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Speaker 1: Tony East joining us now Tony Last night, I thought

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Speaker 1: a game where Benedict Mathern continued to show that, you know,

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Speaker 1: he is obviously a special player and a guy that

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Speaker 1: has a unique ability to score the basketball. I still

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Speaker 1: wonder and maintain, is Benedict Mathern a guy that is

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Speaker 1: going to be that kind of a player for the

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Speaker 1: Pacers beyond this season?

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Speaker 2: That's the question, And like they can't even answer it

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Speaker 2: right now, right because what they've needed him to be

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Speaker 2: right now is not that type of player. Like all

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Speaker 2: the questions we talked aboutout when it comes to his

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Speaker 2: bed and how he'll be used for the Pacers next year,

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Speaker 2: you know, when they're presumably running and gunning again, they

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Speaker 2: can't answer. They can't they haven't been able to play

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Speaker 2: that way, and they've needed Ben Matheren to just be

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Speaker 2: Ben Mathern. Go cook, go be your defender, Go draw

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Speaker 2: falgo score some points. Honestly, and maybe this is just

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Speaker 2: matched by good shot making and like actually winning a game,

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Speaker 2: but last night felt more like a blend. Like it

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Speaker 2: didn't feel I didn't There was no stretch of the

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Speaker 2: game where Ben Matherin was just like in takeover mode

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Speaker 2: and had ten points in forty five seconds or something,

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Speaker 2: and he still finished with twenty four and had the

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Speaker 2: biggest defensive play of the game in a win. So that,

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Speaker 2: like last night's game, is the type of game I

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Speaker 2: think that both parties will hope to see more of

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Speaker 2: where he still leads the team in scoring and has

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Speaker 2: an excellent night, but also does a bunch of other

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Speaker 2: things the team is really proud of. Like after the

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Speaker 2: game where Carlisle obviously talked about the chase down stopped

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Speaker 2: or whatever it was. I don't know if he actually

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Speaker 2: blocked it, but also mentioned that during the game he

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Speaker 2: said to mathering, Hey, like, you're not defending well enough.

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Speaker 2: You to do this and that better, and he thought

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Speaker 2: he did, right. That's that's the kind of stuff that

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Speaker 2: will matter for him beyond scoring twenty four points and

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Speaker 2: will be valuable to the Pacers next season when Haliburn

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Speaker 2: is on the smiling, glistening, earing Haliburn and is back

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Speaker 2: on the floor again.

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Speaker 1: You know the Tony watching that game last night, I

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Speaker 1: think for the first time really this year, they got

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Speaker 1: out of Jay Huff what they were hoping for. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think that's you know, that's if you get that right,

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Speaker 1: you're you're more than thrilled because he's hitting threes. He

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Speaker 1: at one point had i think two blocks that started

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Speaker 1: not been since he's been here, that we've seen that

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Speaker 1: level of play. Is that what they truly believe he

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Speaker 2: I mean, that's probably above and beyond the expectation. Twenty

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Speaker 2: That was his career highst twenty two and he had

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Speaker 2: twenty Like that was one of his best scoring games ever.

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Speaker 2: Like you were there, Jay Huff took heat check threes, right, Like,

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Speaker 2: how often is that going to happen? And oh, by

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Speaker 2: the way, Jay Huff took he checked threes And I

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Speaker 2: he was feeling it to that extent. I think what

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Speaker 2: but I still think he's working into shape with how

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Speaker 2: which is atypical for basically any system. If you're big

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Speaker 2: on the pacers, not only are you moving defensively, but

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Speaker 2: a lot. Your mind is racing, your body's racing. It's tiring,

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Speaker 2: could look like and the threes were falling. But the

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Speaker 2: the impact they maybe hoped was possible when they traded

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Speaker 2: think that shift was big for him strategically. We'll see

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Speaker 2: how much they can go to that. But they were

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Speaker 2: it's going to help and make you look really good

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Speaker 2: when you make shots. But look, I mean, Isaiah Jackson

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Speaker 2: that the center position when those when they get forty

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Speaker 1: And by the way, there have been some transactions to

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Speaker 1: report involving the Pacers within the last hour or so. Correct, Tony, Yes.

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Speaker 2: It's been the whole morning. See how fun. Yes, So

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Speaker 2: last night, which means now they're eligible for a hardship again.

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Speaker 2: So that the plan right now is for them to

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Speaker 2: sign Garrison Matthews.

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Speaker 3: He's a wing.

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Speaker 2: Who's played for the Hawks most recently, the Wizards and

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Speaker 2: the Rockets. I think good shooter, great shooter. He just

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Speaker 2: gets him up. He takes a lot of threes. As

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Speaker 2: percentage for his career is like thirty eight thirty nine ish.

