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Speaker 2: Thank you, 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: That's why day money, Chris.

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

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Speaker 1: coach Rick Venturie.

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Speaker 2: Hey, thanks for coming back for another week another installment

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Speaker 2: of Inside Football with Rick Venturry. I'm Matt Taylor, but

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Speaker 2: you came for Rick, and we're talking Colts football today,

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Speaker 2: putting week six in the rearview mirror and getting ready

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Speaker 2: for week seven and those confounding Cleveland Browns who come

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Speaker 2: to town coming up on Sunday. Rick, thanks for the time

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Speaker 2: again today per usual.

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Speaker 1: Man.

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Speaker 2: How you doing a few days after that trip down

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm, you know, I'm doing pretty well, you know

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Speaker 3: by now, as you know, and you're that way and

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Speaker 3: I'm that way. You know. We spit out the thing

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Speaker 3: on Sunday, and you know it's full metal jacket here

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Speaker 3: with the Cleveland Browns, one of my many alumni teams here.

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Speaker 3: So I've got two back to back and we just

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Speaker 3: But you know, it's just whenever you play somebody that

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Speaker 2: There, you go, give us a dust off, the resume

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I was there for two seasons, ninety four

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Speaker 3: ninety five. When I went there in ninety four, of course,

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Speaker 3: We went eleven and five. We won our first wildcard

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Speaker 3: ninety four is probably the greatest coaching year in my life.

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Speaker 3: We worked so hard. I mean, think about it. Think

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Speaker 3: Cleveland Browns coming in. Now. We had a historic staff,

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Speaker 2: Well, there's a lot of connections here between these two

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Speaker 2: Because some news came out on Tuesday, Rick, the Colts

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Speaker 2: That's exactly right. I was going to talk about that

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Speaker 2: and put your old coaching hat back on. How do

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Speaker 3: Well, the most important thing as a coach right now,

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Speaker 3: both whether it's Gus Bradley, you know, making up for

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Speaker 3: when Jacksonville played the Bear in Game one, they had

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Speaker 3: He now has to adjust the offense to where three

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Speaker 3: They're gonna do what jackson does. That's what our league does.

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Speaker 3: He's not scheme dependent like Pittman. You know, he's not

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Speaker 3: I really think the two of the things. One is

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Speaker 3: somehow to get some explosive plays.

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Speaker 2: It's good that the Colts have had those explosive plays

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Speaker 2: the last couple of games, but in between that, you know,

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Speaker 2: obviously the running game last week just wasn't there. Between

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Speaker 2: the perplexing Cleveland Browns. What do you think, Rick, I mean,

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Speaker 2: Yep. Well, they come into the game three and two,

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Speaker 3: two guys, I think you have to be concerned with

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Speaker 3: who are really their top role players and you kind

431
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Speaker 3: of defined it. Elijah Moore is you know, he's really

432
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Speaker 3: a he's really a small ball in hand guy. He's

433
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Speaker 3: a gadget guy. He's a real tight slot. He'll remind

434
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Speaker 3: you a little bit of our downs. You know, he

435
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Speaker 3: got great speed four three, five, I mean he'll run

436
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Speaker 3: a speed sweep and get on the edge. And then

437
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Speaker 3: the guy that I have a lot of respect for

438
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Speaker 3: is in Joko. He has you know, he played, you

439
00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:58,600
Speaker 3: know with that burn. If you've ever seen that thing,

440
00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,160
Speaker 3: that's amazing. He plays with that h And what he

441
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:06,760
Speaker 3: is is he's a big target, big outlet. And where

442
00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,760
Speaker 3: he has a big role is when they get into

443
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 3: that third and money down that third and four to seven.

444
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:17,320
Speaker 3: You know, in Djoku is the guy they'd really really

445
00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,040
Speaker 3: like to And again you got to play, you know,

446
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:25,919
Speaker 3: obviously with Watson, but also Walker is kind of a

447
00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,679
Speaker 3: poor man's Watson in that they're really good play at

448
00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:33,439
Speaker 3: playground players. So your edge defense, which wasn't good in

449
00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,919
Speaker 3: the first half last week, it got good later but

450
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,840
Speaker 3: after the fact. And you have to have great rush

451
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Speaker 3: lanes because I've seen Watson take it up inside and

452
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,800
Speaker 3: we know that Walker forever, whatever limitations he has, plays

453
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Speaker 3: good on the playground. I mean, we've seen him in

454
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Speaker 3: fourth quarter of preseason games just run for his life

455
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Speaker 3: and make plays. So you know, you do have to

456
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Speaker 3: be ready for playground ball. I would say our blueprint

457
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Speaker 3: for victory, okay on our defense is number one, and

458
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,240
Speaker 3: it starts. We have to positively take away the running game.

