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Speaker 1: Football is about the Jimmys and Joe's and x's and

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Speaker 1: o's Take New York vote vocal Baker Bruce. It's time

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Speaker 1: to get out the chockboard and diagram some plays. Here's

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Speaker 1: what it all starts right here.

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Speaker 2: Let's play day Money Christmas.

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Speaker 1: This is Inside Football with former Colts and NFL coach

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturie. Week sixteen is upon us.

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Speaker 2: Welcome inside inside football here with Rick Venturi in late December,

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Speaker 2: only three games to play in the twenty twenty three

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Speaker 2: regular season for the Colts. They won five of their

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Speaker 2: last six and they continue to fight for the playoffs

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Speaker 2: down the stretch here of the regular season. Up next

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Speaker 2: a trip to Atlanta on Christmas Eve to take on

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Speaker 2: the reeling six to eight Falcons as the Colts pay

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Speaker 2: a visit to Mercedes Benz Stadium for the first time ever.

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Speaker 2: I'm Matt Taylor, but you came for Rick Venturi in

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Speaker 2: his twenty seven years of NFL background on the NFL sidelines. Rick,

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Speaker 2: Merry Christmas to you, sir. How you doing today?

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Speaker 3: Oh, I'm merry Christmas to you. We're gonna we're gonna

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Speaker 3: enjoy Christmas Eve together, that's for sure. I know I'm

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Speaker 3: really excited. I mean, you know, we've just got this

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Speaker 3: December thing rolling, and I think it's rolling. I think

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Speaker 3: most importantly, we're taking care of business. So you know,

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Speaker 3: life is good here in December, and no.

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Speaker 2: Doubt about it. And behind the curtain a little bit

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Speaker 2: when we're on the road. Really for for every game,

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Speaker 2: I always bring the Bluetooth speaker before the game, and

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Speaker 2: DJ the DJ the calm before the storm inside the

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Speaker 2: booth inside an inty stadium there. I might have to

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Speaker 2: go some Christmas music coming up on Sunday, so you.

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Speaker 3: Know, I'm good on that. I mean, do you have

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Speaker 3: any requests there concert? We have our own pregame concert.

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Speaker 3: People don't realize usually usually it's a little bit of

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Speaker 3: that Southern rock. But I mean Christmas music.

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Speaker 2: Do you have any requests? I mean, what's your go

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Speaker 2: to Christmas album back in the day, you know what?

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Speaker 3: I like a lot of them, Springsteen's I like. I

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Speaker 3: really like Jennifer Nettles believe it or not, and her

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Speaker 3: version Napolion and I will just blow you away, no doubt.

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Speaker 3: Georgia Voice. Yeah, but I'm still a classic guy. I

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Speaker 3: have like ten classics done by the phil Harmonic with

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Speaker 2: Brenda Lee action we were talking yesterday. Just play all

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Speaker 2: the crooners, you know, like Sinatra and Perry Como. You know,

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Speaker 2: a little silver bells action for you. That's what we're

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Speaker 2: gonna have to dial up on Christmas Eve. Inside the booth,

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Speaker 2: they're getting ready for Colts and Falcons. But before we

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Speaker 2: get into all the blueprints and all of that, let's

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Speaker 2: look at the playoff mix here, Rick, The Colts are

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Speaker 2: among five teams in the AFC who are eight and six,

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Speaker 2: along with the Jaguars, Bengals, Texans, and Bills. Now, the

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Speaker 2: got that head to head tie breaker over the the Texans,

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Speaker 2: and the Bills are on the outside looking in as

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Speaker 2: week number two. But as we know, Rick, the playoff

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Speaker 2: tracking doesn't stop there. The Colts are still in the

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Speaker 2: But Jacksonville still holds the tie breakers over the Colts

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Speaker 2: Colts for the first time since twenty fourteen. So, long

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Speaker 2: story short, here Rick, the range of possibilities down the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And what you have to do Number one, and

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Speaker 3: It is so close, it's not even funny. The good

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Speaker 3: And in many ways we control our own destiny. But

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Speaker 2: Matt, Yeah, no doubt about it. We'll get into that.

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Speaker 2: So you're exactly right, though. The most important thing just

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Speaker 2: what you can. That's what the Colts did last week

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Speaker 2: against the Steelers. Rick they outscored the Steelers thirty to

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Speaker 2: nothing after getting down early thirteen to zero. And the offense,

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Speaker 3: Well, here here's what really made me feel great, you

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Speaker 3: you know, Minshew's performance was tremendous. I mean, in a

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Speaker 3: And then I think the other things that really were exciting.

