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

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Speaker 2: Guys write numbers three, Jet Spielberg, I'm one, all right,

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Speaker 2: nast big fly, Turbot Selda fourteen Diabolo.

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Speaker 3: Whim out a bunch right, Roberts de Niro.

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Speaker 4: It's time to get out the chotboard and diagram some plays. Hey,

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Speaker 4: sure you get enough dep like twelve yard, fourteen yards,

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

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturie. Halfway through the month of October and the

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Speaker 1: Colts were back on the winning train. In week six,

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Speaker 1: They're five and one thanks to a thirty one twenty

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Speaker 1: seven win over the Arizona Cardinals, and the Colts remain

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Speaker 1: in first place in the AFC South and they still

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Speaker 1: possess the top spot in the AFC standings as well

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Speaker 1: before a hot date coming up with the LA Chargers

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Speaker 1: in week number seven. I'm Matt Taylor and welcome inside

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Speaker 1: the Indiana Union Construction Industry Radio Studio and welcome to

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Speaker 1: Inside Football with Rick Vnter are weekly podcast talking all

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Speaker 1: things Colts, breaking down the upcoming opponent, and Rick vent Turry.

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Speaker 1: Of course, the main attraction here on the podcast with

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Speaker 1: his twenty seven years of coaching background in the National

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Speaker 1: Football League. Rick Venturry, great to hear your voice again.

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Speaker 3: How are you, man?

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Speaker 4: I am just great. I mean five and one in

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Speaker 4: mid October. Leads are changing and man, we're headed to

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Speaker 4: California again, and man, I'll tell you what. We are

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Speaker 4: bawling it and ready to go.

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Speaker 2: No doubt about it.

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Speaker 1: We're going to talk about all the things that are

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Speaker 1: clicking for this Colts team. Got a big podcast for you,

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Speaker 1: as we always do. We're getting you ready for Week seven.

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Speaker 1: The four and two Chargers are up next. They lead

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Speaker 1: the AFC West. We'll talk about the latest injuries for

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Speaker 1: the Colts, and then we'll also break down the clutch

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Speaker 1: plays for the Colts offensively consistently this season, certainly dating

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Speaker 1: back to last Sunday. The fourth quarter belonged to the Colts,

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Speaker 1: outscoring Areas Zona fourteen to three. So I guess we

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Speaker 1: just pick up there. Rick put a bow on that

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Speaker 1: Cardinals game. It was a beautiful day all the way around,

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Speaker 1: and you know, going into the game, the Colts knew

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Speaker 1: it was going to be a sixty minute affair. You

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Speaker 1: lose some key players before the game, Charvarius Wards suffers

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Speaker 1: the concussion during pregame warmups. You know, Anthony Richardson with

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Speaker 1: the eye injury. He's since been put on IR. But

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Speaker 1: the Colts found a way to get it done. Man,

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Speaker 1: Their clutch performers were just that and the fourth quarter

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Speaker 1: again outscoring the Cardinals by eleven points in that final period.

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Speaker 1: The defense was up and down throughout most of the day,

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Speaker 1: but they found a way to get that fourth down

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Speaker 1: Week six? A four point win over Arizona and a

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Speaker 1: five and one start here for the Colts.

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Speaker 4: Well, as you said, just a beautiful, open air day

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Speaker 4: in the Luke. I mean it was, you know, from

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Speaker 4: that standpoint, just just a wonderful day. You know. I

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Speaker 4: think when it's all said and done, it was a

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Speaker 4: a pretty tough game from Arizona. We really did. We

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Speaker 4: for me. I mean, we needed that fourth and seven

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Speaker 4: I preached two things and I call out two statistics

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Speaker 4: that is red zone and fourth quarter play. You know.

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Speaker 4: And in the red zone again, we were four for

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Speaker 4: We needed every single one of them. And the defense

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Speaker 4: and in the end the Colts won the fourth quarter.

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Speaker 4: There's you know, no weaknesses that I see right now.

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Speaker 4: You know, you can't say enough about Danny. I think

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Speaker 4: an improvement. But I honestly believe that he's elevated everyone.

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Speaker 4: He's elevated Shane because Shane now can call a true

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Speaker 4: He's elevated the coaching staff certainly has elevated the offensive team.

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Speaker 4: And here's to me, this is the most staggering statistic,

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Speaker 4: it because we're meshing it again. You talked about it.

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Speaker 4: You know, it was a tough day for the defense,

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Speaker 4: we don't win the game. You know, I expected problems.

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Speaker 4: was expecting some issues with our corners. I mean, we

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Speaker 4: we have three corners playing that weren't even you know,

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Speaker 4: I mean Arizona they dialed up in the huddle, they

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Speaker 4: two reasons that it upsets me. One Jacoby is notoriously

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Speaker 4: It looks like some times we're just in a velcrow situation.

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Speaker 4: And what we have to do if we're going to

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Speaker 4: use it until you develop that stud edge, rudgers, that

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Speaker 4: have to get your whole planning around. We're going to struggle.

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Speaker 4: I mean we're going to struggle no matter who you

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Speaker 1: All right, we'll see if that can translate out West

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Speaker 1: are you ready to go? You got that notebook ready?

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Speaker 4: Tom Moore always told me, never lose that number two pencil, buddy,

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Speaker 1: So here we go. Let's talk about the Chargers. They

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Speaker 1: former Colts quarterback Ring of Honor player Jim Harball. He's

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Speaker 1: That's the big picture on the four and two bolts.

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Speaker 2: La here Rick going into game number seven?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, No, that's exactly that. That's it in the big picture.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's start talking about the keys to success

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Speaker 1: for the Indianapolis Colts. How do they win this game

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Speaker 1: on the road. It's time now for the blueprints from

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Speaker 1: the great Rick van Urry. He's watched countless hours of tape.

