1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: Football is about the Jimmy's and Joe's, and X's and 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 1: O's tack mill York. 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 2: Bozo, WoT ain't Baker Bruce. 4 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,959 Speaker 1: It's time to get out the chot board and diagram 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: some plays. Here's what all starts right here. That's why 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: Jay money Christmas. This is Inside Football with former Colts 7 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: and the NFL coach Rick Venturie. 8 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 2: Well, the Colts playoff chances went out the door the 9 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 2: Big Apple as the Colts fell to the Giants in 10 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 2: Week seventeen forty five to thirty three, and now the 11 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 2: Colts unfortunately are assured a losing season in twenty twenty four. 12 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 2: They're going to miss out on the postseason for the 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 2: fourth straight year. There's only one week remaining and the 14 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 2: Colts will try to even the season series with the 15 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 2: Jacksonville Jaguars to close out the season and go out 16 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 2: on a high note. The four Changes come in twenty 17 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 2: twenty five. Welcome to the Inside Football podcast here on 18 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 2: the Colt's Audio network. I'm Matt Taylor inside the Indiana 19 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 2: Union Construction Industry Radio Studio. Happy New Year everybody, and 20 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 2: as always I'm joined today please to be with as always, 21 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,559 Speaker 2: Rick vent Turrey who's going to put things into perspective 22 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 2: and get us ready for the Jags with his nearly 23 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:20,839 Speaker 2: thirty years of NFL coaching on his resume. Rick, Happy 24 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 2: New Year to you as well. What time did you 25 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: hit the pillow on New Year's Eve? I can see 26 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 2: you staying up till around two am, three am. You 27 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 2: have to be dragged out of that party. 28 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 3: I think I have been up since till. You know, 29 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 3: I've been up to two pm, except it was one 30 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 3: of those road trips we were coming back together on. 31 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 3: I mean, when I make it past ten, man, I'm 32 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 3: telling you it's a big night. Now after football season's 33 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 3: over and I don't have these four o'clock in the 34 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 3: morning wake ups. You know, well, I'll get back to normal, 35 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 3: but for you know, that six month period, I'm just 36 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 3: an early morning preparation guy. And you can't. You can't 37 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 3: live at both ends. So I ended up going to 38 00:01:58,400 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 3: bed pretty early. 39 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,559 Speaker 2: There you go, creature of habit. Even with one game 40 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 2: to go in the regular season. I can definitely respect 41 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 2: that man. The coaches putting in the work no matter 42 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 2: what's on the line. And unfortunately, again the bad segue 43 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 2: there is that not much is on the line for 44 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 2: the Colts other than, like I said at the top, 45 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 2: trying to get a win to close out the seasons 46 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 2: and even up the season series with the Jacksonville Jaguars 47 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 2: and Rick a lot of players on the Colts roster. 48 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 2: A few coaches have come out this week and they 49 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 2: have used the word embarrassing to describe the effort and 50 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 2: the outcome to the Giants. Last week, the Colts lose 51 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 2: to a team that was in line for the first 52 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 2: overall pick. They had the worst record in the NFL, 53 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 2: they were on a ten game losing skid, and the 54 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 2: Colts let them hang forty five on them. It was 55 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 2: a game where the Colts had everything to play for 56 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 2: in terms of keeping their playoff hopes alive, but they 57 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 2: couldn't get it done. This is the third time in 58 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 2: the last four years the Colts have lost a game 59 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 2: late in the season that dooms their playoff hopes. And 60 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 2: there's no doubt that that loss on Sunday, Rick represents 61 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 2: a low point for the Colts and it's going to 62 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 2: be interesting to see, you know, what they look like 63 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,239 Speaker 2: on Sunday and what changes come in the immediate aftermath 64 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 2: of a disappointing season here for Indianapolis. 65 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's no question about it. You know, I thought 66 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 3: of all the statements that were made, I thought the 67 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 3: Forest Putner artfully said it best. He just said, you know, 68 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 3: and I'll amend it a little bit. He just said, basically, 69 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 3: we crapped in our bed. You know, really, I mean, 70 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 3: you got it all in front of you. You got 71 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 3: a really bad football team that you're playing, and we 72 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 3: made them look like the Kansas City Chiefs. I mean, 73 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 3: it was you know, and it you know, it wasn't. 74 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 3: It wasn't. Really. The whole team offensively played well enough, 75 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 3: there's no doubt about it. You put thirty three points up. 76 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 3: I mean, if you'd told me on the trip going 77 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 3: out there that we were going to score thirty three, 78 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 3: I would have said, good, it'll it'll be thirty three 79 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 3: to seven, you know, but our special teams let us down. 80 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 3: Our defense was just absolutely horrific. Phoned it in coaching wise, 81 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 3: phoned it in player wise. So you know, I'm sure 82 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 3: they'll go out strong. But you know, when things like 83 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 3: this happen, and I've talked to you so many times 84 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 3: about there's always that one game, that one embarrassing game 85 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 3: that ends up sealing your fate as coaches and players. 86 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 3: But coaches first. You you know, I can point to 87 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 3: the game, you know that I was let go, You 88 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 3: know I can, I can point to I can remember it. 89 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 3: And I didn't get let go that day, but I 90 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 3: knew that that was the day to turn the tide. 91 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 3: And you can't. You can't have collapses like this and 92 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 3: not have a lot of changes. It's just just gonna happen, 93 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 3: you know what. You know, there's there's there's just one 94 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 3: thing that keeps hitting me between the eyes and uh, 95 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 3: and this is going to go back to the defense. 