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We're in Ingles, Indiana. 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:07.320 Everybody when the party is on Taylor's Bar and Table 0:00:07.400 --> 0:00:11.080 appropriate Brent Holworth and I together the Indiana Standard Bread 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:15.880 Association and Tony Wrenz here Brent is with Evan Williams. 0:00:15.880 --> 0:00:17.360 And we're having a hell of a time so far, 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:18.800 an't we Pelomino. 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:21.040 What a great, great way to start off a wonderful 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:25.320 Friday here in Ingles at the wonderful Taylor's Bar and Table. 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:29.000 You got to get here State Road thirteen just run 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:32.400 off of I sixty nine, and there's plenty of room. 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:35.879 I saw, for example, one of these Smiley Bros in 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:41.360 the house SPT is here, not led by Smiley, but 0:00:41.440 --> 0:00:43.800 one of the bros in the house here, So come 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:46.159 join us. We would love to see its samples, a 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:50.199 flowing great food Taylor's Bar and Table meantime of the 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:52.640 Andy Moore on a Motive Group potline. He is a 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:56.000 part of Football Friday Night number one of the High 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:59.480 School Football campaign for twenty twenty six. It is from 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:03.440 Indiana's Sports Talk. Our friend Bob Love, Hello Bob, Hello 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:07.560 John Hall Aurion, Bob, you look outstanding. I'm looking at 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:10.280 you right now. I see everything you're doing. The most 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:15.080 interesting man in the world is Apog right now on Zoom. 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:18.440 I had to pass inspection in terms of throwing on 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:21.679 a collared shirt. My wife was saying, I can't believe 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:24.399 you're actually going to go on the air in a 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:27.560 T shirt. There's a good T shirt. But she's stepped 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:29.880 in and said, you need to step up your game 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:30.480 a tiny bit. 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:33.679 Pal, They're lucky on this show, Bob, that I have 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:35.160 a shirt on altogether. 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:38.280 Now, let me tell you they're lucky. They are. 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:42.520 Hey, I saw this from LN so Brownsburg LN and 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:45.640 that battle in Night number one tonight at LLEN has 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:47.119 solved out officially tonight. 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:50.000 It's as good a game as you're gonna get. 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:52.480 I mean, this game in terms of talent and coaching, 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:56.440 feels like a state championship game. They saw each other 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:59.120 a couple of years ago in the regional then Brassburg 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:03.360 won one back to back championships, and so Sean, I 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:06.120 mean it is. This is a night where there are 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:09.679 a whole lot of great games starting with this one. 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:13.160 And this game is basically you know, Oscar Fry, the 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:18.640 talented quarterback from Brownsburg is back. I you recruit Brandon 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:23.480 Sharp wide receiver can do everything monching sales, and another 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:28.040 wide receiver for LN going to IU. Running back Xavion 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:30.560 Moore headed to Purdue. And it's like an all Big 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:34.160 ten night starting out high school football in this matchup. 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:36.840 Yeah, I think you got Sharp two's got a connection 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.680 with in relation with l N. There's just all kinds 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:42.639 of or at least family wise has s connection. There's 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:46.560 there's all sorts of storylines in this sold out matchup tonight. 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:47.919 It's amazing. 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:50.880 Frankly, you know, when we talk about high school football 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:53.280 in our state, we used to get excited when we 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:57.040 would get twenty five or thirty kids to recruited by 0:02:57.080 --> 0:02:59.720 Division one, And now you know we're looking at annually 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:01.440 fis or more each year. 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:03.760 Being recruited by the big time programs. And I think it. 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:06.480 The dresses out and great, our coaches are, our kids 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:09.519 are has gotten better and better. This is the destination 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:13.799 for big time programs to recruit around the country, let 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:15.240 alone the ones here in the state. 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:18.360 Now, Football Friday with Bob Lovell and Bob's on the 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:20.880 Andy Mooree Auto Motive Group Pieline ninety three five one 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:24.120 oh seven five The Fan Kevin, right and Carmel if 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:27.120 there seems like a time where and I'm not going 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.520 to suggest they're off the radar because of that school. 