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Speaker 1: He's got the entire game plan locked and loaded. It

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Speaker 1: all starts with Justin Herbert. He is the heartbeat of

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Speaker 1: that offense at quarterback. He's in year six already. Rick

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Speaker 1: hard to believe he's been in the NFL that long,

436
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Speaker 1: but he's definitely in the upper echelon of quarterbacks. And

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Speaker 1: Shane Steiken knows this dude pretty well too. He was

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Speaker 1: his offensive coordinator when he was a rookie.

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Speaker 2: Herbert.

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Speaker 1: That is, in twenty twenty. That year Herbert won Offensive

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Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year set the NFL rookie record for

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Speaker 1: passing touchdown in three hundred yard passing games, and he

443
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Speaker 1: ranked second all time in passing yards as a first

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Speaker 1: year player as well. But since twenty twenty, his rankings

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Speaker 1: in the NFL are as follows. He is second in completions,

446
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Speaker 1: third and passing yards, fifth and passing touchdowns, and third

447
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Speaker 1: and total touchdowns. And right now, the Chargers come in

448
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Speaker 1: averaging about twenty one points per game, but they just

449
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Speaker 1: scored a season high twenty nine against the Dolphins, so

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Speaker 1: they move the ball pretty well, but rick they are

451
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Speaker 1: the worst team in the NFL in the red zone,

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Speaker 1: converting just thirty five percent of the time. They only

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Speaker 1: have seven red zone touchdowns all season long, so that's

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Speaker 1: definitely troublesome for them. But the run of the ball

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Speaker 1: real well. Coming into this game, they've been over one

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Speaker 1: hundred and forty yards and three straight they're averaging over

457
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Speaker 1: five yards per carry on the season, that's third best.

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Speaker 2: In the NFL.

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Speaker 1: However, they are down their top two backs and Naji

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Speaker 1: Harris and Omari and Hampton. Harris has been lost for

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Speaker 1: the season. He's got a torn a kill and Hampton

462
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Speaker 1: was placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury, so

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Speaker 1: that leaves Hassan Haskins and Kamani Videll as the main

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Speaker 1: running backs, and Videll just in his second year, drafted

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Speaker 1: in the sixth round in a Troy last year, and

466
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Speaker 1: he made his first NFL start last week and produced

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Speaker 1: a career high one hundred and forty two yards on

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Speaker 1: the ground on twenty two carry, so they still have

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Speaker 1: life there. But the passing game is incredibly active for

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Speaker 1: the Chargers, rick they slinging around the yard big time.

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Speaker 1: So far, they have the third most completions, the fourth

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Speaker 1: most attempts in the sixth most passing yards so far

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Speaker 1: in the NFL, and they've got three receivers with at

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Speaker 1: least three hundred yards that's the most in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: And that trio consists of Quintin Johnston, Keenan Allen, and

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Speaker 1: Lad McConkie. Last year as a rookie, McConkie set team

477
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Speaker 1: rookie records for catches and receiving yards, and then Allen.

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Speaker 1: In its thirteenth year in the NFL, he's back with

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Speaker 1: the Chargers after spending one year away from the team

480
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Speaker 1: in free agency with the Bear but he's one of

481
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Speaker 1: the best high volume receivers in the history of the game.

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Speaker 1: He's one of just sixteen players ever with over a

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Speaker 1: thousand catches, and he ranked second in catches, second receiving yards,

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Speaker 1: and number three all time and touchdown catches in Chargers history. Rick, So,

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Speaker 1: despite the mediocre point total, they are very dangerous if

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Speaker 1: they could just figure out how to finish more drives.

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Speaker 1: They have the six most total yards, the fifth most

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Speaker 1: explosive plays over twenty and they are fifth so far

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Speaker 1: this season on third down. So, Rick, I'm gonna leave

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Speaker 1: it right there in terms of the setup, answer me

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Speaker 1: this before you break down your must for the Colts.

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Speaker 1: I mean, how scary is this Chargers offense despite their

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Speaker 1: point total and despite the injuries they've had on that

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Speaker 1: side of the ball this year.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they're really kind of a mystery statistically because you know,

496
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Speaker 4: when you look at certain things, it's they're number seven

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Speaker 4: in the league total, which answers the question they're in

498
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Speaker 4: third down. They're number five in RUSS per rush per

499
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Speaker 4: their number three pass as you said, number six, and

500
00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,960
Speaker 4: time of possession thirty one forty five, so you know

501
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Speaker 4: they're right up there at number five, But for some

502
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Speaker 4: reason they can't finish drives. They're thirty two in the

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Speaker 4: red zone, and you know, I talk about that all

504
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Speaker 4: the time. When the field shrinks in there, you know

505
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Speaker 4: they're not as good a team. And then the other

506
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Speaker 4: thing that has killed them is their twenty fourth and sacks.

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Speaker 4: So I think a lot of the problem really because.

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Speaker 3: When you get into red zone, you got.

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Speaker 4: To knock people off the ball with your offensive line,

510
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Speaker 4: and then you've got to protect the quarterbacks. So what

511
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Speaker 4: it leads me to believe is their their achilles heel

512
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Speaker 4: is really their offensive line. At the end of the day,

513
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Speaker 4: they've got really good they got scary good skills, experienced guys.

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Speaker 4: The running game hasn't lost the beat I thought it would,

515
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Speaker 4: and I think that's because the Harball mentality and Roman

516
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Speaker 4: his offensive Cordner, he's been with him for a long time.