96 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 3: You know, there's to me there if if two games 97 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 3: are different, if simply two games are different, everything else 98 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 3: is the same and they're both embarrassing losses. Is Jacksonville 99 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 3: and the Giants. You know, you're talking about offense scores 100 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 3: thirty four points, offense scores thirty three points. You're playing 101 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 3: against bottom feeders on defense. When the Giants were thirty 102 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 3: two coming in, I think the Jaguars or like twenty 103 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 3: eighth coming in that day, they score thirty seven and 104 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 3: thirty eight. And so you know, when you really look 105 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 3: at it, if you play any defensive ball. If you 106 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 3: don't have embarrassing performance in those two games, you're nine 107 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,359 Speaker 3: and seven, not seven and nine, and you're going for 108 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 3: ten wins in a real shot. You know what I'm 109 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 3: saying this week. I mean, it's you know, I just 110 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 3: I keep looking back at those two games, and I'm saying, 111 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 3: you know, you really don't have to look at anything else. 112 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 2: Well, you look at those two games. You can look 113 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 2: at the Green Bay game with a backup quarterback when 114 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 2: they ran the ball all over the Colts defense. You 115 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 2: lose two games to the Texans, who are on a 116 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 2: death slide right now, seemingly on offense, they can't move 117 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 2: the ball, they can't score, but you lose those two 118 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,919 Speaker 2: games by combined five points too. So it's not that 119 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 2: I'm disagreeing with you, Rick, It's that I think you 120 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 2: can take it even further. There were so many missed 121 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 2: opportunities this year for the Colts. And that's the thing 122 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 2: about the NFL is you don't really realize you're in 123 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 2: a game like that when it's week two, Week five, 124 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 2: Week seven, Week eight, But they all add up. And 125 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 2: that's the beauty I guess of the NFL is that 126 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,919 Speaker 2: they all mean so much, and there's so much parody 127 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 2: in the league that you know, all of these these 128 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 2: games matter, all these one score disappointing outcomes, they all 129 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 2: add up to kicking you out of the playoffs. 130 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 3: Absolutely, And I'm going to hit it later, you know 131 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 3: when we when we kind of close things out. But 132 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 3: you know, you're you hit it exactly right. Every game 133 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 3: is equal. I mean, it's it's it's one of seventeen parts. 134 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 3: And what you know about the NFL, what you have 135 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 3: to know is that it is a league of parody 136 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 3: and you're you're not. There are no gimmes. We've said 137 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 3: that a million times now. And if you don't, if 138 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 3: you don't put forth your best effort mentally, physically, coaching wise, strategically, 139 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 3: you're just not gonna get it done. You're gonna get 140 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 3: your tail beat. And you know, maybe maybe we can 141 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,119 Speaker 3: come to grips with that. I don't know, we haven't yet, 142 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 3: and I don't know what that's gonna take. But you know, 143 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 3: we have to come to grips with that. 144 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 2: All right, Well, let's move the book mark here. Let's 145 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 2: head to the final chapter of the regular season for 146 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 2: the Colts. We close it out with Week eighteen, and 147 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 2: the Jacksonville Jaguars are next Jacksonville in the big picture, 148 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 2: rick they're four and twelve, but they're coming off a 149 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 2: twenty to thirteen win over the Titans last week. That 150 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 2: was just their fifth win in their last twenty two 151 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 2: games dating back to last season. The Jaguars are currently 152 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 2: slotted to pick fifth in the upcoming draft, and that 153 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 2: will give them their thirteenth top ten pick dating back 154 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 2: to twenty ten. The Jaguars, like the Colts, have played 155 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 2: in twelve one score games, but they're just three and 156 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 2: nine in those games. In fact, for them, the nine 157 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 2: to one score losses on the season are tied for 158 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 2: the most in a single season in the Super Bowl era, 159 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 2: so it's not like they've been blown out all season long. 160 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 2: Although they did get blasted by the Lions. They lost 161 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 2: that game by forty six points, which was the biggest 162 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 2: defeat in club history. One consolation that the Jaguars have 163 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 2: this season is that they are three and two against 164 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 2: the AFC South, and they are eleven and six under 165 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 2: head coach Doug Peterson against the division, including a four 166 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 2: to one record against the Colts. We know that all 167 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,559 Speaker 2: too well. The Jaguars offense has now got it by 168 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 2: backup quarterback and former New England Patriot Mac Jones franchise 169 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 2: quarterback Trevor Lawrence. He's been out of the lineup since 170 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 2: early December with a shoulder injury that he recently had 171 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 2: surgery on. He only played in ten games this season 172 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,599 Speaker 2: due to those injuries, and questions about his ability to 173 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 2: win Big and Jacksonville are going to follow him into 174 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 2: the offseason. The Jaguars are scoring only eight team points 175 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,319 Speaker 2: per game that ranks twenty fifth in the NFL. We'll 176 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 2: get into the specifics on the blueprints, but Brian Thomas 177 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 2: has turned into a superstar rookie wide receiver. The defense 178 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,599 Speaker 2: for Jacksonville has been horrible on the season in totality, 179 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 2: and despite the bad season, the Jaguars are noticeably playing 180 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 2: hard on film. You read the quotes coming out of 181 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 2: the locker room lately, Rick, and those indicate they're still 182 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 2: engaged late in the season here. So that's kind of 183 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 2: the skinny on the Jags heading into week eighteen. Rick, 184 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 2: what else do you want to note on them on 185 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 2: your big picture here on the regular season finale? 