1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: If you want Colts talk all year long, you're in 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 1: the right place. This is the official Colts podcast, giving 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: you an updated look at what's new with the Horseshoes. 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 1: Gets off the tailor, he said, touchdown, didn't why fires 5 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: out way pick off, Terry splitting at the five yard line, 6 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: plants in the pocket, the cults bring it down a 7 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: sack for Andy Upolus steps up into Antony throws might 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: go Pip touchdown. Let's get the podcast started. Let's do 9 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,599 Speaker 1: get the podcast started. Larry Andy Cavity's Today. Ah, No, 10 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: you're good at cany three. No, it's just te painting, 11 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: so you're all straight, even all those suites that you 12 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: ate last night watching die Hard for the first time 13 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 1: at age. Come on now, Oh yeah, I know. Are 14 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: you asking you to disclose? No? No, god, I just 15 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: didn't want I didn't want to do that to you. 16 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: I didn't want to do that to you. But you 17 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: watch die Hard for the first time time? Yes, what 18 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: do you think? I thought it was good. And I 19 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: did have some sour Mike and ikes, so you are correct. 20 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: And I did have have some candies, if you will inulge, 21 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: I did indulge. Yeah, I thought it was good. I 22 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: enjoyed school Bruce Willis in nineteen eighty eight eight we 23 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: looked it up. Yeah, yeah, I thought it was good. 24 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: I liked it. I enjoyed trying to get and you know, 25 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: jump into the festive holiday spirit. This is a debate 26 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: I'm not going to have. But that's that's good, whether 27 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 1: or not. You know who else you know who is 28 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: in the same company as I that watched die Hard 29 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: for the first time last night as an adult, Zara Franklin. 30 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: Is that right? Yeah? I tweeted about it. Is that 31 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: a coincidence? Yet complete coincidence? I had no idea. Yes, 32 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 1: he also think Carl Winslow got robbed of the thirty 33 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: three years later in the first time. I'm not going 34 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: to have Zee and I are going to have a 35 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: Siskel and Ebert debrief session on die Hard in the 36 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: locker room today, for sure. Hans Hans ruber Man one 37 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: of the greatest villains of all time. I enjoyed it, 38 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: but I'm a simple person. But I made it. The 39 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: thing was My husband was most impressed that I made 40 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 1: it through the whole thing and never fell asleep. That 41 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: is impressive for you to watch a movie. Pep it is. 42 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: It really is, especially after a really late night Monday. 43 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: You know, you're still kind of your struggle a little 44 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: bit coming off the long holiday weekend. You got a 45 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: Monday night game. I mean I was home at like 46 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: I don't know, one thirty or something after that game, 47 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,959 Speaker 1: couldn't fall asleep aout two thirty. Ye, So my whole 48 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,519 Speaker 1: week's been a little upended. Many how many movies a 49 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:33,679 Speaker 1: year do you average in terms of viewing, like to fruition, Like, yeah, 50 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: well just movies that you watch period, because you're not 51 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 1: a movie game, no, Like I mean, but I'll start 52 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: a lot and then like I'll fall asleep and Dan 53 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 1: Dan's yeah, I watched six movies while you're asleep last night. 54 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,519 Speaker 1: I don't know one and a half. Yeah, I'm not. Yeah, 55 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 1: I'm not a movie person. I have. I would say 56 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: my movie viewing has gone way down since children. See, 57 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 1: this is why I have our time watching movies, because 58 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: I don't like to feel like I wasted my time. 59 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: So if I get like we actually, you know what, 60 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: So Dan and I did watch a movie on Saturday, 61 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: I think Saturday night we did watch this movie. So 62 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 1: I've watched two movies in last week, which is more 63 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:06,799 Speaker 1: than I've watched in the last six months. And it 64 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: was bad. It was called like seven days to Las 65 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: Vegas or something. This guy's a bet where it has 66 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: to like walk to Vegas or yeah, yeah, I don't know. 67 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: And it was awful and I was like, I feel 68 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 1: like I just wasted two hours of my life where 69 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: I could have been like watching something you know that 70 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: was expanding my brain, like football or Friends, because you 71 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,239 Speaker 1: do like Friends like the TV show is I said, 72 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: I'm simple. I've caught you watching that on the on 73 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: the TV and the on the plane and fall times 74 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: as a time killer before we lay in. That's true. 75 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: When I'm not bugging you, usually I flip around in 76 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: my seat and I'm like popping over and I'm like mattee, 77 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: which do kills time? Yeah, it will be great. Rick 78 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: Van Terry is one of the best to sit on 79 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: a plate because he will keep entertained for hours, no 80 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: doubt about that. Ja Hawaii with Rick JJ. What's up man? 81 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: Your teeth clean? Like Lara, No, I'm getting next week 82 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: during the bye week? Oh good planning on your boy. 83 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: I'm just throwing you under the bus off like well, 84 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: you showed a blake to work because I had to. 85 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: You couldn't do it next week? Well, I planned it 86 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: for a Wednesday morning because normally we don't have anything 87 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: on Wednesday morning, so usually do the podcast on Tuesday. 88 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: And I just wasn't. I gotta get I gotta get 89 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: an oil change next week. I'm like you, Jax next week, 90 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: yea dent dentist appointment, getting new tires on one of 91 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 1: my cars. I mean, we are, We're having the most 92 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: fun now. Way to get wild guys once again, Lara 93 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: Winslet's is shocking. Get Yeah, Yeah, you're going to Florida. 94 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: I'm going to Costco to get tires on my car. 95 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,559 Speaker 1: A boy, they're gonna cause the trip will cost the same. 96 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: By the way, Yeah your trip in my trip, Mine 97 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: will just be in Costco in Indianapolis and you'll be 98 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: in Florida. Costco's great. Man. You can get tires. You 99 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 1: can get a mattress at cast is how we see 100 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: my in laws for the holidays. Can caskets, Yeah they 101 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: sell cast Yeah, they come in bulk. You buy three 102 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: of them, you know you get I'll take one palette 103 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: a cask There you go. Man, Old man, man, Old man, 104 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: all right, let's let's shift gears here. Let's uh, let's 105 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: talk hiout. I mean, another game, another heartbreaking loss, another 106 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: fourth quarter unable to close out for the Colt's, another 107 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: chance for the cold Burials. I don't know if that's 108 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: a yeah. I don't know if that's a good segue 109 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: or not. But you know, here we are after Monday 110 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: night football. Lara, I need something positive before we talk 111 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 1: about the nitty gritty on this podcast. Yeah, JJ and Lara, 112 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 1: give me something positive. Here was it? Braden Smith on 113 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: t J. Watt was a Dallas Flowers the big kickoff return. 