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Speaker 4: You know, it's you know, when you look at it,

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Speaker 4: it's Herbert who really and truly is a great quarterback.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I think he showed last Sunday just how

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Speaker 4: good he really is. He's amazingly better athlete than people think.

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Speaker 4: And now with Greg Roman, you know who had Kaepernick

522
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Speaker 4: back when they were at San Francisco, he's actually run

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Speaker 4: him a little bit more on designers than you might expect.

524
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Speaker 4: I mean, he'll run his own read, he'll scramble, and

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Speaker 4: he scrambles because he has to right now. But he

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Speaker 4: has shown far more athleticism than I anticipated, and I

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Speaker 4: think you have to when they do get in the

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Speaker 4: red zone and they're struggling, now, I think you've got

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Speaker 4: to anticipate maybe them using him a little bit more

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Speaker 4: to try to get that better. But between Herbert and

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Speaker 4: the three amigos, they can beat you. As I said,

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Speaker 4: Videll stepped in and kept the.

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Speaker 3: Running game alive with midlines.

534
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Speaker 4: And counterpowers and tossed cracks. Haskin looks like he's going

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Speaker 4: to be used more as a receiver coming out of

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Speaker 4: the backfield. But it's all about Herbert and those three

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Speaker 4: receivers you mentioned it now, Johnson and Allen. They're a

538
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Speaker 4: little bit different, but there's some similarities. Neither one of

539
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Speaker 4: them has top end speed, but they're both really classy. Now,

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Speaker 4: Johnson is really classy at the X. They like to

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Speaker 4: run him on those second levels. You know a lot

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Speaker 4: of plays like Pierce Caught Sunday. They'll throw some jump balls,

543
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Speaker 4: but they like to run him on those digs and

544
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Speaker 4: those comebacks down there a round twenty. He's really good

545
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Speaker 4: off the break. And then Alan is really you know,

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Speaker 4: as he's gotten along in the twoes, he's become really

547
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Speaker 4: the possession kind of power forward guy. If you want

548
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Speaker 4: to slant either to a slot or a slant, say

549
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Speaker 4: at third and two, you want to run a slant,

550
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Speaker 4: they're gonna use his body, you know, to try to

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Speaker 4: get open. And the guy I fear the most, to

552
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Speaker 4: be honest with you, the guy that's just on a

553
00:29:54,760 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 4: tremendous incline is Maconky. Mconkey is you know, list as

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Speaker 4: the slot and he does get Most of his catches

555
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Speaker 4: are inside, but he can beat you with twitch a

556
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Speaker 4: lot like downs, but he's faster. I mean, if he

557
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Speaker 4: catches it, he gets up that scene, he's gonna run

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Speaker 4: away from you. You know, he's he's got a much

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Speaker 4: higher receiving per than most slots do. Now, of course,

560
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Speaker 4: some of it is the big play that he made Sunday,

561
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Speaker 4: and at this stage in the season, stats are a

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Speaker 4: little bit misleading. Now, the guy with Johnson out last week,

563
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Speaker 4: the guy who got featured more believe it or not,

564
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Speaker 4: is their hybrid Rookie Gadson the tight end. He's a

565
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Speaker 4: true hybrid. He's a lot more like Loveland than he

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Speaker 4: is a complete player like Warren. But he is a

567
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Speaker 4: very good receiver. And I believe he had seven catches Sunday,

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Speaker 4: which is a high for him, so he kind of

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Speaker 4: took a little bit of that load. Now he's the

570
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Speaker 4: true hybrid. He's not He's really not a blocker. Again,

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Speaker 4: the downside of this team despite the great so the

572
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Speaker 4: quarterback is twenty fourth in sacks and not knocking people

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Speaker 4: off the ball. Now they will move Herbert a lot

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Speaker 4: more than I thought. A lot of bootlegs, a lot

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Speaker 4: of play pass on first down, second down, a lot

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Speaker 4: of quick rhythm, get it out quick, and a lot

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Speaker 4: of screens. And then the third down window short and medium,

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Speaker 4: it's going to Mconkeye. He's that money in the money

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Speaker 4: down and then if they want a quick stick, it's Allen.

580
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Speaker 4: And then longer, you know, the deep curls, the deep digs,

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Speaker 4: that's gonna be Johnson. So you know that's what you're

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Speaker 4: looking at in the big picture. On offense, I think

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Speaker 4: number one, and this is true every week, but particularly

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Speaker 4: because this month in October. Every offensive line we're playing

585
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:56,360
Speaker 4: is at least bottom eight in the league in terms

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Speaker 4: of sacks giving up, So we're giving up. We're playing

587
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,880
Speaker 4: against Swiss chief offensive lines. Now. The reason I say

588
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Speaker 4: I start with that is that's why number one is

589
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Speaker 4: it's absolutely vital that we completely shut down the run.

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Speaker 4: Videlle was tougher than I thought, and they're run pers

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Speaker 4: number three and this includes Herbert. Now Herbert's a little

592
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Speaker 4: bit more of a runner than I expected. You gotta

593
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Speaker 4: hold the edge on the gadgets, and you gotta make

594
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Speaker 4: this team one dimensional. I talk so much about that

595
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Speaker 4: because it's so important in this game to create second

596
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Speaker 4: and long, third and long where it's a known down

597
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,040
Speaker 4: and then you make the offensive line win it, which

598
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 4: they cannot. Now. Also, what I see is evolving more

599
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 4: with each game is a lot more screens, and obviously

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Speaker 4: that's two things. That's to slow down your rush and

601
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Speaker 4: that's you know you can't protect very well know your receivers.

