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

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Speaker 3: Three, Jet Spielberg, I'm wonder far right, nast big fly, Turbot,

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

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturie. It's getting late in the season and the Colts.

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Speaker 1: They have not won a game on American soil since

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Speaker 1: before Halloween, believe it or not. And there's two games left,

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Speaker 1: and the Colts have lost five in a row, six

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Speaker 1: of their last seven, and their playoff odds are so

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Speaker 1: small right now you need a magnifying glass to bring

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Speaker 1: them into picture. But they're still hope with two games

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Speaker 1: to play, and the Colts get back inside Divisional play

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Speaker 1: this weekend against the smoking hot Jacksonville Jaguars. Hi everybody,

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Speaker 1: and welcome inside the Inside Football post here on the

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Speaker 1: Colts podcast channel. Happy holidays to you, and this is

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Speaker 1: our weekly comprehensive conversation with former Colts coach and radio

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Speaker 1: analyst Rick Venturi on the current state of things for

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Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts and always look ahead at the upcoming opponent.

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Speaker 1: And Rick Linz is nearly thirty years of coaching experience

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Speaker 1: in the NFL with us every week and we take

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Speaker 1: full advantage of that here on the podcast. Rick, welcome

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Speaker 1: back this week and tell us quickly about your holiday

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Speaker 1: plans over the next couple of days. What does it

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Speaker 1: look like with the Venturi family all in town later

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Speaker 1: this week for the Christmas celebration.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm just looking for that quality family. Maren came

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Speaker 3: in over the weekend from San Francisco, Jason and his crew.

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Speaker 3: They just lived down about eight minutes down the road

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Speaker 3: Mern you know, so far removed from us. It's not

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Speaker 3: often that we really all get together. So yeah, you know,

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Speaker 3: really just really really looking forward to it. Miss Series

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Speaker 1: And rightfully so rightfully so well, I hope you guys

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Speaker 1: have yep, hope the family is all together. Like you said,

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Speaker 1: you guys, stay safe. It's peaceful, it's relaxing, filled with

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Speaker 1: warmth and gratitude and can't wait to see you back

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Speaker 1: in the booth coming up on Sunday at Lucas Soil Stadium.

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Speaker 1: So before we go all in on the Jaguars and

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Speaker 1: the blueprints for the Colts to avoid the season sweep

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Speaker 1: of the Jags, let's recap quickly what happened on Monday

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Speaker 1: night for the Colts to forty nine. Ers come in

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Speaker 1: and they beat the Colts forty eight to twenty seven

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Speaker 1: national stage. Brock Purty throws for two ninety five. Christian

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Speaker 1: McCaffrey runs for over one hundred. The Colts give up

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Speaker 1: a whopping forty eight points, their highest point total this season,

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Speaker 1: their highest point total since twenty twenty two. Philip Rivers, though,

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Speaker 1: looks pretty sharp. He throws for two seventy seven, did

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Speaker 1: throw the pick six late the game, But you know,

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Speaker 1: the Colts putting up twenty seven points. They found some

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Speaker 1: more rhythm in big plays within the passing game, primarily

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Speaker 1: to Alec Pierce, who discovered the end zone twice for

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Speaker 1: bad for the Colts. More positive, certainly, on the offensive

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Speaker 1: side of the ledger than the defense. But Rick, big

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Speaker 1: picture wise, how disappointing was that performance considering you know,

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Speaker 1: the Colts playoff hopes were pretty much on the line,

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Speaker 1: and they took another substantial blow on Monday night against

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's really really disappointing, and you know, the slide continues.

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Speaker 3: You know, we had Lucas Oil crowd. I thought we

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Speaker 3: You know, he led the offense. I thought we showed

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Speaker 3: And I think the worst part about it is we

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Speaker 3: They did they you know, they did a really good job.

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Speaker 3: one of my most disappointing things because you hear me

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Speaker 3: every defensive coordinator in the elite can draw up a defense

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Speaker 3: in a concept, but what's really important is your game,

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Speaker 3: I always feel like it's you gotta take away at

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Speaker 3: stats don't really matter. And we'll get into Jacksonville. I

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Speaker 3: don't think their season stats matter. But in our case,

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Speaker 3: what we've seen is a decline. I think Seattle was

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Speaker 3: You know, we're down to twenty sixth on third down,

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Speaker 3: those are the critical aspect. And to me, there's three.