459
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Speaker 3: This is their lifeline. I mean you you have to

460
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 3: choke their running game. You have to close their bubbles,

461
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,720
Speaker 3: set the edge on Watson's boots and Moore's gadgets. That's

462
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Speaker 3: where the edge beats you. You know, it was anti Anne,

463
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Speaker 3: you know in the first half, it was it was

464
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Speaker 3: Lawrence in the first half. Same stuff. You can't let

465
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Speaker 3: Watson get out there and operate, and you can't let

466
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Speaker 3: more get around you on the gadgets. Ford and Hunt

467
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,960
Speaker 3: are bang it guys. They're going to slash up in

468
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Speaker 3: there on the zone game. You know, they're going to

469
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Speaker 3: run some schemes. They're kind of interchangeable from that deal.

470
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Speaker 3: They'll run a lot of zones, but they have some

471
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Speaker 3: you know, they have some change ups with power g's

472
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Speaker 3: and things like that. Now, if you really look at

473
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Speaker 3: them closely, and Buttonio was out last week, they're good

474
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Speaker 3: guard and but it didn't seem to affect them. They

475
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Speaker 3: put Doune in there and it didn't seem to change

476
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Speaker 3: their game plan. And they really like Matt. They really

477
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 3: like to run behind. They love to run behind Willis.

478
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,800
Speaker 3: I mean, they really like the pond behind Willis. The

479
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:13,600
Speaker 3: Indianapolis kids, Jones Is at right tackle, but they really

480
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Speaker 3: like to pound and then when they like to run

481
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Speaker 3: their sweeps. Willis is really a good athlete. They like

482
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Speaker 3: to crack and pull him on the edge. So a

483
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Speaker 3: lot of left handed running with them. Okay, week number two,

484
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Speaker 3: we have to have a stop a plan for Cooper. Okay,

485
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Speaker 3: Cooper as at sixteen to seven per which tells you

486
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Speaker 3: that he's making big plays now, he's dynamic and they're

487
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Speaker 3: going to scheme him. What they want is they want

488
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Speaker 3: to give a strong set, and this is what's happened

489
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Speaker 3: continually against our team. They want to get in like

490
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Speaker 3: a three by one or a strong set one way,

491
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Speaker 3: and they want to work Cooper back to the weak side.

492
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Speaker 3: You know, he beat the heck out of the niner corner,

493
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Speaker 3: made a big play later in the game. He made

494
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Speaker 3: a great fifty to fifty catch on the sidelines. He

495
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Speaker 3: is the big play guy and we cannot don't let

496
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Speaker 3: him become another guy that we don't have a plan

497
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Speaker 3: for that comes in in shredders because he is the guy.

498
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Speaker 3: The other guys have roles, but he is the guy.

499
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Speaker 3: So you have to stop Cooper, all right, number three

500
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Speaker 3: Situationally know and be ready for more twenty one catches

501
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 3: and Djoku nineteen catches. You know, how do they play?

502
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Speaker 3: Where do they get it? As you said it, you

503
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:31,360
Speaker 3: defined it early. You know more is really a lot

504
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,080
Speaker 3: of gadget stuff. He may be in a backfield, he

505
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,919
Speaker 3: may run a speed. He also is effective in the

506
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Speaker 3: slot on third down, very much like downs and then

507
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Speaker 3: I defined it in Djoku for you. He is a big,

508
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,439
Speaker 3: tough target when they're in three wives he's that fourth option,

509
00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,200
Speaker 3: but he really comes into play on third down. You

510
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Speaker 3: got to make sure that you have a man and

511
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Speaker 3: a half to in Djoko in that situation. Again, I

512
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Speaker 3: talk about this every week the NFL and calling defenses

513
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,119
Speaker 3: is not line up and play in your defense. It

514
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,200
Speaker 3: is a chess match by down in distance and third

515
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,160
Speaker 3: and three, third and eight, third and five are all

516
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 3: different situations. Number four, we have to have a real

517
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Speaker 3: discipline plan for Watson. You know, the numbers are what

518
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:19,359
Speaker 3: they are, great numbers. Sixteen thousand plus sixty seven lifetime

519
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:23,719
Speaker 3: completion one fifteen to forty three race show. He's got

520
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,639
Speaker 3: a lifetime one oh one passer rating with nineteen rushing touchdowns.