602
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,920
Speaker 4: Play your receivers by skill sets. I think with Johnson

603
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 4: and Allen, you got to play them hard and you

604
00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 4: got to pray. If you play a lot of zone

605
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,160
Speaker 4: I think they're gonna eat you. Up or if you

606
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 4: play a lot of off because again they're not fast

607
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 4: but classy. And the more you delay them and contact

608
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Speaker 4: them and force them to to run routes that are slower, again,

609
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 4: you're putting pressure on the offensive line again. You know,

610
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Speaker 4: we know Alan is physical, you know, and then I

611
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:26,680
Speaker 4: think you've got to pack the coverage inside on mconkey. Uh.

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Speaker 4: I said that about McBride last week. Uh, he's kind

613
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Speaker 4: of the he's kind of the same. He's a he's

614
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Speaker 4: a much more explosive athlete, but he's gonna do that

615
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,719
Speaker 4: same dirty work on those third downs. So our our

616
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 4: underneath coverage was was really bad. Our linebackers were not

617
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Speaker 4: good at all. And because Lou's having corner issues, he

618
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:49,680
Speaker 4: has to play more zone and that was really a

619
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Speaker 4: trouble spot along with Rush and that's got to be

620
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 4: really a lot better because he'll eat you alive underneath. Uh,

621
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Speaker 4: we got to attack the offensive line again. Uh. You

622
00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:02,840
Speaker 4: know they're they're they're banged up, They're not they're fluid,

623
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Speaker 4: they're patched up with the tackles out. They struggle with

624
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Speaker 4: athleticism on the edge, and that's why we got to

625
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,240
Speaker 4: take a giant step. Our edge. Guys got to come.

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Speaker 4: They got to beat these guys. They got to get

627
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,640
Speaker 4: to that quarterback. And I do think you can stunt

628
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Speaker 4: inside because I think those inside guys.

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Speaker 3: Are not mobile.

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Speaker 4: I think you can do it. I'd also I'd bring five.

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Speaker 4: I wouldn't be afraid of bring five because they have

632
00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 4: inexperienced running backs and I think Blitzer will hurt them.

633
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Speaker 4: And then, really, like I said, choke these receivers off.

634
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Speaker 4: And but you know, have some discipline because he will

635
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:41,760
Speaker 4: scramble again defending presser Herbert. He is a premier talent

636
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 4: in the league, but he's under siege because of the

637
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:50,399
Speaker 4: depleted surrounding cast. Winning first down is more important than ever,

638
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:53,719
Speaker 4: and then you can rush and blitz with discipline. Like

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Speaker 4: I said, I just noted again he's a little bit

640
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Speaker 4: better scrambler than you think. But I would play a

641
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:02,320
Speaker 4: ton of man and tight matchups against these guys. Close

642
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 4: off the early downs and make him hold it to

643
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 4: his destruction. Play smart on the edge. He has become

644
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,840
Speaker 4: a little bit of threat out of desperation and planning.

645
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:15,279
Speaker 4: Ruin Herbert, stay and you win. And number five just

646
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:21,640
Speaker 4: to critical situations and specialized situations that you have to win. Uh,

647
00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:24,279
Speaker 4: you know, again where they're the poorest. We've got to

648
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,719
Speaker 4: just validate that. Uh you know, you know, don't let

649
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 4: them in the red zone when they get down in there,

650
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 4: continue to play really good red zone. The three key

651
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:37,919
Speaker 4: stops were Winters Sunday, third down number five, You're gonna

652
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 4: have to you gotta really cover and rush stop the run.

653
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 3: Uh.

654
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:44,759
Speaker 4: And and then again I I don't I don't want

655
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 4: horse hues this week. I want to get this quarterback down.

656
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:50,200
Speaker 4: He showed you what he can do if you don't

657
00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:52,760
Speaker 4: literally get him down. That was the great escape play

658
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,040
Speaker 4: you got. You gotta get him and we have to

659
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,920
Speaker 4: dominate the game. We can't let them have thirty one

660
00:35:58,080 --> 00:35:59,919
Speaker 4: thirty two minutes of ball control.

661
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, he was stepping up in the pocket and turning

662
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:06,239
Speaker 2: and spinning and he was switching the ball from his

663
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 2: left left hand to right hand and completing a pass

664
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,799
Speaker 2: downfield to get the Chargers in a field goal range.

665
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:16,040
Speaker 1: Right there. That's Rick Van Turrey. This is inside football.

666
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor. All right, let's go over to the

667
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 1: other side of the ball and talk about the defensive

668
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,239
Speaker 1: side and look at Rick's blueprints for success for the

669
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 1: Colts on offense, and.

670
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:26,759
Speaker 2: Look at the Chargers here, Rick.

671
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 1: They're giving up a respectable twenty points per game so far,

672
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,920
Speaker 1: but they have allowed twenty seven and back to back games.

673
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,520
Speaker 1: They're struggling to stop the run. They're allowing over one

674
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,800
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty yards per game, giving up over five

675
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 1: yards per carry. They've also allowed twenty five carries on

676
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:45,640
Speaker 1: the season over ten yards.

677
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 2: That's tied for the.

678
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,759
Speaker 1: Fourth most in the NFL so far this season. So

679
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 1: they're playing the pass a lot better. Statistically, they have

680
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,839
Speaker 1: given up over two hundred yards passing in just three

681
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: games on the season. They don't give up big plays

682
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,919
Speaker 1: through the and as a group, they're pretty disruptive. They've

683
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,360
Speaker 1: got sixteen sacks, they've got thirty two tackles for loss,

684
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,279
Speaker 1: and the Colts pristine numbers in the red zone are

685
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,520
Speaker 1: gonna be put to the test big time in this game.

