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Speaker 1: This is inside Football with former Colts and NFL coach

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturie. Well, the script was written, but fate just

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Speaker 1: wasn't on the side of the Colts. In Week fifteen,

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Speaker 1: he had a forty four year old quarterback coming out

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Speaker 1: and the Colts unfortunately suffer another tough one, losing eighteen

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Speaker 1: to sixteen. That drops them to eight and six on

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Speaker 1: the season, and now they're on the wrong end of

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Speaker 1: losing five of their last six games. Hi, everybody, and

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Speaker 1: welcome inside inside football. Here in the Colts podcast channel.

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Speaker 1: This is our weekly extensive conversation with former Colts coach

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Speaker 1: and radio analyst Rick Venturrey on the current state of

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Speaker 1: the Colts and a look ahead to the upcoming opponent.

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Speaker 1: And Rick has nearly thirty years of coaching background in

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Speaker 1: the NFL, which we always tap into on a weekly basis.

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Speaker 1: And Rick, welcome back to the show. And I understand

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Speaker 1: congratulations are in order. You and the lovely missus Miss Sherry,

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Speaker 1: just celebrated another wedding anniversary. Man, congratulations on that. Another

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Speaker 1: huge milestone for you guys.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we really did. We went out to dinner last

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Speaker 2: night and I hate to date myself, but it was

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Speaker 2: our fifty eighth, fifty eighth wedding anniversary. As I told

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Speaker 2: Hall of Fame without any waiting period, there's no question.

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Speaker 1: But she didn't have to wait the five years.

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Speaker 2: Huh No, no, five years from Miss Sherry. She has

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Speaker 2: been through so many years of kickoffs because I was

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Speaker 2: in you know, I started out in coaching when we

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Speaker 2: been I mean, she's put up with that in the

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Speaker 2: night she she sold eighteen homes and bought eighteen homes

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Speaker 2: without me being there.

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, no.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that. You know, that's that's the you know,

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Speaker 2: you're a little bit of a vagabond, particularly early in

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Speaker 2: up there. But no doubt, you know, she was wonderful.

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Speaker 2: I guarantee you I wouldn't still be kicking if it

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Speaker 1: Well, Rick, let's put the finishing thoughts together on the

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Speaker 1: Seahawks and that loss to Seattle and the return of

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers. Just a great game that came down to

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Speaker 1: eighteen of twenty seven, but just one hundred and twenty

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Speaker 1: yards for the Colts through the air. The defense forces

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Speaker 1: Seattle into six field goals on the day, totally keeps

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Speaker 1: loss against one of the best teams in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: The Colts were just what forty seven seconds away from

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Speaker 1: a big time jolt. So what are your final fallout

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Speaker 2: You know, they were sloppy, they had drops, they had

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Speaker 2: really the next one. But you know what's really happened,

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Speaker 1: Now, you mentioned rivers in the passing game and the

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, I think it depends solely on Rivers's

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Speaker 2: he's totally right, because you're going to have to push

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Speaker 2: Seattle made a conscious choice. They said, don't blitz Rivers

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Speaker 2: if you blitze rivers. The ball's coming out too quick

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Speaker 2: Well, you know the Niners, as you said, they come

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Speaker 1: What do you make of the forty nine ers offense

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Speaker 2: Is the two things you have to do and I'll

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Speaker 2: which is two backs, you know, counting him as the fullback,

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Speaker 2: but they'll line up like a tight end more like

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Speaker 2: an h back, and then he and Kittle they use

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Speaker 2: a lot of pre snap motion where they actually change

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Speaker 2: strength and shift. In other words, they want you to

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Speaker 2: load it one way and then they'll shift and ocean

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Speaker 2: back and create a new strength the other way. You

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Speaker 2: have to be really alert for that. Really pretty much

435
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Speaker 2: a zone team in terms of running the ball, midline,

436
00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:16,159
Speaker 2: off tackle, they run a ton of tosses with McCaffrey.