521
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Speaker 3: He is for real. Forget the rest of it. When

522
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,840
Speaker 3: he's between the numbers, he is for real. You gotta

523
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,399
Speaker 3: set the edge on him. You got to set the

524
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Speaker 3: edge both for the boot game and for the designer

525
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,959
Speaker 3: runs which come in the red zone and the in

526
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Speaker 3: critical situations discipline rush lanes inside because he's very much

527
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Speaker 3: like I said last week with Lawrence and what the

528
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,440
Speaker 3: hell did Lawrence do? First time out of the box,

529
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Speaker 3: second and long watches for nine right up the middle,

530
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Speaker 3: and I think you can really blitz this team. I

531
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Speaker 3: think that their offensive line is really average. I don't

532
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:05,160
Speaker 3: think their backs do a good job of picking up blitzes,

533
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:09,160
Speaker 3: both mentally and physically. So I mean, I just think

534
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:10,880
Speaker 3: you've got to do a really good job. I think

535
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:14,159
Speaker 3: we need tight coverage because he is really accurate for

536
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,600
Speaker 3: a guy that's a great athlete. He's not. When I

537
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,280
Speaker 3: say playground, I just mean he can really play and

538
00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,920
Speaker 3: loose play. But he is a very very accurate thrower.

539
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,560
Speaker 3: If it's walker, keep him in the playground. He can

540
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,040
Speaker 3: run around and make plays. You know, he believe it

541
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Speaker 3: or not. He's five and three as a starter, you know,

542
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,560
Speaker 3: but if you get him behind an account, just contain

543
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,040
Speaker 3: him and compress him. He has an accuracy problem fifty

544
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Speaker 3: six lifetime and we've seen that. And he has a

545
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:45,280
Speaker 3: vision issue because you know he's undersize, So make him

546
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Speaker 3: throw out of the well. And the one thing about

547
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,080
Speaker 3: him and the whole team you made a great point

548
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,400
Speaker 3: of this, and this is critical, is they will turn

549
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Speaker 3: it over. He started off with two interceptions, and their

550
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,840
Speaker 3: defense kept him in the game, or really they would

551
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 3: have been out of it, you know. And again number five,

552
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 3: get this offensive line in long yarded situations, even with

553
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 3: mobile quarterbacks. Match they're twenty ninth in sacks. Rush them

554
00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,880
Speaker 3: into the ground, blitz them. Come on, you know, bring

555
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,600
Speaker 3: the heat on this team, Gus. This is this is

556
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,320
Speaker 3: a team that doesn't pick it up. You know, you

557
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,360
Speaker 3: can get after their offensive line much better pass block,

558
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,960
Speaker 3: run block than pass rooc cut off these quarterbacks legs.

559
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 3: It'll come down again to Colts defensive line dominance.

560
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Speaker 2: All right, Rick Ventry, right there, that is the blueprint

561
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Speaker 2: here on inside football. Taking a look at the Browns

562
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:37,360
Speaker 2: on offense, let's switch over to the defense. Definitely the

563
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,360
Speaker 2: stronger of the two sides of the ball so far

564
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,880
Speaker 2: here for the Brownies, Rick Cleveland, they've been quite simply

565
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 2: unbelievable this year. On defense, Gotta buy coordinator Jim Schwartz,

566
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Speaker 2: who you know very well. Schwartz has been either a

567
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Speaker 2: defensive coordinator or a head coach for twenty one years

568
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 2: in the NFL, and that unit last week held the

569
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Speaker 2: vaunted forty nine ers offense to just seventeen points and

570
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,680
Speaker 2: two hundred and fifteen yards, which was the lowest output

571
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Speaker 2: from San Francisco in their offense in one hundred and

572
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Speaker 2: four regular season games under head coach Kyle Shanahan. Simply

573
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:15,440
Speaker 2: unbelievable job they did last Sunday. The Browns defense they

574
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:19,680
Speaker 2: leave the NFL in nearly every major category, including points

575
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 2: at just fifteen a game, total defense, passing yards, first

576
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 2: downs allowed, and third down conversion rate. Their defense rick.

