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Speaker 1: James boy, good morning to you boys morning.

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Speaker 2: It's good to be here man, exciting day. We'll see

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Speaker 1: James, you have not yet seen Caleb Zuber today, correct,

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Speaker 1: Caleb right now looks like Jim Harball in a postgame

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Speaker 3: Okay, I got to sweatshirt man, So.

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Speaker 1: Is that a Monday Night Football cold sweatshirts?

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Speaker 2: Yes, twenty five year anniversary of Monday Night Football and

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Speaker 1: So unbelievable. Had the change all of it. It looks

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Speaker 1: Hey look at you taking the high road. It's shocking

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Speaker 5: I mean, I'll tak the high road or yeah, if

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Speaker 1: Non conference. They've got Sienna the Sienna head coach is

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Speaker 1: on the Fan Morning Show again Ross Tucker. He's on

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Speaker 1: the Westwood one National Call tonight with Kevin Harlan, who

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Speaker 1: Congrats to was it Michael Caleb that I see it

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Speaker 1: Thirteen hours from now we'll have kicked off over at

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Speaker 1: Big Buck back in the lineup.

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Speaker 1: So again we will see exactly, like James said, what

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Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears flirting with Northwest Indiana and then the

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Speaker 1: day after the Monday after their biggest win in last

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Speaker 1: I'm not.

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Speaker 5: Going to allow us following his Twitter very closely on

439
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Speaker 5: Saturday night, and there were some words I probably can't

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Speaker 5: use or repeat that he was proudly stating about the

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Speaker 5: Green Bay Packers and his Bears being victorious.

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Speaker 4: At the game.

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Speaker 5: Though a great throw too by Calet Williams.

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Speaker 1: Five of the seven of the NFC are clinched. That

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Speaker 1: would be Seahawks, Rams, the forty nine Ers did clinch

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Speaker 1: with the Bears. I think it was the Bears win.

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Speaker 1: Maybe it was a lion's loss. I think that clinch

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Speaker 1: things for the forty nine Ers, Bears, and Eagles. So

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Speaker 1: you have five of the seven of the NFC. What

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Speaker 1: San Francisco is playing for tonight if they went out,

451
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Speaker 1: they're the one seed in the NFC, So they aren't

452
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Speaker 1: playing for a playoff spot, they've already clinched that, but

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Speaker 1: they're playing for a lot Inside of Lucasolo stadium, and

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Speaker 1: nothing says Christmas has been ruining the bow and household

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Speaker 1: like Notre Dame basketball losing last night.

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Speaker 2: I was gonna say, I didn't know if you're going

457
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Speaker 2: to bury that and all the other sports news, but

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Speaker 2: that deserve to be brought up right there.

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Speaker 1: God tough. I'm so freaking mad.

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Speaker 5: I did see the highlights on ESPN and they were

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Speaker 5: quick and break.

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Speaker 1: Shout out to John Coffin. Why the hell are they

463
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Speaker 1: showing highlights of that? Shout out to John Cofflin. He's

464
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Speaker 1: had a great run of Fort Wayne and life with

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Speaker 1: Marcus Burton's tough for the Irish. Right now, that's an

466
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Speaker 1: awful loss. Now I have to fake being excited on

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Speaker 1: Christmas Day. Well, at least your coach, Maddie isn't listening.

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Speaker 1: At least your coach.

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Speaker 5: Isn't like the Georgia Georgetown coach who threw a bottle

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Speaker 5: into the stands.

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Speaker 1: And crazy shucked that water bottle.

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Speaker 5: Ed Cooley right, yeah, And honestly, I was thinking, where

473
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Speaker 5: did you think it was going to go?

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Speaker 4: If it didn't hit a kid, it was going to

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Speaker 4: hit somebody.

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Speaker 1: He threw it straight.

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Speaker 5: I thought he threw it up in the air when

478
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Speaker 5: I was like looking at the headline, he threw it

479
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Speaker 5: straight like it was like a a curveball or something,

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Speaker 5: or or fastball down center plate.

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Speaker 1: One game suspension for him? Yeah, more for him or

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Speaker 1: more for DK metcalf Ooh you think more for DK Metcalf?

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Speaker 1: You think me Calf?

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Speaker 5: The rest of the season. I think that's the probable. Well,

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Speaker 5: when we say the rest of the season, what are

486
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Speaker 5: the two games left?

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Speaker 1: Aren't they going to make the playoffs?

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Speaker 5: Well, I mean the rest of the regular season, he

489
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Speaker 5: might be sitting down. Yeah, but well, we'll see what happens.

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Speaker 5: I just don't know what he could possibly say. And

491
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Speaker 5: from the fans perspective I got actually reading this coming in.

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Speaker 5: He apparently said that his trash talk was saying DK's

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Speaker 5: full name, and DK doesn't like that.

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Speaker 4: So it's like Mark Boyle, Yeah, you know what is it?

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Speaker 4: Timothy John Yeah?

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Speaker 1: And that Calf left early, right, He did not stay

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Speaker 1: to talk after the game to reporters.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I can imagine he probably doesn't want to answer anything.

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Speaker 5: And in fairness to him, you probably can't get up

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Speaker 5: there and the Jamar chase in the Lion, So you

501
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Speaker 5: didn't do it. We all saw it so just extremely

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Speaker 5: dumb on his part, and he will certainly pay a

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Speaker 5: hefty fine for We'll see if you lose.

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Speaker 1: One of the big wins that I mean that Pittsburgh

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Speaker 1: team going up there to Detroit and getting that w

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Speaker 1: wild wild ending. We can get to as well here

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Speaker 1: on this Monday morning again. Joe Buck gonna join us

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Speaker 1: here at nine to fifteen. He's got the call tonight,

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Speaker 1: of course of Colts and forty nine Ers on Monday

510
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Speaker 1: Night football, Ross Tucker. They'll have the national radio side

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Speaker 1: of things. Enjoy our combos with Ross will join us

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Speaker 1: coming up at eight thirty. Much more on the Colts

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Speaker 1: to forty nine ers. Where is the injury situation? Is

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Speaker 1: there anything lingering? After Anthony Richardson did practice all last week?

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Speaker 1: We'll hit it all next Fan Morning show here on

516
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Speaker 1: a Monday. Are they gonna make Philip Rivers run to

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Speaker 1: the fifty yard line tonight out of the tunnel song?

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Speaker 1: We would have to push kickoff back till eight sixteen.

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Speaker 1: If they did, they make Daniel Jones, they they made

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Speaker 1: him hurt. It was painful to watch Daniel Jones run

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Speaker 1: to the fifty yard line. I thought Blue is gonna

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Speaker 1: have to pick him up halfway there and carry him.

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Speaker 3: You gonna pull a hammy the rest of it.

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Speaker 1: But it's gonna be the offense announced, raight. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you gotta have the Philip Rivers cheer, don't But what

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Speaker 1: about d Buck Yeah that ain't no, ain't that ain't Rivers.

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Speaker 1: I mean there's a lot of people in the building

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Speaker 1: last night or tonight that I think you just want

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Speaker 1: to see that movie. Yeah. Now again, there are a lot

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Speaker 1: of people probably fed up with how the playoff standings look.

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Speaker 1: And once again we sit here on this Monday morning.

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Speaker 1: The Colts continue to get no help whatsoever. They're not

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Speaker 1: doing their part, let me be very clear on that,

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Speaker 1: but they're getting no help from an AFC playoff picture,

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Speaker 1: so they'll try to. They don't technically have to win tonight,

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Speaker 1: as crazy as that sounds. They have to win their

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Speaker 1: last two games. There is no playoff scenario in which

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Speaker 1: the Colts get into the dance without winning their last two.

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Speaker 1: That would be Jacksonville next Sunday in their home finale,

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Speaker 1: and then at Houston week eighteen. But it will be Colts.

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Speaker 1: So it will be forty nine ers tonight inside of

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Speaker 1: Lucas Oil Stadium, James like the biggest key, well, like

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Speaker 1: on field, what your biggest concern with San Francisco would be.

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Speaker 8: What.

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Speaker 5: How do you contain Christan McCaffrey, especially no one that

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Speaker 5: they like to get him out in space and quite frankly,

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Speaker 5: the Colts linebackers can't cover. And if you line him

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Speaker 5: up against Zaire Franklin or Jermaine Pratt, that's curtains.

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Speaker 4: So how do you counter that? How do you help

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Speaker 4: with that? Do we see I.

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Speaker 5: Don't know a little bit of more Jalen Jones if

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Speaker 5: you go a little diying package and you're and you're

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Speaker 5: having him trying to contain Christian McCaffrey out of the backfield.

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Speaker 5: So I guess that's my biggest thing is you know,

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Speaker 5: their bread and butter is that dude. And he might

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Speaker 5: even be a Hall of Famer someday. So you can't

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Speaker 5: let the potential Hall of Famer be the reason they

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Speaker 5: go on and win this game.

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Speaker 4: Force other guys to beat you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they'll be without their top white out. Ricky Pearson

561
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Speaker 1: did not or was ruled out yesterday. So when you

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Speaker 1: look at their weapons, obviously, Christian McAffrey speaks for himself

563
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Speaker 1: in his versatility, but you know, I throw George Kittle

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Speaker 1: into that mix just you know, from a tight end standpoint,

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Speaker 1: we've seen the Colts have some issues with tight ends

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Speaker 1: this season, and those two are already, you know, extremely

567
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Speaker 1: popular weapons for brock Purty. But what you know, how

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Speaker 1: the Colts try and corral those two because they both

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Speaker 1: at their individual positions, they're arguably the best players first off,

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Speaker 1: in the entire league. And then I'd also throw out

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Speaker 1: there they're just great once they get the ball in

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Speaker 1: their hands in different ways. You know, I touched on

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Speaker 1: it Friday. I'll never forget watching Christian McCaffrey had jointed

574
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Speaker 1: practices up at Grand Park with the Panthers, and they

575
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Speaker 1: could do it like I've never seen an athlete move

576
00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:29,440
Speaker 1: like that, Just how fluid, how seamless he was. Lateral quickness,

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Speaker 1: straight line quickness, all of it. And really, with San

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Speaker 1: Francisco's injuries, he has been the one, probably the one

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Speaker 1: key guy that's been healthy throughout all of this, which

580
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,399
Speaker 1: is so crazy because he's the one that's usually hurt. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but you know, Nick Bosa and Fred Warner season in

582
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Speaker 1: injuries and Kittle missed over a month and pretty missed

583
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Speaker 1: over a month, and you know, wide receiver position has

584
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Speaker 1: been really ravag suit injuries, and yet San Francisco, if

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Speaker 1: they went out, they're the one seed of the NFC,

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Speaker 1: which is crazy.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean this is the time of the year

588
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Speaker 5: where I don't know how you and Caleb feel, but

589
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Speaker 5: I feel like I'm in like finals class and I'm

590
00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,600
Speaker 5: just not quite sure what's going on with the tests

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Speaker 5: and what I need to pass or what I need

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Speaker 5: to get an A or a B, because I feel

593
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:15,800
Speaker 5: like every day it gets updated.

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Speaker 4: Okay, if this team it's this.

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Speaker 5: Team, and you carry the one over here and you,

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Speaker 5: you know, get the square root of this, then you're

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Speaker 5: in the playoffs. That's how I feel with these conversations.

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00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,800
Speaker 5: So for the Colts sake, I just know that you

599
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:28,159
Speaker 5: have to win and that usually helps you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what they haven't done the past how many years,

601
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Speaker 2: is take care of their own business. James Barron, We're

602
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,360
Speaker 2: always taking the toughest, toughest exams because the Colts never

603
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Speaker 2: take care of their own stuff.

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Speaker 5: This is true. This is true, honest. That's a very

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Speaker 5: good analogy that Calebers brought up. Yeah, if you don't

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Speaker 5: do what you're supposed to do for your first seventy

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Speaker 5: five percent of the semester. Kevin, you are a teacher

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Speaker 5: slash professor. You know those kids that come around like, hey,

609
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Speaker 5: could you round me up to this man?

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Speaker 8: You had all.

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Speaker 4: Semester to get that figured out.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess just to throw out, like the update

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Speaker 1: on playoff situation, Uh you have. First off, it's very complicated,

614
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Speaker 1: so there's not like this easy little If you win

615
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,880
Speaker 1: these two and that team loses one, that blows my mind.

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Speaker 1: So it's difficult to explain. I feel like I need

617
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Speaker 1: to be that dude on NBC on Sunday Night Football.

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Speaker 1: What's his name, Kornak Karanaki. Yeah, I mean, I feel

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Speaker 1: like I need him with a whiteboard up here.

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Speaker 5: But honestly, I feel like it's when you watch the

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Speaker 5: election cycles or whatever the guys up there like on

622
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Speaker 5: CNN he's like, if they get this many votes in

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Speaker 5: this county, they'll win this. But hey, hold on now,

624
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Speaker 5: And that's kind of how I feel about the sports scene.

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Speaker 1: So tonight, I believe the only thing that can truly

626
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Speaker 1: happen good or bad is if the Colts lose tonight,

627
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Speaker 1: the AFC South is over. You can't catch Jacksonville. Jacksonville

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Speaker 1: is at what eleven and four, and you'd be at

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Speaker 1: eight and seven, So you can't get to Jacksonville with

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Speaker 1: a loss tonight. So that would be whatever it is,

631
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Speaker 1: eleven straight seasons without a division title. If you win tonight,

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Speaker 1: you still have to win the last two to have

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Speaker 1: a chance. That's probably another like consistent comment we can

634
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Speaker 1: make throughout the day today and even tomorrow from a

635
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Speaker 1: playoff standings update. You have to win the last two

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Speaker 1: to have a chance at the postseason. There is no

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Speaker 1: scenario where you can split with Jacksonville and Houston. A

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Speaker 1: lot of people have brought up, Okay, how can the

639
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Speaker 1: Houston thing work? Houston is one game. I guess technically

640
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Speaker 1: they're a game and a half above you right now.

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Speaker 1: If you were to finish with the same record with Houston,

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Speaker 1: that means you would beat them week eighteen down there,

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Speaker 1: so you split the head to head with them. Next

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Speaker 1: up on the tiebreaker list is division record. If you

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Speaker 1: were to beat them and beat Jacksonville next week, you

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Speaker 1: would tie Houston's divisional record. I believe both teams would

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Speaker 1: go four and two in the AFC South. So now

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Speaker 1: we move to the next tiebreaker. The next tiebreaker I

649
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Speaker 1: believe is comp diference games or common games, and both

650
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,640
Speaker 1: the Colts and Texans would have the same record in

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Speaker 1: that scenario, So James, we'd go all the way down

652
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Speaker 1: to the tiebreaker. That would be strength of victory, which

653
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,880
Speaker 1: I want to jump out of the second story window

654
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 1: trying to pen and paper it with strength of victory.

655
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,720
Speaker 1: So correct me if I'm wrong, But that means the

656
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 1: Colts would be cheering for the likes of Denver to

657
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 1: continue to win, the Chargers to continue to win. Like

658
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,200
Speaker 1: I feel like this is a college football thing. You're

659
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,280
Speaker 1: you're trying to cheer for your wins to be better

660
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:42,719
Speaker 1: than their wins. Whereas they've won what they beat San Francisco,

661
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:47,479
Speaker 1: they beat, you know, Kansas City, which another torn Aco

662
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 1: for them. So that is the potential tiebreaker if you

663
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:55,080
Speaker 1: can somehow get the same record as Houston. Again, it's

664
00:31:55,120 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 1: not a lock, but that would be a pathway into it. All.

665
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,479
Speaker 1: Of course, every time I say this, and I spend

666
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 1: thirty minutes looking up all of this, I think to myself,

667
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 1: what Caleb said just a few minutes ago, Why the

668
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 1: hell do I believe the Colts are gonna win to

669
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 1: of their last three games.

670
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,480
Speaker 5: I think it's one of those things where don't you

671
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 5: just have to if you're an optimistic fan. A lot

672
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 5: of pests that mixed the ones, But if you're an

673
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,040
Speaker 5: optimistic you just believe and see you mathematically aren't supposed

674
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:25,520
Speaker 5: to anymore, I guess, but yeah, they haven't given you

675
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:29,080
Speaker 5: any incentive. It's also weird, and I would love to

676
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,280
Speaker 5: hear your thoughts on this, guys. Just reading all the

677
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:35,479
Speaker 5: stuff that's been written about Philip Rivers and even myself included.

678
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,120
Speaker 5: I mean, I did a big piece this morning at

679
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 5: the Athletic again talking to Antonio Gates and a few

680
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,440
Speaker 5: other teammates that played with him about how excited they

681
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 5: alread see him back in the NFL. Everything we hear

682
00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:51,240
Speaker 5: sounds like they won last week and they didn't. Everything

683
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 5: we hear sounds like Phillip's here. We're all good. He

684
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 5: saved the day, and we don't know that he could

685
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 5: very well come back and lose every single start this

686
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 5: season on the way out the door. So of course

687
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 5: a lot of that will change tonight if they win.

688
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:11,400
Speaker 5: But boy, they have to win, and it just hasn't

689
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 5: felt like that narrative wise, at least nationally, I'll say,

690
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:16,680
Speaker 5: because I feel like the Colts fans are always the

691
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 5: ones kind of reminding me like, wait a minute, James,

692
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 5: they haven't won since, you know, before the season's changed.

693
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 2: I'm a big believer in national TV games really changing

694
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 2: the narrative. And so everybody's gonna be watching, and everybody's

695
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 2: heard that what James is saying, Like, I know, your colleague, James,

696
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,640
Speaker 2: Diana Russini put out a thing that said, like all

697
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:45,480
Speaker 2: of the Colts headquarters are bought in on this. Okay, Well,

698
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 2: there's gonna be however, million people watching tonight, and let's

699
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 2: see how bought in they actually are and how.

700
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:53,960
Speaker 3: It actually looks when the game is played.

701
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 1: You know, on paper, there is a great opportunity for

702
00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:00,160
Speaker 1: the Colts tonight. We've gone over this now all week long.

703
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 1: San Francisco they have more notable injuries than the Colts

704
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: doew or certainly have through the first fourteen weeks of

705
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 1: the season. Fifteen weeks of the season, and if you

706
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:12,279
Speaker 1: look at their defense, James, if we were talking just

707
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,239
Speaker 1: in a vacuum about San Francisco's defense, they're dead last

708
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:18,600
Speaker 1: in the NFL in sacks. They came into this week

709
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 1: with sixteen sacks on the season. Miles Garrett had twenty

710
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: one and a half sacks entering this week. They just

711
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 1: gave up over six yards per carry to the Titans

712
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 1: last week. Titans team that is not running the football

713
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,919
Speaker 1: at some extraordinary clip by any means, and now they're

714
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,560
Speaker 1: without their top corner that has played out here through

715
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 1: their injury report this week. Like if we were just

716
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 1: talking about a normal opponent and I said to you

717
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 1: dead last the NFL and sacks just gave up over

718
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:53,120
Speaker 1: six yards per carry running it down their top corner.

719
00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 1: Their defensive coordinator is known as a very vanilla defensive coordinator.

720
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:00,439
Speaker 1: You would sit here and say, Wow, what a great

721
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,359
Speaker 1: opportunity for Shane Syken in this offense to feast on that.

722
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:07,920
Speaker 1: So I guess is there optimism there for more offensively

723
00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: than what you saw in Seattle, given San Francisco's seemingly

724
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,640
Speaker 1: deficiencies on that side of the ball, Because there's so

725
00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:17,720
Speaker 1: much evidence that you can point to and be like, boy,

726
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 1: their defense, what like the Colts should be able to

727
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 1: move it tonight and should be able to put up points.

728
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 1: But the question is, is this Colts offense different with

729
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,800
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers. Is there more there because the cults are bullish,

730
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,319
Speaker 1: The cults are adamant that they can get to more,

731
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:34,439
Speaker 1: particularly in the passing game.

732
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:36,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, well, I think they're lying when it comes to

733
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 5: their downfield throws and the frequency in which they'll test that,

734
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 5: because I just don't think that Philip Rivers has the

735
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:48,920
Speaker 5: same arm talent. Now, how do you shut up the

736
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,279
Speaker 5: liars or people who think you're lying. You go out

737
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 5: there and do it. So we'll see what that looks

738
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:56,600
Speaker 5: like tonight. And I go back to the Seattle game

739
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,440
Speaker 5: for this reason. Even if that was your game plan

740
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:01,719
Speaker 5: with a guy like Daniel Jones or Roley Leonard or

741
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 5: Anthony Richardson had he been healthy, I still think that

742
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 5: for aggressive as Shane is, there would have been more

743
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,840
Speaker 5: downfield throws in that game, regardless of if I conservative

744
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:12,480
Speaker 5: they were. We got to run the ball, we got

745
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:14,920
Speaker 5: a ground and pound. I get all that, But the

746
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:19,320
Speaker 5: lack of downfield throws in today's NFL, with how creative

747
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:21,959
Speaker 5: Shane stykeing is, you can't tell me that that would

748
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:25,440
Speaker 5: have looked the exact same with a different quarterback. And

749
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 5: if you're saying well, that was a game plan regardless.

750
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,560
Speaker 5: Then show me tonight the opposite at the end verse, Okay,

751
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 5: I think you can throw down the field. Show me

752
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:35,799
Speaker 5: you can do it, and I think you will have

753
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 5: to do it to some degree to beat this forty

754
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:39,719
Speaker 5: nine ers team. And the last thing I'll say, Kevin

755
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 5: is and I said this in the media room the

756
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 5: other day. Everyone keeps talking about the juice that Philip

757
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,040
Speaker 5: Rivers has given the Colts, and I do think that's real.

758
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:48,920
Speaker 5: I think that they have a little more hope now

759
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,920
Speaker 5: than they did without him around. But what about the

760
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,920
Speaker 5: juice the defense gets the forty nine ers defense that

761
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:59,000
Speaker 5: is of facing an old guy. I don't care if

762
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 5: we have the least amount of the league. If I

763
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 5: am on that defense, I'm thinking to myself, there's no

764
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 5: way a guy's gonna come off the couch and beat

765
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 5: me as we try to go secure the number one

766
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,600
Speaker 5: seed in our conference. No, so we'll see what that

767
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:11,879
Speaker 5: you know plays out and looks like.

768
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, And part of me agrees with that. But then

769
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:17,839
Speaker 1: I watched Seattle make no plays defensively, like they didn't

770
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:21,360
Speaker 1: have sacks turnovers against the Colts like I I.

771
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:23,879
Speaker 5: They also only score at fifteen point or sixteen.

772
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:26,600
Speaker 1: Sure, but again, I'm a play making department. Like I

773
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,880
Speaker 1: weirdly think watching Seattle, and again this is a very

774
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:33,440
Speaker 1: like it's hard to actually quantify this. It felt like

775
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 1: Seattle has shackles on them. It felt like a team

776
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:41,480
Speaker 1: that was like scared to lose to the Grandpa if

777
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,240
Speaker 1: that's the right way to stay it. I mean, Jackson

778
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 1: Smith and Jake but has got a wide open drop

779
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:46,719
Speaker 1: over the middle he hasn't had all year. They had

780
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: several drops in that game. So yes, there is part

781
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 1: of you it's like, dude, we are not letting that

782
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,520
Speaker 1: guy beat us. And can you imagine me telling whatever

783
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 1: my grandkids one day that I picked off a Hall

784
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:00,839
Speaker 1: of Famer. But I think there's also a little bit

785
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:03,800
Speaker 1: of like it's the nervousness. It's you hooping with a

786
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,359
Speaker 1: bunch of dudes that you don't think are good at all,

787
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:09,120
Speaker 1: and you're kind of like, oh boy, if I don't

788
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,880
Speaker 1: like beat them beat them, then that's more embarrassment on

789
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,760
Speaker 1: me than anything. You imagine. You know, all my buddies

790
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,000
Speaker 1: making fun of me that I just lost to the

791
00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:21,120
Speaker 1: forty four year old grandpa off the couch, that I Again,

792
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,200
Speaker 1: it's kind of hard to quantify it per se, but

793
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: I do think that is real. We'll see exactly what

794
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,800
Speaker 1: the Colts offensive line looks like tonight. Again, no Bernard

795
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:34,360
Speaker 1: Ryman at left tackle. Mentioned this late in the week.

796
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: There is part of me that thinks the Colts could

797
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:42,000
Speaker 1: very well be shifting a lot up front. You know,

798
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 1: I kind of got an idea a little bit earlier

799
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 1: in the week that this is not going to be

800
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:50,120
Speaker 1: the same starting offensive line that ended the game in Seattle.

801
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 1: We saw just one change there. It was simply Bernard

802
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,279
Speaker 1: Ryman exits due to injury. Luke Tanuda goes in at

803
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 1: left tackle. The Colts keep the other four spots the same.

804
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 1: Now again, Braden's Smith is out, so rookie Jalen Travis

805
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,759
Speaker 1: was the right tackle to start that game. But you

806
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 1: sometimes see this with a full week of practice. Sometimes

807
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:12,920
Speaker 1: teams opt for, hey, how can we get the best

808
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: five out there? And I'm curious if we see some

809
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 1: musical chairs tonight from the Colts in there offensive line.

810
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,840
Speaker 5: It's certainly worth pondering because, like you said, Luke Tanuda,

811
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 5: I think that was like his first time playing any

812
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,240
Speaker 5: snaps in the live games in twenty twenty two last week,

813
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:35,560
Speaker 5: So would you consider, Okay, we've had other guys more

814
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:38,680
Speaker 5: experience that we can move around and take it from there.

815
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:41,160
Speaker 5: And also one thing to keep in mind all the time,

816
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 5: I think when it comes to offensive line changes, especially

817
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 5: when injuries happened during a game. During the game, you

818
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 5: kind of got to just get through it. So you

819
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 5: throw Luke Tanuda in there. You know, that's the easiest,

820
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:53,320
Speaker 5: simplest fixed and you just get through the rest.

821
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 1: Of the game.

822
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:55,799
Speaker 5: Whereas if you got a whole week, then if you

823
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 5: want to shuffle, move some guys around, if you want to,

824
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:02,320
Speaker 5: perhaps you know, put Dalton Tucker back in the lineup

825
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:04,680
Speaker 5: at right guard because he started a couple games last year,

826
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:08,759
Speaker 5: and move Maganzovz around, whatever the case may be. If

827
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 5: that does happen, you have an entire week to build

828
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 5: that out and give those guys that confidence and make

829
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,719
Speaker 5: it not feel as new as it would if you

830
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 5: were in the moment trying to do that.

831
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:21,319
Speaker 1: Shane asking him on the text line three one seven

832
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:25,840
Speaker 1: two three nineteen, Shane, h, I thought Shane was up

833
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 1: this morning? No boy, you think you think Shane Second's

834
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:30,839
Speaker 1: listened to one minute of this radio station in his life.

835
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,080
Speaker 4: No, I actually don't think that he sleeps. I think

836
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:34,680
Speaker 4: he just told you.

837
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:38,240
Speaker 5: I think he goes back into his office, he rolls

838
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 5: up the sleeve and then it's like I robot with

839
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:42,560
Speaker 5: Will Smith and he's got like some little cyborg arm

840
00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:43,279
Speaker 5: and he just plugs in.

