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Speaker 1: What's up everyone, I'm JJ Stankovitz. Welcome into another episode

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Speaker 1: of Instant Reaction here on the Colts Audio Network. I'm

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Speaker 1: joined every week by Colts Ring of Honor wide receiver

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Speaker 1: Bill Brooks as we break down the Colts' latest game.

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Speaker 1: The Colts bill opened the twenty twenty four season with

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Speaker 1: a twenty nine to twenty seven loss to the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: A lot to get into for anyone who's listening watching. Sorry,

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Speaker 1: my audio isn't very good, having some microphone issues, but

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Speaker 1: we wanted to make sure we got this episode out

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Speaker 1: to you because again, Bill plenty to talk about with

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Speaker 1: the Colts season opener. The thing that jumped out to

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Speaker 1: me as I left the stadium and as I thought

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Speaker 1: about it, dah Man, you know the Colts stinks. They

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Speaker 1: lost this game. The thing that kept going back to

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Speaker 1: Bill was like, Man, did you see Anthony Richardson play

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Speaker 1: football today? Did you see it? Because I saw it,

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Speaker 1: and that was remarkable what he was able to do

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Speaker 1: on the field today.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he made some exciting plays out there today on

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Speaker 2: the field. You know that touchdown to the Alec Pierce

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Speaker 2: there where he was dropping back and he lost his

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Speaker 2: footing for a second there, gathered himself and threw the

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Speaker 2: ball down the field and made a big play to

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Speaker 2: Alec and Alex took it into the end zone. So

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Speaker 2: those are the type of plays that we expect to

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Speaker 2: see from Anthony. Big plays like that or the other

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Speaker 2: play threw down the field to Ashton Dulan Dula makes

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Speaker 2: a nice catch takes it into the end zone for

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Speaker 2: a touchdown. So those are some of the plays that

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Speaker 2: we expect from him. And to me, the big fourth

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Speaker 2: down play, they running around at the end there and

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Speaker 2: kind of imposing his will on someone, running someone over

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Speaker 2: and getting into the end zone when he needed to

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Speaker 2: get into the end zone that fourth down.

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Speaker 3: So those are the type of.

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Speaker 2: Plays that we are excited about from Anthony Richardson and

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Speaker 2: I know the players are excited about it too, because

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Speaker 2: he can make those type of big plays and those

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Speaker 2: are the type of plays, explosive plays that are going

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Speaker 2: to help this coach's offense.

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Speaker 1: So let's talk about that one to Alec that that

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Speaker 1: kind of opened the scoring. It traveled sixty five point

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Speaker 1: three yards in the air bill according to Next Gen Stats,

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Speaker 1: that is the third longest pass that they have ever tracked,

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Speaker 1: so just the sheer distance that he threw that ball.

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Speaker 1: But like if he had stepped up in a clean

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Speaker 1: a stride to really step into that throw, you'd be like, man,

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Speaker 1: that was still an incredible throw. He threw it with

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Speaker 1: such accuracy downfield. Alec Pearce didn't have to decelerate a

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Speaker 1: whole lot to go get it. But then you think

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Speaker 1: about bill that Anthony Richardson lost his footing before he

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Speaker 1: threw it, and then he somehow regained his footing, was

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Speaker 1: feeling pressure from the right, so he slid a little

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Speaker 1: bit to the left and then threw it downfield. Like

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Speaker 1: the fact that he could even access that throw in

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Speaker 1: his brain, let alone complete it, is just like there.

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's another quarterback in the NFL, another

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Speaker 1: quarterback who's playing football currently who can do what he

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Speaker 1: did on that play exactly.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you think about it.

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Speaker 2: He has to have a lot of confidence is his

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Speaker 2: ability for as I said earlier, he lost his footing,

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Speaker 2: someone's in his face, he's getting pressure, but he still

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Speaker 2: felt that he could get that ball to Alec down

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Speaker 2: the field, and that was a long throw. It's not

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Speaker 2: like he was throwing the ball ten yards of five

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Speaker 2: yards out to the flat. He was unleashing that ball

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Speaker 2: down the field to Alex and Alec made a nice

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Speaker 2: So that says a lot about Anthony what he believes

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Speaker 2: in himself as far as his ability to get the

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Speaker 2: throw it in that situation.

