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Speaker 1: Football is about the Jimmy's and Joe's, and x'es and o's.

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Speaker 2: Check New York votooto.

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Speaker 3: A banker, Bruce, It's time to get out the chockboard

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Speaker 3: and diagram some plays.

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Speaker 2: Here's what it all starts right here.

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Speaker 3: That's why Jay money Christmas. This is Inside Football with

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Speaker 3: former Colts and NFL coach Rick Venturie. Hey, welcome back again.

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Speaker 3: Inside Football with Rick venturi returns. I'm Matt Taylor and

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Speaker 3: we're on to week two. Up next for the Colts,

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Speaker 3: it's a trip to NRG Stadium down in Houston to

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Speaker 3: battle the Texans. And just like last year, it's two

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Speaker 3: AFC South games right out of the shoot for the

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Speaker 3: Colts to start the season. Time to welcome back in Rick,

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Speaker 3: who has nearly thirty years of NFL coaching background, to

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Speaker 3: give us some knowledge today. Rick, we're on to the Texans,

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Speaker 3: there's no doubt about that. But I know for you

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Speaker 3: the loss of the Jaguars last week it was both

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Speaker 3: encouraging and disappointing at the same time.

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Speaker 1: So let's start first with the encouraging part.

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Speaker 3: What parts of last Sunday's game against the Jaguars, Right,

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Speaker 3: You're right, there.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you're up twenty one seventeen late in the game.

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Speaker 3: What parts were the most encouraging for you in Week

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Speaker 3: one against maybe the best team in the AFC South.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't think there's any doubt that there was

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Speaker 4: some really encouraging things. You have to start with Anthony

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Speaker 4: Richardson's performance. I mean, you know, he showed us to

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Speaker 4: me what he can be. I mean the forty yards rushing,

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Speaker 4: I mean, that was tough sledding. He did a terrific

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Speaker 4: job both on designers and basically ad lib plays, extension plays,

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Speaker 4: and we know that's there. As a matter of fact,

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Speaker 4: at some point, I think he's gonna have to take

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Speaker 4: care of himself a little bit because he's such a tough,

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Speaker 4: gutty runner, you know, I mean really and truly, even

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Speaker 4: though play got hurt on my god, he looked like

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Speaker 4: a fullback down there inside the five. I think more

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Speaker 4: impressive though to me, and this is what I'm most

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Speaker 4: give Shane some credit on this. You know, the sixty

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Speaker 4: four percent, the twenty four for thirty seven in his

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Speaker 4: starting game for a guy that everybody's questioned accuracy and

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Speaker 4: all that. I mean to me, that's a little bit

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Speaker 4: ahead of schedule. That's ten points higher, ten percent of

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Speaker 4: his points higher than he had in college, and really

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Speaker 4: twenty percent higher than he had in the preseason. So

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Speaker 4: I mean, I think when you put you know, the

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Speaker 4: tremendous athletic skills together with that quick development here, you know,

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Speaker 4: throwing the football, that's that's got to be my number

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Speaker 4: one encouraging point. I thought downs Now, he didn't touch

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Speaker 4: he just showed what he could do. He just he

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Speaker 4: turned that linebacker. I call it a jerk rout, you know,

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Speaker 4: I call it a jerk route.

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Speaker 1: You make the other guy look like a.

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Speaker 4: Jerk, like a jerky get out of town. You know.

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Speaker 4: He broke his ankles on it. He had that linebacker

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Speaker 4: on him and he just broke in. So I think,

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Speaker 4: you know, I think we're gonna be fine there. And

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Speaker 4: I think, you know, Granson continues to be really really consistent.

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Speaker 4: I thought on the Pittman screen pass, I thought that

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Speaker 4: both Granson and Ryman just did great job. I mean,

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Speaker 4: I wasn't sure at the time which guy it was.

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Speaker 4: was running downfield leading away. It almost turned into like

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Speaker 4: Ryman came running right down the middle of Pittman followed

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Speaker 4: him right down and then bowled into the end zone.

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Speaker 4: But you know, I mean I thought those things were

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Speaker 4: really really good on offense, on defense. I mean, you

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Speaker 4: gotta start with Buckner. You and I talked about it

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Speaker 4: in the roundtable. I mean, this was a hat trick.

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Speaker 4: He don't do this very often. You get a sack

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Speaker 4: bizarre plays in NFL history. But you know, give buck credit.

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Speaker 4: He started out with an impact sack, you know, and

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Speaker 4: it ends up being a touchdown. He is truly their leader.

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Speaker 4: He's not a cheerleader. He is really really a leader,

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Speaker 4: I mean, that was covered. Those guys made a couple

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Speaker 4: Quidy get the sack. I thought in the third quarter,

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Speaker 4: you know, our defense really took over, particularly up front. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: this off color. We refer to it as a hump

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Speaker 3: Then on the other side of things, the disappointing aspects.

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Speaker 3: The fourteen points only scored on offense, right, I mean

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Speaker 3: it's been well chronicled. You're three for seventeen on third

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Speaker 3: on your money downs. The Colts ran, They ran four

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Speaker 3: plays or fewer on eleven of their fourteen offensive drives.