841
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:46,480
Speaker 1: So the morning commute, he's listening to what he's consuming?

842
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 1: What or is he just silence? It's silence, Just Philip

843
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:55,279
Speaker 1: rivers Cadence for twenty five minutes on repeat. Yeah, it's

844
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:57,000
Speaker 1: that or that's his white noise.

845
00:40:57,920 --> 00:40:59,799
Speaker 5: It's a little clicking sound you get when you're going

846
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 5: through the All twenty two film where it's just you

847
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:04,080
Speaker 5: know that that you can just I can just hear

848
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,280
Speaker 5: a clicker in his head going off. He's probably replaying

849
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:06,919
Speaker 5: plays in his head.

850
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,440
Speaker 1: Shane. The season long injuries for the forty nine ers,

851
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:12,839
Speaker 1: pretty missed was a seven games James perty miss seven

852
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 1: or eight? Yeah, so pretty miss seven. Brandon Ayuk never

853
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:18,759
Speaker 1: showed up to play football this year. Sounds like a

854
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:19,960
Speaker 1: very awkward story.

855
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:20,480
Speaker 6: Yeah.

856
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 4: I don't know if he's gonna play football again the

857
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:22,760
Speaker 4: way he's acting.

858
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 1: But Kittle miss five games, Nick Bosa and Fred Warner

859
00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:28,239
Speaker 1: I think any list of the top I don't know

860
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,279
Speaker 1: ten defenders in the NFL would include those two on

861
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 1: it Bosa towards ACL in week three, Warner broken, what

862
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:39,200
Speaker 1: was it was it ankle? I think it was ankle. Yeah,

863
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 1: in week six their first round pick Mickel Williams towards ACL.

864
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:49,799
Speaker 1: Then for this week specifically, Ricky Pier saw their top

865
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 1: white out, who's also missed some time this season. He

866
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 1: is out in their top corner. I believe Ernardo Green

867
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,919
Speaker 1: is out. I mean, I'd like to think I follow

868
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 1: the NFL at a decently decent rate. Here, you name me.

869
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:06,360
Speaker 1: They are eleven defensive players and I've maybe heard of

870
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:06,879
Speaker 1: three of them.

871
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, I was struggling.

872
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 1: I mean they are a very not now. Offensively, they

873
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:13,920
Speaker 1: still got some definite dudes, I mean Trent Williams and

874
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,880
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey and George Kittle and certainly Perty now that

875
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:20,240
Speaker 1: he's backing healthy. But yeah, it's been an absolute slew

876
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:24,320
Speaker 1: of injuries here. Funny so pissed Notre Dame lost to

877
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:25,200
Speaker 1: Fort Wayne.

878
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:27,280
Speaker 7: Dude.

879
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 2: I mean that is that is really really tough, man,

880
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 2: and it just ruins the weekend because you're sitting there

881
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:38,319
Speaker 2: watching you know, Alabama. You're sitting there watching Miami on

882
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:40,200
Speaker 2: the football side, You're like, well, at least I got

883
00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:44,839
Speaker 2: Notre Dame basketball, right, Nope, just a bomber, Kevin.

884
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 1: I feel bad for you, man, and like the fact

885
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 1: that I am so immature about it that it then

886
00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:54,200
Speaker 1: ruins my Christmas is just even more pathetic. Shout out

887
00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:57,120
Speaker 1: John Coff and shout out the Mastodons, Shout out our

888
00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:01,320
Speaker 1: Fort Wayne listeners. Gosh, you can a lot of strong

889
00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:06,880
Speaker 1: conviction in my emotion on that. I can't believe they

890
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:10,960
Speaker 1: showed the highlights on ESPN. I wanted this late NFL Sunday.

891
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:15,239
Speaker 1: We got unranked Notre Dame in Fort Wayne. What in

892
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:15,840
Speaker 1: the world.

893
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 5: It might not have been like the main ESPN, but yeah,

894
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 5: there was a nice little run through of that. I

895
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,719
Speaker 5: just remember them like not winning on like a last

896
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 5: second basket. I thought it was something like that.

897
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:27,799
Speaker 1: But don't even give me a started on that Notre

898
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,000
Speaker 1: Dame down three and Jalen Harrilson dribbles in for like

899
00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 1: a sixteen footer at the buzzer. I'm like, dude, we're

900
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:35,360
Speaker 1: down three, you got to shoot a three.

901
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:39,760
Speaker 5: Worst play that or Mark Andrews's ladder lateral yesterday.

902
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:41,279
Speaker 1: I don't know what that was. And did you see

903
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:44,760
Speaker 1: the New England fake punt last night? That was a disaster.

904
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:48,040
Speaker 5: Yeah, that was a weird game New England. I mean

905
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 5: winning is winning, but boy, for a second there, I

906
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:50,799
Speaker 5: was like, hey, what you.

907
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:55,319
Speaker 1: Had some impressive AFC teams on the road last night, Eric,

908
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 1: I actually say kind in the primetime windows. You know,

909
00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh going to Detroit getting that win, and then I

910
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:02,560
Speaker 1: thought New England coming back to beating Baltimore. I mean

911
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:05,279
Speaker 1: I know that. You know, Lamar Jackson got hurt for

912
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:07,680
Speaker 1: those that missed it late first half there, but they

913
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:09,879
Speaker 1: were down two scores in the fourth quarter. Drake May

914
00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:13,840
Speaker 1: made some throws there that he's a dude. He's a dude.

915
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,200
Speaker 1: And with with Denver losing, that was a big result

916
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:19,080
Speaker 1: for the top of the AFC and potentially what's in

917
00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:22,359
Speaker 1: buys could look like. All right, reminder Joe Buck he's

918
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:25,320
Speaker 1: going to join us coming up at nine to fifteen today.

919
00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:28,080
Speaker 1: He'll be on the call tonight of coltson forty nine

920
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:30,760
Speaker 1: ers on Monday Night Football, alongside Troy Aik, Ben Ross

921
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:34,120
Speaker 1: Tucker from Westwood One. He'll be on the national radio

922
00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:37,759
Speaker 1: broadcast tonight. He'll join us at eight thirty. Much more

923
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: previewing colts and forty nine ers. What to make of

924
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:43,359
Speaker 1: week one of Anthony Richardson's return to practice. We'll hit

925
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:46,080
Speaker 1: on that as well. Fan Bonneychell, thank you for starting

926
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:48,440
Speaker 1: your Christmas week with us right here. It's Kevin bow

927
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:54,440
Speaker 1: and James Boyd and Caleb Zuver. What a good Monday

928
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:57,000
Speaker 1: morning to you. It is going to be a balmy,

929
00:44:58,080 --> 00:44:59,319
Speaker 1: balmy Christmas week.

930
00:44:59,400 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 6: I got.

931
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:02,919
Speaker 1: I had no idea. I was still on email list

932
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:05,000
Speaker 1: for local golf courses. I guess I am. I had

933
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:09,239
Speaker 1: some golf courses email and we're open this week? Is

934
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:11,920
Speaker 1: it sac religious to be north of sixty degrees on Christmas?

935
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:15,280
Speaker 2: Matty Bowling can be like, hey, you're still upset about

936
00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:16,239
Speaker 2: the Notre Dame loss.

937
00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:19,120
Speaker 1: Why don't you just go hit the links? Yeah, gosh,

938
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:23,160
Speaker 1: wife for the year unbelievable. Would you rather have a

939
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:25,840
Speaker 1: sixty two degree Christmas or snow on Christmas?

940
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:30,640
Speaker 3: Snow might be in the minority, but snow now?

941
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:32,320
Speaker 1: Is that just stupid or is that sentimental?

942
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 7: Sentimental?

943
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:36,600
Speaker 5: I think it's more sentimental if you have young children

944
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:38,200
Speaker 5: and they want to go play in the snow or

945
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 5: something like James.

946
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:41,360
Speaker 1: Boy doesn't give two you know what's about snow on Christmas.

947
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:43,440
Speaker 5: Nah, I don't care at all, mainly because I have

948
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:45,520
Speaker 5: to drive in it, and driving the snow always stinks.

949
00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:48,560
Speaker 5: So again, if you are a jobless and you are

950
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:52,120
Speaker 5: a kid, and your only responsibilities on Christmas morning are

951
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:55,719
Speaker 5: waking up, getting spoiled, living a dream and running out

952
00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:57,760
Speaker 5: there in your pajamas and boots and planning the snow,

953
00:45:58,280 --> 00:45:59,920
Speaker 5: and yes, I want the snow. But if you have

954
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:03,360
Speaker 5: responsibilities on Christmas like we do, perhaps going to a

955
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:05,920
Speaker 5: close practice or something like that, then nah, I'll pass

956
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:06,400
Speaker 5: on the snow.

957
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:11,799
Speaker 1: It'll be Indiana Nights and so yeah, trust man, I

958
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:14,440
Speaker 1: heard it loud and clear inside of Lucasols State in night.

959
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:18,000
Speaker 1: I like the look of the Indiana Night's unis am

960
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,360
Speaker 1: I in the minority on that. I'm totally good with

961
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:21,799
Speaker 1: them once a year.

962
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:24,480
Speaker 5: Well, I like that they're finally going to be played

963
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:27,560
Speaker 5: in at night. That's going to be interesting to see.

964
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:30,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, better than the windows shining and the sun is

965
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:30,959
Speaker 1: glaring off.

966
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:33,000
Speaker 4: The night one pm kickoff.

967
00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:35,600
Speaker 5: Now, I will say, y'all know I already believe tonight

968
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:39,960
Speaker 5: is a sin because one pm is God's time for kickoffs.

969
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:41,799
Speaker 4: You know, a fifteenth is a little late for you boy.

970
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:43,800
Speaker 1: You guys taking a nap today.

971
00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:45,880
Speaker 3: You know I got to be in early tomorrow. Like,

972
00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:47,600
Speaker 3: what's the game plan for you? Two?

973
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:49,799
Speaker 2: I mean you got to cover the game tonight and

974
00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:52,760
Speaker 2: be ready to go tomorrow morning, realistic taking notes.

975
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:55,480
Speaker 5: If I'm done, so the game will probably be over.

976
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:57,919
Speaker 5: What about midnight? Yeah, if I.

977
00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 1: Hopefully hopefully eleven if technical hopefully eleven thirty.

978
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:02,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, eleven thirty.

979
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:05,799
Speaker 5: If I can get out of the stadium by realistically,

980
00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:07,760
Speaker 5: like done writing and all that by like two am,

981
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:10,480
Speaker 5: I think I'll be in good shape after that. I

982
00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:11,719
Speaker 5: don't know, We'll see.

983
00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:14,360
Speaker 1: Gosh, we got to check out about Rick Carlisle too tomorrow,

984
00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:16,799
Speaker 1: right Tuesdays with Rick now that I'm trying to play

985
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:18,560
Speaker 1: on the show in my head right now, speaking of

986
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:20,920
Speaker 1: playing the show, Joe Buckle join us at nine point fifteen.

987
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:25,120
Speaker 1: He or Ross Tucker, who's on the Westwood one call tonight.

988
00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: At eight point thirty, James We knew Anthony Richardson Senior

989
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:32,480
Speaker 1: would not play tonight. He was Shane Sacking made that

990
00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:35,600
Speaker 1: clear last week in his first week back to practice. Officially,

991
00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:37,120
Speaker 1: I think what was he limited all three days?

992
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:39,600
Speaker 5: I guess I should double check it was limited.

993
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:43,480
Speaker 1: On the final injury report. You know, anytime the Richardson

994
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:45,960
Speaker 1: conversation has been brought up now for the last several

995
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:50,120
Speaker 1: weeks or even month, I think my kind of big

996
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:54,960
Speaker 1: picture twenty twenty five view has been I remain skeptical

997
00:47:55,640 --> 00:48:00,560
Speaker 1: we will see him this season. Again. The Colts can't

998
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:05,120
Speaker 1: be officially eliminated from the playoffs until week eighteen. I

999
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:09,799
Speaker 1: think technically they could be eliminated by the time they

1000
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:12,000
Speaker 1: kick off next weekend, because I want to say Houston

1001
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:15,360
Speaker 1: plays on Saturday next week. Now, again, that would have

1002
00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:17,799
Speaker 1: to involve I think Colts losing tonight Texans then would

1003
00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:20,680
Speaker 1: have to beat the Chargers coming up Saturday. Just remind

1004
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:23,040
Speaker 1: everybody we'll get three games on Christmas Thursday this week,

1005
00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:24,920
Speaker 1: and then we'll get two on Saturday. So we'll have

1006
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:28,400
Speaker 1: kind of queer easy NFL schedule coming up here in

1007
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:32,640
Speaker 1: week seventeen. But I will, even with Richardson getting back

1008
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:35,160
Speaker 1: to practice, I'll continue to go with kind of the

1009
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,359
Speaker 1: thought I've had for the last several weeks, probably month

1010
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:41,680
Speaker 1: plus now, I remain skeptical we will see him playing

1011
00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:43,920
Speaker 1: for the Colts here in twenty twenty five. Has anything

1012
00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:48,240
Speaker 1: changed one way or the other for you? After Richardson

1013
00:48:48,239 --> 00:48:49,840
Speaker 1: did return to practice.

1014
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:53,520
Speaker 5: Well, learning that he had any type of vision limitations,

1015
00:48:53,560 --> 00:48:57,000
Speaker 5: basically in my mind told me, well, he's not playing

1016
00:48:57,040 --> 00:49:00,200
Speaker 5: again this year. Oh that was the big conversation when

1017
00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:02,920
Speaker 5: we heard the first inkling of the possibility of him

1018
00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:06,400
Speaker 5: practicing again and having his return to play window open.

1019
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:08,960
Speaker 5: But to me, this is more about him just getting

1020
00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:12,040
Speaker 5: back out there with the guys rather than trying to

1021
00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:15,239
Speaker 5: prepare for a potential playoff push. I just don't think

1022
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:17,719
Speaker 5: you can rely on someone who has vision impairments to

1023
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:20,319
Speaker 5: play quarterback for you with your season on the line,

1024
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:25,759
Speaker 5: which it honestly explains why they were so aggressive to

1025
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:28,800
Speaker 5: go get Philip Rivers anyways, Because if you had any

1026
00:49:28,840 --> 00:49:32,560
Speaker 5: idea or any thought that Anthony Richardson could play with

1027
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:35,680
Speaker 5: say three games left in the season, you were confident

1028
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:39,000
Speaker 5: in his ability to do so, just from a physical standpoint,

1029
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:42,440
Speaker 5: From an I standpoint, then you're probably not beating down

1030
00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:45,319
Speaker 5: Phillip's door the knight of the Jacksonville loss to get

1031
00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:46,320
Speaker 5: him to come out of retirement.

1032
00:49:47,160 --> 00:49:50,280
Speaker 1: Do you think the if they were eliminated from the playoffs,

1033
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:52,919
Speaker 1: do you think that would shift thinking at all with him?

1034
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:56,879
Speaker 1: I guess it would just be from one game. That'd

1035
00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:57,400
Speaker 1: be Houston.

1036
00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:00,879
Speaker 5: Not necessarily, because you still want to protect player if

1037
00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:02,920
Speaker 5: he can't see well enough. And I don't know what

1038
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:09,839
Speaker 5: his visit vision limitations are, but if they are to

1039
00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:11,520
Speaker 5: a level where you feel like you're not putting him

1040
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:13,160
Speaker 5: out there to be safe playing the game, then no,

1041
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:13,839
Speaker 5: you can't do it.

1042
00:50:13,960 --> 00:50:16,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, we had this conversation a lot on Friday. So

1043
00:50:16,719 --> 00:50:20,440
Speaker 1: for those that maybe missed it, you had the orbital fracture,

1044
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:27,960
Speaker 1: but then the trauma from that caused definite vision damage.

1045
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:30,920
Speaker 1: Initially it has gotten better, but there are still I

1046
00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:34,040
Speaker 1: mean we're talking retin the damage, we're talking scarring, we

1047
00:50:34,080 --> 00:50:38,720
Speaker 1: are talking potentially that heals that that's not a slam dunk.

1048
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:41,480
Speaker 1: And I don't think the belief is it necessarily heals

1049
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:44,239
Speaker 1: in the next whatever week or so. I think it's

1050
00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:47,799
Speaker 1: more of a twenty twenty six. So the thought with

1051
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:53,160
Speaker 1: Richardson right now is how can he manage it? And

1052
00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:55,719
Speaker 1: you know, again, it's unfair probably for any of us

1053
00:50:55,719 --> 00:51:00,239
Speaker 1: to compare our own vision or lack thereof to his situation.

1054
00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:04,000
Speaker 1: But you know, for anybody who's wearing contacts classes, et cetera,

1055
00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:07,800
Speaker 1: et cetera, can you function without maybe putting the glasses

1056
00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:11,360
Speaker 1: on or wearing the contacts. Sure? Is it an ideal

1057
00:51:11,400 --> 00:51:15,440
Speaker 1: situation to go play an NFL game? Probably not, So

1058
00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:20,480
Speaker 1: I think that's what we're dealing with here. And you know,

1059
00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:22,520
Speaker 1: if you want to get technical, it's in the right eye,

1060
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:25,319
Speaker 1: which is a right handed quarterback, So from a peripheral

1061
00:51:25,440 --> 00:51:28,480
Speaker 1: vision standpoint, you probably prefer that then the left eye,

1062
00:51:28,719 --> 00:51:32,960
Speaker 1: you know, from his blind side. But still, I'm thinking

1063
00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:40,400
Speaker 1: Rivers tonight, Rivers Sunday, And if you were eliminated, maybe

1064
00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:43,680
Speaker 1: Riley Leonard week eighteen. That's kind of how I map

1065
00:51:43,719 --> 00:51:46,120
Speaker 1: it out right now. And if you aren't eliminated, I

1066
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:49,360
Speaker 1: think it'll be Rivers again. And I don't even know

1067
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:52,320
Speaker 1: if they'd do Richardson in short yardage like that is

1068
00:51:52,360 --> 00:51:54,520
Speaker 1: a thought I've had of. Like again, if if the

1069
00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:58,360
Speaker 1: vision impairment is whatever, he's got trouble, you know, reading

1070
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:01,680
Speaker 1: safeties thirty yards down the field, you know, could he

1071
00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:04,440
Speaker 1: operate a whatever, a little RPO and fourth and one

1072
00:52:04,520 --> 00:52:07,120
Speaker 1: something like that. But I'm not holding my breath for

1073
00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:09,400
Speaker 1: that either. Do you think we'll see Leonard at all

1074
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:12,080
Speaker 1: in short yardage tonight? Do you think he'll do any wrinkles?

1075
00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:13,799
Speaker 4: Though, no, I don't think so.

1076
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:15,920
Speaker 5: To be honest with you, I think their wrinkles will

1077
00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:20,560
Speaker 5: be involving Tyler Warren before before involving Ryley Leonard.

1078
00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:22,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, we saw. I think the Steelers have been very

1079
00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:23,960
Speaker 1: popular with that. We saw them do that a couple

1080
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:27,000
Speaker 1: of times. Aaron Rodgers giving zero you know what's when

1081
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:31,799
Speaker 1: he's standing behind the old Steelers push push there. Well,

1082
00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:37,760
Speaker 1: how about Mike Tomlin Once again, every single year doesn't

1083
00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:40,200
Speaker 1: matter who their quarterback is. And I watched Rogers a

1084
00:52:40,239 --> 00:52:45,759
Speaker 1: little bit yesterday. He definitely has more in the right

1085
00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:49,719
Speaker 1: arm than Rivers does. But late in the first half,

1086
00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:52,759
Speaker 1: did you see the Kenneth gain will touchdown just like

1087
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:54,719
Speaker 1: the wild Like did he catch it and then he

1088
00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:59,440
Speaker 1: gets up? That is a question I have with Rivers tonight.

1089
00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:03,919
Speaker 1: Can you attempt a few of those which, again, when

1090
00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:06,680
Speaker 1: you throw them, you're kind of like, well, here's a

1091
00:53:06,719 --> 00:53:09,160
Speaker 1: hope and a prayer. But the hope in the prayer

1092
00:53:09,320 --> 00:53:13,320
Speaker 1: works more often than not. I feel like in the NFL,

1093
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:16,319
Speaker 1: it certainly works when you target Alec Pierce. And if

1094
00:53:16,320 --> 00:53:18,080
Speaker 1: you're facing a forty nine ers team that is dead

1095
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:21,160
Speaker 1: last in the NFL and sacks down their top corner,

1096
00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:24,440
Speaker 1: can you throw one? And again, I don't know if

1097
00:53:24,520 --> 00:53:26,719
Speaker 1: Rivers can do this, but I think the Colts feel

1098
00:53:26,719 --> 00:53:30,760
Speaker 1: like he can. Can you throw one whatever twenty yards

1099
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:34,320
Speaker 1: thirty yards down the field? Obviously you're hoping for completion,

1100
00:53:34,760 --> 00:53:37,480
Speaker 1: but if not, if it's a linebacker or safety and

1101
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:40,840
Speaker 1: coverage and you get some panic moments and they grab,

1102
00:53:42,200 --> 00:53:46,080
Speaker 1: then that's just as good as a completion. That's what

1103
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:49,960
Speaker 1: I think is an absolute must for the Colts to

1104
00:53:50,320 --> 00:53:51,400
Speaker 1: try and explore.

1105
00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:51,640
Speaker 7: Again.

1106
00:53:51,640 --> 00:53:54,480
Speaker 1: They're optimistic. I think that their vertical passing game can

1107
00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:56,319
Speaker 1: give you a little bit more certainly than it did

1108
00:53:56,360 --> 00:53:59,120
Speaker 1: last week. But I think you just have to try it.

1109
00:54:00,520 --> 00:54:02,960
Speaker 1: Hell rivers first throw against Seattle last week was I

1110
00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:05,640
Speaker 1: think a half ass attempt at it. I didn't have

1111
00:54:05,719 --> 00:54:08,400
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor isolated in a one on one being their

1112
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:11,279
Speaker 1: first throw of the Philip Rivers era, but that's what

1113
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:13,120
Speaker 1: it was, and the hell Taylor almost came down with it.

1114
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:17,080
Speaker 2: Do we think we see a longer pass tonight than

1115
00:54:17,080 --> 00:54:19,680
Speaker 2: we saw last week? With Alec Pierce play because that

1116
00:54:19,719 --> 00:54:21,760
Speaker 2: was the longest one, right, yes, yeah, the only one.

1117
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:26,479
Speaker 1: Josh Downs, Yeah, I mean yeah, the Downs double move.

1118
00:54:26,719 --> 00:54:29,360
Speaker 1: You know, technically, you know, you had the little whatever

1119
00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:31,400
Speaker 1: that was kind of the seam ball to Tyler Warren

1120
00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:33,480
Speaker 1: and went for seventeen. I think that was technically the

1121
00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:34,440
Speaker 1: longest play.

1122
00:54:34,880 --> 00:54:37,160
Speaker 3: That's the best throw of the day for the entire game.

1123
00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:39,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, over the middle, you know, a little bit of

1124
00:54:39,040 --> 00:54:44,319
Speaker 1: a crowd there. Again, he throws with great anticipation. Still,

1125
00:54:44,320 --> 00:54:46,960
Speaker 1: I think Kyle Shanahan pointed that out earlier in the week.

1126
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:50,400
Speaker 1: Shanahan was saying, if you look at it from a

1127
00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:54,120
Speaker 1: pure covered standpoint, like how Seattle played their coverages, he said,

1128
00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:56,479
Speaker 1: Rivers throw the ball to the exact spot it should

1129
00:54:56,480 --> 00:55:00,840
Speaker 1: have gone to every single time. So again, that's mental acumen.

1130
00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:04,160
Speaker 1: That's the chess match. That's the Hey, when it's covered, three,

1131
00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:06,080
Speaker 1: I go here, when it's covered, four, I go here

1132
00:55:06,080 --> 00:55:09,200
Speaker 1: when it's covered. You know, like Rivers one thousand percent

1133
00:55:09,960 --> 00:55:14,319
Speaker 1: knows that and can do it. It's just do they

1134
00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:16,439
Speaker 1: have the athleticism on the defensive side of the ball

1135
00:55:16,760 --> 00:55:20,320
Speaker 1: to expose the arm and do they have the anticipatory

1136
00:55:20,440 --> 00:55:22,160
Speaker 1: nature to expose the arm because there are a few

1137
00:55:22,160 --> 00:55:24,400
Speaker 1: times where you know, he threw some balls in Seattle,

1138
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:27,000
Speaker 1: and you know how many our fathers can you get

1139
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:31,399
Speaker 1: in before the time that ball gets there. Well, I've

1140
00:55:31,400 --> 00:55:32,760
Speaker 1: been nothing against Mary, by.

1141
00:55:32,600 --> 00:55:34,560
Speaker 5: The way, I was gonna say, I hope not. You know,

1142
00:55:34,640 --> 00:55:36,040
Speaker 5: you want to be able to, you know, see the

1143
00:55:36,040 --> 00:55:38,799
Speaker 5: Parly White Greats one day. I don't want d you know,

1144
00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:41,440
Speaker 5: denying you entry because something you said on a morning

1145
00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:46,480
Speaker 5: radio show in the year twenty twenty five. Uh, Caleb,

1146
00:55:46,520 --> 00:55:49,760
Speaker 5: I know I teased it throughout the lead into the show,

1147
00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:51,880
Speaker 5: but I had a chance to talk to Antonio Gates,

1148
00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:54,680
Speaker 5: former teammate of course, of Philip Rivers Hall of Fame

1149
00:55:54,800 --> 00:55:58,600
Speaker 5: tight End about Philip coming out of retirement, and here's

1150
00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:02,040
Speaker 5: what he said about out why he thinks Rivers is

1151
00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:02,560
Speaker 5: doing it.

1152
00:56:02,920 --> 00:56:06,760
Speaker 9: The coach wasn't in a position to be a postseason contender.

1153
00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:08,440
Speaker 6: I don't think this would.

1154
00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:11,000
Speaker 9: Still be a topic of a discussion, right. I just

1155
00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:11,640
Speaker 9: don't see it.

1156
00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:13,759
Speaker 5: I don't see him saying, uh, you know.

1157
00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:16,200
Speaker 9: Dotrick Mahomes went down and try it, and she's want

1158
00:56:16,239 --> 00:56:18,200
Speaker 9: me to come back and finish the season. Well, then

1159
00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:20,239
Speaker 9: think I still got it. He ain't doing it in

1160
00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:25,640
Speaker 9: that perspective. He has multiple multiple motivations. One, I get

1161
00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:27,480
Speaker 9: to show my other kids because I heard.

1162
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:27,840
Speaker 6: Him say that.

1163
00:56:28,239 --> 00:56:32,000
Speaker 9: I get to see if I can create and still

1164
00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:35,439
Speaker 9: be the field of rivers. I'm old, right. I got

1165
00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:38,480
Speaker 9: more experienced, I got more knowledge. I'm not as physically capable,

1166
00:56:38,920 --> 00:56:41,279
Speaker 9: but I do know I don't have to do as

1167
00:56:41,360 --> 00:56:44,239
Speaker 9: much because the game is probably slower, and I get

1168
00:56:44,239 --> 00:56:47,200
Speaker 9: to change I'm essentially I'm changing the narrative of what

1169
00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:49,719
Speaker 9: people feel about the game. I get to come off

1170
00:56:49,760 --> 00:56:51,759
Speaker 9: the couch at forty four years old and throw a.