186 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, to me, you just described the enigma that this 187 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 3: team really is. I mean, when you look at some 188 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 3: bad teams like the Giants, like Tennessee, it's bad on film. 189 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 3: Now it wasn't Sunday, but it's bad on film. And 190 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 3: then when you look at these guys and they came 191 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 3: off what I call a really refreshing win last week, 192 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,839 Speaker 3: or they just played their tailoff. If you look at 193 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 3: you look at the tape, they're flying or like they're 194 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 3: fourteen and two, you know. And then Mac Jones another 195 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,599 Speaker 3: we played about a million JV quarterbacks. We're going to 196 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,079 Speaker 3: get another one. But he ended up with one hundred 197 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:13,959 Speaker 3: and thirty passer rating last week, two tds. I mean, 198 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 3: it's an interesting team. You kind of alluded to it, 199 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 3: you know, this team, and it kind of reflects Doug 200 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 3: Peterson's career. Remember his great early won a Super Bowl 201 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 3: at Philadelphia and then fell off the table. You know, 202 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 3: he comes to Jacksonville, he wins the division with a 203 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 3: nine to eight in twenty two, he wins the first 204 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 3: eight out of eleven. Last year, just last year, he 205 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 3: wins the first eight out of eleven, and then, like 206 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 3: you said, he's five and seventeen since. So it's almost 207 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 3: like history repeats itself really fast, start get it going 208 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:51,319 Speaker 3: and then knowsedive one of his real moves. In the offseason, 209 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 3: he fired Mike Calwell and brought in Nielsen as a 210 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 3: defensive coordinator. And that's been a disaster, really, it really has. 211 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 3: So you know they're walking the plank. There probably going 212 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:07,079 Speaker 3: to be a hole. The whole change. Again, going back 213 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 3: to that first game, and it was Lawrence. He had 214 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 3: the game of his life, twenty eight for thirty four 215 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 3: eighty percent, four hundred and ninety seven yards and they 216 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 3: beat US thirty seven to thirty four in Duval County. 217 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 3: The Colts, you know, kind of house of horrors, you know, offensively, 218 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 3: I can see where they've fallen off because they've had 219 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 3: some critical injuries. Obviously, Lawrence, who we know, always said 220 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 3: he's like the girl with the cur when he's when 221 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 3: he's good, he's really good. When he's bad, he's really bad. 222 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 3: But he's a talented guy and he'd absolutely shredded us 223 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 3: in game one, so you know they're trying to make 224 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 3: do with Mac Jones again, like I said, another JV quarterback. 225 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 3: But they have elements again, they got elements that can 226 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 3: beat you. I really like their running back tandem at 227 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 3: the end and Bigsby are both talented and a compliment 228 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 3: when another at TN you know, is a nine gap 229 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 3: jump it go. You know, he can catch and run, 230 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 3: you know, well over twenty five hundred yards, over eighteen touchdowns, 231 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 3: you know, over over one hundred catches, and Bigsby is 232 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,719 Speaker 3: a four point seven lifetime and if you remember, they 233 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 3: got one hundred and eighteen yards against US rushing in 234 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 3: the first game, so they are very capable. And of 235 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 3: all the terrible statistics they have, they are fifteenth in 236 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 3: the league and rushing per at four point three. And 237 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 3: those two guys are really really good. And then of 238 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 3: course you mentioned that we've got LSU receiver number two. 239 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 3: We got the clone of the guy we forgot to 240 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 3: defend last week, you know, and basically that's Thomas. If 241 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 3: you remember, Thomas was the guy that I was dying 242 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 3: for us to pick fifteenth, and I just think he's terrific. 243 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 3: You know, he's already at you know, you know, he's 244 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 3: already now over one thousand, he's eleven hundred less. You know, 245 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 3: he's got a fourteen to seven or fourteen one, he's 246 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 3: got ten touchdowns, five hundred and thirty six yards of 247 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 3: the act. So again, he's another one of those guys. 248 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 3: It's just an ambient. You know. He and the running 249 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 3: backs are very very good. You got to be ready 250 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 3: for him. They don't have a lot around them, but 251 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 3: they have that. And again remember if you remember, he 252 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 3: had a twenty four point four including a big home 253 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 3: run against US in Game one. So I mean, I 254 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 3: think that's it. Strange is a solid tight end. Losing 255 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 3: Ingram had really hurt them. You know, they've lost Kirk, 256 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 3: They've lost a lot of perimeter guys plus their quarterback. 257 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 3: So I mean, I don't think. I think there's no 258 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,839 Speaker 3: surprise that that struggled defensively is a mystery to me. 259 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 3: This is what I can't forget and it scares me 260 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 3: because a team that is underproducing is dangerous if they're capable. 261 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 3: And this is a team met if you look at 262 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 3: them from two years ago when they stuffed us, you 263 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 3: know last year, it's almost the same lineup. It's the 264 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 3: same cast of characters. You've got edge guys. Heinz Allen 265 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 3: fifty two sacks. The young Walker kid has twenty one. 266 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 3: He had three against US last year. Armstead, who they 267 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 3: brought over from the Niners thirty four and a half, 268 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 3: and the young kid, Mason Smith from LSU is really 269 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 3: coming on. Louis Khan and Lloyd are terrific stackbackers. They're 270 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 3: over two hundred tackles their machines. And then you got 271 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 3: two really good players in the secondary in Campbell and 272 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 3: and Cisco. You know, Cisco is an eight career pick guy. 273 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 3: And you know, now Brown and Jones fill out their 274 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 3: three corner defense. So I mean that if you want 275 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 3: to say, well, that's a little bit under the standard, 276 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 3: but overall, you know, it just it shatters me that 277 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 3: this can be the thirty second ranked defense and thirty 278 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 3: second in takeaways. I just I really can't figure out. 279 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 3: Like I said, the defensive coordinator change that Peterson made 280 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 3: in the offseason, it is gould to get the whole 281 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 3: building fire much like us. 282 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 2: We will see how it goes. All right, Let's begin 283 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 2: talking about the specifics here on the Jags on the blueprints, 284 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 2: and we begin first with the Jags on offense, which 285 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 2: again has now gotten by former Patriot Mac Jones. He 286 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 2: was shipped to his hometown of Jacksonville in the offseason 287 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 2: for a sixth round pick and the Jaguars are putting 288 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 2: up only eighteen points per game. They've reached thirty points 289 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 2: just twice on the season, including a season high, unfortunately 290 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 2: thirty seven against the Colts back in Week five. Last week, 291 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 2: Jones passed for one hundred and seventy four against the Titans. 