114 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: I was gonna say kickoff return in general, because Isaiah 115 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 1: Rogers Senior and Dallas Flowers combined for two hundred and 116 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: twenty five return yards. Right, is that correct? The stat 117 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: that they were the first pair of teammates, You got it? 118 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: Since Eric Decker and somebody else as not as handsome 119 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: as Eric Decker back in like two thousand and ten 120 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: for the Denver Brown first one. Vaughn something Vaughn Maybe 121 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: Cash is Vaughan not kias Vaughan. He was a former 122 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 1: Colt Cash. His vawne was that it is that who 123 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: was Cash's fun? Yeah? Oh, there you go. But they 124 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: each had one hundred yards of kick returns in the game. 125 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: There you go, pretty good. There you go. That's a 126 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: good one. Dallas Flowers my guy from Oak Parker, Cassius 127 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: Marsh's who I'm thinking of is the former Colt. That's 128 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: who I was my brain with defensive end. That's who 129 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: I was thinking of. I was like, if that guy 130 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 1: ran kickoff returns, man, I miss that. Um So talk 131 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: about Dallas Flowers a little bit, but Gilanni Woods. So 132 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 1: this year there have been five tight ends to have 133 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: at least eight catches for ninety eight yards in a game. 134 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey, who's done it three times because he's an alien, 135 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: Mark Andrews, TJ. Hockinson, Dallas Goddard, and Jilanni Woods. Wow, 136 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 1: you're talking about We're talking about four of the best 137 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: tight ends in the NFL on that list, along with 138 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: rookie Gilanni Woods, who he keeps this up. He'll be 139 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 1: in that conversation in a couple of years. One thing 140 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: to note on Gilanni is he is playing with such 141 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,839 Speaker 1: a heavy heart having that those were his teammates who 142 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: were killed at University of Virginia, all members the football team. 143 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: A few who he was particularly close with, shared lockers 144 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: with one of the guy was a mentor to another. 145 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: So this has been an emotional past two weeks for him. 146 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: He obviously was dealing with the injury itself and then 147 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: grieving the loss of three of his teammates. Know, he 148 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: spent a lot of time with David Thornton trying to 149 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: work through his grief and all that he was dealing with. 150 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: Also spent a lot of time with Rodney McLeod fellow 151 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: UVA Alum and you know, those guys really spent time 152 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: grieving and mourning and going through that process. So I'm 153 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: really happy for Gilani to have that type of a 154 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: day from him as he continues to work through that. Yeah. Absolutely, Yeah. 155 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: Ninety eight receiving yards for Gilanni, most by a Colts 156 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: rookie tight end since Dallas Clark way back in two 157 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: thousand and three. So good anya for Gilanni woods showcasing 158 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: what he can do on Monday Night football in front 159 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: of a national audience. All right, this is the Official 160 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: Cults Podcast. We're brought to you by Wynn Bett, as 161 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: we are every week again, I'm Matt Tay, JJ Stankovitz, 162 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: Layer Overton. Coming up on the podcast, we're breaking it 163 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: all down. We're talking about the loss to the Steelers. 164 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: We're going to discuss how the Colts have found themselves 165 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: in the situation that they're in four seven and one. 166 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: We're going to do that on a segment called how 167 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: did we get here? And we'll talk about the best 168 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: teams in the NFL right now and who might be 169 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: in a four team playoff in the spirit of college football, 170 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: the college Football playoff field that's going to be announced 171 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: this weekend as well. So four seven and one on 172 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: the season, the Colts have lost five of their last six, 173 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: and if you look ahead, four of the colts final 174 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: five opponents they have winning records. The Cowboys are up next, 175 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,680 Speaker 1: they're eight and three, followed by the Vikings at nine 176 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: and two, Chargers at six and five they're still in 177 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: the mix in the AFC, and then the Giants at 178 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: seven and four. So following a trip to Dallas is 179 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: JJ Stead he's going to be changing tires at Costco 180 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: on that much needed bye week for the Colts in 181 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: week fourteen. Now, I'm not doing it myself. Respect that 182 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: pick crew. You're good, go go, go, go go, all right, 183 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: So let's talk about how do we get here? All right? So, 184 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,839 Speaker 1: this season, and I'm speaking for a lot of people, 185 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: it's certainly not gone how we thought it was going to. 186 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: I mean, there was so much hope and optimism and 187 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: hype surrounding this team. I mean, way back at Graham 188 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: Park in Westfield, we were thinking, all right, how many? 189 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: How many games is this Colts team gonna win? Are 190 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 1: they gonna win the division? Are they gonna get nine? 191 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: Are they gonna get ten? Eleven? Some people even have 192 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: them going, you know, twelve and five on the season, 193 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: and at best, the Colts can finish nine seven and one, 194 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: and that's with five games to play, assuming they win 195 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: all five games. So let's talk about a disappointing offense, Lara, 196 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 1: as the Colts have failed to reach twenty points and 197 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: eight of twelve games on the season, they've scored one 198 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: touchdown or fewer six times this year. We can talk 199 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: about the sacks, the league high forty three, turnovers league 200 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: high twenty one, this offense, Lara not producing like we 201 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: dissipated at all. How did we get here to this point? Wow? 202 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: What a loaded question that is To see it early 203 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: on in the day you know, you look at a number, 204 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: there are a number of key areas that you have had, 205 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: speaking of turnovers, that you have had turnover, and that 206 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 1: starts upfront with the offensive line. You certainly have your 207 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: pillars up there with Quentin Nelson, Ryan Kelly and Braden Smith. 208 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: But you know, in the past, you've had these great 209 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: depth pieces, you know, like you've had Chris Reid and 210 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: Mark Glewinsky, and you've had like the Joe Haigs who 211 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: have been in there who have given you some security 212 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: and some depth and you know, some insurance at those positions. 213 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: And when you're playing those young guys up front and 214 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 1: haven't even given them the whole season because you've started 215 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 1: out with other guys in those positions, you've rotated that around. 216 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: I think that is one component to it whatsoever. Also 217 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 1: turnover among the offensive coaching staff, and not just even 218 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: this year. I do think that a lot of people 219 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: underestimated how much you will lost from a schematic standpoint 220 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: when Nick Sirianni, not only Nick Sirianni left for Philadelphia, 221 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: but took a lot of those guys along with him 222 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 1: to join that staff. There. So the challenge in back 223 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 1: to back seasons for Frank Reich was trying to replenish 224 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 1: so much of the talent that he had accrued. And 225 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: one of the big jobs of head coaches isn't just 226 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 1: so much coaching players. They're also coaching coaches and putting 227 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 1: those guys in position of offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, you know, 228 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: all quarterbacks, coach everything else that falls in line with 229 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: those positions. And I think that people really failed to 230 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: address how valuable some of those assets were that you 231 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: lost because Frank and Nick had such a great rapport 232 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: where Frank could delegate some different things to Nick, and 233 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: of course then he was able to Marcus Brady was 234 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: only growing into that role of course at that point. 