686
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,240
Speaker 1: Right The Colts are ten for the last ten scoring

687
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:17,959
Speaker 1: touchdowns inside the twenty yard line, but the Chargers ranked

688
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,839
Speaker 1: number two in the NFL and red zone defense at

689
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:24,440
Speaker 1: forty two percent, and they've allowed just nine red zone

690
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 1: touchdowns all season long. Personnel wise, the big names to

691
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:30,760
Speaker 1: keep in mind Let's start first with the pass rusher

692
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 1: Tuley twoy Polow two. So far this year, he has

693
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 1: the most pressures in the NFL. He's got five sacks,

694
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 1: he's got seven tackles for loss. In fact, four of

695
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,880
Speaker 1: his five sacks came in one game, Week four against

696
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:47,880
Speaker 1: the Giants. And then at middle linebacker, they have Dayon Henley.

697
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,320
Speaker 1: Last year he was the only player in the NFL

698
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:53,800
Speaker 1: with over one hundred and twenty tackles and seven plus

699
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 1: passes defense. So that prove he can play both the

700
00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,800
Speaker 1: run and the pass pretty well at the linebacker position.

701
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,399
Speaker 1: And then you talked about this guy at the very top.

702
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:06,399
Speaker 1: The back end is highlighted by Derwin James, four time

703
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 1: All Pro player, four time Pro Bowler, eighteen and a

704
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 1: half career sacks. He's incredibly physical. Earlier this year he

705
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:17,200
Speaker 1: went over six hundred career tackles. So he's just a

706
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:19,360
Speaker 1: hybrid guy. Like you chronicled, he can play in the

707
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 1: back end, he can play linebacker, he can play in

708
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,840
Speaker 1: the box, he can cover. So definitely somebody the Colts

709
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 1: have to account for. So, Rick, what do you like

710
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 1: about the Chargers on defense? And again, how much of

711
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 1: a challenge will this be for the Colts offense on

712
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 1: the road again at sofar.

713
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 4: Well, one thing, I wear people out and probably nauseate them.

714
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:40,080
Speaker 4: But this is going to be really fun to watch

715
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:44,360
Speaker 4: the game within the game, and that's the high flying

716
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:48,600
Speaker 4: Colts with ten straight red zone touchdowns against the number

717
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 4: two red zone defense in the league, which is you know,

718
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,959
Speaker 4: allowed them to keep their scoring defense down. That will

719
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,239
Speaker 4: be fun to watch because that's gonna be a lot

720
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 4: of good players of players consisted in his short short area.

721
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,800
Speaker 4: You know, again this is the seventh best defense totally.

722
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 4: You know, uh, as you said, the pass number six

723
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 4: and sacks number eight, so you know they do a

724
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:18,840
Speaker 4: lot of things. Well, uh, they have really struggled. Uh,

725
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:23,480
Speaker 4: they couldn't they could not stop uh the kid last week.

726
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:26,400
Speaker 4: I forgot how to say his name. A change that

727
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:31,760
Speaker 4: chain from Miami. They couldn't stop a Chan. They couldn't

728
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 4: stop him last week. And what they did is they

729
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,719
Speaker 4: not only gave up runs and the reason that the

730
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:41,880
Speaker 4: numbers skyrocketed, they gave up explosive runs when when he

731
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 4: busted through you know which which JT is capable of. Certainly,

732
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 4: you know, you bust through for big explosive plays. You know, again,

733
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:57,400
Speaker 4: the strategy and the defensive volume you know, comes because

734
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:01,840
Speaker 4: of of Derwin James. I mean, James is sometimes safety,

735
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 4: sometimes Nickel, sometimes Dime. You know, he's a box player,

736
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:10,840
Speaker 4: he's a he's a blitzer, so a lot of things.

737
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,960
Speaker 4: You always have to know where he is because so

738
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,920
Speaker 4: much of their defense kind of revolves around him. Whether

739
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:20,080
Speaker 4: it's whether it's big Bear, which they play a lot

740
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 4: with five down linemen, or whether it's you know, the nickel.

741
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 4: Than when he's on the edge and he plays, he

742
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:29,759
Speaker 4: plays the nickel more, you know, kind of like a

743
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 4: combination linebacker. Nickel. He's you know, most of our Nickels,

744
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,880
Speaker 4: even like Kenny, most of them are smaller, quicker guys,

745
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:39,359
Speaker 4: and he's just the opposite. You know, he's six two

746
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,600
Speaker 4: and a half, two twenty, so he brings a lot

747
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,399
Speaker 4: when he comes in that regard. I don't think he's

748
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 4: a great man to man cover guy if you isolate him,

749
00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:51,799
Speaker 4: but he he is tough. Again, a lot of big Bear,

750
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:55,799
Speaker 4: a lot of Nickel with James, a lot of overfront

751
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,520
Speaker 4: when they don't have Bear, and they play it kind

752
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,359
Speaker 4: of like with an over one meeting. The nose tackle

753
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 4: doesn't always come down in the center. He'll play on

754
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 4: the inside of the guard. You know, a lot of

755
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:10,120
Speaker 4: double sink and nickel and then then bring James and

756
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:12,880
Speaker 4: that kind of gives you a bear. You know, a

757
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:16,239
Speaker 4: lot of a lot of three deep uh, which you

758
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:19,960
Speaker 4: would expect on first down run defenses. You know forty

759
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 4: six sky forty six, the buzzes where the safeties come

760
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 4: down inside and fours. Then when they when they get

761
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:30,560
Speaker 4: a longer yardage, they play a hard four match meeting quarters,

762
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:35,759
Speaker 4: but match underneath a sprinkling of two, a form of one,

763
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:38,520
Speaker 4: and they do a lot when they get dime on

764
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:42,360
Speaker 4: third down and then still becomes the nick, still becomes

765
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:46,799
Speaker 4: the nickel, and James goes over to the dime and uh.