1171
00:56:51,760 --> 00:56:53,880
Speaker 1: Two style and y'all see that you couldn't do it.

1172
00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:56,040
Speaker 9: Y'all say people can't do that at forty four, you'll

1173
00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:58,600
Speaker 9: see so. And I get a chance and have an

1174
00:56:58,600 --> 00:57:01,440
Speaker 9: opportunity to play the postseason that he did, which is

1175
00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:04,560
Speaker 9: another storyline. The toss in the postseason with a guy

1176
00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:06,640
Speaker 9: John Philip Lewis who's been on the.

1177
00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:09,680
Speaker 8: Couch for five years. That's a whole nother storyline.

1178
00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:12,800
Speaker 9: Oh and I get a chance to win a Super Bowl,

1179
00:57:13,120 --> 00:57:16,480
Speaker 9: which is the ultimate storyline for myself.

1180
00:57:16,040 --> 00:57:17,840
Speaker 8: Or my family, for my career.

1181
00:57:17,920 --> 00:57:20,800
Speaker 9: The reason why I started playing is because I was

1182
00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:23,880
Speaker 9: a competitor and I wanted to be a winner. And

1183
00:57:24,120 --> 00:57:26,400
Speaker 9: that is the ending of his story.

1184
00:57:29,160 --> 00:57:29,840
Speaker 4: Just great stuff.

1185
00:57:29,840 --> 00:57:32,040
Speaker 5: You could tell how excited he was to talk to me,

1186
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:35,920
Speaker 5: not me, but me about his buddy Philip Rivers. And

1187
00:57:36,200 --> 00:57:37,840
Speaker 5: later on the interview you can check it out as

1188
00:57:37,880 --> 00:57:41,440
Speaker 5: the athletic and full he talks about just how they

1189
00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:45,000
Speaker 5: took so much flack and still do for never getting

1190
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:47,600
Speaker 5: to a Super Bowl and only playing a one AFC

1191
00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:51,440
Speaker 5: championship game and not having more success despite all the numbers.

1192
00:57:51,440 --> 00:57:53,800
Speaker 5: I mean, if you look at that trio of players,

1193
00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:58,920
Speaker 5: Philip Rivers, Danian Thomason and Antonio Gates, how many quarterback

1194
00:57:59,040 --> 00:58:02,400
Speaker 5: tied end running back trios and NFL history were as

1195
00:58:02,440 --> 00:58:05,600
Speaker 5: great as those dudes in their heyday. And so I

1196
00:58:05,720 --> 00:58:08,760
Speaker 5: did remind him, you know, the Coats lost four straight

1197
00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:10,280
Speaker 5: and tall all super Bowls.

1198
00:58:10,480 --> 00:58:11,120
Speaker 4: What are we doing here?

1199
00:58:11,160 --> 00:58:13,280
Speaker 5: And he was like, that's all the more reason why

1200
00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:15,600
Speaker 5: you do it. He's like, because you're irrational enough to

1201
00:58:15,640 --> 00:58:18,160
Speaker 5: think you can, which is how he explained to me,

1202
00:58:18,320 --> 00:58:20,640
Speaker 5: is why you make it to the Hall of Fame

1203
00:58:20,680 --> 00:58:23,320
Speaker 5: like he did. Why Philip Rivers is a or was

1204
00:58:23,360 --> 00:58:25,760
Speaker 5: a semi finalist until you know, come out of retirement.

1205
00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:27,320
Speaker 5: He was like, you have to believe when no one

1206
00:58:27,360 --> 00:58:29,240
Speaker 5: else does, and that's what he's going to do for

1207
00:58:29,240 --> 00:58:31,120
Speaker 5: his buddy when he tunes in Monday night. And best

1208
00:58:31,160 --> 00:58:34,440
Speaker 5: believe the NFL world is going to be captivated by this.

1209
00:58:34,480 --> 00:58:37,120
Speaker 5: I know the Colts game did huge numbers on CBS

1210
00:58:37,520 --> 00:58:40,160
Speaker 5: for the Seattle game. This will do much bigger just

1211
00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:42,760
Speaker 5: because you have the national audience looking in and trying

1212
00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:44,160
Speaker 5: to see if this old man can pull it off.

1213
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:44,400
Speaker 9: Yeah.

1214
00:58:44,440 --> 00:58:47,000
Speaker 1: I mean I think most people understand this, but I

1215
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:49,240
Speaker 1: don't think Rivers is coming back if it's not a

1216
00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:52,200
Speaker 1: I know this offense like the back of my hand.

1217
00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:55,200
Speaker 1: It changed psyching in Indie and at the time they

1218
00:58:55,200 --> 00:58:56,240
Speaker 1: were what eight and five?

1219
00:58:56,280 --> 00:58:59,880
Speaker 5: You know what's crazy? Antonio Gates used that exact same phrase.

1220
00:59:00,200 --> 00:59:01,920
Speaker 5: He was like, we know sane like the back of

1221
00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:02,400
Speaker 5: our hands.

1222
00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:04,360
Speaker 4: It's as simple as that.

1223
00:59:04,760 --> 00:59:08,920
Speaker 1: Like if this was oh, let's call it Jacksonville, the

1224
00:59:09,080 --> 00:59:11,320
Speaker 1: Chiefs need a quarterback, right right?

1225
00:59:11,400 --> 00:59:14,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I'm joking, but like I'm kind of not.

1226
00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:16,280
Speaker 5: Like they're literally had two quarterbacks go down in two

1227
00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:17,440
Speaker 5: weeks with ACLTA.

1228
00:59:17,120 --> 00:59:19,920
Speaker 1: But even like Jacksonville, who was still alive. Yeah, I

1229
00:59:20,200 --> 00:59:24,440
Speaker 1: don't think necessarily Rivers a would have done it, you know,

1230
00:59:24,560 --> 00:59:27,400
Speaker 1: b would have you know, maybe Liam Cohen isn't isn't

1231
00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:33,320
Speaker 1: necessarily doing that. So again, Philip Rivers and Riley Leonard,

1232
00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:35,960
Speaker 1: that's your QB one and QB two for tonight. We've

1233
00:59:36,280 --> 00:59:39,160
Speaker 1: reiterated this throughout the show. But it's pretty amazing. And

1234
00:59:39,240 --> 00:59:40,720
Speaker 1: you know, to be clear, the Colts have not done

1235
00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:43,800
Speaker 1: their part. But if you go back and you know,

1236
00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:47,000
Speaker 1: I just throughout the date of Halloween where things really

1237
00:59:47,040 --> 00:59:51,160
Speaker 1: started to shift for the Colts in their playoff standings.

1238
00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:55,400
Speaker 1: Since that date, the Colts have won one game since Halloween.

1239
00:59:55,920 --> 01:00:00,960
Speaker 1: The Texans are seven and one, the Jazz Eggs are

1240
01:00:01,080 --> 01:00:06,360
Speaker 1: seven and one, the Chargers are six and one, and

1241
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:10,880
Speaker 1: the Bills are six and two. And I pull out

1242
01:00:10,880 --> 01:00:13,600
Speaker 1: those teams because right now in the wildcard standings, the

1243
01:00:13,640 --> 01:00:18,040
Speaker 1: three wildcard teams are Chargers, Bills, Texans, and the AFC

1244
01:00:18,080 --> 01:00:21,480
Speaker 1: South leader is Jacksonville. So you think about that, their

1245
01:00:21,560 --> 01:00:29,800
Speaker 1: combined record since Halloween is twenty six and five and

1246
01:00:29,840 --> 01:00:30,760
Speaker 1: the Colts are one and four.

1247
01:00:30,920 --> 01:00:31,600
Speaker 4: That's crazy.

1248
01:00:32,520 --> 01:00:35,919
Speaker 1: So how did you go from whatever ninety percent chance

1249
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:39,680
Speaker 1: to make it to now wherever you're at today? Well, twofold.

1250
01:00:40,120 --> 01:00:42,600
Speaker 1: You haven't done your part and no one else is

1251
01:00:42,640 --> 01:00:45,200
Speaker 1: holding the door for you. Like usually one team is

1252
01:00:45,240 --> 01:00:49,040
Speaker 1: helping you hold the door. One team's like, yeah, maybe

1253
01:00:49,240 --> 01:00:53,720
Speaker 1: you have a shot here, but that's not occurring at all.

1254
01:00:53,760 --> 01:00:55,720
Speaker 1: You know, yesterday the Raiders were flirting there for a

1255
01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:58,160
Speaker 1: while there, like they could have pulled off a huge

1256
01:00:58,440 --> 01:01:01,680
Speaker 1: upset for the Colts in beating the Texans, And sure enough,

1257
01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:03,720
Speaker 1: Nico Collins makes a couple of big time grabs and

1258
01:01:04,480 --> 01:01:06,480
Speaker 1: Houston Ice is that game away. I mean, who had

1259
01:01:06,520 --> 01:01:08,920
Speaker 1: Jacksonville going to Denver and winning by two scores yesterday

1260
01:01:10,440 --> 01:01:12,320
Speaker 1: and that was probably the best result of the week.

1261
01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:19,640
Speaker 5: Rights It's remarkable how all this is an unfolded and boy,

1262
01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:22,080
Speaker 5: there's so many tentacles to it where you can point

1263
01:01:22,080 --> 01:01:25,400
Speaker 5: in different directions. But bottom line is tonight's game is huge,

1264
01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:27,360
Speaker 5: as is the last three. You pretty much need to

1265
01:01:27,360 --> 01:01:28,400
Speaker 5: win all three of them to have a chance to

1266
01:01:28,400 --> 01:01:29,120
Speaker 5: get into the playoff.

1267
01:01:29,160 --> 01:01:31,960
Speaker 1: Twenty four hours from now, it's coltson Niners. Ross Tucker

1268
01:01:31,960 --> 01:01:34,280
Speaker 1: from Westwood One gonna join us on the other side.

1269
01:01:34,440 --> 01:01:37,760
Speaker 1: Caleb is checking down all right, James Boyd final injury report.

1270
01:01:37,800 --> 01:01:40,960
Speaker 1: We know no Sauce Gardner. We know no Bernard Rayman,

1271
01:01:41,160 --> 01:01:44,280
Speaker 1: but deforce Buckner's first game back in over a month.

1272
01:01:45,120 --> 01:01:47,520
Speaker 5: He is a game wrecker and you welcome him back

1273
01:01:47,560 --> 01:01:50,080
Speaker 5: with open arms because your defensive line certainly needs it.

1274
01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:52,520
Speaker 1: And we'll see that pitch count for him. But he'll

1275
01:01:52,520 --> 01:01:55,560
Speaker 1: see his former team coming up tonight after that, stand

1276
01:01:55,440 --> 01:01:57,880
Speaker 1: in your reserve look for that Rostermouve officially coming up

1277
01:01:58,160 --> 01:02:00,600
Speaker 1: later today San Francisco without their top white out and

1278
01:02:00,680 --> 01:02:04,120
Speaker 1: Ricky Pierce saw their top corner also a surprise and

1279
01:02:04,160 --> 01:02:08,560
Speaker 1: active here coming up for tonight. Speaking of tonight, if

1280
01:02:08,600 --> 01:02:10,680
Speaker 1: you want to watch little hoops before the Pacers, before

1281
01:02:10,680 --> 01:02:14,600
Speaker 1: the Colts, you can. With the Pacers. You've got Pacers

1282
01:02:14,600 --> 01:02:18,760
Speaker 1: Celtics seven point thirty from out in Boston. Pacers will

1283
01:02:18,800 --> 01:02:21,240
Speaker 1: then come back home tomorrow night they'll take on the Bucks.

1284
01:02:21,320 --> 01:02:23,680
Speaker 1: That is Miles Turner's second game back here, his final

1285
01:02:23,720 --> 01:02:27,560
Speaker 1: game back here this season. Pacers with an ugly loss

1286
01:02:27,560 --> 01:02:30,120
Speaker 1: over the weekend to the New Orleans Pelicans. Rick Carlisle

1287
01:02:30,880 --> 01:02:33,000
Speaker 1: mentioned after the game he's got to look into his

1288
01:02:33,120 --> 01:02:36,360
Speaker 1: starting lineup and some potential changes there, so we keep

1289
01:02:36,360 --> 01:02:39,000
Speaker 1: an eye out for that. Johnny Furfrey did play well

1290
01:02:39,080 --> 01:02:41,440
Speaker 1: over the weekend. That is again the young guys not

1291
01:02:41,560 --> 01:02:43,600
Speaker 1: really stepping up for the Pacers. Some of these young

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Speaker 1: guys that you would like to have seen take a

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Speaker 1: jump over the weekend College football wise, James, your thoughts

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Speaker 1: on the crimson tide of Alabama moving on to face

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Speaker 1: Indiana here in the Rose Bowl.

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Speaker 5: Their flawed team can't really run the ball very well.

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Speaker 5: We know that Indiana is great in the trenches. I

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Speaker 5: think that that's going to be advantage I. You and

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Speaker 5: I get that they're not the same Alabama, But the

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Speaker 5: idea of knocking off that program to advance further than

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Speaker 5: the collegeotball playoff is something that just seemed unfathomable, you know,

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Speaker 5: two years ago, and then here we are with this

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Speaker 5: possibility right in.

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Speaker 6: Front of us.

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Speaker 1: You know, I feel like it's falling off a cliff

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Speaker 1: for Alabama. Is that Ryan Williams the white out? Yeah?

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Speaker 4: He was in a conversation with Jeremiah Smith, right.

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Speaker 1: And now they throw it to him and I'm like,

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Speaker 1: that's a liability throwing the ball.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't know, man, that kid seems stuck. He's

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Speaker 5: in his own head. Yeah, cannot make the big play

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Speaker 5: anymore so. Of course, we're gonna say all this and

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Speaker 5: he's gonna catch a fifty yard touchdown or something like

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Speaker 5: that against IU. Butel Pond, Yeah, I was gonna say.

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Speaker 5: I don't feel very confident in saying that.

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Speaker 1: So again, quarterfinals coming up New Year's Eve. It will

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Speaker 1: be Miami in Ohio State. Miami wins a wild one

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Speaker 1: even though it was a low scoring game. In college station.

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Speaker 1: The New Year's Day, you'll have those three games Oregon,

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Speaker 1: Texas Tech. That'll be noon from the Orange Bowl, Indiana

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Speaker 1: and Alabama, and then the night cap will be Old

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Speaker 1: Miss in Georgia from the Sugar Bowl. College basketball from

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Speaker 1: over the weekend. Perdue once again a very impressive non

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Speaker 1: conference resume. They add to it as they blow Auburn

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Speaker 1: out of gamebridge Field. That's great balance, Braydon Smith once

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Speaker 1: again dazzling the statute. And I love me some CJ. Cox.

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Speaker 1: I just every time I watch Perdue, I watch Cox,

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Speaker 1: I think that is the Andrew Nemhart when everyone's healthy

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Speaker 1: for the Pacers, that is the type of rule he fills.

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Speaker 1: Purdue got some nice minutes off the bench from Jakari

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Speaker 1: Harris and Jack Benter, so they take care of business

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Speaker 1: with another ranked win another win away from home, Butler

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Speaker 1: survived Northwestern Thad moda none two. Pleased with his team's effort.

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Speaker 1: They are fortunate the Northwestern's leading score was out, but

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Speaker 1: nonetheless important for the resume there for Butler as they

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Speaker 1: beat Northwestern by three. They are in action today at Hinkle.

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Speaker 1: That is in j it. That is a two o'clock tip.

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Speaker 1: You can hear that over on Flego, our sister station.

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Speaker 1: I think it's ninety two point seven if I remember

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Speaker 1: the frequency correct on that, and then I you they

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Speaker 1: beat Chicago State on Saturday. They've got Sienna tonight, coached

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Speaker 1: by the one, the only, Jerry McNamara. I feel like

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Speaker 1: he's like one of those college basketball like folklore Jerry

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Speaker 1: McNamara starting for a ninth year at Syracuse.

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Speaker 5: That's how I felt about the Ellis guy Kansas.

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Speaker 1: I felt that way about Scottie Reynolds at Villanova. Great

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Speaker 1: great player, loved watch who played longer Reynolds or McNamara.

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Speaker 1: I don't know.

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Speaker 4: Aaron Craft, oh Man.

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Speaker 1: Haraft unbelievable right there, Harry Ellis. If he needs we

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Speaker 1: grow here Indy, I can definitely help him out in

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Speaker 1: that area. Six o'clock tonight. It is Indiana and Assembly

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Speaker 1: Hall against Sienna, and go ahead. Both you boys have

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Speaker 1: cackled every time I've brought it up. Shout out to

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Speaker 1: the Mastodons man, John Coffman. He's had a very nice

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Speaker 1: run there. They beat Notre Dame again.

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Speaker 5: It could always be worse. At least your coach did

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Speaker 5: not throw a water bottle. Also, the stands like the

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Speaker 5: Georgetown coach did and hit a kid.

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Speaker 1: If you could tell me the win would happen, though,

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Speaker 1: I would rather take that. I hope the kid's okay.

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Speaker 1: Put some ice on it, oh man.

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Speaker 3: Wonder what it would take to take.

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Speaker 1: If Max Bone could take one on the noggin for

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Speaker 1: a Notre Dame basketball win. We I mean, hell, we've

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Speaker 1: already been to the er once in his life.

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Speaker 4: Maddie.

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Speaker 5: If you want to black his eyes after this show,

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Speaker 5: I won't snitch.

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Speaker 1: Gosh, it is so freaking pathetic how it makes me

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Speaker 1: feel that they lost. It's it's awesome to me.

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Speaker 2: I love seeing it, like I just got passion that

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Speaker 2: you have for Notre Dame basketball.

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Speaker 1: I was so pissed.

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Speaker 5: I am still clearly because it's still mad. I gotta

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Speaker 5: get over it.

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Speaker 1: Seventy two to sixty nine, the Mastodons over the Irish.

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Speaker 1: There your biggest NFL news item from week sixteen, Caleb,

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Speaker 1: we'll start with you. What do you got biggest news

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Speaker 1: item from what we just witnessed? It's the Bears.

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Speaker 2: I think it looks like again stuff changes week tweak,

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Speaker 2: but it looks like they're gonna win that division. And

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Speaker 2: that's a pretty incredible turnaround. Caleb Williams. I know he

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Speaker 2: wasn't great all game, but to come up in that

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Speaker 2: moment with that throw, like he's always capable of that,

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Speaker 2: and it was a it was a pretty awesome NFL

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Speaker 2: moment Saturday night.

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Speaker 1: I am not a Bears fan, but that scene in

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Speaker 1: Soldier Field was pretty pretty cool. And so your jokes

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Speaker 1: about where they're off to next James, your biggest story.

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Speaker 5: It probably is that one, aside from like I said,

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Speaker 5: the DK Metcalf missed punch on a fan keyword missed

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Speaker 5: right there. That was pretty bad. He'll get fined a

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Speaker 5: lot of money and probably suspended for that. But yeah,

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Speaker 5: the funny thing about it, I was talking to my

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Speaker 5: grandma yesterday. She lives with my uncle and my aunt,

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Speaker 5: and my uncle is a die hard Bears fan, like

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Speaker 5: the man would fire everyone after every loss, and he

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Speaker 5: build a statureft every win, like that's how he rides

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Speaker 5: the wave. So she told me. She stays in their basement,

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Speaker 5: and she told me, and you would have thought the

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Speaker 5: world was coming to anyway. Your uncle was clowning up

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Speaker 5: there upstairs, and so I'm sure he was bumping and

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Speaker 5: banging around and living life and enjoying it. So yeah,

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Speaker 5: the vibes are pretty high back in Chicago around my family.

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Speaker 1: And we'll see about DK Metcalf, the potential suspend I

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Speaker 1: should say likely suspension that's coming there with Pittsburgh winning

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Speaker 1: and Baltimore losing, though Pittsburgh does not need much more

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Speaker 1: to win the AFC North, so you know, yes, he

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Speaker 1: could be out. But I think their magic number might

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Speaker 1: just be one that would be a Pittsburgh winner of

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Speaker 1: Baltimore loss here to close out the season. I believe

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Speaker 1: those teams, those two teams playing Week eighteen. Of course,

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Speaker 1: we'll see about Lamar Jackson and that back injury all right.

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Speaker 1: On the other side, Ross Talker, you'll hear him tonight.

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Speaker 1: Westwood won him and Kevin Harlan he joins us next.

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Speaker 1: Hi Less than twenty four hours from now, twenty four

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Speaker 1: less than twelve hours from now, inside of Lucas Oil Stadium.

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Speaker 1: For the first time in three years, the Colts play

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Speaker 1: Monday night football game. It will be Colts and forty

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Speaker 1: nine ers. Believe the spread settling in five and a

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Speaker 1: half for San Francisco and on the Westwood One call,

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Speaker 1: we head to the Payloffs Liquers Hotline right now. He's

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Speaker 1: the host of the Ross Tucker Football Podcast and you

1425
01:08:58,720 --> 01:09:01,840
Speaker 1: can follow him over on Twitter at Ross Tucker NFL.

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Speaker 1: He's one of our favorites. Always enjoy chatting with him,

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Speaker 1: and he will call Lugosolo Stadium home tonight. He is

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Speaker 1: Ross Tucker. Ross. Good morning to you. Hopefully you have

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Speaker 1: some safe travels here to Indy.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm here.

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Speaker 8: Good morning to you guys as well. I did the

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Speaker 8: Jets and the Saints yesterday for CBS, so it took

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Speaker 8: me a little bit of time to get here from

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Speaker 8: New Orleans.

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Speaker 6: But I'm here.

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Speaker 8: Just hit up the hotel restaurant and I'm ready to go.

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Speaker 1: Your level of shock if I would have told you

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Speaker 1: two weeks ago, Hey, that Monday night game in Indy.

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Speaker 1: It'll be Philip Rivers, You're talking about a quarterback.

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Speaker 8: You know, it really hadn't even occurred to me, hadn't

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01:09:41,160 --> 01:09:47,280
Speaker 8: thought of it. And I just must say personally, really

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Speaker 8: really disappointed for Daniel Jones and all of the Colts.

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01:09:52,439 --> 01:09:54,600
Speaker 8: I called their game runer in the year for CBS

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01:09:54,640 --> 01:09:58,200
Speaker 8: against Tennessee and they were really rolling. I was a

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Speaker 8: firm believer that they were one of the best teams

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Speaker 8: in football, and very very excited about the marriage between

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01:10:05,960 --> 01:10:09,200
Speaker 8: Daniel Jones and Shane Stikeen and how well that had

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01:10:09,240 --> 01:10:09,719
Speaker 8: been going.

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Speaker 6: And just kind of really.

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Speaker 8: Bummed out about everything that happened. Kind of started, I

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01:10:14,880 --> 01:10:18,960
Speaker 8: think with the cracked fibula for Daniel, and then obviously

1452
01:10:20,160 --> 01:10:23,880
Speaker 8: was what happened with the torn achilles. You know, Philip

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Speaker 8: Rivers wasn't really on my radar. It's kind of crazy

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01:10:27,880 --> 01:10:32,320
Speaker 8: if you think about, like, listen to this sentence. Okay,

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01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:38,360
Speaker 8: the Colts signed a forty four year old quarterback who

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01:10:38,400 --> 01:10:43,080
Speaker 8: hasn't played football in five years because their starting quarterback

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01:10:43,120 --> 01:10:46,240
Speaker 8: who was playing with a broken leg towards achilles, and

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Speaker 8: the backup quarterback fractured his eyebones with a rubber band

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01:10:50,320 --> 01:10:53,880
Speaker 8: before a game. I mean that if that was in

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Speaker 8: a movie. I don't think you'd even believe it, and

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Speaker 8: yet that's basically what happened to the Colts and it's

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Speaker 8: extremely unfortunate.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think you hit it right on the head there,

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Speaker 5: Ross with a lot of the circumstances that led to

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Speaker 5: Rivers coming out of retirement and joining the Colts. But

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Speaker 5: how much of it do you think is just beyond

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01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:16,040
Speaker 5: the movie aspect of it, because there is a certain

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01:11:16,120 --> 01:11:19,080
Speaker 5: level of wow, the old guys doing it to you

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01:11:19,120 --> 01:11:22,120
Speaker 5: got to win games. So when you're analyzing this team,

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Speaker 5: how do you think Rivers can potentially help them keep

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Speaker 5: their playoff hopes alive with the win tonight against the

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Speaker 5: forty nine ers.

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Speaker 8: Well, I do think that he gave them a chance

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Speaker 8: to win against Seattle. I am really curious to see

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Speaker 8: how the Niners play them tonight because he did not

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01:11:43,720 --> 01:11:45,679
Speaker 8: try to drive the ball down the field very much

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Speaker 8: at all, and when he did it was not effective.

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01:11:50,920 --> 01:11:54,840
Speaker 8: The Niners themselves don't have a very good rush. But

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Speaker 8: I don't think you want to blitz Philip because he

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01:11:57,800 --> 01:12:00,439
Speaker 8: knows where to go with the football going to get

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01:12:00,439 --> 01:12:01,800
Speaker 8: to him. He's not going to let you hit him

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01:12:01,920 --> 01:12:04,280
Speaker 8: if you try to blitz them. So this could be

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Speaker 8: a truly unique game and in which the Niners are

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Speaker 8: either you know, playing press man and trying not to

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Speaker 8: give off anything underneath. I actually think they're going to

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01:12:14,600 --> 01:12:19,559
Speaker 8: play a bunch of super condensed zone where everything is

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Speaker 8: pushed up and they're basically daring Philip Rivers to try

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01:12:23,640 --> 01:12:26,000
Speaker 8: to throw it deep. You know, now that you've got

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Speaker 8: a full game of hate back on film, That's the

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Speaker 8: part that I think is really cool is to kind

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01:12:32,720 --> 01:12:36,040
Speaker 8: of see what ends up happening now now that they've

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01:12:36,080 --> 01:12:39,920
Speaker 8: seen what he can or cannot do. I do think

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Speaker 8: he'll give them a chance to win again. But the

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01:12:43,240 --> 01:12:46,479
Speaker 8: Niners offense is really good. I thought that was one

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Speaker 8: of the big takeaways I had from the Colt Seahawks

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01:12:50,120 --> 01:12:53,400
Speaker 8: game is Sealks defense played well. I mean, Seaoks defense

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Speaker 8: keep him a chance to win. And now you get

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Speaker 8: Buckner back. I thought Buckner would be done for the year.

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Speaker 8: He is a different it's making player. He's a you know,

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Speaker 8: top two or three most important player on the Colts team.

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Speaker 8: So to get him back tonight is massive.

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Speaker 1: And that's a voice of Ross Tucker. I hear him

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Speaker 1: on the Ross Tucker podcast. Here him everywhere CBS. He's

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01:13:14,920 --> 01:13:16,439
Speaker 1: done some Colts games this year. He'll be on the

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Speaker 1: west Wood one call Tonight's over on Twitter at Ross Tucker, NFL.