235 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: And then you have, of course the departure of Marcus 236 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: and the departure of coach Mike, and you bring in 237 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 1: Jeff And among all of that as well is how 238 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: much leadership you lost in terms of offensive veterans in 239 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: two short seasons. You think about the retirement of Anthony Costanzo. 240 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: Then in the same season you lose Jack Doyle and 241 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: t Y Hilton. That is, those are all major major factors. 242 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: It's just this this offense, for the most part, despite 243 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: having a veteran quarterback is very young and very inexperience 244 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: despite a lot of you know, the experience you have 245 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: on the O line, at least you know, several components 246 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: of the offensive line not across the board like you 247 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: have had in the past. You have not had some 248 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: of those luxuries this season. Right. The other part of it, 249 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: Lara in you know, talking about Jack Doyle is the 250 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: impact he had on the Colts run game. I mean 251 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: it was huge, and that's flocking tighten in the game. 252 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: And that was backed up by you know, whatever Pro 253 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: Football Focus grades you're looking at. That that was not 254 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 1: Frank blowing smoke. That was true. And the Colts offense 255 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: was always going to have to adapt to the league 256 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: this year after what Jonathan Taylor did last year. There 257 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: is always going to be something that the Cults are 258 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: gonna have to adapt to. But having to adapt to 259 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 1: it without Jack Doyle, I think made a bigger impact 260 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:16,199 Speaker 1: than people realize. And just looking at some of the 261 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 1: numbers of how teams are playing the Colts, the way 262 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: that the Colts have not been able to get their 263 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: run game going. If I told you the Colts were 264 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: near the bottom of the NFL in heavy boxes they're facing. 265 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: You'd probably be surprised because you're like, well, the Colts 266 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: aren't running the ball that well the Colts are. Teams 267 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: are playing with eight, eight or more men in the 268 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: box against the Colts. Only two teams have faced fewer 269 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: heavy boxes than the Colts this year. The flip side 270 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: of that is that teams are playing light boxes against 271 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: the Colts a lot six or fewer defenders in the box, 272 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: and the Colts have struggled to maintain their offense against 273 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: that because they're having so many negative plays. The Colts 274 00:13:57,880 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: lead the NFL one hundred and twenty two plays of 275 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,839 Speaker 1: zero or fewer yards gained, and when you're also not 276 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: seeing explosive production in the passing right, which we'll get 277 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: into in the next thing here, but when you don't 278 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: have Jack Doyle in there, it took away a chess 279 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 1: piece for this offense to counter. How teams are going 280 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: to start playing them this year. I mean, if you 281 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 1: had six guys in the box and what you had 282 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: Jack Doyle blocking them, that's you know, that's really good. 283 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: And it's not that the Colts don't have guys who 284 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 1: can block a tight end, but Jack was at the 285 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: top top of the league. He'd done it for a 286 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: long time, right, he had experience, he had seen everything 287 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: there you could see, and you know, you just think 288 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: about even that run on third down against the Steelers 289 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: where it looked like Pittsburgh was anticipating a run. You know, 290 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: Gilani that he didn't really have much of a shot 291 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: on that play with Alex Highsmith coming inside. But Jack 292 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 1: Doyle having ten years of experience in the NFL, I 293 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: thought about that plan. I was wondering, I don't know 294 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: if there's anything Jack could have done to cut off 295 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: Highsmith on that play, essentially figure ring that Highsmith was 296 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: going to be doing that based on his experience. But 297 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: you like his ten years and right right situation, and 298 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: just the different concepts you can get into with Jack 299 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: versus without Jack are different. And you've seen a drop 300 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: off in the run game this year, and I don't 301 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: think it's all on the offensive line. I think some 302 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: of it is just having to figure out what to 303 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: do without Jack. You really missed Kylie grantson. I feel 304 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: like this time too as well. His being down with 305 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: illness was a big factor. I think as well. I'm 306 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: trying to get some of that help up from Yeah, 307 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: because he can do that stuff where he comes across 308 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: the line at speed and he blocks down on guys. Yeah, 309 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: it's just so baffling how we got here. I mean, 310 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: I'm just talking big picture. I mean I raised my 311 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: hand because I remember saying back in training camp that 312 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: this offense should be better than it was a year 313 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: ago because of all the top end talent. You got 314 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: Nelson and Kelly and Smith and Jonathan Taylor and Matt 315 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: Ryan at quarterback, Pittman coming off a thousand yards a 316 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 1: healthy Paris Campbell, and what's the ceiling for a rookie 317 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: like Alec Pierce nim Hines in the slot. They're going 318 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: to use him as a slot receiver, and we all 319 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: know how that worked out. He's not on the team 320 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: here anymore. So for this offense to only be scoring 321 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: fifteen points per game, honestly, it's one of the biggest 322 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: shocks in my eleven years on this job or in 323 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: this job. I mean, if you would have told me 324 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 1: at Graham Park that the Cults are gonna have one 325 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 1: of the worst offenses in the NFL, I would have said, how, 326 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: there's no way. But the offensive line has had its issues. 327 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan is one of the leaders in the NFL 328 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: and turnovers. The running game just isn't very diverse. Therefore, 329 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor can't get going like he did last year. 330 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: The vertical passing game, which we're going to talk about, 331 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: that's not there. And it's just a struggle for this 332 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: team to move the ball, and it's even harder for 333 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: it to score it because of all the turnovers that 334 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: they've suffered, primarily in plus territory. The other thing of 335 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: how we got here is I think if you told 336 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: me at Grand Park all those things are going to 337 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: happen and the Cults are gonna be four, seven and 338 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: one going into this game against Dallas, I probably would 339 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: have honestly said, oh, was there gonna be like a 340 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: game out of the division. The Tennessee Titan are playing 341 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 1: much better than I expected that a lot of people 342 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: around the NFL expected there. I mean, there's seven and four. 343 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: They are frankly cruising toward the AFC South title and 344 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: I didn't expect them to be