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Speaker 2: They need shot making badly. We'll see how much he

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Speaker 2: And then before that in the morning, we learned that

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Speaker 2: you know, they have this hardship deal. That's what Jeremiah

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Speaker 2: who's watched him understands exactly why the Pacers like him.

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Speaker 2: He guards a little bit, he's got size, he moves well,

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Speaker 2: Like that's been very valuable.

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Speaker 1: I mean he's played well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, oh yeah, they keep He's playing sixteen to twenty

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Speaker 2: kind of age player that if they're any good this

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Speaker 1: Is on right.

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Speaker 2: And so because they couldn't sign him to that hardship

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Speaker 2: is to wave Monte Morris, who they've had for two weeks.

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Speaker 2: I'm over explaining all this, but you know when they

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Speaker 2: signed him, McConnell and themhard were injured. They needed a

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Speaker 2: minutes have gone away that he's only playing garbage time.

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Speaker 2: Last night, the game you were at for the first time,

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Speaker 2: less needed than it was where they signed him. Jeremia

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Speaker 2: robinsonerroals needed way more than when they additionally signed him,

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Speaker 2: so that makes good. This all makes good sense for

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Speaker 2: But this all makes good sense to me. Their team

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Speaker 1: Explain is my middle name? You know that? Right?

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Speaker 2: I never know what like what detailed people do want?

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Speaker 2: Do they just want hear the names they're signing? Do

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Speaker 2: they want the why what am I doing? But I

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Speaker 2: if you explain it, I think people East are like,

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Speaker 2: oh okay, they're not just trying to guess who's good

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Speaker 1: Well, it's so usunny rules, it's so funny Tony, because

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Speaker 1: the next era. You know that the the Pacers are

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Speaker 1: explanation is necessary is because at times you do wonder, Okay,

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Speaker 1: because they need a guy? You know what I mean?

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Speaker 1: There is a.

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Speaker 2: Difference, and we've seen so bisically. Yes, they've been so

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Speaker 2: you can come to Dallas tonight. Great, You're like, it's

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Speaker 2: not that's a level of injury that they've needed a

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Speaker 2: Emphis that guy got cut the next game, like it's

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Speaker 2: just been chasing a circle of who's heard at this spot,

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Speaker 2: They're doing their best because even if it's not necessarily

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Speaker 2: five minutes successfully, but the rest of the players around

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Speaker 1: They just have to, Okay. Lastly, Tony, I came back.

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Speaker 1: Today's is today Thursday? Eddie, Yes, Today's Thursday. So late

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Speaker 2: But you're also getting like a bonus from your NBA team,

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Speaker 1: By the way, this weekend, two opportunities to see the

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Speaker 2: As Tony, park at the hotel across the highway and

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Speaker 3: You got it.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. Thank you, Tony East joining us on the program.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get right to it here on our

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Speaker 1: Thursday road trip. One of the great cities that you

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Speaker 1: and Jesse, I'll get right to it. The Chiefs have

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Speaker 4: Well, yeah, a few things I would say, probably separately

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Speaker 4: so far. I mean, you look at these situations like

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Speaker 1: An area of vulnerability for Indianapolis Jesse, truth be told,

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Speaker 4: For the course of the season not that great. I

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Speaker 4: So I think this Chiefs offense is like one of

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Speaker 4: But you know, I'm searching through some true media sports numbers.

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Speaker 4: three one hundred and twenty seasons, so thirty two teams,

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Speaker 4: ten seasons. Each of teams, you're looking at, how often

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Speaker 4: have they scored on possession? Number one on that list

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Speaker 4: in the last decade is this year's Indianapolis Colts. They're right,

436
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Speaker 4: I think at fifty eight percent this year. So great offense.

437
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Speaker 4: We know Syde can do some great things with them.

438
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Speaker 4: This Chief offense has scored on forty nine percent of

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Speaker 4: its possession. That ranks thirteenth out of three hundred and

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Speaker 4: twenty teams in the last decade. So there's just this

441
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Speaker 4: weird disconnect based off of the Chiefs. They're touch down

442
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Speaker 4: percentage on drive this year is twentieth out of the

443
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Speaker 4: last three in or twenty teams over the past decades.