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:31.280 In any sport, you're never off the. 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:34.120 Radar, right, But honestly, if there's going to be a 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:36.520 season for them to step up, I would look for 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:40.320 this one Carmel and Fishers to kick things off tonight. 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:46.400 Kevin has won multiple championships Clearcut Hall of Fame football 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:49.440 coach in our state. You know, it's genetic, obviously, but 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:52.480 he has done a great job wherever he's been. His 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:55.880 teams have won championships, and so you know, Carmel has 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:57.440 won multiple championships. 0:03:57.480 --> 0:03:59.680 Carmel wins championships in all their sports. 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:02.600 Give Kevin in his second year, I think you can 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:06.160 expect to see a tremendous amount of improvement over year one. 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:10.440 And that's what makes this game tonight with with Fishers 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:13.160 such a great one. And and Dan Fisher's is a solid, 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:16.000 solid football team and so, uh, you know that one 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:19.719 of those tremendous openers that feels like a regional or 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:23.000 even a semi state game at the end of the season. 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:25.560 So a lot to look forward to in this one. 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:26.839 Too well. 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:29.159 You know, I love me some Eric Moore, you know 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:32.560 that son of Grove and Warren tonied And I was 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:35.680 texting back and forth with with Eric am. 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:39.240 Earlier and I got the oh woe with us there? 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:42.559 This Warren central team is absolutely low and what away 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:46.360 going to do? So yeah, oh woe with Cindy Grove 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:48.880 on the hill with Warren coming up later off the night. 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:52.440 But he was right about this man. Warren is absolutely loaded. 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:55.560 You know, talent wise, they're tremendous. 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:57.880 Uh, you know they have this skilled players are as 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:00.320 good as anybody in the county, anybody in this state. 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:04.040 I think he's right, and I think he's has to be. 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.880 Afraid of big plays and they have big play players. 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:09.000 I have more than one big play player. 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:11.440 And so it's one of these games where you can 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:15.840 ill afford to make mistakes, missed assignments, turnovers, those kinds 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:16.160 of thing. 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:18.840 Eric, thoughme, is the system guy. 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:23.679 His system has worked years and years and years, multiple championships, 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:27.480 and so as a co former coach of a different sport, 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:30.359 you always wonder what you have in that first ball game. 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:32.800 But I think he has a great idea of how 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:34.560 they have to play, what they have to do to 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:37.200 beat an incredibly talented Warren Central team. 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:39.880 Now, that's Bob Lovell Indiana Sports Talk. 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:44.440 It is Football Friday, brought to you by Penn Station Sandwiches, Hot, 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:46.279 juicy and fresh from the grill. 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:48.840 Grab a Penn Station sandwich today and. 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:51.520 Bob with us on the Eddie Moro out of Modess 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:56.880 Group Hotline five A number one New pal They start 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.480 off the season with an out of state matchup. 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:00.360 I believe tonight. 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:04.159 Well they're out of state taking on Wheaton, a team 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.400 in Wheaton, Wheaton Saint. 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:10.760 Francis, but Newpalace, Newpalce. Nothing's just good. As long as 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:12.279 Kyle Ralph is there, They're. 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:14.600 Going to continue to go out and just dominate people 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:16.880 on both sides of the football. 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:18.800 And this is another here. 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:24.440 They are they again off a championship. They are an 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:28.440 incredibly talented and well coached team and so great start. 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:30.160 Get out of the state and find out what you have. 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:32.400 Hey, bab I want to ask you about this and 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:34.839 for a chatar, I believe it's number three. 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:37.320 They start out tonight on the road at five A 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:38.039 number two. 