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

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Speaker 2: Check New York Voto Baker, Bruce.

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

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

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturie.

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Speaker 2: The Colts are two and one, and after two weeks

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Speaker 2: on the road, they return home this weekend Lucas Oil

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Speaker 2: Stadium to face off against the first NFC opponent of

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Speaker 2: the season. Up next, the La Rams As The first

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Speaker 2: place Colts look for their first three game winning streak

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Speaker 2: since twenty twenty one. Welcome back, everybody, thanks for joining

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Speaker 2: in here on another installment of Inside Football with Rick

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Speaker 2: venturi I'm Matt Taylor. Joined today as always with Rick,

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Speaker 2: who has three decades of football knowledge on NFL sidelines,

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Speaker 2: and today we're opening up that noggin to recap Week

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Speaker 2: three and preview Game four with the Rams RV. Welcome back.

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Speaker 2: How you doing today, man?

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Speaker 3: I'm doing really good. I'll tell you those wednesdays in

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Speaker 3: preparation for our podcast are so much better after a win.

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Speaker 3: I just can't I just can't believe the difference, and

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Speaker 3: particularly that particularly the way we got that one Sunday.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt about it. So a lot to get into.

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Speaker 2: We'll get into the big picture and the blueprints on

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Speaker 2: the Rams coming up in just a second, but let's

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Speaker 2: talk about Sunday's game one more time because it was

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Speaker 2: that good as the Colts pulled it out in overtime

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Speaker 2: and Rick, it was so fun to see the Colts

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Speaker 2: pull that game out because that's the type of the

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Speaker 2: game or type of game I should say, as we

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Speaker 2: come up short in for the last couple of years. Right,

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Speaker 2: those one score games in the fourth quarter, the Colts

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Speaker 2: the line, it was great to see the Colts and

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Speaker 2: their best players making more plays against a really good

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's no doubt about it. It is I think

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Speaker 3: we played in crunch time. You know, that has been

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Speaker 3: harping on it for a long long time. We weren't

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Speaker 3: and even in the manning area. You know, all the

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Speaker 3: this was one that really was determined in a thirteen

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Speaker 3: regular regulation, and then the overtime. I mean, it was

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Speaker 3: a war over thirteen yards. Whichever team could get to

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Speaker 3: a field goal was gonna win it. It was just

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Speaker 3: it was just great. And you know, I thought, you know,

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Speaker 3: hats off to our coaching staff. I think Shane on offense,

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Speaker 3: this was their finest hour to date. You know, I

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Speaker 3: think Shane did again a really good job, you know,

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Speaker 3: what I saw was a real expansion of the defense.

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Speaker 3: broke the game open. He never was able to do that.

429
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Speaker 3: And this is another game where we absolute have to

430
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Speaker 3: dominate their offensive line with our defensive line. And we're

431
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Speaker 3: capable of doing that if we have our a game,

432
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Speaker 3: and if you create the second and long and the

433
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:40,920
Speaker 3: third and long, they're in big trouble up front. I

434
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,480
Speaker 3: think you have to pressure the edge some because a

435
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:48,240
Speaker 3: lot of their play action comes to the edge, either

436
00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,720
Speaker 3: the boots or the half roll boots. And as I said,

437
00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,720
Speaker 3: Stafford is a little bit more athletic than you think,

438
00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:57,960
Speaker 3: and he's looking for the chunk plays there he's looking

439
00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:02,520
Speaker 3: for at Well over the middle. At twenty, he's looking

440
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:06,359
Speaker 3: for Pooka, you know, on the deep go, he's looking

441
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,840
Speaker 3: for those. Now if it's not there, you know he's

442
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,480
Speaker 3: he's going to dump it off to Williams. But in

443
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:16,480
Speaker 3: that respect, they're looking for chunks and I think early pressure,

444
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,800
Speaker 3: if you can take that away and condense it will

445
00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,639
Speaker 3: choke some of that off. I think number three, you

446
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,680
Speaker 3: really have to choke off those two receivers, and the

447
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,320
Speaker 3: tight end is pretty good. They like to isolate them.