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Speaker 1: You never, in my mind, just went Bill on this

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Speaker 1: was There was an ESPN commercial, right, I think it

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Speaker 1: was a Nike commercial maybe from like two thousand where

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Speaker 1: it was like Michael Vick kneeling and he threw the

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Speaker 1: clearly doctored. You didn't have to doctor or anything about

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Speaker 1: what Anthony Richardson did there throwing the ball sixty five

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Speaker 1: go kneel at the goal line. He could actually throw

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Speaker 1: it one hundred yards if he really wanted to. But

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Speaker 1: for him to be able to make that play, and

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Speaker 1: really at any point in this game, you're just like

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Speaker 1: he could come up with an explosive play as a

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Speaker 1: former player, Bill, when you know you have a player

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Speaker 1: who can do that, who keeps you in every game

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Speaker 1: because of his playmaking ability. What does that do for

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Speaker 1: the general mood on the sideline if you're losing, if

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Speaker 1: things aren't maybe going your way, How does that kind

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Speaker 1: of keep spirits up and keep confidence up for a

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Speaker 1: player in a game like that, Well, what.

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Speaker 2: It does for you is that no matter what happens

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Speaker 2: in the game, if things aren't going well for you,

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Speaker 2: say you're not winning, or you're down by multiple scores

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Speaker 2: and you need to come back and win a game,

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Speaker 2: or in the second half you're down multiple scores, you know,

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Speaker 2: with a guy like that, you still have a chance

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Speaker 2: in a game. You still have a chance to win

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Speaker 2: a game. And no matter what the score is, you

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Speaker 2: don't feel like you're out of a game. And that's

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Speaker 2: a good feeling. That means that you feel comfortable, you're

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Speaker 2: excited about it. You know you have a chance, and

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Speaker 2: that's all you want. You want a chance every time

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Speaker 2: you step out there in the football field, and with

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Speaker 2: Anthony and Richardson, you have a chance to win football games.

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Speaker 2: With an individual with that type of ability and to

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Speaker 2: be able to do the things that he can do

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Speaker 2: on a football field, it gives you a lot of

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Speaker 2: confidence knowing that, hey, we're in every game and no

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Speaker 2: matter what the score is, we can't come back and

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Speaker 2: possibly win a game.

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Speaker 1: I mean, just his the stuff he can access as

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Speaker 1: a quarterback is stuff that most other quarterbacks can't even

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Speaker 1: think about doing. Most other quarterbacks if they lose their

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Speaker 1: footing on a shot play, all right, like we got

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Speaker 1: to check it down, We got to get the ball out.

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Speaker 1: You know. Okay, yeah, Alec might have a step downfield,

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Speaker 1: but I can't get him the ball because I can't

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Speaker 1: step into this. Anthony Richardson doesn't have any of that.

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Speaker 1: He can still access it. He can still say yes,

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Speaker 1: I think I can make that play, and then he

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Speaker 1: does the same thing with Alec later in the game.

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Speaker 1: He did step into that one a little bit more,

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Speaker 1: but that one traveled sixty plus yards in the air too,

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Speaker 1: coming on third and fifteen in the situation where the

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Speaker 1: Colts had to have an explosive play. The other one

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Speaker 1: to Ashton Doolan, where that one the zip that he

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Speaker 1: we're going to get into some of the misses he

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Speaker 1: fact that he threw that ball and it probably didn't

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Speaker 1: go more than ten yards off the ground and the

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Speaker 1: pace it had on it. Aziz al Shire was a

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Speaker 1: if you look at it, he's like whiffing at it.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he's whiffing at the ball or

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Speaker 1: if he's a whiffing at Ashton Doolan. But I equate

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Speaker 1: it Bill to like if I faced prime Randy Johnson,

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Speaker 1: that's how late on his fastball I would be. Was

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Speaker 1: like how late Aziz al Shire was on that ball

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Speaker 1: because it had so much pace on it. And that's

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Speaker 1: another throw Bill, Just such a remarkable play by the

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Speaker 1: Colts quarterback. That again, if you need an explosive play

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Speaker 1: at any moment, Anthony Richardson can deliver one.

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Speaker 3: He can do it now.

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Speaker 2: He can put zip on the ball where he needs

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Speaker 2: so you can hit the receiver and stride there, you

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Speaker 2: can receive, we can catch it and take it to

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Speaker 2: the house, which Ashton did. And it's great to see

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Speaker 2: Ashton out there and making big plays. But Anthony has

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Speaker 2: that type of talent. He's one of those individuals that,

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Speaker 2: you know what he has, probably talent that he doesn't

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Speaker 2: even know yet that he has that he can some

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Speaker 2: of the things he can do out there in the

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Speaker 2: football field. It's very talented young man, very gifted, and

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Speaker 2: he can throw the ball. I mean, you know we

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Speaker 2: talked about before. I mean his rookie year, the time

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Speaker 2: in practice and training camp he rolls to the left

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Speaker 2: the field and training camp his rookie year, and Alec

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Speaker 2: guy's roll on left and throwing him back. I think

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Speaker 2: it was about fifty yards during that practice, So it was.