437
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Speaker 2: They just want to get a crack. They want to

438
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Speaker 2: get him out there in space and go. So, you know,

439
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Speaker 2: the edge is important. A lot of quarterback boots with

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Speaker 2: this kid, now that his foot is better, a lot. Okay,

441
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Speaker 2: sometimes on first down and always on second and long,

442
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Speaker 2: they'll go some quick rhythm. They'll spread it quick west

443
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Speaker 2: coast rhythm. Get the ball back, get it you know.

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Speaker 2: In that situation, you know they'll get it to McCaffrey

445
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Speaker 2: a lot to get I mean to Kiddle a lot. Now,

446
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Speaker 2: at the end of the day, they're going to get

447
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Speaker 2: it to McCaffrey in every possible way, run and pass.

448
00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,880
Speaker 2: If you stop him, it's hard for them to win.

449
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Speaker 2: The most critical receiver, I'm not saying necessarily the most statistical,

450
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Speaker 2: but his kittle. Kittle missed a lot of ball early, remember,

451
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Speaker 2: so his stats aren't as good as he is, but

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Speaker 2: he still has four eighty five and six tds. He's

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Speaker 2: tough around that red zone, tough andess seem really you know,

454
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Speaker 2: elite tight end, no question about it. And then with

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Speaker 2: the way they use Jennings is downfield when they want

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Speaker 2: to throw the ball down in that second level, it's

457
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Speaker 2: to Jennings fifteen and Piers All. Piers All's coming on.

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Speaker 2: He's a little bit more of a deep threat and

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Speaker 2: gadget type of guy. Pretty like I said, really woke.

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Speaker 2: You got my attention last week. You know, my first

461
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Speaker 2: couple of games watched him. I'm like, you know, he's

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Speaker 2: just a guy. And then last week it was totally different.

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Speaker 2: He looked like like I said, he reminded me of

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Speaker 2: fran Tarkenton in the old days. He will struggle with

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Speaker 2: consistency and he'll force the ball. But you know, their

466
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Speaker 2: offense line is okay, but pretty erasist rushers. He sure

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Speaker 2: did last week. You know, the biggest problem they have

468
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Speaker 2: is they give the ball away and I think he

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Speaker 2: will force it. They're twenty third in giveaways. Now. One

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Speaker 2: thing they really like when you're when we're doing the

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Speaker 2: game Sunday, they love to get in various three by ones.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes it's three by ones with Jennings back to the

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Speaker 2: weak side isolated, and a lot of times it's three

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Speaker 2: by one with the three ride receivers to the right

475
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Speaker 2: and Kittle isolated on the back side. Now, most teams

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Speaker 2: when they do that, they want to isolate you and

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Speaker 2: they want to work to that one receiver either the

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Speaker 2: X in fifteen in Jennings or they want to work

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Speaker 2: to Kittle back there. But because McCaffrey is such a

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Speaker 2: good receiver, he'll be in the backfield to that side,

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Speaker 2: So they run a lot of two man patterns and

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Speaker 2: that's where McCaffrey gets a ton, a ton a ton

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Speaker 2: of yardage. So got to be really alert on those

484
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Speaker 2: three by ones that you don't overplay that strong side.

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Speaker 2: As far as the Colt blueprint, you say it over

486
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Speaker 2: and over. You got to stop McCaffrey. There's no question

487
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Speaker 2: about it. That's seventeen hundred and forty two yards. That

488
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Speaker 2: starts rushing and passing, and even though it doesn't look

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Speaker 2: like it, he's nine hundred plus rushing, even though their

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Speaker 2: overall rushing stat is not that good. Now, set the

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Speaker 2: edge on him. You gotta set the edge because a

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Speaker 2: lot of their emotions they'll motion to bunches or lows

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Speaker 2: and then just toss it and let him go. So

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Speaker 2: always set the edge no matter what. Okay, a lot

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Speaker 2: of screens, old fashioned option routes out of the backfield

496
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Speaker 2: which have kind of been historic. But he does it.

