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Speaker 1: All you need to know about the Colts in one place,

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Speaker 1: The Colts Daily Update starts. Now here's the voice of

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Speaker 1: the Colts, Matt Taylor. Welcome into the Colts Daily Update

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Speaker 1: on a Tuesday, very busy Tuesday for the Colts. I'm

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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor. With you until about six to fifteen to night.

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Speaker 1: Training camp and the preseason are over, and today the

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Speaker 1: Colts made their initial fifty three man roster. They had

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Speaker 1: to do so by four o'clock today, so the Colts

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Speaker 1: had to cut more than twenty five players, but sixteen

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Speaker 1: of those players could come back to the team's practice

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Speaker 1: squad simultaneously. With the roster reduction today down to fifty three,

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Speaker 1: clubs that had players on the PUP list or the

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Speaker 1: the Colts are not opting to put linebacker Shaquille Leonard

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Speaker 1: to miss the first four games of the season, and

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Speaker 1: leading to issues in his left calf and ankle. Frank

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Speaker 1: Reich has said that he'd liked Leonard to get back

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Speaker 1: on the practice field as soon as possible, and players

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Speaker 1: four weeks have passed. So again, this move doesn't mean

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Speaker 1: the Colts are confident he'll be back before the first

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Speaker 1: month of the season is over. Players cut by the

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Speaker 1: which will be assembled tomorrow Wednesday. NFL teams can now

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Speaker 1: That's a mix of young players and veterans. But with that,

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Speaker 1: here is the Colts roster. Starting on offense. Let's go

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Speaker 1: quarterback first. The Colts are keeping Matt Ryan nick Falls

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Speaker 1: the Colts are keeping three quarterbacks, and Ellinger had a

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Speaker 1: fantastic preseason twenty four out of twenty nine passing two

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Speaker 1: At running back, the Colts are keeping three players there,

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor, Nam Hines in second year running back Dion Jackson.

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Speaker 1: The Colts today did release veteran running back Philip Lindsay,

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Speaker 1: three running backs. I think this speaks to the Colts

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Speaker 1: care of himself and be available all season long. Taylor's

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Speaker 1: time throughout at wide receiver. The Colts are keeping six

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Speaker 1: We know about Pittman coming off a one thousand yards season.

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Speaker 1: Earlier in camp, the Colts may have been in line

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Speaker 1: year player Will Fries has the versatility to play both

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Speaker 1: So to recap. On offense, the Colts have three quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: Daily Update, a look at the Colts with the voice

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Speaker 1: of the Colts Matt Taylor. Welcome back here on the

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Speaker 1: Colts Daily Update, and I'm Matt Taylor breaking down the

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Speaker 1: fifty three man roster which was set today. Again, the

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Speaker 1: exposed to waivers as we speak. The Colts, like every

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Speaker 1: To close out at defensive tackle, the Colts are keeping

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Speaker 1: four players Grover Stewart all Pro DeForrest Buckner, rookie Eric

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Speaker 1: sixth round pick Curtis Brooks out of Cincinnati. Also, what

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Speaker 1: position flexibility to play defensive end and defensive tackle in

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Speaker 1: certain situations. Elsewhere at defensive end, the Colts have Unique

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Speaker 1: Foddy Adenia Bow going into his fifth season and he

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Speaker 1: The Colts are also keeping Shack Leonard on the active roster,

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Speaker 1: also keeping undrafted rookie free agent Joe Joe Doman. He's

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Speaker 1: special teams at the end of camp. Notable cuts here

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Speaker 1: include Sterling Weatherford from nearby Cicero, Indiana, who was the

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Speaker 1: notable cut here Anthony Chesley, who played in nine games

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Speaker 1: recap on defense, the Colts are keeping four defensive tackles,

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Speaker 1: All Pro last year at his position. So that's a

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Speaker 1: quick look at the Colts fifty three men roster. Again,

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Speaker 1: it's fluid. Waiver claims will come. Practice squads get set tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Some of the faces that you got familiar with during

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Speaker 1: For more breakdown on the Colts roster, head to Colts

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Speaker 1: breaking down the roster in detail. We'll also have a

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Speaker 1: chat in that podcast with ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky tomorrow

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Speaker 1: we'll get Rick Venturrey's thoughts on the Colts roster heading

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Speaker 1: again tomorrow right here on the Daily Update, Talking Colts

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Speaker 1: at six o'clock. You're on ninety three five and one

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