this good. You trade 345 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: a J. Brown, Yeah, you know, Derrick Henry's coming off 346 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: an injury last year. Ryan Tannehills, into his mid thirties, 347 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 1: got the highest capit of any quarterback in the NFL. 348 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,120 Speaker 1: Their defenses had some issues. Harold Landry goes down before 349 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: the season. But that team is such a good football team. 350 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,640 Speaker 1: They don't have as much talent as the Colts. They 351 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: do not, but Tennessee gets the most out of their guys. 352 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 1: They're a better team every Sunday. Right, Yeah, they're a 353 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: better team. There's no question about that. The Athletic just 354 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: ran a story today about how Ohio State should offer 355 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel the world to go coach there. Please do 356 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:52,160 Speaker 1: they done with Ryan Day? Don't you know? It's probably 357 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 1: more like wrote give me a break. I mean, boy, 358 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 1: get Mike reb I don't know. I mean, I know 359 00:17:58,119 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: that there is I mean, look at look at Matt 360 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: rules contract that he's getting, you know, like there is 361 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: just tons of money using college college football. But I 362 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,920 Speaker 1: also don't know that after being in the league, that 363 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: you would want to go to college and have to 364 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: deal with recruiting an NIL and transfer. Hell no, you know, absolutely, 365 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 1: free agency is hard enough. So many, so many coaches 366 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: as soon as they go to if they're in the 367 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: NFL and they go to college, they go right back 368 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: to the NFL. Yeah, because I mean like Pete Carroll, 369 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: you know, he was at USC was very successful there, 370 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: broke some rules, goes right back to the NFL, and 371 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:36,400 Speaker 1: it's very few, just a couple very successful, all right, JJ. 372 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: I know you did a case study on this, so 373 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: let's have it the vertical passing game. The Colts have 374 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: completed or did complete twenty two passes of twenty yards 375 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 1: or more in their first six games. They have just 376 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:53,199 Speaker 1: eleven since they rank eighteenth, and passes over twenty this season, 377 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: they've got just two passing plays of more than forty yards. 378 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: On the year. They rank thirtieth in that department. As 379 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 1: you said, teams are daring the Colts to challenge them 380 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: down the field, and the Colts just aren't able to 381 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: routinely take advantage. How did we get here? JJ? So 382 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 1: it goes to how teams are playing the Colts. That's 383 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: where I want to start with this. And I mentioned 384 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: that the Colts are facing a lot of those light 385 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 1: boxes with six or fewer defenders in there, essentially saying, okay, 386 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 1: go run the ball. When the Colts pass in those situations, 387 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: they're they're averaging you know, five point three yards per play, 388 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: which is not that that's not going to get it done. 389 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: And when team The flip side of it is when 390 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 1: teams are playing those heavy boxes, that's where you usually 391 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 1: you're going to see your downfield play action shots. You 392 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: got eight guys in the box, you can draw the 393 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: linebackers in and the safety and with play action and 394 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: then hit something downfield. The Colts have one pass this 395 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: year on one hundred and four plays against heavy boxes, 396 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: one pass that has traveled more than twenty yards in 397 00:19:56,280 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: the air that came against the Raiders in Week eleven ten, 398 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 1: whatever week that was. That is that's a problem. When 399 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: you get those heavy boxes, you are not even getting 400 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: to those downfield shots. The other part of it is 401 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 1: the Colts are facing a lot of two high safety looks, 402 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: which usually is going to take away those downfield shots. 403 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: But the Colts, despite facing the fifteenth most two high 404 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 1: safety looks on passing places here, they only have five 405 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 1: deep pass attempts against those that is the lowest in 406 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: the NFL. So they're not forcing the ball downfield when 407 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: opportunities may present themselves, they are not pushing it downfield. 408 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: There are a multitude of reasons that could go behind this, 409 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 1: but ultimately, when you look at this offense, and you 410 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: look at the Colts having the lowest average depth to 411 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 1: target in the NFL at six point five yards per 412 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: attempt between Matt Ryan and Sam Ellinger. That's beyond the 413 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, right This is where if the shots 414 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: are there, they're not taking them, or they are not 415 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:57,640 Speaker 1: capitalizing on situations where they could take a shot downfield. 416 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 1: Jeff Saturday talked about this last night actually on Colts 417 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,919 Speaker 1: Roundtable Live. Here was his response on the vertical passing 418 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 1: game or lack thereof on offense right now for the Colts. Yeah, listen, 419 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: there's no hiding from it. We haven't been nearly as 420 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: good at that as we needed to. We had one 421 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 1: good ball up to Um Pittman, you know, late in 422 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: the game on the on the post route that he 423 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: went up and got. We had a shot to Alec 424 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: that he need you know, we need to make that 425 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: catch on the side on the sideline. But you know, 426 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 1: the the issue for us is, you know, it has 427 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 1: to be a balance. Right before, as a season was progressing, 428 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: we weren't protecting very well and so the ball had 429 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,639 Speaker 1: to come out a little bit quicker. And now as 430 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: our line is getting better kind of each and every week. 431 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: It's how much, you know, how long can we hold 432 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: it to get the ball down the field, what the 433 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 1: receiver's routes are on the timing of those throws. Um, 434 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: But we have to be we have to be better 435 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: at taking those shots and making the most of our shots. 436 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 1: And again, uh, like I tell all the guys, you 437 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,239 Speaker 1: may only get one a game, you know, going through 438 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: the list of receivers and tight ends that we have 439 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: who and be out there. But when you get to one, 440 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: it's got to be an explosive and so we have 441 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 1: to continue to work on it. But there's no doubt 442 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: with lack of vertical threat, defenses walked down and that's 443 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:11,479 Speaker 1: really what Pittsburgh did early in the game, is they 444 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 1: walk their safeties down. It becomes hard to tell the 445 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: difference between four and two and who's the forced player, 446 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 1: which means who's helping in the run game. All of 447 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: those things are because you're not challenging downfield, and so 448 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: we have to be able to meet that challenge. I 449 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 1: think it's a fantastic answer. I think he's exactly right. 450 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: And jj L. I also think there's a correlation here 451 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: because the Colts have the second most ten play drives 452 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 1: in the NFL with twenty seven. Is that a good thing? 453 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: Not necessarily, Yeah, because if you're not scoring, it doesn't 454 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: matter how many plays you've got or the problem Matt 455 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,919 Speaker 1: with those drives. Like I mentioned earlier, the Colts lead 456 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: the NFL in plays that go for zero or negative yardage. 