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Speaker 1: Back in the division. Baby, here we go Colts and Texans,

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Speaker 1: not messing around here on the Official Colts Podcast. Welcome

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Speaker 1: in on YouTube and the Colts Audio Network. I'm Matt Taylor,

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Speaker 1: Casey Valier. Over to my left. Over to my further

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Speaker 1: left is Bill Brooks. He's wide open up, wide left,

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Speaker 1: wide Lane of Honor member Bill Brooks, And I guess

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Speaker 1: we need to start there if we can't recap a

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Speaker 1: little bit, Bill, what was the weekend like for you

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Speaker 1: with Dallas Clark getting that blue jacket that you gave

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Speaker 1: him on loan back in the day, but now he's

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Speaker 1: wearing it permanently rightfully, So forty four in the Ring

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Speaker 1: of Honor.

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Speaker 2: Yes, definitely deserved it. It's nice to see him go

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Speaker 2: up there. Great to see him in person, just to

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Speaker 2: be able to talk to him, see the guys come

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Speaker 2: back and support him, and the number of guys that

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Speaker 2: did come back and support him, show what type of

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Speaker 2: person he is, and then how with the guys enjoy

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Speaker 2: being around Dallas and stuff like that. So fun weekend,

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Speaker 2: nice arm definitely for Dallas and well deserved.

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Speaker 1: You know, this is something sorry I don't mean to

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Speaker 1: interrupt him here, this is something and you can speak

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Speaker 1: to this two casey because you got to witness it

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Speaker 1: there at the stadium. But something that's tough to measure

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Speaker 1: because I think everybody that goes into the Ring of

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Speaker 1: Honor is incredibly honored and appreciative. But it just seems

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Speaker 1: like Dallas Clark was maybe just a little bit more

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Speaker 1: considering you know that story that he so famously tells.

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Speaker 1: You know, rookie in two thousand and three comes into

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Speaker 1: the huddle with the likes of Peyton Manning and Marvin

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Speaker 1: and he's like, what the heck am I doing here?

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Speaker 3: Right?

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Speaker 1: Well, he was there for a reason and it needed

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Speaker 1: to be there. And again he takes he's where he

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Speaker 1: needs to be. When it's all said, none honored in

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Speaker 1: the rafters at Lucas Oil Stadium forever. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I mean, it's one of those things that when you

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Speaker 4: talk about that era of greatness, you can't you can't

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Speaker 4: go too far down the list before you mentioned Dallas Clarks.

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Speaker 1: I mean a tight end.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, you know, you know what Marvin Harrison

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Speaker 4: and you know, and Peyton Manning and Edrin James. I mean,

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Speaker 4: they're enshrined in the Hall of Fame for a reason.

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Speaker 4: But once you get past those guys, you can't talk

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Speaker 4: about that era without mentioning Dallas Clark. So for me,

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Speaker 4: being a kid who grew up in Indianapolis, watching Dallas

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Speaker 4: Clark play with no gloves and just being that hard nose,

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Speaker 4: I mean, it was kind of like like me being.

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Speaker 1: A Purdue guy. I loved here we go, Here we Go.

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Speaker 1: I loved watching like Mike allstot play not the way

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Speaker 1: we should have started.

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Speaker 5: I'm sorry, No, you're good, hundred percent right right, Like

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Speaker 5: I remember watching Mike all Stop play and then his

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Speaker 5: time in Tampa Bay, and I know they played different positions,

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Speaker 5: but that's kind of the player that Dallas Clark in

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Speaker 5: some ways reminded me of.

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Speaker 4: Just that hard nose. He's gonna do whatever it takes

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Speaker 4: to win. And that's what Dallas Clark was to me,

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Speaker 4: and I loved watching him play.

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Speaker 2: And Dallas was not a big individual. He's not a

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Speaker 2: big individual, but he is so tough and he played physical.

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Speaker 2: Now I just love the way he played this like

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Speaker 2: kind of old school type of football, you know, no gloves,

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Speaker 2: as you said, went out there, played physical, play hard.

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Speaker 2: DB's gonna try to cover him, He's gonna push him aside.

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Speaker 2: You have a big linebacker, try to cover him. He

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Speaker 2: outruns him. So very very versatile tight end that could

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Speaker 2: do a lot of different things for your team.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. He looked like a big guy though back in

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Speaker 1: the day when he's a linebacker at Iowa and exactly

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Speaker 1: like it was seven feet tall and his shoulderad you know,

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Speaker 1: three feet from each ear. Yeah, Dallas Clark, Man, that

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Speaker 1: was such a great moment last Sunday.

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Speaker 4: I also really liked if you saw that video Overraheem Mostert, Yeah,

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Speaker 4: mean back to the Purdue thing. Most played his college

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Speaker 4: sure where that.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 4: It wasn't like he was watching the Colts every Sunday.

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Speaker 4: So it's pretty cool to see somebody outside of the

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Speaker 1: So big. Props to Dallas. Really really cool moment, awesome moment,

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Speaker 1: awesome game Week eight. Here we freaking go back inside

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Speaker 1: close out this difficult stretch for the Colts. Houston, then Minnesota.

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Speaker 1: By the way, that game has been flexed to a

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Speaker 1: But here we go back inside the AFC South. A

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Speaker 1: put both teams at five and three, so a lot

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Speaker 1: is on the line. We're gonna discuss what happened that

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Speaker 1: first game, discuss what needs to change for the Colts

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Speaker 1: in round number two to get a win. Also, cornerback

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Speaker 1: Kenny Moore is going to join the podcast here and

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Speaker 1: then we'll break down some of the excuse me X

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Speaker 1: end of the podcast on both sides on how the

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Speaker 1: Colts can get this done in week eight. So let's

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Speaker 1: talk about what needs to change. Because Indianapolis on a

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Speaker 1: in that the Colts they didn't do a good job

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Speaker 1: coming back on offense. There's a decent chance that DeForest

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Speaker 1: did those two guys, bill will start with you? How

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Speaker 1: do those two additions potentially for the Colts helped the

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Speaker 2: Well, I think from an offensive standpoint, having Taylor back

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Speaker 2: So I think from an offensive standpoint, JT will add

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Speaker 1: Casey, let me give you some numbers here. The Colts

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Speaker 1: If you go back and watch that game film from

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Speaker 1: you don't have Taekwon Lewis in this game. It's all

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Speaker 6: In the ground game, yeah, it's massive.