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Speaker 3: that are just killing us. Number One, we're not getting

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Speaker 3: we're playing a Swiss cheese. We don't resemble even schematically,

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Speaker 3: Grand Park. And I understand the two corners are out,

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Speaker 3: think when I'm disappointed in going back to my original

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Speaker 3: premise is we haven't had a specific plan for weeks

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Speaker 3: it just really, like I said, it cost me totally

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Speaker 3: You know, he's really a highlight that kids really excelled

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Speaker 3: really gave San Francisco early season, early early game momentum.

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Speaker 1: From behind after that the whole.

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Speaker 3: Game, you know, And I think I think one of

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Speaker 3: really humming in the first half of the season, and

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Speaker 3: we can get into this. You know, we were attacking

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Speaker 3: I remember Josh McDaniels was the OC at Saint Louis

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Speaker 3: always said to me, Rick, I just want to establish

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Speaker 3: the lead because that makes so much difference. It makes

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Speaker 3: a difference to your defense. Yeah, it makes a difference

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Speaker 3: to your running game, you know, Jonathan only had sixteen carries,

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Speaker 3: not establishing the lead has killed this.

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Speaker 1: As well, no question about that. Playing from behind after

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Speaker 3: No, you're exactly right, Matt mentioned it. They're coming off

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Speaker 3: outside inside he'll be standing up like a linebacker. And

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Speaker 3: that's what I call the delta.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 3: One thing about this team now, They're not going to

432
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Speaker 3: concede yardage again. They're gonna stick and they're going and

433
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Speaker 3: they're gonna play us tough. I think they you know

434
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Speaker 3: they will. They will play Rivers tough. They will force

435
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Speaker 3: him uh to push the ball. You know, very good

436
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Speaker 3: game one. You know, they had the two picks, the

437
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Speaker 3: fourth fumble, we missed a fourth down, they stopped us

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Speaker 3: on fourth down the safety, and I think in a

439
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Speaker 3: way that distorted the game. I don't think there was

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Speaker 3: that much real separation as the score indicated. I think

441
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Speaker 3: they got those four plays that changed the whole thing.

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Speaker 3: They did give up a big return two weeks ago

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Speaker 3: against the Jets, so you know that's kind of the

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Speaker 3: overall look.

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Speaker 1: At, no question about it. Good stuff right there, Rick

446
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Speaker 1: Venturi on the blueprints. Now as we transition to the

447
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Speaker 1: game plans. That's the setup on the big picture. But

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Speaker 1: let's talk about how the Colts can win on both

449
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Speaker 1: sides of the ball in this game. Let's start first,

450
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Speaker 1: when the Jaguars have the ball. This Colts defense is

451
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Speaker 1: in for a big challenge, all right. During this six

452
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Speaker 1: game heater for Jacksonville, they rank in the following area

453
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Speaker 1: sixth and passing first, and passing touchdowns, their eighth and yards,

454
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Speaker 1: first in total touchdowns with twenty five, and their second

455
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Speaker 1: at points per game at thirty four, and they've outscored

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Speaker 1: their opposition by one hundred and thirteen points in the

457
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Speaker 1: last month and a half and a couple of weeks ago.

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Speaker 1: You know, when we set this Jaguars team up for

459
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Speaker 1: the first time, we wondered how they were getting it done,

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Speaker 1: despite wherever Lawrence is up and down season up until

461
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Speaker 1: that point, but his stock has taken off like a

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Speaker 1: rocket in the last month. Rick ventury, this guy is

463
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Speaker 1: on fire. He has produced two hundred and twenty five

464
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Speaker 1: plus passing yards, two plus passing touchdowns, and one hundred

465
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Speaker 1: or better passer rating and zero turnovers in each of

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Speaker 1: his last four games. That's the longest streaking franchise history,

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Speaker 1: and it's also tied for the longest streak in the

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Speaker 1: NFL this year. And since the bye week, Lawrence has

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Speaker 1: got to the Jaguars to a seven to one record,

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Speaker 1: and he's thrown seventeen touchdowns, which are the most in

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Speaker 1: the AFC in that span, and he's over eighteen hundred

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Speaker 1: yards passing also in that stretch, the second most in

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Speaker 1: the NFL in that time. So you know, most people

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Speaker 1: remember the Jaguars cast of characters around Lawrence in this offense.