577
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,840
Speaker 2: They've allowed just barely over one thousand yards on the season,

578
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Speaker 2: which is the third fewest by any NFL team in

579
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Speaker 2: the first five games since nineteen seventy. Only the Baltimore

580
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:44,200
Speaker 2: Colts in nineteen seventy one the Vikings in nineteen seventy

581
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Speaker 2: rank higher than these twenty twenty three Cleveland Browns. They're

582
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:50,680
Speaker 2: giving up less than two hundred yards per game. They've

583
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 2: allowed just fifteen third down conversions all year, They've allowed

584
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Speaker 2: only nine red zone drives all season, and honestly, rick,

585
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:00,680
Speaker 2: their point total would be a lot better if their

586
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 2: offense didn't turn it over so much, because nearly half

587
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 2: of their point total LOUD has come off of offensive turnovers.

588
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,160
Speaker 2: The only thing they don't do well is take the

589
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 2: football away. They only have four takeaways, which makes their

590
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 2: defensive numbers to me even more impressive. The stars on defense,

591
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,360
Speaker 2: you know, a Miles Garrett he's the club's all time

592
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 2: leader in sacks with eighty. They've got Denzel Ward at cornerback. Rick,

593
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Speaker 2: I'm just gonna let you take it from there. Why

594
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:30,160
Speaker 2: are the Cleveland Browns so good on defense through five

595
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:30,720
Speaker 2: games here?

596
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Speaker 3: Well you start. We'll start with Jimmy Schwartz, who's kind

597
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 3: of a protegeam. Mind you, he was you know, he

598
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 3: got his start as you know, as really he was

599
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 3: a personnel intern back in ninety four with that staff

600
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 3: you asked me about the very beginning. But was really

601
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:49,400
Speaker 3: always bright, always wanted to learn. No matter what job

602
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 3: you ask him to do, he did it to the max.

603
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 3: So yet it was no surprise he was going to

604
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,800
Speaker 3: go on be a great coach. You know, he left

605
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:58,880
Speaker 3: Belichick and then he went to the Ravens and then

606
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 3: he got a great experience at Tennessee with Jeff Fisher,

607
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,640
Speaker 3: you know, got the lion's job, and then you know

608
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 3: it's back in business. You know, he just gets them

609
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,720
Speaker 3: to play. I mean, they will come after you. They

610
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 3: you know, you talk about the dog Pound. These guys

611
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 3: will hunt. They're aggressive. They're not super complex, I'll tell

612
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 3: you that, which is a good thing. But they I'll

613
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 3: give you three things that I see in them. They're

614
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Speaker 3: physical as all get out, they're aggressive as all get out,

615
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 3: and they're smothering and I'll get into that. You know,

616
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,040
Speaker 3: they basically are what we call the over nine team.

617
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:37,200
Speaker 3: Jim's that's his been his signature, which means they kind

618
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Speaker 3: of they kind of play a one in a three

619
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Speaker 3: and then they like to play their ends wide in

620
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 3: those nines, which you know, I think you can run

621
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 3: in there, but you know sometimes, but it also makes

622
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:53,800
Speaker 3: those guys really good edge rushers. Uh, they have good players.

623
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Speaker 3: They have top players on every level. You know, Garrett

624
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:04,080
Speaker 3: eighty sacks, fourteen strips, Zadarius Smith on the other side,

625
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 3: fifty four and a half sacks, young kid Oka Ronquo.

626
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 3: I mean, they have three guys up front that can

627
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 3: get after and so you know on third down they

628
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:18,640
Speaker 3: give you a lot of issues in the second level.

629
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Speaker 3: Alwosue Caramoa is a playmaker. Walker is the director at

630
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Speaker 3: middle linebacker. But I'm gonna call him Okay. Okay is

631
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:35,200
Speaker 3: the playmaker. He's kind of their version of Franklin. I mean,

632
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 3: he can do it all. He's a top player. And

633
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 3: then their secondary is really good and this is where

634
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 3: they get smothering. Okay, Delpit is just a star in waiting.