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Speaker 4: I mean there have been you look at what happened

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Speaker 4: But you look at it over a handful of weeks here,

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Speaker 1: I know that part of it.

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Speaker 4: You know, you can't look back to Week one and

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Speaker 4: a lot of things that played into why Joe Mixon

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Speaker 1: For the run game.

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Speaker 4: You almost can't even measure what he brings because it

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Speaker 4: just it alleviates the pressure of every single person on

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Speaker 4: So I'm really intrigued on how it's going to change

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Speaker 4: because you can say that in week one Buckner was

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Speaker 1: But I do think that also it was.

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Speaker 4: A mentality that we've heard from Gus Bradley and from

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Speaker 4: the defensives guys talking about what the mentality was heading

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Speaker 1: It was mainly, we don't want to let CJ.

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Speaker 4: Stroud beat us over the top, and so therefore they

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Speaker 4: were maybe a little, a little I don't even know

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you buy that. You think they put too much

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Speaker 1: onus on being able to slow down CJ. Stroud and

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Speaker 1: Nico Collins isn't gonna play in this game. Right, We'll

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Speaker 1: talk about that more in detail coming up. But he

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 1: The Colts put too much emphasis on the pass game

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Speaker 2: I don't know if they did it not, but even

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Speaker 1: Look, yeah, that's the thing. I mean, teams are playing

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Speaker 2: and not having them, they're having a hard time adjusting.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, almost one hundred and fifteen yards, right.

439
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Speaker 4: C J.

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Speaker 1: Stroud had a career low eighty six last week. All right,

441
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Speaker 1: so these guys, I mean, I don't we should probably

442
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Speaker 1: save this for the end, but I mean, I feel

443
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Speaker 1: good about this game. I really do. I feel really

444
00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:24,280
Speaker 1: good about this game. And sometimes like the gut feeling

445
00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:26,239
Speaker 1: isn't the end all be all, But I have a

446
00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,280
Speaker 1: really good feeling about this game considering what happened in

447
00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,400
Speaker 1: Week one and the lessons the Colts learned from that matchup.

448
00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,840
Speaker 1: The tackling is so much better, The crunch time playmaking

449
00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,000
Speaker 1: ability by the Colts defense is right now at a

450
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Speaker 1: season high. I don't know, I just I just I

451
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Speaker 1: feel good about going down to Colts.

452
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Speaker 6: Are playing defensively, playing well. That's the last couple of weeks.

453
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Speaker 4: So seven points in the second half and last two

454
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Speaker 4: weeks total.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's right.

456
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Speaker 6: It's me big.

457
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Speaker 1: I'm with you, Matt.

458
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Speaker 4: I mean, honestly, after I heard what Shane Steikin said

459
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Speaker 4: on Wednesday about where he felt like DeForest Buckner and

460
00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,439
Speaker 4: Jonathan Taylor were and outside of those two guys, I

461
00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,199
Speaker 4: felt pretty good going into this week. And then if

462
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Speaker 4: you can get both those even one of those guys back,

463
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Speaker 4: it just you feel so much.

464
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Speaker 1: Better you get both of them. But I mean, they'll stop.

465
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Speaker 4: Short, but I do, I'm right with you. I feel

466
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Speaker 4: really good, especially because the last handful of weeks we've

467
00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,560
Speaker 4: been like, oh man, who's gonna get hurt next? Because

468
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Speaker 4: that's just kind of the way it was going for

469
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Speaker 4: this Colts team. But to kind of get healthy while

470
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Speaker 4: the Texans are in their little lull of these injuries,

471
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Speaker 4: it's a good time to take them on for sure.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there you go. It's not who you play, when

473
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Speaker 1: you play exactly. You feel good about this game also

474
00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,440
Speaker 1: because number twenty three on defense is gonna be out there.

475
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Speaker 1: Kenny Moore the Second making his eighth trip to NRG

476
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Speaker 1: Stadium down in Houston, right, so he's no stranger to

477
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Speaker 1: these matchups, the intensity inside the AFC South. Earlier today,

478
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Speaker 1: he was a guest of mine here on the official

479
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Speaker 1: Colts podcast. Check it out. All right, it's time to

480
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Speaker 1: go one on one right now with the longest tenured

481
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Speaker 1: defensive player on that side of the ball for the Colts.

482
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Speaker 1: That's Kenny Moore the Second with us. Kenny, the Texans

483
00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,960
Speaker 1: are up next round number two against Houston. What kind

484
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Speaker 1: of emotions do you have going into this game knowing

485
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Speaker 1: this is going to be the last time you're going

486
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Speaker 1: to face them so far this season.

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Speaker 3: Hoigh steak game. I think a lot of people with

488
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Speaker 3: a lot of you know, players, teammates, whoever. It is

489
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Speaker 3: a lot of people put a high stake on the

490
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Speaker 3: first time we played, yeah, this season, but this time

491
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Speaker 3: right here is even higher. It's a lot on this game.

492
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Speaker 3: So this right here is for the money and we

493
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Speaker 3: have to win his.

494
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Speaker 1: No doubt about it.

495
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Speaker 6: C J.

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Speaker 1: Stroud. In that first game, you guys did a nice

497
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Speaker 1: job on him in terms of not giving up the

498
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Speaker 1: explosive plays, but they did run for over two hundred yards.