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Speaker 3: great way to start the third period. But then after that,

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Speaker 3: what else needs to be tweaked starting this week in

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Speaker 4: No, you're right, I mean, fourteen points we just know

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Speaker 4: I really do, you know. I mean, the thing at

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Speaker 4: for reasons that I believe in. But the most devastating

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Speaker 4: you know, And when they got in that push formation

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Speaker 4: just thought they hurried, you know, too much. I thought

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Speaker 4: that was devastating. I think the biggest thing that disappointed me,

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Speaker 4: but you know, our outside receivers, with the exception of

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Speaker 4: you lump those guys the skill players, we really just

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Speaker 4: didn't get anything. We didn't get one hundred yards out

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Speaker 4: if that doesn't improve, as you say, tweak, then Richardson's

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Speaker 4: going to be neutralized. And he's just going to be neutralized.

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Speaker 4: With numbers I thought are often of line protected pretty well,

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Speaker 4: they still had a little bit of trouble with stunts.

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Speaker 4: The godsick sacked was a was a stunt of delayed exit.

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Speaker 4: As we say, I did think that we have a

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Speaker 4: and I'm not sure why it isn't fixed. We did

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Speaker 4: AR five actually did a terrific job against the blitz.

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Speaker 4: He didn't flinch, he completed balls, he released the ball.

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Speaker 4: He never really got sacked on a blitz, to tell

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Speaker 4: you the truth. And so but that's got to change

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Speaker 4: many non drives. I mean, you know what that led

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Speaker 4: that can matter. And then Anthony, you know, he diminished

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Speaker 4: Just wasn't as clear on it. So we got to

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Speaker 4: clean that up, you know. And then on defense, you know,

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Speaker 4: have to overcome that. We got a bullet up and

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Speaker 4: we got to stop points in the fourth quarter. Albeit

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Speaker 4: its way too many easy completions on the scheme just

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Speaker 4: pitch and catch. We really have to improve that. And

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Speaker 4: the only reason that I bring those up is those

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Speaker 4: right you know, and as of week one we haven't

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Speaker 4: fixed it. That doesn't mean we won't do it, but

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Speaker 1: Again.

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Speaker 4: You know, in getting ready for the blueprint. I think

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 4: They're in a lot of eleven personnel there and a

431
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Speaker 4: lot of three wives. And it's like you said, it's

432
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:21,960
Speaker 4: either Brown Ordell who becomes that third receiver, a lot

433
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Speaker 4: of eleven. But what they were, they're different than most

434
00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:29,680
Speaker 4: anybody you'll see. And this is the Shanahan effect. There's

435
00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,280
Speaker 4: a lot of two back offense in there. Now sometimes

436
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,800
Speaker 4: it becomes one back because their fullback is a multi

437
00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,680
Speaker 4: guy kind of a half a tight end, half a fullback.

438
00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,239
Speaker 4: His name is Beck forty seven, and so there's a

439
00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,600
Speaker 4: lot of two back true like twenty I call it

440
00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,240
Speaker 4: twenty one personnel, and I haven't seen this much, I

441
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Speaker 4: think since eighty two when I started. I mean a

442
00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:54,120
Speaker 4: lot of two back offense, which means a lot of zones,

443
00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,480
Speaker 4: a lot of a lot of powers. And then what

444
00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,439
Speaker 4: a two back offense back under center does also is

445
00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:06,280
Speaker 4: it really enhances the play action. If you think of Shanahan,

446
00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:11,439
Speaker 4: a lot of bootlegs, a lot of you know, play passovers, boot,

447
00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:15,560
Speaker 4: half roll, throw back, all those things that are really

448
00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,640
Speaker 4: big things in the Shanahan offense. You know you're gonna

449
00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,440
Speaker 4: see those and you have to be ready for that.

450
00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,320
Speaker 4: Know what the receiver roles are again, I talked about it,

451
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:29,159
Speaker 4: you know. You know, basically, you know, they got a

452
00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:33,040
Speaker 4: bank board receiver in the big guy in Collins, and

453
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:37,159
Speaker 4: then they've got classy underneath guys in Woods in the

454
00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:41,120
Speaker 4: tight ends Shultz, their third ride receiver is there. They've

455
00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:45,359
Speaker 4: got some catches, but nothing special. And then I think

456
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,840
Speaker 4: they're I think they're as good as Pierce runs the ball.

457
00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,600
Speaker 4: To be honest with you, Matt, I think if Pierce

458
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Speaker 4: is running the ball and he's at that four five

459
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Speaker 4: to five zero, they they can be They can be

460
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Speaker 4: a good team because then they can take the press. Sure,

461
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:02,360
Speaker 4: you know, they can take a little bit of pressure

462
00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:06,680
Speaker 4: off the quarterback. Also, just be alert that Singletary will

463
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,439
Speaker 4: come in. Actually he played more, I think than they

464
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:13,119
Speaker 4: wanted to. I think Pierce had eleven eleven carries. He

465
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,160
Speaker 4: had seven. And Singletary is the ex Buffalo guy who

466
00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:18,760
Speaker 4: really is more of a loose just the opposite. When

467
00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,680
Speaker 4: he's in there, you've got to be ready for the edge.

