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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 Botolo ain't 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: Here's what it all starts right here.

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Speaker 2: Let's play jamiey Chris.

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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: Week eight was a tough pill to swallow for the

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Speaker 2: Indianapolis Colts down in Houston. Now they're behind the eight

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Speaker 2: ball inside the AFC South following their second loss to

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Speaker 2: the Texans this season. But the train keeps on rolling.

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Speaker 1: Up.

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Speaker 2: Next for the Colts is a prime time visit to

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Speaker 2: Minneapolis to battle the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Night Football.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Inside Football Podcast here in the Colts

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Speaker 2: Audio Network. I'm Matt Taylor inside the Indiana Union Construction

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Speaker 2: Industry Radio studio. And you're here though to hear what

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Speaker 2: my main man, Rick vin Turn he has to say.

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Speaker 2: With nearly thirty years of coaching background in the NFL, Rick,

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Speaker 2: we got a lot to get into. We're gonna cut

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Speaker 2: right to the chase coming up with Anthony Richardson in

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Speaker 2: just a moment. But for the sake of welcoming you

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Speaker 2: into your own podcast here, how are you doing today?

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm doing really well. You know, like you said,

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Speaker 3: that was a gut wrencher there on Sunday. It's behind us.

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Speaker 3: You got to spit it out. Thank god, we have

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Speaker 3: a primetime game to go with and it's never a

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Speaker 3: dull moment with our horse shoes. I mean, we got

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Speaker 3: the news and so you know, we've got a kind

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Speaker 3: out of things to say, Matt, I will say that.

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Speaker 2: No question about it. So we begin with that with

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Speaker 2: the news this week, the Colts announcing they're going to

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Speaker 2: start Joe Flacco on Sunday over Anthony Richardson. And this

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Speaker 2: is not to say the Colts can't go back to

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Speaker 2: Joe Flacco. Richardson, of course, coming off the worst performance

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Speaker 2: of his career, went ten for thirty two passing for

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Speaker 2: the season completing just forty four percent of his passes.

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Speaker 2: He's got a passer rating of fifty seven. Both of

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Speaker 2: in its six starts on the season, he has completed

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Speaker 2: context behind everything. Rick, What do you make of this

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Speaker 3: Well, you know, as long, you know, as long as

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Speaker 3: it's a football decision and not reactionary to all the

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Speaker 3: pushback that we got from you know, X players, loudmouth pundits,

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Speaker 3: the bus, as long as it's a football decision, you know,

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Speaker 3: you can certainly live with it. Because here's the reality.

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Speaker 3: The reality is the kid has gone backwards. He really

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Speaker 3: has gone backwards since he's come back. In the numbers

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Speaker 3: speak for itself. I mean, you have a statistical reason

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Speaker 3: the passer rating, it's not just thirty two, it's thirty six.

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Speaker 3: he's got a four to seven ratio as far as

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Speaker 3: And I say it's a luxury because we have, you know,

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Speaker 3: you know, but a guy who's throwing at sixty five

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Speaker 3: So you know, I think, you know, in that respect,

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Speaker 3: And like I said, I for the football decision. And

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Speaker 3: Regardless of all the past rhetoric. What we're saying now

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Speaker 2: Talking about the one play where he goes out and says,

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Speaker 2: You got the wind knocked out of you or something? Right?

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Speaker 3: So you know it's not the arrow's not going up.

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Speaker 2: Well, let's unpack a little bit of what you said

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Speaker 2: right there, because this move is a contrast to the

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Speaker 2: get that experience. Yeah, is this move signifying He kind

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Speaker 2: this move signifying the Colts also need to win now

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Speaker 2: and take into account all the veteran talent they have

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Speaker 2: at the moment, right the Kenny Moores of the world,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's right. I think that's a big reason.

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Speaker 3: I think that's also clouded by just really a terrible

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Speaker 3: And it's hard to argue with the numbers that that

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Speaker 2: How much are the cults running the risk, for lack

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Speaker 2: of a better term, of stunning his development, the confidence

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Speaker 3: You're gonna stun it. I mean, you know you're gonna

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Speaker 3: You can say, well, we're just going to relieve him

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Speaker 3: a while. But you know when you say stunting the growth,

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Speaker 3: the only thing that you gain by watching others play

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Speaker 3: And I will add one thing to this, I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I don't know personally if you can have great growth

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Speaker 3: He believes you can't. He believes if the system is right,

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Speaker 3: that that can come a long way. Personally myself, as

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Speaker 2: With that last piece of the puzzle here, before we

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Speaker 2: with with that piece of it? Rick, knowing that he's

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Speaker 2: in Week nine against the Minnesota Vikings. All right, well,

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Speaker 2: So Rick, that's kind of the quick, big overview on

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Speaker 3: No, that was a good snapshot. I do think this.