766
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 4: They but they do a lot. Henley stays in at

767
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:52,440
Speaker 4: the mic and he does a lot of tricks up there.

768
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 4: I mean, he's gonna you'll watch him on Sunday when

769
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:56,760
Speaker 4: you're doing the game. He's gonna be up there mugging

770
00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:00,520
Speaker 4: the center, mugging the guard, and he'll blitz from there.

771
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 4: He'll drop from there. And even though he's been out,

772
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:05,799
Speaker 4: he's got a couple of sacks. I mean, he can

773
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 4: pretty much do it all. Like you said, and then

774
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,560
Speaker 4: the best player when you get beyond that. Uh. I

775
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:16,640
Speaker 4: think their safeties Uh, you know, Jefferson and Molding are decent.

776
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:19,440
Speaker 4: I think Jackson their left corner is a good player.

777
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:22,799
Speaker 4: I think he's a good, good cover guy. And then

778
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:27,200
Speaker 4: Saint Juice and on the other side and Heart who

779
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:31,239
Speaker 4: shared share duties at the three corner. I think those

780
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:34,920
Speaker 4: are the guys you got to get after again, beyond

781
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:40,960
Speaker 4: Henley playmaker, and then beyond James, it's those edge guys

782
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:43,000
Speaker 4: I talked about you know, you just you just talked

783
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,719
Speaker 4: about him. Those edge guys are the guys that you

784
00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:50,000
Speaker 4: really have to be concerned with. Uh chuwey poloto o

785
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:54,439
Speaker 4: way and uh and don't forget for some reason he's

786
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,120
Speaker 4: not playing as much. But don't forget Dupree as well.

787
00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:59,760
Speaker 4: The ex Steeler has been around a long long time,

788
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:05,480
Speaker 4: very formidable on third down with their NASCAR package and

789
00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 4: their dime. Like I said, their third down dime is

790
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:13,480
Speaker 4: a really really good looking unit. So here's the Coats

791
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:18,160
Speaker 4: offensive blueprint in my mind. First of all, and again

792
00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:21,040
Speaker 4: I never mean this when I say number one that

793
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:23,399
Speaker 4: we have to start and do this, I just mean

794
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 4: by the end of the game. Throughout the game, we've

795
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 4: got a pound and validate their number twenty eight rush

796
00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:34,680
Speaker 4: per rush per they're giving up five yards per and

797
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:38,160
Speaker 4: it really was there against a chan last week in

798
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:43,399
Speaker 4: the Dolphins, they really gashed them. I'm not real high

799
00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:47,239
Speaker 4: on their inside people, their inside defensive linemen. I think

800
00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:51,200
Speaker 4: their strength is perimeter, and so I do think you

801
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:54,960
Speaker 4: can run, particularly when they're in over. When they're in over,

802
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:57,239
Speaker 4: I think you can run right at them what I

803
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:00,600
Speaker 4: call direct runs the mid line zone right in there

804
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:03,879
Speaker 4: in that a gap with Jonathan and then when you're

805
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:06,520
Speaker 4: just calling a play, what you'd like to do is

806
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:09,759
Speaker 4: you'd like to check away from James back to the

807
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:13,400
Speaker 4: off tackle and edge the other way. They have really

808
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:17,239
Speaker 4: struggled with the off tackle and edge and they've given

809
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,920
Speaker 4: up big plays once you get into the second level

810
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,680
Speaker 4: because they bring the nickel a lot, they're a lot

811
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:25,440
Speaker 4: and bear. So what you're finding, and that's why I

812
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:28,319
Speaker 4: think I think you're seeing more explosive runs, is there's

813
00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:30,680
Speaker 4: not a lot of bodies in that second level because

814
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:33,279
Speaker 4: everybody's front. So if you split it, you got a

815
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:37,000
Speaker 4: chance to really really go. So let's validate that number

816
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 4: twenty eight rush. I don't think you cannot consider James

817
00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:45,040
Speaker 4: the focal point. I think you must block and you've

818
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:48,080
Speaker 4: got to control him all day. You know, he can

819
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 4: sack you, he can tackle you, you know, and particularly

820
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:54,719
Speaker 4: be alert on those edge blitzees because he's coming. I mean,

821
00:44:54,719 --> 00:44:57,319
Speaker 4: I don't think there's any question that he's coming. And

822
00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:00,080
Speaker 4: Danny has had so much success on the edge, I

823
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:02,160
Speaker 4: think we're gonna get a lot of wide edge play

824
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:06,440
Speaker 4: to try to keep him in. You know, this is

825
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:10,800
Speaker 4: just a big picture concept. Sometimes you can outsmart yourself,

826
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:13,359
Speaker 4: but Danny's the kind of smart guy that you can

827
00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:17,280
Speaker 4: have a check with me package and usually what happens

828
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:21,280
Speaker 4: is you're they're either in an over and that's normally

829
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:23,279
Speaker 4: with nickel, or they're in a bear and a lot

830
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:26,520
Speaker 4: of times they substitute for it. And just a big

831
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:30,399
Speaker 4: picture thought, you know is check with me is when

832
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:32,799
Speaker 4: they're in the bear, throw it because they're short in

833
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:35,799
Speaker 4: the back end, and when they're in nickel, run right

834
00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:38,120
Speaker 4: at it. So I mean, when they're an over, run

835
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:42,200
Speaker 4: right at it. Number three, I think you've got to

836
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:47,080
Speaker 4: just kill them in that second level on early downs

837
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:49,600
Speaker 4: first and ten, you know they're gonna they're gonna have

838
00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:52,840
Speaker 4: eight around the box. You know they're gonna have James

839
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 4: coming off the edge. I think play actions in booth

840
00:45:57,160 --> 00:46:01,200
Speaker 4: really hurt them. I think they're really poor underneath. You know,

841
00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 4: they're dropping guys sometimes. I saw oh Way drop. He

842
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:08,920
Speaker 4: was a fish out of water. And so those underneath

843
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:12,439
Speaker 4: zones are are zones. They're not very good and they're

844
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:15,759
Speaker 4: really distorted, and they won't match it till third down.