468
00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:22,679
Speaker 4: You got to be ready for loose play draws and

469
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:26,840
Speaker 4: screens to him. But I think those are the critical things.

470
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,240
Speaker 4: And then know the kind of quarterback that we're facing.

471
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Speaker 4: And you know, I will say this to you. You know,

472
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,520
Speaker 4: he is a guy. They picked him second for a reason,

473
00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,719
Speaker 4: and basically the reasons are this. He is a very

474
00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,800
Speaker 4: accurate and catchable thrower. If he's able to play out

475
00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:47,240
Speaker 4: of the rocking chair like he did at Ohio State,

476
00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:49,920
Speaker 4: he can make all the throws. He does not have

477
00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,960
Speaker 4: a shotgun now, he does not have a howitzer back there,

478
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,119
Speaker 4: but he is very accurate with it and it'll be catchable.

479
00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,520
Speaker 4: He's a decent athlete, not a great athlete. He's not

480
00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:06,760
Speaker 4: in the you know, Anthony Richardson Lamar Jackson, you know,

481
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,200
Speaker 4: beat your running with his feet, but he has avoidability.

482
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:14,320
Speaker 4: He so far in the preseason, in the opener when

483
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 4: he scrambles, he kind of likes to spin out to

484
00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,679
Speaker 4: his left, and so I think you've got to be

485
00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,200
Speaker 4: ready for that. He's not a stiff in the pocket,

486
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:27,080
Speaker 4: but he suffers with pressure. So my blueprint, you know, basically,

487
00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,080
Speaker 4: in terms of stopping him, all right, the first must

488
00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,520
Speaker 4: is we have to dominate the line of scrimmage. This

489
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,960
Speaker 4: is a patchwork quote. In the offensive line. They're gonna

490
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,160
Speaker 4: want to run it more than they throw it. They'll

491
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,280
Speaker 4: they'll throw it if they get behind like they did

492
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,679
Speaker 4: last week, but they would like to run it and

493
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,359
Speaker 4: take because it's a lot easier to run the ball

494
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 4: with an offensive line than protect against everything. I think

495
00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,920
Speaker 4: it's really important that our front seven played the whole

496
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,879
Speaker 4: game like they did the third quarter and dominate the

497
00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,960
Speaker 4: line of scrimmage. It's about Pierce to me. You've got

498
00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,199
Speaker 4: stop Pierson the running game first, and I look at

499
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,960
Speaker 4: him as a beast, I really do, regardless of the numbers.

500
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000
Speaker 4: I think if he played, if he played on the

501
00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,359
Speaker 4: forty nine ers, no telling what his yardage would be,

502
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,360
Speaker 4: and then be alert for singletary as the changeup more

503
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,440
Speaker 4: finesse and lose play. You gotta take away the run.

504
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:22,679
Speaker 4: If you take away the run, then they become stressed everywhere. Again,

505
00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,160
Speaker 4: something unique to them, and it doesn't scare me because

506
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,679
Speaker 4: I grew up in it. But a lot more twenty

507
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:33,600
Speaker 4: one personnel and quarterback under center than anybody in today's game.

508
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,359
Speaker 4: I think the second thing is a little bit like

509
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,560
Speaker 4: last week. I don't think these guys are as good

510
00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,399
Speaker 4: as last week. I know they're not. But Collins is

511
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:47,160
Speaker 4: a big power forward. You know, he had six catches

512
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:50,800
Speaker 4: for eighty yards thirteen to three in that opener. You know,

513
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,359
Speaker 4: he's the big guy. They want to isolate him. They'll

514
00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:55,879
Speaker 4: get a little bit. They'll try to do the same

515
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,600
Speaker 4: things with him that Jacksonville did with Ridley. That is,

516
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,840
Speaker 4: put a US strong formation to one side and work

517
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,480
Speaker 4: him weak. They like to isolate him weak. I will

518
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,480
Speaker 4: say this, if he gets to the slot, he's there

519
00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:12,560
Speaker 4: for a reason. He's there to get downfield. And then

520
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:17,399
Speaker 4: Woods is very classy, particularly in that money down on

521
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:21,720
Speaker 4: third down, in those possession areas, and then I think

522
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 4: you've got to be alert for Shultz down the seam.

523
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,840
Speaker 4: But I think this again, and I want us to

524
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,240
Speaker 4: do it more. I just want us to do it more.

525
00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:35,639
Speaker 4: And that's crowd and deny these guys on release, you know,

526
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:40,480
Speaker 4: take away those first quick easy throws. This is you know,

527
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,159
Speaker 4: they're a little bit like Jacksonville, with the exception of

528
00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:47,479
Speaker 4: they don't have Ridley. Is they are good receivers, but

529
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,480
Speaker 4: they don't have speed. They're not burners, and so they're

530
00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 4: the kind of people you can really really crowd. I

531
00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,800
Speaker 4: think you need a bit of a game plan situationally

532
00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,119
Speaker 4: for Woods, because they're going to try to get hit

533
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,800
Speaker 4: them the ball, they'll stack it, bunch it. They're going

534
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,720
Speaker 4: to try to get him in critical downs. And then

535
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:07,719
Speaker 4: there's one thing it really got to be alert for.