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Speaker 2: You got you gotta stop him. They're gonna go as

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Speaker 2: he goes right along with him? Is you stop Kittle? Okay?

499
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Speaker 2: And Kittle is very much a situational guy. He's going

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Speaker 2: to be inside the majority of the time, but they

501
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Speaker 2: will put him in that tax which is that weak

502
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Speaker 2: side isolation, and you know he's gonna catch possession. Seems

503
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Speaker 2: good corner route runner, really big in the red zone.

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00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,000
Speaker 2: You gotta stop him in the red zone and and

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Speaker 2: don't let them isolate him on the weak side. Number three.

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Speaker 2: Know what those two wide receivers can do. Uh, you

507
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:16,160
Speaker 2: have to direct yours schematic defense. Uh, basically to McCaffrey

508
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 2: and too into Kittle. But know how to play there neither.

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00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 2: You know j Pierce the Jennings is not a real

510
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 2: fast guy, but he's a very classy route runner. Slants

511
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Speaker 2: digs isolation and then Pierce a little bit more. Just

512
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Speaker 2: stay off him deep and be alert for him on gadgets,

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Speaker 2: reverses and things like that. All right, Number four, I

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00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,360
Speaker 2: think number one, you got to keep Purty contained and

515
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 2: condensed and pressure you know, if he has a weakness.

516
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,960
Speaker 2: His twelve to seven pick you know, td to pick

517
00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:52,840
Speaker 2: ratios very modest, although he had three and oh last week. Uh,

518
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,719
Speaker 2: gotta have tight windows. You can't. If you let Shanahan

519
00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 2: and play into that soft zone, He'll complete a million balls,

520
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,840
Speaker 2: no question about it. You've got to have really tight

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Speaker 2: windows where he will force it and somehow someway. At

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Speaker 2: the end of the day, we've got to validate that

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Speaker 2: twenty three giveaways. We've got to get that ball back,

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Speaker 2: you know. And again at number five, force the turnovers

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Speaker 2: and you know, win the specialized situations where they're pretty

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Speaker 2: damn good. Yeah, third down in red zone. Sure, that's

527
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Speaker 2: where we really have to rise up and win.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff. So far, that's Rick Venturry. This is Inside Football.

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Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor. We're breaking down the blueprints for success

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Speaker 1: for the Indianapolis Colts Monday Night football. Looking to snap

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Speaker 1: a four game losing streak for Indianapolis. So let's jump

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Speaker 1: over to the other side of the ball and talk

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Speaker 1: about how this matchup shakes out When the Colts have

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Speaker 1: the ball. The forty nine Ers come into this game

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Speaker 1: with a pretty non descript unit on defense. That side

536
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Speaker 1: of the ball has been hit pretty hard by injuries,

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Speaker 1: as we said to Nick Bosa, Fred Warner, and defensive

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Speaker 1: end mikekel Williams. All of those players are out for

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Speaker 1: the year, but the nine Ers have done a pretty

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Speaker 1: good job of adapting to those losses. The big story

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Speaker 1: here when it comes to San Francisco defense is this

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Speaker 1: they're middle of the pack and just about everything. They

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Speaker 1: don't really excel in one area, and they're not really

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Speaker 1: deficient and many except for their pass rush, the forty

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Speaker 1: nine Ers have had a really hard time getting after

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Speaker 1: opposing quarterbacks. As a team, they only have sixteen sacks

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Speaker 1: on the year, which is dead last in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: They have one or fewer sacks in ten games this year,

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Speaker 1: and their sixteen sacks at this stage are the fewest

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Speaker 1: by the forty nine Ers through the first fourteen games

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Speaker 1: of a season in the Super Bowl era. And they

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Speaker 1: don't really get teams off scheduled too much in terms

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Speaker 1: of down and distance either. They've only posted fifty three

554
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Speaker 1: tackles for loss on the year, which is tied for