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Speaker 1: It's funny you say that because I was talking with

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01:13:23,960 --> 01:13:27,040
Speaker 1: an NFL assistant on another team and he said, if

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01:13:27,080 --> 01:13:29,800
Speaker 1: he was facing Rivers, he would just drop eight. Do

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01:13:29,840 --> 01:13:32,280
Speaker 1: you kind of view that general thought? I mean, you

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01:13:32,320 --> 01:13:36,080
Speaker 1: mentioned condensed that zone a little bit there, because yes,

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01:13:36,160 --> 01:13:38,880
Speaker 1: you obviously manage the game great in Seattle. But you know,

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01:13:38,960 --> 01:13:40,360
Speaker 1: I think we all can look at that and say

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01:13:40,360 --> 01:13:43,120
Speaker 1: that's not an offense that's sustainable over the course of

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01:13:43,160 --> 01:13:44,799
Speaker 1: however long you need him.

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Speaker 8: You know, I don't think that I'm going to Yeah,

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01:13:52,560 --> 01:13:56,760
Speaker 8: I don't think I would say necessarily drop eight. But

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01:13:56,840 --> 01:14:00,680
Speaker 8: that's interesting because you know, he he doesn't have that

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01:14:00,800 --> 01:14:03,479
Speaker 8: strong of an arm. So you sit there and you

1519
01:14:03,520 --> 01:14:09,080
Speaker 8: think about, you know, just how much he'll have to

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01:14:09,160 --> 01:14:11,320
Speaker 8: be able to put it ball into a window. If

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01:14:11,360 --> 01:14:13,479
Speaker 8: you drop eight, that that's you know, I might steal

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01:14:13,520 --> 01:14:17,200
Speaker 8: that and use that tonight. That's certainly a possibility. I'd

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01:14:17,240 --> 01:14:20,080
Speaker 8: probably still rush for to try to get somebody at

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01:14:20,160 --> 01:14:25,879
Speaker 8: him eventually or at some point. But I do think,

1525
01:14:26,439 --> 01:14:29,599
Speaker 8: you know, dropping eight is a real possibility. The point

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01:14:29,640 --> 01:14:33,599
Speaker 8: will be make him throw it deeper down the field.

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01:14:33,640 --> 01:14:35,760
Speaker 8: I think you guys have probably talked a knowledge about

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01:14:35,760 --> 01:14:39,400
Speaker 8: the statistics of the throws that were more than ten yards.

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01:14:39,160 --> 01:14:39,559
Speaker 6: In the air.

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Speaker 8: That's number one, and then number two. Really make sure

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01:14:45,320 --> 01:14:48,519
Speaker 8: that he has to drive the ball into a small window.

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01:14:48,720 --> 01:14:54,880
Speaker 8: So drop eight stone coverage and really, you know, get

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01:14:54,960 --> 01:14:59,599
Speaker 8: close to sticky coverage on the underneath, guys, and see

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01:14:59,640 --> 01:15:01,160
Speaker 8: if he can see if you can do it, see

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01:15:01,160 --> 01:15:02,920
Speaker 8: if you can fire a ball in there. There's a

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01:15:02,920 --> 01:15:06,920
Speaker 8: real chance he throws a few picks tonight because he's

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01:15:07,000 --> 01:15:08,599
Speaker 8: going to try to fit the ball in there. I mean,

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01:15:08,640 --> 01:15:11,040
Speaker 8: he didn't come back from retirement to be throwing the

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01:15:11,080 --> 01:15:11,920
Speaker 8: ball away all night.

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Speaker 6: Ross.

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01:15:13,880 --> 01:15:16,320
Speaker 5: How quickly did you perhaps pivot to the idea of

1542
01:15:16,360 --> 01:15:19,360
Speaker 5: him playing again when the news broke because at first

1543
01:15:19,400 --> 01:15:23,920
Speaker 5: it was you know, practice squad, tryout. He knows Riley

1544
01:15:24,000 --> 01:15:25,760
Speaker 5: Leonard very well. But as you said, he didn't come

1545
01:15:25,800 --> 01:15:28,400
Speaker 5: back to all the clipboard. So how quickly did you

1546
01:15:28,439 --> 01:15:31,080
Speaker 5: wrap your mind around that? And I mean I don't

1547
01:15:31,080 --> 01:15:33,360
Speaker 5: want to gloss over it. If he wins tonight, he

1548
01:15:33,400 --> 01:15:36,400
Speaker 5: would be only the third quarterback in the history of

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01:15:36,439 --> 01:15:38,920
Speaker 5: the sports to win a game at age forty four

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01:15:38,960 --> 01:15:39,400
Speaker 5: or older.

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Speaker 8: Well, I kind of thought, and maybe this was selfish

1552
01:15:44,800 --> 01:15:47,000
Speaker 8: of me because I'm calling the game tonight, but I

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01:15:47,160 --> 01:15:51,880
Speaker 8: kind of thought they might see what Riley could do.

1554
01:15:52,880 --> 01:15:56,360
Speaker 8: In the first game, you know, against Seattle. I know

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01:15:56,520 --> 01:15:59,000
Speaker 8: Riley was a little bit banged up, but I kind

1556
01:15:59,000 --> 01:16:02,040
Speaker 8: of thought they might get Riley has spin with a

1557
01:16:02,160 --> 01:16:06,960
Speaker 8: full week of practice, getting all of the reps, and

1558
01:16:07,080 --> 01:16:10,160
Speaker 8: having the whole game plan designed around his skill set.

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01:16:10,439 --> 01:16:12,880
Speaker 8: Because Riley's I think, pretty good and he can run.

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01:16:14,080 --> 01:16:16,519
Speaker 8: I kind of thought they would give Rivers a little

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01:16:16,560 --> 01:16:20,759
Speaker 8: more time to get acclimated and give Riley one chance

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01:16:20,840 --> 01:16:23,639
Speaker 8: to see what he can do. You know, it's almost

1563
01:16:23,720 --> 01:16:27,080
Speaker 8: like I'm not saying he's Malik Willis, but you know,

1564
01:16:27,840 --> 01:16:31,599
Speaker 8: when the Packers have had to play Malik Willis, Lafloor

1565
01:16:31,840 --> 01:16:35,880
Speaker 8: like totally changes his game plan. Malik runs a lot,

1566
01:16:36,160 --> 01:16:39,840
Speaker 8: and the Packers have won. You know, they've won several

1567
01:16:39,880 --> 01:16:44,000
Speaker 8: games with Malik Willis. I thought Steichen might sort of

1568
01:16:44,040 --> 01:16:48,679
Speaker 8: dip into the Jalen Hurts twenty twenty one game plan.

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01:16:49,360 --> 01:16:50,599
Speaker 6: Have Riley run.

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01:16:50,479 --> 01:16:54,519
Speaker 8: A bunch and use those legs and end up having

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01:16:54,600 --> 01:16:57,720
Speaker 8: success as a result and potentially winning. I guess the

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01:16:57,800 --> 01:17:00,240
Speaker 8: concern there is, you know, Riley gets hurt and you're

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01:17:00,280 --> 01:17:03,880
Speaker 8: in trouble. But I thought they would give Riley one

1574
01:17:03,960 --> 01:17:07,400
Speaker 8: game with all of the reps in practice during the week,

1575
01:17:07,439 --> 01:17:08,479
Speaker 8: but they elected not to.

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01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:11,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely debate we have had here in they all right,

1577
01:17:11,920 --> 01:17:13,519
Speaker 1: Ross last one for me and again hosts of the

1578
01:17:13,560 --> 01:17:17,600
Speaker 1: Ross Tucker podcasting follow him at Ross Tucker NFL and

1579
01:17:17,640 --> 01:17:20,800
Speaker 1: you'll hear him tonight on the Westwood One Calf Kevin

1580
01:17:20,800 --> 01:17:24,400
Speaker 1: Harlan here on Monday Night Football. Going back to what

1581
01:17:24,439 --> 01:17:26,760
Speaker 1: you said a little bit earlier in the conversation about

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01:17:26,840 --> 01:17:30,360
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones about how this team was looking pre injury.

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01:17:31,160 --> 01:17:33,880
Speaker 1: Are you under the belief or think the Colt should

1584
01:17:33,920 --> 01:17:37,559
Speaker 1: operate in a bring everybody back, including Daniel Jones for

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01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:38,320
Speaker 1: twenty twenty six?

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Speaker 6: I am, I am.

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Speaker 8: Now that's not to say that there shouldn't be some tweaks.

1588
01:17:49,520 --> 01:17:52,160
Speaker 8: I honestly think they have a really good team. You know,

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01:17:52,240 --> 01:17:57,160
Speaker 8: I don't look at Denver for New England and think

1590
01:17:57,200 --> 01:17:59,599
Speaker 8: that they're way ahead of the Colt. I don't even

1591
01:17:59,640 --> 01:18:01,640
Speaker 8: think they're head of the Colts at all. You know,

1592
01:18:01,680 --> 01:18:04,880
Speaker 8: if Buckner doesn't get hurt if Garter doesn't get hurt.

1593
01:18:05,120 --> 01:18:10,760
Speaker 8: And I know that every team has injuries, but there

1594
01:18:10,760 --> 01:18:15,720
Speaker 8: are certain guys that are game changing players. There's only

1595
01:18:15,800 --> 01:18:19,559
Speaker 8: three or four on a team, maybe five, and you know,

1596
01:18:19,800 --> 01:18:22,599
Speaker 8: obviously we'll see about sauft Gardner, but the Colts think

1597
01:18:22,600 --> 01:18:28,000
Speaker 8: he is. Buckner definitely is, and the starting quarterback is, which,

1598
01:18:28,000 --> 01:18:30,800
Speaker 8: by the way, is one thing that makes what the

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01:18:30,920 --> 01:18:34,680
Speaker 8: Niners have done this year even more impressive because I

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01:18:34,720 --> 01:18:37,200
Speaker 8: would tell you that Nick Bosa and Fred Warner are

1601
01:18:37,280 --> 01:18:40,800
Speaker 8: those guys. They are game changing players. You know, they're

1602
01:18:40,840 --> 01:18:43,360
Speaker 8: two of the top twenty defensive players in the NFL,

1603
01:18:43,920 --> 01:18:46,559
Speaker 8: certainly the two best defensive players for the forty nine ers.

1604
01:18:46,760 --> 01:18:48,320
Speaker 8: So the fact that the forty ers are even in

1605
01:18:48,360 --> 01:18:52,320
Speaker 8: this position says a lot about them. But yeah, I

1606
01:18:52,320 --> 01:18:54,920
Speaker 8: would try to keep the band together as much as

1607
01:18:54,960 --> 01:18:58,920
Speaker 8: possible with Daniel Jones and the Colts, you know, assuming

1608
01:18:58,960 --> 01:19:01,280
Speaker 8: he'd be able to come back health. I think it's

1609
01:19:01,320 --> 01:19:03,680
Speaker 8: better than whatever other alternatives would be out there.

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Speaker 1: All right, Ross, it is the holiday season. Typically you're

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Speaker 1: saving us from a present standpoint. Have you got something

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Speaker 1: cooked up here around Christmas?

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Speaker 8: Well it's funny because I usually tell you guys about

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Speaker 8: guys has kids. But it's different than it wasn't when

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Speaker 8: we were growing up. I mean, it is really hard

1620
01:19:36,160 --> 01:19:39,280
Speaker 8: to get young kids to sit and watch a whole

1621
01:19:39,280 --> 01:19:41,360
Speaker 8: football game, you know, for you guys, whether it's the

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Speaker 8: Hoosiers or the Colts, they want to be on their iPad,

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Speaker 8: they want to be doing a million other things. These

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Speaker 8: to them, I think it's sixty bucks, but with the

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Speaker 8: twenty percent discounts fifty bucks, you're really giving the gift

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Speaker 8: IU game and every Colts game with you for years,

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Speaker 8: that's probably the best gift you could ever get your son,

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Speaker 8: in the company after I spoke to five different families five.

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Speaker 8: They all said it worked. I'm like, okay, that's good

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Speaker 8: enough for me because, by the way, these sports leagues

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Speaker 8: are dying to try to find solutions to get young

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Speaker 8: people to get engaged and want to watch the whole game.

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Speaker 6: It is really really cool.

1642
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Speaker 1: And you're gonna hear Ross tonight him Kevin Harlan Westwood

1643
01:20:47,240 --> 01:20:50,000
Speaker 1: one Monday Night Football. Ross, great work all year long.

1644
01:20:50,040 --> 01:20:52,519
Speaker 1: I know you're super busy man, so thanks for making time.

1645
01:20:52,400 --> 01:20:54,920
Speaker 8: With us my pleasure. Thank you so much.

1646
01:20:55,160 --> 01:20:57,800
Speaker 1: Ross Tucker, pay Less Slickers Hotline Again, hosts of the

1647
01:20:57,880 --> 01:21:01,720
Speaker 1: Ross Tucker Podcast at Ross Tucker NFL. You know the

1648
01:21:01,840 --> 01:21:05,479
Speaker 1: drop eight idea, James, that I kind of threw Ross's

1649
01:21:05,560 --> 01:21:08,280
Speaker 1: way against Rivers. I think the thought there is he

1650
01:21:08,400 --> 01:21:11,280
Speaker 1: is so cognizant of getting the ball out quick, you know,

1651
01:21:11,400 --> 01:21:14,680
Speaker 1: think a little hot potato e that it really doesn't

1652
01:21:14,720 --> 01:21:18,360
Speaker 1: matter how much you rush him per se like.

1653
01:21:18,400 --> 01:21:19,479
Speaker 5: Because you won't get there.

1654
01:21:19,840 --> 01:21:22,519
Speaker 1: Well, you won't get there, and he's not dumb enough

1655
01:21:22,520 --> 01:21:24,200
Speaker 1: to hold on to it like he's not going to

1656
01:21:24,280 --> 01:21:27,400
Speaker 1: try to extend. He's he knows his internal clock. He

1657
01:21:27,439 --> 01:21:28,680
Speaker 1: knows has got to get the ball out here.

1658
01:21:28,880 --> 01:21:30,360
Speaker 5: For a guy who's played as much as he has,

1659
01:21:30,439 --> 01:21:32,760
Speaker 5: he's rarely taken a lot of sacks in his career.

1660
01:21:32,840 --> 01:21:36,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, so he's not three four seconds. So it's like, yes,

1661
01:21:36,280 --> 01:21:38,719
Speaker 1: a pass rush could aid, but even if it doesn't

1662
01:21:38,720 --> 01:21:42,200
Speaker 1: get home, he knows what that clock is in his head,

1663
01:21:42,200 --> 01:21:44,080
Speaker 1: so he might naturally just get rid of it, even

1664
01:21:44,120 --> 01:21:48,200
Speaker 1: if the pocket isn't necessarily collapsing around him. So I

1665
01:21:48,240 --> 01:21:50,200
Speaker 1: think it's a really interesting thought. Again on paper, the

1666
01:21:50,200 --> 01:21:53,040
Speaker 1: San Francisco defense one of the more vanilla defenses in

1667
01:21:53,080 --> 01:21:55,479
Speaker 1: the entire NFL. Gus Bradley on that staff there with

1668
01:21:55,560 --> 01:21:58,680
Speaker 1: Robert Sala as their coordinator. So definitely something to keep

1669
01:21:58,680 --> 01:22:01,040
Speaker 1: an eye on as we continue to ahead to tonight.

1670
01:22:01,120 --> 01:22:03,120
Speaker 1: It is Colts. It is forty nine ers a half

1671
01:22:03,160 --> 01:22:06,120
Speaker 1: hour from now. Joe Buck is going to join us

1672
01:22:06,200 --> 01:22:08,680
Speaker 1: right here on the Fan Morning Show. Kevin Bow and

1673
01:22:08,760 --> 01:22:11,439
Speaker 1: James Boyd, Caleb Zuover, thanks for spending this Monday with us,

1674
01:22:13,240 --> 01:22:15,280
Speaker 1: Little loupe Fiasco.

1675
01:22:16,120 --> 01:22:17,479
Speaker 5: I play this is on my playlist when I was

1676
01:22:17,479 --> 01:22:18,960
Speaker 5: a runner back in high school. You get do you

1677
01:22:19,040 --> 01:22:20,720
Speaker 5: hear this in the headphones where you're out there for

1678
01:22:20,720 --> 01:22:23,559
Speaker 5: a long run, Hey gets a little crisper. Hey, guess

1679
01:22:23,560 --> 01:22:24,400
Speaker 5: who likes this song?

1680
01:22:24,479 --> 01:22:29,080
Speaker 2: James mo Hey shout out mo he likes his song.

1681
01:22:29,120 --> 01:22:32,240
Speaker 2: He thinks it's a good basketball song, pregame basketball song.

1682
01:22:32,360 --> 01:22:35,280
Speaker 2: So my dad, basketball coach, shut out hearing this.

1683
01:22:35,479 --> 01:22:37,599
Speaker 4: Moe zouver Man, he was moving and groove and we

1684
01:22:37,600 --> 01:22:38,400
Speaker 4: were doing the colt.

1685
01:22:40,360 --> 01:22:42,680
Speaker 1: Uh, the father of Caleb, who is filling in for

1686
01:22:42,800 --> 01:22:46,680
Speaker 1: Mark Dyton. Mark celebrating in glory. The Bears Marquee win

1687
01:22:47,439 --> 01:22:51,200
Speaker 1: on Saturday over the Packers will be here Monday, Tuesday, Friday.

1688
01:22:51,520 --> 01:22:53,920
Speaker 1: This week here just gets you a little bit of

1689
01:22:54,000 --> 01:22:56,559
Speaker 1: lay of the land on where we're at. Certainly safe

1690
01:22:56,560 --> 01:22:58,640
Speaker 1: travels to everybody out there and enjoy what looks to

1691
01:22:58,680 --> 01:23:03,040
Speaker 1: be some balmy Christmas week weather. I'm seeing tickets swell

1692
01:23:03,080 --> 01:23:04,840
Speaker 1: over one hundred dollars cheapest ticket to get in the

1693
01:23:04,840 --> 01:23:08,720
Speaker 1: door tonight, Dude, the forty nine ers probably travel fairly well. Right.

1694
01:23:08,760 --> 01:23:10,360
Speaker 1: I don't know what a Monday night game would be,

1695
01:23:10,439 --> 01:23:13,080
Speaker 1: but I feel like I betys are a bit of

1696
01:23:13,120 --> 01:23:15,000
Speaker 1: a national brand. I guess that is what I'm saying.

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01:23:15,160 --> 01:23:18,599
Speaker 2: They do, they travel I and you know, of course

1698
01:23:18,600 --> 01:23:21,400
Speaker 2: they take over the California and Vegas stadiums when they're there.

1699
01:23:21,400 --> 01:23:25,320
Speaker 2: But it's a national brand, right it is Joe Montana

1700
01:23:25,400 --> 01:23:25,960
Speaker 2: back in the day.

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01:23:25,960 --> 01:23:27,320
Speaker 3: It's been passed down for sure.

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01:23:27,400 --> 01:23:28,840
Speaker 1: We had a lot of those last year inside of

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01:23:28,840 --> 01:23:29,719
Speaker 1: the Kasouvla Stadium.

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01:23:29,760 --> 01:23:30,080
Speaker 6: We didn't.

1705
01:23:30,160 --> 01:23:33,120
Speaker 1: We haven't really had much of that this year again.

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01:23:33,200 --> 01:23:37,120
Speaker 1: Colts and forty nine Ers kicks eight fifteen. Tonight halftime

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01:23:37,200 --> 01:23:41,280
Speaker 1: show will include Red Panda for those in the building.

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01:23:41,320 --> 01:23:43,040
Speaker 1: I don't know if I've seen Red Panda do many

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01:23:43,040 --> 01:23:44,200
Speaker 1: football games.

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01:23:43,880 --> 01:23:44,040
Speaker 8: So.

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Speaker 1: You know, I was alerted by Scott Agnes last week.

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01:23:48,160 --> 01:23:50,000
Speaker 1: She will not be doing the unicycle on the turf.

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01:23:50,080 --> 01:23:51,320
Speaker 1: You know, you don't want the wheeld all of a

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01:23:51,360 --> 01:23:54,719
Speaker 1: sudden get caught. We've already had some bad turf injuries.

1715
01:23:54,800 --> 01:23:56,360
Speaker 5: Say, if you told me she was gonna do it,

1716
01:23:56,360 --> 01:23:58,759
Speaker 5: I wouldn't doubt her. No, I very talented.

1717
01:23:58,880 --> 01:24:01,040
Speaker 1: A platform will come in out there for Red Panda

1718
01:24:01,120 --> 01:24:03,479
Speaker 1: the night out of ben A Terry banging the anvil

1719
01:24:03,520 --> 01:24:05,760
Speaker 1: in the building tonight. Weirdly, that is one thing the

1720
01:24:05,800 --> 01:24:08,000
Speaker 1: forty nine Ers have done extraordinarily well this season and

1721
01:24:08,040 --> 01:24:10,640
Speaker 1: their opponents haven't. The forty nine ers have yet to

1722
01:24:10,680 --> 01:24:14,080
Speaker 1: miss a field goal and their opponents have missed nine.

1723
01:24:16,160 --> 01:24:19,040
Speaker 1: Is there anything that is that? Just all luck that

1724
01:24:19,080 --> 01:24:20,719
Speaker 1: your opponents miss nine field goals?

1725
01:24:21,120 --> 01:24:23,680
Speaker 5: It feels a little bit like the Chiefs last year.

1726
01:24:23,720 --> 01:24:26,360
Speaker 5: Remember they won all these one score games, and I

1727
01:24:26,400 --> 01:24:28,200
Speaker 5: think they won one of them against the Raiders with

1728
01:24:28,280 --> 01:24:31,160
Speaker 5: a guy literally fumbled the snap and never even got

1729
01:24:31,160 --> 01:24:34,320
Speaker 5: the game winning kick off. So yeah, a little bit

1730
01:24:34,400 --> 01:24:36,680
Speaker 5: feels like that. But that's also the NFL. I know

1731
01:24:36,680 --> 01:24:40,760
Speaker 5: people always talk about, oh, this team is primed to

1732
01:24:40,880 --> 01:24:44,559
Speaker 5: regress next year or these are flukey wins, but whatever. Man,

1733
01:24:44,600 --> 01:24:47,599
Speaker 5: when you're in it, you never know what the future

1734
01:24:47,640 --> 01:24:50,120
Speaker 5: is going to hold, so you want to capture that

1735
01:24:50,200 --> 01:24:51,960
Speaker 5: as much as you can and capitalize on it. And

1736
01:24:52,000 --> 01:24:54,880
Speaker 5: they have for better, for the better man of their team.

1737
01:24:55,120 --> 01:24:57,760
Speaker 5: Tell that to the Bears fans right now, James. Yeah,

1738
01:24:57,840 --> 01:24:59,720
Speaker 5: I hear people saying that too, Like, man, they're gonna

1739
01:24:59,720 --> 01:25:02,240
Speaker 5: regret next year, But who cares about next year. We're

1740
01:25:02,240 --> 01:25:05,040
Speaker 5: in a moment right now where you're winning the close games,

1741
01:25:05,080 --> 01:25:08,240
Speaker 5: You're doing the darn near impossible. It seems like especially

1742
01:25:08,280 --> 01:25:10,280
Speaker 5: the forty nine ers considering the injuries that they've had.

1743
01:25:10,840 --> 01:25:12,320
Speaker 5: You ride that way as long as you can.

1744
01:25:12,439 --> 01:25:14,000
Speaker 1: Where do you think this one ranks in the final

1745
01:25:14,040 --> 01:25:17,000
Speaker 1: three weeks in terms of difficulty home to the forty

1746
01:25:17,080 --> 01:25:19,680
Speaker 1: nine ers, short week with Jacksonville next week in your

1747
01:25:19,680 --> 01:25:22,479
Speaker 1: own building, and then you close out the year at Houston.

1748
01:25:22,520 --> 01:25:23,440
Speaker 4: I put a third.

1749
01:25:23,720 --> 01:25:29,719
Speaker 5: If we're ranking them, probably put Jacksonville first, Houston second

1750
01:25:29,760 --> 01:25:32,519
Speaker 5: in this game third because even then we looked at

1751
01:25:32,560 --> 01:25:36,240
Speaker 5: the numbers. If you lose tonight and you win your

1752
01:25:36,320 --> 01:25:39,320
Speaker 5: last two, there's still a decent chance you get into

1753
01:25:39,360 --> 01:25:42,679
Speaker 5: the playoffs. But if you win tonight and lose any

1754
01:25:42,680 --> 01:25:46,200
Speaker 5: of your last two, it's over, basically, So I think

1755
01:25:46,320 --> 01:25:48,920
Speaker 5: just from nat fact alone, the states are higher for

1756
01:25:48,960 --> 01:25:49,719
Speaker 5: your division games.

1757
01:25:49,840 --> 01:25:51,920
Speaker 2: The way Jacksonville's playing, I think that has to be

1758
01:25:51,960 --> 01:25:55,679
Speaker 2: the first the most difficult game for sure. I think

1759
01:25:56,120 --> 01:25:58,920
Speaker 2: the only thing is who knows if that last game

1760
01:25:58,960 --> 01:26:01,639
Speaker 2: will even matter. But for it to matter against the Texans,

1761
01:26:01,720 --> 01:26:03,200
Speaker 2: the Colts have to win these next two.

1762
01:26:03,600 --> 01:26:05,479
Speaker 3: And that's just as simple as that.

1763
01:26:05,640 --> 01:26:10,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, technically they they don't get eliminated tonight.

1764
01:26:10,720 --> 01:26:12,760
Speaker 1: Just to be clear, even with the loss, you would

1765
01:26:12,760 --> 01:26:15,559
Speaker 1: be eliminated from the AFC South. Technically, you would not

1766
01:26:15,600 --> 01:26:18,320
Speaker 1: be eliminated from the playoffs. Now you would have to

1767
01:26:18,360 --> 01:26:20,519
Speaker 1: win your last two and then you would need several

1768
01:26:20,560 --> 01:26:25,440
Speaker 1: things to go your way. One of the tiebreakers with Houston,

1769
01:26:25,760 --> 01:26:28,840
Speaker 1: because if you are to make the playoffs, you would

1770
01:26:28,920 --> 01:26:31,599
Speaker 1: split the head to head with Houston. That would obviously

1771
01:26:31,680 --> 01:26:34,760
Speaker 1: mean winning there in Week eighteen. You would then tie

1772
01:26:34,760 --> 01:26:37,000
Speaker 1: the divisional record with them. It would go all the

1773
01:26:37,040 --> 01:26:41,200
Speaker 1: way down to strength of victory, which is just wild.

