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Speaker 2: We're taking your social media questions on the mail bag.

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Speaker 2: Get those in with the hashtag Colts Roundtable on X

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Speaker 2: That's always the best way to reach us. But on

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Speaker 3: Okay, talk to go pillas, bang bang playing bang bang,

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Speaker 6: with Rivers. He improved a lot. He showed me more

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Speaker 6: than even I thought he had in him, just in

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Speaker 6: terms of running the operation. But you know, coach mentioned

433
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Speaker 6: it during this five game losing streak, Jonathan Taylor has

434
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Speaker 6: not reached one hundred yards. You know, he had his

435
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Speaker 6: lowest output of the season last night. And I know

436
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Speaker 6: the offensive line was banged up. You had four guys

437
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Speaker 6: playing different positions, especially after Borderlini went out, you know,

438
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Speaker 6: on that first series of the game. I do think

439
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Speaker 6: that affected us in the run game more than the

440
00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,520
Speaker 6: past game. I thought they held up well in pass protection.

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Speaker 6: Now San Franz rush is not good, but I think

442
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Speaker 6: in the run game, you know, I think that limited

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Speaker 6: some of the different schemes we were doing because you

444
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Speaker 6: have so many different guys at new spots in terms

445
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Speaker 6: of the traps and the whams and kind of the

446
00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,520
Speaker 6: complexity of the scheme. But we were just never able

447
00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,240
Speaker 6: to get Jonathan going. And that's kind of been the

448
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Speaker 6: story of this team for the last five weeks. But

449
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Speaker 6: you know, when I think about at the end of

450
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Speaker 6: the day, this five game losing streak, the word that

451
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Speaker 6: comes there's there's two things. One is complimentary football, because

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Speaker 6: you know, there's games and there where our defense has

453
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Speaker 6: played well enough to win, right holding teams to eighteen

454
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Speaker 6: points or twenty points, and our offense can't get over

455
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Speaker 6: the hump. And then you got a game like last

456
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Speaker 6: night when we put up twenty seven and it could

457
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Speaker 6: have been more if we were in control of the

458
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Speaker 6: game and we weren't having to force our hand throw

459
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Speaker 6: the ball, the entire fourth quarter and then our defense

460
00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,000
Speaker 6: just completely laid an egg. So it's just like this

461
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Speaker 6: team is just kind of out of sync right now

462
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Speaker 6: in terms of what they're doing. Special teams has been

463
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Speaker 6: good overall, but you know, we've been shaky at certain

464
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Speaker 6: points when we need it, and it just seems like

465
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Speaker 6: the three phases of the game that you have to

466
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,439
Speaker 6: have have not been in cohesion with each other. And

467
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Speaker 6: I wish I had an answer for that, I just

468
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Speaker 6: unfortunately don't. And then, you know, the last thing I'll

469
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Speaker 6: say that I think has been you know, continued to

470
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Speaker 6: show up week after week after weeks when we need

471
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Speaker 6: to make a play defensively, when it's third and nine,

472
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Speaker 6: when it's third and ten and we're rushing for we

473
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Speaker 6: just get no pressure.

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Speaker 4: Right.

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Speaker 6: I know, we had one sack last night and it

476
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Speaker 6: was kind of indicative of the game, right, Latu beats Feral,

477
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Speaker 6: they're tight end there, Yeah, and the ball pops right

478
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Speaker 6: back when his handy runs it for twelves a positive

479
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:02,840
Speaker 6: play when we have a chance to make a really

480
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Speaker 6: you know, game changing play and pin them back there.

481
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Speaker 6: But again, in Law too made that sack, and I

482
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Speaker 6: think that's seven and a half for the season. But

483
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Speaker 6: you know, he made it on a tight end when

484
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Speaker 6: they were sliding the protection right when we have our

485
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Speaker 6: edge rushers and we're going against their tackles and we're

486
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Speaker 6: five on four, you know, which is generally what you

487
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Speaker 6: play on most passing downs. When you got to have

488
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Speaker 6: it in your drop seven, we just have not gotten

489
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Speaker 6: you know, anywhere close to the quarterback. And to me,

490
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Speaker 6: that's something that you got to look along and hard at,

491
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Speaker 6: you know, going you know next year into the offseason

492
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Speaker 6: about finding ways to create that pass rush because when

493
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Speaker 6: you got closers on the other side, when you got

494
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Speaker 6: game changers on the other side. I was lucky to

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Speaker 6: play with two of the best out there in Fremie

496
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Speaker 6: and mathis that's what you need, especially when you get

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Speaker 6: into the third and the fourth quarter and you're trying

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Speaker 6: to close out games defensively.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, fantastic breakdown. That's Joe Wrights before that Rick Venturre

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Speaker 2: And that's the tail of the tape here with the

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Speaker 2: fella as their reactions from watching the game film Monday Night,

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Speaker 2: a blowout loss to the forty nine ers, and the

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Speaker 2: loss eliminates the Colts by the way from being able

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Speaker 2: to win the AFC South, so the drought inside the