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Speaker 2: It's one of those things where as a young man

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Speaker 2: him develop that talent as he go as he goes

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Speaker 2: along in his career, and I think if he continues

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Speaker 2: to develop and grow, we want to see a lot

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Speaker 2: more explosive plays like that from him.

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Speaker 1: So a couple of misses in this game for Anthony Richardson,

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Speaker 1: Mitchell overthrows him a little bit. And then the other

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Speaker 1: one was another one to Mitchell. There was a legal

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Speaker 1: But another one Dow that was down the far sideline

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Speaker 1: he missed just you know, Shane Steichen chucked it up

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Speaker 1: after the game build like quarterbacks are gonna misth throws.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna happen. The thing that maybe I go back

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Speaker 1: to here with those is like if that were a

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Speaker 1: lot of other quarterbacks around the NFL and they missed

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Speaker 1: only time we're going to get a guy opened downfield.

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Speaker 1: That was our one chance you're gonna have five or

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Speaker 1: six of those chances with Anthony Richardson, and if he

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Speaker 1: hits three of them like you did today, you're still

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Speaker 1: in pretty good shape as an offense. You'd obviously love

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Speaker 1: to have those, especially the one in the end zone

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Speaker 1: to Mitchell that you wind up having the interception a

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Speaker 1: couple of plays later. But you can live with those

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Speaker 1: misses with Anthony Richardson a little bit more than you

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Speaker 1: could with a lot of other quarterbacks.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, especially right now, as he continues to grow and develops,

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Speaker 2: You're going to have some of those plays. And like

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Speaker 2: Shane says, quarterbacks are gonna miss sometimes once in a while.

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Speaker 2: Look some of the veterans, the guys have been around

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Speaker 2: the league ten and eleven years. They miss throws here

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Speaker 2: and there. It's going to happen in the National Football League.

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Speaker 2: We would love for everyone to be perfect, but that

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Speaker 2: just does not happen in this league. So, yes, he's

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Speaker 2: going to miss some plays. But I'm sure Anthony and

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Speaker 2: of course the team would love to have those plays

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Speaker 2: that he can go down and score and make a

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Speaker 2: I think they will be successful. One reason is because

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Speaker 1: By the way, he became the first quarterback in the

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Speaker 1: Is pretty rare, well, he smiled there. Yes, the Colts

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Speaker 1: do need to improve their efficiency in between those explosive plays.

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Speaker 1: Those can cover for a lot. But I thought Jonathan

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Speaker 2: You know, in the previous year, as we were talking about,

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Speaker 2: now we have the explosive plays. Now we just have

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Speaker 2: Because we can do that and be consistent and move

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Speaker 2: It's just a matter of the team cleaning up some

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Speaker 2: I think they will. I think they'll clean those things up.

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Speaker 1: Let's flip it over to defense here, Bill. Surprising, I

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Speaker 3: No, you don't want that.

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Speaker 2: You don't want your safeties making that many tackles down

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Speaker 2: The guys at front deep, the line linebackers aren't making

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Speaker 3: Give the Texans credit, give Joe Mixon credit.

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Speaker 2: They did a nice job.

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Speaker 3: But I think that's.

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Speaker 2: Something definitely the coach's front line, these guys up front,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it certainly was uncharacteristic for that front

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Speaker 3: And it just bet by mine, it makes you tired.

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Speaker 2: You know, don't have that much strength out there, they're

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Speaker 2: made nice play, went up and got the ball, held

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Speaker 2: on to it, and you know, give him credit.

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Speaker 3: Nic Nicole Collins was a good wide receiver. Let's let's

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Speaker 3: get that out of the way.

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Speaker 2: He's a very good wide receiver and let you know,

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Speaker 2: give him a credit what credit's doing the catch he

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Speaker 2: made on the sideline there at the end of the

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Speaker 2: game and get the first down. That was good covers

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Speaker 2: by Jalen Jones. I mean from my standpoint, I thought

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Speaker 2: he was right there.

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Speaker 3: Good throw by c. J. Stroud.