1774
01:26:41,280 --> 01:26:43,559
Speaker 1: I've started to like look into this a little bit here,

1775
01:26:44,160 --> 01:26:47,599
Speaker 1: and basically, the Colts would be rooting for like five

1776
01:26:47,720 --> 01:26:51,000
Speaker 1: teams here in the final couple weeks that are not

1777
01:26:51,280 --> 01:26:54,080
Speaker 1: the five teams of the Texans have already beaten. So

1778
01:26:54,160 --> 01:26:56,120
Speaker 1: like each of these teams will have like five or

1779
01:26:56,120 --> 01:26:59,120
Speaker 1: six teams that they'll be rooting for to win. So

1780
01:26:59,240 --> 01:27:02,080
Speaker 1: like the Cults will want the Dolphins to win because

1781
01:27:02,080 --> 01:27:05,080
Speaker 1: they already beat Miami, they will have won. They'll want

1782
01:27:05,200 --> 01:27:10,839
Speaker 1: Denver to win because they will have obviously already beaten Denver. Weirdly,

1783
01:27:10,880 --> 01:27:13,680
Speaker 1: they've gone from rooting against the Chargers to rooting for

1784
01:27:13,720 --> 01:27:17,639
Speaker 1: the Chargers. It's very odd and right now, I think

1785
01:27:17,760 --> 01:27:20,240
Speaker 1: strength of victory is not in the colts favor if

1786
01:27:20,280 --> 01:27:23,800
Speaker 1: I've looked at this correctly with Houston. But I guess

1787
01:27:23,880 --> 01:27:26,880
Speaker 1: we'll cross that bridge when it comes. But James, if

1788
01:27:26,880 --> 01:27:30,000
Speaker 1: you thought you've covered a lot, can you imagine having

1789
01:27:30,080 --> 01:27:32,240
Speaker 1: to dissect what strength of victory could mean for the

1790
01:27:32,240 --> 01:27:33,680
Speaker 1: Colts in their playoff chances.

1791
01:27:34,120 --> 01:27:36,200
Speaker 5: I think I usually wait every year when it gets

1792
01:27:36,280 --> 01:27:39,120
Speaker 5: like this for a JJ Stankovitz or someone at an

1793
01:27:39,120 --> 01:27:42,920
Speaker 5: official website to break it down for me, because, believe

1794
01:27:42,920 --> 01:27:43,400
Speaker 5: it or not.

1795
01:27:43,680 --> 01:27:45,400
Speaker 1: Is the Athletic not on official website.

1796
01:27:46,040 --> 01:27:47,840
Speaker 5: We have a website. But I feel like my scenarios,

1797
01:27:47,840 --> 01:27:50,240
Speaker 5: whenever I go through them, I'm just like, I'm never

1798
01:27:50,439 --> 01:27:52,479
Speaker 5: as sure as I am myself. And I say it's

1799
01:27:52,479 --> 01:27:57,439
Speaker 5: because so they actually have people that are paid the Colts,

1800
01:27:57,439 --> 01:28:00,800
Speaker 5: that is to go over every single scenario to the

1801
01:28:00,920 --> 01:28:04,280
Speaker 5: nth degree. We'd like to think we do that, but

1802
01:28:04,600 --> 01:28:07,240
Speaker 5: it's not like our livelihood depends on it. Like if

1803
01:28:07,280 --> 01:28:09,880
Speaker 5: someone walks into Shane's office and says this is what

1804
01:28:09,880 --> 01:28:11,599
Speaker 5: you gotta do to make the playoffs, and that guy

1805
01:28:11,680 --> 01:28:14,080
Speaker 5: is wrong, he's going to get fired sure, Whereas if

1806
01:28:14,120 --> 01:28:18,840
Speaker 5: I'm like, okay, actually no, the tirebreaker goes here. If

1807
01:28:18,880 --> 01:28:21,720
Speaker 5: they tie in this game, it's a little different. So

1808
01:28:21,920 --> 01:28:24,879
Speaker 5: usually I wait to see something from like the NFL

1809
01:28:25,400 --> 01:28:28,760
Speaker 5: or JJ or a team those ones I think are

1810
01:28:28,760 --> 01:28:30,760
Speaker 5: a little bit more accurate, and then I'll fold that

1811
01:28:30,800 --> 01:28:32,680
Speaker 5: into my own analysis of like, Okay, how can they

1812
01:28:32,680 --> 01:28:33,559
Speaker 5: actually win these games?

1813
01:28:33,640 --> 01:28:37,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, if you lose tonight, I believe it is you

1814
01:28:37,120 --> 01:28:39,760
Speaker 1: have to win out. So that would again beat Jacksonville,

1815
01:28:39,800 --> 01:28:42,360
Speaker 1: beat Houston. You would need the Texans to lose to

1816
01:28:42,400 --> 01:28:46,920
Speaker 1: the Chargers next weekend, which seems plausible, like that game's

1817
01:28:46,960 --> 01:28:50,720
Speaker 1: technically on Saturday. That would then create the Colts and

1818
01:28:50,760 --> 01:28:55,640
Speaker 1: the Texans having the same record for the final playoff spot.

1819
01:28:55,800 --> 01:28:58,160
Speaker 1: And then that's where you get into this strength of

1820
01:28:58,240 --> 01:29:01,680
Speaker 1: victory if I'm looking at this correctly, and gosh, my

1821
01:29:01,720 --> 01:29:03,600
Speaker 1: head just wants to explode. I have more of a

1822
01:29:03,680 --> 01:29:05,479
Speaker 1: headache than I did watching Notre Dame try to beat

1823
01:29:05,520 --> 01:29:06,439
Speaker 1: Fort Wayne yesterday.

1824
01:29:06,760 --> 01:29:10,400
Speaker 4: And that's saying a lot, brother, I say a lot.

1825
01:29:10,479 --> 01:29:10,639
Speaker 6: Hi.

1826
01:29:10,680 --> 01:29:18,160
Speaker 1: Joe Buck joins us in twenty Fan Morning Show fifteen

1827
01:29:18,200 --> 01:29:23,759
Speaker 1: minutes from now. Joe Buck gonna join us here. JMV

1828
01:29:23,920 --> 01:29:25,679
Speaker 1: just laid it out for you. It is a busy,

1829
01:29:25,840 --> 01:29:29,120
Speaker 1: busy Monday on these airwaves for those that have not

1830
01:29:29,240 --> 01:29:32,760
Speaker 1: checked out too early here work wise. For the rest

1831
01:29:32,760 --> 01:29:35,759
Speaker 1: of the week, boy, it's loaded. So we've got obviously

1832
01:29:35,800 --> 01:29:38,920
Speaker 1: all of our shows throughout the day. John will then

1833
01:29:38,960 --> 01:29:43,880
Speaker 1: bleed into the Colts pregame show. We will have the

1834
01:29:43,920 --> 01:29:46,240
Speaker 1: Colts game tonight on Hank FM, so that is our

1835
01:29:46,280 --> 01:29:49,760
Speaker 1: sister station, ninety seven point one FM that will be

1836
01:29:49,840 --> 01:29:52,360
Speaker 1: on HANK. I believe seven o'clock is when coverage will

1837
01:29:52,400 --> 01:29:56,439
Speaker 1: shift over to ninety seven point one on these airwaves.

1838
01:29:56,520 --> 01:29:59,120
Speaker 1: You'll hear the Pacer game. The Pacers are out in

1839
01:29:59,240 --> 01:30:02,400
Speaker 1: Boston tonight taking on the Celtics. It's a seven thirty tip.

1840
01:30:02,520 --> 01:30:04,720
Speaker 1: So we got hoops too if you want that for

1841
01:30:04,760 --> 01:30:07,800
Speaker 1: your Phil Butler is hosting up at Hinkle at two

1842
01:30:07,880 --> 01:30:12,120
Speaker 1: o'clock today, so that game will air on Flago also

1843
01:30:12,240 --> 01:30:16,519
Speaker 1: our sister station, that is Butler and in Ji. Are

1844
01:30:16,560 --> 01:30:18,320
Speaker 1: we going Institute of Technology there?

1845
01:30:19,320 --> 01:30:20,759
Speaker 3: That's yeah, that's.

1846
01:30:20,520 --> 01:30:23,559
Speaker 4: What it is. I would imagine that's the name, right.

1847
01:30:24,439 --> 01:30:27,759
Speaker 1: Jersey Institute of Technology. That spread cannot be close.

1848
01:30:28,080 --> 01:30:30,760
Speaker 2: I think they beat Michigan like ten years ago if

1849
01:30:30,760 --> 01:30:36,120
Speaker 2: I remember correct ly, Hockey Hat Chrysler in Basketball Man.

1850
01:30:36,400 --> 01:30:39,240
Speaker 1: How about that from Caleb Zuover. I use Sienna at

1851
01:30:39,320 --> 01:30:42,559
Speaker 1: six o'clock, so we have a very spread out sports day.

1852
01:30:42,560 --> 01:30:46,960
Speaker 1: Butler two Indiana, Darren Devreeze taking on Jerry McNamara and

1853
01:30:47,000 --> 01:30:50,320
Speaker 1: the Sienna Saints at six pacers at seven thirty and

1854
01:30:50,360 --> 01:30:53,360
Speaker 1: for the first time in three years, Monday Night Football

1855
01:30:53,400 --> 01:30:55,880
Speaker 1: Colts and forty nine ers. That is an eight to

1856
01:30:55,960 --> 01:30:58,960
Speaker 1: fifteen kickoff. And again, Joe Buck, I'm gonna join us

1857
01:30:59,000 --> 01:31:00,920
Speaker 1: here in a.

1858
01:31:01,000 --> 01:31:03,760
Speaker 4: Few that'll be cool.

1859
01:31:04,439 --> 01:31:08,840
Speaker 5: I did not know until maybe last year or the

1860
01:31:08,920 --> 01:31:11,280
Speaker 5: year before that he was an IU grad.

1861
01:31:12,680 --> 01:31:14,320
Speaker 1: He might correct us on this, but I don't know

1862
01:31:14,320 --> 01:31:18,759
Speaker 1: if he ever went full on back to get the diploma.

1863
01:31:19,280 --> 01:31:22,280
Speaker 1: He should tell this story he left he I believe

1864
01:31:22,320 --> 01:31:26,200
Speaker 1: he left IU after a couple of years to I

1865
01:31:26,240 --> 01:31:30,320
Speaker 1: think his dad was starting to do a little bit more.

1866
01:31:32,120 --> 01:31:34,000
Speaker 1: I could be wrong on this. He's gonna have to confirm.

1867
01:31:34,040 --> 01:31:37,560
Speaker 1: I think some NFL games, in addition to obviously the Cardinals,

1868
01:31:38,600 --> 01:31:43,120
Speaker 1: and I think Joe was helping Jack fill in a

1869
01:31:43,160 --> 01:31:48,840
Speaker 1: little bit on some Cardinals games. So I believe that

1870
01:31:48,960 --> 01:31:49,439
Speaker 1: is a story.

1871
01:31:49,479 --> 01:31:49,680
Speaker 6: I know.

1872
01:31:49,720 --> 01:31:52,560
Speaker 1: I always feel like there's times James where I'm like,

1873
01:31:52,640 --> 01:31:55,080
Speaker 1: you know, oh, you know, insert college here and that

1874
01:31:55,120 --> 01:31:57,240
Speaker 1: person's a grad and then you get the occasional like well,

1875
01:31:57,320 --> 01:31:59,479
Speaker 1: technically I never even got my degree from there, but

1876
01:32:00,120 --> 01:32:02,679
Speaker 1: he did attend there for several years. I think that's

1877
01:32:02,720 --> 01:32:04,799
Speaker 1: the I saw him speaking of the buzz Kurt trumb.

1878
01:32:05,600 --> 01:32:07,040
Speaker 4: You know, I hope they don't come, you know, and

1879
01:32:07,200 --> 01:32:08,560
Speaker 4: ask me. Definitively.

1880
01:32:09,280 --> 01:32:11,559
Speaker 1: I saw it Jael Caleb speaking a couple of years

1881
01:32:11,560 --> 01:32:14,639
Speaker 1: ago down in Bloomington. He was great, and he definitely

1882
01:32:14,640 --> 01:32:17,880
Speaker 1: pokes fun at his four years down there in Bloomington

1883
01:32:17,880 --> 01:32:20,240
Speaker 1: a little bit from an academia standpoint.

1884
01:32:20,240 --> 01:32:21,840
Speaker 5: So you'll have to share that story with you. Yeah,

1885
01:32:21,840 --> 01:32:24,519
Speaker 5: I got to know the backstory there. That will not

1886
01:32:24,560 --> 01:32:26,519
Speaker 5: be the first question, though. We definitely have other things

1887
01:32:26,560 --> 01:32:29,320
Speaker 5: we got to talk about, for sure, regarding these colts

1888
01:32:29,320 --> 01:32:30,040
Speaker 5: and these Hoosiers.

1889
01:32:30,080 --> 01:32:31,719
Speaker 1: And you know, he mentioned this. I was actually listening

1890
01:32:31,760 --> 01:32:33,760
Speaker 1: to him in a different interview earlier this week. He's like,

1891
01:32:33,760 --> 01:32:35,599
Speaker 1: you know, for the first five minutes or so tonight,

1892
01:32:35,960 --> 01:32:39,559
Speaker 1: he's like, we will hit the river story. But he's like,

1893
01:32:39,680 --> 01:32:42,200
Speaker 1: you know, with how the NFL is and I think

1894
01:32:42,240 --> 01:32:45,479
Speaker 1: we've had this internal conflict almost on our show here

1895
01:32:45,479 --> 01:32:48,080
Speaker 1: over the last couple of weeks, you still have to

1896
01:32:48,120 --> 01:32:51,679
Speaker 1: talk about the game and look at what's at stake.

1897
01:32:52,040 --> 01:32:54,240
Speaker 1: The San Francisco forty nine ers could be the one

1898
01:32:54,280 --> 01:32:59,479
Speaker 1: seed in the playoffs, the one seed if they went out.

1899
01:32:59,640 --> 01:33:03,519
Speaker 1: And for the the Colts, they're trying to avoid, you

1900
01:33:03,560 --> 01:33:05,759
Speaker 1: know what has been a very long playoff drought, particularly

1901
01:33:05,760 --> 01:33:08,200
Speaker 1: for this franchise, and they really need a win period.

1902
01:33:08,360 --> 01:33:11,400
Speaker 1: So you know, James, I think we've had this, and

1903
01:33:11,400 --> 01:33:14,400
Speaker 1: I know you wrote a piece on the website for

1904
01:33:14,479 --> 01:33:17,600
Speaker 1: The Athletic that you know it is more of the

1905
01:33:17,720 --> 01:33:21,120
Speaker 1: Rivers movie, Like we have these two things right now,

1906
01:33:21,120 --> 01:33:25,799
Speaker 1: where Philip Rivers is a movie. Yes again Disney plus

1907
01:33:25,880 --> 01:33:29,679
Speaker 1: sit down with you know, your significant other. Light to Fire.

1908
01:33:29,680 --> 01:33:31,080
Speaker 1: I guess you don't need light to Fire this week,

1909
01:33:31,560 --> 01:33:33,240
Speaker 1: but you can watch that movie. And the movie is

1910
01:33:33,240 --> 01:33:36,680
Speaker 1: a awesome movie, and it's wild and it's something that

1911
01:33:36,720 --> 01:33:39,200
Speaker 1: no one could have foreseen a couple of weeks ago.

1912
01:33:39,880 --> 01:33:42,840
Speaker 1: But then the other side of the movie is, oh yeah,

1913
01:33:43,040 --> 01:33:45,880
Speaker 1: the Colts are trying to scratch and claw and pray

1914
01:33:46,360 --> 01:33:49,920
Speaker 1: that they somehow get into the playoffs, and if they don't,

1915
01:33:50,120 --> 01:33:52,200
Speaker 1: it's five straight years of missing the playoffs, the longest

1916
01:33:52,240 --> 01:33:54,400
Speaker 1: streak this franchise had in thirty some years and one

1917
01:33:54,439 --> 01:33:56,920
Speaker 1: of the longest in the NFL. If I'm not mistaken,

1918
01:33:56,960 --> 01:33:58,600
Speaker 1: I want to say either the Bears or maybe the

1919
01:33:58,600 --> 01:34:01,559
Speaker 1: Panthers had a longer playoff drought.

1920
01:34:01,360 --> 01:34:03,320
Speaker 4: And it's going to say the Bears just into theirs.

1921
01:34:03,640 --> 01:34:05,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, and the Panthers are on the verse, knocked on

1922
01:34:05,800 --> 01:34:07,960
Speaker 1: that door. So I think that's what it's been difficult here.

1923
01:34:08,000 --> 01:34:11,320
Speaker 5: There's always Miami, I believe. No, there's the playoff win drought.

1924
01:34:11,439 --> 01:34:11,599
Speaker 6: Yea.

1925
01:34:11,600 --> 01:34:13,519
Speaker 1: I want to say the Jets have a long one.

1926
01:34:14,560 --> 01:34:16,880
Speaker 1: I think there's always Saints might be up there as well.

1927
01:34:16,960 --> 01:34:19,400
Speaker 1: I don't know, I'd have to I haven't gone that

1928
01:34:19,520 --> 01:34:21,840
Speaker 1: far yet. Again, the Colts can't be eliminated tonight, even

1929
01:34:21,920 --> 01:34:22,439
Speaker 1: with the loss.

1930
01:34:24,000 --> 01:34:27,960
Speaker 5: That's which is still crazy to think about. But also

1931
01:34:28,120 --> 01:34:30,240
Speaker 5: I think it makes this game more exciting because of that.

1932
01:34:30,320 --> 01:34:34,719
Speaker 5: Like you said, there's some stakes here, there's some honestly,

1933
01:34:34,800 --> 01:34:35,920
Speaker 5: the playoff game for the Colts.

1934
01:34:36,040 --> 01:34:37,439
Speaker 3: I got the rest of the way. You got the

1935
01:34:37,479 --> 01:34:39,120
Speaker 3: top three playoff droughts here.

1936
01:34:39,600 --> 01:34:42,160
Speaker 2: Number one is New York with fourteen years in a

1937
01:34:42,240 --> 01:34:46,200
Speaker 2: row missing the playoffs. Atlanta and Carolina Panthers tied at

1938
01:34:46,240 --> 01:34:49,760
Speaker 2: second with seven, and then it's a three way tie

1939
01:34:49,760 --> 01:34:52,360
Speaker 2: for fourth between Chicago, the Colts and the Saints.

1940
01:34:53,120 --> 01:34:56,599
Speaker 5: Oh that's some bad company there, boy, Yeah, you don't

1941
01:34:56,600 --> 01:34:59,559
Speaker 5: want to be in that company, especially considering how these

1942
01:34:59,560 --> 01:35:02,160
Speaker 5: other friends, which hasn't been viewed the last few years.

1943
01:35:02,160 --> 01:35:04,479
Speaker 5: I don't think anybody expected the Saints to make the

1944
01:35:04,479 --> 01:35:05,800
Speaker 5: playoffs in the last few years.

1945
01:35:06,720 --> 01:35:08,080
Speaker 4: That is in position for the Colts.

1946
01:35:08,160 --> 01:35:09,880
Speaker 1: I mean that have a vision. It's kind of like,

1947
01:35:10,080 --> 01:35:12,800
Speaker 1: you know, Tampa has obviously had a nice recent run here,

1948
01:35:12,840 --> 01:35:14,800
Speaker 1: but that kind of view the NFC South a little

1949
01:35:14,840 --> 01:35:16,920
Speaker 1: bit like the AFC South, And I think that's the

1950
01:35:16,960 --> 01:35:19,559
Speaker 1: frustrating aspect to it is. You know, in the AFC

1951
01:35:19,600 --> 01:35:22,040
Speaker 1: North you've had Lamar Jackson. The AFC East you've had

1952
01:35:22,120 --> 01:35:24,439
Speaker 1: Josh Allen. The AFC West, you've had Patrick Mahomes. In

1953
01:35:24,479 --> 01:35:27,840
Speaker 1: the South, the AFC, the NFC, you haven't had that quarterback.

1954
01:35:28,640 --> 01:35:31,519
Speaker 1: You haven't had that guy that's just dominated the blame.

1955
01:35:31,640 --> 01:35:34,559
Speaker 4: Gabber won two AFC South titles.

1956
01:35:34,439 --> 01:35:37,040
Speaker 1: And that's what makes you want to cry. Frankly with

1957
01:35:37,080 --> 01:35:39,560
Speaker 1: this and we've talked about it, you know, for the

1958
01:35:39,640 --> 01:35:43,559
Speaker 1: vast majority here on this Monday morning, for the second

1959
01:35:43,640 --> 01:35:46,760
Speaker 1: straight Sunday, it was quite clear to me and again.

1960
01:35:46,840 --> 01:35:48,040
Speaker 1: You know, when the Colts don't play in the one

1961
01:35:48,040 --> 01:35:50,200
Speaker 1: o'clock window, I feel like you get to consume so

1962
01:35:50,280 --> 01:35:53,679
Speaker 1: much of the other games. I'm watching the last Sunday

1963
01:35:53,680 --> 01:35:57,200
Speaker 1: play out yesterday, I mean, and I'm like, they are

1964
01:35:57,240 --> 01:36:01,200
Speaker 1: getting no game to go their way, none of these games.

1965
01:36:01,439 --> 01:36:03,080
Speaker 1: I mean the one o'clock window. You have the Chargers

1966
01:36:03,120 --> 01:36:05,839
Speaker 1: of the Cowboys. You had the Bills over the Browns,

1967
01:36:05,840 --> 01:36:07,640
Speaker 1: and that was kind of a weird game for a

1968
01:36:07,680 --> 01:36:09,280
Speaker 1: while there You're like, wait, the Browns a Nott ready

1969
01:36:09,320 --> 01:36:10,680
Speaker 1: to pull this off. And then you get in the

1970
01:36:10,720 --> 01:36:14,200
Speaker 1: four o'clock window and the Jags all of a sudden

1971
01:36:14,320 --> 01:36:16,120
Speaker 1: just punched Denver right in the mouth there in the

1972
01:36:16,160 --> 01:36:19,360
Speaker 1: second half. They go into Denver give them their first

1973
01:36:19,360 --> 01:36:22,840
Speaker 1: home loss of the season, and then Houston. It looked like,

1974
01:36:22,880 --> 01:36:24,519
Speaker 1: for a while the Raiders might pull off one of

1975
01:36:24,520 --> 01:36:27,760
Speaker 1: the bigger upsets of Week sixteen, and they get it

1976
01:36:27,800 --> 01:36:32,880
Speaker 1: done so again, since Halloween, the Colts have not done

1977
01:36:32,920 --> 01:36:36,040
Speaker 1: their part. They have won one game since Halloween. The

1978
01:36:36,080 --> 01:36:41,599
Speaker 1: Texans and the Jags are combined fourteen and two since Halloween.

1979
01:36:42,520 --> 01:36:43,960
Speaker 1: And if you go to the Chargers and the Bills,

1980
01:36:43,960 --> 01:36:45,960
Speaker 1: the two other teams in the Wildcard. Right now, they're

1981
01:36:45,960 --> 01:36:50,639
Speaker 1: combined twelve and three since Halloween. I mean, this could

1982
01:36:50,640 --> 01:36:52,320
Speaker 1: not have gone worse for the Colts.

1983
01:36:52,400 --> 01:36:55,640
Speaker 2: There was that game the Colts had played in the

1984
01:36:55,640 --> 01:36:58,240
Speaker 2: morning in Germany, and then later that day the Texans

1985
01:36:58,360 --> 01:37:02,160
Speaker 2: played the Jags in Hugheson and the Jags blew like

1986
01:37:02,200 --> 01:37:05,800
Speaker 2: a fifteen point lead in the fourth quarter, and I

1987
01:37:05,840 --> 01:37:09,320
Speaker 2: honestly thought to myself and maybe Colts Nation can blame

1988
01:37:09,360 --> 01:37:11,360
Speaker 2: me for this, And I actually said it out loud.

1989
01:37:11,720 --> 01:37:13,120
Speaker 2: I was like, I think the Colts just won the

1990
01:37:13,160 --> 01:37:17,800
Speaker 2: AFC South and since that moment, Caleb, it's my fault.

1991
01:37:19,840 --> 01:37:21,280
Speaker 5: I don't know if I can put it on you,

1992
01:37:21,360 --> 01:37:25,400
Speaker 5: my brother, I don't know. I mean, it feels like

1993
01:37:25,400 --> 01:37:27,800
Speaker 5: we're living through two different timelines right now. There's one

1994
01:37:27,880 --> 01:37:29,679
Speaker 5: universe where the Colts actually pulled this off.

1995
01:37:30,840 --> 01:37:35,680
Speaker 2: It's just it is hard to fathom how fast this

1996
01:37:35,720 --> 01:37:39,320
Speaker 2: has fallen. It really is hard to wrap your mind around.

1997
01:37:39,520 --> 01:37:41,840
Speaker 1: I have also, I was gonna say, it's also hard

1998
01:37:41,840 --> 01:37:42,760
Speaker 1: to wrap your mind around this.

1999
01:37:42,920 --> 01:37:43,160
Speaker 6: Bill.

2000
01:37:43,360 --> 01:37:45,200
Speaker 1: More likely I you or the Colts to be the

2001
01:37:45,280 --> 01:37:47,519
Speaker 1: last Indiana team to win in Lucas so Oil this season.

2002
01:37:48,280 --> 01:37:52,880
Speaker 5: Boy, my god, what a question you imagine that name question.

2003
01:37:53,760 --> 01:37:56,759
Speaker 4: And I might actually lean towards I. You Lord have Mercy.

2004
01:37:57,160 --> 01:38:01,240
Speaker 1: Colts home finale will be Jacksonville coming up on, James,

2005
01:38:01,280 --> 01:38:03,360
Speaker 1: you have some of the numbers, and I apologize so

2006
01:38:03,439 --> 01:38:05,120
Speaker 1: you don't have them in front of you. But another

2007
01:38:05,120 --> 01:38:08,160
Speaker 1: the playoff predictor, you guys are pretty consistent with over

2008
01:38:08,240 --> 01:38:10,000
Speaker 1: on the Athletic A text line here, what are the

2009
01:38:10,000 --> 01:38:13,800
Speaker 1: playoff chances if the Colts lose tonight and win the

2010
01:38:13,800 --> 01:38:16,840
Speaker 1: next two division games just.

2011
01:38:16,720 --> 01:38:17,719
Speaker 4: To get into the playoffs?

2012
01:38:17,760 --> 01:38:18,280
Speaker 1: Right right?

2013
01:38:19,200 --> 01:38:23,439
Speaker 5: That would put them at a nineteen percent twenty percent

2014
01:38:23,520 --> 01:38:25,519
Speaker 5: chance to get into the dance.

2015
01:38:25,960 --> 01:38:29,360
Speaker 1: And to be clear that factors in the Colts current state.

2016
01:38:29,600 --> 01:38:32,080
Speaker 5: Yes, the factors in the current state, and also factors

2017
01:38:32,120 --> 01:38:35,479
Speaker 5: in the other teams that they will be fighting to

2018
01:38:35,560 --> 01:38:37,480
Speaker 5: get into the playoffs against.

2019
01:38:37,040 --> 01:38:39,599
Speaker 1: Like Kansas City's down to their third quarterback for examples,

2020
01:38:39,720 --> 01:38:41,679
Speaker 1: that Baltimore could be without Lamar Jackson.

2021
01:38:41,720 --> 01:38:44,360
Speaker 5: You know this has the Philip Rivers update in it.