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Speaker 3: a quarterback that's you know, that's that's delivery and that's

429
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Speaker 3: the distributing in that sense, they are probably gonna get

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Speaker 3: Hawkins and their outstanding tight end back for a ball game,

431
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Speaker 3: which you know, which is a shot in the arm

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Speaker 3: to them. I mean, he's a very very good player

433
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Speaker 3: and he could give them, you know, the third dimension

434
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Speaker 3: in that sense talked about the quarterback fearless, but frenetic

435
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Speaker 3: having a terrific year, but if you look at his

436
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Speaker 3: overall years and numbers, you know there's some turnovers in

437
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Speaker 3: his life. I think they're a bad protection team. And

438
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Speaker 3: I've never been big on Robinson in the Jaguars. I

439
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Speaker 3: don't think that, you know, I'd certainly he'd other play

440
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Speaker 3: agains against him than Darisov. So you know, I think

441
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Speaker 3: we're in good shape. We're rushing the passer. We got

442
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Speaker 3: a lot of pressure last week. Even though it was

443
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Speaker 3: only two sacks, there was a lot of pressure. Gus

444
00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:16,520
Speaker 3: was bringing it more. I think that's really important. You know,

445
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Speaker 3: when you look at them technically on first down, they

446
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,840
Speaker 3: are a run the ball and play action team on

447
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Speaker 3: first down, and a lot of the play action is

448
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Speaker 3: intended for Jefferson downfield, and if it's not there, they'll

449
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Speaker 3: check it down. But they'll work him both on goes

450
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Speaker 3: and they'll work him on those deep curls with play

451
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Speaker 3: action where they eat your linebackers up a little bit.

452
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Speaker 3: Checkdown's always built in. They will use Boot because he's

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Speaker 3: good and mobile on the edge and with a lot

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Speaker 3: of flats and crossing patterns. They love Jefferson in the

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Speaker 3: second level okay, just love it. Okay. If they get

456
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Speaker 3: behind an account, they're kind of typical NFL, a little

457
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Speaker 3: bit more spread, quick rhythm to their tight ends, the

458
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,199
Speaker 3: little hank patterns and sticks, and that's a big screen

459
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Speaker 3: down to Jones. If they're behind, then if they get

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Speaker 3: into third down, they really want to get it to Jefferson.

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Speaker 3: And what they do is if it's long, a lot

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Speaker 3: of high lows with the drag underneath, and then Jefferson

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Speaker 3: up in the second level. If it's third in like money,

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Speaker 3: if it's like four to seven or even a little

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Speaker 3: bit shorter, a lot of bunches, and you'll find Jefferson

466
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Speaker 3: either at all three positions. He can be at the

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Speaker 3: point outside or inside. They're gonna move him around to

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Speaker 3: get what they want. They are a dumpster fire on

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Speaker 3: protection across the board. They lack athleticism. They can't handle

470
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Speaker 3: stunts and blitzes. Number twenty seven in sacks. So you know,

471
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Speaker 3: when you look at it the Colts defensive blueprint for victory,

472
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Speaker 3: I say, number one, you gotta stop Jones. You can't

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Speaker 3: let him get going. He's got sixty four hundred plus

474
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Speaker 3: yards in the league, five to one total average and

475
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Speaker 3: forty seven tds, So you know, then he has two

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Speaker 3: hundred ninety two receptions as well nineteen touchdown catches. So

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Speaker 3: I mean, if that doesn't catch your attention, I don't

478
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,280
Speaker 3: know what does. He's a north south slasher. He'll bang

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Speaker 3: it and break it. He's a really excellent receiver with

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Speaker 3: a lot of yak Chandler is his change up more

481
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Speaker 3: of a loose play guy. You know, they're a two

482
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Speaker 3: threat team. If they can get Jones running, it does

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Speaker 3: Number one, it makes the play action in the open

484
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Speaker 3: areas to Jefferson so much better. And then what it

485
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Speaker 3: does is it takes pressure off that offensive line. They're

486
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Speaker 3: not looking at second and nine and third and nine.