499
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Speaker 1: Joe Mixon had a big game. How does that change

500
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Speaker 1: your mindset or your approach in terms of the preparation

501
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Speaker 1: going into this contest.

502
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Speaker 3: It helps plan a division team because you know what

503
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Speaker 3: to expect, you know, as far as identity personnel wise,

504
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:54,600
Speaker 3: it changes a little bit.

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Speaker 6: So it changes how.

506
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Speaker 3: Getting a cover certain guys or you gotta get ready

507
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Speaker 3: for you know, the Mets man up mental. But obviously

508
00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:05,520
Speaker 3: in the run game, you just got to be really

509
00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,679
Speaker 3: alert to like what they want to do. So if

510
00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,280
Speaker 3: it's longer down the distance, we've given up the run

511
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,920
Speaker 3: in certain situations, whether it was you know, at Tennessee

512
00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,240
Speaker 3: in the second and nineteen give a touchdown then and

513
00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,480
Speaker 3: you know having a third down. We're giving up first

514
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,960
Speaker 3: downs on the run this season in the run game,

515
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Speaker 3: So just being able to not always be passed predicated mentally,

516
00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,200
Speaker 3: and you know in the back end, you know the

517
00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,080
Speaker 3: guys up front, the front seven, they will need us

518
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Speaker 3: at some point in time. So we just got to

519
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Speaker 3: be able to shift our gears and we're together to

520
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Speaker 3: get him on the ground.

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Speaker 1: What do you remember from that first game? What were

522
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Speaker 1: your big takeaways in terms of the intensity of the game,

523
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Speaker 1: the physicality, and what does that speak to the rivalry

524
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Speaker 1: that that's I mean, it's always been there between these

525
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Speaker 1: two franchises, but I mean everything to make a great

526
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Speaker 1: rivalry is present between these two clubs, right yeah.

527
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Speaker 3: I think just having a great rivalry, for one, you're

528
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Speaker 3: gonna have the energy, You're gonna have the fans, gonna

529
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Speaker 3: have the environment that you really get. Just got to

530
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 3: overcome at home this season. It was a great playoff atmosphere.

531
00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,359
Speaker 3: It was a great battle. But I know it'll be

532
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,000
Speaker 3: the same thing. You know, going to Houston and the

533
00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,240
Speaker 3: history of us going down there, you know, win and loss,

534
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Speaker 3: it's always a great environment. Them trying to you know,

535
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:20,800
Speaker 3: give us their best and we're doing the same. So

536
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Speaker 3: for one, it's mostly just environment. And then for two,

537
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Speaker 3: I think it's run game for both teams. You know,

538
00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:30,760
Speaker 3: we have a great running back. They have one as well,

539
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Speaker 3: So I think if you stop the run and take

540
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Speaker 3: care of the run, and you got to force them

541
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Speaker 3: to pass and we got to earn the right to

542
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,200
Speaker 3: rush the passer and get turnovers and all that that

543
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Speaker 3: comes with it, no.

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Speaker 1: Doubt about that. Now, you go back to that first

545
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,560
Speaker 1: meeting and it was really really intense, but also to

546
00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,520
Speaker 1: this this defense right now for the Colts, it's playing

547
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,919
Speaker 1: really well and you're closing out games. In the second

548
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,520
Speaker 1: half of the last two games, you've given up a

549
00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:58,359
Speaker 1: combined just seven points to the Titans and the Dolphins.

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Speaker 1: Why are you guys putting it together? What sort of

551
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Speaker 1: changes have you implemented that you're able to close these

552
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,800
Speaker 1: games out? And you, guys on defense, you're coming up

553
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Speaker 1: clutch and crunch time.

554
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Speaker 3: See it right here? Yeah, practice field, I'm just falling

555
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,480
Speaker 3: in love with practice, being intentional with it and obviously

556
00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,200
Speaker 3: just working together to have the chemistry to move the

557
00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:19,119
Speaker 3: practice field onto the game and being able to work together.

558
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:23,960
Speaker 3: So just the repetition is so much, it's so helpful.

559
00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,280
Speaker 3: It's more important than people think. So, you know, just

560
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,800
Speaker 3: having the reps in practice, just having that confidence, that preparation,

561
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,800
Speaker 3: eliminating any type of fear that can come up in

562
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Speaker 3: a game, it just makes you that much more confident.

563
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Speaker 1: Yeah, the Colts have played seven games, all of them, Kenny,

564
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Speaker 1: as you know, they've been down to the wire. All

565
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Speaker 1: these games have been one score affairs. You're winning your

566
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Speaker 1: fair share of them. You're finding ways to win, finding

567
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Speaker 1: ways to close games out. Is that almost like a

568
00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,720
Speaker 1: blessing in disguise going into this game. It's probably gonna

569
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Speaker 1: be tight. There's gonna be some big plays both ways,

570
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Speaker 1: but you guys know how to eke these games out.

571
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Speaker 1: You've been in these one score games. It's not going

572
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Speaker 1: to overw on you if the game does come down

573
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Speaker 1: to the wire.

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Speaker 3: I think the proof is in the putting. You know,

575
00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:05,800
Speaker 3: once you do it, once you get you get that confidence,

576
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,159
Speaker 3: you gain that chemistry with each other, you gain that trust.

577
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:10,119
Speaker 3: For the most part of just knowing that, hey, we

578
00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:11,879
Speaker 3: did it, we did this once before, we did this

579
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,080
Speaker 3: twice before, Let's go out here and do it again.

580
00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,520
Speaker 3: So once we stress that that level of play in

581
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Speaker 3: practice in the meeting room, you know, on the plane

582
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Speaker 3: going or you know, just having all these scenarios and

583
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:26,680
Speaker 3: situations that come up, or you can eliminate any type

584
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:32,439
Speaker 3: of discomfort or being on the wrong page. All that,

585
00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,000
Speaker 3: all those things matter to show up in big games.