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Speaker 1: twenty ninth. They rank thirtieth in opponent completion percentage at

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Speaker 1: sixty eight percent. They've allowed thirty five pass plays over

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Speaker 1: twenty which is the sixth most. And again, they've been

558
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Speaker 1: hit hard with injuries and they've had to adapt to

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Speaker 1: some new personnel on that side of the ball. So Rick,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna let you point out some players on that

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Speaker 1: side of the ball for San Francisco that the Colts

562
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Speaker 1: need to be aware of. But for the most part, again,

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Speaker 1: this is a pretty indistinct forty nine ers defense, and

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Speaker 1: you've called it simple compared to most NFL units, So

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Speaker 1: what makes it that in your opinion going into this

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Speaker 1: game on Monday Night football.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, this is again, this is by far the most

568
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 2: simplistic team that we will play all season long. You know,

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Speaker 2: the depleting of the injuries, particularly to Bosa, has so

570
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:49,680
Speaker 2: affected their pass rush and that's why those sack numbers

571
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Speaker 2: are what they are, last in the league. You know,

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Speaker 2: I think their signature and the reason they've basically stayed

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Speaker 2: alive is by being simple. They are very well knit,

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Speaker 2: They don't make mistakes, and they play extremely hard. I mean,

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Speaker 2: everybody's knowing what they do. They play really fast. I

576
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Speaker 2: mentioned before tenth in scoring, which has been basically keeping

577
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Speaker 2: them in the game defensively, but overall, after you said,

578
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Speaker 2: then it gets really it gets really mediocre. Eighteenth total.

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Speaker 2: You know they struggle in the past thirty two and

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Speaker 2: the past rush is abysmal. As you said again, you

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Speaker 2: know we've we experienced Gus Bradley and Gus and Salah

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Speaker 2: have worked together for years. Gus is on his staff now.

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Speaker 2: At one time Salah worked for Gus, and you know it,

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Speaker 2: so we know what it is. It's over, it's bear.

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Speaker 2: Those guys believe that execution is everything, and they're not

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Speaker 2: going to give you a bunch of game plan specifics. Uh,

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00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 2: there's not a lot of creative blitzes here. This is

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Speaker 2: what you see is what you get. You You can

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00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,560
Speaker 2: look at them in mini camp and look at him

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Speaker 2: in week seventeen and they're gonna be pretty much the

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00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:09,239
Speaker 2: same defense. You know, Farrell and Huff two guys like

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Speaker 2: you said, you know with four sacks apiece, they're kind

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Speaker 2: of the best. They don't they don't you don't fear

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Speaker 2: him too much. They run a couple of nickels. Pinnick

595
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 2: is the nickel on first down, and then Stout comes in. Uh,

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00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 2: they're gonna undress their corners all day long, Green and

597
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:31,080
Speaker 2: Leonore because they're gonna play a three deep of some kind,

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00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:34,560
Speaker 2: either man's own or they're gonna play a cover four

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00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 2: with the safety spinning. They get very little help out there.

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Speaker 2: And but you know the other thing is just like here,

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Speaker 2: they really don't hide the coverages. They do not hide

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Speaker 2: their coverages. I think I think basically as far as

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00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,800
Speaker 2: knowing where to go, you know, I think Philip will

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00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 2: will will have you know, he'll know exactly what they're

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Speaker 2: gonna do. But they're gonna play hard, and if they

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00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 2: can get in advance on you, I suspect knowing them,

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00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 2: you're gonna get a ton of that eight man front,

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00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 2: that Hawk three or Hawk forty six sky, and you

609
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:11,720
Speaker 2: might get a little bit more press, maybe a little

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00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:15,760
Speaker 2: bit more one and press them because they won't trust

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Speaker 2: Philip to throw deep. So you know, I think you'll

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00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 2: have eight man front and press until we can loosen

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00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 2: them up. You know, Nick Saban used to tell me,

614
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 2: you know, simple as not better in the NFL, and