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Speaker 2: division now reaches eleven straight years, and it also puts

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Speaker 2: their playoff chances at less than five percent heading into

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Speaker 2: Week seventeen in a rematch contest coming up against the

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Speaker 2: to battle into a segment we call it the Hard Truce.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. This is Colts Around Table live, this time

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Speaker 2: more with Rick vent Turrey and Joe Wrights and now

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Speaker 2: it's time for a segment called the Hard Truths. After

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Speaker 2: their fifth straight loss, the Colts have some hard truths

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Speaker 2: to deal with. Let's break them down and discuss the

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Speaker 2: big ones that are still plaguing this team. And the

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Speaker 2: first hard truth, Rick Ventury, is the defensive fade. The

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00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,840
Speaker 2: defense is fading down the stretch and you got a

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Speaker 2: new scheme on that side of the ball. Colts first

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Speaker 2: year defensive coordinator lou An Rumo is seeing his unit

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Speaker 2: kind of weaken down the stretch of the season. Here.

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Speaker 2: During this five game losing skid, the Colts defense ranks

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Speaker 2: thirty first in passing, thirty first in yards allowed, and

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Speaker 2: twenty eighth in points allowed. And the big plays continue

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Speaker 2: to haunt the Colts. We talked about it last week.

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Speaker 2: Unfortunately we're still talking about it. Following Monday Night Football,

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Speaker 2: the Colts allowed the forty nine ers to post eleven

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00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,960
Speaker 2: plays that covered at least fifteen yards. In the last

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Speaker 2: five games, the Colts have now allowed thirty eight completions

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Speaker 2: over fifteen yards and brock Purty finished with a season

553
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:51,399
Speaker 2: high nine point four air yards per attempt against the

554
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Speaker 2: Colts depleted secondary. But the hard truth right now is

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Speaker 2: Rick the Colts defense is right back where it was

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Speaker 2: in last season, towards the bottom of the league at

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Speaker 2: the end of the season.

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Speaker 4: Here, Yeah, there's no doubt about it. To me, it's

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Speaker 4: not just a fade, it's a free fall because after

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Speaker 4: fourteen weeks, statistics are pretty hardcore. They matter. You know,

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Speaker 4: thirty one versus the past, which is just absolutely killing us,

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Speaker 4: where we're just a horrendous football team is versus the

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00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:24,439
Speaker 4: past twenty fifth total, which tells you something. And of

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Speaker 4: course fourth quarter when you need to win it year

565
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Speaker 4: twenty five, you know. And when you talk about injuries, now,

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Speaker 4: we went into last night's game. Other than the corners,

567
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,520
Speaker 4: which is fluid, that was pretty much our football team

568
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Speaker 4: going back to training camp. But to me, even conceptually,

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Speaker 4: it's almost unrecognizable from what I saw at Grand Park.

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Speaker 4: You know, at Grand Part we were really hard man demand,

571
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Speaker 4: man demand derivatives, a lot of pressure, you know, totally different.

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Speaker 4: I don't see that at all, And you know it's

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Speaker 4: a defensive staffs, you know, it's basically there. They're basically

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Speaker 4: responsible for adapting. I mean, I've played seasons with average corners.

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Speaker 4: You can't just say, well, I don't have corners, so

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Speaker 4: I can't play. But we've gotten in a rut and

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Speaker 4: I think we've lost our way. Conceptually, We've now limited

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Speaker 4: our man demand coverage so you don't have a lot

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Speaker 4: of them. We're not playing a lot of man. Actually

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Speaker 4: at times we played man pretty good. Jalen had a

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Speaker 4: really good stop down on the goal line on Kittle.

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Speaker 4: But we've really really limited it in our in our

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Speaker 4: high sk I call it high school zone because when

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Speaker 4: you play area zone and you watch the quarterbacks as

585
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,600
Speaker 4: Bud Carson told me in nineteen eighty two when I

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Speaker 4: came into the league, if you watch a quarterback in

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Speaker 4: this league, son, you'll you'll give up a million passes.

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Speaker 4: You'll watch them complete a million passes. And basically a

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00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 4: high school zones aren't stopping anything, and we can't stop

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Speaker 4: anything in the middle of the field. And that's because

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Speaker 4: the runaway routes on man. In our zones, we cover air,

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Speaker 4: don't you know? Cover air? And there guys wide open

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Speaker 4: over the middle. I think our defensive slide has come

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Speaker 4: down to two things. It's Velko pass rush, and I

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Speaker 4: know Joe's going to talk a little bit about that,

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Speaker 4: but you know we have velcro. We had thirty four

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Speaker 4: attempted passes and we had absolutely one hit, and we've

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Speaker 4: gotten almost nothing off the edge. You know, and those

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Speaker 4: guys are number one draft picks, and it would be

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Speaker 4: interesting if they weren't number one draft picks. You might

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Speaker 4: be finding a way to get rid of them. And

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Speaker 4: then a Swiss cheese zone defense, of which you know

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Speaker 4: pretty as seventy two percent seventy two percent completions and

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Speaker 4: one hit on thirty four passes on the quarterback basically

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Speaker 4: tells you everything that you really have to know, you know,

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Speaker 4: and that's the slide, and you know, and and and

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Speaker 4: basically that's what's created it. And I know we played

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Speaker 4: good against Seattle, but if you go back to Jacksonville

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Speaker 4: the week before, seven yards passing, yeah, you know, in

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Speaker 4: a quarterback rating of one hundred and fifteen or whatever.