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Speaker 3: I thought Ali Cox did two and our defensive line

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Speaker 3: You know, the next man up was real. I don't

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Speaker 3: I thought that Downs did a real presentable job on returns.

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Speaker 3: who really, to me is runaway coach of the year.

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Speaker 3: I know I'll get an argument in Houston, but to me,

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Speaker 1: No doubt about it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the guys that he has brought in and put

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Speaker 2: So all right, let's talk about the Atlanta Falcons on

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Speaker 2: the big picture. Let's turn the page. Let's go from

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Speaker 2: week fifteen to week sixteen. Three games to go here,

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Speaker 2: and as I said, we're playing catch up a little

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Speaker 2: bit on the Falcons, considering again you only see them

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Speaker 2: So they're six and eight, Rick, and they're reeling a

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Speaker 2: little bit. They've lost two in a row, five of

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Speaker 2: last week. They were shut out in the second half.

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Speaker 2: The Falcons trail the Buccaneers and the Saints by a

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Speaker 2: Head coach Arthur Smith down there, he's on the hot

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Speaker 2: seat based on everything you read in coming out of Atlanta,

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Speaker 2: and the majority of their losses this year, Rick have

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Speaker 2: come from a combination of two things. Bad turnovers at

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Speaker 2: Desmond Ritter to Taylor Heineke for the second time this season.

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Speaker 2: Ritter has really struggled Rick with turnovers. He's got sixteen

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's it's an offense with some as I said,

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Speaker 3: Ferrari parts. But sometimes they play together like a hugo.

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Speaker 3: I mean they have they you know, they basically when

429
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Speaker 3: they're on, when they're playing correctly, you know, just tactically,

430
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,560
Speaker 3: they play three man football, you know. And that's the

431
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Speaker 3: big three that you talked about, and then a couple

432
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Speaker 3: of wildcards in Patterson and John new Smith. Now they're unusual.

433
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Speaker 3: Like I said, from our defensive standpoint, it's going to

434
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Speaker 3: be really important that we play like regular and we

435
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Speaker 3: play nickel and dime by down in distance, not try

436
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Speaker 3: to match personnel groupings because if you do that, you're

437
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Speaker 3: going to be really screwed up. Because sometimes they'll be

438
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Speaker 3: in twenty one personnel and you know, it looked like

439
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Speaker 3: three wide receivers because Pitts will be out split. Then

440
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Speaker 3: then they'll have their twelve, their two tight ends, and

441
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Speaker 3: then it'll be Pitts and John who's split looks like

442
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Speaker 3: four wives. So really and truly you just have to

443
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Speaker 3: call your defenses and play what I used to call it,

444
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,720
Speaker 3: play the look, because if you're going to try to

445
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,680
Speaker 3: match really tight on this, I think you may lose

446
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,400
Speaker 3: your mind. Now at the end of the day, how

447
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Speaker 3: do they use Robbie Okay, Robinson you know is their runner.

448
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:45,720
Speaker 3: He's their inside zone guy, outside zone guy, very good receiver. Now,

449
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,840
Speaker 3: he did fumble last week and he has been stripped

450
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Speaker 3: a couple of times, so think about that ball security

451
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Speaker 3: on that. He also, I'll get into it. They will

452
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Speaker 3: use him out in the what I always call the

453
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Speaker 3: acts position, the back out and wide position in the exposition,

454
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,520
Speaker 3: and then they'll throw it to him out there. He

455
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Speaker 3: runs some routes and sometimes they'll bring him back in

456
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Speaker 3: and run with him in that So you'll get that. Also,

457
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Speaker 3: be alert again for your guy Patterson. Yeah, yeah, he can,

458
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Speaker 3: he can. You know, he will sometimes be a wide

459
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Speaker 3: out and sometimes he's the tailback. I mean, so again,

460
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,639
Speaker 3: play looks. Don't be so interested in bodies, you know

461
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,160
Speaker 3: when you look out there, because it's gonna look different,

462
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Speaker 3: you know. And when they go three tight ends, they

463
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Speaker 3: bring Crew it in. Uh you know, he's the he's

464
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Speaker 3: kind of a blocker number eighty five. And you just

465
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Speaker 3: said it their offensive line. I just call it their fluid.

466
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Speaker 3: You know, their center, right guard, right tackle have been out.