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Speaker 1: Like we said, we played these guys just a couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks ago, but you got to focus on Travis

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Speaker 1: etn receivers Brian Thomas Junior, Jacoby Myers, and Parker Washington

478
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Speaker 1: is back in the fold and they also have tied

479
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Speaker 1: in Brenton Strange but ETM. He's now posted a career

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Speaker 1: high thirteen scrimmage touchdowns on the year. He's looking to

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Speaker 1: score a touchdown in his fourth consecutive game on Sunday

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Speaker 1: against the Colts. Thomas is tied with Alan Robinson for

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Speaker 1: the most catches by a Jaguars player in their first

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Speaker 1: two seasons, and he's also aiming for his fourth straight

485
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Speaker 1: game of substance of eighty five receiving yards against the

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Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts dating back to last year. And I said

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Speaker 1: Washington back in the fold. He didn't play in the

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Speaker 1: first meeting against the Colts due to a hip injury,

489
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Speaker 1: but he's back and he's a major weapon for him

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Speaker 1: on offense. Last week against the Broncos, he had his

491
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Speaker 1: best game of his career six catches, for a buck

492
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Speaker 1: forty five and a touchdown. Ninety of his one hundred

493
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Speaker 1: and forty five yards last week came on yards after

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Speaker 1: the catch and then for Jacoby Myers. He leads the

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Speaker 1: team in receiving yards and receptions and receiving first down

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Speaker 1: since he joined the team of the trade deadline. Looks

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Speaker 1: like he has really found a nice home in a

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Speaker 1: pairing with Trevor Lawrence at quarterback. So Rick, give us

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Speaker 1: kind of the new skinny on this Jaguars offense that

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Speaker 1: looks like it's again on fire, unbeatable. They are not

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Speaker 1: to be taken lightly after what they've done the last

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks and what they did to the Colts

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Speaker 1: the first time out in Jacksonville, especially in that first

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Speaker 1: half when they put up twenty eight points on the

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Speaker 1: Colts in the first two quarters of that game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're exactly right.

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Speaker 3: They just exploded here in the second half of the

508
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:36,000
Speaker 3: season for obvious reasons. At the end, we've known him forever.

509
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Speaker 3: He is a true ambient player running and receiving. It

510
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Speaker 3: kind of starts there, and then the other factor is

511
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Speaker 3: Lawrence has played exactly up to the expectations that people

512
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Speaker 3: thought that he was going to be a generational guy.

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Speaker 3: The addition, which I said before putting this receiver package together,

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Speaker 3: this is what's amazing to me. They went from what

515
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Speaker 3: I thought was a very marginal receiver corps, you know,

516
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Speaker 3: particularly they lost their top draft pick early in the season.

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Speaker 3: This is a this is a really good receiver corpse.

518
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Speaker 3: So you know, you really, you really have your hands full.

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Speaker 3: As you said, I think our.

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Speaker 2: Blueprint is this.

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Speaker 3: I think number one, you gotta take away at the end.

522
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Speaker 3: That's all they need.

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Speaker 2: If they can move the ball.

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Speaker 3: Then Lawrence is a deadly play action and bootleg guy.

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Speaker 3: I mean he is really good on the edge and

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Speaker 3: if you're not stopping the run, then that really opens

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Speaker 3: that up. You got to stop him. He's a nine gapper.

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Speaker 3: He can cut it back or he can bounce it

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Speaker 3: to the outside at the end.

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Speaker 2: Is a home run.

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Speaker 3: Hitter, There's no doubt about it. He's right at a

532
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Speaker 3: thousand already with thirty three catches. You want to keep

533
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Speaker 3: him out of space. You don't want to let him

534
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Speaker 3: catch a check down or screen and get him out

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Speaker 3: there in space. Stop him, make the others win. You

536
00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:04,520
Speaker 3: got to play their receivers tough. And I can't say

537
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 3: there's one that you have to play right now. I

538
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 3: think you have to play him smart individually. I think

539
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Speaker 3: number one, you want to stay on top of Thomas.

540
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:16,360
Speaker 3: Thomas is their deep guy, and that's what he's really become.

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Speaker 3: That role is more there than ever and they really

542
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Speaker 3: like him in that two position, in that slot. If

543
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 3: you remember, he made that great catch on the outside

544
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Speaker 3: against US and then made a big play down the

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Speaker 3: field from the two spot. So I say number one,

546
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Speaker 3: stay on top of Thomas. I think just the opposite

547
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Speaker 3: on Myers. You want to press Myers. Myers is not

548
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Speaker 3: a real fast guy. You want to distort him, make

549
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Speaker 3: him take longer to get into the route. And then

550
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Speaker 3: the biggest thing with Washington is wrap him up.

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Speaker 2: Man.

552
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Speaker 3: He was running the ball like a running back. So

553
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Speaker 3: I mean, there is no one guy you have to

554
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 3: play there, but you got to play them all pretty well.