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:42.320 Lafayete, Jeff, I can't recollect you know, if this may. 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:44.400 Be be the start of the season. 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:47.479 Wise, the highest ranking for Lafi at jeff that I 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:50.919 can remember in recent history, so that one kind of 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:53.400 I think Foles out of the category at least at 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:55.960 the top of the list, but certainly should be recognized 0:06:55.960 --> 0:06:57.800 for one hell of a week one matchup. 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:01.760 Well, it is because this is the Lafayete Jefferson team. 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:04.080 Will put the ball in the air, that they are 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:08.760 a high volume offensive team. We kind of, I think, you. 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:11.040 Know, is going to be challenged in terms of what 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:15.920 they can do, limiting the touches that the Broncos get 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:18.560 and trying to slow down on offenses as potent is 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:21.520 in the state, because you know, Pat Shanley's team likes 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:22.280 to air it out. 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:25.360 They always have. I think they always will and this is. 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:30.560 A great challenge for coach Doyle and his guys. First, yeah, 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:31.920 you're trying to find out what you have, but this 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:35.160 is a really, really good ball game and it is 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:37.800 a very talented Lafayete jeff team. 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:43.360 Got to ask you this cascade so good a year ago, 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:49.880 So what's the expectation there going into twenty twenty six 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:53.040 and obviously three eight number two to start the season. 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.240 I think quite simply, you have a lot of guys 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:58.960 the beauty and winning of state championship. There are plenty 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:02.400 of them, obviously, but your younger kids get more repetitions 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:06.880 because you're you're practicing extra weeks because of that run 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:10.160 you're making, and so your younger kids, you're clearly always 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.040 worried about how they're going to respond in that first 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:16.080 big game. But these guys have had reps against the 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:18.800 number ones, They've had plenty of extra reps, you know, 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:21.880 casscase for real, this is a program that wasn't just 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:24.200 one of those flash and the fan type of things. 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:28.360 This is a solid, well run outfit, and so I think, yeah, 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:31.239 I mean it's a there's no question it's a challenge. 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:32.760 But I think the other part of it too is 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.520 I think that the team that is talented enough, experienced enough, 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:38.680 although they've lost some key guys, they fill in with 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:40.520 some guys who've got a chance to be around a. 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:43.400 Championship caliber ball club. So this is a great way 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:44.319 for them to open up. 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:46.960 He put it on a college shuret to be on 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:52.199 this show. It's a level football. It'll be my one 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:57.080 in my house for Mediana Sports Hockey's football Frinday brought 0:08:57.120 --> 0:09:00.080 you by Pitchstation Sandwiches, Hot, juicy and fresh. 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:02.400 From the grill. Grab Penn Station Sandwich Today. 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:05.760 Anything else that we left off the map here that 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:08.160 you're going to be discussing coming up later on tonight 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:11.440 and one should be an outstanding show with Indiana Sports 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:12.800 talk around the state of Indiana. 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:17.120 Got to talk about my quakers Plainfield playings Franklin Central tonight. 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:20.960 Franklin's Plainfield hosting that game. That's always a good one. 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:23.480 It's also a night John where you get some rivalries. 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:27.240 Bloomington North Bloomington South always a great matchup for them. 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:30.720 UH Cathedral Ben Davis is a game of these people 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:32.120 need to pay attention to. 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:36.240 So you have you have a lot of games around 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:39.319 the state. And the key to John is you get 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:40.479 a chance to play. 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:43.559 Non conference games in these first two before you get 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:44.520 into conference play. 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:45.560 And so you'll see some. 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:49.640 Uh people moving out of the area playing in Fort Wayne. 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:52.160 Teams have had trouble in terms of scheduling, so you'll 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:54.920 see some of those types of situations that pop up 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:57.360 around the state on this first night and also coming 0:09:57.440 --> 0:09:58.080 up next week. 