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00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,840
Speaker 2: hopefully that works to our advantage. I think in terms

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Speaker 2: of our blueprint, you know, I think the first thing

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Speaker 2: is we have to pound the over bubble. You know,

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00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,040
Speaker 2: we've got to be able to run it into that

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Speaker 2: bubble and rip it. And we got to run off

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00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 2: tackle versus bear. I think their edge guys are really

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00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 2: average on the run, but you have to cut off

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00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,799
Speaker 2: their really pursuit because they really run to the ball

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Speaker 2: from inside out. Winners makes a ton of tackles. So

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Speaker 2: I think the biggest thing is you want to get

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00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,959
Speaker 2: to the edge. As long as you seal the edge

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00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 2: in that regard, I think occasionally the reverse speeds or

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00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,239
Speaker 2: the reverses will hurt them because they will go to

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00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,359
Speaker 2: the ball, they will run hard. I think you can

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Speaker 2: work them in the soft flats even when they're playing

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Speaker 2: forty six. They don't come down and get you. I

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Speaker 2: think we can continue to work screens. You know, JT

632
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 2: looks good out there. I know they stop warring, but

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00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,560
Speaker 2: you know, I'm not gonna stop doing that. And those

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00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:33,080
Speaker 2: quick outs on cover four to the outside, I think

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Speaker 2: you can get that. I think where they're really work

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Speaker 2: weak and we've seen it here is because they play

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Speaker 2: area zone all the time and they don't play a

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00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 2: ton of man. Underneath the safeties and over the linebackers,

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00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 2: there's a ton of area. If you play action, you

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Speaker 2: only extend the area. But even at that, there's a

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Speaker 2: ton of area to working at second level. And that's

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Speaker 2: whe I think Warn and Pittman can eat them up

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Speaker 2: alive into that second level. I also like Boots a

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00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,799
Speaker 2: lot because that moves them, you know, that get them going,

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Speaker 2: That gets them going one way, and then you've got

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00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:17,680
Speaker 2: a flat with a cross again, play action, freeze those

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Speaker 2: backers and just extend those holes back into the zone again.

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Speaker 2: Get let's get Warn and Pittman going back in there.

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Speaker 2: And then number four and this this, this has got

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Speaker 2: to be and this remains to be seen whether Philip

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Speaker 2: can do this or not. But we've got to attack

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Speaker 2: those undressed corners. If not, you know, they're they're just

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Speaker 2: gonna press us. They're gonna get tight on us, they're

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Speaker 2: gonna close the gaps in there. And basically those corners

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00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,239
Speaker 2: are one on one. Even when they play four, they

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Speaker 2: play it tight. They don't give them a lot of help.

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Speaker 2: Philip's gonna be able to read that pre snap, all

658
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:57,720
Speaker 2: those four beaters, layers, strong, four beaters, isolations, all those things,

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Speaker 2: all those things really have their their merit here. And

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Speaker 2: I think you know the other thing now, the last thing,

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00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:08,080
Speaker 2: and we talked about taking it away. Ball security on

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Speaker 2: offense and taking it away. Those are two of their

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Speaker 2: weakest areas. They're only twenty first in the league in takeaways.

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Speaker 2: So get them on their heels, you know, protect the football,

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Speaker 2: don't give them any advantage. Don't let them. And this

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Speaker 2: this is a little bit of an editorial by me.

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Speaker 2: Just don't let them get in that Hawk three all

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Speaker 2: day and stop us. Just don't let it happen, all right.

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturry Right there, those are the blueprints for success

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Speaker 1: for the Colts. Week sixteen is here. The forty nine

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Speaker 1: ers come to town and the Colts are playing on

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Speaker 1: a big stage Monday night football. And time is running out, Rick,

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Speaker 1: As we know, right, the Colts started the season seven

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Speaker 1: and one. Now they're eight and six. They've dropped four

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Speaker 1: in a row. They're on the outside looking in on

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Speaker 1: the AFC playoff picture. So the Colts need to win

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00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 1: like you and I need air to breathe. Brother, It's

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Speaker 1: time and no better stage than prime time national audience,

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Speaker 1: and we'll see what noise the Colts can make down

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Speaker 1: the stretch. So Rick laying on us, man, give us

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Speaker 1: your final instructions and message to the Colts heading into

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Speaker 1: primetime against the Niners.