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Speaker 2: Give them credit of in that play of the throw

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Speaker 2: and the catch and Nico getting one knee down which

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Speaker 2: equals two feet, so gave him credit and they got

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Speaker 2: a first down out of it. So I thought, I

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Speaker 2: thought for the most part, you know, they did some

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Speaker 2: good things back there as far as the corners playing

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Speaker 2: some coverage back there. But you know what, Uson made

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Speaker 2: enough place to outscore the Coats.

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Speaker 1: By the way that I mean that throw to Nico

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Speaker 1: Collins on third down, that that really sealed the game

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Speaker 1: like that that that you know, it took a couple

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Speaker 1: of runs from Joe Mixon after, but like that, that

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Speaker 1: really sealed the game. That wasn't just a good throw, Bill,

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Speaker 1: I would say that was a perfect throw. And CJ.

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Speaker 1: Stroud said after the game in his press conference that

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Speaker 1: you know what's that old saying there's no perfect defense

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Speaker 1: for a perfect throw, Like if he if that throw

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Speaker 1: is not with thrown at the precision that he threw

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Speaker 1: it with, it's incomplete and the Colts are getting the

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Speaker 1: ball back with two timeouts left and about admitted and

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Speaker 1: fifty to go. That that kind of throw, Like I

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Speaker 1: turned to Greg Rerakstraw up in the PA booth and

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Speaker 1: I go, that's a kind of throw at windsy divisions.

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Speaker 1: Like all credit to c J. Stroud and the Nico

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Speaker 1: Collins on that one. Jialen Jones could not have played

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Speaker 1: that one any better. And that's one of those where

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Speaker 1: you wish you didn't have to tip your cap to

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Speaker 1: the opposing team, but you gotta tip your cap there.

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Speaker 1: That was a that was an elite throw by c J.

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Speaker 1: Stroud right there.

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Speaker 3: It was an elite throw by c J. Stroud.

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Speaker 2: Nice route by Nico Collins, nice catch by Nico Collins.

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Speaker 2: But to me, what that tells me is the coaching

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Speaker 2: staff of Houston Texans, they have a lot of confidence

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Speaker 2: in CJ. Stroud, him being in the second year. On

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Speaker 2: that situation, third down, you know what, do you want

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Speaker 2: to punt? Take a chance on your defense as far

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Speaker 2: as you know you have conference in your defense, defense

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Speaker 2: can try to stop the Coats from going downfield and

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Speaker 2: getting a field goal to win the game. That says

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Speaker 2: a lot because if the balls ain't complete, Flox stops

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Speaker 2: and what are you gotta do from there? So give

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Speaker 2: them credit. They have a lot of conference and Crow

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Speaker 2: c J. Straw has conference and you go Collins and

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Speaker 2: those guys made that play work and got on.

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Speaker 3: My first down.

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Speaker 1: So the one play from the secondary that I think

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Speaker 1: really hurt was the holding on Jalen Jones in the

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Speaker 1: end zone. That was a play. It was a third

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Speaker 1: and eight on the Houston on the Indy eight yard line.

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Speaker 1: Excuse me, third and goal in the eight and it

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Speaker 1: was fifteen to thirteen at that point early in the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter.

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Speaker 3: C J.

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Speaker 1: Stroud gets pressured, he rolls out, no one's there. He

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Speaker 1: throws it Kennymore the second picks it off. But there

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Speaker 1: was holding on the play. It looked like Jalen Jones.

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Speaker 1: I think it was Tank Dell who he committed the

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Speaker 1: infraction on that. That was the one that I think

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Speaker 1: you'd probably want back as a defense because there there

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Speaker 1: wasn't a whole lot there. But that was another one

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Speaker 1: where Stroud made a lot of his plays bill in

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Speaker 1: this game. When he escaped pressure outside the pocket, and

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Speaker 1: the Colts got him down four times in this game.

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Speaker 1: I thought the pass rush was pretty good as a whole.

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Speaker 1: I think think they maybe got to Stroud a little

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Speaker 1: bit as the game went on, but ultimately Stroud's ability

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Speaker 1: to make plays even when he was forced outside the pocket,

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Speaker 1: that put a lot of strain on the defensive backs.

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Speaker 1: That put a lot of strain on the entire defense,

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Speaker 1: and that one right there in particular, if you hold

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Speaker 1: Houston to a field goal there, it's eighteen to thirteen

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Speaker 1: instead of twenty two to thirteen in that moment, So

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Speaker 1: that was a big difference there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, when the quarterback has the opportunity to get out

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Speaker 2: of the pocket and scramble, it puts a lot of

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Speaker 2: stress on the secondary because as a wide receiver, I'm thinking, Okay,

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Speaker 2: my quarterbacks out of the pocket, let me go through

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Speaker 2: my scramble drew principles and get open.