555
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Speaker 3: And then Patrick hurt us in the first game with

556
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Speaker 3: the touchdown and that big third and fifteen where he

557
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:06,080
Speaker 3: ran by us. Strange a very complimentary guy at tight end,

558
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:11,000
Speaker 3: really a security blanket. If he's running around, he'll find Strange.

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Speaker 3: All right, we got to disrupt Lawrence. We gotta make

560
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,280
Speaker 3: we got to validate that he's high and low, and

561
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 3: we got to bring the low out in him. There's

562
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 3: no doubt about it. I mean, he's playing absolutely great.

563
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Speaker 3: I think Number one, and I've always said this about Lawrence.

564
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,479
Speaker 3: You got to take away his legs first. Don't let

565
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Speaker 3: him make ad you know, particularly those ad lib plays.

566
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Speaker 3: They get so many. If you remember early in that

567
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,719
Speaker 3: game he made that scramble to the left, made that

568
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Speaker 3: great throat to Washington coming across. You know, he's got

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Speaker 3: over fifteen hundred yards rushing in his career. Give him

570
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Speaker 3: constant pressure. I think concealment after the snap is really important.

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Speaker 3: He's really talented. And what I've noticed, Liam's got him

572
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 3: playing much more steady, and he's really looking that over

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Speaker 3: and make checks. He looks much better before the snap,

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Speaker 3: but make him prove it after the snap, you know,

575
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Speaker 3: move your safeties around. Move I've never thought that he

576
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Speaker 3: was a great processor because he's always been such a

577
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Speaker 3: great athlete. So make sure that you do that. From

578
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Speaker 3: that standpoint, make sure again he can be Mahomes or

579
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Speaker 3: he could be Wins. It's up to him, it's up

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Speaker 3: to us. We have to force the ladder. Number four.

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Speaker 3: I think their center is week I think the right

582
00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 3: side of their offensive line has a lot of trouble

583
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Speaker 3: with movement. But always hold the edge those three man

584
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 3: games inside. But everything you do on this team, it

585
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 3: doesn't mean that you slow down, but you have to

586
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 3: have tremendous discipline. Because of how good he is on

587
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Speaker 3: his feet. Now, they still they give up a lot

588
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:59,040
Speaker 3: of sacks, their number twentieth despite him being an athlete.

589
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 3: So that intelligence, they got some struggles. Got to win

590
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Speaker 3: the turnover battle. This is where they're very good plus

591
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,280
Speaker 3: twelve in that turnover ratio. We have to have ball

592
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Speaker 3: security and we got to take it away. They will

593
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 3: he hasn't shown up that much this year, but Lawrence

594
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 3: will give it away with picks and fumbles, and we

595
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 3: must get those turnovers. Now, they have really struggled in

596
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Speaker 3: the fourth quarter. They've struggled on third down, and so

597
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 3: it's really important that we get in there and finish

598
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Speaker 3: this game. Finish, finish, finish, and score points to win.

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Speaker 1: All right, Rick Finerry right there, this is inside football,

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Speaker 1: and we're talking about how the Colts can be successful

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Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball. In Week seventeen against

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Speaker 1: the Jaguars as the Colts are looking to snap Jacksonville's

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Speaker 1: six game winning streak and snap the Colts five game

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Speaker 1: losing skids. So let's turn our focus now to the

605
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Speaker 1: Jaguars on defense, concentrate on when the Colts have the ball.

606
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Speaker 1: The Jaguars defense last week allowed four hundred and forty

607
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Speaker 1: five yards to the Broncos, but they played great in

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Speaker 1: situational football and caused their usual takeaways. So last week

609
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Speaker 1: was the Jaguars ninth game this season with at least

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Speaker 1: two takeaways, which are tied for the most such games

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. This year, they rank second in total

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Speaker 1: takeaways with twenty eight, and their defense is just sticky

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Speaker 1: all around. They've got ninety five passive defense on the year,

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Speaker 1: that's the most in the NFL, and in fact, their

615
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Speaker 1: next pass breakup will establish a new single season franchise record.