457 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,120 Speaker 1: So if you if teams are forcing you to, hey, 458 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to have a ten twelve play drive. 459 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 1: That's I mean, that's how a lot of defenses want 460 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 1: to play. Is Ben, don't break right, you make the 461 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,640 Speaker 1: mistake right us. It takes the Colts several plays per 462 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 1: drive to move the ball and to get into a 463 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: position to score, right, And they just don't have a 464 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 1: lot of big plays. And like you said, j J 465 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: and Lara, when you can't push the ball down the field, 466 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 1: negative things really hurt you. Duh, mister obvious. But what 467 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,360 Speaker 1: I mean by that is you're not able to overcome them. 468 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:25,959 Speaker 1: Like penalties and sacks and for loss. Those things are 469 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 1: drive killers. When you get off schedule at all in 470 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 1: this offense, you just don't have the ability to make 471 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: up yardage with big plays right when you're not explosive 472 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: I mean, this is how Gus. It's funny because everything 473 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: we're talking about, this is how Gus Bradley wants his 474 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 1: defense to play and has played to take advantage of. Yeah, 475 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: you don't allow explosive plays, you stop the run, and 476 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 1: ultimately you trust that someone's going to make a play 477 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 1: or the offense is going to make a mistake. And 478 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: that's where that is exactly how teams are playing the 479 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 1: Colts right now, and the Colts have struggled to find 480 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: solutions against it. All right, So five games to play. 481 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: Moving on, let's take a look at, you know, just 482 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: sort of the outlook for the remainder of the season. 483 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: Five games to go, Lara, five thirty eight dot com. 484 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 1: They give the Colts just a two percent chance of 485 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 1: making the playoffs four seven and one. We know about 486 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: the difficult schedule starting this Sunday, Sunday night in Dallas. 487 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,639 Speaker 1: The Colts are in danger of missing the playoffs for 488 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 1: the sixth time in the last eight years, Lara, after 489 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 1: being so promising, you know last year, this time with 490 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz and the Colts, I mean, whatever was the 491 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 1: streak they had won, you know, six of seven and 492 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 1: ninety eight percent chance of making the playoffs with two 493 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: games to play, right, you know, just win one of 494 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: those games against the Raiders and Cardinals. In your end, Lara, 495 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: how did we get here? How did they drop so 496 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 1: far off of playoff contention? You didn't win the games 497 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 1: you should have. You let too many games slip away, 498 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: too many winnable opportunities that you did not capitalize over 499 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,880 Speaker 1: the course of this season, and another really slow start 500 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 1: to another slow start. I mean, the thing was, yeah, okay, 501 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 1: the Houston tie and then the game in Jacksonville, Like 502 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: I was kind of like, all right, this Jacksonville is 503 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 1: just that anomaly. It's a weird It's like like I 504 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: called the Bermuda Triangle for the Indianapolis Colts, where just weird, 505 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 1: crazy things happen. So like, you know, it kind of 506 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: was like, all right, Houston, you're still finding you're footing 507 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 1: is an offense whatever, like Matt Ryan's getting established all 508 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 1: of those things. Okay, then you come home and you 509 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 1: win against Kansas City, and I'm like, all right, this 510 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 1: is this is what we're working with right now. Okay, 511 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 1: this is an indication of what this team can do 512 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 1: moving forward, and just it's it's head scratching whin you 513 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: have a game like that, and part of the reason 514 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: that some have said that, you know, for that win 515 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: by Indianapolis was more so that Kansas City was overlooking 516 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 1: the Colts and you know, kind of played down so 517 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 1: dist a lot of it, yeah, a lot of that, 518 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 1: but just I'm going back and now I'm kind of 519 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: looking over so and you win in Denver, you win 520 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,679 Speaker 1: against Jackson. To me where it really started to unravel 521 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,199 Speaker 1: this week seven at home against the against the Titans. 522 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: That was where I really felt like that was a 523 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: dagger to this team in terms of the characteristics. Were 524 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: there of the flaws within this team that they were 525 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 1: not going to be able to overcome to put themselves 526 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 1: in contention to win the division, And that was that 527 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: just hasn't been the same season, right, it hasn't. The 528 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 1: next day was the Sam Ellinger News and yes, right, yeah, 529 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,880 Speaker 1: but then even you know, you lost a very winnable 530 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: game against Washington, a game you should have won there, 531 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: and you feel like that, Okay, maybe that could have 532 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: tilted things, but still I think everything really hinges on 533 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: the fact that you come home, you're playing Tennessee. You 534 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,639 Speaker 1: had gotten embarrassed down there just two weeks prior. You 535 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: knew exactly the team they were going to be, you 536 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,479 Speaker 1: knew the magnitude of it. You knew how they were 537 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 1: going to attack you, and what you were going to, 538 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 1: you know, have to do, how you were going to 539 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: have to exploit them, and the opportunities that you were 540 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 1: going to have to capitalize on, and you just failed 541 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 1: to do it. And I think that's such a good 542 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 1: point too, because the Colts came off that win over Jacksonville, 543 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 1: We score thirty four points and you're thinking, okay, offense, 544 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 1: they've found their rhythm. It's taken him five six weeks. Yeah, 545 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 1: they've got some solutions. Now, Jonathan Taylor didn't play in 546 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 1: that game. He's coming back. You're feeling pretty good. And 547 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: then to go and lose to Tennessee by two scores, 548 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: you know, nine point loss. Yeah, I think you're totally right. 549 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 1: That took at three, three and one. At that point 550 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:32,719 Speaker 1: you're still like, all right, you can still make a run. 551 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 1: But that took a lot of wind out of this 552 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 1: team's sales. Absolutely, no doubt about it, no doubt about it. 553 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: All right, let's transition. Let's talk about big picture in 554 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: the NFL. That's something that we rarely do here on 555 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 1: this podcast because we're so focused on the Colts. But 556 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: this idea popped in my brain because I was watching 557 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: a lot of college football over the weekend. I just 558 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: kind of had it on the background on the TV, 559 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 1: eating turkey, hanging out with the family. College football playoff 560 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:00,080 Speaker 1: field that's going to be unveiled on Sunday right all 561 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: the conference championship games. So hypothetically, if there was a 562 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 1: four team NFL playoff field regardless of conference, right, so 563 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 1: you got thirty two teams, they're not all playing the 564 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: same schedule, which is like college football. So as of 565 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: right now, who would be in who's your top four 566 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: teams in an NFL playoff field? Just like college football? 