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Speaker 3: Number two, it could be one A. You got to

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Speaker 3: stop Jefferson. You know, he's four hundred and thirty three receptions,

489
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Speaker 3: well over sixty five hundred yards and thirty five tds

490
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Speaker 3: in a young career. This guy's all Pro. He's Offensive

491
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Speaker 3: Player of the Year in twenty two. He can do

492
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Speaker 3: it all, and they will try to get him to

493
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:06,360
Speaker 3: do it all. Everything from quick screens to deep balls,

494
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:11,159
Speaker 3: to second level speeds, routes, body control, fearless, all the

495
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Speaker 3: things that you look for in an absolute grade receiver

496
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Speaker 3: on third down. Get him on third down or game

497
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Speaker 3: on the line, get him number three, you got to

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Speaker 3: control of Garnald. You know, he's got to having a

499
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Speaker 3: really good year. As I said, competitive aggressive. He's got

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Speaker 3: a gun. I mean, he can fire it and he

501
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 3: will take shots. And the other thing he will do

502
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Speaker 3: is he will really shoot it in to even tight windows. Okay,

503
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,600
Speaker 3: and if things break down, pretty good movement guy. He'll

504
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Speaker 3: scramble to move the chains. But he does play frenetic

505
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,280
Speaker 3: and force the issue at times. Come back numbers this

506
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,560
Speaker 3: year are great, they really are. But if you look

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Speaker 3: at history. I mentioned this before, he has seventy seven

508
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,280
Speaker 3: tds and sixty one picks. So you know, if you

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Speaker 3: look at the big picture rather than the snapshot, you

510
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Speaker 3: feel like you can get the ball away from him

511
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Speaker 3: in that regard. All right, number four, you got to

512
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Speaker 3: gain advantage and that's a lot to do with that

513
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,920
Speaker 3: stopping that run and nothing big, and then you got

514
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 3: to kill their offensive line. You know, we're so much

515
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Speaker 3: better with Buckner in there. When buck is in there,

516
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 3: and then I thought we did a much better job

517
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Speaker 3: of bringing pressure, particularly on second down. And so you

518
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Speaker 3: know this has got to be our game. It's a

519
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,439
Speaker 3: take a number group. It's just you know, this is

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Speaker 3: one of those years. This is one of those weeks

521
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Speaker 3: where guys would be coming into my room and say,

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Speaker 3: you know, I think I'd like to play on third

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Speaker 3: down this week, coach, and you know, so you got it,

524
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,920
Speaker 3: but you remember, you got to earn the right to

525
00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 3: rush the passer. They can't handle stunts and blitzes. They're

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Speaker 3: twenty eighth in sacks on twenty three in giveaway. So

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Speaker 3: this is where you can dominate the game. Number five

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Speaker 3: got to keep the point total down. Their number seven

529
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 3: in scoring and their number eight into red zone so

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00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 3: they can score. They can move the ball and get

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Speaker 3: it in there. I think I would emphasize red zone

532
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,280
Speaker 3: more than ever this week. I think red zone defense

533
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 3: will make the difference. We give up volumes of yards.

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Speaker 3: But the two things that we're hanging in there on

535
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Speaker 3: and it's keeping it close and it's keeping it down,

536
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Speaker 3: is we are now number thirteen and scoring defense, we're

537
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Speaker 3: not giving up a ton of points and number fifteen

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Speaker 3: in the red zone. And if we can validate that

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Speaker 3: on Sunday, we'll probably win the game.

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Speaker 2: That's Rick ventcerr. This is inside Football. We're breaking down

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Speaker 2: the blueprints for a Colts win on Sunday Night football

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Speaker 2: against the Minnesota Vikings. And we move over now to

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Speaker 2: the other side of the ball and examine the Vikings defense.

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Speaker 2: Let's lay out what Joe Flacco and company have to

545
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Speaker 2: do to put up points against a complicated Minnesota d.

546
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Speaker 2: They're giving up less than twenty points per game, but

547
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Speaker 2: they are giving up over thirty in the last two

548
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,760
Speaker 2: losses to the Lions and the Rams. So as you said,

549
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Speaker 2: some experienced quarterbacks are taking advantage of this defense. They

550
00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,960
Speaker 2: play the run really well under second year defensive coordinator

551
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Speaker 2: Brian Flores. The Vikings have allowed over one hundred yards

552
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Speaker 2: rushing and just three games on the season, and their

553
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Speaker 2: eighty three yard season average ranks third in the NFL,

554
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Speaker 2: but overall, Minnesota ranks third and opponents scoring efficiency. That's

555
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 2: allowing just twenty two scoring drives on eighty total possessions

556
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Speaker 2: on the season. And like you said earlier, their calling

557
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:25,520
Speaker 2: card is pressure. Nine different players have a sack. The

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Speaker 2: Vikings are one of only two teams along with the Giants,

559
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,920
Speaker 2: with three players with at least five sacks on the season.