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Speaker 1: Collectively on defense, and that side of the ball has

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Speaker 1: held its opponents to a passer rating of eighty one

618
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Speaker 1: point three, that's the sixth lowest mark in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: This year. They rank first in the NFL and run defense,

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Speaker 1: allowing just eighty seven rushing yards per game, and as

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Speaker 1: was the case a couple of weeks ago. The main

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Speaker 1: cogs on the Jaguars defense reside up front. In that

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Speaker 1: front seven edge rushers Josh heinz Allen, tray Von Walker,

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Speaker 1: and linebackers Foyer Luiken and Devin Lloyd. Heines Allen established

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00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,760
Speaker 1: himself as the club's all time leader in sacks earlier

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Speaker 1: this year, and he's got at least a sack in

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Speaker 1: four straight games against the Colts. In fact, eleven and

628
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Speaker 1: a half sacks all time against Indianapolis. That's the most

629
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Speaker 1: against any opponent for heinz Allen in his career. Walker meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: twenty six and a half career sacks that ranks fourth

631
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Speaker 1: in franchise history within a player's first four seasons. Aluwikin

632
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Speaker 1: went over one thousand career tackles earlier this year, and

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Speaker 1: this season marks his sixth consecutive season with over one

634
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Speaker 1: hundred tackles. And Lloyd picked off Daniel Jones in the

635
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,719
Speaker 1: first meeting down in Jacksonville, and he's just an absolute

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Speaker 1: takeaway machine. He has posted six of the team's twenty

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Speaker 1: eight takeaways, as I mentioned, and he's got five picks,

638
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Speaker 1: which are also the second most in the NFL this season.

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Speaker 1: So Rick. For my money, this is one of the

640
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 1: best and most physical front sevens in the NFL. And

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00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:06,560
Speaker 1: the last time they played the Colts, they held Jonathan

642
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 1: Taylor and checked just seventy four yards on the ground,

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00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:13,120
Speaker 1: well under four yards per carry at EverBank Stadium. So

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Speaker 1: where are you now with this Jaguars defense late in

645
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Speaker 1: the season going up against the Colts.

646
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Speaker 3: Yeah, they're really talented. They're really well designed. Campanilly does

647
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:26,719
Speaker 3: a good job coming over from Green Bay. A lot

648
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 3: of similarities in scheme. They like to pressure you, but

649
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 3: they still execute to me if they have an achilles heel.

650
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:36,919
Speaker 2: The one thing they don't do.

651
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 3: Is they don't protect their corners very much all day long.

652
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 2: You're right.

653
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 3: I mean, basically they're an over in terms of actual

654
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 3: design overtype team, particularly in their nickel package. And then

655
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 3: the bear defense and under defense comes in in base

656
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 3: and the guy that gives him a lot of versatility

657
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 3: is guard Dak number forty seven. He is their third

658
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 3: linebacker when they're in base, creates an edge on the bear.

659
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 3: He's also their delta swing guy, which I call the spinner. Now,

660
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 3: they're very aggressive on first down. They never sit around

661
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 3: and hope there's a lot of fires from the inside.

662
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:19,440
Speaker 3: With those linebackers that you talked about, they'll bring the

663
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Speaker 3: corners in a corner cat and of course with the

664
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Speaker 3: bear there's always those double edged pressures. Now just I

665
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:29,359
Speaker 3: mentioned this and the last time it didn't really come up,

666
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,440
Speaker 3: but it's something now. Now Philip will be familiar with

667
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:35,319
Speaker 3: this because he's old school. Is they run what we

668
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 3: call green dogs, okay, In other words, if they bring

669
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:42,760
Speaker 3: the mic backer and that back steps up to block

670
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 3: him and the will has him, then the will will

671
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 3: add on. Well, that's an old school thing, but a

672
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Speaker 3: quarterback has to be aware of it because when he

673
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 3: thinks he has something blocked, all of a sudden there's

674
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Speaker 3: an extra guy. And then what I've noticed also is

675
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,239
Speaker 3: when you get all that double inside mug that walk up,

676
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:05,239
Speaker 3: sometimes one linebacker will come and the other one will

677
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:08,440
Speaker 3: drop step and turn like he's going in coverage, and

678
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,760
Speaker 3: he'll come late. So you can't be careless if somebody

679
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 3: has him, don't come off him too fast. Those are

680
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 3: little things they do. Again, the nascars are dangerous. I

681
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:22,359
Speaker 3: mentioned the rushers. You mentioned them, and then they'll have

682
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,479
Speaker 3: that gelta, that delta with gard deck in there, They're

683
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 3: gonna be like most teams, a lot of bluff and blitz.