448
00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,160
Speaker 3: Don't get me wrong. They'll get him on our week.

449
00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:35,200
Speaker 3: They'll they'll get him split out that is Higbee on

450
00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,560
Speaker 3: the weak side, away from three wides and work on

451
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,920
Speaker 3: him isolation. But you got to take going into the game.

452
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Speaker 3: You got Puka with thirty and you've got at Well

453
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Speaker 3: with seventeen plus, you got him with you know, with

454
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,800
Speaker 3: several yards rushing, and again I think if you can

455
00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:56,040
Speaker 3: possibly you want to defend Puoka as quick as you

456
00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,440
Speaker 3: can on the line of scrimmage, even if it's a

457
00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,720
Speaker 3: even if it's a bunch, you got to be able

458
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,840
Speaker 3: to sort it. You got to get your hands on him.

459
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,720
Speaker 3: He's another guy that you want a stuff you want

460
00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,440
Speaker 3: to take advantage that he doesn't have the speed, so

461
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,960
Speaker 3: you got to close down on him. If you let

462
00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,280
Speaker 3: him just get free access all day, he'll kill you

463
00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,480
Speaker 3: in that second level and those curls and those in

464
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,520
Speaker 3: that kind of the West Coast version. And then at Well,

465
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,680
Speaker 3: you gotta be really careful with him inside. He's a

466
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Speaker 3: guy that you know on third down you may want

467
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,280
Speaker 3: to double. You want to make sure if he goes

468
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,080
Speaker 3: to the flat, you stay high because he can turn

469
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,000
Speaker 3: that wheel into a big, big play. So at the

470
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Speaker 3: end of the day, you have to choke off at Well,

471
00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:40,399
Speaker 3: at Well and Nikua, Okay, number four, we got to

472
00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,399
Speaker 3: beat him up front. I mean their offensive line was

473
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Speaker 3: horrific last week. You know they lost Jackson. They put

474
00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,760
Speaker 3: Thomas in there. He couldn't block anyone at left tackle.

475
00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,240
Speaker 3: They had six sacks. You know, they ended up one

476
00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:58,399
Speaker 3: for four in the red zone, one for eleven on

477
00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:02,880
Speaker 3: third down and at now mainly because the pressure has

478
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:07,080
Speaker 3: two touchdowns and four interceptions on the racial standpoint, so

479
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,680
Speaker 3: a lot of this is overmatched. If you get them

480
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,919
Speaker 3: into a passing game, I think their line is slow.

481
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,840
Speaker 3: Avola at left guard, not to Boom at right guard.

482
00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:21,679
Speaker 3: I don't think they can handle movement left tackle struggles

483
00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:24,560
Speaker 3: if you get them at disadvantage, I call it to

484
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,480
Speaker 3: take a number team is that this is one of

485
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:29,920
Speaker 3: those games where my defensive guys would be into me

486
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Speaker 3: on Tuesday and say, Coach, I'd like to play in

487
00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:34,080
Speaker 3: there on third down. I'd like to I'd like to

488
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,600
Speaker 3: have a shot at that. And I think it's really

489
00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 3: important that Gus just keeps bringing it, just keeps bringing it.

490
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,639
Speaker 3: And then number five, you got to stay. You got

491
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,159
Speaker 3: to play to the end. You've already chronicled the team stuff.

492
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:52,560
Speaker 3: Stafford for sixty minutes. He is a numbers to numbers thrower. Okay,

493
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,159
Speaker 3: that's where he makes his live in his whole career.