560
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 2: And the back end, the Vikings feature some talent there,

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Speaker 2: former Colts cornerbacks Stefan Gilmour and then one of the

562
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Speaker 2: best safeties in the NFL and Harrison Smith who's been

563
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 2: in the NFL since twenty twelve and he's just the

564
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,720
Speaker 2: sixth player ever in the history of the league to

565
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Speaker 2: record twenty and a half sacks and thirty five career interceptions.

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Speaker 2: They also, along with that pressure, take the ball away.

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Speaker 2: Their fifteen takeaways ranked second. They're five to zero this

568
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Speaker 2: season when that defense has at least two takeaways. So Rick,

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Speaker 2: give us the rest of the story here on the

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Speaker 2: Vikings going into this game against the Colts offense. That's

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Speaker 2: gonna have again, Joe Flacco of the Controls on Sunday

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Speaker 2: Night Football.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well done, my friend. Absolutely, that's exactly right. They

574
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:19,760
Speaker 3: are again very they pressure, they're aggressive, and they're unconventional.

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00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 3: So that's the good news for them. That's the thing

576
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:26,520
Speaker 3: that makes it difficult. I do tell you this though,

577
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,719
Speaker 3: they really are becoming a boomer Bus defense. In other words,

578
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,680
Speaker 3: they'll get up in pressure and make a play and

579
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Speaker 3: the next one they give up a fifty yard play.

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Speaker 3: You know, they're really good. As you said nine in

581
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Speaker 3: scoring three and sacks two and takeaways, but dangerously low

582
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Speaker 3: in pass defense number thirty and the explosive and the

583
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:51,880
Speaker 3: explosive in the last two weeks have been overwhelming. Again.

584
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Speaker 3: All that diversity, blitzing, bluffing, all that stuff is there again.

585
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 3: Be alert. It's about four guys that make this difficult.

586
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 3: Know where they are at all times. Van Ginko Okay,

587
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:08,120
Speaker 3: on the edge he's five sacks pace inside linebacker Blitzer

588
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 3: and then Harrison Smith, the safety. Those three guys are

589
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 3: guys line up all over and give you I call

590
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,760
Speaker 3: it illusions. They give you illusions of a lot of defense.

591
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 3: And they're also blitz or bluffers. They'll be blitzing one

592
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 3: time bluffing the next time. But you always have to

593
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:30,800
Speaker 3: account for them in protection. Grennert is a dangerous rusher.

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00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 3: They got him from the Texans, you know, when the

595
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,800
Speaker 3: Texans got Hunter. But he can get off that edge

596
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:39,240
Speaker 3: and go. He's pretty stationary. He's not a big movement.

597
00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 3: And then the guy that gives them a lot of looks,

598
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Speaker 3: and I've said this before is Medalist number forty four.

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00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 3: He is a highbrud. He is the nickel. He can

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00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,760
Speaker 3: be a safety and he is sometimes in the box

601
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 3: like a linebacker, so you know, again you kind of

602
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 3: gotta know where he is and expect him to give

603
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 3: you different looks. Now, Joe will have a good feel

604
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 3: for that because he's been around. They will bring five

605
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:09,680
Speaker 3: a lot. They like to bring Grennard and Van Ginkel

606
00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:13,280
Speaker 3: off the edge a lot, so they load the front

607
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 3: on first down. They bring those two guys. They will

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00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,520
Speaker 3: bring Harrison Smith up and go. In other words, they're

609
00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 3: gonna try to load it or blitz it off the

610
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:26,440
Speaker 3: edge with Harrison Smith to disrupt you on first down.

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00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 3: That's what they're really trying to do. Then when they

612
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Speaker 3: get you long yardage, now the adventure starts. This is

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00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 3: where they're gonna walk up seven guys all the time.