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Speaker 4: Their EPA per play is the second highest of the

445
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Speaker 4: Patrick Mahomes era, only you know, second place is the

446
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Speaker 4: rookie year when he came out. It's not his rookie year,

447
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Speaker 4: it's his first year as a starter when he was

448
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Speaker 4: setting all sorts of records in the league. So on

449
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Speaker 4: a down by down basis, the chief offense to look

450
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Speaker 4: pretty good and the gut roch Rice back and they're

451
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Speaker 4: getting pretty healthy, and left tackle Josh Simmons is back

452
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Speaker 4: and started last week. So it's weird, guys. I mean,

453
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Speaker 4: it's weird that this team hasn't produced wins and again

454
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Speaker 4: just hasn't come through in the clutch because they still

455
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Speaker 4: are very difficult to deal with. But as far as

456
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Speaker 4: spreading it around, you know, Mahomes have missed on some

457
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Speaker 4: deep shots. They've missed on some crucial settings, and right

458
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Speaker 4: now the intermedia has kind of gone away. They either

459
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Speaker 4: throw short and they throw deep, and they haven't hit

460
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Speaker 4: on enough of those deep shots down the field. So

461
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Speaker 4: it's been kind of weird. It's been weird to watch,

462
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Speaker 4: but I guess that efficiency wise, there's no way that

463
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Speaker 4: rivals this year's Colts when it comes to scoring and

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Speaker 4: scoring on each one of their possessions. But the Chiefs

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Speaker 4: are up there as well, and kind of unexpectedly up

466
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Speaker 4: there as well. So someone to watch this game. This

467
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Speaker 4: should be two really good offenses going at it, and

468
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Speaker 4: if they get rolling the way I think they can

469
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Speaker 4: get rolling, there is might be a shootout.

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Speaker 3: In the end.

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Speaker 1: Jesse Daniel Jones and Shane Stike, and you touched on

472
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Speaker 1: Jesse Noll of the Athletic. You touched on the Colts

473
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Speaker 1: offense and their efficiency, and I think part of that

474
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Speaker 1: is because Daniel Jones is and Shane Stiken have suddenly

475
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Speaker 1: become like the married couple that can finish each other's sentences, Right,

476
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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid have had that forever? Do

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Speaker 1: they still?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: I mean I do think they do. I think they

480
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Speaker 4: have that. It's like I said, or.

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Speaker 1: Is that is that a dumb Is that a dumb question?

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Speaker 1: Or does it? Is that something that's come up?

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Speaker 4: It's I don't think it's a dumb question. So three

484
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Speaker 4: weeks ago, Patrick Mahomes was the leader in MVP odds,

485
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Speaker 4: so I saw the sports and now he's down to

486
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Speaker 4: like plus two thousands. And again, there's just some things

487
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Speaker 4: we're not used to seeing from the Chiefs, which is

488
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Speaker 4: they're on nationality, they're on prime time, everybody's watching, and

489
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Speaker 4: they haven't come through in the situations that matter the most.

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Speaker 4: I mean, if you look at the Denver game, for

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Speaker 4: the chief first possession, Mahomes has two guys wide open

492
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Speaker 4: down the field for touchdowns and misses both of them.

493
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Speaker 4: And if you hit on that and get up step

494
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Speaker 4: nothing on Denver, that game could play out differently. Once again,

495
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Speaker 4: you go back to the last two possessions, the defense

496
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Speaker 4: desperately needs for the Chiefs to get off the field

497
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Speaker 4: and to give them a little bit breather or to

498
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Speaker 4: stay on the field, give them a little breather, and

499
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Speaker 4: she just goes three and out and three and out

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Speaker 4: and go backwards on their final possession. So it's about

501
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Speaker 4: matching up those things in the right moments and being

502
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Speaker 4: very detail oriented and those sorts of things. But I

503
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Speaker 4: think Mahomes is having a good year. I think he's

504
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Speaker 4: been better than a year ago. I know Travis Kelsey

505
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Speaker 4: said on his podcast this week he thinks this year's

506
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Speaker 4: version of the chief would beat last year's version of

507
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Speaker 4: the Chiefs, who ended up in the Super Bowl and

508
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Speaker 4: ended up fifteen and two. So I don't think I

509
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Speaker 4: disagree with him. I think Vegas Markets would agree with

510
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Speaker 4: him that this year's scene would be favorite over last

511
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Speaker 4: year's team. But like I said, they've got to come

512
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Speaker 4: through with it, and you hear in this building go

513
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Speaker 4: often this week is like they've got to go to it.

514
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Speaker 4: I mean, you can't just talk about it and talk

515
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Speaker 4: about how you're efficient and talk about how you feel

516
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Speaker 4: good about your offense and the good things happening. At

517
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Speaker 4: some point, you got to go out and make a

518
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Speaker 4: play on a first and tent when the game's on

519
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Speaker 4: the line, or a third and fifteen defensively when the

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Speaker 4: game's on the line. And that's where the team has

521
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Speaker 4: been lacking. But it seems pretty looky to be honest,

522
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Speaker 4: I just don't think they forgot how to do this

523
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Speaker 4: in the span of one year. So the sample size

524
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Speaker 4: is not on the side. Right now, they have seven

525
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Speaker 4: games to turn it around. But I don't think there's

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Speaker 4: something fatally flawed about the Chiefs offense. If you're asking that,

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Speaker 4: I think Mahomes is good. I think Andy Reid is good.