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:01.319 That is a rock only being one of those to 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:05.920 a rematch of the championship game for the Royals of 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:09.280 a year ago too. I'm Bob, you got a lot 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:11.559 on your plate later on tonight. You ready to go. 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:14.880 I'm ready to get back in that pool and take 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:20.320 off this shirt. That's now. Take this shirt over, get 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:23.719 in the pool and relax. You're ready to have I'm 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:25.400 gonna have a great night. It's always the fun night. 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:27.720 Just to be the thirty third year that we've done 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:30.400 the show on opening night, and I'm as excited to 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:32.080 know as I was thirty two years ago. 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:35.520 Thank you, Pal, I appreciate you man great as always 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:37.559 been doing again next week, have a great weekend. 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:39.640 Bob Lovell and the Indiana Sports Talk. 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:43.280 The only way that you get around the state of 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:46.120 Indiana later off tonight is with Bob right there, Bob, 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:47.120 thank you very much. 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:47.600 Thank John. 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:50.720 He is with us via the Andy Moore Automotive Group 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:56.880 potline right now, brought to you by Salt Good Industries. 0:10:57.240 --> 0:11:00.560 They pay cash for your scrap metal. It's oh good, 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:05.800 was so good? Football Friday conversation with the Colts in mind. 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:09.559 It is Joli Ericsson, who hopefully normally will be out 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:11.520 with us on a Friday, but he is on the 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:14.960 phone right now on the Andie Moor Automotive Group potline. 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:16.960 Joel, good afternoon to you, Pale. How are you. 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:20.800 I'm doing good. I'm generating to walk into the Indiana 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:21.520 State Fair here. 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:23.680 Oh really? Now? 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:27.319 Where are you walking into? North side and south side 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:29.800 of the State Fair? Do you know exactly where you are? 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:33.600 So south side? The Ericston family strategy is to go 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:36.480 to the dairy bar first, so we aim for the 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:37.400 south side first. 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:39.080 Well, great idea. 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:42.240 Unfortunately, when I went to the dairy bar, and this 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:44.760 was a couple of days ago. When I was out there, 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:50.400 I got served by Quarry and Schultz, and Derek Schultz 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:54.120 was not rocking like a beard cover, and I thought, man, 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:56.120 you gotta have some kind of beard cover there, Pal, 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:59.240 I said, I know you call them Jimmy's or sprinkles, 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:01.839 but I want your iron hair and my stuff right here. 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:06.640 Buddy, Come on, you know what, that's a fair point. 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:10.400 I hate to do this, yeah, but that's a fair point. Yeah. 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:14.199 It's kind of like, you know, a face mask if 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.679 something needed to be done right there with Schultz, but 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:19.840 he was not rocking one. Now, seriously, the Ericson family 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:23.440 will enjoy it because the State Fair is an absolute blest. 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:26.199 I believe Craig Morgan, the country music artist, is out 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:28.880 there too, so it is probably going to be a 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:29.920 little bit crowded, you know. 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:32.000 I saw this Joel on ESPN. 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:38.920 They don't have Daniel Jones in the top sixteen list 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:42.760 of quarterbacks in the NFL to start the season. 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:43.760 Is that wrong? 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:48.120 I think he's kind of I don't think he's in 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.240 that top ten tier. I think he's kind of more 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:53.200 in that middle tier. And then the thing about that 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:56.760 is once you get in there, I really think it's 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.240 less about the numbers and more about just kind of 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:01.760 where you are. So I don't think he's necessarily your 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:05.439 your guy who's going to be, you know, like an 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:10.040 MVP candidate, but just he's a good driving force for 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:11.600 this team. 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:12.080 Yeah. 