292 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 2: But he's played good football lately. After throwing seven picks 293 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 2: across his first five starts, he's now had back to 294 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 2: back games with no interceptions. He's also thrown five touchdowns 295 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 2: across the last three games. His favorite target is no 296 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 2: doubt rookie sensation Brian Thomas. Last week, he became the 297 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 2: first rookie receiver in JAG's history to top the one 298 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 2: thousand yard mark, and he's also joined Randy Moss, Odell 299 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 2: Beckham Junior, and Jamar Chase as the only receivers in 300 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 2: the NFL in NFL history, I should say, with eleven 301 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 2: hundred plus yards and ten touchdowns. Additionally, he's got six 302 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 2: receptions over forty on the season, including an eighty five 303 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 2: yard touchdown catch against the Colts, which was the longest 304 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 2: by a rookie and franchise history and the sixth longest 305 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 2: in the NFL so far. This season. In the running game, 306 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 2: they've got Travis Etn and Tank Bigsby. For Etn he's 307 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 2: got twenty six over twenty six hundred career rushing yards, 308 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 2: and for Bigsby, his four point seven yards per carry 309 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 2: average ranks fifth in the AFC so far this year. 310 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 2: He had a big game against the Colts rushing he 311 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 2: had one hundred and one on the ground, also had 312 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 2: twenty eight yards receiving and something to note specifically coming 313 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 2: off all those big plays the Colts allowed last week 314 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 2: against the Giants Rick the Jaguars owned the longest rush 315 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 2: and the longest pass allowed by the Colts so far 316 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 2: this season. So based on how things are going here, RV, 317 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 2: the Colts should be giving the Jaguars a ton of 318 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:09,360 Speaker 2: respect going into this game, despite again very bad overall 319 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:10,479 Speaker 2: numbers on the season. 320 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 3: I think that's exactly right, very well put. I mean, 321 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 3: the Jaguars have never really given damn about the Colts. 322 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 3: They've you know, they've in particularly their defense has always 323 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:22,719 Speaker 3: done a really good job of stuffing us. There's no 324 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 3: doubt about it. And so your respect is exactly right. 325 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 3: You know, when you look at this team, and I'll 326 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 3: go back to your description of Jones, and if you 327 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 3: take that seven, you take that those interceptions out early, 328 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 3: you know, he's basically about sixty six percent. He's about 329 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 3: eighty point five passer rating, you know, with a bad team, 330 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 3: I mean, it's not as bad. And honestly, if you 331 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 3: looked at Jones and you looked at Locke last week 332 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 3: and you blurred the screens so you didn't know which 333 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 3: was which, they would look exactly alike. Honestly, you know, 334 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 3: Jones had one hundred and thirty passer rating, obviously Lockett 335 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 3: one hundred and fifty five. But I mean they almost 336 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 3: play similar. They're very good athletes. You know, they can 337 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,479 Speaker 3: move the chains, you know, and if you get if 338 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 3: you let him have those easy passes, they'll get going. 339 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 3: They try to beat you offensively, specifically with three elements, 340 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 3: and it's really kind of common sense. But they do 341 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 3: a good job of it, and they did a great 342 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 3: job of it in Week five against the Colts. And 343 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 3: the number one element is to run it or check 344 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 3: it and screen it to at the end in Bigsby, 345 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 3: I mean those guys again, Gash just for one hundred 346 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 3: and eighteen in the first game at the end has 347 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 3: thirty six catches on the season, So he's the dual threat. 348 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 3: He's more the guy to me that you really have 349 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 3: to hold the edge on. He's tougher than he looks, 350 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 3: but he'll bounce it. He'll bounce it and get outside 351 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 3: on you. He'll catch a screen and go. He has 352 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 3: home run potential. Bigs V just the opposite biggsb is 353 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 3: going to get in there and he is going to 354 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 3: take it north and south. He scored against us in 355 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 3: the first game and ran right through about three tackles. 356 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 3: Number two element and maybe it's one A. They're gonna again, 357 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 3: just like last week with Neighbors. They are going to 358 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 3: do everything possible to get the ball to Thomas. You know, 359 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 3: he's you know, well over one thousand, fourteen to seven 360 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 3: per catch and ten touchdowns, a lot of yak and 361 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 3: he's going to challenge us like they did with Neighbors, 362 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 3: and if we don't have a specific plan for him, 363 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 3: we'll have the same results. Because honestly, he was wide 364 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 3: receiver number two at LSU. But it's very hard to 365 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 3: differentiate when you really watch him on the film. They 366 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 3: look like the same guy, to be honest with you, 367 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 3: and so you know you have to that's going to 368 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 3: be critical. And then number three, what they're going to 369 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 3: do is exactly what everybody does to us is work quick, rhythm, 370 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 3: high percentage possession games underneath on the soft zones. Again, 371 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 3: they I looked at the first tape. You know, Lawrence 372 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 3: was twenty eight to thirty four, eighty friggin percent, you know, 373 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 3: and we're thirty second in the league on this, So 374 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 3: you're gonna attract this. And again, like I said, Jones 375 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:18,439 Speaker 3: coming off a good performance you know last week where 376 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 3: you know he was fifteen to twenty two, it had 377 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 3: one hundred and thirty passer ratings. So you know they're 378 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 3: gonna run it early with their midline and outside zones. 379 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 3: They'll run some crack sweeps with both guys and some 380 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 3: counters early downs. They like a lot of hard boots 381 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 3: where the quarterback actually threatens the edge and then where 382 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 3: they pull up on what I call half beat boots 383 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 3: and throw it back. A lot of play action early, 384 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 3: and just like they did against this last week, they're 385 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 3: gonna be looking Downfiel for the big one, but if 386 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 3: it'sn't there, they'll check it down and run third down. 387 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 3: They're going to play it by down in distance, but 388 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,440 Speaker 3: they love a lot of high lows. That is one 389 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 3: guy short and one guy over the top, which crushed 390 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 3: us last week on that big touch down to Slayton. 