467
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Speaker 3: Matthews was out, came back, so you know, and it's

468
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Speaker 3: cost him it really, it really does cost him now,

469
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Speaker 3: you know in terms of you know, just tactics, a

470
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Speaker 3: lot of RPOs and play action on first down, a

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Speaker 3: lot of shots to London or check it down to Robinson,

472
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Speaker 3: boots and flats. You know, with London crossing West Coast,

473
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Speaker 3: Sprince just moved the quarterback. Get him out. Now that

474
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Speaker 3: might change a little bit with Honekey, although he's a

475
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Speaker 3: good athlete and he can do that. And again, when

476
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Speaker 3: it's all said and done, a lot of London. So

477
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Speaker 3: our blueprint, coach blueprint for defense, you know, a defensive victory,

478
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Speaker 3: and it's just starting number one. You got to stop Robinson.

479
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Speaker 3: You know, he's a super talented, you know guy, he's

480
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Speaker 3: he's over eleven hundred totally yards as a rookie. He's

481
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Speaker 3: four point seven rushing, forty one catches, and three hundred

482
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Speaker 3: and thirty nine yards of yak. So this is a

483
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Speaker 3: guy that can take over a game. Again, there's something

484
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Speaker 3: missing there with them right now because they started the

485
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Speaker 3: guy who's a solid player in Algier. You know, he's

486
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Speaker 3: a slasher, inside runner. I don't see him though nearly

487
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Speaker 3: the versatile guy that they can line up all over.

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Speaker 3: Like with Robbie, they'll line him up outside and then

489
00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 3: they'll motion him back in and run a running play. Okay,

490
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,360
Speaker 3: he can be stremped as I said, but there they

491
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,840
Speaker 3: are ninth in the league in rushing, so you know

492
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Speaker 3: they're going to test you. And again again their biggest

493
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Speaker 3: problem on offense, and it's trying to mesh this kind

494
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Speaker 3: of unusual roster together and gain an identity that they

495
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:25,480
Speaker 3: haven't done. Now, if they're running the ball, that'll help

496
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Speaker 3: the identity. So we have to do like we did

497
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Speaker 3: last week, just totally shut down. We just you know,

498
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,800
Speaker 3: we just totally shut down Harrison Warren last week, and

499
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 3: we shut down the screen game. And that's the that's

500
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Speaker 3: the life raft. When you have an offensive line banged

501
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Speaker 3: up and you have a new quarterback number two, we

502
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Speaker 3: got to stop London. He's the go to guy. You know,

503
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Speaker 3: he's big, as I said, you know, big jump ball

504
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 3: guy six four two twenty, very marginal speed, but he

505
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:57,879
Speaker 3: has terrific body control. He's competitive. He'll go up and

506
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Speaker 3: get the fifty to fifty ball. They will move him

507
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Speaker 3: around because they'll move him inside on third and medium,

508
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,879
Speaker 3: and they'll take shots to him on first down and

509
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,640
Speaker 3: just let him go up and get it. It's not

510
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,199
Speaker 3: like he runs by anybody. Just go and get it.

511
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Speaker 3: And you know, my compliment to him is he reminds

512
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Speaker 3: me a lot of Larry Fitzgerald and Courtland Sutton who

513
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,960
Speaker 3: we've played against. And you know, the younger fans know

514
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 3: very well at Denver number three, we have to control

515
00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:28,240
Speaker 3: those tight end hybrids and that's what they are because

516
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,520
Speaker 3: you know Pitts as I said, he can be the

517
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,160
Speaker 3: number one tight end, but he's probably the number two

518
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Speaker 3: wide receiver in the offense. You know, with forty seven

519
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 3: catches at twelve five. He again, he like Robinson, is

520
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 3: going to line up out all over the place. Sometimes

521
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,520
Speaker 3: he's going to be in the whitest position, which I

522
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Speaker 3: call tax. Sometimes he's going to be a slot. Sometimes

523
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Speaker 3: he's going to be the flanker. He's got good speed.

524
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Speaker 3: Is not great speed, but it's good speed. He can

525
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Speaker 3: push it, you know. And then Smidty John, who who

526
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Speaker 3: we know, we've played against him in the vision. You know,

527
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 3: he's really good in the slot. He can flank out

528
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Speaker 3: a little bit. Sometimes you'll see him in Pits both

529
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Speaker 3: flanked in the slot. He can run that option on

530
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Speaker 3: third and medium, and he can run the verticals, and

531
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Speaker 3: he can run the drive routes through it. Again, we'll

532
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Speaker 3: be inserted into block Smith number forty and Fisk number

533
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Speaker 3: forty three. They'll be in there as blockers. Fisk is

534
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Speaker 3: listed at a tight end. He's kind of an h back,

535
00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:34,080
Speaker 3: and then Smith gives him the actual literally two backs

536
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Speaker 3: as a true fullback. But in the end number three

537
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:42,240
Speaker 3: take care of pits in John and Smith number four

538
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:44,320
Speaker 3: is we got to do a hell of a job.