635
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,200
Speaker 3: You know, he's six two and a half two thirteen

636
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 3: free safety or strong safety at four point thirty and

637
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 3: he runs a four to three nine. Delpit is the

638
00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 3: guy they use in the box and they play those

639
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 3: wide nines, but he plays in a stack there and

640
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:06,760
Speaker 3: he's like another linebacker. So you know when they get

641
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:09,400
Speaker 3: in Nickel, they got him on one side, you know,

642
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 3: and they got the ex Colt mcleoud at Nickel, and

643
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,440
Speaker 3: I mean, you know, with those two linebackers Walker and

644
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:19,759
Speaker 3: Okay inside, I mean even though you think you've got

645
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,799
Speaker 3: gaps in there, they are attacking you. I mean they

646
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:26,080
Speaker 3: are attacking you and tackling and get after it. So

647
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 3: you know that's going to be a real challenge. Thornhill

648
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 3: at the free safety is a sideline the sideline guy.

649
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,319
Speaker 3: Terrific range and they play mostly single high, but he

650
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:40,240
Speaker 3: can play the difference in their single high. Is Ward

651
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,440
Speaker 3: can play not just the middle, he can stretch the middle.

652
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:45,879
Speaker 3: I've seen him break all the way to the sidelines

653
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,600
Speaker 3: on a fade route, So you know, really talented. And

654
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:52,440
Speaker 3: then I think what really makes Jim go right now

655
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 3: is their three corners. Ward is a lottery pick and

656
00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 3: you know would be in the argument for best corner

657
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:03,359
Speaker 3: in the league. Newsom was a mid round number one

658
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 3: and he plays opposite Ward. Ward plays the left side.

659
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:12,040
Speaker 3: Newsom plays the right side, and Newsom will go in

660
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,719
Speaker 3: and play Nickel on passing downs. If it's a rundown,

661
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 3: our boy McLeod will be in there. But if it's

662
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,680
Speaker 3: a pass down, Newsom will come in. And then their

663
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:24,440
Speaker 3: third corner, who is the third round draft pick, is Emerson,

664
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:27,760
Speaker 3: who also had a great pick last week. I would say,

665
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,399
Speaker 3: and from what I've seen, I've looked at a lot

666
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:33,040
Speaker 3: of tape this week, I don't think anybody has a

667
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:37,040
Speaker 3: better threesome in the game. And because of that, this

668
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 3: is where they smother you. They will play combination, zone,

669
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:44,680
Speaker 3: strong and tighte man week. Last week when it was

670
00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 3: on the line, they just got up and pressed. You

671
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 3: know that fourth quarter when they had to stop, and

672
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 3: they just got impressed every single down. I mean, and

673
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,440
Speaker 3: that's why I say again that they're calling cardiss is

674
00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:00,919
Speaker 3: not complexity, it's physical, it's aggressive. All right, Let's talk

675
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 3: about the Colt's blueprint offensively for this victory. Okay, number one.

676
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 3: We talk about this a lot, but we have to

677
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 3: find different ways to do it. This week, we have

678
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 3: to win first down and we have to stay ahead

679
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:18,160
Speaker 3: of the chains. We got to keep Garrett on his heels.

680
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:20,799
Speaker 3: I think you have to be able to run the

681
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:25,440
Speaker 3: ball between the tackles and the ends at the nine technique. Okay,

682
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 3: And it's still an over defense, and we've been fairly successful.

683
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:33,319
Speaker 3: I mean, we tore Tennessees over apart. And again we

684
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 3: can pound into that week side, into that bubble outside

685
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,520
Speaker 3: of Tomlinson and we can run that zone or run

686
00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:42,480
Speaker 3: that sea block that pull with Kelly. But I think

687
00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 3: we also this week have to run a lot of

688
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 3: power and this where we get another tight end in

689
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 3: the game. You know, maybe use the tight end in

690
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:53,319
Speaker 3: the backfield like we did either grants in you know,

691
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 3: or ogletree and run some powers and run them right

692
00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,200
Speaker 3: at run them right at Garrett and frustrate him. Know,

693
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 3: power down, pull around, get through there, you know, if

694
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,480
Speaker 3: they want to play that overall day, I think we

695
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 3: have to keep them on us. But we have to

696
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 3: do that. I wouldn't mind some tight end shifts where

697
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,399
Speaker 3: we go back to the open side and just widen that. Now,

698
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:17,200
Speaker 3: one thing we got to know, we got to we

699
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:20,240
Speaker 3: had to have tight splits because we have to crack.