586
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Speaker 1: All right, this is gonna be your eighth time playing

587
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Speaker 1: at NRG Stadium. You know the Texans, you know that building.

588
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Speaker 1: You know how fired up they are, the fan base,

589
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,119
Speaker 1: they get rowdy for the Colts and what the cults

590
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Speaker 1: represent in the history of these two franchises. What's it

591
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Speaker 1: like from your end playing down at NRG Stadium.

592
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Speaker 3: Turnovers, Yeah, turnovers, big plays. It's my favorite place to play,

593
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,200
Speaker 3: to be honest, And yeah, is that. I really like

594
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,879
Speaker 3: the field. It's a nice track. I always feel good, so,

595
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:06,639
Speaker 3: you know, I don't know what it is. It's just

596
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 3: always a good Sunday morning waking up and playing at

597
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 3: twelve o'clock. Yeah, so it'll be fun, it'll be great,

598
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,919
Speaker 3: and yeah, I just I just love it. Hopefully they

599
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Speaker 3: went wearing red and I'm ready to get after it.

600
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Speaker 1: Battle red as they like to call it down there.

601
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Speaker 1: All Right, you're having a fantastic season. Nobody surprised by that.

602
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,280
Speaker 1: Jalen Jones is having a fantastic season as well. Nobody's

603
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Speaker 1: surprised by that too, as he makes that next jump

604
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Speaker 1: in that progression for him as a cornerback. Where have

605
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Speaker 1: you seen his growth specifically from Urine watching him as

606
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Speaker 1: a young guy.

607
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, with the secondary in general. You know,

608
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Speaker 3: I'm able to be alongside those guys a lot of

609
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,359
Speaker 3: the time. I spend so much time with the guys,

610
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Speaker 3: whether it's practice, meeting room, weight room, treatment at the practice,

611
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,199
Speaker 3: in the locker room, just chilling and stuff like that.

612
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Speaker 3: But I would say the train pansitioning of his growth

613
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:02,960
Speaker 3: and being able to grow as a ball player and

614
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,639
Speaker 3: as a professional and as a young man. It's note taking.

615
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,359
Speaker 3: It's not taking. He sit right by me in meetings

616
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:14,119
Speaker 3: and studios. He everybody learned differently, so it's not like

617
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,560
Speaker 3: he wasn't learning before or he didn't get it or

618
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Speaker 3: whatever it was. He you know, the way I take notes,

619
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Speaker 3: I take notes like I've never learned it before, and

620
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 3: I've never done it before, and I never you know,

621
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Speaker 3: you kind of like see certain scenarios like okay, like

622
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Speaker 3: I did that, I passed, so you don't really have

623
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Speaker 3: to like take notes on it anymore. So but with me,

624
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,480
Speaker 3: I do everything like I was a rookie and I

625
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,480
Speaker 3: didn't know what anything about football, that's right, So I

626
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,000
Speaker 3: kind of, you know, take a pick of his notes

627
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:44,359
Speaker 3: and you know what I'm saying, you know, write that

628
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:48,200
Speaker 3: down or you probably should know this, but I want

629
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Speaker 3: to know that. Yeah, he'll write it down. So but

630
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:52,919
Speaker 3: you know, now, just not having to tell him that

631
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:56,720
Speaker 3: and just seeing his growth, you know, really correlate from

632
00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,359
Speaker 3: the meeting room those note taking points. That's draining that

633
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:05,120
Speaker 3: mentality onto the game. And I really enjoyed playing with him,

634
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,919
Speaker 3: and uh, it's kind of crazy how young he is.

635
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,720
Speaker 3: He still reminds me of you know, his age and

636
00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 3: everything that he's seen or havn't seen, you know, things

637
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 3: come up in the game, he's like, oh, yeah, that's

638
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:19,000
Speaker 3: new to me. Yeah, and yeah it's great. Uh. Same

639
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:23,160
Speaker 3: with Sam. He's having a tremendous season, is Julian Nick.

640
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:24,680
Speaker 3: We got a lot of guys that's growing in the

641
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:26,639
Speaker 3: right direction and it's good to.

642
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,720
Speaker 1: See absolutely all right, final a couple of things with

643
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 1: Kenny Moore, the second with us, Uh, they will not

644
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,560
Speaker 1: have they being the Texans will not have Nico Collins

645
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,880
Speaker 1: in this game. Tank Dell is still there though Stefan

646
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,680
Speaker 1: dis John Mechi Uh. They have Steven Simms. Uh, you know,

647
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,560
Speaker 1: maybe Robert Woods, maybe maybe he plays well, We'll wait

648
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,560
Speaker 1: and see on his foot. But what do you make

649
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,920
Speaker 1: of their present day wide receiver core and the weapons

650
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 1: that CJ. Shrouds still has.

651
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,200
Speaker 3: I mean, we all know how the league works and

652
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 3: with injuries and and being the next man up type

653
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Speaker 3: of situation on game day, and I'm sure they will

654
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 3: be miss uh missing twelve sure in the offense. And

655
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 3: I can tell by the way that they called plays

656
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 3: how the OC Bobby he has that trust with twelve,

657
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:16,240
Speaker 3: and so I'm pretty sure it'll be somebody else's turn

658
00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 3: to step up and have that mentality for the offense.

659
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 3: He's a he's a hype man for them, you know.

660
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,240
Speaker 3: He gives them a lot of energy, a lot of momentum.

661
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 3: He gives the defense what they want to see. So

662
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,200
Speaker 3: he's been great for their offense and I'm sure they'll miss.