539
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:48,080
Speaker 3: I think we have a bigger challenge with Heineke, you know,

540
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,200
Speaker 3: as I said, this is a guy that shredded us.

541
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Speaker 3: Shredded Gus Bradley in the fourth quarter. You know he was.

542
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 3: He was twenty three of thirty one in that game,

543
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:02,520
Speaker 3: seventy four percent two seventy nine and they put up

544
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 3: ten points in five minutes. Now, the field goal was

545
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:08,640
Speaker 3: one thing, but the kicker and this is what you

546
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,800
Speaker 3: got to study. The nine he went. He took him

547
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:14,000
Speaker 3: ninety yards in two minutes. He had a couple of

548
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 3: terrific throws Wanda McLaren, He had two or three really

549
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,840
Speaker 3: good escapes, and then he ended up ending the game

550
00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 3: with a sneak with twenty seconds to go. So I

551
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 3: don't think we have any bargain here. I think he's

552
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 3: a very capable guy, like a Minshewta or a Browning,

553
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:38,080
Speaker 3: guys that haven't had a great opportunity that sometimes when

554
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Speaker 3: they get one they can definitely play. This guy can

555
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,280
Speaker 3: definitely be a starter. So I think we have a

556
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,160
Speaker 3: challenge there. But number five, I think we have to

557
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 3: rush the passer. I think we have to repeat last

558
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 3: week last week again, what did we do? We took

559
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Speaker 3: away to run, We killed it, We killed the screen game,

560
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,720
Speaker 3: and then we forced the game in the hands of

561
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Speaker 3: the quarterback, although I actually respect Heinikey more than I

562
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 3: do the guy from Pittsburgh. But the same problem that

563
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 3: the Atlanta's having that a lot of teams are having

564
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 3: is fault the offensive line. Now theirs is complicated by

565
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 3: the injuries, but they really are really struggling to protect

566
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Speaker 3: the quarterbacks and their edge guys. You know, struggle with speed.

567
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 3: Center can be isolated. You know, they're number twenty in sacks,

568
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 3: So I mean it's really they really struggle with edge athleticism.

569
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Speaker 3: And here's the other thing. They really struggle with their

570
00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 3: backs do not do a great job of protection. So

571
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,720
Speaker 3: you can blitz the edges and force those running backs

572
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 3: to pick you up. And if there is a team

573
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 3: that you can rush and blitz off the edge, it's

574
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Speaker 3: this team. It's their achilles heel.

575
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Speaker 2: All right, that's the blueprint to take advantage of the

576
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Speaker 2: Falcons on offense. Again, as we said, switching quarter from

577
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Speaker 2: Desmond Ritter to Taylor Heineke. That's Rick fin Turrey. I'm

578
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 2: Matt Taylor. This is Inside Football previewing Colts and Falcons

579
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Speaker 2: in Week sixteen. Let's move over to the other side

580
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Speaker 2: of the ball here, Rick let's talk about the Falcons

581
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Speaker 2: on defense, which has been the more consistent of the

582
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Speaker 2: two units. They've actually been really good on defense for

583
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 2: much of the season. Like you talked about, they're giving

584
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 2: up less than twenty points per game. Their point total

585
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,240
Speaker 2: is actually eighth in the NFL, and they're a top

586
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:34,280
Speaker 2: ten unit in several critical areas points passing, yards, total yards,

587
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:38,880
Speaker 2: first downs allowed, third down defense, three and out rates,

588
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:43,080
Speaker 2: really good punts forced, red zone defense, and fourth quarter

589
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 2: defense all top ten areas of that unit. And they

590
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,120
Speaker 2: didn't allow a touchdown to the Panthers last week, haven't

591
00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 2: allowed their opposition to score a touchdown and three of

592
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 2: the last four games. In fact, rick they've only allowed

593
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 2: five touchdowns in the last five games. But their achilles

594
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 2: he has been delivering and playing in the clutch. They

595
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 2: have given up fourth quarter game winning drives in their

596
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 2: last four losses, and in those games they were leading

597
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 2: or tied with a minute to go, and each time

598
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 2: the Falcons surrendered long drives, all covering at least seventy

599
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,600
Speaker 2: yards to give up a touchdown or a field goal

600
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 2: that cost them the game. So I just talked about

601
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Speaker 2: them on the big picture. Who are some of the

602
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 2: players individually that kind of makes this engine run under

603
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:32,040
Speaker 2: first year defensive coordinator Ryan Nielsen, who you really appreciate.