567 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 1: I've got the Eagles. Here are the teams that I've 568 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,679 Speaker 1: gotten the bucket, if you will. Gotta wait you oh 569 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 1: you have ten? Well, I just got I got the 570 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 1: teams with the best real No, no, you gotta pick 571 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: four and you gotta tell us exactly where they are. Yeah, yeah, no, 572 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 1: that's fine, but that's where I'm getting a sore. Your 573 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: top teams right now, if you will, and this is 574 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 1: just like college football, right the top ten teams are 575 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: in contention, they need some things to kind of break 576 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 1: their way. But if the playoffs started now, teams in contention, 577 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: you got the Eagles at ten and one, Chiefs and 578 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 1: Vikings at nine and two, Dolphins, Bills, Cowboys all at 579 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: eight and three, and then the Ravens, Bengals, Titans forty 580 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 1: nine ers. All of those teams. Those four teams have 581 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 1: a record of seven and four. So, Lara, who are 582 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: your top four teams and seed them right now in 583 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: an NFL playoff field, just like college five. I'm giving 584 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: the number one seed to the Kansas City Chiefs. That 585 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: is my one seed. Same okay, clean, sweet. My two 586 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 1: seed is the Philadelphia Eagles. Same three seed, Dallas Cowboys, 587 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: same four seed, Miami Dolphins. Seriously, yeah, the same, exactly 588 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 1: the same, exactly the same. Because she recognized over the 589 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 1: Dolphins versus the Bills for the four seed. But I'm like, dude, 590 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 1: it's my playoffs. The Miami Dolphins are so much fun. 591 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: Put them in. Here's the thing, here's the thing here. 592 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: I was watching Bills Lions, texting Matt Taylor on Thanksgiving 593 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 1: and I was like, the Bills are gonna barely escape 594 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: the Lions College Football Playoff committee would like they would 595 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,720 Speaker 1: be like, get him out of here. What they would 596 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: absolutely also had to head goes to Miami right now. Yeah, 597 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 1: so I'm shocked that we all have the Cowboys in 598 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 1: at eight and three. Listen, it would not be shocked 599 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: no one else. Do you know what after that whack 600 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:17,160 Speaker 1: a mole in the kettle on Thanksgiving Day to give 601 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 1: up just that they're taking it all. They're Peyton hender 602 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 1: shot the Hoosier, you know the left shot ends on 603 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: and now he is in that kettle crash the cham wid. 604 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: No Peyton Henders shot in the ball game, no one, 605 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: No one's got the Vikings in huh No, No, do 606 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: you want to know? So? I know I like no, sorry, 607 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:43,200 Speaker 1: Kurt words salad of numbers. But DVOA is the efficiency 608 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 1: statistic that usually tells you how good you are. Do 609 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: you want to guess for the Minnesota Vikings rank one 610 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: to thirty two in DBOA twenty four, twenty second, nine 611 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 1: and two. There's always one team every year that like 612 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 1: drastically outperforms record wise. What do you need to go 613 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 1: to the DVOA over the bye week at the BA 614 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 1: and the war and the whip and the point point 615 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 1: is runners in scoring position Minniesota Vikings are probably outperforming 616 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 1: a lot of their actual Hey you know what that is. 617 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 1: That's a game I find very interesting for the Colts 618 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: coming up on the calendar. By the way, that's Bill TBD. 619 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 1: But I'll probably be a Sunday, want to I think 620 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 1: that'll be a Sunday. Yeah. I am very interested though 621 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 1: on how that matchup unfold. I'm excited to hear the gallerhorn. 622 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 1: That's the bugle? Is that what that is? It's called 623 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:35,120 Speaker 1: the gallerhorn, the bugle. It was a yaller? Is it 624 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 1: yaller or gallup? I think it's um. I got the 625 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: Bills in. I got the Bills at eight and three. 626 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: The Bills would be my number four because I think 627 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 1: they've got some really good wins at the Rams. I 628 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: know they're kind of down, but that was week one. 629 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 1: It was we've but they trounced Tennessee. They beat Baltimore 630 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: on the road, they beat Kansas City on the road. 631 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: Green Bay they lost to the Vikings, but the Vikings 632 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 1: needed that miracle to beat them in that game. Cleveland's 633 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: a good win. They beat the Lions on a short 634 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 1: week on Thanksgiving went on that week with the snowstorm. 635 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 1: Give me Josh Allen, give me that offense. They're in 636 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:15,960 Speaker 1: my college football play. Yeah, but I mean the narrative 637 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 1: of Tyree Hill going up against the Chiefs in a 638 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: theoretical playoff game, which I you know, kind of hope 639 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:25,480 Speaker 1: we see because that game, that game could be fireworks 640 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 1: between those two offenses. That could be fun. Wow. I'm 641 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: just it's it's my play, Okay. So the teams, the 642 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 1: teams of the Ravens, Ravens, Bengals, Titans forty nine ers, 643 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 1: all of those teams are are seven and four of 644 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:41,280 Speaker 1: those teams, which do you think is going to be 645 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 1: the surprise team that's still there? Like conference championship weekend. 646 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: I think the Niners are very dangerous right now, like 647 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 1: since they since they traded for Christian McCaffrey that has 648 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 1: added a completely new dynamic to that offense. I find 649 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 1: them incredibly intriguing going into December. So I watched the 650 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,600 Speaker 1: Tennessee I watched I watched all the Bengals Titans game 651 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: on Sundays. He was the one seed last year. What happened? Yeah, yeah, Tennessee. 652 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 1: Unfortunately for them, they probably don't get the benefit of 653 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:08,800 Speaker 1: the doubt. The team that gets the benefit of the 654 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:11,440 Speaker 1: doubt for me is the Bengals because I watched I 655 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,600 Speaker 1: watched all that game on Sunday, and I love how 656 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:17,960 Speaker 1: the Bengals have. They've morphed into kind of a different 657 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: team without Jamar Chase. They're gonna drop him back in 658 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:27,400 Speaker 1: this week. But did you see, uh, what's Carressy? Where 659 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 1: he was coming off the field Indianapolis Boy Cathedral High 660 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,880 Speaker 1: School product. Yeah, trs coming off the field, Teddy carriss 661 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 1: He's coming off the field and he's yelling like f you, 662 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,800 Speaker 1: and he's not yelling at anyone. But the Bengals won 663 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 1: such a physical game that, like, I want my offensive 664 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:44,600 Speaker 1: lineman coming off of a win against the Titans. Everyone 665 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: should be doing that because it is such a street 666 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,120 Speaker 1: fight for sixty minutes against the Titans that if you 667 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,240 Speaker 1: win as an offensive lineman or a d lineman, you 668 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:55,360 Speaker 1: should feel great after that. Also, Teddy carriss I did 669 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 1: a story about him and his family because he went 670 00:33:57,840 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl with the Patriots. He would need 671 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:05,760 Speaker 1: to rip hin. He comes from like generations of NFL 672 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:09,480 Speaker 1: offensive lineman. It is unbelievable, like his his family dad 673 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:14,879 Speaker 1: is the lineage is nuts, like they related to Alex Carris. Yes, 674 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:21,200 Speaker 1: from Blazing Saddles. I his grandfather Ted and great uncles 675 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,680 Speaker 1: Lou and Alex play in the NFL and the fifties 676 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 1: and sixties. Father Ted played played during the eighty seventh season. Yes, 677 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:32,040 Speaker 1: there seventh family member over three generations to play football 678 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 