663
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,200
Speaker 1: Him, yeah, no question about it. But still a tough

664
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,760
Speaker 1: test coming up on Sundays. Last thing before I let

665
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 1: you go, this is an off the field question. A

666
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 1: few weeks back, Hurricane Helene UH comes through through the

667
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:42,480
Speaker 1: South and it affects your hometown of Valdosta, Georgia, And

668
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,000
Speaker 1: I know that's you know, your hometown, where you grew up,

669
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,520
Speaker 1: where you're from. It's really really important to you. And

670
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 1: you you didn't just sit back, you know, you you

671
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 1: definitely got involved. How did you get involved with the

672
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,360
Speaker 1: recovery and the relief and helping people that you're close

673
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,120
Speaker 1: with back home in that community even though you're here

674
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,080
Speaker 1: Indianapolis and you're going through the demand and the grind

675
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:03,040
Speaker 1: of the regular season.

676
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's always tough, you know, being so far

677
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 3: away from home, and you know, you see tragedy happen,

678
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,280
Speaker 3: you know, on social media or through test messages or

679
00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:16,240
Speaker 3: you know, on the phone with my mother, and so

680
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,520
Speaker 3: I always want to be a vessel to the community.

681
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 3: I always want to be some type of light and

682
00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 3: you know, having you know, high school, college, grocery stores, houses,

683
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:33,760
Speaker 3: you know, just community in general affected. I just wanted

684
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 3: to do something right away. It wasn't my first time,

685
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,680
Speaker 3: so that was good having that experience of you know

686
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 3: who to call, who to talk to. And I worked

687
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,120
Speaker 3: with a guy named Graham. He worked at my college

688
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,000
Speaker 3: for X amount of years and he was basically you

689
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,440
Speaker 3: know him working at the college really helped him gain

690
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:59,200
Speaker 3: the contacts and the and the people throughout the community

691
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:01,520
Speaker 3: to be able to help in all these spaces. So

692
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,800
Speaker 3: he and there's another guy named big Nick. Big Nick

693
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,040
Speaker 3: has a restaurant yep back at home. He's an entrepreneur,

694
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 3: and you know, having his help and being able to

695
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:18,560
Speaker 3: you know, so we did food giveaways and he was

696
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,880
Speaker 3: able to have all these locations and he has to

697
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:24,160
Speaker 3: reach throughout the community to let everybody know where to

698
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,520
Speaker 3: you know, pick up food, how to get through the

699
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 3: storm sure on a full stomach, and so exactly. It's

700
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 3: just great knowing great people that has the same vision

701
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 3: as you and people who are willing to help. It's

702
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:37,080
Speaker 3: been great.

703
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, no question about a good man right here on

704
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 1: and off the field. Number twenty three, Kenny Moore. He's

705
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 1: gonna be lighted up on defense, trying to slow down

706
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,200
Speaker 1: the Texans coming up on Sunday. First place is on

707
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,680
Speaker 1: the line, Kenny, Always appreciate your time, man, all the best,

708
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,880
Speaker 1: just sir, Love Kenny Moore. The second here on the

709
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:56,760
Speaker 1: official Colts podcast. I mean the last couple of podcasts

710
00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,640
Speaker 1: that we take these on Thursdays, the last couple of

711
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 1: times been outside on the practice field. It's just glorious.

712
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 1: I mean the weather here in Central Indiana. Uh, here

713
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,920
Speaker 1: in the fall. Man on the Chamber of Commerce come

714
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 1: to come to check out the fall.

715
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 4: Is it?

716
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,560
Speaker 1: Is it foliage or foliage? Is it foil? I don't know.

717
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 1: I never know how to say voilage. Maybe for the help,

718
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,600
Speaker 1: I'm sorry when you said fooliage, I was like, maybe

719
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 1: it is.

720
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 6: This all you got?

721
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 1: But I just wish Kenny Moore the second was a

722
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:30,960
Speaker 1: better interview, to be honest with you, I mean, that

723
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:34,640
Speaker 1: just wasn't very good. I'm just kidding. He's he's he's

724
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,959
Speaker 1: pro go to guy inside the locker room. Speaking of

725
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,200
Speaker 1: go to guys, let's talk about the X factors in

726
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:43,320
Speaker 1: this game on Sunday. Let's go to Houston first. An

727
00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:46,200
Speaker 1: X factor that that might play big this time that

728
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:50,000
Speaker 1: wasn't available in week one. Uh. The former cult Denico Autrey,

729
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 1: who's turned himself into a Colts killer. UH with the

730
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans for all those years after he left Indianapolis.

731
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 1: He's back.

732
00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:57,680
Speaker 3: Uh.

733
00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 1: Served a six game suspension to start to see. But

734
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 1: that's done and over with and now he joins a

735
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:07,120
Speaker 1: really formidable Texans defense. That bill they're not going to

736
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 1: blow you away with their point total like points allowed,

737
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 1: it's kind of middle of the road, but they are

738
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 1: very disruptive, right They screw you up on drives and

739
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 1: by that I mean you know, sacks and quarterback hits, passes, defense,

740
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 1: getting their hands on the ball, tackles for loss, they're

741
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 1: they're top five in all of those categories I just

742
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 1: doled out there, and actually they're number one in the

743
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,960
Speaker 1: NFL on tackles for loss. They had a whopping eleven

744
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,120
Speaker 1: of them last week against the Green Bay Packers. So

745
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,680
Speaker 1: what do you make of Deniko Autrey joining the likes

746
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: of Will Anderson and Daniel Hunter up front along that

747
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 1: defensive one?

748
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 2: Just another body they have that can put some pressure

749
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,120
Speaker 2: on the quarterback and get to the quarterback, and not

750
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,440
Speaker 2: just get to the quarterback, but be effective in the

751
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,960
Speaker 2: run game as well. So he's a He's a person that,

752
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 2: of course the Coats have seen quite a bit in

753
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,719
Speaker 2: Texas and they know him very well. So someone that

754
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 2: they can cause problems. As you said, you know the Texans,

755
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 2: they get out the quarterback with a type of fourth

756
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,840
Speaker 2: I think in Saxson the National Football League, So they

757
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 2: get off the quarterback, and that's what they want to do.