700
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 3: We've got to make sure that we get delp It

701
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 3: blocked on one edge and we got to get McCloud

702
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,799
Speaker 3: blocked on the other. I also have seen good you know,

703
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:33,359
Speaker 3: outside runs, gadgets to the open side, reverses on the

704
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 3: open side, tosses on the open side. They're a little

705
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:40,279
Speaker 3: bit vulnerable because they play so much man, which they're

706
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:43,279
Speaker 3: going to play against us, and sometimes with a lot

707
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,399
Speaker 3: of man demand versus those bunches, you can get good

708
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 3: crackback angles and go and then you know, I think

709
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,359
Speaker 3: obviously on first down we've got to use the quick

710
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:56,320
Speaker 3: RPO game and the screens to downs and the slip

711
00:37:56,360 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 3: screen to Taylor and those those I consider extensions of

712
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 3: the run. All right, Number two, we got to attack

713
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,080
Speaker 3: the second level and when we're gonna take our shots

714
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:09,160
Speaker 3: on first down, we want to get three wives in there,

715
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 3: and we want to work on Emerson. The reason I

716
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 3: say three wives is we want their three corners in

717
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:18,840
Speaker 3: the game. I don't want just Newsom in Ward in

718
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:22,560
Speaker 3: the game. If I go three wives, okay, then Emerson

719
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:24,359
Speaker 3: is going to be on the right side, and even

720
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 3: though I have a lot of respect for him, I'm

721
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,400
Speaker 3: going after him. The Niners went after him, they got

722
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,560
Speaker 3: him a couple times. I think you want to go

723
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:34,920
Speaker 3: after him much more than you want to go after

724
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:38,920
Speaker 3: Ward or Newsom. All right, number two, because of that

725
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 3: heavy front and the way they screamed to the ball.

726
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,200
Speaker 3: I'm gonna get pierced out at X, Pittman at Z,

727
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,319
Speaker 3: which is the reverse of how they play, all right

728
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:51,920
Speaker 3: or whoever. I want my fastest guy at X, and

729
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,759
Speaker 3: then even if it's mckenzy, and then I'm going to

730
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,040
Speaker 3: put downs in the slot. And what I want to

731
00:38:57,080 --> 00:39:00,160
Speaker 3: do is run a post to the weak side. I

732
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,239
Speaker 3: want to run. I want to run downs on the

733
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,319
Speaker 3: over route with play action, and it's going to be there. Now.

734
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 3: What Jim will try to do, He'll try to take

735
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 3: his free safety that single high and come down and

736
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,400
Speaker 3: take the over route and then race to the post

737
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:16,759
Speaker 3: with the corner. But that's hard to do, and I

738
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:20,320
Speaker 3: think we've got a chance for explosive plays right there.

739
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:23,279
Speaker 3: Number three got to have a plan for Garrett. I

740
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 3: would never I would never not chip or double him

741
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 3: on protection do not let him ruin the game. This

742
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,759
Speaker 3: would be a coaching violation from for all times if

743
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 3: you do it. He is going to be primarily on

744
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:41,279
Speaker 3: our left side. Now against the Niners, they moved him

745
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 3: a little bit over to the right sum and they

746
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 3: actually stood him up in the middle sum. But he

747
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:50,439
Speaker 3: primarily makes a living on our left side. So it's

748
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 3: going to be Ryman. But if you say it's just Ryman,

749
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:57,760
Speaker 3: you know, I think that's suicidal. He has great speed

750
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,279
Speaker 3: to power off the edge, and what he showed me

751
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:04,439
Speaker 3: two weeks ago is a violent, violent counter to spin,

752
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:07,799
Speaker 3: a spin counter, you know, like Frenie used to do.

753
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:10,919
Speaker 3: Just a tough, tough you know, and he's got He

754
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 3: also has that strippability. As I said, I don't have

755
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 3: to verify it. It's eighty sacks and fourteen strips, So

756
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 3: you know that's the guy you got to stop. And

757
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 3: then I think you can attack their scheme passing. Okay,

758
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 3: they play a lot when they're not in pure man.