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Speaker 4: So you know, the stats really matter at this time

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Speaker 4: of the year.

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Speaker 2: All Right, Rick venturry right there with a deep dive

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Speaker 2: into the defense of hard truth, Joe writes, let's talk

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Speaker 2: about hard truth number two, and let's talk about a

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Speaker 2: deeper explanation into this pass rush because, as Rick alluded

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Speaker 2: to Rock Purty thirty four pass attempts, he was hit

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Speaker 2: on just one drop back. As a team, now, the

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Speaker 2: Colts have thirty seven sacks on the season, but it's

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Speaker 2: been spread out throughout the defense. So the hard truth

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Speaker 2: is when it relates to the pass rush, Joe, the

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Speaker 2: Colts have nine players with at least two sacks, but

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Speaker 2: they haven't been able to produce a dominant pass rusher

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Speaker 2: like they really needed someone to turn into. When we

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00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,320
Speaker 2: talked about this issue back in the summertime during training

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Speaker 2: camp in the preseason.

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Speaker 6: When I think about the pass rush. I really think

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Speaker 6: about three things right. One, I think the most important

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Speaker 6: thing is where is your rush when the game's on

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Speaker 6: the line. So fourth quarter, that's when games are won

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Speaker 6: and loss. In the NFL, a lot of times two

632
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:10,000
Speaker 6: minute drives, and generally in those situations the other team

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00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:12,719
Speaker 6: has to pass the ball. You're going to drop seven

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Speaker 6: and you're going to play your base defense and you're

635
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Speaker 6: going to rush with four. So you got five offensive linemen,

636
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 6: you got four rushers. And when we're in those situations,

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00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:25,240
Speaker 6: we almost get zero pressure on the quarterback. And you know,

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00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,680
Speaker 6: forget sacks. I mean there's a lot of games when

639
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,080
Speaker 6: the quarterback's not even getting hit. And then I go

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00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:32,240
Speaker 6: back to the game last night. You know that first

641
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Speaker 6: third and long situation, we had third and ten, it's

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00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:38,160
Speaker 6: the third drive, we're fired up, and perty just runs

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Speaker 6: right up the middle and he gets nine yards. They

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Speaker 6: go four on fourth down and they get it.

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Speaker 4: Well.

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Speaker 6: Part of that reason is, you know coach mentioned Velcrow

647
00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 6: pass rush. We're not getting an edge on guys, we're

648
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 6: not getting in gaps, we're not being disruptive to make

649
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,520
Speaker 6: the quarterback move around. So the quarterback does one of

650
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 6: two things. He either stands there in the pocket and

651
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 6: delivers the ball, or because we're so tight to our

652
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 6: guys and we're getting blocked, he finds an open game.

653
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 6: He's got room to run, he scrambles with his legs.

654
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Speaker 6: You know, Lawrence did that to us a couple of

655
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 6: weeks ago. But you know, you look at the last

656
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 6: three games, you know we've really got little to no

657
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 6: pressure on the quarterback. The two sacks we had in

658
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 6: Seattle and the one we had last night, and they

659
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 6: both were law too, but they both were schematically in

660
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,680
Speaker 6: terms of we're bringing pressure, we're bringing guys to one side,

661
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,920
Speaker 6: so the lion is sliding. And in Seattle, you know,

662
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 6: a law too got his sack working on Sharpenay, their

663
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,160
Speaker 6: running back. Last night, he got it against Ferreal, their

664
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 6: backup tight end, and then the ball popped into his

665
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,360
Speaker 6: hands like we talked about. But you know, so a

666
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 6: lot too. He's got seven and a half sacks, but

667
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 6: he's not got a ton when he's just working on

668
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 6: you know, offensive tackles. You know, when they're setting in

669
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,440
Speaker 6: a gut to have it pass situation, and that's really

670
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,920
Speaker 6: where we're lacking in terms of the rush. So one

671
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 6: I think when you got to have it, you know

672
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:49,400
Speaker 6: to where your sacks coming from. You mentioned it. Matt

673
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:51,600
Speaker 6: ours have kind of come by committee. A lot of

674
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 6: them have come by bringing in blitzing extra guys. And

675
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 6: again you can get sacks, you can bring five guys,

676
00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 6: six guys, seven guys. But when you do that, that

677
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 6: also exposes you to the big play on the back end.