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00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,600
Speaker 3: They're gonna be walking around up in there right on

615
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 3: your face. Sometimes you know they're gonna bring six, sometimes five,

616
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 3: sometimes four. You know it's a bluffer blitz package. And

617
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 3: this is where you gotta be really really sharp, and

618
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:54,800
Speaker 3: your quarterback's got to be really really sharp because that's

619
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Speaker 3: the kind of stuff. Now. I think what Flores has

620
00:33:57,960 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 3: done is he's done a really good job, but it's

621
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Speaker 3: catching up with them of masking what I think is

622
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 3: now a poor back end. I mean Murphy at one

623
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 3: corner and Gilmore is finally to the point where he's struggling,

624
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,120
Speaker 3: and finally that point in his career after a great

625
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:15,279
Speaker 3: career where he's struggling. I mean, you can and what

626
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,479
Speaker 3: teams have done to him in the last two weeks.

627
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 3: Here's what teams have done. Instead of trying to run

628
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 3: a bunch of offense, they've just done a couple They've

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00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 3: done about three or four things. Well, one is run

630
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,800
Speaker 3: to the edge, run away from all that loaded stuff

631
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Speaker 3: inside all that blitzes, seal it, get off tackle with

632
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 3: the edge. Two weeks ago, Detroit I think had like

633
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,880
Speaker 3: a fifty yard or boom right off tackle. It's split.

634
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:42,759
Speaker 3: Guys are all out of position, gone quick screens. Stafford

635
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:45,680
Speaker 3: killed them with quick screens last week because they got

636
00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 3: all that seven guys bunched in there. And even if

637
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,480
Speaker 3: they bluff out, they got a long way to go.

638
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:55,760
Speaker 3: Max protection and go after the corners. Go right by Murphy.

639
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 3: And what you want to do now with Gilmore is

640
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:00,520
Speaker 3: double moves. You want to give him the slant and

641
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:04,320
Speaker 3: go the pivoting, go out and up because what Gilmour

642
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,160
Speaker 3: now has become He's always a smart player, but he's

643
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 3: now more of a guesser because he doesn't have that

644
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,879
Speaker 3: speed and I don't think he can catch up if

645
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 3: you get him to get you and go. And the

646
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:17,760
Speaker 3: best guy for that is Downs, who're just eating people alive.

647
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,560
Speaker 3: You've got to get Downs out there on them. And

648
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 3: so I mean it's to me, it's Edge runs, quick screens,

649
00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 3: max protection and go after the corners. And then they

650
00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 3: play that palm so you can get up on the safeties.

651
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:35,600
Speaker 3: You know, both their safeties bying them and Smith are

652
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 3: really tough players, but they're kind of old school safeties.

653
00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 3: If you can get against that cover four and you

654
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,960
Speaker 3: can get a Downs or even a Pittman inside on them,

655
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:47,799
Speaker 3: they'll have they'll have a hard time covering it in

656
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:51,239
Speaker 3: that regard. So you know what I see is number one.

657
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:54,440
Speaker 3: It kind of goes what I just said in terms

658
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:58,880
Speaker 3: of offensive blueprint for victory is first of all, established

659
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 3: that off tackle and edge, don't bang it inside too

660
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:04,759
Speaker 3: much because they're going to be loaded. But they've been

661
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 3: gashed off tackle. And then if you can force them

662
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:13,279
Speaker 3: into nickel with eleven personnel, you can force them into nickel,

663
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 3: you know, and we've got a couple of good blockers

664
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,320
Speaker 3: and Pierce and and Pittman. In terms of running the ball,

665
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 3: all of a sudden, they really reduce how much defense

666
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,479
Speaker 3: they give you once they go into nickel. You don't

667
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 3: see nearly as much of that in terms of splintering

668
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 3: down their fronts. And because they do all that garbage

669
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,399
Speaker 3: and they come from all over. If you break one,

670
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 3: their angles aren't very good because guys are coming from

671
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 3: all over, and so they'll miss tackles and that's where

672
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,320
Speaker 3: the big plays will come. Now you got to protect

673
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 3: the edges and the blitz again Van Ginko off one

674
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:53,040
Speaker 3: side and Granted off the other side. That's ten sacks combined.

675
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 3: Those guys are good rushers. We really struggle with Hunter

676
00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,479
Speaker 3: and Anderson last week, particularly Hunter Bernie had a tough

677
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,080
Speaker 3: game on her and so we got to make sure

678
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 3: that a game is there and those guys don't beat us,

679
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:07,520
Speaker 3: and then don't let them blitz beat us because it's coming.