391 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 3: We jumped the underneath guys and the wide open over 392 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:08,640 Speaker 3: the top. Again, they're gonna denk and dunk, swing passes, 393 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 3: the hanks, the slants, smashes sticks. But if you make 394 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,880 Speaker 3: a mistake like game one, you have a communication there 395 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 3: and all of a sudden they got a smash call 396 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 3: on the outside, Thomas runs clean for that big touchdown 397 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 3: right down the middle. So again you know they'll take 398 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 3: it if it's there. Jones has good mobility. Again, he 399 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 3: really it's almost like Drew Locke. He looks exactly the same. 400 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 3: Their offensive line really struggles when they have to throw 401 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:40,439 Speaker 3: the football. Their outside guys really struggle with movement and 402 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 3: line stunts, and their backs really have trouble protection, which 403 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 3: I'll get into. But the Colts defensive blueprint for victory 404 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,479 Speaker 3: number one, and this is obvious. It just goes with 405 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 3: the right up. You know, you got to stop at 406 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,880 Speaker 3: ten and Bigsby. They got twelve hundred and fifty four 407 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 3: yards together and you know at the end ran around us. 408 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 3: And Bigsby ran through us. So you know again at 409 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:09,160 Speaker 3: ten closed the edge, elusive nine gapper, bounce ability, stronger 410 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 3: than he looks. Bigsby is a power slasher. Number two, 411 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 3: We've got to have a schematic plan for Thomas. I 412 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 3: don't know how many times I can say that in 413 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 3: the course of seventeen games, but you can't. A plan 414 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 3: is not playing Thomas one on one. That is not 415 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 3: a plan. That's a that's a gift. We saw that 416 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 3: last week again, a tremendous player right there, right there 417 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 3: with neighbors. Got to take him away again. You know 418 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 3: that he was my choice for our fifteenth pick. I 419 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 3: wish we had him, but you know, he he just 420 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 3: and he also can run it. I mean, I think 421 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 3: he's got an eight point zero average. I mean last 422 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 3: week I think he had I don't know he had. 423 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 3: I don't know he added eighteen yards to that. So 424 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 3: you know, and then I think number three, and this 425 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 3: is just a constant problem with us, Skim. You got 426 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 3: to choke off the possession game. You can't let them 427 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 3: just eat you a lot. You can't let them throw 428 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,880 Speaker 3: a check down in gain eleven, throw a check down 429 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 3: and gain eight. I mean that's you know, that's just soft. 430 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,479 Speaker 3: You cannot do that. That makes it so easy I 431 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 3: can throw those passes. And so you know, the Coats 432 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 3: again dead last in percent in percentage against. And you know, 433 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,479 Speaker 3: maybe you can find a way to change that at 434 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 3: least for one sunday here on your way out. You know, 435 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 3: I think number four, uh, we got to rush the passer. 436 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 3: I think you go speed off of our left edge, 437 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 3: you know, you know, basically off our left edge. I 438 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 3: think their best their best lineman is their right tackle Harrison. 439 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 3: But I think you can get them with speed on 440 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 3: the right side. Whether you know whether they play Little 441 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 3: or or Van Laaren, whichever one, it doesn't make any difference. 442 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 3: You want to give him movement up in in out. 443 00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 3: You think they can't move athletically, and then they really struggle, Okay, 444 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 3: they really struggle with inside two and three man stunts. 445 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 3: And again I said this before, isolate at ten on 446 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 3: third down and get after him. He's small and doesn't 447 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 3: he can be bullied on the pass. Then I think 448 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 3: number five, make sure we hold the edges. No big plays, 449 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 3: no exclusive plays at ti Ann Thomas, and I'm going 450 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 3: to bring up the other guy DuVernay, who's a gadget guy. 451 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 3: They've got speed to get there effectively. And then along 452 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,120 Speaker 3: with this, even though it's a special teams issue, you've 453 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 3: got to control DuVernay. We have failed special teams wise 454 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,199 Speaker 3: in the two most significant games. Mims killed us at 455 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 3: Denver and then last week we got killed with one 456 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 3: hundred yard return. DuVernay is outstanding, and if you remember 457 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 3: in Game one, he had a big return which really 458 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:58,880 Speaker 3: established the momentum for us in game one. So don't 459 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 3: go to sleep on duvern We've got to keep him 460 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 3: bottled up. 461 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a fifty three yard punt return against 462 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,919 Speaker 2: the Colts in that game. And also Parker Washington has 463 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 2: a ninety six yard kickoff reed or punt return i 464 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,640 Speaker 2: should say for a touchdown, which is the longest punt 465 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 2: return in the NFL this season. So very dangerous on 466 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 2: special teams. All right, let's move over to the defensive 467 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 2: side of the ball here for the Jaguars. That's Rick Ventcurrey. 468 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,120 Speaker 2: I'm Matt Taylor. This is inside football. We're breaking down 469 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 2: the blueprints now. So the Jaguars have one of the 470 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,439 Speaker 2: worst defenses in the NFL. Three hundred and ninety yards 471 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,639 Speaker 2: per game. They allow their thirty second and passing yards 472 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 2: per game, thirtieth in sacks, thirty first in quarterback pressure rate, 473 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 2: and they've only created nine takeaways all season. That is 474 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 2: dead last as well. But the caveat here is rick 475 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 2: They've been playing some good football lately on that side 476 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,120 Speaker 2: of the ball, right. It's it's when you play teams, 477 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 2: not who you play. They've held three of the last 478 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 2: four opponents to under twenty points and they're giving up 479 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 2: only seventeen points per game in the last month of 480 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 2: the SEA. But they do struggle to get off the field, 481 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 2: just like the Colts. They rank last in the NFL 482 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,919 Speaker 2: in time of possession on defense, as they have to 483 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 2: play more than thirty three minutes on average per game. 484 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 2: Despite the bad numbers collectively, they still have game wreckers 485 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 2: on that unit, guys like Josh heinz Allen and Trey 486 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 2: Von Walker. Heinz Allen is two and a half sacks 487 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 2: away from breaking the franchise sack record held by Tony Brackens. 