678
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,840
Speaker 6: And so the third thing is your coverage and your

679
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,840
Speaker 6: pass rush works hand in hand together. And so I

680
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,360
Speaker 6: think earlier in the season and we had some healthier guys,

681
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 6: we're playing more man coverage, We're locking people down. All

682
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,640
Speaker 6: of a sudden, the quarterback's got to hold the ball

683
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:20,640
Speaker 6: beyond that first juxtaposition point, So he takes the snap

684
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:22,880
Speaker 6: within three seconds, hes going to deliver the ball or

685
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 6: not when he's got to hold it, When he's got

686
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 6: to pad it, bring it down, and he's holding on

687
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,879
Speaker 6: it to for four or five six seconds, then you've

688
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,600
Speaker 6: got guys that are coming out, and then you're able

689
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 6: to get sacks and pressure on the quarterback. So I

690
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,200
Speaker 6: think as our coverage has declined, and again part of

691
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 6: that's been because of injury. I think part of that'

692
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:42,920
Speaker 6: spin we've been doing different things chmatically. Now the pass rush,

693
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,080
Speaker 6: it's even more on them to get what coach would

694
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,200
Speaker 6: call the first wave sack, which means I'm just going

695
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:49,680
Speaker 6: to beat that offensive lineman right off the gate. I'm

696
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:51,520
Speaker 6: either going to bowl rush him and just get right

697
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 6: under him and walk him right back into the quarterback.

698
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,319
Speaker 6: Or I'm going to make some sort of speed move

699
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,640
Speaker 6: on the outside, or I'm going to dip my shoulder

700
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:00,000
Speaker 6: and rip and I'm going to get in his face

701
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 6: forcing to step up or scramble. Or I'm going to

702
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,799
Speaker 6: set up my tackle going high and wide and then

703
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:07,759
Speaker 6: I'm going to duck in with a quick inside move.

704
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 6: In those first wave sacks, we just really haven't got it.

705
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 6: When I go back and watch the tape, a lot

706
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,319
Speaker 6: of times when we're in the five to one four rush,

707
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,799
Speaker 6: our sacks are coming, either because they're coverage sacks or

708
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:21,440
Speaker 6: they're coming when a team runs a game. You know,

709
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 6: when you run a game, meaning like a t east,

710
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,280
Speaker 6: that means the tackle goes up the field in between

711
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 6: you know, the offensive guard and tackle and the defensive

712
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,719
Speaker 6: end loops around. But when you do those one those

713
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:35,719
Speaker 6: take longer, and then two that also removes kind of

714
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,400
Speaker 6: your gap integrity when you're trying to keep quarterbacks in

715
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,840
Speaker 6: a cup or keep them in the pockets. So you know,

716
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,040
Speaker 6: all in all, I think again, defensively, you know, last

717
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:47,799
Speaker 6: night was just unfortunately, just an abomination all around. But

718
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:51,720
Speaker 6: I think the lingering theme Matt throughout this entire season

719
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:55,240
Speaker 6: has been when it's a gotta habits situation, our ability

720
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,359
Speaker 6: to get generated consistent pass rush with four guys, and

721
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Speaker 6: I do think that's something that has to be addressed,

722
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Speaker 6: you know. Moving into twenty twenty six.

723
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Speaker 2: All right, great stuff from Joe Wrights right there, we're

724
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:09,800
Speaker 2: talking about the hard truce for the Colts. After Week sixteen,

725
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:13,879
Speaker 2: two games left, hard truth number three. The running game

726
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 2: has just evaporated, right, Jonathan Taylor's been held to under

727
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:20,040
Speaker 2: one hundred yards and six of his last seven and

728
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,680
Speaker 2: during this five game losing skid. Here for the Colts,

729
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,440
Speaker 2: the rushing numbers look like this. They rank thirtieth in

730
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 2: overall rushing yards their thirtieth and rushing yards per game

731
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,400
Speaker 2: at just eighty one, thirty first in yards per carry

732
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,839
Speaker 2: at three point five. And additionally, they only have eight

733
00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,800
Speaker 2: runs over ten yards in that span. That's the second

734
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Speaker 2: fewest in the NFL, and that's in complete contrast from

735
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 2: how it went in the first twelve games of the season.

736
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Speaker 2: Weeks one through twelve, the Colts ranked fourth in rushing

737
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 2: yards first and yards per carry, first in touchdowns with

738
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Speaker 2: twenty two, third in rushing yards per game at one

739
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Speaker 2: forty five, and fourth in runs over ten with thirty

740
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,719
Speaker 2: eight of them. And on Monday, Rick, I know the

741
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:07,040
Speaker 2: Colts played with a makeshift offensive line without Braden Smith,

742
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,360
Speaker 2: Bernard Yman Tanner Bordaline left the game on the first

743
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,319
Speaker 2: drive with the concussion. But Rick, the hard truth is

744
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 2: the Colts running attack has just it's disappeared. What are

745
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:20,240
Speaker 2: the biggest reasons for the running game just being mia

746
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:21,359
Speaker 2: down the stretch here?