1: in the Big Top about that was once incredible? Yeah, yeah, Matt, 679 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:38,200 Speaker 1: did you mention the Jets at seven and four? I 680 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 1: did not know? My bad what's going on there? By 681 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 1: the way, Mike White, Holy mine? Uh yeah right, I 682 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,040 Speaker 1: got I got in a My brain kind of broke 683 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,640 Speaker 1: yesterday when our coworker Chris Albrett comes in and he goes, 684 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,600 Speaker 1: I gotta take if the Jets had kept Sam Darnold, 685 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,960 Speaker 1: they would be nine and two this year, And I'm like, 686 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,239 Speaker 1: who has time to think about that? Yeah, And my 687 00:34:58,320 --> 00:34:59,919 Speaker 1: brain kind of broke because I was like, I don't 688 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,400 Speaker 1: I think you're right, but maybe you are. I don't know. 689 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,719 Speaker 1: Shout out to the Jets, by the way, because it's 690 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:08,319 Speaker 1: seven and four and having to bench the quarterback who's 691 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,440 Speaker 1: the number two overall pick two years ago because the 692 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,520 Speaker 1: rest of your team is so good that you kind 693 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,839 Speaker 1: of have to do it. Um. I don't know if 694 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:18,279 Speaker 1: they're going to be a super Bowl team this year, 695 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:19,959 Speaker 1: but I like what they're doing there, like what Robert 696 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,680 Speaker 1: sal is doing there. Yeah, no doubt. If no one 697 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 1: saw that coming, everybody thought, okay, at the beginning of 698 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: the season, who are the teams that you can just 699 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,080 Speaker 1: cross off? The Jets were kind of in that discussion. 700 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,400 Speaker 1: They're right there. They're in the mix in the AFC 701 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,839 Speaker 1: for a while. Jets and Giants are both seven and four. Yeah, 702 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,320 Speaker 1: and the Colts are four, seven and one and the 703 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 1: Denver Broncos are three and eight. Yep. Who saw that coming? 704 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:42,680 Speaker 1: That's incredibly random. Also random is my thought of the 705 00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 1: week to close out here. You guys ready, Yeah, all right, Larry, 706 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,080 Speaker 1: if your car? If your car, oh my god, I know, 707 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:52,399 Speaker 1: Cardy run. Oh well, I'm test driving one at the moment. 708 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:57,279 Speaker 1: So yeah, how's it going. It's it's it's very so 709 00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:00,680 Speaker 1: it's a Toyota four Runner. So yes, we had one 710 00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,040 Speaker 1: of those. We had a rental experience in one of 711 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:06,000 Speaker 1: those yes spaces, thank thanks to Toyota of Munci. I'm 712 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:09,879 Speaker 1: driving that around right now testing it all right, Yeah, 713 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 1: well if that forerunner later, if that ran on stupidity, 714 00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:19,520 Speaker 1: where would you go to refuel the four Nay, I 715 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,000 Speaker 1: did not drop ahead. I did not look ahead at 716 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:23,680 Speaker 1: the question the week, sometimes at the random flaw of 717 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:25,440 Speaker 1: the week, because sometimes I like to just think. I 718 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,120 Speaker 1: like to think on the fly. This. Yeah, this came 719 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,080 Speaker 1: to me right as soon as I read it. The 720 00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:39,080 Speaker 1: airport there, seriously, great, great answer. So many stupid things 721 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:42,520 Speaker 1: happened in the airport. Like I actually think that people's 722 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:46,040 Speaker 1: brains break to quote JJ, like entering the airport, like 723 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,960 Speaker 1: they're fully functioning humans when they parked their car, but 724 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: upon that, upon entering the terminal, just a complete cerebral collapse. Yeah, 725 00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,440 Speaker 1: I'm always behind that person, the guy that takes his 726 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,839 Speaker 1: shoes off off on the plane. What part of your 727 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,400 Speaker 1: brain says this is okay or this is a good idea, 728 00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:07,759 Speaker 1: or like so I have t SA pre check because 729 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,120 Speaker 1: I travel quite a bit, so I always go through 730 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,719 Speaker 1: You're not waiting for anybody or anything, absolutely, Like if 731 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:16,480 Speaker 1: there is a patience meter, I am negative zero on 732 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:20,239 Speaker 1: the patience meter. Like I also I will show up 733 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,360 Speaker 1: at the last minute, like I don't want to have 734 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:25,480 Speaker 1: an extra second to spare. I get there and I 735 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,759 Speaker 1: want to be like walking straight onto the plane, but 736 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:31,719 Speaker 1: like I'll go to TSA pre check. I've witnessed this too, Yeah, 737 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,239 Speaker 1: oh absolutely, what do you mean? I can't bring these 738 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,960 Speaker 1: four gallons of water onto the flight with me? Right? 739 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,839 Speaker 1: Like like people act like it's seriously Like people get 740 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:44,719 Speaker 1: in line like they have never flown before in their lives, like, yes, 741 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:48,239 Speaker 1: it's it's unbelievable. That's yeah. I And like you get 742 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,600 Speaker 1: those people at the airport too, who are like like, oh, 743 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:52,640 Speaker 1: I don't know where my my gate is and they're 744 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,800 Speaker 1: just standing right in the middle with all their bags, 745 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,759 Speaker 1: and it's like pretty clearly there are only two ways 746 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,920 Speaker 1: to go it into Also, I'm also gonna say this, 747 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,919 Speaker 1: and I love I love kids. I don't have kids, 748 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:08,680 Speaker 1: but you guys both are obviously parents. There. There are 749 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:12,480 Speaker 1: fewer things more infuriating to me than people who let 750 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:16,160 Speaker 1: their children pull the little wheelie luggages that that hold 751 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:18,719 Speaker 1: like three things in them, because they're the size of 752 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:22,080 Speaker 1: maybe like a small backpack, and and they're small children, 753 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,040 Speaker 1: so they're like teetering around and they're rolling the bags 754 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:26,399 Speaker 1: and then they're just in the middle of the way, 755 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:31,200 Speaker 1: and it's like, this is not a fish shit. Um okay, 756 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:36,440 Speaker 1: I'm just worst worst people, and I am lead blocker. 757 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,600 Speaker 1: I am up front throw an elbow. So I don't 758 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:42,399 Speaker 1: think Indian Indie Indian national dud. They have a people mover, 759 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:49,440 Speaker 1: like I always forget. I have been flown out of 760 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:52,040 Speaker 1: it enough. But the worst people are the people I'm 761 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,359 Speaker 1: the people mover who are standing there. They're on one 762 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,200 Speaker 1: side and their luggage is on the other side, and 763 00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:59,320 Speaker 1: they're knocking everything. And I'm just like, don't you understand 764 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:01,480 Speaker 1: that this gets you there faster. It's not for you 765 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:04,239 Speaker 1: to be lazy and to not get you can go 766 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,440 Speaker 1: there faster. I want no part of the people where 767 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,879 Speaker 1: I go. I know I'm walking and I am oh 768 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,480 Speaker 1: my god. Usually I'm walking faster than the people on 769 00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:14,800 Speaker 1: the people move without a question. It is a personal 770 00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,400 Speaker 1: challenge that I like to I'll get eyeballs on somebody. 