494
00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:59,800
Speaker 3: Pack the coverages in make him win on the outside

495
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 3: of the field. Right now, he's under fire because the

496
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,359
Speaker 3: running game is not there and the protection is not

497
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 3: there when they get behind. Now, the one thing about Stafford,

498
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:12,879
Speaker 3: and it's good news bad news for the Rams. The

499
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 3: good news is he's a tremendous competitor and you know

500
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 3: that over the years, and he has a gun and

501
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,880
Speaker 3: he can throw off platform. He can. But the thing

502
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 3: about it is with this team right now, he will

503
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:29,320
Speaker 3: try to make a play regardless, and he will try

504
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 3: to stick it in there sometimes where you just can't

505
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,359
Speaker 3: stick it in there. So you know, you've seen the

506
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:38,080
Speaker 3: four turnovers already. I think we can force turnovers on

507
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 3: this guy and make plays. They've struggled in the red

508
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:46,040
Speaker 3: zone again. They had a really bad bad game last week. Offensively,

509
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,879
Speaker 3: they just couldn't get anything going, couldn't punch it in

510
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,600
Speaker 3: in the red zone. But I think those five guys

511
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:55,639
Speaker 3: eliminate the run pressure, the edges, take away those two whiteouts,

512
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,720
Speaker 3: kill them up front, and then in the end stop

513
00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:02,280
Speaker 3: Stafford for sixteen months in that WOD That's the blueprint

514
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 3: for our defense.

515
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 2: There you go, Rick Ventury right there, this is inside football.

516
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 2: That's the blueprint on offense. Let's switch over to the

517
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:13,600
Speaker 2: Rams now on defense going into game number four, and

518
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 2: that unit, as you know, Rick, it's gutted by Raheem Morris,

519
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,159
Speaker 2: the defensive coordinator. He received a lot of love, or

520
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,119
Speaker 2: a lot of attention, if you will, for head coaching

521
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 2: opportunities in the offseason and his third year with the Rams,

522
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,240
Speaker 2: and he and Sean McVay were together in Tampa Bay

523
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,239
Speaker 2: in two thousand and eight and also in Washington from

524
00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,959
Speaker 2: twenty twelve to twenty fourteen. And it all starts up

525
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,640
Speaker 2: front with la Aaron Donald. He might be the best

526
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,760
Speaker 2: defensive tackle to ever play the game. He and Lawrence

527
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 2: Taylor are the only players to be named Defensive Rookie

528
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,120
Speaker 2: of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year multiple times,

529
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:49,200
Speaker 2: first Team All Pro five times, and to also win

530
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 2: a Super Bowl. He's got one hundred and four career

531
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Speaker 2: sacks that ranked six among active players. He's the Rams

532
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,560
Speaker 2: all time sack leader. He has one hundred and sixty

533
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,520
Speaker 2: tackles for loss in two twenty fourteen. That's the most

534
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,120
Speaker 2: in the NFL in that span. Definitely have to know

535
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 2: where he is as they line him up in various

536
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:10,160
Speaker 2: roles along that defensive line. Behind him, they've got Ernest

537
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:14,040
Speaker 2: Jones at linebacker, he's their leading tackler. And then the secondary,

538
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,160
Speaker 2: they've got a Kello Witherspoon. He recorded a pick last

539
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 2: week in Cincinnati. And also, of notes, they have Russ Yeast,

540
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 2: who played part of his high school football at Center

541
00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 2: Grove just south of Indianapolis, so a little bit of

542
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 2: a local note there. So they're not flashy on defense,

543
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 2: but they're tough to move the ball on as I said,

544
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,719
Speaker 2: giving up only twenty points per game on average. They

545
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,640
Speaker 2: ranked top seven in passing. They ranked top seven in

546
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 2: total yards as well. So Rick, for you, as you

547
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,880
Speaker 2: studied the tape here, how high are you on this

548
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:43,680
Speaker 2: Rams defense going into this game?

549
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:47,160
Speaker 3: Well, I think the Rams defense has played extremely well

550
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:50,560
Speaker 3: against good people, and I think in that sense, in

551
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,240
Speaker 3: many ways they overachieve. And you hear me say this

552
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 3: a lot. I think their whole is greater than the parts.

553
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,840
Speaker 3: I think part of that is a credit to the

554
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,480
Speaker 3: defensive coordinator Raheem as you said, Raheem Morris, and of

555
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 3: course the game changing defensive lineman and Aaron you talked

556
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,000
Speaker 3: all about it, you know, the one hundred and four

557
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 3: and a half sacks, the tackles for losses, also twenty

558
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 3: four forced fumbles. I mean, this guy is really, really

559
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:20,120
Speaker 3: special and we simply cannot cannot, okay, let him ruin

560
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 3: the game. And they're gonna they're gonna move him around

561
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,000
Speaker 3: different spots, They're gonna twist. He does a good job

562
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,840
Speaker 3: with the rookie Turner. They do a really good job

563
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 3: of inside twists. You'll see it when you watch the film.