747
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,360
Speaker 4: Well, you know, we often talk about complimentary football, meaning

748
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:29,479
Speaker 4: that three units play and they complement one another. There's

749
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:34,160
Speaker 4: also a complimentary phase of your offense, and that is

750
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:39,600
Speaker 4: run pass, balanced not necessarily by numbers, but by threat

751
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:43,839
Speaker 4: and by attacking every inch of the field. In those

752
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 4: early games until late, not necessarily all eight first games,

753
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 4: but until late, we did a great job of attacking

754
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:59,960
Speaker 4: the entire field. Danny was hot. We torched the ball. Verdict,

755
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 4: we torched it under kneath we moved the quarterback, we

756
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,399
Speaker 4: torched it in the second level and it was back

757
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:11,200
Speaker 4: to that stike and you know, throw to score and

758
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 4: then run to win. And that's what we would do

759
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:17,000
Speaker 4: in the second half, usually third and fourth quarter is

760
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 4: once we got them softened up, then the complementary part

761
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:23,560
Speaker 4: of it. Then the running game was just devastating. And

762
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 4: because the secondary was back, whenever Jonathan broke a first

763
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:31,040
Speaker 4: level run, he had a lot of space to make

764
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 4: moves on secondary guys. And basically what's happened is as

765
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 4: that diminished and we did try. I mean to Rivers credit,

766
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 4: he tried to throw deep, but people know who he is,

767
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 4: and basically the field has been reduced. I mean, we're

768
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:51,520
Speaker 4: playing on a postage stamp now, and what that does

769
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:55,640
Speaker 4: to you, number one, it also when you're putting on

770
00:38:55,680 --> 00:39:00,359
Speaker 4: a postage stamp offensively, it's bringing the defense tighter, which

771
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:04,279
Speaker 4: I noticed last night, And people aren't necessarily putting an

772
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:06,480
Speaker 4: eight man front. People are playing a lot of what

773
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:10,520
Speaker 4: we call cover four, which is quarters, but their safeties

774
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:14,319
Speaker 4: are tight, and the safeties are spinning hard when they

775
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,719
Speaker 4: read run down. What I noticed last night is our

776
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:21,800
Speaker 4: young kids patched up, did a decent job at the line.

777
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 4: They didn't get a lot of movement. I will give

778
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 4: San Francisco credit. Didn't get a lot of movement, and

779
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 4: we didn't get to the second level. Great, but it

780
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,560
Speaker 4: wasn't all bad. I mean, I thought they battled. But

781
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 4: what happened was the safeties as soon as they read run.

782
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 4: I mean, they were firing down and the nickel, who

783
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,840
Speaker 4: was in an overhanging position on the edge, he would

784
00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,440
Speaker 4: fire in. Jt would look like if he was going

785
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 4: to break it, and there's two guys waiting for him,

786
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 4: and the next thing you know, it's second and eight,

787
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 4: you know, And I think that comes back. And Joe

788
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:58,280
Speaker 4: made a good point earlier, you know, last night. Because

789
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:02,440
Speaker 4: of the limitation. The week before against Seattle, we read

790
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 4: had a varied running game. We can't we were going

791
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:09,040
Speaker 4: to pound it. We ran all kinds of different schematic stuff,

792
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 4: you know. Because of the limitation, we were back to

793
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:15,720
Speaker 4: basically a zone run offense. And we don't carry a fullback,

794
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 4: which I've said is a mistake for years. If you

795
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:21,520
Speaker 4: don't believe me, just watch San Francisco operate. How they

796
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 4: can get their running back going. But when you're in

797
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,280
Speaker 4: a single back and you're reduced just to the zone offense,

798
00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:31,160
Speaker 4: and people like I say, without that great passing game,

799
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:35,360
Speaker 4: they are compressing us. They are moving down and in

800
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 4: and when you watch those safeties as soon as they

801
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:42,759
Speaker 4: re run, they are absolutely firing up in there to

802
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 4: stop it. And we've got to get back. Hopefully we

803
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 4: can get some continuity this week because the Houstons and

804
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 4: the Jaguars are much better defense than San Francisco and

805
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:57,160
Speaker 4: they will choke off the short passing game and they

806
00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:00,400
Speaker 4: will make you earn it. So it's really important that

807
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,560
Speaker 4: we can get back. But somehow, some way, like I said,

808
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:07,040
Speaker 4: if we think that Rivers is the answer in terms

809
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 4: of quarterback centric, this is who we are. That that's

810
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,640
Speaker 4: fools goal. We got to figure out just like the

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00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:15,880
Speaker 4: Niners did. They did it with Kittle, they did it

812
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:19,280
Speaker 4: with their running back McCaffrey. We have got to find

813
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:24,080
Speaker 4: ways in this slide. The six losses since mid season,

814
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:29,200
Speaker 4: including Pittsburgh, JT hasn't got over seventy four yards period

815
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,000
Speaker 4: and last night it was two point nine. And we're

816
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,239
Speaker 4: going to go down if we can't figure out a way.

817
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 4: And this is where coaches have to adapt. You have

818
00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:40,279
Speaker 4: to adapt to what you have, both offensively and defensively.