771 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,440 Speaker 1: I'm like, all right, guy in the green, we're getting 772 00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,719 Speaker 1: past him, you know, like just he's on the people mover, 773 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:24,440 Speaker 1: I'm on the you know, regular if you're rushing to 774 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:26,880 Speaker 1: get to your gate because you have a connection or 775 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:28,800 Speaker 1: something like this, doesn't happen at Indian International, but it 776 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:32,160 Speaker 1: happens at O'Hare all the freaking time. If you're on 777 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,040 Speaker 1: the people mover because you have five minutes to get 778 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:36,480 Speaker 1: to your gate and that person's doing that, all I 779 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,120 Speaker 1: want to do is like, okay, where's Quinton Nelson? Just 780 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,840 Speaker 1: run them over, like I need, like Grover Stewart to 781 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:45,160 Speaker 1: like push the pile down the people mover so I 782 00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:46,960 Speaker 1: can get to my flight. Man, this turned into an 783 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:50,440 Speaker 1: I know, I know, so my one. My one is 784 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:53,040 Speaker 1: similar related to travel. I am going to the left 785 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:57,480 Speaker 1: lane of a two lane split highway because you get 786 00:39:57,520 --> 00:40:01,240 Speaker 1: people who just sit there and they're going the speed limit, 787 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:06,560 Speaker 1: which is not safe in fact, and they're just sitting there, 788 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,000 Speaker 1: and you know, you try to like flash your lights 789 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,319 Speaker 1: at them, like, hey, I'm trying to go because there's 790 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:13,960 Speaker 1: a truck coming up on my right that is now 791 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,960 Speaker 1: passing both of us and that is extremely unsafe. But 792 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,279 Speaker 1: they're just up up, up, up up, and you're just 793 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:22,279 Speaker 1: like who taught you the rules of the road. The 794 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:26,640 Speaker 1: left lane is for passing, not for cruising. Once you pass, 795 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:29,120 Speaker 1: you get back into the right lane, and then when 796 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,319 Speaker 1: you have to pass again, you get into the left lane. 797 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:32,839 Speaker 1: You do not ride the left lane. And if you're 798 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:34,759 Speaker 1: going to ride the left lane, do not ride it 799 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,160 Speaker 1: at sixty nine miles an hour on a seven. You 800 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:39,080 Speaker 1: got up to speed if you're just gonna chill in 801 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,800 Speaker 1: that left lane right, yep, because the fastest car on 802 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,920 Speaker 1: the road at all times. Because going down sixty five, 803 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,520 Speaker 1: where they're like the whole road is trucks, You're like, 804 00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:49,520 Speaker 1: then you're getting boxed in by trucks who are going 805 00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:52,839 Speaker 1: the speed the same they're the same speed, different lanes, 806 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:57,359 Speaker 1: but they're trucks. So I cannot emphasize that enough. They 807 00:40:57,400 --> 00:40:59,680 Speaker 1: are trucks. You are doing if you're in the left 808 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:03,360 Speaker 1: lane and just riding the left lane is being wildly 809 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,840 Speaker 1: unsafe and wildly stupid. So that's where I'm going. I 810 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,000 Speaker 1: would never never run out of gas on a cross 811 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:10,400 Speaker 1: country trip. Well, what do they say? Common sense is 812 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,040 Speaker 1: not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to 813 00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:15,960 Speaker 1: deal with everyone who doesn't have Oh, I've never heard 814 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:18,400 Speaker 1: this what they say? I like that saying there you go, 815 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,359 Speaker 1: So that that turned more into pet peeves than than 816 00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,120 Speaker 1: where you're going to refuel your your car that runs 817 00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:25,400 Speaker 1: on I don't know mine start with a lot of 818 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:29,479 Speaker 1: stupid Yeah. Mate, Yes, here's what I would actually do, Okay, 819 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,320 Speaker 1: I would put my car in the garage and like 820 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,040 Speaker 1: an EV plug in, I would take a USB cord, 821 00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:35,880 Speaker 1: I would open the Twitter app and I would just 822 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,120 Speaker 1: plug it into that's one. That's a good one, right there. 823 00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:42,239 Speaker 1: Just yeah, plug that car into social media. You'll have Yeah, 824 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,279 Speaker 1: you'll have fuel for the rest of you. I don't 825 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:46,680 Speaker 1: need your dumb cars that catch on fire all the time. 826 00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:50,160 Speaker 1: I can just plug it into your stupid app. I was. 827 00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,600 Speaker 1: I was secretly hoping that Twitter was gonna bomb two 828 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:54,880 Speaker 1: weeks ago. Just get this whole thing out of here. 829 00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:57,200 Speaker 1: I do not want this in my life anymore because, 830 00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:59,560 Speaker 1: quite frankly, and that you both know this about me, 831 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,160 Speaker 1: the only reason I have Twitter is for news, is 832 00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:04,560 Speaker 1: for work, so I can stay up to date. Anyways, 833 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:08,239 Speaker 1: that's a complete tangent. Lara Colts three to sixty. This week, 834 00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:10,360 Speaker 1: what do you guys, It's gonna air Saturday night and 835 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:13,800 Speaker 1: Sunday morning. Saturday night and Sunday morning. Mo Aali Cox 836 00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:16,839 Speaker 1: is our player guest in studio. As always, our conversation 837 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,680 Speaker 1: with Integram head coach Jeff Saturday and a couple of 838 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:24,800 Speaker 1: really cool special segments with a week upcoming. It is 839 00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:28,759 Speaker 1: My Cause, My Cleats. The game in Dallas is and 840 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,160 Speaker 1: we're going to be showcasing a couple of guys who 841 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:37,040 Speaker 1: are supporting kicking the stigma with their cleats this weekend. Fantastic, fantastic, JJ. 842 00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:39,080 Speaker 1: What's going on at Colts dot com. Yeah, I'm also 843 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:41,239 Speaker 1: going to talk to a player or two about what 844 00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,880 Speaker 1: they're supporting for My Cause My Cleats this week, so 845 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:45,480 Speaker 1: that I'll be up on Colts dot com. We've got 846 00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:48,720 Speaker 1: our usual mailbag coming in tomorrow, so you can submit 847 00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:52,120 Speaker 1: your questions for that on Colts dot com Slash mailbag. 848 00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:56,279 Speaker 1: And just looking ahead to one more game before the 849 00:42:56,320 --> 00:43:00,960 Speaker 1: bye week. It's been a long latest by Yeah, latest 850 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:03,600 Speaker 1: buy in the NFL for sure? Was this the same boy? 851 00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:04,719 Speaker 1: I feel like this was the same time we had 852 00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:07,479 Speaker 1: five week last year. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, that's a long, 853 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,000 Speaker 1: very long me talk about training camp. You're talking about 854 00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:14,680 Speaker 1: from late July to December without an extended period of 855 00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:18,359 Speaker 1: time on one weekend off yep. After the Thursday night game, 856 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:21,239 Speaker 1: We're loaded up on audio as well. Colts Roundtable Live 857 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,120 Speaker 1: from last night. Daily updates Tuesday through Thursday, or I 858 00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:26,400 Speaker 1: should say Wednesday and Thursday. This week off a day 859 00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:29,920 Speaker 1: because of Monday Night Football Inside Football with Rick Venturiy. 860 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,800 Speaker 1: That's gonna drop tomorrow to beat the eight and three Cowboys. 861 00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:36,279 Speaker 1: His blueprints there. Todd Archer, he covers the Cowboys for 862 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:39,920 Speaker 1: ESPN dot Com. He's gonna join Casey and Bill this 863 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:42,239 Speaker 1: week on No Your Foe and then Colts Happy Are 864 00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:44,400 Speaker 1: with jmv is back on ninety three five and one 865 00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,680 Speaker 1: oh seven five the Fan on Friday, and then probably 866 00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:51,200 Speaker 1: Sunday or it should say Monday morning ish for instant 867 00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:55,400 Speaker 1: reaction there after. Yeah, after the late arrival from Sunday 868 00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:58,239 Speaker 1: Night Football in Dallas. So all of that loaded up 869 00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:00,760 Speaker 1: for you Colts dot Com and the Colts Audio Network. 870 00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:03,000 Speaker 1: JJ and Lara, thanks for the time and the entertainment 871 00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:05,720 Speaker 1: this week. As always, Lara, stay out of the airport. 872 00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:07,680 Speaker 1: It's good for everybody if you just don't travel this 873 00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:10,799 Speaker 1: getting up, Let's go to Dallas. Only travel with the team. 874 00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:13,719 Speaker 1: We are locked in loaded all week long. This is 875 00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:16,759 Speaker 1: the Colts Official podcast again for Lara and JJ. I'm 876 00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:18,719 Speaker 1: Matt Taylor and we will talk to you back on 877 00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:22,000 Speaker 1: the normal schedule on Tuesday of next week, following Colts 878 00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:25,400 Speaker 1: and Cowboys leading you in and reacting, heading into a 879 00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:28,520 Speaker 1: bye weekend for the Colts. Until then, enjoy the rest 880 00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:31,160 Speaker 1: of your week. Thanks for listening to the Official Cults 881 00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:32,280 Speaker 1: podcast along