2022
01:38:44,600 --> 01:38:47,479
Speaker 1: Yeah, So basically, from what I have gathered, if the

2023
01:38:47,479 --> 01:38:50,639
Speaker 1: Colts lose tonight, they have to have the Texans lose

2024
01:38:50,680 --> 01:38:55,439
Speaker 1: to the Chargers, for example, on Saturday. That is a must. Again,

2025
01:38:55,479 --> 01:38:57,639
Speaker 1: the Colts no matter what, Even if the Colts win tonight,

2026
01:38:57,680 --> 01:38:59,600
Speaker 1: they still have to win their last two. That's the

2027
01:38:59,600 --> 01:39:01,280
Speaker 1: most This is the thing we can continue to say

2028
01:39:01,280 --> 01:39:03,280
Speaker 1: here on this Monday morning. If the Colts are going

2029
01:39:03,320 --> 01:39:05,280
Speaker 1: to make the playoffs this year, they have got to

2030
01:39:05,280 --> 01:39:07,840
Speaker 1: beat Jacksonville on Sunday, and they also have to beat

2031
01:39:07,880 --> 01:39:10,800
Speaker 1: Houston in week eighteen. Now, as James just pointed out,

2032
01:39:10,840 --> 01:39:14,160
Speaker 1: just because they do that doesn't guarantee you would need

2033
01:39:14,720 --> 01:39:19,920
Speaker 1: Houston to lose to the Chargers coming up on Saturday.

2034
01:39:19,960 --> 01:39:23,599
Speaker 1: Basically you have to create a wild tiebreaker with Houston. Yeah,

2035
01:39:23,640 --> 01:39:26,439
Speaker 1: and the wild tiebreaker would get all the way down

2036
01:39:26,520 --> 01:39:28,720
Speaker 1: to strength of victory, which I'm not ready to go

2037
01:39:28,720 --> 01:39:31,920
Speaker 1: there today. We can go there tomorrow and I'll try

2038
01:39:31,920 --> 01:39:34,360
Speaker 1: to throw it out there. But basically, you would take

2039
01:39:34,400 --> 01:39:37,120
Speaker 1: the wins. The Colts have the wins, the Texans have,

2040
01:39:38,400 --> 01:39:41,639
Speaker 1: add up all of those opponent records, and the Colt's

2041
01:39:41,640 --> 01:39:43,120
Speaker 1: strength of victory would need to be better than the

2042
01:39:43,120 --> 01:39:45,519
Speaker 1: Houston strength victory. I will say this, and right now

2043
01:39:45,520 --> 01:39:49,120
Speaker 1: it's not I think Houston has two more wins than

2044
01:39:49,160 --> 01:39:52,920
Speaker 1: the Colts wins, if that makes any sense.

2045
01:39:53,320 --> 01:39:55,240
Speaker 5: See this is where I get confused to see Caleb,

2046
01:39:55,280 --> 01:39:57,080
Speaker 5: this is where I get to the last I get

2047
01:39:57,080 --> 01:39:59,479
Speaker 5: to that questions like taking a final exam. And this

2048
01:39:59,520 --> 01:40:01,320
Speaker 5: happened to me a couple of times in college. But boy,

2049
01:40:01,360 --> 01:40:04,400
Speaker 5: did I graduate, Thank you Jesus. I look at the

2050
01:40:04,439 --> 01:40:06,280
Speaker 5: first question, I'm like, man, I can't answer that, will

2051
01:40:06,280 --> 01:40:08,240
Speaker 5: come back to it. You look at that second one

2052
01:40:08,240 --> 01:40:09,839
Speaker 5: and it still looks like it's in a different language.

2053
01:40:09,840 --> 01:40:11,200
Speaker 5: You're like, boy, this is gonna not gonna be a

2054
01:40:11,200 --> 01:40:11,840
Speaker 5: good day for me.

2055
01:40:12,000 --> 01:40:13,479
Speaker 1: I'm like, should I just go to the bathroom and

2056
01:40:13,520 --> 01:40:14,240
Speaker 1: call this a day?

2057
01:40:14,560 --> 01:40:17,400
Speaker 5: I told you I did that once a true story.

2058
01:40:17,640 --> 01:40:21,720
Speaker 5: I dropped the class and it was our first exam. Yeah,

2059
01:40:21,720 --> 01:40:24,160
Speaker 5: I got to maybe like week seven or as one

2060
01:40:24,160 --> 01:40:26,559
Speaker 5: of those classes where you only had three exams for

2061
01:40:26,920 --> 01:40:27,720
Speaker 5: the entire thing.

2062
01:40:28,560 --> 01:40:32,000
Speaker 4: And I was a political science class, and I tried to.

2063
01:40:33,880 --> 01:40:36,120
Speaker 5: Get through it. I'd studied all the cases I thought

2064
01:40:36,120 --> 01:40:39,000
Speaker 5: I did. Got to that test. It was first of all,

2065
01:40:39,000 --> 01:40:40,559
Speaker 5: what multiple choice, Kevin.

2066
01:40:40,560 --> 01:40:42,080
Speaker 7: It was all long form.

2067
01:40:42,160 --> 01:40:46,040
Speaker 5: You got to explain everything and long story short. Couldn't

2068
01:40:46,040 --> 01:40:48,040
Speaker 5: answer the first question, flip to the next page, couldn't

2069
01:40:48,040 --> 01:40:51,680
Speaker 5: answer the second question, flip to another page. And I

2070
01:40:51,760 --> 01:40:54,519
Speaker 5: was thinking to myself, Okay, three tests in this class.

2071
01:40:54,600 --> 01:40:56,920
Speaker 5: If I failed this exam, which I certainly was going

2072
01:40:56,960 --> 01:40:59,520
Speaker 5: to do, I would have no chance of passing this class.

2073
01:40:59,680 --> 01:41:02,920
Speaker 5: So I got up with about ten minutes into the exam.

2074
01:41:02,960 --> 01:41:04,439
Speaker 4: Everyone was thinking, how's the guys done?

2075
01:41:04,560 --> 01:41:05,080
Speaker 6: I was done?

2076
01:41:05,080 --> 01:41:05,519
Speaker 1: All right?

2077
01:41:05,640 --> 01:41:09,040
Speaker 5: Drop him, handed my teacher the paper and I think

2078
01:41:09,040 --> 01:41:10,679
Speaker 5: all I had on it was my name, and dropped

2079
01:41:10,680 --> 01:41:12,479
Speaker 5: the class on my phone out the way of the building.

2080
01:41:12,760 --> 01:41:14,360
Speaker 1: That is outstanding.

2081
01:41:14,680 --> 01:41:16,040
Speaker 4: Joe buck had to stay the GPA.

2082
01:41:16,240 --> 01:41:20,040
Speaker 1: I canna join us here in a few again. Busy

2083
01:41:20,120 --> 01:41:22,760
Speaker 1: night of hoops, busy day of hoops really here in

2084
01:41:22,840 --> 01:41:25,240
Speaker 1: the Circle City for those that have missed it. James

2085
01:41:25,320 --> 01:41:27,760
Speaker 1: injury report wise to Forrest Buckner will give it a

2086
01:41:27,800 --> 01:41:32,000
Speaker 1: go tonight. Bernard Ryman, though, is out, and we've talked

2087
01:41:32,000 --> 01:41:33,960
Speaker 1: about it. There could be some musical chairs with this

2088
01:41:34,000 --> 01:41:36,479
Speaker 1: offensive line. I don't think we mentioned this a little

2089
01:41:36,479 --> 01:41:37,840
Speaker 1: bit late last week. I don't think it's just a

2090
01:41:37,880 --> 01:41:40,479
Speaker 1: given that all of a sudden Ryman's out, you'll go

2091
01:41:40,520 --> 01:41:42,360
Speaker 1: with the same starting five up front that you did

2092
01:41:42,439 --> 01:41:42,880
Speaker 1: last week.

2093
01:41:44,280 --> 01:41:48,600
Speaker 5: Yeah, so I do wonder about the shuffle when it

2094
01:41:48,640 --> 01:41:52,040
Speaker 5: comes to Ryman being out. You know, would you reinstart

2095
01:41:52,080 --> 01:41:54,840
Speaker 5: a guy like Dalton Tucker a right guard, something you

2096
01:41:55,080 --> 01:41:57,200
Speaker 5: had some success with last year, and slide a couple

2097
01:41:57,200 --> 01:42:00,000
Speaker 5: other guys around, and then, like you mentioned throughout the show,

2098
01:42:00,160 --> 01:42:02,120
Speaker 5: to Forest Buckner coming back is huge for the defense.

2099
01:42:02,160 --> 01:42:06,680
Speaker 5: So there are some positives and some negatives. But I

2100
01:42:06,720 --> 01:42:09,320
Speaker 5: would think that or you would hope for the Colt's sake,

2101
01:42:09,360 --> 01:42:13,320
Speaker 5: that it's a bigger boost to have the Forrest Buckner

2102
01:42:13,360 --> 01:42:15,720
Speaker 5: back than it is to lose rhymen for a game.

2103
01:42:16,040 --> 01:42:18,679
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I don't think it's that creative thought.

2104
01:42:18,720 --> 01:42:21,479
Speaker 1: Like a healthy Buckner and you finish off one of

2105
01:42:21,520 --> 01:42:24,799
Speaker 1: these games you happen so far, you know, whether that's Houston,

2106
01:42:24,920 --> 01:42:27,639
Speaker 1: Nity game you get, you get, yeah, Kansas City certainly,

2107
01:42:27,720 --> 01:42:30,720
Speaker 1: whether it's maybe even Houston, whether it's Seattle. You know,

2108
01:42:30,760 --> 01:42:33,719
Speaker 1: this defense certainly last week, you know, they definitely had

2109
01:42:33,880 --> 01:42:37,040
Speaker 1: some really promising moments, but it's just one of those

2110
01:42:37,080 --> 01:42:40,200
Speaker 1: third downs to get off the field. You know, they

2111
01:42:40,200 --> 01:42:42,920
Speaker 1: have played so many snaps when you look at it

2112
01:42:42,920 --> 01:42:45,880
Speaker 1: here over the last few weeks, it's just can one

2113
01:42:45,920 --> 01:42:47,640
Speaker 1: of these plays, you know, can Buckner make one of

2114
01:42:47,640 --> 01:42:50,000
Speaker 1: those players and James it can be just like baton

2115
01:42:50,040 --> 01:42:52,120
Speaker 1: a ball down, you know, doesn't have to be Buckner,

2116
01:42:52,160 --> 01:42:54,320
Speaker 1: you know, digging the gray for the quarterback. It can

2117
01:42:54,439 --> 01:42:57,360
Speaker 1: just be baton the ball down all right, let's have

2118
01:42:57,400 --> 01:43:00,240
Speaker 1: to the payoff liquors hotline right now. He is the

2119
01:43:00,280 --> 01:43:02,800
Speaker 1: voice of Monday night football maybe to our market though,

2120
01:43:03,040 --> 01:43:06,559
Speaker 1: and he might like this unapologetic Indiana football fan. That

2121
01:43:06,720 --> 01:43:10,080
Speaker 1: is how I'll introduce Joe buck here on this Monday morning. Joe,

2122
01:43:10,120 --> 01:43:13,240
Speaker 1: thank you so much for the time. Good morning to you, man.

2123
01:43:13,320 --> 01:43:16,559
Speaker 6: I come on, we got to represent for those of

2124
01:43:16,640 --> 01:43:20,960
Speaker 6: us who who are who's your fans? I just I

2125
01:43:21,000 --> 01:43:24,439
Speaker 6: can't get enough. I'm obsessed. I can't act like I've

2126
01:43:24,479 --> 01:43:28,240
Speaker 6: been a diehard since I walked off the campus way

2127
01:43:28,240 --> 01:43:31,880
Speaker 6: back in the roaring nineties. But for the last couple

2128
01:43:31,920 --> 01:43:34,519
Speaker 6: of years, my god, it's just been a blast. So

2129
01:43:34,600 --> 01:43:37,320
Speaker 6: thanks thanks for having me on. And yeah, I make

2130
01:43:37,360 --> 01:43:40,519
Speaker 6: no apologies. I'm so I was got so tired of

2131
01:43:40,560 --> 01:43:44,840
Speaker 6: hearing from my UCLA partner and my friends who went

2132
01:43:44,880 --> 01:43:49,040
Speaker 6: to Notre Dame and Alabama parents, and let's go. We

2133
01:43:49,840 --> 01:43:52,120
Speaker 6: finally get to puff our chest out a little bit.

2134
01:43:52,120 --> 01:43:52,719
Speaker 6: It's nice.

2135
01:43:52,840 --> 01:43:55,519
Speaker 1: Honestly, I think the weekly excitement level for me is

2136
01:43:55,560 --> 01:43:57,759
Speaker 1: just waiting for you to needle Troy at some point

2137
01:43:57,840 --> 01:44:01,240
Speaker 1: about the current college football landscape between Indiana and UCLA.

2138
01:44:01,920 --> 01:44:05,320
Speaker 6: Well, I didn't even The game against UCLA was such

2139
01:44:05,360 --> 01:44:07,840
Speaker 6: a joke and such a blowout this year that I

2140
01:44:07,880 --> 01:44:11,200
Speaker 6: didn't even bring it up. We were believe me, we

2141
01:44:11,280 --> 01:44:13,760
Speaker 6: run a text chain and Troy, to his credit and

2142
01:44:13,800 --> 01:44:17,840
Speaker 6: it's true, has has kind of flipped his allegiance. He

2143
01:44:18,160 --> 01:44:21,479
Speaker 6: just loves good coaching, and I think he's recognized what

2144
01:44:22,439 --> 01:44:26,400
Speaker 6: coach Signetti has done and he's kind of flipped his, uh,

2145
01:44:27,000 --> 01:44:30,280
Speaker 6: his attention and his heart over to Indiana during this

2146
01:44:30,320 --> 01:44:32,960
Speaker 6: little run. So I it was, it was, it was

2147
01:44:33,040 --> 01:44:36,000
Speaker 6: low hanging fruit. So I just left it alone after

2148
01:44:36,040 --> 01:44:40,000
Speaker 6: they took it to UCLA. But yeah, I can't wait.

2149
01:44:40,120 --> 01:44:41,479
Speaker 6: I can't wait for this weekend.

2150
01:44:41,680 --> 01:44:41,800
Speaker 8: Uh.

2151
01:44:42,040 --> 01:44:43,920
Speaker 6: And and what's to come at the Rose Bowl.

2152
01:44:44,880 --> 01:44:46,320
Speaker 4: We have Joe Buck on the line.

2153
01:44:46,560 --> 01:44:50,839
Speaker 5: And again, for as great as the vibes are with IU,

2154
01:44:50,920 --> 01:44:53,320
Speaker 5: I would say it's probably the opposite for the Colts

2155
01:44:53,400 --> 01:44:56,679
Speaker 5: right now. Joe, what was your reaction when Philip Rivers

2156
01:44:56,680 --> 01:44:58,920
Speaker 5: came out of retirement and how quickly did you have

2157
01:44:59,040 --> 01:45:01,960
Speaker 5: to accept that it is reality that he's trying to

2158
01:45:02,000 --> 01:45:05,519
Speaker 5: do this with the struggling team be the third forty

2159
01:45:05,560 --> 01:45:07,760
Speaker 5: four year old quarterback or olders won a game of

2160
01:45:07,800 --> 01:45:08,280
Speaker 5: the NFL.

2161
01:45:09,040 --> 01:45:12,720
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, I guess for TV's sake and for

2162
01:45:12,880 --> 01:45:14,720
Speaker 6: our narrative that we get to go into the game.

2163
01:45:14,760 --> 01:45:18,280
Speaker 6: I was like, hell, yeah, let's go. We've got interest

2164
01:45:18,439 --> 01:45:22,320
Speaker 6: in you know, It's just such a shame what happened

2165
01:45:22,360 --> 01:45:25,200
Speaker 6: with Daniel Jones, and I do think the leg and

2166
01:45:25,240 --> 01:45:29,719
Speaker 6: the fracture was clearly bothering him before the Achilles went.

2167
01:45:29,920 --> 01:45:34,240
Speaker 6: So yeah, it's it's heartbreaking. And I've been there for

2168
01:45:34,800 --> 01:45:36,760
Speaker 6: so many of the games with the Giants over the

2169
01:45:36,800 --> 01:45:39,800
Speaker 6: years for him and to finally see him have his

2170
01:45:39,920 --> 01:45:42,840
Speaker 6: moment in this league with a really good team, and

2171
01:45:42,920 --> 01:45:45,400
Speaker 6: I really do believe the Colts are a good, good

2172
01:45:45,400 --> 01:45:49,320
Speaker 6: ball club and then to have that happen was awful.

2173
01:45:49,360 --> 01:45:52,880
Speaker 6: And then the question is, okay, who's taken over? And

2174
01:45:53,000 --> 01:45:58,640
Speaker 6: for us and TV it becomes a fun storyline. And

2175
01:45:58,520 --> 01:46:03,000
Speaker 6: I know people around here and the ratings were crazy

2176
01:46:03,280 --> 01:46:05,280
Speaker 6: for the game last week, and it was a great

2177
01:46:05,320 --> 01:46:08,720
Speaker 6: game and they almost pulled it off. I do know

2178
01:46:09,320 --> 01:46:13,679
Speaker 6: that after talking to Kyle Shanahan, he won one hundred

2179
01:46:13,760 --> 01:46:19,280
Speaker 6: percent genuinely believes that Philip Rivers can get this done.

2180
01:46:20,040 --> 01:46:22,920
Speaker 6: And you know it was. It was on the table

2181
01:46:23,040 --> 01:46:24,800
Speaker 6: for him to join the forty nine Ers a few

2182
01:46:24,880 --> 01:46:28,519
Speaker 6: years ago and Brock Purdy took over and ended up

2183
01:46:28,560 --> 01:46:31,639
Speaker 6: getting injured in the NFC champ game. There's a lot

2184
01:46:31,680 --> 01:46:35,320
Speaker 6: of respect in this league for Philip Rivers, maybe more

2185
01:46:35,360 --> 01:46:38,880
Speaker 6: than I was even aware of before this, before this

2186
01:46:39,040 --> 01:46:42,760
Speaker 6: latest turn in his career. But you know, we can

2187
01:46:42,800 --> 01:46:45,719
Speaker 6: talk about it. But we talked to him. He feels

2188
01:46:45,800 --> 01:46:48,320
Speaker 6: really good. I think he feels better this week than

2189
01:46:48,320 --> 01:46:52,960
Speaker 6: he did last And I give the Colts a real

2190
01:46:53,160 --> 01:46:56,360
Speaker 6: chance to win this game tonight and have a chance

2191
01:46:56,439 --> 01:47:00,160
Speaker 6: to get into the postseason with kind of this crazy

2192
01:47:00,240 --> 01:47:01,240
Speaker 6: storyline going on.

2193
01:47:01,600 --> 01:47:03,960
Speaker 1: That voice needs no introduction, Joe Buck, you'll hear him,

2194
01:47:03,960 --> 01:47:06,040
Speaker 1: of course. Tonight it is Monday Night Football. For the

2195
01:47:06,040 --> 01:47:07,680
Speaker 1: first time in three years, the Colts will be on

2196
01:47:07,760 --> 01:47:12,400
Speaker 1: at Colts and forty nine Ers over at Lucas Oil Stadium. Joe,

2197
01:47:12,439 --> 01:47:13,920
Speaker 1: let's hit that maybe a little bit more. You know,

2198
01:47:13,960 --> 01:47:15,720
Speaker 1: it seems like the Colts all week long have been

2199
01:47:15,840 --> 01:47:18,920
Speaker 1: pretty optimistic that the game plan in Seattle was just,

2200
01:47:19,360 --> 01:47:22,240
Speaker 1: you know, break glass in case of emergency. They feel

2201
01:47:22,280 --> 01:47:25,320
Speaker 1: like there's more there with this passing offense, maybe more

2202
01:47:25,320 --> 01:47:27,800
Speaker 1: there with even the right arm of Philip Rivers is

2203
01:47:27,840 --> 01:47:31,080
Speaker 1: that the vibe that you got in speaking with them completely.

2204
01:47:31,680 --> 01:47:35,879
Speaker 6: And I'll tell you this, Philip is nothing if not honest,

2205
01:47:36,439 --> 01:47:41,000
Speaker 6: and he was very open about how he felt last week.

2206
01:47:41,040 --> 01:47:44,240
Speaker 6: He was shocked at how his body felt on Monday,

2207
01:47:45,760 --> 01:47:49,200
Speaker 6: in the good sense that he woke up and he thought,

2208
01:47:49,240 --> 01:47:51,400
Speaker 6: you know, it was going to be brutal just getting

2209
01:47:51,439 --> 01:47:54,720
Speaker 6: to the bathroom in the morning, and he said, you know,

2210
01:47:54,760 --> 01:47:56,559
Speaker 6: I had some mumps and bruises, but I felt better

2211
01:47:56,600 --> 01:48:00,120
Speaker 6: than I thought I would. The one thing that he

2212
01:48:00,439 --> 01:48:04,880
Speaker 6: said that you can't really replicate. You know, you can run,

2213
01:48:05,160 --> 01:48:08,439
Speaker 6: you can you put the pads on, you can, I guess,

2214
01:48:08,479 --> 01:48:10,360
Speaker 6: try to get the legs in shape. But for what

2215
01:48:10,600 --> 01:48:13,680
Speaker 6: his shoulder went through in that game, I think he

2216
01:48:14,040 --> 01:48:16,799
Speaker 6: came out of that game pretty sore. In that regard,

2217
01:48:17,760 --> 01:48:19,680
Speaker 6: talking to the forty nine ers, they say, you know,

2218
01:48:19,760 --> 01:48:22,320
Speaker 6: you can see that the mind is good. You can

2219
01:48:22,360 --> 01:48:24,880
Speaker 6: see that the arm is going to be good. He's

2220
01:48:24,920 --> 01:48:27,880
Speaker 6: always kind of had this funky delivery. The question is

2221
01:48:27,880 --> 01:48:30,559
Speaker 6: the legs and the game shape of the legs, And

2222
01:48:30,600 --> 01:48:33,120
Speaker 6: so the forty nine ers are going to try to

2223
01:48:33,200 --> 01:48:36,920
Speaker 6: get him moving. And you know, if you're gonna face

2224
01:48:36,960 --> 01:48:39,120
Speaker 6: any team, this is a forty nine er team that

2225
01:48:39,160 --> 01:48:41,000
Speaker 6: has an inside track on the number one seed and

2226
01:48:41,040 --> 01:48:44,439
Speaker 6: they're dead last in the league in sacks. Their pass

2227
01:48:44,520 --> 01:48:47,519
Speaker 6: rush has not been good this year. And you know,

2228
01:48:47,680 --> 01:48:50,519
Speaker 6: maybe that plays into the Colts hands tonight and exactly

2229
01:48:50,600 --> 01:48:55,439
Speaker 6: what Philip Rivers needs. But I believe that as far

2230
01:48:55,479 --> 01:48:58,439
Speaker 6: as the game plan, Philip said, You're going to see

2231
01:48:58,479 --> 01:49:01,639
Speaker 6: more intermediate throws. You're gonna see more stuff down the field.

2232
01:49:01,680 --> 01:49:03,120
Speaker 6: He goes, Am I going to roll to my right

2233
01:49:03,160 --> 01:49:06,640
Speaker 6: and throw a ball sixty yards? No, but you know

2234
01:49:06,680 --> 01:49:09,400
Speaker 6: I didn't do that before. You're gonna see I think

2235
01:49:09,439 --> 01:49:12,240
Speaker 6: more down the field though, than you saw compared to

2236
01:49:12,240 --> 01:49:14,160
Speaker 6: the game in Seattle, which was a lot of stuff

2237
01:49:14,200 --> 01:49:15,480
Speaker 6: around the line of scrimmage.

2238
01:49:15,680 --> 01:49:18,160
Speaker 5: Again, we have Joe buck on the Payoffs Suckers Hotline.

2239
01:49:18,160 --> 01:49:21,200
Speaker 5: You'll hear his voice tonight on Monday Night Football.

2240
01:49:21,360 --> 01:49:23,519
Speaker 4: Joe pivoting back to the college scene.

2241
01:49:24,600 --> 01:49:28,080
Speaker 5: IU has done what many to believe has been the

2242
01:49:28,120 --> 01:49:31,360
Speaker 5: impossible the last two years, going from nothing to a

2243
01:49:31,400 --> 01:49:34,559
Speaker 5: whole lot of something here lately, with a chance to

2244
01:49:34,720 --> 01:49:37,840
Speaker 5: try to contend for a national championship. So for you,

2245
01:49:37,880 --> 01:49:41,759
Speaker 5: as someone who attended that university, when did you become

2246
01:49:41,760 --> 01:49:45,200
Speaker 5: a believer in coach Signetti? And how quickly did you

2247
01:49:45,280 --> 01:49:47,519
Speaker 5: have to adapt your expectations to his.

2248
01:49:48,640 --> 01:49:52,080
Speaker 6: First of all, you said it perfectly right, because I

2249
01:49:52,120 --> 01:49:54,880
Speaker 6: did not graduate. I walked after three and a half

2250
01:49:55,000 --> 01:49:58,960
Speaker 6: years to do the cardinals. I was like, well, I

2251
01:49:59,000 --> 01:50:02,960
Speaker 6: can either stay in and hope someday to get the

2252
01:50:03,000 --> 01:50:05,719
Speaker 6: cardinal job, or I can take the cardinal job. And

2253
01:50:05,920 --> 01:50:11,439
Speaker 6: I opted for thanks to nepotism option B. So I

2254
01:50:11,720 --> 01:50:16,800
Speaker 6: took the cardinal job obviously. Dear friends with I mean

2255
01:50:17,040 --> 01:50:19,840
Speaker 6: best friends with so many guys that you know, we're

2256
01:50:19,840 --> 01:50:24,280
Speaker 6: in my fraternity there at IU and which was Sigma

2257
01:50:24,360 --> 01:50:28,080
Speaker 6: Nu in in case you're wondering, and uh, and so

2258
01:50:28,200 --> 01:50:31,280
Speaker 6: we're on this gigantic text chain. I think I think

2259
01:50:31,320 --> 01:50:33,479
Speaker 6: they kind of talked me into it. You could feel

2260
01:50:33,479 --> 01:50:35,920
Speaker 6: a bruin last year. But I think any of us

2261
01:50:35,960 --> 01:50:39,280
Speaker 6: who've been fans over the years, you get teased into you.