758
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:07,760
Speaker 2: They want to put some pressure on I know, of course,

759
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:11,600
Speaker 2: with Hunter and Anderson out there on the edges trying

760
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 2: to get up to the quarterback. So it's gonna be

761
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 2: improediop for the Coats to make sure they do a

762
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:18,759
Speaker 2: good job not just in run blocking and running the

763
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 2: ball and getting those keeping the ball themselves and moving

764
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,239
Speaker 2: the ball down the field, but in pass blocking, giving

765
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 2: Ar some time the ball down the field if he

766
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,359
Speaker 2: has to, but also Ar needs to get the ball

767
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:29,279
Speaker 2: off his hands pretty quick.

768
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, the Colts offensive line is not allowed to sack

769
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 1: in each of the last two games. Casey, that's gonna

770
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 1: be put to the tests again, all those disruptive players

771
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:41,719
Speaker 1: and disruptive types of you know, aspects of their defense.

772
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 1: By the way, Anderson ranks first in the NFL and

773
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,200
Speaker 1: tackles for loss with ten of them, and Hunter and

774
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 1: will Anderson have combined for ten sacks, eighteen quarterback hits,

775
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 1: and fifteen tackles for loss on the season. The tackles

776
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:59,200
Speaker 1: this game you know, Brayden Smith and Bernard Ryman, they're

777
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 1: gonna earn their money come up on Sunday.

778
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 4: Absolutely, And I mean you go back to the top.

779
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 4: We're talking about Denico Autrey. I mean, we all remember

780
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:09,319
Speaker 4: when he was here. That was must watch when you're

781
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,560
Speaker 4: watching training camp or a regular practice to see Denico

782
00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:14,840
Speaker 4: Autry go up against Quentin Nelson, because that was some

783
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:17,400
Speaker 4: I mean, you talk about guys that would you know

784
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,920
Speaker 4: he would win one, Nelson would win one, Autrey had win.

785
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:24,680
Speaker 4: I mean, Denico Autrey was I wouldn't say, you know,

786
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 4: he wasn't a household name when he came here, but

787
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:31,719
Speaker 4: he really helped his case. And then since he left Indianapolis,

788
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:33,760
Speaker 4: it seems like he gets up for this game every

789
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 4: time he plays.

790
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:35,759
Speaker 1: He stayed in the in the.

791
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 4: Division with the Titans, and now he's with the Texans.

792
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,480
Speaker 4: So you know, honestly, it was one of those signings.

793
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 4: When I saw it happen, I was like, ah, man,

794
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:43,880
Speaker 4: I was really hoping he'd go away. We wouldn't have

795
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,200
Speaker 4: to see him a couple times a year. So here

796
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:48,359
Speaker 4: we go again, trying to see Deniko again. I mean,

797
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,720
Speaker 4: he is a menace in side and it just adds

798
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 4: to the power they have with those guys on the edge,

799
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:55,399
Speaker 4: with with Anderson Hunter for sure.

800
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 1: All right, in this game, which we think it's gonna

801
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,480
Speaker 1: come down to the wire, it always does, seem by

802
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:03,240
Speaker 1: the way, the Colts lead the NFL and one score

803
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:06,800
Speaker 1: games played. All seven of their games have been decided

804
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 1: by eight points or less. Obviously, they're four and three

805
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,440
Speaker 1: in those contests. The Colts are the only team in

806
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:15,279
Speaker 1: the NFL that has had all of their games be

807
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,920
Speaker 1: one score fairs. We talked about that with Kenny Moore

808
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,360
Speaker 1: the second a little bit earlier. So within that and

809
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,200
Speaker 1: saying that Bill, you know, it's gonna come down to

810
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,840
Speaker 1: special teams. Yeah, the third phase of the game. And

811
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:27,640
Speaker 1: boy do we have some good specialists in contests. All right.

812
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,840
Speaker 1: In that first meeting, how about kicker Kayimi Fairbarn for

813
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,239
Speaker 1: the Texans, one of the biggest difference makers back in

814
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 1: Week one, he knocked down three field goals from at

815
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,279
Speaker 1: least fifty yards. That was big reason why they won

816
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,239
Speaker 1: twenty nine to twenty seven. But Casey, you and I,

817
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 1: you know, we do the prepper every week for all

818
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 1: of these guys. I mean, he's got to be the

819
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 1: best kicker in the NFL about that no one ever

820
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,479
Speaker 1: talks about, but he talks like a lot of people

821
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:53,640
Speaker 1: don't even like know who he is. But every time

822
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:57,239
Speaker 1: he steps on the field, he's like mister automatic. I mean,

823
00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:59,280
Speaker 1: you go out there and you have so much confidence,

824
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:02,480
Speaker 1: just as a foot observer of the NFL that he's

825
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:05,239
Speaker 1: gonna come out and knock down his kicks. Within that,

826
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: he's made seventy two of his last seventy seven field

827
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 1: goals since the start of the twenty twenty two season.

828
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 1: That is the second highest accurate accuracy number in that

829
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 1: span at almost ninety four percent. And he's always really

830
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:23,120
Speaker 1: good at home. The roof's going to be closed, just

831
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,479
Speaker 1: like it was at Lucas Oil Stadium back in Week one.

832
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,920
Speaker 1: I mean, it sounds silly to say, but Cayemi Fairbarn

833
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,280
Speaker 1: a kicker, Bill, he might be one of the biggest

834
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:33,319
Speaker 1: X factors in this game by far.

835
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,319
Speaker 6: I mean, he's just he's just been good.

836
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,560
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't care if it's from fifty yards,

837
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:40,920
Speaker 2: from forty yards, thirty yards, he's gonna be solid.