845
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:18,720
Speaker 4: So you got space to work in there and again

846
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:21,560
Speaker 4: then on the outside you want to work on Saint

847
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:24,399
Speaker 4: Juice and you want to work on heart. I want

848
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:27,880
Speaker 4: to work essentially when you're throwing the ball deep and outside.

849
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:32,080
Speaker 4: Essentially you want to work away from Jackson. And then

850
00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:34,920
Speaker 4: the edges. I talked about that.

851
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:34,880
Speaker 3: The edges.

852
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:40,160
Speaker 4: Oh Way with twenty five career sacks to a post

853
00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,680
Speaker 4: to a below too, he's got five this year, James

854
00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:47,319
Speaker 4: has eighteen and Duprey has fifty nine. So you know,

855
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:50,680
Speaker 4: our tackles have to do a really good job because

856
00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:55,120
Speaker 4: that's a very formidable edge crew. Also be very alert.

857
00:46:55,239 --> 00:46:57,600
Speaker 4: You got to be able to handle those mugs. The

858
00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:00,920
Speaker 4: bluff and blitz Geme. You know, that's pretty much Hendley

859
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:05,440
Speaker 4: up there and you know NASCAR variations, and they can rush.

860
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Speaker 4: I think Olway was a good I think that was

861
00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:11,400
Speaker 4: a good move by them. He's not necessarily you know,

862
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Speaker 4: he's not Miles Garrett, but I think he's a good

863
00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:17,440
Speaker 4: second tier guy that gives them a shot in the arm. So,

864
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,239
Speaker 4: you know, and then again, just like I said on

865
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Speaker 4: the other side of the ball, we've got to win

866
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:27,120
Speaker 4: in these tough situations. Okay. You know, first of all,

867
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Speaker 4: I think and you talked about it, you emphasize that

868
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Speaker 4: red zone is going to be our challenge. I mean,

869
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Speaker 4: they're number two team in the league. We have just climbed.

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Speaker 4: We we were not very good about three weeks ago,

871
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:41,839
Speaker 4: and man, all of a sudden, we're ten straight. And

872
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:46,520
Speaker 4: I think protection is critical. You know, number six in sacks,

873
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:49,399
Speaker 4: they're pretty tough in the fourth quarter. We're pretty tough

874
00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:53,359
Speaker 4: in the fourth quarter. In essence, what I'm saying is

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00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:56,600
Speaker 4: their strength really right now because of their offensive line problems,

876
00:47:56,680 --> 00:48:00,279
Speaker 4: is defense. You know, our strength is offense. We got

877
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Speaker 4: to make that count. And then the final thing, I'll

878
00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:06,280
Speaker 4: just say in special teams, there's two things that strike

879
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:09,360
Speaker 4: me on tape. I think they struggle with kick coverage

880
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:12,200
Speaker 4: at times. I think you got a chance with Gold

881
00:48:12,239 --> 00:48:15,200
Speaker 4: and Dueland to pop one. And then again just to

882
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:19,799
Speaker 4: mention it, our former player Nahem Hines had he just

883
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:23,319
Speaker 4: acquired him, had a big, big return Sunday to set

884
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:25,000
Speaker 4: up that buzzer beater.

885
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:29,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's had two games in his career with multiple

886
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:31,560
Speaker 1: returns for touchdowns. He's had a game with two punt

887
00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:34,000
Speaker 1: returns for a touchdown with the Colts, and then with

888
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:36,520
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills, he's had a game with two kickoff

889
00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:39,480
Speaker 1: returns for score. So yeah, he had that big forty

890
00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:41,759
Speaker 1: plus yard return to set them up for the game

891
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:44,879
Speaker 1: winning field goal last time out against the Dolphins. That's

892
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:48,160
Speaker 1: Rick VN Turrey and those are his blueprints for success.

893
00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:51,000
Speaker 1: A big win hopefully in store for the Colts out west,

894
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:53,680
Speaker 1: and you know what you talk about the Chargers and

895
00:48:53,719 --> 00:48:55,719
Speaker 1: this will be no layup for the Colts. You talked

896
00:48:55,719 --> 00:48:59,080
Speaker 1: about them being top ten and both offense and defense,

897
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:02,239
Speaker 1: they have played banged up all year, but they're four

898
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:05,600
Speaker 1: and two, and Sofi Stadium, as I found out a

899
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:10,280
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, loud as hell, enormously loud sound system,

900
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:13,520
Speaker 1: so it's a tough place to play. The Chargers are

901
00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:17,479
Speaker 1: very well coached, Jim Harball, premier quarterback, and a tough

902
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:19,880
Speaker 1: nosed defense. Rick, So take us home on your final

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00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:21,640
Speaker 1: instructions today for the Colts.