604
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think the biggest thing you got to

605
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 3: be ready for is schematically. They do a couple things

606
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,120
Speaker 3: that really have given us trouble. Yeah, and I'm just

607
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:46,200
Speaker 3: gonna say it right now. They major, okay in baar front,

608
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 3: the eight man box, and number two, they major in

609
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:54,800
Speaker 3: hard press Manda Man. So this Sunday, you don't have

610
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 3: to wait for it. It's coming. And you're so right.

611
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Speaker 3: I mean, they've played aggressive defense and for some reason,

612
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,560
Speaker 3: I don't know if they get nervous, you know, but

613
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:09,200
Speaker 3: they have they get very very conservative in that last

614
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 3: couple of minutes and it has really really hurt them.

615
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,800
Speaker 3: You know. You know, they're they're not an exotic team,

616
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 3: but they will bring some pressure. You know when you

617
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 3: look at some of their key guys. Of course, Kalis

618
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:26,239
Speaker 3: Campbell is still a really good player. I mean, you know,

619
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Speaker 3: Kalais is a guy that plays defensive end on first

620
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 3: down and then on their NASCAR package moves in. He's

621
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Speaker 3: kind of like you know, now he's long in the tooth,

622
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:38,719
Speaker 3: but he's kind of like the autrees and what we're

623
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Speaker 3: getting with Dio, you know, and he's that combo guy

624
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 3: he didn't play last week. Bud Dupree is a real

625
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:51,319
Speaker 3: solid veteran. You know, we've played against him at Pittsburgh

626
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 3: and Tennessee. I mean he is a still a very

627
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 3: very solid guy. If they can get him back, that

628
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 3: gives them another edge guy again beating he is a

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Speaker 3: young kid number seventeen off the Edgebcadie Ye, Betty Katie Yeah,

630
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Speaker 3: Betty Katie, Yeah. I got to think of my noticicad.

631
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Speaker 2: You think about your ex girlfriend, Katie, right.

632
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Speaker 3: I mean those those are the really key guys. They're

633
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 3: pretty straightforward, like I said, under over bear, single high

634
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 3: on early downs like most people. And then where they

635
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,879
Speaker 3: give you the variance is on third down. They'll have

636
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Speaker 3: the fore man NASCAR. Sometime they'll go Delta, sometime they'll

637
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Speaker 3: stand everybody up. And I always refer to that as radar.

638
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:42,440
Speaker 3: And that's that's just to try to screw up your deals.

639
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:47,319
Speaker 3: But in terms of the blueprint for victory, and I'll

640
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,920
Speaker 3: cover personnel as well, here is we have to do

641
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 3: like we did last week, and and I don't mean

642
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 3: you come out to start it I think you have

643
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 3: to play with balance. I think Shane has learned that.

644
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 3: He when he plays with balance early, it seems like

645
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:04,359
Speaker 3: the running game comes late. And I think that's just fine,

646
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 3: and I think that's the formula in the NFL. I

647
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 3: think you have to pound the running game again. It's

648
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 3: gonna be under over and I think it's gonna be

649
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:17,680
Speaker 3: Bear all day. They're always in nickel. They don't play bass,

650
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:21,359
Speaker 3: and their big nickel is twenty seven. He'll come down

651
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 3: Grant sometimes and play the nickel. If he's not there,

652
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:28,640
Speaker 3: it's gonna be Hughes. But they really don't play any bass.

653
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 3: They play. They play that all the time, always sub

654
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 3: And I think obviously on Bear, you want to continue

655
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 3: to work off tackle and outside. We got some versatile

656
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:44,440
Speaker 3: run schemes last week. I want us to keep them

657
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 3: up now. I do think because Nelson and Kelly and

658
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:53,359
Speaker 3: FR's are blocking so well, I do think that we

659
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:58,239
Speaker 3: can run some inside plays inside zones and just get

660
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 3: on people and find some crap for those backs. Now,

661
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,880
Speaker 3: to say one thing, we gotta block Baits. Baits is

662
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,960
Speaker 3: a tremendous player. He is the ambient player on this

663
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 3: team and he does a lot of lining up deep

664
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,760
Speaker 3: and flying down, and then you have to alert nickel

665
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 3: fires and safety cats off the edge on first down.

666
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 3: So again very important that we can keep our running game,

667
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 3: keep balance, but be able to pound them and by

668
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 3: the end of the day, make the running game significant.