536
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,080
Speaker 4: If they're second and long or third in real long,

537
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,879
Speaker 4: they just wear out those quick screens to receivers. It's

538
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 4: almost like, Okay, we're just gonna take a shot here

539
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,600
Speaker 4: if we're gonna break it. If not, we're gonna punt.

540
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 4: You know, but they just more than anybody. It just

541
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,840
Speaker 4: seems like it keeps happening over and over and over.

542
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,840
Speaker 4: Number three, you got to take away their third down offense.

543
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 4: And this is where I think they're predictable. On third

544
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,760
Speaker 4: and like one to five. You know when they're not running.

545
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,280
Speaker 4: When they're not running, it a lot of those mess

546
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:42,239
Speaker 4: route shorts, bunch routes, snags, you know, all cross and

547
00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:44,760
Speaker 4: rub so you got to really be able if you're

548
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:46,720
Speaker 4: in man coverage, you really got to be able to

549
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 4: sort those things, those releases, and you always want an

550
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,879
Speaker 4: extra guy to trap that inside so that they just

551
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,120
Speaker 4: can't run away from people. Then on third and medium,

552
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,720
Speaker 4: and that's that, to me, is the money Do you

553
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,359
Speaker 4: hear me talk about that. Third and four to seven

554
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,840
Speaker 4: is the money down. You know, third and two is offense,

555
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 4: third and eight plus is defense, But in the middle

556
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,960
Speaker 4: it's money. It's to win that. And basically that ball

557
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 4: is going to Woods or it's going to Schultz in

558
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 4: those areas, and those are the two guys you have

559
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:20,400
Speaker 4: to take away in those situations. They're gonna get it

560
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,600
Speaker 4: on third down on long yardage, they're either gonna push

561
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 4: it down to the sticks. Say it's third and ten,

562
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,720
Speaker 4: they're gonna get something that gets Collins down about ten.

563
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,000
Speaker 4: And if not, he's gonna check it down or they're

564
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,240
Speaker 4: gonna quick screen it. It's one or the other. But

565
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 4: the key down you have to win. I keep saying

566
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,280
Speaker 4: this all the time. Is that third and four to seven.

567
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 4: That's the swing down, that's the money down, and again

568
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 4: that is Woods and Schultz. I think number four, it's

569
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:48,800
Speaker 4: going back to the very first premise. We have to

570
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 4: dominate the offensive line. Except for Tunsol at left tackle,

571
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,680
Speaker 4: they really are a combination of backups and inexperienced players

572
00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 4: and even the veteran Mason who is their already right guard.

573
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 4: He's very top heavy and he has always struggled with movement.

574
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 4: Number seventy four Jones has started at left tackle, he

575
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:12,680
Speaker 4: finished that. He's at left guard, he finished that right tackle,

576
00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,680
Speaker 4: and he's a guy you want to get after. He struggles,

577
00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,960
Speaker 4: he's overmatched. You got to get after him all the time.

578
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,560
Speaker 4: And I think this is the kind of team that

579
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,000
Speaker 4: you got to know. You got to bring that fifth guy,

580
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 4: and you got to run line stunts because what's really difficult,

581
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,320
Speaker 4: and we know this ourselves, even with now experienced guys,

582
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 4: it's very difficult to pick up lin stunts. Those are

583
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 4: things you have to play together. There has to be

584
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,640
Speaker 4: continuity because it's all about a physical feel. It's not

585
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:42,880
Speaker 4: it's not you're not looking at it. You have to

586
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 4: feel the text game the exits and so when you're

587
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,400
Speaker 4: when you've got a bunch of patchwork guys in there,

588
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 4: there's no way they're going to pick up that stuff.

589
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 4: So I mean, I think that's really important.

590
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:53,240
Speaker 2: Now.

591
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,000
Speaker 4: Fifth, and finally, you have we have to dominate first down.

592
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,080
Speaker 4: Let's frankly, that's why it goes back to stop and

593
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:02,240
Speaker 4: pierce the deep ball, and we have to get We've

594
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:06,280
Speaker 4: got to force Stroud into a disadvantage game. This kid

595
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,200
Speaker 4: has played his whole college career in a rocking chair,

596
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 4: and his performance, even going back to Ohio State, he

597
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:17,880
Speaker 4: has always is diminished under pressure. You know, he's a

598
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:21,000
Speaker 4: kid that he can if he can sit there, if

599
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:25,200
Speaker 4: he doesn't have pressure, he really has accuracy. I think

600
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 4: that's consistent. But his his percentage goes from like sixty

601
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:34,360
Speaker 4: eight lifetime to like thirty thirty two under pressure. So

602
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,840
Speaker 4: we have got to dominate with that front seven and

603
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 4: create habit, and then Bradley has to skim out to

604
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,719
Speaker 4: get after him and ruin his day because again, you know,

605
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,920
Speaker 4: this is a guy that would you know if again,

606
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:49,560
Speaker 4: if he's able to sit and stand rhythm, he's a problem.