684
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 3: What they like to do against us, Matt is they

685
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 3: like to cover us up up front, but then come

686
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 3: off the edge they like to cover and with an

687
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:41,399
Speaker 3: inexperienced offensive line, you will get a lot of that

688
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:45,479
Speaker 3: red area zero blitz. They will come after you. As

689
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 3: I said, they're never gonna sit back. They are gonna

690
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:53,880
Speaker 3: be aggressive. In terms of the Colts offensive blueprint, you know,

691
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:57,440
Speaker 3: I think number one, we have to pound them and

692
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 3: we got to keep JT in this game. And it's

693
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 3: a challenge because as I said, they're number five in

694
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,840
Speaker 3: rush per at three point nine. I mean they're tough

695
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:12,320
Speaker 3: that way. I think you have to pound that bubble.

696
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 3: And there's times and we can check with me all

697
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 3: day long because Philip's good at it. If they jump

698
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,360
Speaker 3: into beer, you want to jump to the off tackle.

699
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 3: I still think you want to run the edge and

700
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 3: you want to keep heinz Allen and you want to

701
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 3: keep Walker and guardac you by running at them, you

702
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:34,000
Speaker 3: want to keep them off balance on the rush. Now,

703
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 3: on all runs, it doesn't matter if it's inside outside.

704
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,800
Speaker 3: You got to get a Louis Khan and Lloyd block,

705
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:45,319
Speaker 3: they'll ruin your day. Also, their safeties feel fast, just

706
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,239
Speaker 3: like we got a lot last week. You know from

707
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 3: the Niners. Those safeties are filling fast, So you've got

708
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 3: to get those guys blocked on edge stuff. But we

709
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,040
Speaker 3: got to keep JT alive.

710
00:39:57,719 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 2: For four quarters.

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00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,840
Speaker 3: Establishing the lead would help on this. It's gonna be

712
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 3: a challenge. It's gonna take some patience, but we're not

713
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:08,240
Speaker 3: gonna win games without JT being the prime.

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Speaker 2: Prime.

715
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Speaker 3: Stir on it all right. Number two, I really want

716
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:16,200
Speaker 3: us to work on the outside corners, primarily with Pierce.

717
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,720
Speaker 3: They're gonna be undressed all day. We got to continue

718
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,960
Speaker 3: to create big plays with Pierce. You know, basically we

719
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:28,520
Speaker 3: got two touchdowns on posts. Pierce also is a pass interference.

720
00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:31,000
Speaker 3: He's like a magnet. I mean, you quoted to me

721
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Speaker 3: the other day. Since twenty three, he gets a ton

722
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Speaker 3: of pis which.

723
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Speaker 2: Are big plays, and he's.

724
00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:41,200
Speaker 3: Gonna be one on one a lot. You want to

725
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:44,080
Speaker 3: run these four beaters that I always talk about Dino's

726
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 3: and and he hit one Sunday on that double post

727
00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 3: in there for a touchdown with a cut split, no

728
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:55,959
Speaker 3: doubt about that, you know, and those four beaters because

729
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,360
Speaker 3: I think sometimes if you can get a good receiver,

730
00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:02,359
Speaker 3: you know, like a warn or a Pittman on the

731
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:06,439
Speaker 3: inside and run Pierce on a deep out, I call

732
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,319
Speaker 3: that a wolf. And then you take one of those

733
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Speaker 3: two inside guys and run him down on that cover

734
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,920
Speaker 3: four safety, you can beat him. So I mean, I

735
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:18,640
Speaker 3: think those combination of four beaters are really really good.

736
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Speaker 3: And then work, you know, work that Warren and work

737
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:27,800
Speaker 3: and work Pittman inside. In those inside zones, they're gonna

738
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:29,800
Speaker 3: match it tight, so you're gonna.

739
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:30,760
Speaker 2: Have to work to get open.

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00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 3: I think we better have a good man demand plan

741
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 3: or four press whither or up, because I think they

742
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:41,320
Speaker 3: will know us. They will they will not play soft

743
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:44,920
Speaker 3: zone like the forty nine ers. They will, I think,

744
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:46,839
Speaker 3: really challenge our receivers.

745
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 2: Uh. And so it's really important that we have our bunches.

746
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:53,280
Speaker 3: Ready, what I call our vasties, which is a bunch

747
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 3: on one side and nasty split on the other, a

748
00:41:57,080 --> 00:42:00,600
Speaker 3: double stacks, all those type of things. Swim which route,

749
00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:04,040
Speaker 3: pick routes, jerk routes where we can free guys up

750
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 3: and get big plays. Must protect the passer again, don't

751
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 3: believe the sack total. I just I just know Alan

752
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:15,719
Speaker 3: Heinz Allen has killed us. He's killed us over the

753
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:19,359
Speaker 3: years off that edge. And again when you look at

754
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:22,919
Speaker 3: those guys, the nono sacks they have, they can turn

755
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 3: it on. There's no doubt in my mind. And then

756
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 3: don't forget ala Con and Lloyd are really good perimeter blitzers.