680
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:10,399
Speaker 3: And we have done a terrible job in the last

681
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:16,400
Speaker 3: two weeks. Actually, AR five erased several free blitzes in

682
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 3: the last two weeks, and we're not going to have that,

683
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 3: but I do think Joe will see it and release it.

684
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 3: He beats the Blitz a different way. I think you

685
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 3: got to work deep on their corners. You got to

686
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,000
Speaker 3: use maximum protection. I don't think you need a lot

687
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,800
Speaker 3: of sophistication. You can go right after him. They struggle

688
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 3: in that cover four in that regard, and so you know,

689
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 3: I think boom, I think you can get after him.

690
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:43,440
Speaker 3: I mentioned it before, Get after Murphy and you know,

691
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:46,760
Speaker 3: get after Gilmore. Get after Gilmore. Now he's lost the step.

692
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,839
Speaker 3: He's not the same player. But if you just run

693
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,840
Speaker 3: simple routes, one thing about him, he's going to be

694
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,399
Speaker 3: smart and then he's going to play him. Now here's

695
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:58,239
Speaker 3: why I think you can kill him. Okay, all right,

696
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:01,359
Speaker 3: and it takes protection, but you have got to work.

697
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 3: And this is where having Joe is a much greater

698
00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 3: advantage because this is something a R five just doesn't

699
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 3: do and can't do yet. Is you gotta work the

700
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 3: inside of the field, all right, You got to because

701
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:17,399
Speaker 3: you want to anyway. But there's a reason against this team,

702
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:21,080
Speaker 3: even a stronger reason. Number one, when they're bringing five,

703
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:24,879
Speaker 3: they're playing three underneath, or when they're play four cover

704
00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 3: four they're playing three underneath, or when they give you

705
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,200
Speaker 3: seven and they drop different guys out, they're coming from

706
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:36,760
Speaker 3: different angles, so at times they're short in their short

707
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:40,320
Speaker 3: coverage or they've got a Clidesdale dropping into the hook

708
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 3: who doesn't know how to cover. So in that regard,

709
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:46,279
Speaker 3: and I think their safeties can be over you know,

710
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:49,400
Speaker 3: they can be mismatched. Inside, I think you can just

711
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 3: kill this team inside. Got to block the edges. But

712
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 3: I think you can work the inside of the field

713
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,000
Speaker 3: better than any team I've seen all year. And then

714
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:02,280
Speaker 3: I think you got to be patient and get explosive plays.

715
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,719
Speaker 3: And by that I mean when we when I was

716
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:06,799
Speaker 3: at Cleveland way back when, and we were we were

717
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 3: playing against the dick Lebou Steelers. Now Mike Steelers have

718
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:14,080
Speaker 3: watered down compared to them, but they were Blitzburg back then,

719
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 3: much like this team. They just remind me exactly of

720
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:21,360
Speaker 3: this team. And we used to emphasize to our offense, Okay,

721
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:25,920
Speaker 3: be patient, be patient, don't let a bad play bother you,

722
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 3: because their system will create a bad play, but you'll

723
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:32,600
Speaker 3: get it back with a big play. This is then

724
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:34,000
Speaker 3: I'm going to talk about it. If this will be

725
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,759
Speaker 3: more I think a battle of big plays, then it

726
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:43,719
Speaker 3: will be necessarily consistent play. So I think the offensive blueprint, uh,

727
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:47,280
Speaker 3: you know, for for the offense is you know again

728
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,520
Speaker 3: as as I said, it would be patient, you know,

729
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 3: get the you know, get the explosive plays, running pass

730
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:56,319
Speaker 3: and I guess the best way I can put that

731
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 3: is what we have to emphasize to the team this

732
00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 3: this week is win the war. You might lose a

733
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:04,399
Speaker 3: battle here or there, but win the war.

734
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Speaker 2: Those are your weekly blueprints this time for the Colts

735
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:11,279
Speaker 2: to beat the Minnesota Vikings and bounce back big time

736
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 2: after a tough loss last Sunday inside the division to

737
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,160
Speaker 2: the Houston Texans. And as we close out, Rick, we're

738
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,400
Speaker 2: gonna set you up for your final instructions here for

739
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,440
Speaker 2: the Colts. And this is a huge opportunity for this

740
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:25,840
Speaker 2: team because most people around the country now they're counting

741
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:29,239
Speaker 2: out the Colts. People are saying, hey, you're switching quarterbacks,

742
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:31,680
Speaker 2: you're bailing on the plan. It's gonna be tough for