607
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 4: But I think you can force him into big mistakes

608
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:53,720
Speaker 4: if you get the pressure on him.

609
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,400
Speaker 3: All right, Dan, Let's talk about the Texans on defense,

610
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Speaker 3: and that's Rick Venturi.

611
00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor. This is inside football.

612
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Speaker 3: Let's talk abot the Colts blueprint to move the ball

613
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,479
Speaker 3: on Sunday against the Houston defense. That unit now guided

614
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 3: by defensive coordinator Matt Burke. He is entering his twentieth

615
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,200
Speaker 3: season coaching in the NFL. Last year was with the

616
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:16,200
Speaker 3: Arizona Cardinals as their defensive line coach. Texas moved up

617
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,840
Speaker 3: way in the draft in the first round. They went

618
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 3: two in three, respectively, grabbing Stroud, and then at number

619
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Speaker 3: three it was Will Anderson out of Alabama third overall,

620
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:30,160
Speaker 3: and that front seven Rick it's deceptively good in my opinion,

621
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Speaker 3: with Anderson, Malik Collins, Jonathan Garnard, Denzel Paraman, Jerry Hughes,

622
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,720
Speaker 3: the former Coult He's now kind of a rotational piece

623
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 3: late in his career in year number fourteen. But in

624
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 3: the secondary, Derek Stingley back for year number two. And

625
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,160
Speaker 3: they have a pair of really good safeties Jalen Petrie

626
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 3: who they drafted in a round two last year and

627
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,520
Speaker 3: then Jimmy Ward who comes over from the forty nine ers.

628
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 3: But both of those guys are banged up. It's uncertain

629
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 3: if they're going to play on Sunday. Petrie suffered at

630
00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:01,480
Speaker 3: Bruce Lung in the second quarter against the Ravens last week,

631
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,360
Speaker 3: and then War didn't play last week with a hip injury.

632
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 3: So what else stands out to you about the Texans defense?

633
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 3: And how can the Colts take advantage there and score

634
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 3: more than fourteen points on Sunday?

635
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 4: Yeah, a couple of things. And you know, I really

636
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:17,120
Speaker 4: like your observation, and you're giving them credit for talent

637
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:20,160
Speaker 4: and they have it. You know. Whenever I watch the Texans,

638
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 4: and I said this a year ago and I'll say

639
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 4: it again, is when I watch them, I think they

640
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,720
Speaker 4: should better be better than their stats are. I think

641
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 4: they have enough talent to be better. I think what

642
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:32,920
Speaker 4: has killed them over the years, Matt is they never

643
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 4: get an advantage situation. They're always you know, they're always

644
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:41,000
Speaker 4: behind early, They're always on their heels, and I think

645
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,760
Speaker 4: that affects them, and it scares me a little because

646
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 4: I think they're potentially better than they look on paper.

647
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,760
Speaker 4: I really do. And the two things, even back with Lovey,

648
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 4: that they've been able to do is they've been able

649
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 4: to play good. Everything else is awful, but they've been

650
00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:00,120
Speaker 4: able to play decent in the red zone. And they've

651
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:02,960
Speaker 4: always been able to get turnovers. You know, they got

652
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 4: five turnovers against us in two games, and that was

653
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 4: the difference. It wasn't It wasn't that they stopped us

654
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,400
Speaker 4: in yardage or anything. Like that, but they got five

655
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:14,200
Speaker 4: turnovers in the course of those two games, and they

656
00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,120
Speaker 4: made the difference. I would say number one because I'm

657
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,840
Speaker 4: always big on don't let their top guys beat you.

658
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 4: I learned that from Bill long time ago, and I

659
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 4: think it starts with the edge. I mean, the kid

660
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 4: from Alabama is for real. He got his first sack Sunday.

661
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 4: It didn't take him long, you know, But this is

662
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,160
Speaker 4: a kid with thirty four and a half sacks out

663
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 4: of college and fifty eight and a half tackles for loss.

664
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,680
Speaker 4: So let's respect this guy. This guy can play Andrew

665
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 4: will Anderson can play off the edge. The guy they

666
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 4: got playing again is Greener. Greener didn't have a good

667
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 4: year last year, but go back to twenty one, he

668
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 4: had eight sacks number fifty two coming off the other edge.

669
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 4: And then of course Jerry comes in and swings them.

670
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 4: Always seems to play well against us, and he's got

671
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:01,240
Speaker 4: like sixty six career sacks. You know, in those three

672
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,560
Speaker 4: guys who are in rotation, you don't want to get

673
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 4: behind an account because they can come and get you.

674
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,800
Speaker 4: I also, I think they're inside guys. You said front

675
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:14,120
Speaker 4: seven Collins, Rankins and Hinish, you know, are all pretty good.

676
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:17,359
Speaker 4: They rotate and Pairman and Harris. I like, you know,

677
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,640
Speaker 4: Petrie again, it will be a big help if he's

678
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 4: not there because he really is a playmaker. Same thing

679
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,279
Speaker 4: with Ward's experience. And I like the corners. I mean,

680
00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 4: you know, I think Singletary and I mean not Singletary.