564
00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 3: I don't think that they're greatly talented outside of them.

565
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 3: I think you're right on your evaluation. I think Jones

566
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,080
Speaker 3: is the next best player. I think he's a guy

567
00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:46,000
Speaker 3: that is really productive, makes a lot of tackles. And

568
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,360
Speaker 3: then I think two young kids that I like. I

569
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 3: think Young the kid rookie out of Tennessee who we

570
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,920
Speaker 3: liked in the draft, and then the Turner kid. They're

571
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:58,440
Speaker 3: gonna help him. Heck is an interesting guy at the

572
00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,640
Speaker 3: Sam Becker. He plays the Sam backer. He's kind of

573
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 3: a combination linebacker defensive end who plays opposite of Young

574
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,320
Speaker 3: and you'll see him on the outside in that bear

575
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 3: and he'll rush and then sometimes when they third down,

576
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,160
Speaker 3: when they get in the three man rush, then he's

577
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,480
Speaker 3: the fourth guy, but he's standing up inside and he's

578
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,720
Speaker 3: what I always refer to as the spinner. In other words,

579
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 3: they're three men, but he can spin anywhere and become

580
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,680
Speaker 3: the fourth guy. And what they do is they spin

581
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 3: him and they put Donald sometimes at the nose and

582
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,760
Speaker 3: they'll blitz the guards so he can't help Donald, and

583
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 3: it's really just trying to get him going in that regard,

584
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 3: you know, I do like their safeties. I do like yeast.

585
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 3: I personally didn't realize he was from center Grove. He

586
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:49,360
Speaker 3: is a really good player, you know. With Fuller in there,

587
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 3: I like those two guys at safety, their corners have

588
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 3: been decent. Again, you said that Witherspoon has just a

589
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 3: phenomenal interception. If you look at it on tape, it's

590
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:05,960
Speaker 3: just a great interception. Now, scheme wise, over a lot

591
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:10,000
Speaker 3: of overfront with Donald at the three. You can pound

592
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 3: and don't be afraid to run at him in double him,

593
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 3: but pinch, keep the splits tight because he likes to swim.

594
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 3: The tackles for losses is because he lives in your

595
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:20,720
Speaker 3: backfield and you can't let him beat you on the

596
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 3: first step. Like I said, if you're running away back

597
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,600
Speaker 3: to the bubble, you've got to have really tight splits

598
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 3: on that right side so that you got to pinch

599
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:31,280
Speaker 3: him with your guard and tackle. Don't let him go

600
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:33,880
Speaker 3: if we get late to the linebacker, we get late,

601
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 3: don't let him go. And then on pass protection, there

602
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:42,440
Speaker 3: always has to be protection geared towards Donald wherever he is.

603
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 3: He can be at the three, he can be at

604
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 3: the nose, he can be on the edge. So you

605
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 3: know that is just an absolute must they're basically a

606
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:54,320
Speaker 3: cover four or quarters team. They play all kinds of

607
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:58,720
Speaker 3: variations for spin, for sky, and then they'll go eight,

608
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:02,560
Speaker 3: which is quarters strong and roll up weak, you know

609
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 3: a lot of that stuff. And then on third down

610
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:09,320
Speaker 3: they'll they'll add a little bit more Manda man a

611
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,320
Speaker 3: little bit of cover two last week, and then some

612
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 3: different man demands there are blitz and drop team. What

613
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 3: I mean by that is they will blitz Jones for instance,

614
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 3: or Rosa Blue and their mic or their will and

615
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 3: then they'll drop the ends out, so they'll give you

616
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 3: like a normal coverage with seven guys and covers, but

617
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 3: they'll make it look like a blitz by bringing one

618
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,720
Speaker 3: of those guys inside. That's just nuisance to try to

619
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:39,240
Speaker 3: get you. And then they'll get into some delta. When

620
00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 3: delta again is a long yardage three, it's a dime.