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Speaker 2: Here, well, before I get started, are you with me

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Speaker 2: on this? I still yearn for Hank Williams Junior. Are

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Speaker 2: you ready? You're ready?

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Speaker 1: Total one thousands.

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Speaker 2: All those years I was in that office and working

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Speaker 2: on something and I'd have the TV in the background,

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00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,399
Speaker 2: and man, that would come off, and you knew it

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00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 2: was Monday night. You didn't have to look at the calendar.

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Speaker 1: No doubt. And there's too many standalone windows now all right,

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00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,439
Speaker 1: I'm gonna sound like old guy. Right, we got international

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00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 1: games and Thursday night and and and and Black Friday games.

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00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 1: It's kind of watered down Monday night football. Now that

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Speaker 1: being said, I still think there's still something precious about

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Speaker 1: the Monday night stage with the Colts. They're gonna get

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00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:57,840
Speaker 1: the opportunity to be a part of that.

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Speaker 2: Couldn't agree with you more And that's part of my

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00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:06,719
Speaker 2: theme tonight. You know, Basically, I'm saying to the team men, gentlemen,

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Speaker 2: it's Monday night, and we are in a life and

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Speaker 2: death battle into twenty five. We win this thing tonight

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00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 2: or we squander that great start in the great opportunity

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00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:23,359
Speaker 2: that we still have. The good news is we have

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Speaker 2: a perceived power team coming in in the NFL Spotlight

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00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 2: Monday Night game. The Niners are ten and four, but

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Speaker 2: they are without question beatable in our house. You must

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00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:46,240
Speaker 2: play the man, not the myth. Joe Montana, Jerry Rice,

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Speaker 2: Ronnie Lott. They're not there. All the tradition means absolutely nothing,

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00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:58,840
Speaker 2: okay nothing to the results of this Monday Night. Control

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00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 2: Purty and McCaffrey all day and shred their average ass defense.

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00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:09,440
Speaker 2: They will be intense because they're coming hot, so be

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Speaker 2: ready for a physical war. Bring your a game, win

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00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:19,799
Speaker 2: at play after play, and number one, finish the game. Men.

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00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:25,360
Speaker 2: Finish the game. Start fast, get that Lucas Oil crowd

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Speaker 2: into it early, and never let up. Never get your

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Speaker 2: foot off the gas. The game will come down to

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Speaker 2: us scoring points, upping our point total again, and finishing

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Speaker 2: the game on defense. It's really that simple. It's those

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Speaker 2: two things I want you to think about and those

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Speaker 2: two things I want you to execute. Understand this The

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Speaker 2: entire football world will be watching and evaluating tonight and

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Speaker 2: more importantly, and to me, this is huge. Everyone that

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Speaker 2: has ever mattered to you, your family, your buddies back home,

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Speaker 2: your former coaches, they will all be watching you, and

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00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 2: they will be focused on you every single play. They

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00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 2: will live and die with your every movement. They will

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00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:26,799
Speaker 2: be your co pilot on the world's biggest stage. Do

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Speaker 2: not let them down.

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Speaker 1: Indeed, all eyes are going to be on this game

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Speaker 1: Monday Night Football prime time in a packed house at

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Speaker 1: Lucas Oil Stadium, ready to roll with Philip Rivers at quarterback.

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Speaker 1: And just in terms of that sidebar, first chance for

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers to play a home game in a Colts

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Speaker 1: uniform with a packed house at Lucas Oil. Obviously, you

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Speaker 1: know the last time he had those opportunities, COVID was

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Speaker 1: still taking over the country and limited capacity. So it's

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Speaker 1: going to be fun to see him out there with

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Speaker 1: a full embrace from Cold Nation. Rick Venturrey, you killed

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Speaker 1: it as always man with the game plans and the

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Speaker 1: breakdown of the forty nine ers and the final instructions.