681
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 4: I think Stingley, Stingley and Nelson are more than presentable.

682
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:37,839
Speaker 4: I really do. So you know, now they're real predictable.

683
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:40,040
Speaker 4: You know, they're a little bit like us, and they're

684
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:43,280
Speaker 4: a little bit like the Jets and all these people

685
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 4: that come out of that one family type of thing.

686
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:50,759
Speaker 4: On first down, you almost know it's single high Mike.

687
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 4: Mike Homer always used to say, Rick, I always looked

688
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,200
Speaker 4: for always and never. Well, this is about as close

689
00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:58,799
Speaker 4: to always as you could be. I mean, they're going

690
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,719
Speaker 4: to play you zones three deep or man three deep

691
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:05,440
Speaker 4: on first down. Now they will bring a fifth guy.

692
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 4: They run a lot of what I call cat stunts,

693
00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 4: that is single stunts, like they might bring the nickel

694
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:13,520
Speaker 4: off the edge, you know, they might bring the safety

695
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,879
Speaker 4: off the edge, they might bring the will backer off

696
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,399
Speaker 4: the edge. They're mostly edge stunts, and they what they

697
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 4: do is they're trying to shrupt your running game. And

698
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,800
Speaker 4: five man rushers with edge pressure are good against play actions.

699
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 4: So you see a lot of that on first down. Now,

700
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,839
Speaker 4: where they're a little bit different than our people is

701
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,640
Speaker 4: they will then all of a sudden, they will all

702
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,759
Speaker 4: of a sudden go to more coverage on second down,

703
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:42,160
Speaker 4: and they play a lot of Cover four, which is quarters.

704
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,760
Speaker 4: They play a lot of Cover eight, which is quarters

705
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:49,360
Speaker 4: strong and roll up week you know they will on

706
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 4: first down. Now, they didn't show it much last week,

707
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:54,880
Speaker 4: but I saw them sneak into it in the preseason games.

708
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 4: They will get into a little bear and you know

709
00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 4: it's a copycat league, so we darn sure we'll see it.

710
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 4: And then on third down they're not exotic, but they'll

711
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,320
Speaker 4: give you a lot of coverage, a lot of man

712
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:09,360
Speaker 4: coverage and match coverage. And then what they do, what

713
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 4: they like to do on third down is they like

714
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 4: to mug their their mic and dime. You know, they'll

715
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:19,479
Speaker 4: get they'll get pairmen up there and Harris and they'll

716
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:21,600
Speaker 4: walk up in the nose a gas. I call that

717
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 4: a double mug, and then from there they'll deal. Sometimes

718
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 4: they'll come out you know, sometimes one of them will

719
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 4: come out. Sometimes one will come out, and they'll bring

720
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,640
Speaker 4: guys off the edge. And that's about as exotic as

721
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:36,880
Speaker 4: they get. But that's what they try to do in

722
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,799
Speaker 4: terms of in terms of their overall defense, I think,

723
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 4: blueprint wise, my first thing we got to do is

724
00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 4: we got to pound their front. Okay, we have got

725
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 4: to establish the run. We can't go into this game

726
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 4: and get twenty five yards of rushing. Now they haven't

727
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,480
Speaker 4: shown as much Bear. We have to be ready for it.

728
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 4: Because it's a copycat league. They're gonna look at that

729
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,719
Speaker 4: tape and say, man, and you know, Jacksonville shut off

730
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 4: that running game with this, let's really emphasize it. But

731
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:08,439
Speaker 4: we have to you know, we have to be able

732
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:11,920
Speaker 4: to do some gap blocking, whether it's their three technique

733
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:14,799
Speaker 4: and over or whether it's the Bear defense. Got to

734
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 4: do some gap and pulls, got to lead through there

735
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:21,279
Speaker 4: with our tight end, some wham plays. But we have

736
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 4: to establish that run. Just there's no doubt in my

737
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:28,600
Speaker 4: mind because we have to keep their edges quiet. You know, again,

738
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 4: expect a five man Bear and they showed it and

739
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:35,359
Speaker 4: obviously stretching with Anthony, there's no question about that. If

740
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:40,800
Speaker 4: Anthony stretches the edge, obviously it should open up everything else.

741
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 4: It did not last week, but we can't stop trying.

742
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,919
Speaker 4: We have got to open it up. And I think

743
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 4: schematically we have to change a little bit with the

744
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 4: gap blocking rather than inside zone blocking. Jill Wright's talked

745
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:55,000
Speaker 4: about that the other day. If you zone, if you

746
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 4: just continue to zone block that bear, they're going to

747
00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:59,680
Speaker 4: stuff you because you're not going to have any place

748
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:04,280
Speaker 4: ever to run inside. So stretching with Anthony and pound

749
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:09,319
Speaker 4: them inside. Number two, they're very vulnerable to play action

750
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 4: for two reasons. Number One, if you want to take

751
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:15,880
Speaker 4: your shots outside, this is the time to do it

752
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 4: because on first down, what did I say before you

753
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:20,959
Speaker 4: got one on one? Now the corners are pretty good,

754
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:26,279
Speaker 4: but eventually Pittman and Pierce have got to show up

755
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,799
Speaker 4: for us. And it's not catching five yard balls. That's

756
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,359
Speaker 4: not going to do it. It's got to be pushing the

757
00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 4: field deep and we've got to be able and Shane's

758
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:38,359
Speaker 4: got to be committed that. Let's trust Anthony, Let's go

759
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,879
Speaker 4: after people on first down because you're going to get

760
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,680
Speaker 4: that on the outside. The other thing you can get

761
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:49,920
Speaker 4: because Harris and Pairman are just trained to go to

762
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 4: the ball hard. I mean they will fly to the

763
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:57,440
Speaker 4: ball and sew hard play action on first down. And

764
00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 4: you're going to have that second level there over the middle.