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:14.959 Now, on the other hand, they're running back John Fan 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:18.880 Taylors is number one on the list. For this to 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:22.040 be better than an average season or what we have 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:25.920 witnessed here recently, a below average season, what is at 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:27.959 the top of your list? It has to click for 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:28.720 this Coats team. 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:30.719 Joe No, I think the. 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:33.480 Defense, the defense has got to figure some stuff out. 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:37.360 The defense has got to figure some stuff out. Just 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:39.560 in terms of there's gonna be games. I think the 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:41.959 offense should be good as long as Daniel Jones is healthy, 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:45.360 but they they're going to have to be able to 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:48.240 stop some people in games where they have, you know, 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:50.640 a couple of turnovers or something goes wrong, because you're 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:51.959 just gonna have those no matter. 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:52.719 How efficient you are. 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:57.000 Yeah, I feel the same way. I don't know if 0:13:57.000 --> 0:14:01.479 I have any answers, and look at it in the secondary, 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:04.480 I can't be the only one that's extremely worried, am 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:08.760 I Joel about Charvarius Ward in the back situation? 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:13.080 I think that outside of Alec Pearce, I think the 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:16.920 Ward situation has maybe become the number one injury concern 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:20.520 for me. Just in terms of, you know, with Pierce, 0:14:20.560 --> 0:14:22.680 we at least know that the surgery happened a while ago. 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:25.840 He should be getting close. We don't really know exactly 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:27.840 what's going on with Ward. We did see him standing 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:30.760 on the practice this week this week, but we haven't. 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:31.560 Seen him do anything. 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:33.960 And I do think that that's a big deal because 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:36.720 especially that first game, if I get to the opener 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:39.160 and he can't play in the opener. They also don't 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:42.160 have Cam Taylor Britt, who would be their fourth guy. 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:45.040 I will tell you this as well. 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:48.320 The secondary is supposed to cover up some of what 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:52.160 we believe are going to be flaws, trying to get 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:56.560 consistently after the quarterback up front, the playmaking. Unlike a 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:58.440 lot of teams in the NFL, Joel is going to 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:01.880 be from the secondary. And if you take that away, 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:05.960 that is incredibly problematic. Plus you got a guy that 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:10.640 was basically halfway into retirement before deciding to come back 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:11.520 in the offseason. 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:19.680 Yeah, the the way this the way this thing kind 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:24.600 of looks in terms of the secondary, is you need Ward. 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:27.160 I think you feel good with Britt, but then we've 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:29.000 eaten the preseason that if you get to the Kai 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:32.080 Blackman and Jonathan Edwards, I think you're maybe in a 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:36.040 little bit of a worse spot just in terms of 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:39.480 what we've seen from them so far. So we you 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.040 gotta have Ward for I think I don't think you 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:43.880 could expect to have it for seventeen games, but you 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:46.640 got to have it for twelve, thirteen, fourteen, something like that. 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:48.880 I think to really do what they're gonna want to do, 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:51.400 because they're they're gonna have to blitz. They're gonna have 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:53.000 to blitz to get pressure on the quarterback. 0:15:54.240 --> 0:15:56.160 Joey Erickson. He is that brought to you by sl 0:15:56.320 --> 0:16:00.080 Good Industries. They pay cash for your scrap metal, so 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:03.040 good was all good? He joins us via the Andy 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:06.440 Moore Automotive Group hotline. So I had a question a 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:09.120 little bit earlier. Allowed to meet Joel, and you can 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:11.400 go ahead and take this on if you like. Right 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:15.960 here too, the production that you expect from Keenan Allen 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:19.000 compared to the production that would be expected from Michael 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:20.000 Pittman Junior. 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:23.040 What's your comparison here, I think. 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:26.240 It's very similar. I think they're they're very very similar. 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:30.360 Keen Allen is not a guy because like at his age, 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:32.440 I think you worry from an age end point. I 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:34.600 think you worry more about injury than you do about 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:37.840 a diminishing steed because he's never really. 