759
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,640
Speaker 3: They play a lot of strong side zone in week

760
00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:31,440
Speaker 3: side man. So I want to work schemes on the

761
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 3: weak side because this is going to be Man back

762
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 3: there no matter what. Okay, I want to work the

763
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,200
Speaker 3: weak side, and I want to work one on one

764
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:41,360
Speaker 3: and two on two back there, and I you know,

765
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,400
Speaker 3: I want to work on that. If again three wives

766
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 3: will get me Emerson, I'll work there. And then I

767
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 3: also want to work Taylor out of the backfield rub routes.

768
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:51,560
Speaker 3: In other words, come in and crack, let him run

769
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:56,120
Speaker 3: the wheel. Also, I would occasionally slip downs back there

770
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:59,080
Speaker 3: as a halfback and go for the shot with him,

771
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 3: because you're going to get almost one on one exclusively

772
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:05,360
Speaker 3: on the backside, So you want a good two on

773
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 3: two game plan. If you do throw the ball strong,

774
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:11,280
Speaker 3: you want to throw layers. You want to go corner

775
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 3: flat or an out to z in a corner behind them.

776
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 3: And then again I think this is critical, and I

777
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:20,400
Speaker 3: said this earlier. The only way we're going to create

778
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:24,319
Speaker 3: separation with our group of receivers they're not premier, they're

779
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:27,319
Speaker 3: not close to premiere, okay, is we have got to

780
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 3: borrow from the rams. We've got to get in more stacks,

781
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:35,320
Speaker 3: bunches and motion to create separation. We have to schematically

782
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 3: create free access to our guys to get them there

783
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:42,080
Speaker 3: quicker so minch you can deliver the ball. And then

784
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 3: finally Okay, I think two big, big picture areas versus

785
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:50,840
Speaker 3: the Browns defense. Okay, you know one, you got to

786
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 3: win the turnover battle. You said it. The Browns are

787
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,480
Speaker 3: minus eight in the turnover ratios. So at the end

788
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:58,719
Speaker 3: of the day, and this was why we really gave

789
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:01,160
Speaker 3: the game up Sunday. We have to win that. Okay,

790
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:04,440
Speaker 3: we're at we're zero, we're neutral, but they're a minus eight.

791
00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:06,760
Speaker 3: We have to win in the red zone and believe

792
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:09,359
Speaker 3: it or not, as good as their defense is, the

793
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,480
Speaker 3: one area they struggle is in the red zone. I

794
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:14,279
Speaker 3: think they're like twenty six. It's phenomenally but I mean

795
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:16,719
Speaker 3: that's where you got to get them. We have to

796
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 3: score seven in the red zone.

797
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,040
Speaker 2: It's gonna be a great challenge for the Colts. There's

798
00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:24,440
Speaker 2: no doubt about that. The Cleveland defense is pretty unreal

799
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:27,240
Speaker 2: so far. That's a great breakdown right there from Rick Venturrey.

800
00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 2: And we'll see if the Colts can create those chunk

801
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 2: plays like they did last Sunday against the Jaguars and

802
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:35,319
Speaker 2: kind of rebound out for that tough loss and to

803
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:37,360
Speaker 2: close out here. Rick, I mean, we know about the

804
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:40,719
Speaker 2: ramifications of that game last week, and despite all of

805
00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:42,920
Speaker 2: that the Colts. You know, they still have got eleven

806
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:44,960
Speaker 2: games to go. There's still two and a half months

807
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,719
Speaker 2: left of this season. So the Colts have to come

808
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,399
Speaker 2: into this game. They've got a flush last week. As

809
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:54,400
Speaker 2: you said, get ready for a very physical battle, maybe

810
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:56,799
Speaker 2: one of the more tougher physical battles of the year.

811
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:00,200
Speaker 2: And the Colts have to match Cleveland's intensity, just like

812
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:02,439
Speaker 2: they did a couple of weeks ago, when they match

813
00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:05,720
Speaker 2: the Titans intensity. If they don't do that, the Browns

814
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:07,759
Speaker 2: have the ability to make this a long day at

815
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:09,680
Speaker 2: the office for the Colts coming up on Sunday.