743
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,120
Speaker 2: you to win the AFC South. And but this is

744
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 2: a big test for this team in terms of their resilience,

745
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,920
Speaker 2: how they overcome some adversity. People are talking about them

746
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,719
Speaker 2: in a negative way around the country. And I just

747
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:45,440
Speaker 2: think this game is gonna test the Colts togetherness, and

748
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:49,080
Speaker 2: the football world's gonna be watching. It's a national stage,

749
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 2: Sunday Night football. Everybody's gonna be interested to see what

750
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:54,520
Speaker 2: the Colts look like going into the second half of

751
00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 2: the season. You know, I think the team can either

752
00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 2: fold it up or band together. And in that regard, Rick,

753
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:02,360
Speaker 2: I'm excited to see how it goes coming up on

754
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 2: Sunday night.

755
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 3: No, that's exactly right. And I would say this if

756
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,320
Speaker 3: somebody had given me a hypothetical and they said, Okay,

757
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:12,040
Speaker 3: you have seventeen games and you can start Placo in

758
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:14,200
Speaker 3: one of them, which wasn't what it would be. It

759
00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 3: would be Minnesota, Okay, just because stylistically of what you

760
00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:21,879
Speaker 3: because I think that's an advantage, not a disadvantage. All right.

761
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:25,000
Speaker 3: In the end, this is going to be a long battle,

762
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:27,480
Speaker 3: and as I said all day, it's going to be

763
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 3: highs and lows. This one's going to be about big

764
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 3: plays on both sides, hard play, and patient's going to

765
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:38,400
Speaker 3: be important boom or bust nature of the vikings. You know,

766
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 3: this one's going to be about not necessarily win in

767
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:44,680
Speaker 3: every battle, but winning the war. This will be a

768
00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:48,279
Speaker 3: marathon in Minneapolis, and the team that has prepared and

769
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,480
Speaker 3: performs for sixty minutes is going to be the winner.

770
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 3: The Vikes had the mini buy, but they're still coming

771
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:58,800
Speaker 3: off two straight losses and that creates doubt. And they've

772
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:03,400
Speaker 3: been exposed, particularly defensively in many ways in the last

773
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:07,560
Speaker 3: two weeks. Take away their two offensive players Jefferson and Jones,

774
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 3: protect the passer and get big plays on their defense.

775
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:16,799
Speaker 3: You must be tough mentally tough in a difficult and

776
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:21,400
Speaker 3: you know this hostile environment. In my career, the very

777
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:23,960
Speaker 3: best thing that can happen to a team that endures

778
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:27,280
Speaker 3: a bitter loss is to come back with a prime

779
00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:32,200
Speaker 3: time versus a very highly visible team. All right, man,

780
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:35,759
Speaker 3: what does prime time mean to you as a man?

781
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 3: It means you have the national stage to make a statement.

782
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:46,360
Speaker 3: It means you can be the NFL story of the moment.

783
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:49,840
Speaker 3: It means that all of your peers in the league

784
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:53,239
Speaker 3: will be evaluating who you are as a warrior, and

785
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:58,520
Speaker 3: most importantly, every person dear to you, your family, your

786
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:03,760
Speaker 3: mentors along the way, literally everyone who has meant something

787
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:09,880
Speaker 3: to you will be watching. One guy you and you alone.

788
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:13,400
Speaker 3: They will be your co pilot. They will be living

789
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:17,560
Speaker 3: and dying on every play with you. Do not let

790
00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 3: them down.

791
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:21,279
Speaker 2: There you go the final instructions for the colts man.

792
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,839
Speaker 2: If you don't get fired up after that, that's a

793
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 2: direct message and a good edict from Rick vent Urry

794
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 2: going into Sunday night football. My friend, Now, you've not

795
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,759
Speaker 2: been to the new Viking Stadium, have you?

796
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 3: No? I was there.

797
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,359
Speaker 2: Were you there for the preseason game?

798
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:41,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, the preseason game. I missed the twenty two game. Basically,

799
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:44,799
Speaker 3: that was my COVID game. I that after we went

800
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:45,320
Speaker 3: to Dallas.

801
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:47,440
Speaker 2: Well, well lucky you huh.

802
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:52,399
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I watched that second half with Jerry right

803
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:54,640
Speaker 3: here on the couch. Yeah. I kept saying, no, we

804
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 3: can't lose this, we can't.

805
00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:57,520
Speaker 2: Lose It's crazy.