621
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Speaker 3: Lake comes in and plays the dime and in the

622
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 3: delta there'll be three men line and usually in the delta,

623
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Speaker 3: usually that's where Donald lines up outside, and again that'll

624
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 3: be ninety seven in there, and that's a three or

625
00:33:56,520 --> 00:34:00,120
Speaker 3: four to five man rush with dime coverage behind that.

626
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,760
Speaker 3: That's a third down thing. And then I note that.

627
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 3: The one wrinkle I think you really got to be

628
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,480
Speaker 3: ready for is on third down sometimes with their four

629
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Speaker 3: man rush, what they'll do is they'll set an overload

630
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:15,239
Speaker 3: away from Donald and make him the edge on the

631
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Speaker 3: weak side, and then they'll give it an overload and

632
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 3: you'll see that overload and you'll want to slide the

633
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,239
Speaker 3: protection to the overload. But when you do that, then

634
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 3: you're one on one back there with Donald. So you know,

635
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 3: all those things are really important to be careful with. Okay,

636
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,400
Speaker 3: as far as the blueprint, some of it is just

637
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 3: the flip of our offensive blueprint, and I think this

638
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 3: is our formula period right now for this cold team,

639
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 3: and that's number one. The number one must on the

640
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 3: blueprint defensive or yeah, defensively, okay, offensively is we have

641
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:55,680
Speaker 3: to dominate their front with the running game. Again, the

642
00:34:55,800 --> 00:35:00,279
Speaker 3: Rams defense has played pretty well. It's seven total, but

643
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 3: they're twenty fourth in rush per I think they're athletic.

644
00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:07,439
Speaker 3: I think they're quick and fast. I really just don't

645
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 3: think they're physical, including Donald is more of a great

646
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 3: athlete than just an anchor. So I really think you

647
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,160
Speaker 3: can really get at them. You're going to have to

648
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 3: run to the bubble when they're in the overfront. When

649
00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 3: they give you the bear, you got to bring it

650
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,719
Speaker 3: off tackle and use some powers, and Shane did. He

651
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,640
Speaker 3: did try to very last week with some seal blocking

652
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 3: on the edge. I really like that. I saw some

653
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:37,359
Speaker 3: improvement there. Our offensive line just has to dominate this team,

654
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,480
Speaker 3: and I think you can beat them off tackle to

655
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,240
Speaker 3: the edge, and when you get on the edge, crack

656
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:46,319
Speaker 3: the safeties. Don't let Fuller and Yeast get up there

657
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 3: and make their corners tackle. Their corners do not think

658
00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 3: that that's in their job description to tackle, So get

659
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 3: on there to get on their butts over there. They're

660
00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 3: not physical and they're poor perimeter tackles. So again, offensive

661
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:07,880
Speaker 3: line dominate that front. Seven. Number two must must have

662
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:11,320
Speaker 3: a plan for Donald. We talked about all the numbers.

663
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 3: I don't have to repeat them. I think you need

664
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:18,040
Speaker 3: to plan both run and particularly the pass. This is

665
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:20,799
Speaker 3: where it gets into my thinking all the time. Never

666
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,240
Speaker 3: let the guy that you know can beat you ahead

667
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:26,239
Speaker 3: of time beat you have a plan for him, make

668
00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:29,440
Speaker 3: somebody else beat you. Again. Know the kind of player is.

669
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,799
Speaker 3: He's a swimmer, not a banger. He's a guy that'll

670
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:36,440
Speaker 3: go arm over arm under, but he counts on beating

671
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,319
Speaker 3: you off that line of scrimmage. He will trigger off

672
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:41,719
Speaker 3: that line of scrimmage on the ball and he'll try

673
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,520
Speaker 3: to make a move around you, So be alert for that.