765
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:02,760
Speaker 4: So there's two types of play action. Hard play action

766
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:06,440
Speaker 4: over the middle, quick play action and take your shots deep.

767
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,960
Speaker 4: But you want to do that on first down, all right,

768
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:13,840
Speaker 4: win in doubt. As far as the passing game, attack

769
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:18,360
Speaker 4: the strong side, attack their strong corner all day, and

770
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:22,319
Speaker 4: always have the number two receiver freeze the strong safety. Now,

771
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 4: the reason I say that they very seldom close off

772
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 4: the strong side of the field. In other words, they

773
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:35,799
Speaker 4: almost never always never. They almost never play a cover two. Now,

774
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 4: Jacksonville did and they were effective with it, but they

775
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,360
Speaker 4: had shown that before. That wasn't new to them. On

776
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:47,319
Speaker 4: second down, this team plays more four, three, one and

777
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 4: eight and eight is essentially a weak side role. So

778
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 4: what all those things have consistent in their makeup is

779
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,239
Speaker 4: the strong side is one on one, no matter what,

780
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,520
Speaker 4: even no matter what the rest of the very and says.

781
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:04,360
Speaker 4: So when in doubt, you want a real strong side,

782
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,919
Speaker 4: attack very little covered two. Okay, go to number four.

783
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,280
Speaker 4: Let's protect the edges. I mean, they've got impact guys

784
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:14,920
Speaker 4: that you know can get to the passer Anderson Greener

785
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,880
Speaker 4: and Hughes, don't let them beat us. Whatever it takes.

786
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:23,359
Speaker 4: Our offensive tackles must have their big boy pants on.

787
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:25,439
Speaker 4: I think we have a lot of faith in those

788
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 4: two guys now, but they're going to be challenged here,

789
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 4: particularly if we can't dominate first down, and then if

790
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:36,799
Speaker 4: anything becomes problematic from a coaching standpoint, we've got to

791
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:40,440
Speaker 4: be ready to help those guys schematically. But number one,

792
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,759
Speaker 4: we cannot let those edge guys beat us going into

793
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,000
Speaker 4: the game. They beat us with something else, they would

794
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:49,040
Speaker 4: beat us, but we know going in that that is

795
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 4: the strength is far as playmaking of their team. Then

796
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 4: I think number five. I said this last week, but

797
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 4: I think it's even more important this week. We got

798
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 4: to create explosive place. Okay, we got one last week.

799
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:03,680
Speaker 4: We got a thirty nine yard touchdown on the screen.

800
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:07,640
Speaker 4: We got to think touchdowns, not first downs. And that's

801
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:10,840
Speaker 4: not just in our offensive design, it's in our players.

802
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,520
Speaker 4: I mean, if you're a ball carrier against this team,

803
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,680
Speaker 4: you bust through their moss, take it to the house.

804
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:20,319
Speaker 4: This last week was the second worst tackling team in

805
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:24,759
Speaker 4: the National Football League. This team was and still is

806
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:29,359
Speaker 4: last Sunday, the worst perimeter tackling team in ball. So

807
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:32,239
Speaker 4: this is a team that you want run after contact

808
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 4: and you want yards after catch. This is a team

809
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 4: that you can and must generate big plays in space.

810
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:43,680
Speaker 3: All right, Rick, As you said, on paper, this seems

811
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,680
Speaker 3: like a you know, a game where it's very winnable

812
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:48,439
Speaker 3: for the Colts. Maybe you could say the same thing

813
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:51,400
Speaker 3: for the Texans based on how they feel. But then

814
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 3: the reason I say that is, you know, these two

815
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:57,640
Speaker 3: teams have some similarities. Rookie head coaches, rookie quarterbacks, new coordinators.

816
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 3: Both teams struggled running. The Colts got twenty five yards

817
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 3: from their running backs, the Texans got fifty three. Both

818
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:09,080
Speaker 3: teams struggled on fourth down plays. Both defenses struggled inside

819
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 3: the red zone. The Jags were three for three inside

820
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,360
Speaker 3: the red zone. The Ravens were three for five against

821
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,239
Speaker 3: the Texans on Sunday. So I don't care if the

822
00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 3: Colts are favored or not. I mean, this game is

823
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 3: still gonna come down to what we talked about at

824
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:23,160
Speaker 3: the very beginning fourth quarter.

825
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:25,200
Speaker 1: It's gonna come down to red zone.