816
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:12,840
Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, that's a good capsule right there. I

817
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,520
Speaker 3: mean in the end, you know, obviously you have to

818
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,360
Speaker 3: spit out Sunday's disappointment. Hopefully we've done that by the

819
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:21,359
Speaker 3: time we're talking here tonight. And I think this way

820
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 3: I'm gonna market this to my players because I believe it.

821
00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:26,960
Speaker 3: This is going to be the physical battle of the

822
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 3: year because of who you're playing, and we have to

823
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 3: match it, and we have to exceed their defensive intensity.

824
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,120
Speaker 3: You can just see it. You can feel it on

825
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:38,640
Speaker 3: the tape, all right. They're going to be sky high

826
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,880
Speaker 3: early after a thrilling win in the dog Pound, but

827
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:44,400
Speaker 3: I think they'll look down on you a little bit

828
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 3: after beating the Niners. One thing about Cleveland, they'll all

829
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 3: of a sudden get really high and they'll believe they're

830
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,560
Speaker 3: better than they are. Okay, Number one, you've got to

831
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 3: have plans for Watson, Cooper, Garrett and their aggressive d

832
00:43:58,239 --> 00:44:01,239
Speaker 3: This is winnable, but it is going to take our

833
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:05,879
Speaker 3: very best effort from every player for a full sixty one.

834
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 3: Thing we had to learn last week is you can't

835
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 3: go anywhere. You can't stay home and not have your

836
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:15,520
Speaker 3: A game weekly in this league, there's no way you

837
00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:18,320
Speaker 3: beat anybody with your B game. I have no question

838
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,160
Speaker 3: about this. This will be, as they say in Cleveland,

839
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:24,960
Speaker 3: a dog fight of the year. Okay, you have to

840
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 3: play great defense, great defense and find a way to

841
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:31,960
Speaker 3: get twenty four points. And I know that's not easy,

842
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:34,919
Speaker 3: but you have to be thinking that way all right.

843
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:39,600
Speaker 3: This game again is going to come down to two things.

844
00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:44,080
Speaker 3: Which team wins the red zone battle both ways and

845
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:47,680
Speaker 3: which team will win and finish in the fourth quarter.

846
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:51,560
Speaker 3: Those two issues are what's going to determine it when

847
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:53,560
Speaker 3: it really comes down to And you know what, I

848
00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:57,719
Speaker 3: like about those two elements. I always say, motivationally, those

849
00:44:57,760 --> 00:45:02,040
Speaker 3: two elements really come down to one element. Those are

850
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:07,399
Speaker 3: one by men who possess great will well over their

851
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:11,439
Speaker 3: skill level. And so there's only one question, yep, how

852
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:12,279
Speaker 3: bad do you want it?

853
00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 2: There you go. We are definitely gonna find out the

854
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:18,879
Speaker 2: answer to that question this weekend. Rick Ventury right there,

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Speaker 2: that'll do it on this installment of Inside Football with

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Speaker 2: the full breakdown of the Cleveland Brownies who come calling

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Speaker 2: the Lucas Oil Stadium for the first time since twenty seventeen.

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Speaker 2: It's another Alma Monor team for Rick Venturrey. Great job

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Speaker 2: as always, Rick really enjoyed it per usual. Man, have

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Speaker 2: a great rest of your week and we'll see up

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Speaker 2: bright and early coming up on Sunday at Lucas Oil.

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Speaker 3: All right, see you at the Ballyard man.

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Speaker 2: Indeed, Rick Venturrey right there, Thank you for joining us

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Speaker 2: here again today. I'm Matt Taylor, and that'll do it

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Speaker 2: for this week's chapter of Inside Football. For more on

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Speaker 2: this game all week long, of course, keep it locked

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Speaker 2: here on the Colts Audio Network and we will talk

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Speaker 2: to you next Wednesday breaking down Colts and Sinks in

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Speaker 2: week eight. Another Alma Mater game coming up for Rick

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Speaker 2: vent Turrey. It's like Alma monter Row going back to

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Speaker 2: high school for r V, which is always really really

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Speaker 2: fun and exciting. Man, have a great rest of your

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Speaker 2: week out there. Thank you for listening to Inside Football

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Speaker 2: with Rick vent Turrey here on the Colts Audio Network.