674
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 3: That's why I don't mind powering at him sometime when

675
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:50,000
Speaker 3: he puts that arm up and just stab him right

676
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 3: in the chest. You know, I think that takes a

677
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:54,880
Speaker 3: little out of him. And make sure you pinch him

678
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:58,840
Speaker 3: on the backside on pass. I think you always have

679
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 3: to have help to him. I would never I would

680
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,840
Speaker 3: never want to go one on one right there in

681
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,800
Speaker 3: that situation. I think that's crazy to do something like that.

682
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,279
Speaker 3: Always help on him and alert that when he and

683
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,480
Speaker 3: Turner are really tight on third down, there's a lot

684
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 3: of tom game in there. And again be careful with

685
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:21,480
Speaker 3: isolations on the edge. But number two, make sure that

686
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 3: Donald does not beat us number three on first down.

687
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 3: You want to play action on the outside and particularly

688
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 3: the strong side corner. They're almost always in a either

689
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:38,680
Speaker 3: a quarters across the board or a weak side roll.

690
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:43,839
Speaker 3: The strong side corner, whether it's Witherspoon or Kendrick, those

691
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:47,400
Speaker 3: guys are always undressed on the strong sides. So you

692
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:49,800
Speaker 3: know you want to get good play action when you

693
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 3: do it, and you want to freeze those safeties who

694
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,280
Speaker 3: will spin tight down in there. They are run players,

695
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,400
Speaker 3: you know, they assist on the run, and this is

696
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 3: where you want to take your shot. Let Pierce continue.

697
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,680
Speaker 3: I think you got a little bit more confidence in

698
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 3: Pierce last week. You know he was there in the

699
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:09,239
Speaker 3: second level. We took a shot. We missed it, but

700
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 3: we took a shot. You know, I think Pittman can

701
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:15,040
Speaker 3: be used not just to isolate the great play, but

702
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 3: I see him. He's not gonna run by anybody. But

703
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 3: he's kind of like a Courtland Sutton. You throw a

704
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,760
Speaker 3: couple of fifty to fifty balls, you know he's already

705
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,239
Speaker 3: proven he can get it. So hopefully one of the

706
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 3: ancillary things we came out of last week is the

707
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,200
Speaker 3: fact that we can push the doubt ball downfield to

708
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:35,000
Speaker 3: those two guys right, but attack the strong side because

709
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:38,400
Speaker 3: they don't close the strong side, and beat him with

710
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:42,840
Speaker 3: I call four beaters dinos, which is double post scissors,

711
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:46,239
Speaker 3: which is post corner nine to seventy three, which is

712
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 3: a go, a corner and a flat and in all

713
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,600
Speaker 3: go patterns where you just go after him and then

714
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:56,759
Speaker 3: number four, when you're not working outside, work underneath, and

715
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:59,439
Speaker 3: this is where I think downs and Grants it could

716
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 3: have a real big day because when you're in cover four,

717
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 3: when you think about it, you're really only playing three

718
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:09,319
Speaker 3: underneath and quarters four behind, you know. And then when

719
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:12,880
Speaker 3: they do pressure and drop people, their drops aren't very

720
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,879
Speaker 3: good because you're dropping engine to hook zones. I call

721
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 3: it drop distortions, so to me, and particularly with play

722
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 3: action to freezing, I think you can really work the

723
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:28,759
Speaker 3: inside options, the inside curls, the inside seams with play action.

724
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 3: And this is where I think we have two, you know,

725
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,400
Speaker 3: in downs and grantson I look for them to have

726
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:38,959
Speaker 3: really big games here in that regard. And then number five,

727
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:42,400
Speaker 3: you know, I just think that we've got to think mentally.

728
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,080
Speaker 3: We got to score points. You know, we got twenty two,

729
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,319
Speaker 3: but fifteen of it, you know we did. We did

730
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:49,279
Speaker 3: kick a short one, so let's say that we got

731
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 3: ten on offense. But that's really you know, I don't

732
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:54,719
Speaker 3: know that you can live and die on five field goals.

733
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 3: To be honest with you, I think, you know, we

734
00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 3: got to think score, you know, and how do you score?

