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Speaker 1: This is instant game Reaction, an immediate look back at

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Speaker 1: the Colt's latest game and.

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Speaker 2: Trying to make it.

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Speaker 1: Adjustment of the ball is by cal Pepany catched it

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Speaker 1: how he rubbles across the done touchdown.

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Speaker 2: I'm forty two.

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Speaker 3: You stright airing out down Bill down the far sideline

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Speaker 2: Intercepted by the Colts.

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Speaker 3: Please ahead, touchdown.

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Speaker 1: In d Why Now, here's your host, Jjsankovitz from Colts

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Speaker 2: What's up?

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Speaker 1: Everyone?

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Speaker 3: Welcome into another episode of Instant Reaction here on the

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Speaker 3: Golts Audio Network. I'm JJ's Tancob. It's joined by Bill Brooks,

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Speaker 3: Colts Ringabonner wide Receiver. We do this after every game.

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Speaker 3: We love doing it, and we are talking about a

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Speaker 3: Colt's victory.

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Speaker 1: Bill uh.

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Speaker 3: But to keep in the theme of preseason, the Colts

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Speaker 3: won twenty four to seventeen over the Chicago Bears on Saturday.

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Speaker 3: That is the last time we are going to talk

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Speaker 3: about the score on this podcast.

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Speaker 1: Bill.

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Speaker 3: Probably the big news just to start the game off,

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Speaker 3: was that Shane Stikeen elected to not play his starters

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Speaker 2: After the game.

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Speaker 3: Shane talked about how pleased he was with the work

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Speaker 3: that the Colts got over those joint practices on Wednesday

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Speaker 3: and Thursday with the Chicago Bears bill those ran about

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Speaker 3: in those you were up there for those joint practices,

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Speaker 3: You saw the work the Colts put in. What do

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Speaker 3: you think they got out of those? And do you

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Speaker 3: think that was reasonable then to say, all right, we

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Speaker 3: don't need to overwork our starters in a preseason game

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Speaker 2: Well, I thought it was good work up there and

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Speaker 2: There are a lot of aggressive work, physical work up there.

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Speaker 2: And you know, when you have the starters going a

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Speaker 2: to kind of script what you want, what you want

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Speaker 2: as far as red zone, third down, short yard, edge,

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Speaker 2: goal line, all those things. You get a chance to

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Speaker 2: because if they weren't, weren't pleased with I thought you

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Speaker 2: So they were pleased with the work that the guys

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Speaker 2: next week as far as what the guys do as

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Speaker 3: So Shane Stikeen did say that he was leaning toward

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Speaker 3: possibly playing the starters on Thursday against the Eagles. You know,

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Speaker 3: it's just one joint practice, and you know, I guess

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Speaker 3: That would kind of line up and make a little

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Speaker 3: Bill kind of like you were saying. But I brought

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Speaker 2: Oh by far. You don't don't want to do it

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Speaker 2: So it's something that definitely I think benefit the Colts

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Speaker 3: All right, let's get into the game action that we

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Speaker 2: Oh by far. He's He's a veteran that's been around

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Speaker 3: Another guy I want to touch on Bill, who I

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Speaker 3: And then he did it again for his second catch.

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Speaker 2: Yes, the Colts are excited about having him in the

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Speaker 2: And then if you get the ball in his hands

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Speaker 2: So the young man, I mean, I've been impressed with

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Speaker 3: I think what you're talking about there with the weak spots, Bill,

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Speaker 3: what's so impressive to me is, you know, to do

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Speaker 3: understanding of where everyone else, like how everyone else's route

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Speaker 3: fits into what you're doing. Right. Yes, Like it's not

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Speaker 3: Sam Alngerm made a great throw on that ball, but

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Speaker 3: Eagles preseason finale, and then it's onto the regular season. Bill,

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Speaker 2: So looking forward to all of them.

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Speaker 3: Always. We will keep him coming to you here on

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Speaker 3: the Colts Audio Network as soon as we can after

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Speaker 3: every game. I think for all the one o'clock games,

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Speaker 3: we will have those out Sunday night. But for these

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Speaker 3: night games, Bill, I'm not taping this at three o'clock

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Speaker 3: that's too late.

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Speaker 2: I'm not offended by it, JJ, believe me. At three

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Speaker 2: o'clock in the morning, I was just getting back home

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Speaker 2: and just getting my head on the pillow. So it's

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Speaker 2: a I'm glad we did it today and look forward

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Speaker 2: to the rest of them.

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Speaker 3: All Right, Well, thank you to everyone for listening to

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Speaker 3: this episode of Instant Reaction here on the Colts Audio Network.

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Speaker 3: For Bill Brooks, i'm JJ's Tankowitz. We will talk to

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Speaker 3: you next week after the Colts finish up the preseason

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Speaker 3: with the Philadelphia Eagles.