757
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,799
Speaker 3: And again they're gonna challenge us. They're gonna they're gonna

758
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 3: challenge a young, now patched up offensive line. Uh, they're

759
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:41,200
Speaker 3: gonna you know, they're gonna challenge our receivers. It's not

760
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:42,640
Speaker 3: gonna be zone pressure.

761
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:43,319
Speaker 2: Uh.

762
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,400
Speaker 3: And so really in this one, protection probably is gonna

763
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:49,600
Speaker 3: determine our season. Again, don't be fooled by that number,

764
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:52,320
Speaker 3: twenty four rank. And then at the end of the day,

765
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 3: this day, really take it away. You chronicle that early.

766
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:59,759
Speaker 3: So I mean, I think ball protection, uh, you know,

767
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:03,200
Speaker 3: you know, protect the ball. Don't let them take it

768
00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:06,760
Speaker 3: away like they did. They got those big players, two picks,

769
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 3: fourth down, stop safety, you know, I mean, you know,

770
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:12,080
Speaker 3: they got those kind of things.

771
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:13,440
Speaker 2: And then where they're not.

772
00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:17,399
Speaker 3: Great is destroy them on third down and destroy them

773
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,200
Speaker 3: in the red zone and scores of points.

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Speaker 1: Rick Vin Terry right there. Those are his blueprints for

775
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:25,840
Speaker 1: success for the Colts on both sides of the football.

776
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:28,799
Speaker 1: The focus that we just wrapped up is with the

777
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:33,239
Speaker 1: Colts on offense trying to negate specifically that front seven

778
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:37,360
Speaker 1: pressure from the Jacksonville Jaguars, Trayvon Walker and Josh heinz

779
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:41,160
Speaker 1: Allen on the edges. So as we close out here, Rick,

780
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:43,359
Speaker 1: I mean, it's due or die time now for the

781
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:47,200
Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts, and like we chronicled earlier, they might be

782
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:50,120
Speaker 1: dead before Sunday's game even kicks off, depending on what

783
00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:54,320
Speaker 1: happens on Saturday between the Texans and Chargers. But let's

784
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:56,360
Speaker 1: talk about what you want to say to the Colts

785
00:43:56,440 --> 00:44:00,759
Speaker 1: before this game, regardless of the playoff scenarios. And if

786
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 1: you're new to the podcast, we always close out with

787
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:07,239
Speaker 1: Rick's final instructions to the Colts. And the reality is this,

788
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:11,000
Speaker 1: I mean, the Colts have had some ugly late season

789
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:14,400
Speaker 1: collapses in recent seasons, and the Colts are looking to

790
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:18,120
Speaker 1: break that trend with two games to play, and the

791
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,760
Speaker 1: Colts are looking to keep you know, twenty twenty five

792
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:25,320
Speaker 1: out of that late season collapse bucket. They were forced

793
00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:28,800
Speaker 1: to throw the twenty twenty one season, the twenty twenty

794
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:32,319
Speaker 1: three season, the twenty twenty four seasons into I mean,

795
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:34,960
Speaker 1: the core of this team has been together for quite

796
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:37,160
Speaker 1: some time, but they don't have much to show for

797
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:41,400
Speaker 1: it in terms of postseason experiences to celebrate rix. So

798
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:44,440
Speaker 1: the last ditch effort for the Colts starts on Sunday

799
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:45,960
Speaker 1: and we'll see what happens. What do you want to

800
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,040
Speaker 1: say to this group with two games to go?

801
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, and the theme has to be all encompassing, a

802
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:55,360
Speaker 3: shot finish the season, you know, and get out of

803
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:59,279
Speaker 3: this and get out of this downturn period. So that's

804
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:02,440
Speaker 3: basically what we're gonna talk. I'm gonna say, men, this

805
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:07,040
Speaker 3: slide musch d. Now you are still alive and you

806
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:08,080
Speaker 3: must fight.

807
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:08,840
Speaker 2: To the death.

808
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:12,960
Speaker 3: There are no more excuses. No one gives a damn.

809
00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:19,920
Speaker 3: It's now or never. This is desperation time. Offensively, you must.

810
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:21,920
Speaker 2: Find a way to get JT going.

811
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:27,080
Speaker 3: Protect the passer, and score points. Defensively, you need to

812
00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:30,880
Speaker 3: pick your ass up and compete like you never have before.