669
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 3: A lot of play action early. As I said, this

670
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:36,360
Speaker 3: is a team that will fly. They're linebackers. Elis and

671
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,399
Speaker 3: Landman are good players. I didn't know much about them,

672
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 3: Like I said, lot of two tile in all guys.

673
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,239
Speaker 3: But when you watch Elis and Landman play, I mean

674
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 3: they go to the ball, they tackle baits, same things,

675
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 3: so that three guys in concert are always flying to

676
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,200
Speaker 3: the ball. So I think you have to counter. I

677
00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:56,919
Speaker 3: think you got to play. You got to be able

678
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,959
Speaker 3: to play action, freeze them and get your tight ends

679
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:04,600
Speaker 3: downs in a Pittman if he was there, if not Montgomery,

680
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,400
Speaker 3: and again, keep the balance on those unknown downs first

681
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:12,719
Speaker 3: and ten, second and five or less. Keep the balance,

682
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:16,359
Speaker 3: don't get into a rhythm. And I think that we've

683
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 3: got to continue to take shots on those early downs

684
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 3: with Pierce. You know, I think if you look at it, Matt,

685
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 3: in the last three games, you know now we didn't

686
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,880
Speaker 3: do it at Cincinnati. But in the game before that,

687
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 3: we hit Pierce over the top twice, one for a touchdown,

688
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,239
Speaker 3: one led to a touchdown. And then last week, something

689
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 3: that's forgotten is that in that tremendous drive before the half,

690
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 3: that four play tech. I mean, the big one was

691
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:41,879
Speaker 3: a shot to Pierce. That was a PI on the four.

692
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying. So I again, I think

693
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:49,319
Speaker 3: you got to keep Pierce alive, particularly on that strong side. Now,

694
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 3: we've got to be able to beat press covers, particularly

695
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,799
Speaker 3: he does on release all right, number three and this

696
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:59,320
Speaker 3: covers it must be ready high percentage of press man okay,

697
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 3: the number or eight. In the past, their damn good corners.

698
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:06,799
Speaker 3: So this week it's gotta be a lot of motion, bunches, stacks,

699
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 3: rub releases, message runaways, and then sometimes close the formation

700
00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 3: and explode out. Again, we gotta be able to get

701
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:19,319
Speaker 3: excess because again they're gonna try to stop that run

702
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 3: with fair right, and they're gonna try to smother us. Now,

703
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:26,080
Speaker 3: one thing I've noticed is their inside nickels and safeties

704
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:31,560
Speaker 3: and even their dimebacker are very vulnerable to inside outbreaks.

705
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:34,480
Speaker 3: So you take the outside guy, run him deep, take

706
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:36,720
Speaker 3: the inside guy and run a que or a seven

707
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:40,240
Speaker 3: behind him. Those safeties and nickels have had a hard

708
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 3: time with those inside out breaks, and that would be perfect,

709
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 3: you know, for grantson at tight end and downs at

710
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 3: the slot. All right, number four. Even though they don't

711
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:55,520
Speaker 3: have a lot of numbers this year, I still am

712
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,480
Speaker 3: concerned that NASCAR package is not bad. I mean, dupre

713
00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:01,640
Speaker 3: you know, he has fifty one and a half career sacks,

714
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,839
Speaker 3: Abakati has five and a half as a young kid,

715
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 3: Kalais has one hundred and three sacks, and then the

716
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 3: rest that I'm all kind of split it up. I

717
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:16,759
Speaker 3: thought Harrison looked really good inside last week, and so

718
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:18,879
Speaker 3: I think you got to be really ready for that.

719
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 3: Don't take this for granted. Alert those exotics on third downs,

720
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 3: the radars and the deltas you know, and we've had

721
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:30,239
Speaker 3: trouble with pressers on third downs, so you know, expect,

722
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:33,239
Speaker 3: particularly when the team is sacking the quarterback a lot.

723
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:37,160
Speaker 3: Expect a lot of blitzers with that man coverage, and

724
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 3: in the end, you know, we just have to find

725
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 3: ways to score. You know, they play a lot of

726
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,960
Speaker 3: back to the ball coverage. When you play man, you

727
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,160
Speaker 3: have a lot of guys with their back to the ball,

728
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:51,360
Speaker 3: so a lot of players like rubs and runaways and

729
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:55,400
Speaker 3: wheels can turn into big plays. You know, they struggle

730
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,359
Speaker 3: to score themselves, but they don't give up many. So

731
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 3: it's a real kind of a battle right there. And

732
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:04,239
Speaker 3: they're great in the red zone. Number two. Okay, I

733
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 3: think they are the best defensive team that I've seen

734
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,319
Speaker 3: here in the final seven games. So the offense has

735
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,359
Speaker 3: to be at it best. They have to be able

736
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,200
Speaker 3: to run it. They have to be able to beat

737
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 3: man press, man to man coverage and win on third down.