488 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 2: He's got fifty three career sacks now ten and a 489 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 2: half sacks and ten career games against the Colts, by 490 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 2: the way, including at least one sack in each of 491 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 2: the last three meetings with Indianapolis, and then Walker, the 492 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,360 Speaker 2: former first overall pick. He's moved in the top ten 493 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 2: in franchise history for sacks with twenty three totals so 494 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,640 Speaker 2: far in his short career, and he's just a half 495 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 2: sack away from recording double digit sacks for the second 496 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 2: consecutive season. So Rick, I'm gonna stop it there. What 497 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 2: else makes up this Jaguars defense that's allowed over sixty 498 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,679 Speaker 2: two hundred yards on the season, which is the second 499 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,919 Speaker 2: highest yardage total in Jaguar's history. 500 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, there's no doubt about it. And I again 501 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 3: again I said, this was just mind boggling to me 502 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 3: when I look at them. They're the most underachieving. But 503 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 3: the scary part they're the most underachieving unit in the 504 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 3: National Football League statistically. But the scary part, and you 505 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 3: kind of alluded to it, is they're super talented. I 506 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 3: really believe that, and they're very, very capable. They have 507 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 3: game changers. Now, a lot of the problems early in 508 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 3: the season when Nielsen came in there. I remember looking 509 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:41,640 Speaker 3: at all that early film, tremendous communication whatever, that system 510 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,639 Speaker 3: that he changed, they had all kinds of problems. Now 511 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 3: they're better with that. They're not they're not necessarily playing 512 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 3: the giveaway game that they did early. But you know, 513 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 3: when you look at their team, it's it's just it's 514 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 3: hard to find a bad player, you know, somebody that 515 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 3: you just say, well, you know, we've got to stop them. 516 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 3: And you know they they've played us really well on defense. 517 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,680 Speaker 3: I don't think they fear us a bit in terms 518 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 3: of their defensive unit. And I will say this that Nielsen, 519 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 3: if you go back and I went back and looked 520 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,120 Speaker 3: at it, he did a really good job against us 521 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 3: when he was the defensive coordinator of the Falcons two 522 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 3: years ago. And you know in that day they played 523 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 3: a ton of bear and press man. So you know, 524 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,120 Speaker 3: if you study and you know the game, you realize 525 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,400 Speaker 3: a lot of times that history will repeat itself. If 526 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 3: a coach had success with something, he'll normally come back 527 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 3: to it. But you know, look at their team again, 528 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 3: you said it heinz Allen fifty three. You know, basically 529 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 3: Walker now with twenty three, those are your two edge guys. 530 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 3: Armstead is almost a throw in with thirty four and 531 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 3: a half. They traded for him and the kid that's 532 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 3: really coming on is Mason Smith. So that mean that 533 00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 3: for is good. If you remember game one, Walker had 534 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,480 Speaker 3: the hat trick. You know, he had three sacks off 535 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 3: of our right side, So you know, Gonzales has really 536 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 3: got to anchor it up. I mean, he had three 537 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 3: sacks on Braden Smith and then last year if you 538 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 3: look at Alan, he had four in two games. So 539 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 3: you know, those kind of are colts wreckers. You got 540 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 3: to know that. And you know, I'm a fan of 541 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,480 Speaker 3: Lloyd and al Lucan. I mean, those guys are They're 542 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 3: really tacklers. And Lloyd is a really good blitzer and 543 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 3: sometimes sometimes he'll walk up on the edge and they'll 544 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 3: jump into bear and he'll be like a defensive end. 545 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 3: But both of those guys will get after you have 546 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 3: to really block them. On the running game. I think 547 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 3: Gamble is a very very good corner. Cisco has played 548 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 3: good against us. He's a good safety. Got to be 549 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 3: careful with him in the middle when you're throwing down 550 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 3: over the middle. And you know, I mean, I think 551 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 3: you just got a lot of really good players. Brown 552 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 3: and their Nickel Jones are serviceable. A kid named Johnson 553 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 3: comes in and plays the dime. You know they're they're 554 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 3: not overly complex, but you know they're gonna give you 555 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 3: some bear. They're gonna give you some over a lot 556 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 3: of nickel. And then you know a lot of fires 557 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 3: on first down, a lot of and and we got 558 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 3: that last week from the Giants. Teams are bringing guys 559 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 3: off the edge on first down to stop Taylor and 560 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 3: also to have a guy in AR five's face if 561 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:32,520 Speaker 3: he plays Uh. They're given us a lot of disruption 562 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 3: off the edge. And then a lot of eight man 563 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 3: front three deep, either Manda man or cover three. And 564 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 3: when they play those, they play them very aggressively. I 565 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 3: mean they press cover three. They don't play it soft. 566 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 3: And then when you get a longer yardage, they play 567 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 3: a lot of quarters, but it's quarters match. I mean 568 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,959 Speaker 3: they match you coming in there. They'll bail and shuffle 569 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 3: at times, but they'll play very very aggressive with their 570 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 3: man or with their quarters or even with their three. 571 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 3: And then their big change up is the Tampa too, 572 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 3: and they played a lot of different ways. They'll get 573 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 3: to it a lot of different ways, but that's kind 574 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 3: of their zone coverage. And then on third down, they 575 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,000 Speaker 3: they really like to give you a ton of those 576 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 3: mugs with guys walking up and again it's like everybody 577 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 3: else bluff or blitz. You look at their numbers, they're 578 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 3: absolutely painful, except their rush PERR is number twelve. Not rush, 579 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 3: but rush PERR is number twelve at four point four. 580 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 3: But I think you throw away the book on this 581 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 3: team when you play when we play them, I think 582 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 3: you have to know what they can be at their best, 583 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 3: and I think you got to be ready for it. 584 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,960 Speaker 3: As far as the offensive blueprint, you know, I just 585 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 3: think we got to keep doing what we're doing best. 586 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 3: We ground out one hundred and twenty five last week 587 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 3: and we didn't even have R five. But we have 588 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:57,240 Speaker 3: to really pound their bubble and really power their threes, 589 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,200 Speaker 3: really stretch that off tap, go, continue to use that 590 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 3: full back in the backfield and pour through that off tackle. 