819
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:45,200
Speaker 4: There's no excuses, but I think the condensation of the

820
00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 4: defense now and the secondary being that much closer just

821
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:50,600
Speaker 4: fills those running lanes.

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Speaker 2: Quick all right, great stuff, Rick Ventury, right there, and

823
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,319
Speaker 2: those are the hard truths at the moment for the

824
00:41:56,320 --> 00:42:00,239
Speaker 2: Indianapolis Colts. A good discussion on the defensive faith, the

825
00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 2: pass rush not delivering, and the running game evaporating the

826
00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:06,880
Speaker 2: last couple of weeks, and it all adds up to

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Speaker 2: new kickoff rules that promote scoring I went up to

859
00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:50,280
Speaker 2: grab a drink before halftime, and all of a sudden,

860
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:52,160
Speaker 2: I see the forty nine ers lining up for a

861
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:55,040
Speaker 2: sixty four yard Fueld goal after they got the ball

862
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:58,239
Speaker 2: back with just under twenty seconds before halftime. And he

863
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:00,239
Speaker 2: goes on to say, I'm not sure it's a it's

864
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,560
Speaker 2: good for the game, but what do you guys think

865
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:06,040
Speaker 2: about the overall new kickoff rules and the way it's

866
00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 2: impacted NFL strategy.

867
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:11,000
Speaker 4: Oh, I think it's great for the game. I think

868
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 4: it's one of the best things the NFL has done,

869
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:16,840
Speaker 4: you know, as the kicking has gotten better. It was

870
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:20,920
Speaker 4: touchback city. Eight out of ten kickoffs were touchbacks. I

871
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:24,080
Speaker 4: watched the college game. Every player is a touchback. They

872
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:28,000
Speaker 4: started the twenty, you know, particularly after they tweaked it

873
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:31,040
Speaker 4: to where a touchback comes to the thirty five, which

874
00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:34,719
Speaker 4: is really a penalty. That's a tough one. I absolutely

875
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:37,880
Speaker 4: as a fan and an analyst, I love it because

876
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:42,640
Speaker 4: it's brought a critical play back into the game. Now,

877
00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:47,239
Speaker 4: as a Homer, I disliked it because it basically I

878
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 4: think it helped to cause our loss with the Seahawks.

879
00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:54,160
Speaker 4: And I'll explain that because nowadays you have these kickers.

880
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:56,879
Speaker 4: We've seen it in two weeks. The guy, what'd you say,

881
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,360
Speaker 4: sixty four? It looked like it looked like he was

882
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:02,400
Speaker 4: kicking it from Shapiros. I mean, in the week before

883
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:05,560
Speaker 4: group he kicks a sixty yarder which should have been

884
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:09,160
Speaker 4: a game winner. You know, so these things, these high fifties,

885
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:13,279
Speaker 4: are routine. So now what happens is, let's say you're

886
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:16,440
Speaker 4: protecting a two point lead, you know, you know, like

887
00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:20,040
Speaker 4: we were at the Seahawks, and all of a sudden,

888
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:23,800
Speaker 4: you know, Shahid takes the ball out to the thirty seven.

889
00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:27,320
Speaker 4: He takes it out to the thirty seven. Now, now

890
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:30,880
Speaker 4: you are two first downs with the modern day kickers

891
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:34,960
Speaker 4: away from losing the game, which we did. We gave

892
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:39,000
Speaker 4: up a seventeen yard completion and then an eight yard completion.

893
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:41,960
Speaker 4: We almost did it before the half. We gave out

894
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:45,360
Speaker 4: two completions, one which stopped the clock out of bounds

895
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:48,080
Speaker 4: to give them a chance before the half this week.

896
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:51,719
Speaker 4: But it was a game changer last week. And you know,

897
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 4: and I said to you the other day, if I'm

898
00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:58,719
Speaker 4: a defensive coordinator now with that rule, knowing that that

899
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:01,320
Speaker 4: ball could come out to the forty to the thirty

900
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:04,680
Speaker 4: five to whatever, you know, and I know you got

901
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:07,920
Speaker 4: a kicker that's gonna kick a sixty yarder. I have

902
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 4: to play red zone defense. There's no such thing as

903
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:14,080
Speaker 4: protecting unless you got a seven point league, There's no

904
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:17,560
Speaker 4: such thing as protecting the field. You have to stop him.

905
00:46:17,560 --> 00:46:19,640
Speaker 4: You got to press up there and stop the first

906
00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 4: downs like you like you're in the red zone. And

907
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:25,160
Speaker 4: so you know, I just absolutely love it. I think

908
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:27,279
Speaker 4: it's created. You know, I used to go get a

909
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:30,879
Speaker 4: coffee at the kickoff. You now that's a very very

910
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:31,640
Speaker 4: active play.

911
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:34,440
Speaker 2: All right, let's go to trace. Trace is asking, Hey,

912
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:38,200
Speaker 2: Joe writes, Alec Pierce is playing himself into a big

913
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:42,040
Speaker 2: contract no matter where he signs next season. How much

914
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:45,160
Speaker 2: of a priority should Pierce be for the Colts and

915
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:45,960
Speaker 2: free agency?