2262
01:50:39,439 --> 01:50:42,360
Speaker 6: We got teased into thinking that it was legit. And

2263
01:50:42,400 --> 01:50:45,400
Speaker 6: they seem to always play or at times play some

2264
01:50:45,439 --> 01:50:48,400
Speaker 6: of the bigger programs really tight, and then they would

2265
01:50:48,439 --> 01:50:51,760
Speaker 6: lose the game and it was like, I mean, we

2266
01:50:51,920 --> 01:50:54,880
Speaker 6: are we ever going to get over the hump? And

2267
01:50:54,880 --> 01:50:58,240
Speaker 6: and I think it it changed last year when when

2268
01:50:58,520 --> 01:51:02,960
Speaker 6: you know they they looked better. I think the eye

2269
01:51:03,000 --> 01:51:07,120
Speaker 6: test with the way they look is just different. And yeah,

2270
01:51:07,200 --> 01:51:10,400
Speaker 6: they lost to Ohio State. Last year they lost in

2271
01:51:10,479 --> 01:51:14,120
Speaker 6: the College Football Playoff, but it just felt different. And

2272
01:51:14,160 --> 01:51:17,400
Speaker 6: then this year, I think we can all agree that

2273
01:51:17,560 --> 01:51:21,559
Speaker 6: in the past the game at Penn State, the catch

2274
01:51:21,760 --> 01:51:25,680
Speaker 6: was insane, but in years past he would have been

2275
01:51:25,720 --> 01:51:29,840
Speaker 6: out of bounds, but this year he was inbounds. You know,

2276
01:51:29,920 --> 01:51:34,320
Speaker 6: the game at Oregon, that's the game that IU doesn't

2277
01:51:34,400 --> 01:51:38,200
Speaker 6: win in the past. And then I think I think

2278
01:51:38,240 --> 01:51:40,720
Speaker 6: even in the Ohio State game, everybody I did a

2279
01:51:40,760 --> 01:51:43,599
Speaker 6: podcast with a guy, Jimmy Traina, who covers the business

2280
01:51:43,600 --> 01:51:45,920
Speaker 6: that I'm in, and he's like, yeah, but that game

2281
01:51:45,960 --> 01:51:48,519
Speaker 6: didn't mean anything. And to me, I said, it meant

2282
01:51:48,680 --> 01:51:52,160
Speaker 6: less to Ohio State, but it meant a lot to Indiana.

2283
01:51:52,680 --> 01:51:55,240
Speaker 6: And the fan base is one thing, but I think

2284
01:51:55,280 --> 01:51:58,800
Speaker 6: the team to say, well we can beat Ohio State.

2285
01:51:58,840 --> 01:52:03,360
Speaker 6: We just did and we dominated them defensively. I think

2286
01:52:03,439 --> 01:52:06,679
Speaker 6: that all of that goes into giving all of us

2287
01:52:06,960 --> 01:52:09,560
Speaker 6: a real feel that they're good enough to win the

2288
01:52:09,600 --> 01:52:14,599
Speaker 6: whole thing. Alabama scares me. I'm not gonna lie, because

2289
01:52:14,600 --> 01:52:18,240
Speaker 6: of their pedigree and because of their size and their athleticism.

2290
01:52:18,360 --> 01:52:23,200
Speaker 6: But you know, I think Indiana probably scares them. And

2291
01:52:23,200 --> 01:52:25,160
Speaker 6: and I don't think I've ever been able to say

2292
01:52:25,160 --> 01:52:27,120
Speaker 6: that in the past their favorite for a reason.

2293
01:52:27,439 --> 01:52:30,320
Speaker 1: It's truly an unbelievable comment. Now, when you were in Bloomington,

2294
01:52:30,439 --> 01:52:32,360
Speaker 1: that was actually, I mean, that was some Mallory years,

2295
01:52:32,439 --> 01:52:33,920
Speaker 1: was it not? It was.

2296
01:52:34,040 --> 01:52:36,559
Speaker 6: I mean, I'm basically the same age as Trent Green.

2297
01:52:37,640 --> 01:52:43,559
Speaker 6: He was in mcnut dorm a year ahead of me,

2298
01:52:43,800 --> 01:52:47,320
Speaker 6: and that I was McNutt. And yeah, we were. I

2299
01:52:47,400 --> 01:52:50,439
Speaker 6: mean back in the day, we would go to the

2300
01:52:50,479 --> 01:52:53,120
Speaker 6: games and they were fun and Anthony Thompson and Trent

2301
01:52:53,240 --> 01:52:56,479
Speaker 6: Green and Mallory and it was it was a good

2302
01:52:56,520 --> 01:53:00,600
Speaker 6: time to be an IU fan. Try went to a

2303
01:53:00,640 --> 01:53:04,120
Speaker 6: game in Michigan State. They took on Lorenzo White. It

2304
01:53:04,240 --> 01:53:06,439
Speaker 6: was a fun time in the Big ten two. But

2305
01:53:07,120 --> 01:53:09,000
Speaker 6: then it kind of dipped down. Then my daughter went

2306
01:53:09,080 --> 01:53:12,800
Speaker 6: there and I would visit her and we would tailgate

2307
01:53:13,320 --> 01:53:15,080
Speaker 6: and then I'm like, all right, it's game time, and

2308
01:53:15,120 --> 01:53:17,160
Speaker 6: she's like, oh yeah, nobody goes into the game. We

2309
01:53:17,280 --> 01:53:20,160
Speaker 6: just go home. I'm like, what don't we tailgate? But

2310
01:53:20,200 --> 01:53:21,920
Speaker 6: we go home, we don't go into the game.

2311
01:53:22,000 --> 01:53:23,000
Speaker 1: Always win the tailgate.

2312
01:53:23,800 --> 01:53:26,880
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, absolutely, But then I made her go in.

2313
01:53:27,000 --> 01:53:29,120
Speaker 6: I'm like, no, we're going inside the stadium. We're going

2314
01:53:30,120 --> 01:53:34,240
Speaker 6: and now you can't get in the place, and it's

2315
01:53:34,800 --> 01:53:37,479
Speaker 6: it's just great. You're right. I mean, the late eighties

2316
01:53:37,520 --> 01:53:40,920
Speaker 6: early nineties was a decent time to be an IU fan,

2317
01:53:41,040 --> 01:53:42,559
Speaker 6: but it was nothing like this.

2318
01:53:43,000 --> 01:53:44,840
Speaker 1: Well in with this Joon and again we can't think

2319
01:53:44,960 --> 01:53:46,960
Speaker 1: enough of the time here on what is a busy Monday.

2320
01:53:47,000 --> 01:53:50,560
Speaker 1: It's been a while since Monday night football is called Indie.

2321
01:53:50,280 --> 01:53:50,920
Speaker 7: Hall in less.

2322
01:53:50,960 --> 01:53:52,080
Speaker 6: It's been three years.

2323
01:53:52,400 --> 01:53:54,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, three years? Right, did you start? I'm trying to

2324
01:53:54,720 --> 01:53:57,200
Speaker 1: think when did you come over to ESPN.

2325
01:53:58,520 --> 01:54:01,639
Speaker 6: First year? Was this is our fourth year? So we

2326
01:54:01,640 --> 01:54:02,720
Speaker 6: were here, I guess.

2327
01:54:02,560 --> 01:54:04,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, so it's charge. I think it was Chargers and

2328
01:54:04,400 --> 01:54:06,400
Speaker 1: Steelers late in the year. They actually had a couple

2329
01:54:06,400 --> 01:54:07,759
Speaker 1: Monday nighters with Matt Ryan.

2330
01:54:07,840 --> 01:54:10,400
Speaker 6: Yeah and that. Yeah, yeah, we did those games. We

2331
01:54:10,400 --> 01:54:11,760
Speaker 6: did those games. We were here.

2332
01:54:11,960 --> 01:54:14,760
Speaker 1: Was there any any staple for you last night? Did

2333
01:54:14,760 --> 01:54:16,880
Speaker 1: you did you have dinner anywhere? Is there any I know,

2334
01:54:17,000 --> 01:54:18,840
Speaker 1: maybe you're not in town for the combine. I'm trying

2335
01:54:18,840 --> 01:54:20,599
Speaker 1: to think of what other events you would have been

2336
01:54:20,880 --> 01:54:21,400
Speaker 1: to in here.

2337
01:54:21,800 --> 01:54:24,720
Speaker 6: A lot of my friends are Colts fans uh in

2338
01:54:24,760 --> 01:54:27,840
Speaker 6: Saint Louis, So I brought three friends. They went to

2339
01:54:27,920 --> 01:54:30,679
Speaker 6: Saint Elmo's, my wife and I. My wife does Monday

2340
01:54:30,760 --> 01:54:35,120
Speaker 6: Night Countdown. Has a really great feature tonight, uh with

2341
01:54:35,240 --> 01:54:38,640
Speaker 6: a little boy who's been through a lot and a

2342
01:54:38,720 --> 01:54:42,040
Speaker 6: special relationship with one of the Colts cheerleaders who signs,

2343
01:54:42,920 --> 01:54:46,880
Speaker 6: uh you can't hear, signs the national anthem to him

2344
01:54:46,920 --> 01:54:49,640
Speaker 6: and talks to him and has this great relationship with him.

2345
01:54:49,640 --> 01:54:52,960
Speaker 6: It's a beautiful piece. She and I just dated the

2346
01:54:53,040 --> 01:54:55,760
Speaker 6: Cap Grill here in the hotel, and then I'm going

2347
01:54:55,840 --> 01:54:58,680
Speaker 6: to have lunch today at the Cap Grill here in

2348
01:54:58,720 --> 01:55:01,360
Speaker 6: the hotel with a couple of fraternity boddies at work

2349
01:55:01,400 --> 01:55:04,720
Speaker 6: here in Indy. So yeah, I'm not a bit. I

2350
01:55:04,760 --> 01:55:06,880
Speaker 6: just want to kind of go to bed, do I

2351
01:55:06,880 --> 01:55:09,600
Speaker 6: watched sun n at football, do my work and and

2352
01:55:09,680 --> 01:55:11,480
Speaker 6: kind of get a decent night's sleep.

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01:55:11,880 --> 01:55:14,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, that is a that's a great story. Cheerleader Morgan,

2354
01:55:14,280 --> 01:55:16,160
Speaker 1: I believe that'll be there.

2355
01:55:16,200 --> 01:55:17,680
Speaker 6: You go, you know more about it than I do.

2356
01:55:18,240 --> 01:55:20,960
Speaker 6: We went to the hangar that we had a We

2357
01:55:21,000 --> 01:55:24,040
Speaker 6: had a group party for everybody that covers Monday Night

2358
01:55:24,080 --> 01:55:26,240
Speaker 6: football from the pregame to the game. We had the

2359
01:55:26,240 --> 01:55:29,400
Speaker 6: whole place. Pat Night came and I got He brought

2360
01:55:29,400 --> 01:55:31,960
Speaker 6: a couple of bobbleheads of his dad and I've known

2361
01:55:32,040 --> 01:55:35,560
Speaker 6: Pat from over the years. So the hangar was awesome.

2362
01:55:35,840 --> 01:55:39,040
Speaker 6: Last night. We ran there after Michelle and I ate

2363
01:55:39,080 --> 01:55:42,200
Speaker 6: dinner and spent a couple hours and it was great.

2364
01:55:42,640 --> 01:55:45,600
Speaker 6: But again, came back, watched the football game, went to bed.

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01:55:45,920 --> 01:55:46,240
Speaker 6: Love it.

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01:55:46,320 --> 01:55:48,760
Speaker 1: I love it. Sounds like an awesome time here in Indy.

2367
01:55:48,840 --> 01:55:50,800
Speaker 1: We'll be looking forward to it tonight again. That Monday

2368
01:55:50,880 --> 01:55:53,640
Speaker 1: Night a feature as well will be great to view.

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01:55:53,760 --> 01:55:56,760
Speaker 1: Joe can't thank you enough man, go Hoosiers, and we'll

2370
01:55:56,760 --> 01:55:58,520
Speaker 1: certainly be listening watching tonight.

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01:55:59,240 --> 01:56:01,760
Speaker 6: All right, good, appreciate it, guys, thanks for having me on.

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01:56:01,880 --> 01:56:04,000
Speaker 1: That's a great Joe buck right there on the Payless

2373
01:56:04,120 --> 01:56:07,560
Speaker 1: Liquors Hotline. Caleb will have that up on the podcast.

2374
01:56:07,680 --> 01:56:10,240
Speaker 1: We appreciate his time here. A little bit of a

2375
01:56:10,280 --> 01:56:13,840
Speaker 1: shift around in the nine o'clock hour. With that, Caleb,

2376
01:56:13,920 --> 01:56:15,280
Speaker 1: let's go aheh head of break we'll come back. We'll

2377
01:56:15,280 --> 01:56:18,320
Speaker 1: do a little checkdown continue preview tonight Colts and forty

2378
01:56:18,400 --> 01:56:23,680
Speaker 1: nine ers in week sixteen. Well, big thanks to Joe

2379
01:56:23,720 --> 01:56:25,880
Speaker 1: Buck for that. Caleb will get it up on the podcast.

2380
01:56:25,920 --> 01:56:29,000
Speaker 1: Really enjoyed that. If you missed it. Voice of Monday

2381
01:56:29,080 --> 01:56:32,240
Speaker 1: Night Football, Joe Buck, Thank you certainly to the hard

2382
01:56:32,280 --> 01:56:35,400
Speaker 1: work of Mark diked In for helping set that up.

2383
01:56:35,560 --> 01:56:38,160
Speaker 1: And lo and behold. This man just couldn't get enough.

2384
01:56:38,320 --> 01:56:39,680
Speaker 1: I mean again, we saw him in front of the

2385
01:56:39,680 --> 01:56:44,600
Speaker 1: Governor's mansion on Friday morning. Mark from Munster is now

2386
01:56:44,720 --> 01:56:48,600
Speaker 1: in studio after one of the greatest wins of his

2387
01:56:48,800 --> 01:56:51,840
Speaker 1: Bears fandom. You just couldn't get enough. You had to

2388
01:56:51,840 --> 01:56:53,280
Speaker 1: touch the mic today, did you not?

2389
01:56:53,600 --> 01:56:55,360
Speaker 7: You know the girls are still sleeping. I was like,

2390
01:56:55,360 --> 01:56:57,280
Speaker 7: I have Christmas presents to bring you, guys, and they

2391
01:56:57,280 --> 01:56:59,440
Speaker 7: didn't come till this past weekends. It's like I got

2392
01:56:59,520 --> 01:57:01,000
Speaker 7: to stop by anyway, and I was like, well, Joe

2393
01:57:01,000 --> 01:57:02,920
Speaker 7: Buck's about to be on, and I'm as well slide

2394
01:57:02,920 --> 01:57:05,560
Speaker 7: in and say hi and all that. So I was like, okay,

2395
01:57:05,600 --> 01:57:07,320
Speaker 7: And just so happens that the Bears up beat the

2396
01:57:07,360 --> 01:57:09,640
Speaker 7: Packers ass and it wasn't even close. On Saturday night,

2397
01:57:09,920 --> 01:57:12,400
Speaker 7: just a complete blowout, no stress whatsoever.

2398
01:57:13,080 --> 01:57:16,240
Speaker 1: It was funny. I couldn't see you in the producers studio,

2399
01:57:16,320 --> 01:57:18,080
Speaker 1: but I could tell Caleb was talking to somebody else

2400
01:57:18,120 --> 01:57:20,360
Speaker 1: in there. And now looking back on it, I was

2401
01:57:20,480 --> 01:57:23,160
Speaker 1: half expecting you to grab the mic and mister buck,

2402
01:57:23,200 --> 01:57:25,400
Speaker 1: this is Mark from Munster. Can we talk a little

2403
01:57:25,440 --> 01:57:26,720
Speaker 1: bit about the Bears some Saturday night?

2404
01:57:26,800 --> 01:57:28,760
Speaker 7: I would have said, what's your favorite call you've ever had?

2405
01:57:28,800 --> 01:57:30,880
Speaker 7: And I'm like, bias, my bias would have said the

2406
01:57:31,400 --> 01:57:33,920
Speaker 7: twenty sixteen World Series game Game.

2407
01:57:33,800 --> 01:57:35,920
Speaker 1: Seven with the comes, Yeah, certainly, But.

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01:57:36,000 --> 01:57:37,960
Speaker 7: I was like, maybe his is like when Randy Moss

2409
01:57:38,000 --> 01:57:39,560
Speaker 7: mood the Moon lambeau Field.

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01:57:39,600 --> 01:57:41,520
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, he probably gets asked about that

2411
01:57:42,280 --> 01:57:47,080
Speaker 1: a whohole lot. Dude. I have a natural hatred towards

2412
01:57:47,080 --> 01:57:51,240
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears, because when I went to IU, it

2413
01:57:51,320 --> 01:57:55,280
Speaker 1: felt like every single kid in a five hour radius

2414
01:57:55,320 --> 01:57:58,680
Speaker 1: of Chicago a said they were from Chicago, yep, and

2415
01:57:58,720 --> 01:58:01,840
Speaker 1: then be the Bears were good back then, and so

2416
01:58:03,160 --> 01:58:05,840
Speaker 1: I was just bitter. I was like, you know, I

2417
01:58:05,880 --> 01:58:08,520
Speaker 1: don't like that all these Bears fans are celebrated. The

2418
01:58:08,560 --> 01:58:10,400
Speaker 1: Cubs are good. I don't like that all these Cubs fans.

2419
01:58:10,440 --> 01:58:12,080
Speaker 1: It's probably is more of a reflection of how I

2420
01:58:12,120 --> 01:58:14,200
Speaker 1: am as a human being. So I've had this disdain

2421
01:58:14,280 --> 01:58:15,000
Speaker 1: for the bears, be.

2422
01:58:15,000 --> 01:58:17,160
Speaker 4: The petty one here and I know, oh yeah.

2423
01:58:16,800 --> 01:58:20,440
Speaker 1: But Mark Saturday night that was impressive. I still and

2424
01:58:20,480 --> 01:58:22,360
Speaker 1: the Williams throw. I'm sure it's been on the loop

2425
01:58:22,480 --> 01:58:22,960
Speaker 1: in your house.

2426
01:58:22,960 --> 01:58:25,600
Speaker 7: I still haven't fully grassed how exactly they pulled it

2427
01:58:25,640 --> 01:58:27,920
Speaker 7: off and had that comeback. But it has been back

2428
01:58:27,920 --> 01:58:29,760
Speaker 7: to back weeks where I've probably watched a DJ Moore

2429
01:58:29,840 --> 01:58:32,640
Speaker 7: touchdown catch on loop like a thousand times, and then

2430
01:58:32,640 --> 01:58:34,360
Speaker 7: my daughter's like, can you stop watching them?

2431
01:58:34,520 --> 01:58:34,560
Speaker 8: No?

2432
01:58:34,680 --> 01:58:36,960
Speaker 7: I can't. This is a core memory. Now, it's the

2433
01:58:36,960 --> 01:58:39,280
Speaker 7: birth of you guys. And then that that ha has been.

2434
01:58:39,280 --> 01:58:44,040
Speaker 7: What's going on in the order it changes, especially what

2435
01:58:44,160 --> 01:58:46,120
Speaker 7: the elp? The elf didn't move today. I don't know

2436
01:58:46,520 --> 01:58:49,200
Speaker 7: elf in the shelfies. She's moving around wherever she wants.

2437
01:58:49,240 --> 01:58:50,880
Speaker 7: I can't project where she's going.

2438
01:58:50,960 --> 01:58:51,640
Speaker 1: She's been tired.

2439
01:58:51,800 --> 01:58:54,839
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm currently looking at Cheese Greater hats on Etsy.

2440
01:58:55,080 --> 01:58:57,120
Speaker 7: Oh that was glorious, So walk us through that.

2441
01:58:57,200 --> 01:58:59,920
Speaker 1: So Caleb was rocking the Cheese Greater, say Caleb.

2442
01:58:59,760 --> 01:59:02,680
Speaker 7: Will Yeah, he was giving out food to like food

2443
01:59:02,680 --> 01:59:04,800
Speaker 7: banks and everything like that. And DJ Moore was wearing

2444
01:59:05,080 --> 01:59:07,360
Speaker 7: the Cheese Greater hat in the post game post locker

2445
01:59:07,440 --> 01:59:08,120
Speaker 7: room celebration.

2446
01:59:08,440 --> 01:59:08,720
Speaker 6: Great.

2447
01:59:08,920 --> 01:59:11,360
Speaker 7: That was great because he got a game ball understandably

2448
01:59:11,400 --> 01:59:12,800
Speaker 7: and he was wearing a Cheese Greater hat. And then

2449
01:59:12,840 --> 01:59:16,440
Speaker 7: the next day Caleb was doing food deliveries for less

2450
01:59:16,480 --> 01:59:18,120
Speaker 7: fortunate and he was wearing a Cheese Greater hat as

2451
01:59:18,120 --> 01:59:20,120
Speaker 7: well as he was handing that. I'm like, yes, more

2452
01:59:20,120 --> 01:59:22,080
Speaker 7: of that, please, It's glorious.

2453
01:59:22,200 --> 01:59:27,480
Speaker 4: So was Philip getting greated up tonight, James, I don't know.

2454
01:59:27,720 --> 01:59:30,080
Speaker 7: I mean image I was listening to you guys on

2455
01:59:30,120 --> 01:59:32,200
Speaker 7: the way in and just asking. I agree, like he's

2456
01:59:32,200 --> 01:59:35,040
Speaker 7: going to probably get rid of it quickly. He doesn't

2457
01:59:35,080 --> 01:59:37,320
Speaker 7: want anyone none of that forty nine ers passwords but

2458
01:59:37,440 --> 01:59:40,360
Speaker 7: whatever that even looks like these days. But I mean,

2459
01:59:41,040 --> 01:59:42,440
Speaker 7: I think, like you said, it's gonna be like how

2460
01:59:42,440 --> 01:59:44,320
Speaker 7: Seattle played him were. They're gonna play him smart, They're

2461
01:59:44,360 --> 01:59:45,960
Speaker 7: gonna know he's not gonna hold on to it. So

2462
01:59:46,000 --> 01:59:48,480
Speaker 7: maybe drop guys back and just load the box against

2463
01:59:48,720 --> 01:59:50,880
Speaker 7: Jonathan Taylor or something. That's got to be the plan there.

2464
01:59:50,920 --> 01:59:54,200
Speaker 7: But I don't love their chances. I again, if they're

2465
01:59:54,200 --> 01:59:56,640
Speaker 7: gonna lose one of these next three, which it might

2466
01:59:56,680 --> 01:59:58,160
Speaker 7: be all three, but if they're gonna lose one, it

2467
01:59:58,160 --> 01:59:59,960
Speaker 7: would be this one in the against the NFC opponent.

2468
02:00:00,200 --> 02:00:02,320
Speaker 1: Well, and Joe Buck just said it to us. You know,

2469
02:00:02,360 --> 02:00:04,960
Speaker 1: the more intermediate throws, the more stuff down the field.

2470
02:00:06,080 --> 02:00:08,080
Speaker 1: You know they're pretty adamant that that's going to be there.

2471
02:00:08,480 --> 02:00:11,080
Speaker 1: And is it now? Again on paper a team that

2472
02:00:11,720 --> 02:00:15,600
Speaker 1: is dead last and sacks and a team that you

2473
02:00:15,640 --> 02:00:18,640
Speaker 1: know's down their top corner, you feel like it could

2474
02:00:18,640 --> 02:00:21,400
Speaker 1: be there. But can you get Alec Pierce involved please?

2475
02:00:21,720 --> 02:00:22,000
Speaker 2: Again?

2476
02:00:22,200 --> 02:00:22,560
Speaker 6: Something?

2477
02:00:22,920 --> 02:00:25,000
Speaker 1: You know, I know you hate Rogers more than anyone,

2478
02:00:25,040 --> 02:00:27,600
Speaker 1: but you watched that Pittsburgh game yesterday, and he's got

2479
02:00:27,600 --> 02:00:29,640
Speaker 1: a little bit more in the arm than Pike Rivers does.

2480
02:00:30,160 --> 02:00:32,720
Speaker 1: But he I think gets We have got to try

2481
02:00:32,760 --> 02:00:34,280
Speaker 1: and do some stuff down the field. They don't do

2482
02:00:34,320 --> 02:00:36,960
Speaker 1: a lot of it, but like the whole Kenneth Gainwell thing,

2483
02:00:37,440 --> 02:00:39,640
Speaker 1: you never know, right and you know they take some

2484
02:00:39,640 --> 02:00:42,080
Speaker 1: shots to Metcalf when he's not in the crowd. You

2485
02:00:42,120 --> 02:00:44,240
Speaker 1: know that aspect to it. I just feel like it

2486
02:00:44,280 --> 02:00:45,240
Speaker 1: has to be attempted.

2487
02:00:45,440 --> 02:00:48,480
Speaker 7: You got to keep the opposing defense like respecting you

2488
02:00:48,520 --> 02:00:50,160
Speaker 7: a little bit. So if you're just not even going

2489
02:00:50,200 --> 02:00:52,080
Speaker 7: to attempt downfield throws, like, well, we don't even need

2490
02:00:52,120 --> 02:00:53,960
Speaker 7: to do anything. We can just you know, stay back

2491
02:00:54,000 --> 02:00:56,480
Speaker 7: and load the box against johnthan Tailor and make Philip

2492
02:00:56,560 --> 02:00:57,960
Speaker 7: Rivers try to beat us with his arm, which we

2493
02:00:58,000 --> 02:01:00,120
Speaker 7: know isn't the strongest that it was five years ago.

2494
02:01:00,280 --> 02:01:02,760
Speaker 7: So it's gonna be a tough task. I don't know

2495
02:01:02,800 --> 02:01:04,640
Speaker 7: if you guys have major predictions yet or whatever, but

2496
02:01:04,720 --> 02:01:06,800
Speaker 7: I have this unfortunately going as a loss for the

2497
02:01:06,840 --> 02:01:07,760
Speaker 7: Colts again tonight.

2498
02:01:08,680 --> 02:01:12,080
Speaker 1: We should probably do that. On the other side, Mark

2499
02:01:12,120 --> 02:01:15,320
Speaker 1: from Munster in studio with us here, we also probably

2500
02:01:15,320 --> 02:01:17,640
Speaker 1: need to do a morning checkdown. Let's take a quick break,

2501
02:01:17,960 --> 02:01:19,920
Speaker 1: Caleb'll come back, we'll give our picks, we'll do a

2502
02:01:19,920 --> 02:01:22,680
Speaker 1: little morning checkdown, made a lead off next segment, and

2503
02:01:22,680 --> 02:01:25,720
Speaker 1: we'll do it one final time. All right, Well, thanks

2504
02:01:25,760 --> 02:01:27,720
Speaker 1: to Joe Buck for joining us. That'll be up on

2505
02:01:27,760 --> 02:01:30,320
Speaker 1: the podcast and we've had to shift some things around

2506
02:01:30,320 --> 02:01:33,000
Speaker 1: here in the nine o'clock hour. Let's go ahead with

2507
02:01:33,040 --> 02:01:37,120
Speaker 1: a morning checkdown tonight. It is eight point fifteen inside

2508
02:01:37,160 --> 02:01:40,240
Speaker 1: of Loco Soil Stadium, five and a half point underdog

2509
02:01:40,400 --> 02:01:43,280
Speaker 1: the Colts in forty nine ers. James Boyd, your biggest

2510
02:01:43,360 --> 02:01:44,920
Speaker 1: key to the game is what.

2511
02:01:45,800 --> 02:01:51,240
Speaker 5: Can you contain Christian McCaffrey for the defensive purposes and offensively,

2512
02:01:51,640 --> 02:01:54,400
Speaker 5: can you push the ball down the field a lot

2513
02:01:54,440 --> 02:01:55,680
Speaker 5: more than you did against Seattle.