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Speaker 4: I just think they got to put it together in

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Speaker 4: the right moments, and if they do that, then I

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Speaker 4: think it'll make a playoffs and they'll be a tough

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Speaker 4: out for any team out there that they potentially face

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Speaker 4: in the AFC.

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Speaker 1: Okay, lastly, and most importantly, for Colts fans that are

534
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Speaker 1: going to head to Kansas City after they get done

535
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Speaker 1: reading Jesse Newell in the Athletic to get ready for

536
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Speaker 1: the game, they want to make sure that they do

537
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Speaker 1: what to soak in the atmosphere of Arrowhead or to

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Speaker 1: enjoy the best restaurant in the Kansas City area.

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Speaker 4: Ah, good one. You guys talked about the Plaza. I

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Speaker 4: actually went with my wife on my so some good

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Speaker 4: spots down there. I say, if you're going barbecue, can't

542
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543
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Speaker 4: top ones there, I Q thirty nine burn in. I

544
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Speaker 4: can't do much better than that. And then Jill getting

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Speaker 4: just get here early. And one of the best parts

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Speaker 4: and actually the worst parts about my job is that

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Speaker 4: when I pull on the lot, I have to go

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Speaker 4: straight to the press box and avoid all the great

549
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Speaker 4: smells and the people around me having excessive time. So

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Speaker 4: get here early and be sure to enjoy the sites

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Speaker 4: and sounds and smells of the scenery and enjoy the

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Speaker 4: experience the Arrow and somehow, some way has become like

553
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Speaker 4: the third or fourth oldest stadium in the NFL. So

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Speaker 4: it's historic because of the people around it and because

555
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Speaker 4: of the big deal it is around here. So yeah,

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Speaker 4: take that all in and we'll see, I think it.

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Speaker 4: We'll see two offenses on Sunday that could happen success.

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Speaker 1: We have seen games in the past where the punter

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Speaker 1: didn't even have to show up between the Colts and

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs, So we'll see if that happens on Sunday. Jesse

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Speaker 1: Newle and the Athletic will have it all cover. Jesse

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Speaker 1: on Sunday at Arrowhead and Matt, I realized that you

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Speaker 1: talk to the guys when I was gone. But I'm

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Speaker 1: curious of this, strictly curious because I went through it yesterday.

578
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Speaker 1: When you came back from Germany. You were jet lagged

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Speaker 1: for how long?

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Speaker 3: Not too bad, to be honest with you. To me,

581
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Speaker 3: the experience is way tougher going there than it is

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Speaker 3: coming back.

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Speaker 1: For sure, There's no question about that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know. So like when we landed, it was hard.

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Speaker 3: So you know, from my an itinerary standpoint, we got

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Speaker 3: there at I think we landed Friday, German time at

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Speaker 3: ten thirty, and then got to the hotel, settled in

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Speaker 3: about one and then had to be on a bus

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Speaker 3: by three and go to practice and then you know,

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Speaker 3: do media availability and some stuff after that. So, like

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Speaker 3: Thursday back in the States and then Friday in Germany

592
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Speaker 3: was like one big day, like one big time work.

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Speaker 3: I think I was awake like I don't know, like

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Speaker 3: forty four out of the forty eight hours in that

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Speaker 3: time span. It felt like so to me, you just

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Speaker 3: had to grind through, you know, Friday in Germany to

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Speaker 3: then go to bed at a normal time, German time.

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Speaker 3: That's always the key to success. So it was painful

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Speaker 3: on Friday, but once I woke up Saturday German time,

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Speaker 3: I was pretty much okay, I felt normal.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I would agree with that. The thing here's what

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Speaker 1: happened to me, though, And I don't know what time

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Speaker 1: you guys back, but I flew back, and I guess

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Speaker 1: I'm saying this just if anybody's gonna, you know, is

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Speaker 1: planning a trip. The strategy of it. When we came back,

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Speaker 1: we flew back in daylight hours, which is pretty cool

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Speaker 1: because you get back and it's like seven o'clock in

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Speaker 1: the evening here in Indie, and so you're like, okay,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'll stay up for two hours and then

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Speaker 1: go to bed. The problem is I went to bed

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Speaker 1: and was dog tired. But then my body woke up

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Speaker 1: at like four o'clock in the morning because I thought