735
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 3: I think explosive plays and That's why I think we

736
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 3: got to keep pushing it. We got to keep letting

737
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,800
Speaker 3: Pittman make a fifty to fifty ball. Ye let tiers

738
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:10,880
Speaker 3: run under it. Eventually he's going to beat somebody and

739
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 3: you're going to get over the top. You know, I

740
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 3: think that. I think the other thing is yack plays.

741
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,279
Speaker 3: You know, you know, you saw it last week. We're

742
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:22,320
Speaker 3: starting to get it, you know, you know, even Moss

743
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 3: after the catch, downs after the catch again, this is

744
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:30,680
Speaker 3: a team that is not a good perimeter play playing team.

745
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,720
Speaker 3: And then I think you've got to dominate the red zone.

746
00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:36,840
Speaker 3: We just got to have points. Okay, you know, we

747
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:40,760
Speaker 3: just we we really do. You know, they're thirteenth against

748
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 3: the score, but they're nineteenth in the red zone, so

749
00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:46,320
Speaker 3: they're vulnerable and we got to take advantage of it.

750
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Speaker 2: Rick Vincerry right there, that's the blueprints to beat the

751
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:53,279
Speaker 2: Los Angeles Rams and game number four for the Indianapolis

752
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:55,919
Speaker 2: Colts and closing out here, Rick, we know the Colts

753
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:57,719
Speaker 2: sit here at two to one on a two game

754
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 2: winning streak, and maybe they get their starting coll or

755
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,319
Speaker 2: back back, maybe they get their starting center back this week.

756
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:06,640
Speaker 2: We'll see how Anthony Richardson and Ryan Kelly progress, progress,

757
00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 2: I should say in the concussion protocol. But looking around

758
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:11,840
Speaker 2: a little bit right the Jaguars, they look like a

759
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:14,719
Speaker 2: team that you know, they're reading their press clippings right now.

760
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:17,320
Speaker 2: The Titans look like a total mess down in Tennessee.

761
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:20,520
Speaker 2: You know, so, long story short. I mean, last week

762
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:23,120
Speaker 2: was a great win, but it's only one win, and

763
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 2: the Colts need to stay focused and they need to

764
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,440
Speaker 2: take advantage of some some games at Lucas Oil Stadium

765
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,279
Speaker 2: in the month of October because this team can be

766
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 2: special and they've already shown that at times here on

767
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 2: the young season. But you have to consistently back it up.

768
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:39,440
Speaker 2: And it's another good opportunity to do that on Sunday.

769
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:42,520
Speaker 3: No, that's exactly right. All of a sudden, your mentality

770
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 3: goes now from hungry just to stay alive to all

771
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 3: of a sudden out looks a little bit different. And

772
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:50,960
Speaker 3: I think you got to live with that. You you know,

773
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:53,520
Speaker 3: you have to. There is a there is an element

774
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 3: of living with success, you know, as you just said it,

775
00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,480
Speaker 3: and I hit this all the time. It was a

776
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 3: great win, but it only counts one. It was a

777
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 3: great win, but it only counts one and always know this,

778
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:11,640
Speaker 3: and particularly in the NFL, is last week has absolutely

779
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 3: zero effect on this week now. I think because of

780
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:18,800
Speaker 3: the state the Rams are in and where we're playing,

781
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 3: I think this is a great opportunity at home. Now

782
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:26,360
Speaker 3: the Rams will be prepared. They'll be prepared both to

783
00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:32,160
Speaker 3: compete and they'll be and they'll be prepared X and wives.

784
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,759
Speaker 3: The reality is, though, this is really our game to win.

785
00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,040
Speaker 3: This is not your father's Ram, this is not the

786
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:42,280
Speaker 3: greatest show on turf, This is not the Super Bowl Rams.

787
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:45,600
Speaker 3: This is a game that we can really really win.

788
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:49,279
Speaker 3: You know, again, take care of Stanford, take care of

789
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 3: Aaron Donald. That's it. The whole is better the parts.