2514
02:01:56,040 --> 02:01:57,760
Speaker 1: Pushing the ball down the field will have to occur

2515
02:01:57,840 --> 02:02:01,920
Speaker 1: without their starting left and right that left tackle Bernard Ryman,

2516
02:02:02,000 --> 02:02:05,640
Speaker 1: he was ruled out yesterday. Did practice actually on Saturday,

2517
02:02:05,720 --> 02:02:08,880
Speaker 1: but he was out with that right elbow injury. And

2518
02:02:08,880 --> 02:02:12,000
Speaker 1: then James defensively, no Sauce Gardner, but it will be

2519
02:02:12,040 --> 02:02:14,640
Speaker 1: to Force Buckner for the first time in a month.

2520
02:02:15,280 --> 02:02:18,120
Speaker 5: Yeah, this is good news for their defensive line, which

2521
02:02:18,120 --> 02:02:21,520
Speaker 5: is struggles to after the quarterback. So perhaps even if

2522
02:02:21,600 --> 02:02:24,040
Speaker 5: DeForest Buckner isn't the guy getting the sack, he can

2523
02:02:24,040 --> 02:02:26,200
Speaker 5: help spark the other guys to step up their game,

2524
02:02:26,320 --> 02:02:29,200
Speaker 5: those being Latu, Latou, Quity Pay and a few more.

2525
02:02:29,240 --> 02:02:29,720
Speaker 5: I did mention.

2526
02:02:30,200 --> 02:02:32,960
Speaker 1: So it is a busy night of hoops as well,

2527
02:02:32,960 --> 02:02:35,360
Speaker 1: I should say day and night of hoops here in

2528
02:02:35,360 --> 02:02:37,600
Speaker 1: the Circle City. We'll start with the night action. This

2529
02:02:37,640 --> 02:02:39,640
Speaker 1: will be heard on the fans. If you want Colts

2530
02:02:40,200 --> 02:02:42,840
Speaker 1: forty nine ers tonight that's over on Hank FMR sister

2531
02:02:42,880 --> 02:02:47,000
Speaker 1: station ninety seven point one Pacers at seven o'clock coverage

2532
02:02:47,000 --> 02:02:50,920
Speaker 1: will begin. That is in Boston. They'll take on the Celtic.

2533
02:02:51,040 --> 02:02:53,520
Speaker 1: Celtics have been very good here over the last ten games.

2534
02:02:53,560 --> 02:02:56,560
Speaker 1: I believe Jayalen Brown is questionable due to an illness.

2535
02:02:57,320 --> 02:02:59,560
Speaker 1: Ten and a half point favorite the Celtics. That Miles

2536
02:02:59,600 --> 02:03:03,920
Speaker 1: Turner back in the building coming up tomorrow night. That

2537
02:03:04,040 --> 02:03:07,360
Speaker 1: is the Bucks without Jannisancezakumpo. So back to back for

2538
02:03:07,400 --> 02:03:11,880
Speaker 1: the Pacers. College basketball wise, Butler and NJ it that

2539
02:03:12,000 --> 02:03:14,440
Speaker 1: is over at Hinkle two o'clock. That can be heard

2540
02:03:14,760 --> 02:03:16,160
Speaker 1: over on Fuego.

2541
02:03:15,880 --> 02:03:17,240
Speaker 7: Or did you see the spread on that one?

2542
02:03:17,280 --> 02:03:19,720
Speaker 1: By the way, did I see correctly thirty two?

2543
02:03:20,280 --> 02:03:21,880
Speaker 7: I think it's thirty one and a half. But yeah,

2544
02:03:22,320 --> 02:03:24,640
Speaker 7: that's got to be one of the higher Butler spreads

2545
02:03:24,680 --> 02:03:25,360
Speaker 7: of all time.

2546
02:03:25,440 --> 02:03:27,560
Speaker 1: Right, James, you want to rethink what I said to

2547
02:03:27,560 --> 02:03:30,960
Speaker 1: you earlier about potentially everyone in this building being a

2548
02:03:30,960 --> 02:03:32,960
Speaker 1: better option being.

2549
02:03:33,240 --> 02:03:34,040
Speaker 4: I said, don't one again.

2550
02:03:34,160 --> 02:03:34,560
Speaker 1: You know what it is.

2551
02:03:34,640 --> 02:03:35,040
Speaker 7: It's height.

2552
02:03:35,080 --> 02:03:36,720
Speaker 5: It's always If you told me everyone was gonna go

2553
02:03:36,760 --> 02:03:38,800
Speaker 5: out there and be five foot ten, then yeah, I

2554
02:03:38,800 --> 02:03:41,880
Speaker 5: feel confident about my ability to compete with them. But no,

2555
02:03:42,120 --> 02:03:43,560
Speaker 5: I still don't think that will end well for you.

2556
02:03:43,600 --> 02:03:47,680
Speaker 1: Boy, that's probably fair. Bet So again, Butler, as they

2557
02:03:47,720 --> 02:03:50,680
Speaker 1: see Kevin Bowen height Northwestern there, Yeah, I got your

2558
02:03:50,760 --> 02:03:52,720
Speaker 1: new bang in the post a little bit here. They

2559
02:03:52,760 --> 02:03:56,000
Speaker 1: survived Northwestern at Gamebridge Field House. Perdue was all over

2560
02:03:56,120 --> 02:04:00,120
Speaker 1: all burned. Very impressive. Another ranked win, another win away

2561
02:04:00,120 --> 02:04:02,800
Speaker 1: from home for the boiler Makers. So both the Indiana

2562
02:04:02,840 --> 02:04:06,760
Speaker 1: schools get it done. Indie Classic Indiana won over Chicago

2563
02:04:06,800 --> 02:04:11,400
Speaker 1: State Assembly Hall. They'll have Sienna tonight six o'clock, that

2564
02:04:11,560 --> 02:04:14,960
Speaker 1: is inside of Assembly Hall. Mark Dyke, didn't you have

2565
02:04:15,000 --> 02:04:16,520
Speaker 1: any idea of the Sienna head coaches?

2566
02:04:17,080 --> 02:04:19,480
Speaker 7: Not a clue, couldn't even venture a guess.

2567
02:04:19,640 --> 02:04:22,360
Speaker 1: Okay, Carmela Anthony won the national title at Syracuse, right,

2568
02:04:23,000 --> 02:04:25,880
Speaker 1: m hmm. Do you remember the sharpshooter on that team?

2569
02:04:26,120 --> 02:04:26,520
Speaker 6: I do not.

2570
02:04:28,120 --> 02:04:29,520
Speaker 1: Just Jerry McNamara Ringobell.

2571
02:04:29,720 --> 02:04:31,720
Speaker 7: I've heard the name. Yeah, I would not have guessed

2572
02:04:31,720 --> 02:04:33,240
Speaker 7: that he's the head coach over there.

2573
02:04:33,120 --> 02:04:37,200
Speaker 1: Though, Jerry McNamara for Sienna's that's six o'clock inside of

2574
02:04:37,200 --> 02:04:41,240
Speaker 1: Assembly Hall. And like we said earlier, my Christmas has

2575
02:04:41,240 --> 02:04:41,640
Speaker 1: been ruined.

2576
02:04:41,680 --> 02:04:43,040
Speaker 7: Mark, what happened?

2577
02:04:44,120 --> 02:04:44,240
Speaker 6: Oh?

2578
02:04:44,360 --> 02:04:45,880
Speaker 1: I think you were tagged in a few tweets about

2579
02:04:45,880 --> 02:04:46,400
Speaker 1: it yesterday.

2580
02:04:47,560 --> 02:04:49,280
Speaker 7: I was. I I would say you didn't open the

2581
02:04:49,320 --> 02:04:51,080
Speaker 7: Christmas present? There could have been one I gave you.

2582
02:04:51,480 --> 02:04:52,800
Speaker 7: They might rethink that as well.

2583
02:04:52,840 --> 02:04:56,160
Speaker 1: Did you see Notre Dame basketball? I did they lose

2584
02:04:56,200 --> 02:04:59,600
Speaker 1: to four Waying yesterday. Shout out to John coffin the

2585
02:04:59,640 --> 02:05:01,880
Speaker 1: octave in my voice. Don't see him go highs when

2586
02:05:01,920 --> 02:05:03,960
Speaker 1: I talk about an Notre Dame basketball losses, when I

2587
02:05:03,960 --> 02:05:04,480
Speaker 1: talk about some.

2588
02:05:04,400 --> 02:05:08,880
Speaker 7: Other season over, no, not even any national championship over over.

2589
02:05:09,040 --> 02:05:10,600
Speaker 1: But you're gonna have to make up for it with

2590
02:05:10,640 --> 02:05:12,640
Speaker 1: some very quality wins here in the A.

2591
02:05:13,040 --> 02:05:16,240
Speaker 5: If he could volunteer to give his ankle to Marcus Burden,

2592
02:05:16,320 --> 02:05:17,760
Speaker 5: he would have done it immediately.

2593
02:05:17,840 --> 02:05:20,360
Speaker 1: Dude, ankle. I he wants to take a kid for

2594
02:05:20,400 --> 02:05:24,120
Speaker 1: a couple of days, as happily offer that, give somebody

2595
02:05:24,120 --> 02:05:26,600
Speaker 1: what blood cells to him. You need to heal this up.

2596
02:05:26,720 --> 02:05:27,760
Speaker 1: I'm glad to stop there.

2597
02:05:28,240 --> 02:05:29,520
Speaker 7: Rosie could be a team player.

2598
02:05:29,680 --> 02:05:32,400
Speaker 1: Last note of the checkdown, the most impressive thing Week

2599
02:05:32,480 --> 02:05:36,600
Speaker 1: sixteen in the NFL and Mark, go ahead, Bears beat

2600
02:05:36,840 --> 02:05:41,320
Speaker 1: the Packers, knock them down an impossible comeback.

2601
02:05:41,400 --> 02:05:43,920
Speaker 7: I still don't fully grasp how that happened, but they

2602
02:05:44,360 --> 02:05:47,240
Speaker 7: beat him on Saturday night, a big win for the Bears.

2603
02:05:47,280 --> 02:05:50,120
Speaker 7: And then that along with some help from Aaron Rodgers,

2604
02:05:50,160 --> 02:05:52,840
Speaker 7: I hate to say, beating the Lions, have clinched the

2605
02:05:52,840 --> 02:05:55,800
Speaker 7: Bears in the postseason. So they are currently the second

2606
02:05:55,840 --> 02:05:57,680
Speaker 7: seed in the end, the state one seed. They could

2607
02:05:57,680 --> 02:05:58,360
Speaker 7: get the one seed.

2608
02:05:58,600 --> 02:06:00,879
Speaker 1: They probably want the Colts to win, right.

2609
02:06:00,720 --> 02:06:04,000
Speaker 7: Yeah, that's probably true. So yeah, I mean, and the

2610
02:06:04,120 --> 02:06:07,080
Speaker 7: NFC West is crazy because like everybody's talking about the

2611
02:06:07,080 --> 02:06:09,120
Speaker 7: Thursday night game between the Rams and the Seahawks, like, well,

2612
02:06:09,120 --> 02:06:10,840
Speaker 7: the forty nine ers still have a shot at getting

2613
02:06:10,840 --> 02:06:13,040
Speaker 7: the one seed as well, which they have to be

2614
02:06:13,120 --> 02:06:15,920
Speaker 7: like one more under the radar potential playoff teams there

2615
02:06:16,000 --> 02:06:16,520
Speaker 7: is out there.

2616
02:06:16,640 --> 02:06:19,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, so if they win out, So San Francisco clinched

2617
02:06:19,360 --> 02:06:22,040
Speaker 1: a playoff berth yesterday based off all the results that happened,

2618
02:06:22,280 --> 02:06:24,320
Speaker 1: But if they went out, they're the one seed. Yah,

2619
02:06:24,360 --> 02:06:26,440
Speaker 1: So they definitely have a lot to play for as

2620
02:06:26,480 --> 02:06:29,320
Speaker 1: well tonight. You know, weirdly and James, we've talked about

2621
02:06:29,360 --> 02:06:31,960
Speaker 1: this all morning long. It's kind of hard to like

2622
02:06:32,120 --> 02:06:36,120
Speaker 1: describe the Colts game tonight. Obviously it's important for them

2623
02:06:36,160 --> 02:06:37,720
Speaker 1: to win. I don't want to lose sight of that,

2624
02:06:38,440 --> 02:06:42,520
Speaker 1: but they technically still could make the playoffs even with

2625
02:06:42,640 --> 02:06:45,880
Speaker 1: a loss. Now again, you need a slew of things

2626
02:06:45,920 --> 02:06:48,680
Speaker 1: to go your way. But the only thing, unless I'm

2627
02:06:48,680 --> 02:06:51,560
Speaker 1: missing something, I believe the only thing that can officially

2628
02:06:51,600 --> 02:06:55,280
Speaker 1: happen tonight is if the Colts lose, the AFC South

2629
02:06:55,400 --> 02:06:56,520
Speaker 1: is over for them.

2630
02:06:56,480 --> 02:06:59,960
Speaker 5: Right, which in all reality probably already.

2631
02:07:00,320 --> 02:07:02,720
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, that was a long shot to begin with.

2632
02:07:02,840 --> 02:07:05,480
Speaker 1: For them to win the South, they need to win out,

2633
02:07:05,760 --> 02:07:08,360
Speaker 1: have Houston lose to the Chargers next week, and have

2634
02:07:08,480 --> 02:07:11,960
Speaker 1: the Jags lose to the Titans in Week eighteen, which

2635
02:07:13,320 --> 02:07:15,040
Speaker 1: the Jags are playing for something. You wouldn't think they

2636
02:07:15,040 --> 02:07:16,240
Speaker 1: would lose the Titans in Week eight.

2637
02:07:16,360 --> 02:07:18,480
Speaker 4: The Titans just beat the defending AFC champion.

2638
02:07:18,920 --> 02:07:20,400
Speaker 1: I had never heard of that dude that got in

2639
02:07:20,400 --> 02:07:21,919
Speaker 1: the game for Gardner Minshaw yesterday.

2640
02:07:22,520 --> 02:07:26,960
Speaker 5: Me either, me either, But honestly, that is probably what

2641
02:07:27,040 --> 02:07:29,680
Speaker 5: happens to ninety nine percent of teams that lose your

2642
02:07:29,760 --> 02:07:32,560
Speaker 5: quarterback to a twenty acl and back to back weeks.

2643
02:07:33,400 --> 02:07:36,160
Speaker 5: That I mean, when things went down for the Chiefs,

2644
02:07:36,200 --> 02:07:37,200
Speaker 5: boy did they come down.

2645
02:07:37,280 --> 02:07:39,520
Speaker 2: I thought the biggest revelation of the weekend was that

2646
02:07:39,680 --> 02:07:43,800
Speaker 2: Josh Johnson is still playing in the league. He's been

2647
02:07:44,000 --> 02:07:45,520
Speaker 2: playing in the league for like fifteen years, and now

2648
02:07:45,520 --> 02:07:46,480
Speaker 2: he's with the Commanders.

2649
02:07:46,720 --> 02:07:46,920
Speaker 8: Yeah.

2650
02:07:46,960 --> 02:07:49,920
Speaker 5: I want to say former Colt Caleb's point. He's been

2651
02:07:49,960 --> 02:07:52,120
Speaker 5: with like ten different franchises. Believe it was like an

2652
02:07:52,200 --> 02:07:52,760
Speaker 5: NFL record.

2653
02:07:52,800 --> 02:07:54,720
Speaker 1: I think I think he was the backup the first

2654
02:07:54,760 --> 02:07:57,360
Speaker 1: time Andrew Luck got hurt. He was Hasselbeck's backup. I

2655
02:07:57,360 --> 02:07:59,760
Speaker 1: think here for a couple of weeks there, the first

2656
02:07:59,760 --> 02:08:02,920
Speaker 1: time he got hurt. Elliott pointing out here that Philip

2657
02:08:03,000 --> 02:08:05,040
Speaker 1: Rivers has never lost the forty nine ers.

2658
02:08:05,600 --> 02:08:08,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, I did see that, But what about forty four

2659
02:08:08,960 --> 02:08:11,760
Speaker 5: year old Philip Rivers. Can he turn back the clock

2660
02:08:11,880 --> 02:08:12,600
Speaker 5: one more time?

2661
02:08:13,720 --> 02:08:16,720
Speaker 7: Forty four year old Philip Rivers is still Philip Rivers,

2662
02:08:16,760 --> 02:08:19,040
Speaker 7: So he's still at the moment undefeated.

2663
02:08:19,160 --> 02:08:19,879
Speaker 1: This is true.

2664
02:08:20,120 --> 02:08:23,360
Speaker 5: I do want to know again in his heart of heart,

2665
02:08:23,400 --> 02:08:26,040
Speaker 5: it's like coming back, you gotta make the playoffs. I

2666
02:08:26,040 --> 02:08:27,320
Speaker 5: get all that, but you got to get at least

2667
02:08:27,360 --> 02:08:29,760
Speaker 5: one one on the board. You can't tell your kids

2668
02:08:29,760 --> 02:08:31,760
Speaker 5: one day I went back, I wasn't afraid, and you

2669
02:08:31,840 --> 02:08:33,680
Speaker 5: lose every single game, you gotta get a dub.

2670
02:08:33,560 --> 02:08:35,760
Speaker 1: Well, and he mentioned this after the Seattle game in

2671
02:08:35,760 --> 02:08:39,919
Speaker 1: this past week. James, he's never experienced a full Lucasol stadium.

2672
02:08:40,960 --> 02:08:43,360
Speaker 1: That is right the COVID year of course, when he

2673
02:08:43,440 --> 02:08:46,280
Speaker 1: was here playing for the Colts. So he will get

2674
02:08:46,480 --> 02:08:47,760
Speaker 1: a little bit of that tonight. And as we talked

2675
02:08:47,800 --> 02:08:51,320
Speaker 1: about with Joe Buck, first time Monday night football is

2676
02:08:51,320 --> 02:08:54,000
Speaker 1: called Indie Home or any Colts game in three years.

2677
02:08:54,120 --> 02:08:55,920
Speaker 1: I thought it was interesting. We had Ross Talker on

2678
02:08:56,000 --> 02:08:58,360
Speaker 1: and Mark thank you for booking them. Ross Talker on

2679
02:08:59,320 --> 02:09:03,560
Speaker 1: at eight thirty and he mentioned the Riley Leonard thing, yeah,

2680
02:09:03,600 --> 02:09:05,960
Speaker 1: which I think was inter I don't think nationally you've

2681
02:09:06,000 --> 02:09:09,000
Speaker 1: heard that thought too too much. Again, that's more of

2682
02:09:09,000 --> 02:09:10,840
Speaker 1: the debate we talked about this early in the show,

2683
02:09:11,040 --> 02:09:15,240
Speaker 1: the Anthony Richardson debate. I don't think there's really any

2684
02:09:15,240 --> 02:09:18,240
Speaker 1: debate right now. I think medically there are some major

2685
02:09:18,280 --> 02:09:20,760
Speaker 1: impairments with the vision. To me, more of the debate

2686
02:09:20,840 --> 02:09:23,920
Speaker 1: right now is either Philip Rivers or Riley Leondard. That's

2687
02:09:24,000 --> 02:09:27,920
Speaker 1: the more realistic debate. And Ross Tucker, I don't want

2688
02:09:27,920 --> 02:09:29,400
Speaker 1: to put words in his mouth, but he seemed to

2689
02:09:29,400 --> 02:09:32,360
Speaker 1: be I'd rather vote for Riley Leonard, which is probably

2690
02:09:32,400 --> 02:09:33,080
Speaker 1: where I'm at too.

2691
02:09:33,320 --> 02:09:35,640
Speaker 5: At least early on he was, you know what, all

2692
02:09:35,680 --> 02:09:38,720
Speaker 5: of us were kind of thinking that, Okay, even if

2693
02:09:38,720 --> 02:09:40,400
Speaker 5: you bring Philip Rivers back. We were like, okay, you're

2694
02:09:40,440 --> 02:09:42,120
Speaker 5: gonna put Riley Leonard out there. You're going on the

2695
02:09:42,200 --> 02:09:44,840
Speaker 5: road to Seattle. Gonna be a hard game anyway. See

2696
02:09:44,880 --> 02:09:47,960
Speaker 5: what your backup you've had on your roster looks like.

2697
02:09:48,320 --> 02:09:51,640
Speaker 5: But then on the flip side, as soon as Shane

2698
02:09:51,880 --> 02:09:55,760
Speaker 5: opened his mouth about Philip river Is the day they

2699
02:09:55,800 --> 02:09:59,040
Speaker 5: signed up officially, which was that Wednesday, we all left

2700
02:09:59,080 --> 02:10:03,480
Speaker 5: that press conference thinking, oh, there's no chance Riley starts.

2701
02:10:03,640 --> 02:10:06,800
Speaker 5: Rivers is the guy. That's how bullish Shane was that

2702
02:10:06,880 --> 02:10:09,600
Speaker 5: opening press conference. That changed my entire respective on the situation.

2703
02:10:10,280 --> 02:10:12,560
Speaker 5: So that to me is a big factor.

2704
02:10:12,680 --> 02:10:14,640
Speaker 1: How about Mark Dyton joining us on two of his

2705
02:10:14,720 --> 02:10:16,680
Speaker 1: days off, Yeah, I got a question about this too.

2706
02:10:16,800 --> 02:10:20,080
Speaker 7: Sure, I'm only home because they needed me to take PTO.

2707
02:10:20,720 --> 02:10:22,000
Speaker 7: You didn't even take it enough this year.

2708
02:10:22,080 --> 02:10:22,400
Speaker 3: Take more.

2709
02:10:22,480 --> 02:10:23,440
Speaker 7: I'm like, okay, I will.

2710
02:10:24,160 --> 02:10:25,920
Speaker 4: That's PTO man, right there.

2711
02:10:26,160 --> 02:10:31,720
Speaker 5: So they're out your PTO excursions excursion lions.

2712
02:10:32,080 --> 02:10:33,960
Speaker 7: Yeah, you know what, there we go wait to open

2713
02:10:33,960 --> 02:10:34,560
Speaker 7: those bags.

2714
02:10:34,680 --> 02:10:38,960
Speaker 5: Has Has Santa finished his shopping for all of your children?

2715
02:10:39,040 --> 02:10:39,600
Speaker 5: You and Kevin?

2716
02:10:39,800 --> 02:10:40,320
Speaker 1: Are you done?

2717
02:10:40,520 --> 02:10:40,720
Speaker 6: Yes?

2718
02:10:41,120 --> 02:10:43,720
Speaker 5: Is Santa done? Are you telling him? Hey?

2719
02:10:44,240 --> 02:10:44,440
Speaker 8: Done?

2720
02:10:44,640 --> 02:10:46,520
Speaker 1: I believe I was gonna ask about the elves too.

2721
02:10:46,680 --> 02:10:48,720
Speaker 1: I believe the elves are done. I believe Santa's good

2722
02:10:48,720 --> 02:10:50,760
Speaker 1: and boy Santa might be in a in a white

2723
02:10:50,760 --> 02:10:53,360
Speaker 1: beater coming up on Thursday with how this weather's looking.

2724
02:10:53,440 --> 02:10:54,920
Speaker 5: Okay, okay, imagine.

2725
02:10:54,600 --> 02:10:56,040
Speaker 1: How much Santa's gonna be sweating.

2726
02:10:55,760 --> 02:10:58,920
Speaker 7: His Assida's broke now or something like that. Santa's shaking,

2727
02:10:58,920 --> 02:11:00,480
Speaker 7: the shaking the cane seem you have.

2728
02:11:00,480 --> 02:11:02,560
Speaker 1: To go on a two piece to be flying around

2729
02:11:02,640 --> 02:11:03,040
Speaker 1: in the world.

2730
02:11:03,120 --> 02:11:04,320
Speaker 5: So Sand's broke now right?

2731
02:11:04,480 --> 02:11:05,040
Speaker 4: Just got it?

2732
02:11:05,080 --> 02:11:05,280
Speaker 3: Got it?

2733
02:11:05,480 --> 02:11:07,280
Speaker 4: I just didn't know how last minute is.

2734
02:11:07,280 --> 02:11:08,680
Speaker 7: Cans for candy canes.

2735
02:11:08,720 --> 02:11:10,840
Speaker 1: Speaking of last minute, we got about a minute left.

2736
02:11:10,880 --> 02:11:13,120
Speaker 1: Caleb Zuverer what he got forty nine ers five and

2737
02:11:13,120 --> 02:11:13,520
Speaker 1: a half.

2738
02:11:13,440 --> 02:11:17,320
Speaker 2: Point favorite for tonight's I'm saying forty nine ers, twenty

2739
02:11:17,360 --> 02:11:20,960
Speaker 2: seven colts seventeen James Boyden.

2740
02:11:21,480 --> 02:11:23,360
Speaker 4: Forty nine or twenty seven colts twenty.

2741
02:11:23,160 --> 02:11:26,720
Speaker 7: Four twenty seven to seventeen niners.

2742
02:11:27,280 --> 02:11:29,520
Speaker 1: You guys a little bit more high scoring than I am.

2743
02:11:29,880 --> 02:11:32,080
Speaker 1: I do like the Colts taking the points here. I

2744
02:11:32,080 --> 02:11:36,400
Speaker 1: will go twenty three nineteen Niners. James, you've hit this

2745
02:11:36,480 --> 02:11:40,440
Speaker 1: quite often this morning. Tackling Christian McCaffrey makes me sweat.

2746
02:11:41,800 --> 02:11:43,600
Speaker 1: Imagining the Colts tackling.

2747
02:11:43,240 --> 02:11:46,000
Speaker 5: I'm just picturing him lined up against any linebacker on

2748
02:11:46,120 --> 02:11:49,520
Speaker 5: the Colts roster and shuddering at the fact that he's

2749
02:11:49,520 --> 02:11:51,760
Speaker 5: going to catch it and wiggle and get ten yards

2750
02:11:51,800 --> 02:11:52,720
Speaker 5: pretty much every time.

2751
02:11:53,080 --> 02:11:55,320
Speaker 1: Again, on paper, there is a lot I think you

2752
02:11:55,360 --> 02:11:59,720
Speaker 1: could potentially do offensively, granted, giving your personnel, we'll see. Mark.

2753
02:12:00,360 --> 02:12:03,680
Speaker 1: We are not talking to you tomorrow. Christmas, Merry Christmas

2754
02:12:03,680 --> 02:12:05,440
Speaker 1: to you, to the girls, thank you for stopping and

2755
02:12:05,480 --> 02:12:08,000
Speaker 1: thank you for booking Ross Tucker and Joe Buck both

2756
02:12:08,040 --> 02:12:10,360
Speaker 1: of those up on the podcast. It'll be us three

2757
02:12:10,360 --> 02:12:13,360
Speaker 1: again tomorrow. Caleb Zuver, great great work behind the glass.

2758
02:12:13,760 --> 02:12:16,880
Speaker 1: James Boyd and Kevin Bowen. We will be with you again.

2759
02:12:16,920 --> 02:12:20,959
Speaker 1: Reminder Hank FM tonight for the Colts game on these airwaves,

2760
02:12:21,000 --> 02:12:23,720
Speaker 1: it'll be the Pacers in action. Everybody, have a great

2761
02:12:23,760 --> 02:12:25,640
Speaker 1: Monday night football. Monday