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Speaker 1: it was ten in the morning over there, and it

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Speaker 1: took me yesterday then, so it took me a day basically.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And I think what had I think what went

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Speaker 3: in our favor was we left after the game, and

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Speaker 3: so about midway through the flight coming home from Germany,

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Speaker 3: like in the middle of the night German time, I

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Speaker 3: was pretty wipe. That was pretty pooked. I started to

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Speaker 3: get real tired, and I don't sleep very well on planes,

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Speaker 3: so if I was in and out of sleep, you know,

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Speaker 3: it wasn't good sleep, you know what I mean, Like

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Speaker 3: it was totally yeah, solid. And so by the time

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Speaker 3: I got home, which we landed I think like a

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Speaker 3: twelve thirty and then had to you know, bust to

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Speaker 3: the back of the complex and get back in the

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Speaker 3: car something. I got back to the driveway my house

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Speaker 3: at two am, and so by that time, like I

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Speaker 3: was ready to go to bed, and I was tired anyway,

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Speaker 3: So like I felt like I was pretty pretty close

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Speaker 3: to like getting back on the normal Eastern time body

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Speaker 3: clock by like a half day or a full day

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Speaker 3: after that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it is it's it is wild man. The time

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Speaker 1: change is a thing right now, and obviously for the

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Speaker 1: Colts they're back at it now for the first time

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Speaker 1: since taking on Kansas City. We just talked with Jesse

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Speaker 1: Newell from the Athletic in Kansas City. From the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: side of things, let's begin from the Colt side of

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Speaker 1: things with this Matt from a health standpoint, they had

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Speaker 1: the time away to try to get healthy. Here. Where

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Speaker 1: do things stand in terms of who may be in

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Speaker 1: who has recently been out.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the biggest one is Charvarius Sward and another good

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Speaker 3: sign today he was out there at least in the

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Speaker 3: media portion of practice today, you know the portion where

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Speaker 3: you know, reporters can see he was out there and

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Speaker 3: yesterday was full go and then was out there today.

649
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Speaker 3: We'll see what the designation is later on today. Hopefully

650
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 3: it's another full ghost status and trending in the right

651
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,760
Speaker 3: direction to maybe tomorrow or at the very latest Saturday,

652
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 3: being cleared to come off of injured reserve with that concussion.

653
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 3: But he's got to, you know, clear all the necessary

654
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 3: steps and things like that, so you know that's always

655
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,240
Speaker 3: kind of finicky, but but he's the big one. Jake.

656
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 3: You know, Taekwon Lewis is still dealing with an injury,

657
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:35,000
Speaker 3: and he's been kind of a guy that would kind

658
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 3: of you know, based on the injury reports and the designations,

659
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 3: and he's had like a little bit of a start stop,

660
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,800
Speaker 3: you know, where he'd practice in full the next day,

661
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,080
Speaker 3: would not practice or be limited in practice. It's kind

662
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 3: of been fluid on his return. Samson Abacom has a

663
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 3: decent chance in coming back this week. He's missed the

664
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,320
Speaker 3: last three games with the knee injury. So those are

665
00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 3: the big ones, But I think the biggest one is Ward,

666
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,160
Speaker 3: just because of the potential and the excitement on what

667
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:06,760
Speaker 3: that secondary could be with Gardner and Traverius Ward and

668
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,280
Speaker 3: Kenny Moore playing the slot, especially in the last seven games,

669
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,400
Speaker 3: and then you started this Sunday against the premier quarterback

670
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 3: and Patrick Mahomes and what you would need to be

671
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,240
Speaker 3: able to slow down a guy like that and that offense.

672
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:24,560
Speaker 3: It's exciting. I think we're starting to I think we're

673
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,120
Speaker 3: getting the previews, you know what I mean, Like if

674
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 3: this was a movie trailer, this would be the trailer

675
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:32,840
Speaker 3: of the feature film here on what the secondary could

676
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 3: be after the Colts have wanted it to be like

677
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,200
Speaker 3: this the entire season.

678
00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,640
Speaker 1: Which to you, Matt, do you believe is a bigger

679
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,280
Speaker 1: area of I'm going to use the word concern kind

680
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 1: of an air quotes here, Okay, intrigue maybe is a

681
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:50,120
Speaker 1: better word. The Colts ability to protect Daniel Jones or

682
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 1: the Colt's ability to try to get to Patrick Mahomes.

