker 2: like that was in the shade, but I'd be grasping here. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean obviously they elected to, you know, have a

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Speaker 2: retractable roof, so they probably want it.

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Speaker 1: To some degree.

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Speaker 2: But you know, if I were CBS playing billions of

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Speaker 2: dollars to air these games, part of me would say, hey,

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't mind it to be too too closed there.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, those are things that are well above my

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Speaker 2: pay grape. All right, Colts Chargers, let's give a prediction here.

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Speaker 2: I think over unders decently high. Forty eight ish. Sh

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Speaker 2: probably double check that, but like I said, spread one

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Speaker 2: and a half here, let me double check that before

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Speaker 2: I actually commit to something like that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, forty and a half.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna go thirty twenty seven Chargers. You know, One

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Speaker 2: th guy I think gets been nervous about the Colts

522
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Speaker 2: is they've gone to the go out of their way

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Speaker 2: to mention how great of a team they're playing on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: And that started in the postgame locker room last Sunday,

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Speaker 2: which I think is the right mindset. I think the

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Speaker 2: Colts deep down, no, they have played you know, a whatever,

527
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Speaker 2: a softer schedule. But Shane mentioned in his postgame and

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00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,159
Speaker 2: I mean Josh Downs isn't running off the field like

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Speaker 2: I think they know that the rising competition is about

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Speaker 2: to come. But there are a lot of areas I

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Speaker 2: think the Chargers you can't attack those tackles the run game.

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Speaker 2: I don't think they're at a great advantage having traveled

533
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Speaker 2: back from playing Miami. It's one of the longer road

534
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Speaker 2: trips they could have. But I just think when you're

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Speaker 2: elite at quarterback and your elite at kicker. I know

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Speaker 2: that might sound weird, but Cameron Dicker is a real

537
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Speaker 2: weapon in a close game. I'm gonna go advantage Chargers

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Speaker 2: in that. Once I'll say thirty twenty seven the fighting hardballs,

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Speaker 2: I get it done. We will recap this coming up

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Speaker 2: on Monday and be back into that routine as it's

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Speaker 2: Colts and Titans up coming. Everybody, have a great week,

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Speaker 2: great weekend, and we'll talk down Monday