806
00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:00,279
Speaker 3: I always remember that, you know. Yeah, I was for

807
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:02,920
Speaker 3: that preseason game there whenever we did it. Yeah, I

808
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:04,719
Speaker 3: went back and we did it back then from the

809
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:05,280
Speaker 3: end zone.

810
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:07,920
Speaker 2: Is it absolutely? Yeah? Well we'll be in the end

811
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,759
Speaker 2: zone coming up on Sunday and get ready for that

812
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:13,960
Speaker 2: Viking horn, the Yaller horn or whatever whatever they call

813
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 2: that bad boy, because it's like ten feet away from

814
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:18,440
Speaker 2: the radio booth. So it's going to be loud and

815
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:20,120
Speaker 2: it's going to be in your ear, so just get

816
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:20,719
Speaker 2: ready for it.

817
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:23,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, you know that was, you know, back in

818
00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 3: the day, because it just came up with Jimmy Orsa

819
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:29,320
Speaker 3: and the other day about piping in noise and stuff.

820
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 3: But the original no, the original team that piped in noise,

821
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:37,839
Speaker 3: and it was impossible back then in the old metro

822
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:41,560
Speaker 3: don't it was impossible. It was the Minnesota Viking.

823
00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:43,760
Speaker 2: Oh man, you just opened up a can of worms

824
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:47,719
Speaker 2: right there. We can that's a whole separate podcast, I think.

825
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:51,040
Speaker 2: But we're gonna have to squash that conversation right here

826
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:51,600
Speaker 2: and right now.

827
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:54,160
Speaker 3: But no, well we'll squash it and someday we'll talk

828
00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:58,440
Speaker 3: about my experience in New Orleans. I won't. I will

829
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:00,120
Speaker 3: not squash that one.

830
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 2: You got a front row seed to that, for sure.

831
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 3: You can.

832
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:05,400
Speaker 2: You can attest to the validity I should say down there,

833
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:09,839
Speaker 2: but I can't. No, But it is a great home

834
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:12,480
Speaker 2: field advantage for the Vikings. The fans are great. It

835
00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:15,880
Speaker 2: does get very loud in there, and again, hopefully this

836
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,360
Speaker 2: is a better outcome for the Colts who lost last

837
00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:21,759
Speaker 2: time in twenty twenty two thirty nine to thirty six

838
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 2: in overtime to the Vikings, suffering that the biggest blown

839
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:30,000
Speaker 2: lead in NFL history at that particular game. Rick, as

840
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 2: always appreciate your time, outstanding job on the blueprints, have

841
00:45:33,239 --> 00:45:35,319
Speaker 2: a great rest of the week, and we'll see on

842
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:37,520
Speaker 2: the plane to the Land of the Lakes coming up

843
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:38,160
Speaker 2: on Saturday.

844
00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:40,200
Speaker 3: Okay, man, let's go all right.

845
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 2: Rick Venturry right there. That'll do it for this edition

846
00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:47,000
Speaker 2: of Inside Football breaking down Colts and Vikings. We're gonna

847
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:49,720
Speaker 2: do it again next week with our full complete breakdown

848
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:52,640
Speaker 2: of the Buffalo Bills who come calling the Lucas Oil Stadium.

849
00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:55,640
Speaker 2: That's in week ten. But until then, as always, be

850
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:57,759
Speaker 2: sure to listen to everything we've got for you here

851
00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:00,600
Speaker 2: breaking down Colts and Vikings on the Colts Audio Network,

852
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:03,359
Speaker 2: and then on Sunday, we've got you all night long.

853
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:05,480
Speaker 2: This time on radio. We get you started with the

854
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Speaker 2: Colts pregame Huddle starting at five thirty Eastern time. That's

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Speaker 2: on our flagship stations in Indie ninety three, five one

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Speaker 2: oh seven five the Fan ninety seven to one heyk FM,

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Speaker 2: and of course along the Ascension Saint Vincent Radio Network

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Speaker 2: all over Colts Country, and then we're going all the

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Speaker 2: way until two thirty in the morning with the local

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Speaker 2: pregame show or the local postgame show, i should say,

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Speaker 2: following the Colts in primetime on Sunday Night. Again for

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Speaker 2: Rick Venturre, I'm Matt Taylor. Thanks for listening to this

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Speaker 2: edition of Insight Football. We'll talk to you next week

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Speaker 2: right here on the Colts Audio Network. So long,