683
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 3: I think, wow, that's a great question. I think as

684
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:02,360
Speaker 3: it relates to this game, it's getting after Patrick Mahomes

685
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 3: and they have done that. You know, I know this

686
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,960
Speaker 3: is a different regime and a different defensive coordinator and

687
00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,840
Speaker 3: lou An Rumo, who by the way, has had great

688
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 3: individual success in his own right against Patrick Mahomes. He's

689
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 3: faced him six times. He's three and three, including an

690
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 3: AFC Championship victory in that in that sample size, but

691
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,480
Speaker 3: the Colts have done a really good job when they

692
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:33,000
Speaker 3: play a quarterback like this, they have really good lane rush,

693
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 3: lane integrity, and the key when you when you face

694
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,240
Speaker 3: Patrick Mahomes is don't let him out of the pocket.

695
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,120
Speaker 3: Right He's the He's got the fifth most scrambles in

696
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,080
Speaker 3: the NFL this year, and he we we we watch

697
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,479
Speaker 3: him every Sunday because they're always in prime time. They

698
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,520
Speaker 3: always have the Marquee game, whether it's Sunday or Monday.

699
00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:52,680
Speaker 3: He's always out of the pocket, and he turns everything

700
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:56,160
Speaker 3: in the backyard football and he's slinging you know, uh

701
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 3: passes underhand and side arm and from different you know,

702
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,960
Speaker 3: arm locations and things like that. He's just a really good, savvy,

703
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 3: off schedule type of a quarterback. So don't give him

704
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,120
Speaker 3: those opportunities. Get after him. And it's not you don't

705
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,640
Speaker 3: have to sack them five times. You just can't. You

706
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,960
Speaker 3: can't let them outside the pocket. That's the biggest thing.

707
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,640
Speaker 3: But I think to answer your question, for the entirety

708
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:21,720
Speaker 3: of the season, it's protecting Daniel Jones. And I looked

709
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,280
Speaker 3: it up today because I was really curious about, you

710
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 3: know that, that same line of thinking you're on right now.

711
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,960
Speaker 3: The Colts have faced so far this year. They face

712
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:35,280
Speaker 3: the fifth most blitzes against them, And I think that's

713
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 3: what teams have figured out, Right, if we're gonna play

714
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 3: the Colts, we can't just sit back and play coverage

715
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:45,040
Speaker 3: and only rush four because Jonathan Taylor's gonna do what

716
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:47,480
Speaker 3: he's gonna do and Daniel Jones has shown that he's

717
00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 3: really accurate this year, and the Colts have a diverse

718
00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 3: set of skilled players and wide receivers and tight ends.

719
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,520
Speaker 3: They're just gonna kill us if we don't just bring

720
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 3: pressure and try to dictate dictate terms to the Colts.

721
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 3: So I think that's what life is going to be

722
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 3: like now going forward, especially after the last two games

723
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 3: against Pittsburgh and Atlanta where both of those teams, primarily

724
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 3: the Steelers had good success getting after the Colts, creating

725
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 3: some turnovers, getting sacks and making it tough for the

726
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,680
Speaker 3: Colts to be efficient on their drives and finishing drives

727
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 3: into plus territory.

728
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 1: Who success season has been more reliant on the other,

729
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,720
Speaker 1: Shane Stike in having to rely on Daniel Jones or

730
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones having to rely on Shane Steiken.

731
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:36,640
Speaker 3: Man, I give you know, it's obviously splitting hairs right there, Jake,

732
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 3: but I give so much of this season in terms

733
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 3: of credit. I give it to Daniel Jones because we've

734
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 3: talked about this before. You know, this offense last year,

735
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 3: outside of Tyler Warren pretty much the same guys, you

736
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:55,200
Speaker 3: know what I mean. I just think quarterback consistency instability

737
00:33:55,680 --> 00:34:00,200
Speaker 3: means so much, and I think Johnathan Taylor's success are

738
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 3: a large part of it is because the Colts now

739
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 3: have the threat of the passing game and teams can't

740
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,759
Speaker 3: load up the box and they have to spread out

741
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 3: the defense sideline the sidelines, So the Coults are seeing

742
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 3: more wits, you know, from the front seven. So I

743
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 3: just give so much credit to Daniel Jones with his

744
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 3: production on the field, but maybe even more than that,

745
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 3: he just his his in tangibles, his character, his work ethic,

746
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 3: the way that he's been able to provide leadership for

747
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:34,040
Speaker 3: the locker room and has done it in a short

748
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 3: amount of time. And we've we've talked about this before.