591 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 3: You know, pound them. But you got and this team, 592 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 3: you got to get up on the stacks. You got 593 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 3: to get up on those two backers. You can't just 594 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 3: lock in on the defensive lineman because those guys will 595 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 3: come around the horn that is Lloyd and Luakon. You 596 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 3: have to get up on them to make the running 597 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 3: game go, you know. And then and then you know, 598 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 3: I think again along with the running game, keep the 599 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,600 Speaker 3: ball in hand, plays to downs and Mitchell, you know, 600 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,000 Speaker 3: get them where they're out in space and you know, 601 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 3: can make people move. But again I'm gonna say, make 602 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 3: sure you get those two stack backers block because they 603 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 3: are tackling machines. Number two, you got to work on 604 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 3: their undressed corners. You know, uh, they're gonna play a 605 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 3: lot of single high or cover four, so you know 606 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 3: they're gonna they're gonna play you to run and you've 607 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,960 Speaker 3: got to be able to throw that ball on the outside. 608 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 3: And of course, you know, we got number one in 609 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:59,920 Speaker 3: Pierce who is you know, he has basically established him 610 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 3: as the best deep ball receiver in the National Football 611 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 3: League statistically and legitimately. So I mean, you have to 612 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 3: take your shots. We took our shots. We you know, 613 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:14,800 Speaker 3: we took them with Flacco. We got deep balls Pi's 614 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 3: we got a lot of points because we you know it. 615 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 3: And I will say this about Mitchell. Mitchell is not 616 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,800 Speaker 3: a consistent catcher, but he will separate on the outside. 617 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 3: So when you're running Piers deep, then you want to 618 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 3: be running Mitchell on those deep comebacks because they both 619 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 3: will get open Mitchell just has a consistency problem right now. 620 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 3: But Pierce, just get him the ball, you know. And 621 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 3: I would say number one, you go after Brown. You 622 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 3: know who will be the corner opposite. He'll be the 623 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 3: you know he'll be. He'll be the corner opposite of Campbell. 624 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:50,720 Speaker 3: Campbell's very good, normally plays on our right side. But 625 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:53,480 Speaker 3: you want to go after Brown to start with and 626 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:56,040 Speaker 3: try to really get after him like we did last week. 627 00:33:56,440 --> 00:34:00,680 Speaker 3: And then some play actions deep inside play where you 628 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 3: get the ball over the middle to guys like Pittman 629 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:07,800 Speaker 3: and to get into guys like Downs. And if they 630 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 3: do give you a lot of Cover two, if they 631 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,480 Speaker 3: end up in cover two and you have one of 632 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:16,480 Speaker 3: those things called be patient and check it down, Be 633 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,879 Speaker 3: patient and check it down. And then I'd say, as 634 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,840 Speaker 3: a bonus, look always looks, just go off in the 635 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,720 Speaker 3: middle because he's a guy that can make the interceptions. 636 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 3: Number three, We've really got to have a plan for 637 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 3: press covers. When they play their best, whether it's one 638 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:37,080 Speaker 3: three or cover four, they are going to get up 639 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:40,719 Speaker 3: in your grill and they're gonna press you. So I'm 640 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 3: saying this is a game a lot of motions bunches, coveys, naboos, 641 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:53,799 Speaker 3: mess routes, high lows. You know, get get downs down 642 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:57,480 Speaker 3: on the young kid Jones at the nickel, and really 643 00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:59,439 Speaker 3: you got to make them sort through. In other words, 644 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 3: if you get in all those bunches and stacks and 645 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,440 Speaker 3: things like that, it'll take the press off and then 646 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 3: you'll get free release again. And then the other thing 647 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:11,400 Speaker 3: that I would do a lot of is slot motion, 648 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:15,160 Speaker 3: slot motion from one side to the other, and do 649 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:17,799 Speaker 3: it early in the downs so you can check and 650 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:20,399 Speaker 3: just check whether the nickel stays or whether he goes. 651 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:23,840 Speaker 3: He goes. You know, it's man. You know if he stays, 652 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:25,799 Speaker 3: you know, you don't know what zone it is, but 653 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:29,480 Speaker 3: you know it's zone. And then number four again, forget 654 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,319 Speaker 3: about this year's numbers. I tell you, forget about their 655 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:36,840 Speaker 3: sack numbers. This year they're misleading. You know, they're not 656 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 3: playing with any leads. But they've got legitimate guys we 657 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:42,680 Speaker 3: talked about. I'm gonna say it one more time. Heinz 658 00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:47,440 Speaker 3: Allen fifty three, Walker twenty three, Armstead thirty four and 659 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,360 Speaker 3: a half. You know, the young kid, Mason Smith on 660 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:54,880 Speaker 3: the way. Those four guys have over one hundred career sacks, 661 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:59,360 Speaker 3: So protection is going to be critical. I think number five, 662 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 3: take care of the football, win the turnover battle. The 663 00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:08,359 Speaker 3: Jags are minus fourteen turnover ratio, so this should be 664 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:12,719 Speaker 3: our game. Offense needs to get after them early, grind it, 665 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,960 Speaker 3: but keep getting explosive. You're not gonna light up the 666 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:20,239 Speaker 3: scoreboard unless you get explosive weight. We lit it up 667 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,680 Speaker 3: last week and they lit it up against us. Why 668 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 3: was that? Teams got explosive plays, but you got to 669 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:28,759 Speaker 3: You gotta win the box score, but you gotta win 670 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:29,760 Speaker 3: the scoreboard. 671 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,959 Speaker 2: That's Rick Venturry. Those are the blueprints for the final time, 672 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 2: Week eighteen of the regular season. It's the Colts and 673 00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:38,759 Speaker 2: the Jacksonville Jaguar. Is well done and well laid out there, 674 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,719 Speaker 2: Rick as always, And to close out here, you know 675 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,400 Speaker 2: both of these teams, they're gonna be playing for pride, 676 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,760 Speaker 2: They're gonna be playing for bragging rights inside the division 677 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:51,719 Speaker 2: on Sunday. Both teams are guaranteed losing seasons. They've both 678 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,319 Speaker 2: been shut out on the playoffs here in twenty twenty four. 679 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:57,240 Speaker 2: This is the last time you're gonna have your message 680 00:36:57,239 --> 00:36:58,640 Speaker 2: here to the Colts. So what do you want to 681 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:01,560 Speaker 2: lay on this team to close out the regular season, 682 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,640 Speaker 2: given where they're at, and again the uncertainty that lies 683 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,839 Speaker 2: ahead of this franchise and for some of these players too. 684 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:12,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, it pains me that this will be our last 685 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,799 Speaker 3: actual blueprint show. We'll be