904
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:25,440
Speaker 4: Well, the emphasis here in final instruction is going to

905
00:49:25,520 --> 00:49:29,319
Speaker 4: be in physicality because I think in the end that

906
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:31,600
Speaker 4: is what is going to win or lose this football

907
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:35,560
Speaker 4: game in Los Angeles. So the first thing I'm going

908
00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:38,799
Speaker 4: to say is, men, we're finding out that winning is

909
00:49:38,920 --> 00:49:43,440
Speaker 4: really really fun. And most importantly you learned last Sunday

910
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:48,040
Speaker 4: again that winning is hard. It is a sixty minute war,

911
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:52,520
Speaker 4: and winning is about how you finish, both in that

912
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:57,239
Speaker 4: red zone and in that fourth quarter. Every game unfolds

913
00:49:57,280 --> 00:50:00,920
Speaker 4: differently and it is always a dog fight to the end.

914
00:50:01,719 --> 00:50:05,080
Speaker 4: If you bring your a game and you fix your issue,

915
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:09,800
Speaker 4: there is nothing you can accomplish this week. The challenge

916
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Speaker 4: is to go on the road and beat a division leader.

917
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:17,120
Speaker 4: You know what to expect in so far now, But

918
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Speaker 4: the Chargers are one superbly coached. They have a great

919
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:25,680
Speaker 4: premier quarterback and a tough defense. This is a start

920
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:30,879
Speaker 4: a solid Charger team, but certainly a beatable one. This

921
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:34,360
Speaker 4: will be one of the most physical games you will

922
00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:38,840
Speaker 4: ever play. They are old school tough and you must

923
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:44,640
Speaker 4: match and exceed their intensity to be successful. This week

924
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:48,920
Speaker 4: you must put on your big boy pads and beat

925
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:52,719
Speaker 4: the living crap out of them upfront. This game will

926
00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:57,719
Speaker 4: be determined by which band of warriors brings high intensity

927
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Speaker 4: and the fierceness it takes to win. In this one,

928
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:06,640
Speaker 4: the meek will definitely not inherit the earth. This one

929
00:51:06,719 --> 00:51:10,719
Speaker 4: will go to the mentally and physically toughest dog in

930
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:15,120
Speaker 4: the fight. All cliches are up this weekend. Next one,

931
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:19,439
Speaker 4: most important one and zero Round seven in a heavyweight fight.

932
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Speaker 4: This will be the battle of two heavyweight division leaders

933
00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:27,560
Speaker 4: and only one will be the best. After Sunday, go

934
00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:33,240
Speaker 4: to Sofi to kick ass and overcome all obstacles. Again,

935
00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:37,080
Speaker 4: this one won't go to the biggest or the flashiest.

936
00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:41,600
Speaker 4: This one will go to the toughest men in Los Angeles.

937
00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:46,080
Speaker 4: Beat them up, refuse to be beaten, and be this

938
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:50,560
Speaker 4: week's story in the NFL. Leave a big winner and

939
00:51:50,680 --> 00:51:52,840
Speaker 4: take the charge right out of the chargers.

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00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:56,279
Speaker 1: Yes, sir, take the electricity out of the building right there.

941
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Speaker 2: I like it.

942
00:51:56,960 --> 00:51:59,640
Speaker 1: No voltage left at Sofi Stadium at the end of

943
00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:03,399
Speaker 1: the day. Well done. Rick Venturrey on his final instructions

944
00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:06,680
Speaker 1: and the blueprints. We've got two division winners going toe

945
00:52:06,719 --> 00:52:09,720
Speaker 1: to toe here RV and neither one of these teams

946
00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:12,000
Speaker 1: has lost in the AFC to this point as well,

947
00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:15,160
Speaker 1: so that matters too potentially when it comes to playoff

948
00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:17,080
Speaker 1: seating here at the end of the season. Rick, have

949
00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:19,400
Speaker 1: a great rest of the week and can't wait to

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00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:22,240
Speaker 1: recap things with you on Monday, Man, great job as always.

951
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:25,359
Speaker 4: Yeah, I can't wait. I can't wait for this ball game,

952
00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:28,879
Speaker 4: bring back of victory, and I know I'll wear you out,

953
00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:30,680
Speaker 4: but I'll be text to you during the game because

954
00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:31,640
Speaker 4: I can't help myself.

955
00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:32,279
Speaker 2: Oh, we love it.

956
00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:35,120
Speaker 1: We appreciate the context and the inside as always, Man.

957
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:37,440
Speaker 1: It keeps everything on the up and up. We very

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00:52:37,520 --> 00:52:40,239
Speaker 1: much look forward to those throughout the course of the game.

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00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:42,800
Speaker 1: Enjoy the weather and get out that hog for a

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00:52:42,840 --> 00:52:43,560
Speaker 1: few rides.

961
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Speaker 2: While you can.

962
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:44,160
Speaker 3: Rick.

963
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:47,120
Speaker 2: We'll do all right, Rick, Venturry right there.

964
00:52:47,160 --> 00:52:50,239
Speaker 1: He's the man, the mastermind with a game plan and

965
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Speaker 1: a week seven look at the LA Chargers and reminder,

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Speaker 1: in terms of coverage, four o'clock Eastern time is kickoff.

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Speaker 1: Coverage begins on radio at one o'clock with the Foltz

968
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Speaker 1: pregame huddle on ninety three, five and one oh seven

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Speaker 1: five the Fan in ninety seven to one Hank FM

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00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:10,480
Speaker 1: and Indianapolis Colts and Bolts from Hollywood Big One. In

971
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Speaker 1: Game number seven, we'll be back breaking it all down

972
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Speaker 1: as we always do. Next week, We're gonna preview the

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Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans coming up next week. This has been Inside

974
00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:23,360
Speaker 1: Football for Rick Venturi. I'm Matt Taylor. Thanks for dialing

975
00:53:23,440 --> 00:53:25,520
Speaker 1: us up here in the Colts Podcast channel.

976
00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:25,960
Speaker 2: So long