916
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:49,360
Speaker 6: Yeah, great question. I think he's priority number one. You know,

917
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:52,240
Speaker 6: I think Pierce has really turned himself into a complete

918
00:46:52,239 --> 00:46:55,520
Speaker 6: wide receiver, a number one ride receiver. He's on pace

919
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:58,720
Speaker 6: to lead the league in yards per reception above twenty

920
00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:00,879
Speaker 6: for the second year in a row. And I think

921
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:02,759
Speaker 6: you know, when he came into the league, Matt, you know,

922
00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:04,480
Speaker 6: he was a he was a fifty to fifty guy

923
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:08,920
Speaker 6: right six three, tall, six six wingspan forty inch, vertical

924
00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:10,919
Speaker 6: four to four guy. He can go up and get

925
00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 6: the ball. But one, he wasn't winning all those fifty

926
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:15,719
Speaker 6: to fifty battles, and you know, he was more of

927
00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:18,319
Speaker 6: a one trick pony early on. He really really has

928
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:20,399
Speaker 6: worked and I think it goes back to training camp

929
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:23,239
Speaker 6: a year ago in twenty twenty four. You saw him

930
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:26,160
Speaker 6: continue to get better and better and better. He's continued

931
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:28,440
Speaker 6: that in twenty twenty five. You know, even though he's

932
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:30,840
Speaker 6: missed two games, he's on pace for a thousand yards

933
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:34,359
Speaker 6: receiving and I think he's just continued to make more

934
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:36,680
Speaker 6: catches out in the middle of the field along with

935
00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:39,239
Speaker 6: the fifty to fifty balls, and he's continued to make

936
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:41,719
Speaker 6: really tough contested catches. I mean, think about that play

937
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:43,959
Speaker 6: last night. I mean that rope that Rivers threw him

938
00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:46,719
Speaker 6: for that big touchdown, you know, to tie the game

939
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:50,040
Speaker 6: back up there. So to me, Pierce is really probably

940
00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:52,399
Speaker 6: our number one priority in free agency. And again he's

941
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:55,160
Speaker 6: playing himself into a nice contract. So kudos to that

942
00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:57,440
Speaker 6: because I think he's a tough guy. He's a guy

943
00:47:57,480 --> 00:47:59,480
Speaker 6: that likes football. You know, his dad played tight end

944
00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:02,000
Speaker 6: at Northwaye and he's got you know, sports you know,

945
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:04,120
Speaker 6: kind of running through his veins with you know, he's

946
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:06,399
Speaker 6: got a really good brother who's a basketball player too,

947
00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:08,520
Speaker 6: and so I just think he's a guy that's a

948
00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:11,480
Speaker 6: high football character guy in your locker room, and he's

949
00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:13,160
Speaker 6: a guy that I really hope the Colts are able

950
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:15,000
Speaker 6: to sign back for twenty twenty six.

951
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:18,239
Speaker 2: Joe Wright's right there, Rick Venturi along as well. That's

952
00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:21,200
Speaker 2: the mailbag segment tonight. Thanks to everybody for all the

953
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Speaker 2: submissions on x hashtag Colts round Table for future use

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Speaker 2: here on Colts Round Table Live. Reminder, the Colts scored

955
00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:31,120
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959
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:42,080
Speaker 2: to close out the show and we come back. We'll

960
00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:45,719
Speaker 2: also talk about the Jaguars coming up week seventeen. You're

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Speaker 2: We are back for the final time. Thanks for joining

971
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Speaker 2: us tonight on a Tuesday edition of Colts Roundtable Live,

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975
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Speaker 2: Venturi and Joe Wrights. It's time now for their closing

976
00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:34,680
Speaker 2: arguments as we wrap up the show and look ahead

977
00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:38,000
Speaker 2: to week seventeen and rematch now in order with the

978
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:42,800
Speaker 2: Jacksonville Jaguars and Joe for you the closing arguments on

979
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:45,759
Speaker 2: just where the Colts are at A disappointing outcome on

980
00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:48,640
Speaker 2: Monday Night football. Plus you got a holiday in the

981
00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:50,719
Speaker 2: middle of this week as well. That doesn't give the

982
00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:53,800
Speaker 2: Colts their normal time to prepare for a division rival

983
00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:57,600
Speaker 2: who's absolutely on fire right now. The Jacksonville Jaguars have

984
00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:00,480
Speaker 2: won five straight games, so the floor is yours. I

985
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:03,080
Speaker 2: want to close out idea here for the Colts eight

986
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:06,320
Speaker 2: and seven following a forty eight to twenty seven loss

987
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:08,480
Speaker 2: to the forty nine Ers on Monday Night football.

988
00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:11,759
Speaker 6: Yeah, just really tough again. And I thought it was

989
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:14,680
Speaker 6: just an incredible performance by Rivers, you know, I thought

990
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:16,640
Speaker 6: that it was there for the taking. I thought the

991
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:20,080
Speaker 6: fans were ready for a game and it just didn't

992
00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:22,640
Speaker 6: work out that way. But that's life, that's the NFL.