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Speaker 3: Try to find an open spot. Hopefully the quarterback sees me,

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Speaker 3: it gets me the ball.

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Speaker 2: But then everything else, whether as far as the defensive

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Speaker 2: back is concerned, goes out the window because you're just

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Speaker 2: chasing and people and are receivers are trying to find

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Speaker 2: an open spot and then guys are running around kind

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Speaker 2: of like playground football out there, but they make a play.

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Speaker 2: CJ made a couple of those plays, and they get

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Speaker 2: out of the pocket and you scramble and then put

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Speaker 2: stress on the secondary. When when the quarterback can get

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Speaker 2: out of the pocket, and CJ. Stroud does that well

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Speaker 2: enough to put stress on the defense and he can

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Speaker 2: complete passes. He can throw the ball and run pretty

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Speaker 2: well and get the ball to his his receivers.

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Speaker 1: So you know, if you look at the game CJ.

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Speaker 1: Stroud had, he only had two completions of twenty or

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Speaker 1: more yards, which I think is you know, generally encouraging

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Speaker 1: that the Colts were able to kind of keep a

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Speaker 1: lid on this attack again outside of that one deep

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Speaker 1: ball to Eco Collins. So you know, you come out

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Speaker 1: of it feeling probably better about the secondary than you

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Speaker 1: maybe did coming into the game, but you come out

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Speaker 1: of it feeling worse about the run defense than you

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Speaker 1: did coming into the game. So hopefully the Colts can

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Speaker 1: figure out some solutions to the run defense while keeping

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Speaker 1: the play of the secondary at a at a level

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Speaker 1: that isn't allowing a ton of explosives that he is

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Speaker 1: making some you know, more plays on the ball when

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Speaker 1: they get the opportunity. The Juju almost having the interception

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Speaker 1: down the sideline. He talked about it after the game, like,

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Speaker 1: you know, you think about the Kansas City Baltimore game

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Speaker 1: Whereasaiah likely toe is out of bounds and that would

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Speaker 1: have potentially won Baltimore the game. Well, Juju Brent's heel

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Speaker 1: was just barely out of bounds on the sideline, and

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Speaker 1: it's you know, people say it's a game of inches.

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Speaker 1: It's usually a cliche, but in that moment, Bill, you know,

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Speaker 1: comes down to just a quarter of an inch and

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Speaker 1: the cultiva a turnover there exactly.

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Speaker 3: And you never know.

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Speaker 2: One of my coaches, who's all would tell me play

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Speaker 2: every play like it's the last play because you don't

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Speaker 2: know which play is going to be the big play,

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Speaker 2: and that's going to change the complexion of the game.

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Speaker 2: And you know what, if Juju gets that and a

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Speaker 2: couple of inches, he guess that the game changes. So

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Speaker 2: you never know what's going to happen out there. So yes,

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Speaker 2: I mean hopefully, And you talked about, you know what,

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Speaker 2: the run game. The run defense wasn't as good as

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Speaker 2: we wanted to be, and maybe the pass defense in

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Speaker 2: the second day was a little bit better than we

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Speaker 2: thought it was going to be.

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Speaker 3: But now for them going forward, they need to put

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Speaker 3: all that together.

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Speaker 2: They need to continue to play well in the pass defense,

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Speaker 2: and they need to do well and then run defense.

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Speaker 2: I say, improve on that and run defense. If they

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Speaker 2: can do those things from a defensive standpoint, they'll be fine.

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Speaker 2: And then also from an offensive standpoint, making sure that

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Speaker 2: we be a little bit more consistent on the plays

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Speaker 2: that we need to make to get first down, second

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Speaker 2: and eight or third and seven. We need to get

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Speaker 2: the first downs and complete some passes or run the

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Speaker 2: ball a lot more effectively efficiently during the game. So

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Speaker 2: if we can kind of put those things together and

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Speaker 2: let the special teams continue to make plays, blocking punts

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Speaker 2: and doing things like that, then those are things you

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Speaker 2: want to do. And then that's when you say, Okay,

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Speaker 2: this team is really really ready to go, and hopefully

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Speaker 2: we'll see that throughout the season.

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Speaker 1: I was going to say two quick shoutouts on special teams.