749
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:39,439
Speaker 3: I mean, he's the new guy in a locker room

750
00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 3: that's seen a ton of new guys, right since twenty

751
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:46,279
Speaker 3: nineteen when Andrew Luck retired. You know, he's come in

752
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,239
Speaker 3: and built up a lot of trust and respect. And

753
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,880
Speaker 3: I mean the guy just freaking lives here. He lives

754
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,879
Speaker 3: at the complex, and he and Shane Stike and are

755
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:56,760
Speaker 3: sort of cut from the same cloth when it comes

756
00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 3: to loving football and scheming things up up and trying

757
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 3: to gain that those those small little edges that you

758
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 3: have to have throughout the course of the season. You know,

759
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,399
Speaker 3: that leads to an eight and two record so far

760
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 3: to the first ten games. So I'm gonna go with

761
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,360
Speaker 3: Daniel Jones right there. I just think, all of a sudden,

762
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 3: everybody thinks Shane Stichen's a great play caller and a

763
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 3: great alfense of mine. I think he always has been.

764
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 3: But he's got the quarterback that sees the game the

765
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,800
Speaker 3: same way as he does in Daniel Jones.

766
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:28,080
Speaker 1: You know, it's interesting, Matt, when you look at Pittsburgh

767
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:31,080
Speaker 1: and you look at Atlanta, you know, you're up there,

768
00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: as Matt Taylor, the voice of the Colts, who's on

769
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 1: the Java House Peeling Port guest line here, You're up

770
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:39,839
Speaker 1: there calling the game, and you're calling a lack of

771
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:42,839
Speaker 1: holding onto the football for the first time in those

772
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,760
Speaker 1: last two games. Right. I mean, all of a sudden,

773
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 1: some of those turnover issues or challenges are creeping up,

774
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 1: but they're getting to Daniel Jones more than what we

775
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 1: saw previously. Is that because Pittsburgh came up with and

776
00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,200
Speaker 1: they've got some talent up front, don't get me wrong,

777
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 1: but Witsburgh come up with some sort of a blueprint

778
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 1: that previously was unseen that Atlanta then replicated that the

779
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 1: Colts need to be aware of or did the offensive

780
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,839
Speaker 1: line go into a two game step back.

781
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:15,759
Speaker 3: I think it's more you got to give credit to

782
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 3: those two teams on defense. I mean, specifically the Pittsburgh Steelers.

783
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,439
Speaker 3: They've got just two studs coming off the edge where

784
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 3: most of the pressure not all, but most of the

785
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 3: pressure in that game came off the edges with with

786
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 3: Watt and high Smith. And then I think Atlanta just

787
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:34,680
Speaker 3: blitzed their brains out. And I think again, that's what

788
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,759
Speaker 3: most teams have done and will continue to do for

789
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 3: the Colts because again, I just think most defensive coordinators

790
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:44,760
Speaker 3: say if we and I hate to you know, single

791
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,960
Speaker 3: any sort of of you know, mindset or ideology out,

792
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,239
Speaker 3: but I mean just because it's top of mind, because

793
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,279
Speaker 3: those these two guys have been here in recent pass

794
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 3: I mean, if it's if it's the Matt Eberflus or

795
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,839
Speaker 3: Gus Bradley approach where you just sit back and play

796
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 3: your scheme and you don't try to be games specific.

797
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:04,799
Speaker 3: The Colts are just gonna torch you. They will. They're

798
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 3: just gonna I mean, they're gonna score you. Know, thirty

799
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 3: points in the first three and a half quarters and

800
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,919
Speaker 3: put it on cruise control and you're gonna lose the game,

801
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 3: you know, thirty eight to whatever. So teams know they've

802
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 3: got to dictate the terms to the Colts and at

803
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:22,879
Speaker 3: least give themselves a chance to generate some takeaways and

804
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:24,640
Speaker 3: to you know, kick the Colts out of field goal

805
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:27,160
Speaker 3: range on a crucial sack on third down or whatever

806
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,799
Speaker 3: the case is, by blitzing. And the Colts have to

807
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,440
Speaker 3: do a better job up front of being aware of

808
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:36,920
Speaker 3: those things and picking up stunts and twist at the

809
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,279
Speaker 3: line of scrimmage. There's no doubt about that. And I

810
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 3: think Daniel Jones himself has to do a better job

811
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 3: because I think it's kind of you know, peaked up

812
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,560
Speaker 3: the last two games to your point of stepping up

813
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,080
Speaker 3: in the pocket a little bit quicker, getting the ball

814
00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:53,719
Speaker 3: out just a little bit faster, things like that. I mean,

815
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,160
Speaker 3: I think all of this goes hand in hand with

816
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 3: the skill players getting open, winning their one on one

817
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:02,040
Speaker 3: matchups on the outside. Obviously, the offensive line as to

818
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,799
Speaker 3: protect Jones, got to get the ball out fast. I

819
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:06,799
Speaker 3: think I think the Colts spent the last week with

820
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:10,400
Speaker 3: the buy, recognizing that those all of those things have

821
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:12,839
Speaker 3: been a problem in the last two games, even though

822
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 3: they've split those two games one win and one loss.