826
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:27,840
Speaker 3: It's gonna come down to third down and the Texans

827
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 3: they still have enough personnel wise to change.

828
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:33,239
Speaker 1: The game if you let them.

829
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:35,799
Speaker 3: And this was a team who the Colts didn't beat

830
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:38,640
Speaker 3: last year in two matchups, despite them winning only three

831
00:42:38,719 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 3: games last year. The Colts did not beat this team

832
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 3: a year ago. I know a lot has changed since then,

833
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:46,759
Speaker 3: but this is a very important game in week two.

834
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,680
Speaker 3: I know it's still early in the season, but a

835
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:52,520
Speaker 3: very tone setting, important type game for the Colts on

836
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:53,720
Speaker 3: Sunday down in Houston.

837
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, super well phrased there, I mean, and that's why,

838
00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:59,040
Speaker 4: you know, as I said, you know, this is a

839
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:01,839
Speaker 4: team that ruined our season, both in the opener and

840
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 4: in the finality. I mean, they ruin both ends, and

841
00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:09,280
Speaker 4: we went in with the same mentality in terms of perception. Okay,

842
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:11,480
Speaker 4: in the end, I think it's a very dangerous game

843
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:14,360
Speaker 4: for those reasons, and because they're going to be really

844
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:18,360
Speaker 4: fired up, and again, this is the most important game

845
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:21,799
Speaker 4: on the schedule, you know, regardless of those possessions of

846
00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 4: those perceptions. As you said, we struggled a year ago,

847
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:28,800
Speaker 4: and they have enough game effectors to make it tough again.

848
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,719
Speaker 4: They're going to be really high energy, They're going to

849
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:34,399
Speaker 4: be really high energy for a while with DeMarco as

850
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,839
Speaker 4: the coach, and we not only have to match that,

851
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,319
Speaker 4: you know, we have to supersede it and take it

852
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:42,280
Speaker 4: right to them. They'll be ready, but they're the type

853
00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:45,640
Speaker 4: of team they're going to be ready early. But if

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Speaker 4: things if you hit them in the mouth and you

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Speaker 4: just take it to them, don't wait, go after and

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Speaker 4: right off the bat, aggressive and play calling and play

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Speaker 4: and they're the type of team that their will it

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Speaker 4: will diminish because they're so used to losing. So I

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Speaker 4: mean it's really important that we hit them quick and

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Speaker 4: never let up, you know. And I but again you

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Speaker 4: said it best. This team has. The Coats have to

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Speaker 4: come to grips with The NFL game is sixty minutes.

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Speaker 4: It's not a sprint, it's a marathon. And it's not

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Speaker 4: just about the spark start. It's about the finish. You know.

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Speaker 4: It's time for all of us to stand up. It's

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Speaker 4: not just about Anthony. It's about the supporting cast, offense,

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Speaker 4: special teams, and fourth quarter defense as well. We got

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Speaker 4: to recapture this division. We came close to getting one

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Speaker 4: last week. Now we've got to go get one. And

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Speaker 4: I think the one thing that we don't want and

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Speaker 4: I think it's a perception now, but I don't want

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Speaker 4: to trickle it into the team. This can't be thought

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Speaker 4: of as a rebuild starting Sunday in Houston. You know,

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Speaker 4: this has to be a return to greatness in the division.

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Speaker 4: How bad do we really want it? And to me,

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Speaker 4: I've always said this, the future is always now in

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Speaker 4: the NFL. It's not three years down the road. You know,

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Speaker 4: when Anthony becomes a veteran. It's right now.

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Speaker 2: This is winnable, Go get it, absolutely, Rick Venturrey right

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Speaker 2: there inside Football Week number two, and that'll do it

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Speaker 2: for this episode, this podcast, breaking down the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 3: Rick, the information was great. Good to have you back,

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Speaker 3: per usual, Have a great rest of your week, watch

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Speaker 3: some more tape, get some more x's and o's in

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Speaker 3: that head of yours, and we'll get ready for a

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Speaker 3: road trip down to h Town this weekend. We'll see

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Speaker 3: on the Big Bird coming up on Saturday.

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Speaker 4: All right, good man, I can't wait. Can't wait for

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Speaker 4: the trip and the game.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely going down to Houston. The beat rolls on for

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Speaker 3: the Colts inside the AFC South, trying to get one

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Speaker 3: in the division, after they were one four and one

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Speaker 3: in divisional play in twenty twenty two. Again, that's Rick Venturrey.

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Speaker 3: I'm Matt Taylor. That'll do it for this week's edition

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Speaker 3: of Inside Football, giving you everything.

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Speaker 1: You need to know on the Colts opponent.

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Speaker 3: We'll do it again next week week three, getting you

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Speaker 3: ready for the Baltimore Ravens. But in the meantime, stick

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Speaker 3: right here on Colts dot Com and the Colts Mobile

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Speaker 3: app and the Colts Audio Network for everything you need

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Speaker 3: to know for Week.

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Speaker 1: Two Colts and Texans.

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Speaker 3: We'll talk to you next week on Inside Football with

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Speaker 3: Rick vent Turrey here on the Colts Audio Network.

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Speaker 1: So long,