790
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:56,279
Speaker 3: But they're dangerous. I talked about what they have done

791
00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 3: and what they're capable of doing, you know, top ten offense,

792
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:02,919
Speaker 3: top ten defense. You know, three games against three really

793
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,720
Speaker 3: good teams, two on the road, and they've been really

794
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:09,759
Speaker 3: really competitive. From that standpoint, you know, I think what

795
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:12,759
Speaker 3: we got to think now is that every battle is

796
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,879
Speaker 3: a Titanic battle. The Super Bowl always tell players it's

797
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:19,080
Speaker 3: not played in February. It's played every Sunday in the

798
00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:22,319
Speaker 3: National Football League. To give you the opportunity to get there.

799
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:26,719
Speaker 3: So this is a titanic battle. Expect nothing less. We

800
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:29,920
Speaker 3: have to bring our a game. That is every coach,

801
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:34,560
Speaker 3: every player, every play, every broadcaster. We've got to bring

802
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:37,759
Speaker 3: our a game here. You know, we've got to rise

803
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:41,040
Speaker 3: to the occasion and take it to them. I would say,

804
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:45,440
Speaker 3: coach aggressive, play aggressive, don't linger for a second and

805
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:50,520
Speaker 3: admire your success. Be the hungry wolf. Attack, don't look back.

806
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:53,040
Speaker 3: I think three things when it's all said and done,

807
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:57,319
Speaker 3: don't turn it over, Dominate both sides of the line again,

808
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:01,400
Speaker 3: and skill guys make plays and we'll continue to go.

809
00:44:01,719 --> 00:44:05,839
Speaker 2: There you go. Another installment of Inside Football with RV

810
00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:09,360
Speaker 2: the full breakdown of the Rams coming to town this weekend,

811
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Speaker 2: LA coming to Lucas Oil Stadium for the second time

812
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:16,360
Speaker 2: in three years. RV. We enjoyed it immensely per usual,

813
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,040
Speaker 2: my man, have a great rest of your week. Enjoy

814
00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:21,720
Speaker 2: that motorcycle ride that I know that's coming on Friday

815
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:23,960
Speaker 2: here in this fall weather. So getting out about if

816
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:26,800
Speaker 2: you can, and we'll see at Lucas Oil Stadium in

817
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:29,440
Speaker 2: the state capitol for some football in week four. Man,

818
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:29,920
Speaker 2: can't wait.

819
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:32,399
Speaker 3: I can't wait to be home here for a while

820
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 3: I'm really looking forward to it. I really am.

821
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:37,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, the month of October, man, it's Lucas Oil friendly,

822
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:39,360
Speaker 2: you know that after a couple of road games.

823
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:43,239
Speaker 3: So and it's all my alumni here, ram Oh, lay

824
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:46,719
Speaker 3: it on me. Now we have the Rams Cleveland in

825
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:50,480
Speaker 3: the New Orleans Saints here in the next five weeks,

826
00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:54,040
Speaker 3: and you know, along with the Colts, I'm alumni on

827
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:54,760
Speaker 3: those teams.

828
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,200
Speaker 2: So I am really fired of how many times can

829
00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 2: Rick Ventury be homecoming King? We're about to find out. Man,

830
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:05,000
Speaker 2: it's a popularity contest. It's rigged. That's why Rick's always

831
00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:07,840
Speaker 2: coming home with the hardware men. As always, Rick appreciate

832
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:09,200
Speaker 2: a man. Have a great rest of your week.

833
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 3: All right, I met talk to you.

834
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Speaker 2: You got a Rick vent turry right there, the homecoming

835
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:17,800
Speaker 2: King himself breaking it down per usual here on Inside Football,

836
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Speaker 2: and then I'll do it for this week's edition all

837
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Speaker 2: on the La Rams. We'll do it again next week

838
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:25,440
Speaker 2: breaking down the Tennessee Titans in week five when the

839
00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:27,960
Speaker 2: Colts get back to AFC South play. Until then, though,

840
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:30,640
Speaker 2: keep it locked here, keep it subscribed on the Colts

841
00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:32,960
Speaker 2: Audio Network, and we'll talk to you next Wednesday on

842
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Speaker 2: Inside football with Rick VN Turrey