738
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:21,120
Speaker 3: Do this and you'll score on your will. And what

739
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 3: we got, what we got to do now is stack

740
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:24,480
Speaker 3: offensive performances.

741
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:26,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's still gonna be a stiff challenge. Great job

742
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 2: right there, Rick Ventury. That's the blueprints for success for

743
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:32,560
Speaker 2: the Colts. And you know, to close out to put

744
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 2: a Kappa on everything. This is going to be It's

745
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,880
Speaker 2: gonna be a great holiday for one of these teams,

746
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 2: There's no doubt about that. On Christmas Eve and the

747
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:42,399
Speaker 2: Colts trying to you know, kind of savor their their

748
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 2: holiday with a win. You'll fly back to Indianapolis and

749
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,960
Speaker 2: get to nine and six. And also stiff arm. You know,

750
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,759
Speaker 2: the other eight and six teams in the AFC keep

751
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,319
Speaker 2: them out of the top seven if you will, in

752
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,360
Speaker 2: the playoff standings. But they know the Colts, that is

753
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:59,200
Speaker 2: they they know the margin of air is incredibly thin.

754
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:01,960
Speaker 2: Can say ter the parody around them? With only three

755
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:05,000
Speaker 2: games to play and with the Falcons, it's absolutely do

756
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,359
Speaker 2: or die for them. Arthur Smith on the hot seat,

757
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:10,400
Speaker 2: flirting with the real possibility of missing the playoffs and

758
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:14,399
Speaker 2: losing or having a losing season for the sixth consecutive year.

759
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:16,759
Speaker 2: The Colts know they're going to get a desperate team

760
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,680
Speaker 2: on Sunday. The Falcons are going to throw the kitchen

761
00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:21,840
Speaker 2: sink at the Colts. If you think you can just

762
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 2: show up and look down on the six to eight Falcons,

763
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,640
Speaker 2: man's that's going to be a mistake. Could be a

764
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:27,800
Speaker 2: deadly trap for the Colts.

765
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:31,440
Speaker 3: Absolutely, and as opposed to most Colts and Colts fan

766
00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:35,560
Speaker 3: My ten years in New Orleans brought me to Atlanta

767
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:37,920
Speaker 3: once a year, and I hate the dirty Birds. So

768
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,160
Speaker 3: I haven't been in I haven't been in the new

769
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 3: stadium that'll be new, but I've been in that Atlanta

770
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:47,120
Speaker 3: stadium many times and every time I walk in there,

771
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 3: I can't stand them. But you're right, at the end

772
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:53,400
Speaker 3: of the day, you know, last week's success is just

773
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:57,440
Speaker 3: that it's over. It's one week and that's it, full stop.

774
00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:00,920
Speaker 3: And we cannot look down on the six and eight

775
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,400
Speaker 3: foul because if we do, we're going to walk into

776
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,799
Speaker 3: a deadly trap. The Dirty Birds have a really good

777
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:10,839
Speaker 3: defense whose style can be a problem, and they got

778
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:14,360
Speaker 3: enough skill on offense. I think with the injection of

779
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:20,200
Speaker 3: Heineke to put one together at home. Nothing more dangerous

780
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,759
Speaker 3: in this league than a wounded dog that's fighting for

781
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:25,920
Speaker 3: its life. You know, it's all in front of us now,

782
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 3: but the only thing that matters is taking care of

783
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:31,719
Speaker 3: business in Atlanta. This is going to be a dogfight,

784
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:36,040
Speaker 3: trust me. For sixty minutes versus a desperate team. What

785
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:39,759
Speaker 3: we got to do is match and exceed their motivation.

786
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:43,680
Speaker 3: We have to create our own emotion deflate them in

787
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:47,600
Speaker 3: their crowd. Early and often slow starts have been a

788
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:50,399
Speaker 3: little bit of a problem for us, and we don't

789
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 3: want to let this team have a vine to cling to,

790
00:43:54,239 --> 00:43:57,359
Speaker 3: you know, go in there to take it again. When

791
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:00,480
Speaker 3: you land burn the ships, don't give you away. You

792
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:03,920
Speaker 3: got to take over and kill it. Jokay, give yourself

793
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 3: no way out. Leave nothing on the field. I say

794
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:10,040
Speaker 3: it again this week, empty that bucket again. You know

795
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,359
Speaker 3: what you want them to say is the Colts came

796
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:16,400
Speaker 3: to Atlanta, they saw the Falcons and they conquered the Falcons.