838
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:43,919
Speaker 1: He's already made nine field goals over fifty this year.

839
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:45,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think one of them might have been fifty

840
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,319
Speaker 2: nine are against thee think fifty nine yeah, So I

841
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,759
Speaker 2: mean you got one clutch time to win the game,

842
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,480
Speaker 2: I think in Buffalo, and I mean he's clutch. I

843
00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:57,239
Speaker 2: mean you know that if you're trying to stop them,

844
00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 2: the Texans at the end of the game, you know

845
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,080
Speaker 2: you have to keep them hopefully on their side of

846
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 2: the field so they won't get close to he has

847
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,120
Speaker 2: the opportunity to kick a field goal. So it's going

848
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 2: to be important. Special teams is going to be important,

849
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,600
Speaker 2: not just kicking the ball as we talked about, but

850
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:12,880
Speaker 2: I think punting is going to be very important.

851
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 1: Tooled won they locked.

852
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,839
Speaker 2: The punt yeah game in the game one. And also

853
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:22,920
Speaker 2: Rigos has been playing tremendous uh this season, so you know,

854
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:24,879
Speaker 2: I think punting's going to play a big prior as

855
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:27,960
Speaker 2: far as field position and changing field position. So special

856
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 2: teams are going to play big in this game, I

857
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 2: think against the Texans and the Coats.

858
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:34,440
Speaker 4: In the game number two, here's a number for you,

859
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,720
Speaker 4: eleven eleven. That's the amount of kicks I think Kenymie

860
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:40,960
Speaker 4: Fairbarn has been in Houston since twenty sixteen. He's missed

861
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:45,360
Speaker 4: eleven field goals. Ever at Energy Stadium. That's it eleven

862
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 4: like you think about the longevity of a career. I mean,

863
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 4: and they're they're trotting him. It's not like they're just

864
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,920
Speaker 4: kicking kicks under forty I mean his leg it's like

865
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:58,400
Speaker 4: once you hit the fifty yard line, he's almost in

866
00:38:58,520 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 4: range already.

867
00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:01,840
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, so this guy.

868
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:04,719
Speaker 4: Is kicking kicks from all kinds of distances and has

869
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 4: missed just eleven kicks at NRG.

870
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 1: He is Matt was Bill, you weren't in there.

871
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:12,200
Speaker 4: But at one point, I'm just reading through some of

872
00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:15,120
Speaker 4: Fairbaron's notes and I literally say out loud, I'm like, man,

873
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 4: this guy is good, like I just and he's a kicker,

874
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 4: and it's one of those things where they don't get

875
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,680
Speaker 4: their due ever, but I'm giving you your due right now,

876
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:27,440
Speaker 4: because man, Kyami Fairbairn is probably the best kept secret

877
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,919
Speaker 4: Houston has and he is so so good.

878
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:31,800
Speaker 1: And the good news too, Matt Gay seems to have

879
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: found yes ride exactly. He's made seven straight field goals

880
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 1: dating back to Week five, had that big fifty two yarder,

881
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,919
Speaker 1: and it's it wasn't that he made a fifty two yarder.

882
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 1: Bill was in the spot that he did right late

883
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 1: half situation, got the Colts on the board, gave him

884
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 1: some momentum, so it was it was big from the distance,

885
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,359
Speaker 1: but also just the moment in which he knocked down

886
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,440
Speaker 1: that kick, so really good to see Matt Gay kind

887
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,319
Speaker 1: of stepping up and getting back to the Matt Gay

888
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 1: that we knew, you know last year at the beginning

889
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 1: of the season and coming over from the Los Angeles Rams.

890
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:06,759
Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna put you both in the spot here.

891
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 1: I mean, this is this is the earliest in the

892
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 1: season that the Colts and Texans will have their season

893
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:16,319
Speaker 1: series wrap up. And if I had one of the

894
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,960
Speaker 1: schedule makers in here right now from the NFL, I

895
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:20,920
Speaker 1: look him in the face and I'd say, what are

896
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 1: we doing? Why? Why? Best stuff? What are we doing?

897
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 1: This game should be a primetime game in late November

898
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 1: or December. And considering too, the way the Jaguars and

899
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 1: the Titans have fallen off, Bill, this looks like a

900
00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 1: two horse race now inside the AFC South. How I'm

901
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:42,360
Speaker 1: trying to make you say something that I don't I

902
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,799
Speaker 1: know you're trying to go there? Where does how much

903
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:48,759
Speaker 1: weight is this game going to hold? When it's all

904
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:51,040
Speaker 1: said and done in determining the AFC South.

905
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,480
Speaker 6: It's gone a hold a whole lot of weight. Yeah,

906
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,359
Speaker 6: it's big. This is thus far right now.

907
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 2: To me personally, I think outside the first game of

908
00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:00,920
Speaker 2: the season, I think this is the biggest game right

909
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:03,839
Speaker 2: now the Coats have You didn't get me a set yet.

910
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:05,799
Speaker 1: It's a big close. I think.

911
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 2: I think it's the biggest game right now in the

912
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four season outside of the first game of

913
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 2: the season of thus far for the Coats, going down

914
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:17,440
Speaker 2: to Houston, playing in the hostile environment, a team that

915
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:22,880
Speaker 2: we know is very good, very talented, played well against

916
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,799
Speaker 2: the team earlier in the year, and they know if

917
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,959
Speaker 2: they go down there it can handle their business, which

918
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 2: you know in the past the Coats have played pretty

919
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,520
Speaker 2: well down in Houston and done a nice job. So

920
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:35,600
Speaker 2: go down there and they handle their business, then they

921
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,360
Speaker 2: know they're right back in it. Everything is tied for

922
00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:40,640
Speaker 2: much and then after that it's just a matter of

923
00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:42,839
Speaker 2: taking care of your own business going forward. You don't

924
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:44,279
Speaker 2: have to worry about anything else. Just take care of

925
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:46,759
Speaker 2: your own business. And that's what you want. So I

926
00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:48,960
Speaker 2: think you want to control your own destiny. I think

927
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:52,240
Speaker 2: if you win this game this Sunday, you can control

928
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 2: your own destiny because we'll see what happens.