813
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:35,920
Speaker 3: Keep the score down and turn the ball over. The

814
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:42,000
Speaker 3: first Jags game score is distorted with critical turnovers, a

815
00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 3: miss fourth down, you know, got beat on a third

816
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:49,080
Speaker 3: and fifteen got a safety and we lost our quarterback.

817
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:53,880
Speaker 3: This Sunday starts out even and the team that performs

818
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:59,200
Speaker 3: the best this Sunday will prevail. This is a challenge

819
00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:03,879
Speaker 3: to the entire franchise. You are at a significant crossroad

820
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 3: with this roller coaster season.

821
00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:08,439
Speaker 2: You can either shrink.

822
00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:12,320
Speaker 3: Away and phone it in again, or you can rise

823
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:16,719
Speaker 3: to the occasion and battle to the death. You have

824
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:21,880
Speaker 3: an opportunity to salvage this season with division games and

825
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:27,680
Speaker 3: give yourself a chance. We've talked all season about finishing games.

826
00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:32,919
Speaker 3: Now it's time to finish the season. This will take

827
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 3: every coach and every player being totally ready mentally and

828
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:43,160
Speaker 3: be ready to empty your bucket and make this happen.

829
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:49,240
Speaker 3: We must not accept failure Sunday. We must make it happen.

830
00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:54,280
Speaker 3: This league is not about noble tries. This is about

831
00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:58,799
Speaker 3: being act your best when your best is required. This

832
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:04,120
Speaker 3: Sunday is all about going out on top with pride

833
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:09,040
Speaker 3: and dignity, and most importantly, going out a winner.

834
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Speaker 1: Pride and dignity. Indeed, in the streak man end it

835
00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:16,040
Speaker 1: no matter what's on the line in terms of playoffs.

836
00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:20,839
Speaker 1: When kickoff rolls around on Sunday afternoon at Lucas Oil Stadium, Rick,

837
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:23,520
Speaker 1: Vin Turrey, you killed it as always with the game

838
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:27,239
Speaker 1: plans and the breakdowns of the Jaguars and your final instructions.

839
00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 1: Always enjoy our conversations here on a weekly basis, getting

840
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:34,000
Speaker 1: you ready for the upcoming games and the current status

841
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:37,479
Speaker 1: of things with the Colts unfortunately running a five game

842
00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:41,040
Speaker 1: losing skid, but man, you brought it as always, Rick,

843
00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:43,560
Speaker 1: and once again, have a great holiday coming up. Enjoy

844
00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:46,200
Speaker 1: the family, soak up all the time that you can

845
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:48,719
Speaker 1: put football on the back burner for a little bit,

846
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:51,480
Speaker 1: and we'll see a one final time in the booth

847
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:55,359
Speaker 1: at Lucas Oil Stadium coming up on Sunday, my friend, Thanks.

848
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:57,840
Speaker 3: And same regards to you and your family. Have a

849
00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:01,040
Speaker 3: great holiday and lists just go in there and break

850
00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:02,200
Speaker 3: their hearts on Sunday.

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00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:05,319
Speaker 1: I'm off for it, my friend. All the best, Rick,

852
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:09,200
Speaker 1: Merry Christmas, you too, Matt. All right, Rick, venturry right

853
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:11,440
Speaker 1: there and that's gonna do it for this week in

854
00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:15,080
Speaker 1: our Dive into the Jaguars Part two, as the Colts

855
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:18,040
Speaker 1: are looking to avoid the season sweep of the Jaguars.

856
00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:20,839
Speaker 1: As always, we got you covered all game day long.

857
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:25,000
Speaker 1: On radio on Sunday. Coverage on game Day begins at

858
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Speaker 1: ten am with the Colts pre game huddle. Kickoff slated

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Speaker 1: for one o'clock at Lucas Oil Stadium, the last home

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Speaker 1: game of the season for the Colts. All the coverage

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Speaker 1: can be heard in Indianapolis on ninety three to five

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Speaker 1: one oh seven five the Fan ninety seven to one

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Speaker 1: Hank FM in all over Colts Country on the Ascension

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Speaker 1: Saint Vincent Radio Network, streaming on Colts dot Com, the

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Speaker 1: Colts Mobile app, and also serious x SIM channel eight thirteen.

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Speaker 1: We'll do it again next week as the Colts close

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Speaker 1: out the regular season against the Houston Texans and we'll

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Speaker 1: see where they're at in terms of playoff hopes going

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Speaker 1: into the regular season finale. But until then, thanks for

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Speaker 1: listening again for Rick Venturrey, I'm Matt Taylor. Happy Holidays everybody.

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