823
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:17,760
Speaker 1: Matt. Lastly, when I was on my way in today

824
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,840
Speaker 1: and I've seen a fellow that does this in Broader

825
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:23,279
Speaker 1: Bowl a lot. But he's a guy that doesn't have

826
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:26,400
Speaker 1: he never wears a shirt. This wasn't that guy. I

827
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 1: was driving in and I saw a business guy, like

828
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 1: literally a business guy riding a unicycle, just just cruising

829
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:34,279
Speaker 1: down Capitol riding a unicycle, you know, like nobody. I mean,

830
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 1: like had a briefcase in one hand suit riding a unicycle.

831
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 1: And I thought, now that's a talent. That's a skill, right,

832
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:41,960
Speaker 1: I mean not not just riding the unicycle, but doing

833
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 1: it with a suit on. Pretty impressive. Do you have

834
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 1: a hidden talent like that that we're not aware of?

835
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 3: I don't have anything like that that extreme. But I

836
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 3: can play the drums, really, you know I can? Yeah,

837
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,840
Speaker 3: I can. I can play drums, like like rock and

838
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:57,440
Speaker 3: roll drums.

839
00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,239
Speaker 1: Like did you have drums as a kid?

840
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 3: I did. My My dad came home like it was

841
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:04,960
Speaker 3: really bizarre in like in a great way. My dad

842
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 3: came home like when I was in second grade one

843
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:10,560
Speaker 3: day and he just bought a drum set. Like I

844
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:12,920
Speaker 3: got a brother growing up, neither of us asked for

845
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:15,640
Speaker 3: a drum set. Neither of us wanted to like learn

846
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 3: how to play drums. He just came home with a

847
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 3: drum set and then it was just there. And so

848
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 3: my brother and I kind of picked it up growing up.

849
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 3: And he's much better than I am my brother. But

850
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,120
Speaker 3: I mean, I can. I can hold my own. I can.

851
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 3: I can. You know, if Jake, if you have a

852
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 3: band and uh, you know you need a guy to

853
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 3: fill in and a pinch, I can keep up with you,

854
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:36,839
Speaker 3: you know, I can. I can hold my own keeping

855
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 3: a beat.

856
00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: And that's impressive.

857
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,640
Speaker 3: Maybe not a solo, but I can. I can. I

858
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:41,600
Speaker 3: can be up on stage.

859
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:43,440
Speaker 1: Feel like Bobby Brady, you just sat out there? Did

860
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:44,960
Speaker 1: you like sit out in the garage or like where

861
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:48,319
Speaker 1: where exactly did you do this? And how long were

862
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:49,280
Speaker 1: your parents neurotic?

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Speaker 3: Uh? Well, yeah, I don't know what my dad was thinking.

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Speaker 3: He probably didn't ask my mom for permission. I think

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Speaker 3: he just did it. But yeah, we definitely drove her

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Speaker 3: crazy with uh because when we was in the basement

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Speaker 3: and so you know, my house growing up was kind

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Speaker 3: of like the social house. Like everybody just came over

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Speaker 3: to my house, you know, before or after stuff. So

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Speaker 3: you know, whenever friends would come over, they would just

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Speaker 3: bang away and wail in the drums, and I'm sure

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Speaker 3: it would piss my mom off the high heavens, but

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Speaker 3: I'm sure that went.

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Speaker 1: I always felt like the true sign of the social

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Speaker 1: house supremacy. And like late in middle school and early

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Speaker 1: high school was largely based upon how much junk food

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Speaker 1: your mom was willing to put in the pantry.

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Speaker 3: Uh, junk food and you know mountain dew like terrible

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Speaker 3: things for you, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: The only thing that my house didn't have that most

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Speaker 3: like epically good social houses had growing up were like

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Speaker 3: a really good VHS collection, like tape collection of movies.

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Speaker 3: We didn't we didn't do that. My parents didn't buy movies.

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Speaker 3: We had HBO and then we would tape them off

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Speaker 3: of HBO.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, listen, I was. I was in early high

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Speaker 1: school when win my dad, I mean fortunately made it through,

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Speaker 1: but first had a heart episode. And so you came

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Speaker 1: over to my house and it was like, oh, can

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Speaker 1: I get you some wheat bread or yogurt, you know,

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Speaker 1: all right, Matt, Colts and Chiefs coming up on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: We'll be listening to the call man. Appreciate the time

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Speaker 1: as always.

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Speaker 3: All right, guys, be well.

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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor joining us, Java, House Peel and poor guests.