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Speaker 1: Always love doing this podcast with you, and the next

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Speaker 1: time we do this, it's going to be Christmas Eve.

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Speaker 1: Holy smokes, it's here man. We're down to single digits.

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Speaker 1: So get ready for the holiday and get those last

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Speaker 1: minute details in place for friends and family coming over

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Speaker 1: to the house. Now, Monday Night football, Rick, I know

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00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:29,360
Speaker 1: the answer to this question, but for the sake of

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Speaker 1: the audience that may be new to you and this podcast,

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Speaker 1: how do you feel about Monday night games? Pretty excruciating

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Speaker 1: for the old ball coach. And you had to wait

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00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 1: that long to play a football game a day later

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00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:47,360
Speaker 1: than you normally do. Plus it's an eight point fifteen kickoff.

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Speaker 1: I know that that drove you pretty crazy, did it not.

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00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 2: No, absolutely, you get that coffee ready for me this

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00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:57,160
Speaker 2: week because we will be ready to roll at eight

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Speaker 2: point thirty. I might have to take a nap during

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00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:02,279
Speaker 2: the day. It's right in my old days, in my

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00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 2: early days in coaching, when we played a game that

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00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 2: that you know, and I I haven't had a cigarette

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00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:11,279
Speaker 2: since nineteen ninety five, but in my early days I

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00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:14,239
Speaker 2: used to blaze him and that was a three pack

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00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:20,440
Speaker 2: day waiting for that game. So no, I'm excited about it.

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Speaker 2: I think the extra day probably helps us a little bit. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: you know, particularly with Philip let them, you know, let him,

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Speaker 2: let him rest, you know, at forty four, let them,

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Speaker 2: you know, just let them, let them get ready with

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Speaker 2: an extra day.

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Speaker 1: Should be fun, my friend. Thanks as always for the

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Speaker 1: time you brought it, as always on the information, and

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Speaker 1: we'll see on Monday in primetime. Staying up late, I

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00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 1: should say with Rick Ventury, man, life is pretty good.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you, Rick.

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Speaker 2: Youtobe, my partner. I really look forward to Monday night.

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Speaker 1: Back in the booth with the great Rick Ventury home

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Speaker 1: game for the Colts Week sixteen. That's my man, RV

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Speaker 1: and that's gonna do it for this week in our

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Speaker 1: deep dive into the San Francisco forty nine ers. As always,

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Speaker 1: we got you covered all game day long radio, this

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Speaker 1: time on a Monday night. Coverage Monday starts at five

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Speaker 1: point thirty. Colts pregame huddle kickoff slated for eight point

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Speaker 1: fifteen at Lucas Oil Stadium in the Circle City. All

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Speaker 1: the coverage in Indy ninety three five one oh seven

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Speaker 1: five the Fan ninety seven to one Hank FM, our

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Speaker 1: sister station in town, and all over Colts Country on

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Speaker 1: the Ascension Saint Vincent Radio Network. You can stream on

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00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:25,759
Speaker 1: Colts dot Com. You can stream on the Colts Mobile app,

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Speaker 1: and you can also stream on serious XIM channel eight thirteen.

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Speaker 1: All Right, we're gonna do it again next week, dive

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Speaker 1: back in to the Jacksonville Jaguars, the second of two

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00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:39,840
Speaker 1: beatings between the Colts and the Jags late in the season.

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Speaker 1: Another home game next Sunday for the Colts at Lucas

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Speaker 1: Oil Stadium. But until then, thanks for listening to everybody.

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Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor for Rick Venturrey. This has been Inside

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Speaker 1: Football here in the Colts Podcast Channel. Have a great

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Speaker 1: rest of your week.

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Speaker 2: So on,