talking football, but this will 686 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,120 Speaker 3: be our last blueprint show. I love these with you, 687 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,239 Speaker 3: and I'm sad that it's coming to a close, but 688 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,920 Speaker 3: you know, in the end, this will be a Sunday 689 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,960 Speaker 3: that is just basically all about your pride and your craft, 690 00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:31,919 Speaker 3: and your pride in who you are as a man. 691 00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:35,839 Speaker 3: You throw out the records, you throw out all the 692 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:39,520 Speaker 3: ex colts who are criticizing you. Right now, this is 693 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:44,319 Speaker 3: all about your performance and closing on a high note. 694 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:48,200 Speaker 3: This is about being a real professional. And I've talked 695 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,040 Speaker 3: about this before. How do I define that? I define 696 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:56,360 Speaker 3: it really simply. I will play my best anywhere, any place, 697 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:01,799 Speaker 3: any time, and under any circumstance. I'm going to bring 698 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:03,600 Speaker 3: up a guy a lot of our young people won't 699 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:06,520 Speaker 3: even know, but one of the greatest Yankee centerfielders of 700 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:10,640 Speaker 3: all times was the great Joe DiMaggio. And late in 701 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:13,200 Speaker 3: the season, the Yankees had the season all wrapped up 702 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,680 Speaker 3: in centerfield. He went out and he dove for a ball. 703 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:20,200 Speaker 3: It was a quote meaningless game, and he dove for 704 00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:22,960 Speaker 3: a ball in the eighth and one of his teammates 705 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,839 Speaker 3: on the way in said, Joe, why did you do that? 706 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:31,719 Speaker 3: This game doesn't matter? And Joe's reply defined the greatness 707 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:35,759 Speaker 3: I'm looking for, you know when he said, there may 708 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,760 Speaker 3: be someone here today who has never seen me play, 709 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:44,719 Speaker 3: and he must see me at my best. What separates 710 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:51,399 Speaker 3: us from normal professions is we cannot spin or bow 711 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:56,880 Speaker 3: crap people about who we are and what our performance is. Nope, 712 00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:01,440 Speaker 3: our game is for the whole world to see. It 713 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:06,640 Speaker 3: is measurable, and most importantly, it is on tape as 714 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,799 Speaker 3: a permanent record. So when you put it on the 715 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:16,120 Speaker 3: line Sunday, that tape will be your everlasting resume for 716 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:21,160 Speaker 3: everyone to see. When that tape circulates through NFL offense 717 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:26,080 Speaker 3: after office, you'd never want to look bad even for 718 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:30,920 Speaker 3: a second, and more importantly, your livelihood depends on it. 719 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:37,040 Speaker 3: Two twenty four has been a disappointment for all, and 720 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:40,920 Speaker 3: Sunday was a day to again realize firmly in your 721 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 3: mind that the NFL is about parody, and it is 722 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:54,040 Speaker 3: unforgiving and anything less than great preparation, great effort, both 723 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:59,680 Speaker 3: mentally and physically, cannot be tolerated at any level. As 724 00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:04,239 Speaker 3: the case isandar changes, let us turn the page and 725 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:09,640 Speaker 3: open a new chapter into twenty five with a team wins. 726 00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:13,200 Speaker 3: My hall of same father used to say, you remember 727 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:17,640 Speaker 3: most what you did last. Let us all make Sunday 728 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:19,160 Speaker 3: a damn good memory. 729 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:22,960 Speaker 2: Here we go right on the money every time for 730 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,560 Speaker 2: the final time in twenty twenty four in terms of 731 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:29,239 Speaker 2: the regular season. Those are Rick Vanturi's final instructions for 732 00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:31,160 Speaker 2: the Colts who are looking to close out the season 733 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:34,399 Speaker 2: with a win and week number eighteen. And Rick, I've 734 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,640 Speaker 2: said it before, I'll say it again. Always a pleasure 735 00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:39,799 Speaker 2: to do this with you every week. We've been at this, 736 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:43,680 Speaker 2: I think a show every week since early August, and 737 00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:45,920 Speaker 2: I always learned so much and I feel like this 738 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,520 Speaker 2: is the best football breakdown you're gonna get anywhere. In 739 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,040 Speaker 2: regards to the Colts, thanks for letting me be a 740 00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:53,640 Speaker 2: part of it as always, I know I have a 741 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,000 Speaker 2: lot of fun doing it and just really really sensational 742 00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:58,239 Speaker 2: work all year long. By you. 743 00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,000 Speaker 3: Well, Matt, I'll tell you you make it my day 744 00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:04,320 Speaker 3: every day. I mean we go back so many years, 745 00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:07,520 Speaker 3: back to the TV show. We've done so many things 746 00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:11,200 Speaker 3: together and I never I just I never tire of it. 747 00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:14,560 Speaker 3: I really don't. I really love working with you. This 748 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:16,680 Speaker 3: is this is kind of our pride and joy and 749 00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:20,279 Speaker 3: I love the broadcast. So thank you very much for 750 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:24,360 Speaker 3: your efforts, and hopefully we do. Hopefully we close it 751 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:25,840 Speaker 3: and we leave with a good taste. 752 00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:27,520 Speaker 2: In our moment, no doubt about it. Have a great 753 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:29,840 Speaker 2: rest of the week, Rick, and we'll get ready for 754 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:32,560 Speaker 2: the last dance here in twenty twenty four coming up 755 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:33,080 Speaker 2: on Sunday. 756 00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:34,120 Speaker 1: I'm glad it's a home game. 757 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:37,439 Speaker 2: I'm glad we don't have to travel for this one. 758 00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:39,279 Speaker 3: Amen, brother, got it. 759 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,560 Speaker 2: Always a pleasure, Rick, Great to be with you, and 760 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,080 Speaker 2: we'll talk to you in the booth on Sunday. Man, Okay, 761 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:47,160 Speaker 2: Rick vent turry right there, And that's the kapper on 762 00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:51,239 Speaker 2: this year's in season edition of Insight Football. Thanks very 763 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,480 Speaker 2: much for listening, and thanks very much for those who 764 00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:55,920 Speaker 2: made it a point to tune in every week for 765 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:59,719 Speaker 2: our weekly opponent breakdowns here on Inside Football. It's the 766 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,560 Speaker 2: Cold and the Jaguars one final time, Sunday at one 767 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:06,160 Speaker 2: o'clock in Week eighteen. Our coverage on radio starts at 768 00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:09,680 Speaker 2: ten am with the Colts pregame Huddle with JMV and 769 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:13,400 Speaker 2: Joe Wrights and Bill Brooks and Casey Valier and Jeffrey Gorman. 770 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:15,680 Speaker 2: And then we've got you dialed in all day long 771 00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:18,759 Speaker 2: on our flagship stations in Indianapolis ninety three five one 772 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,839 Speaker 2: oh seven five The Fan and ninety seven to one 773 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:25,319 Speaker 2: Hank FM for Rick Van Turrey. I'm Matt Taylor one 774 00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:28,680 Speaker 2: final time. Happy New Year, everybody, and thanks for listening 775 00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,120 Speaker 2: to Inside Football here on the Colts Audio Network