797
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:18,359
Speaker 3: That's gotta be the mantra of the day.

798
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 2: And a boy, Rick vent Terry marvelous job as always

799
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:25,040
Speaker 2: breaking down this matchup into segments for us. To your point,

800
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:29,760
Speaker 2: the last five Colts opponents have scored first on the Colts,

801
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 2: So how slow starts are a little bit of a thing.

802
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:34,920
Speaker 2: Even though the Colts were able to overcome that certainly

803
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 2: against the Steelers. They got down early thirteen to nothing

804
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,320
Speaker 2: and then outscored them thirty to zero the rest of

805
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:44,160
Speaker 2: the way, for all things considered, a pretty comfortable victory

806
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:47,880
Speaker 2: for the Colts. But yet another big game this Sunday,

807
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 2: and another one that has huge playoff implications. And we're

808
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:54,719
Speaker 2: gonna have some fun down in Atlanta on Christmas Eve.

809
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:57,680
Speaker 2: Now before we close out here, Rick, lay it on me, now,

810
00:44:57,719 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 2: what are you asking Santa for this year? What is

811
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:02,800
Speaker 2: your hopes underneath the tree? The following day when you

812
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:04,399
Speaker 2: get back home, from Atlanta here.

813
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:10,560
Speaker 3: Well, you know, coming from a football family, nine and

814
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:13,000
Speaker 3: six is going to be part of it, that's for sure.

815
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:17,319
Speaker 3: You know, I prayed for many of December win. But

816
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:20,040
Speaker 3: you know, more importantly for everything is to have my

817
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:25,280
Speaker 3: family together. Ye boy, Miss Mirin is flying in actually

818
00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:29,320
Speaker 3: tomorrow night, she's flying in Thursday afternoon or Thursday evening

819
00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:32,959
Speaker 3: from San Francisco, and Jason and his gang will be here.

820
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:35,600
Speaker 3: So I call it the Big eleven. Now we have

821
00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:38,360
Speaker 3: a starting offense, you know, we have we all have

822
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:43,400
Speaker 3: Christmas Day on Monday. Yeah, with the Big eleven. And

823
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:45,640
Speaker 3: I can't wait. I'm at the stage in my life

824
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:48,280
Speaker 3: where having that family together it is just everything.

825
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:51,319
Speaker 2: It's everything, Yep, no doubt about it. Man, priorities are there.

826
00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:53,839
Speaker 2: And the quarterback of that eleven that is Rick Finn

827
00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:58,000
Speaker 2: Turrey and he's on with us here. Wonderful job as always, Rick,

828
00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:01,720
Speaker 2: And it's been another great year for us in the booth.

829
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 2: And don't take it lightly, don't take it for granted. Man,

830
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 2: have so much fun with you each and every Sunday

831
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:09,120
Speaker 2: calling these games with you. So got three more to

832
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:11,839
Speaker 2: go and we'll fire up, my man. Have a great

833
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:13,560
Speaker 2: rest of the week and we'll see you on the

834
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:14,880
Speaker 2: Big Bird heading down to Atlanta.

835
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:17,520
Speaker 3: Oh right back at you, man, you are the best

836
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:19,080
Speaker 3: in the business. Talk to you again.

837
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:22,200
Speaker 2: You got it right there, Rick Venturrey, I'm Matt Taylor,

838
00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:25,400
Speaker 2: and that'll do it for this week's holiday installment, if

839
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:29,000
Speaker 2: you will, of Inside Football with Rick Ventury breaking down

840
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:32,280
Speaker 2: the six and eight Falcons week sixteen, and as always

841
00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:34,799
Speaker 2: we'll have more on this game. Keep it locked here

842
00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:37,560
Speaker 2: on the Colts Audio Network all week long for the

843
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:41,120
Speaker 2: latest on the Colts and the Falcons. Happy holidays everybody,

844
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:43,200
Speaker 2: As always, thanks for listening, and we will do it

845
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:47,200
Speaker 2: again next week dissecting the Las Vegas Raiders who come

846
00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:50,360
Speaker 2: to town on New Year's Eve. But until then, have

847
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:52,560
Speaker 2: a great rest of your week, and again thanks for

848
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:55,040
Speaker 2: listening to Inside Football with Rick Ventury.

849
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 1: So long

850
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:04,440
Speaker 2: Er, elders still and standar