929
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 6: I think it'll be hard for any of.

930
00:41:55,920 --> 00:42:00,160
Speaker 2: The teams to run the table after this game anyway,

931
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,440
Speaker 2: But I think the Cops have a real good shot

932
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:04,719
Speaker 2: of winning division if they get this game.

933
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,640
Speaker 1: It just seems like the ultimate swing game because it's

934
00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 1: right in the middle of the season, right, We're right,

935
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 1: we're Week eight, week nine in that neighborhood. But if

936
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:16,040
Speaker 1: you win it, you're tied. They'd still have the head

937
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:19,720
Speaker 1: to head or the tiebreaker with the division record. But listen,

938
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:21,799
Speaker 1: you have everything right there in front of you. If

939
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,799
Speaker 1: you lose it, you're two games back, but essentially it's

940
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:28,560
Speaker 1: three because they have the tiebreaker on you. And listen,

941
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:33,360
Speaker 1: nothing's impossible, but that is a tough uphill hill to

942
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:38,759
Speaker 1: climb over. Casey and plus two just from a psyche standpoint, right,

943
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,200
Speaker 1: it's a rivalry because of the division in the history

944
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 1: of the teams, but it can't be a rivalry if

945
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 1: one team always wins. And if Texas, if the Houston

946
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 1: Texans win, that's three in a row and four of

947
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:52,239
Speaker 1: the last five. So I think from a psychological standpoint,

948
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 1: it's put up or shut up time right now for

949
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:55,920
Speaker 1: a lot of these core players on the on the

950
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:59,520
Speaker 1: Colts team to get after CJ. Stroud and in some

951
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 1: of the that's been going on the last eighteen months

952
00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:04,239
Speaker 1: or so. So I'm gonna say what Bill didn't say.

953
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:07,919
Speaker 4: I said that the two games against Houston were gonna

954
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 4: be the biggest games all walk off. I said that

955
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,080
Speaker 4: before the year that you know what, you look at

956
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:14,839
Speaker 4: the schedule all you want, because Houston's gonna come in

957
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,520
Speaker 4: with that. You know, they're the they're the hunted now.

958
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:19,759
Speaker 4: They were the team that won the division last year.

959
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 4: So you in order to dethron them, you gotta beat them.

960
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:24,919
Speaker 4: You didn't get it done in week one, you gotta

961
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:28,440
Speaker 4: get it done now. And because you talk about the psyche,

962
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:31,120
Speaker 4: but also it gets you back to two and two

963
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:34,200
Speaker 4: in the division, which you only got two more left

964
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:36,759
Speaker 4: after this, like you got a long season to go,

965
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,600
Speaker 4: but division record it matters. So in order to get

966
00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 4: back to five hundred at that at that you know,

967
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:44,319
Speaker 4: if you want to say at the midway point through

968
00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:45,279
Speaker 4: their season.

969
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,239
Speaker 1: You're likely not going to win the division, You're not

970
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:47,840
Speaker 1: record it.

971
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:50,120
Speaker 4: Start off is one of the you start talking about

972
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:53,600
Speaker 4: that uphill climb, it just gets so much more difficult

973
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:55,560
Speaker 4: if you do not walk out of Houston with a

974
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:58,959
Speaker 4: win on Sunday and everything we've talked about, like you said,

975
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:02,000
Speaker 4: it doesn't You know that hunt doesn't always lead to success.

976
00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:05,640
Speaker 4: But I feel really good about everything that's trending towards Sunday.

977
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,040
Speaker 4: And I think the biggest game of the biggest game

978
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:09,520
Speaker 4: of the year is on Sunday, and I'd love to

979
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:10,280
Speaker 4: see the Colts play.

980
00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:13,040
Speaker 1: But most of my hunches are right though, right, I mean,

981
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,439
Speaker 1: you've been around me long enough. Most of my gut

982
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:17,640
Speaker 1: hunches come out on top. I'll give you that, you think, Yeah,

983
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:19,799
Speaker 1: I'll give you that. I mean, if I'm wrong, we'll

984
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:21,880
Speaker 1: play the tape last or next week.

985
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:24,160
Speaker 6: Hopefully and not hunch and not indigestion.

986
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:29,839
Speaker 1: It is about lunchtime, because you never know it has

987
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:33,359
Speaker 1: been confused in the past. We shall see all right,

988
00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:38,360
Speaker 1: good stuff, right there, Bill Bill Brooks with some shade

989
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:40,400
Speaker 1: from from a ring of honor. Remember, I guess I

990
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,080
Speaker 1: just have to sit here and take that right, You don't.

991
00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:46,040
Speaker 1: I cannot disrespect this guy. You want the greatest of

992
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:49,160
Speaker 1: all time within this franchise, Casey Valley. I'm Matt Taylor.

993
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 1: That's gonna do it. Here we go, Colts and Texans,

994
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:54,600
Speaker 1: Week number eight. You get it. You gotta get it done,

995
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:57,600
Speaker 1: because it gotta get it done. That's the message to

996
00:44:57,680 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 1: the Colts this weekend. We're gonna break it all down.

997
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:03,040
Speaker 1: Up next Thursday, we'll be back breaking down Colts and

998
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:06,400
Speaker 1: Vikings again. That is a Sunday night affair in primetime.

999
00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:09,160
Speaker 1: But first things first, Colts trying to get a win

1000
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 1: inside the AFC South. Thanks for watching, Thanks for listening.

1001
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:14,400
Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next week here on the official

1002
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:15,960
Speaker 1: Colts podcast. So Long,