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Speaker 1: Bill Shake goul Loubie coming up with a block punt,

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Speaker 1: his second blocked punt of his career. Just another really,

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Speaker 1: really remarkable play that really sent some momentum into the

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Speaker 1: Colts when they needed it. And then Spencer Schrader, I

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Speaker 1: mean they didn't need him for a field goal, but

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Speaker 1: guy hit all his pats and you know, Matt Gay,

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Speaker 1: it looked like Mackay was trying to give it a

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Speaker 1: go in pre game, but ultimately came down to the

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Speaker 1: Colts had to go with Spencer Schrader and credit to

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Speaker 1: him that he you know, hey, you these are some

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Speaker 1: big kicks. Pats are not chip shots anymore. And credit

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Speaker 1: to him that he stepped up and that wasn't an

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Speaker 1: issue for the Colts today. So those two guys just

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Speaker 1: quick little shoutouts on special teams.

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Speaker 2: Definitely they Spencer did a nice job out there as

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Speaker 2: far as kicking your extra points as you said, and

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Speaker 2: not chip shots like they used to be. You have

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Speaker 2: to make them and they have a you know, little

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Speaker 2: I would say there's there's some risks there of course,

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Speaker 2: as far as trying to make those kicks, but give

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Speaker 2: them give him credit for that, and Alubi making a

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Speaker 2: nice play there blocking the punt, and know, give coach

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Speaker 2: Mason credit. You know, those guys get out there and

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Speaker 2: to make sure that they're trying to make give those

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Speaker 2: guys the opportunity to make plays, and Coach Mason gave

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Speaker 2: those guys up between you to make a play and

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Speaker 2: we'll be made a play.

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Speaker 3: To block a punt is turn to point of the game.

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Speaker 2: Really, I thought, you know, it gave him some momentum

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Speaker 2: from the Coats, but unfortunately it wasn't enough to get

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Speaker 2: them over the top.

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Speaker 1: Real quick, on on Brian Mason. This is a guy

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Speaker 1: who when he was at Notre Dame, I think they

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Speaker 1: blocked a punt in like five straight games. There's he's

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Speaker 1: got something to him on punt block, Like he's he's

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Speaker 1: got some ideas that clearly work to block punts because

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Speaker 1: you teams will go whole seasons hold you know, three

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Speaker 1: four year stretches without block and a punt, and the

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Speaker 1: Colts have now had three in the last two years.

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Speaker 1: So credit credit there to Brian Mason exactly.

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Speaker 3: And as a play that's what you want. You want

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Speaker 3: to you want to have an opportunity to make a play.

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Speaker 2: You know, we talk about special teams and people that

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Speaker 2: play special teams, they want to go out there and

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Speaker 2: be able to make a play, be able to make

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Speaker 2: a spla and if the coach can, if the coach

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Speaker 2: can put you in a position to.

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Speaker 3: Make a play, that's all you want.

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Speaker 2: And I said earlier, all you want is an opportunity,

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Speaker 2: and Loubie had the opportunity and he made the play.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, that is gonna do it for us

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Speaker 1: here on this episode of Instant Reaction on the Colts

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Speaker 1: Audio Network and on YouTube. Bill and I will be

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Speaker 1: back next Sunday night after the Colts face the Jordan

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Speaker 1: love List, Green Bay Packers Loveless. That's that's gonna play

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Speaker 1: into some puns this week.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure it will.

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Speaker 1: There's no love Well, no, I'm not gonna go that far.

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Speaker 1: All right, anyways, that's gonna do it for us Here

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Speaker 1: this episode of the Instant Reaction. The Colts lose Week

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Speaker 1: one to the Houston Texans, but again, Bill and I

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Speaker 1: will be back next Sunday after the Colts face the

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Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers. In between, please subscribe to us on

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Speaker 1: the Colts Audio Network. Rate and review us. We love

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Speaker 1: seeing those five star reviews come in. Watch us on

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Speaker 1: YouTube the Official Cults podcast back there on Tuesday and Thursday.

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Speaker 1: On the Colts Audio at Work, we got Colts Round

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Speaker 1: Table Live coming up on Monday, Inside Football with Rick

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Speaker 1: Venturi on Wednesday, and the Two Minute Drill with myself

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Speaker 1: and Amanda Foster on Friday, and then again Bill and

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Speaker 1: I will be talking to you again Sunday night, after

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Speaker 1: the Colts get back from Green Bay, Wisconsin. Until then,

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Speaker 1: thanks for listening, Thanks for watching so long,