993
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:25,960
Speaker 6: Nobody feels bad for anybody in this league. It's a

994
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:28,840
Speaker 6: tough league that'll that'll bring you to your knees no

995
00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:31,160
Speaker 6: matter where you're at. And the Colt's bottom line, you

996
00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:33,080
Speaker 6: got to bounce off the mat. I know it's Christmas

997
00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:36,520
Speaker 6: week and you know you'll adjust your schedule slightly in

998
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:38,879
Speaker 6: terms of you know, going in earlier or getting done

999
00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:42,000
Speaker 6: earlier to give some guys some time for Christmas with

1000
00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:44,200
Speaker 6: their families. But bottom line, you got a game to win,

1001
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:46,239
Speaker 6: and you know all is not lost. You still got

1002
00:50:46,239 --> 00:50:48,279
Speaker 6: a way into the dance. You're gonna need some help,

1003
00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:50,480
Speaker 6: but you got to win these two games and staring

1004
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:53,080
Speaker 6: us down in five days from now is Jacksonville who.

1005
00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:57,200
Speaker 6: I just I don't like them, and especially because that

1006
00:50:57,239 --> 00:50:59,680
Speaker 6: place has been such a house of whoores for the Colts.

1007
00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:01,640
Speaker 6: And I know we just played him two weeks ago,

1008
00:51:01,680 --> 00:51:03,440
Speaker 6: But coach, they are as hot as any team in

1009
00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:06,799
Speaker 6: the NFL. Really impressive performance at Denver, and I think,

1010
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:09,320
Speaker 6: you know, Cohen has really got Lawrence, you know, playing

1011
00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:12,239
Speaker 6: as good as football as he's played throughout his entire

1012
00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:13,040
Speaker 6: NFL career.

1013
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:17,000
Speaker 4: Oh. Absolutely, they are by far the hottest team and

1014
00:51:17,080 --> 00:51:20,640
Speaker 4: the best looking team on tape. I think Cohen and Campanelli,

1015
00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:24,200
Speaker 4: their defensive coordinator, should be co coaches of the Year.

1016
00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:27,120
Speaker 4: I really do. For what they've done there in their

1017
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:29,759
Speaker 4: last end this six game winning streak, they have a

1018
00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:33,080
Speaker 4: plus one hundred and thirteen point differential and for the

1019
00:51:33,239 --> 00:51:37,400
Speaker 4: season this is amazing. They are a plus ten turnover

1020
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:41,600
Speaker 4: ratio team. So you know, obviously they're led by the

1021
00:51:41,719 --> 00:51:45,200
Speaker 4: uber talented who. As you said, Joe, they're really getting

1022
00:51:45,239 --> 00:51:49,279
Speaker 4: Lawrence to play. He's playing outstanding football, as good as

1023
00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:52,879
Speaker 4: I've ever seen him play. They've got skills around him

1024
00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:56,520
Speaker 4: with Eten. The receiver corp has just grown into a

1025
00:51:56,680 --> 00:52:01,200
Speaker 4: really dangerous group with Thomas Myers and now the rookie

1026
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:05,960
Speaker 4: of Washington had a really great game again, very very

1027
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:10,600
Speaker 4: hot team. Everything's on the line right now. Gotta have

1028
00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:13,359
Speaker 4: our a game, gotta find our a game, and find

1029
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:15,400
Speaker 4: a way to get these guys slowed down.

1030
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Speaker 2: No doubt about it. During the Jaguars five game winning streak.

1031
00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:22,760
Speaker 2: In that span, they ranked sixth and passing and first

1032
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Speaker 2: and passing touchdowns, their eighth and yards, and they're second

1033
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:30,440
Speaker 2: in points per game at thirty four per contest. And

1034
00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:33,800
Speaker 2: they are incredibly hot as they come to Lucas Oil

1035
00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:37,920
Speaker 2: Stadium coming up on Sunday for a week seventeen affair

1036
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Speaker 2: against the Colts. And that's all the time we've got

1037
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Speaker 2: tonight on this edition of Colts Roundtable Live on a Tuesday.

1038
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Speaker 2: Joe and Rick, great job tonight. Always love being with

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Speaker 2: you guys, and we will convene again next week when

1040
00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:53,279
Speaker 2: we get back together again on our normal Monday evening timeslot.

1041
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Speaker 2: If you missed any of the show tonight in the

1042
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1043
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1044
00:53:01,640 --> 00:53:04,520
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1045
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Speaker 2: Have a great rest of the week coming up everybody,

1046
00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:10,200
Speaker 2: Happy holidays, Thanks so much for tuning in tonight. Pacer

1047
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Speaker 2: pregame is next Pacers and Bucks from the Field House.

1048
00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:16,879
Speaker 2: I'm Matt Taylor. This is Colt's Round Table, live here

1049
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Speaker 2: in your Home of the Colts. Ninety three to five

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