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:38.680 Been super fast. 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:40.280 You know. 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:43.480 Nathan Brown, my coworker, looked it up. He ran a 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:47.000 four to seventy five at the combine before he before 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:49.440 he caught you know, a thousand passes in the NFL. 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:51.040 So you don't worry as much about that. You do 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:54.600 worry as guys get older about injury, but he's been very, 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:57.240 very durable. I think it's pretty much the same though 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:00.000 at this point, because I don't think Michael Pittman June 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:02.920 last year was really the type of guy who was 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:05.280 was an elite separator. He was more kind of guy 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:08.439 who could take advantage of what Shane Sikin schemed up. 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:10.840 And I expect the same with Keenan Allen. 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:13.600 Where we have red flags up. I think both of 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:17.240 us were going to Charvall's ward. What you're feeling about 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:20.239 Alec Pearce being good to go for week double one 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:21.719 against Baltimore. 0:17:22.960 --> 0:17:23.760 It's hard to tell. 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:25.800 It's hard to tell until he gets back out there. 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:27.879 You know, they've said he's going through the workouts. We 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:31.920 haven't seen him running yet, you know, flat out, which 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:34.040 is what I think you care about the move. It's 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:37.280 still still a couple of weeks away, you know. But 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:40.800 I'm at least a little bit nervous because we haven't 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:42.800 seen him on the practice field at all. He's so 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:46.359 important to that offense. When he's out there, everything for 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:49.680 Allen and downs and Warren opens up what her means 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:53.320 when he's not there, I think you can play back 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:55.720 a lot more. It's a lot easier to play to 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:58.080 play back or move your guys up. We're going to 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:00.199 take away the space for those guys operate. I think 0:18:00.240 --> 0:18:02.920 he's just a lot more difficult. He's not out there, 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:04.320 so they really need him on the field. 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:07.719 Yeah, the fans Football Friday probably brought to you by 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:12.800 Quality Supply of Tool and it is largest Milwaukee tool Deally. 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:15.399 You know, it's funny about what you just said. It 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:19.399 just leads us as people that follow the Colts, talked 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:22.199 about the Colts, you've written about the Colts, and the 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:23.480 fans of the Colts. 0:18:23.760 --> 0:18:26.120 It leads us down this path. If you really. 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:29.359 Don't believe somebody is healthy and good to go until 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:34.119 you see them. Thus, how should everybody feel regarding Tyler 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:35.120 Warren the tight end. 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:39.119 I think he's going to be pretty much fine. I 0:18:40.240 --> 0:18:42.440 was there at practice when he got hurt and when 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:44.920 he came back out. They do not the trainers do 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:47.359 not usually let someone come right back out and watch 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:50.560 the rest of practice if they're concerned about it. 0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:52.199 If you think it's going to be a big issue. 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:56.639 And he was back out within maybe fifteen or twenty minutes. 0:18:56.720 --> 0:19:00.840 So my guess is that that's as mild they seem 0:19:00.880 --> 0:19:01.760 to suggest to this. 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:07.320 H anything else that peach your interest positional battle wise 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:09.200 or what have you going. 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:13.880 Into tomorrow afternoons preseason game two against the Falcons. And 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:16.600 I guess a little bit more specific to this question 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:22.000 that of the kicking battle between Groupie and Schreyer. 0:19:22.160 --> 0:19:25.960 Well Blake, Groupie, you know, has been far more consistent 0:19:26.080 --> 0:19:30.080 in practicing, but the numbers, he's way way ahead Spencer 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:35.000 Trader in terms of practice time kicks. But there's been 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:37.600 some hints Brian Mason said, you know, just because of 0:19:37.640 --> 0:19:40.000 the difference in the way those two are put together, 0:19:40.080 --> 0:19:41.280 Traders a much bigger man. 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:44.480 There's there's more power. 0:19:44.200 --> 0:19:47.600 Potential from Strader. And that's that's saying something considering that 0:19:47.640 --> 0:19:51.159 Groupie Groupie owns the longest kick in the history of 0:19:51.440 --> 0:19:54.960 the Indianapolis Colts in a game, the ball flight's a 0:19:54.960 --> 0:19:58.440