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Speaker 1: Welcome into Instant Reaction to Indianapolis Colts podcast, and we

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Speaker 1: are coming to you following a Colts big victory at

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Speaker 1: home over the Titans David Tennessee Titans thirty eight to fourteen.

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Speaker 1: It is now the third straight season the Colts have

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Speaker 1: swept the Titans in the season series bill. It was

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Speaker 1: another big performance by this Colts offense. We'll talk about

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Speaker 1: all of that, but the Colts are now seven to one.

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Speaker 1: They're six to zero inside the AFC. They came in

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Speaker 1: today with the best record overall in the NFL. That

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Speaker 1: rings true yet again as they are the only team

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Speaker 1: with seven wins just one loss, and they are perfect

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Speaker 1: inside the AFC. Boy, how sweet it is eight weeks

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Speaker 1: into the season. Seven to one, and it's again another

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Speaker 1: positive outcome.

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Speaker 2: Yes, another positive outcome. And we've talked about this before

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Speaker 2: about breaking up the season into quarters. Yes, the first quarter,

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Speaker 2: the Colts did a nice job. Three and one. Now

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Speaker 2: quarter four to oh, So, I mean this is what

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Speaker 2: you want. You want to get into the second quarter

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Speaker 2: four to oh. Now, of course we're getting into the

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Speaker 2: November and December. And but they say, is no, you

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Speaker 2: remember what you do in November and December, so that's

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Speaker 2: gonna be big months. But for this game here against

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Speaker 2: the Titans, the Coast did the job they need to do.

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Speaker 2: Going into the game, everyone picked the Coast to win,

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Speaker 2: and you know, their favorite team to win.

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Speaker 3: But the Coaster just took care of business, right.

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Speaker 2: You know, they didn't let it get to the head.

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Speaker 2: They didn't take them for granted that they were gonna win,

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Speaker 2: the stepping on the field that they should win the game.

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Speaker 2: They went out and they earned it. They earned the

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Speaker 2: game today and they played well. So that's what you

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Speaker 2: want to see. And it's good to see that the

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Speaker 2: Coast are taking care of business in the division right

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Speaker 2: they win division games and definitely winning conference games as well.

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Speaker 1: And you know, ultimately, you know how this works. We're

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Speaker 1: plenty weeks into this, so essentially I always break it

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Speaker 1: down into kind of points that we'll talk about. And

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Speaker 1: I do think that this week is a little bit

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Speaker 1: of a different week because I think there was a

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Speaker 1: lot of things we saw defensively that you want to

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Speaker 1: clean up, but there was a lot of good that

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Speaker 1: I thought that we should really highlight today. I know

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Speaker 1: that we can't go very far without talking about the offense,

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Speaker 1: so We're going to spend a lot of time talking offense,

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Speaker 1: but I do want to highlight the defense had a

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Speaker 1: couple of really bright spots I thought, you know, against

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Speaker 1: the Titans. So essentially where I'm going to start is

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Speaker 1: the points. I mean, Bill, this is. I mean, we

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Speaker 1: could talk about historic and where everything is, but it

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Speaker 1: truly is at that level. Now we're eight weeks in.

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Speaker 1: It's no longer just oh, they had a couple good weeks.

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is week in, week out. So I

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Speaker 1: wrote some stuff down. I want to make sure I

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Speaker 1: get it all correct so that I'm not botching any

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Speaker 1: of these numbers. Okay, So they scored thirty eight points today.

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Speaker 1: It's the sixth time this season they've scored over thirty.

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Speaker 1: Fourth straight games scoring over thirty. It's the fourth game

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Speaker 1: they have won by twenty plus points. Okay, and they're

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Speaker 1: two hundred and seventy total points scored, is the third

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Speaker 1: most in franchise history through eight games, and the only

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Speaker 1: teams who have scored more points where the Johnny Unitis

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Speaker 1: led Baltimore Colts in nineteen sixty four and nineteen fifty eight,

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Speaker 1: and both of those teams reached an NFL Championship. So

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Speaker 1: when we talk about this, the scoring output they're doing,

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Speaker 1: we have seen Peyton Manning win Super Bowls. Peyton Manning arguably,

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Speaker 1: you know, one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play

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Speaker 1: the game. But that offense you look up in this

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Speaker 1: they put up points at will. It was you know,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna outscore you, and no big deal. That is

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Speaker 1: the level that this team is scoring on.

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Speaker 3: Bill.

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Speaker 1: I think it is time that we no longer we

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Speaker 1: throw out the all. Well, they've had a lighter schedule.

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Speaker 1: What this team is doing. NFL teams do not do this,

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Speaker 1: and it needs to be It needs to be appreciated

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Speaker 2: Yes, it is by saying that you are under selling

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Speaker 2: it because they are playing at a very high, high

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Speaker 3: So those guys keep.

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Speaker 2: On playing like they are playing. You know, they're gonna

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Speaker 2: how diversified the offenses doing different things out there as

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Speaker 2: the offense doing a nice job. It's just making it

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Speaker 2: and score points. Daniel Jones is taking what the defense

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Speaker 2: gives them. He's not doing anything that's so fantastic or

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Speaker 3: Alec Pearce is a nice deep ball.

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Speaker 2: Alec Pierce does a nice job of going up, putting

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Speaker 2: getting the ball, throwing the ball to tight spots to

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Speaker 2: guy was Pittman was covered and Pittman did a nice

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Speaker 2: things that he needs to do as a quarterback getting

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Speaker 2: the ball to those guys. And then Jonathan Taylor. What

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Speaker 2: can I say about Jonathan Taylor. I mean, he's playing

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Speaker 3: And it's it's good to.

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Speaker 2: See that he's getting involved and making big plays and

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Speaker 2: he's taking advantage of his opportunities and not a lot

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Speaker 2: of opportunities. He didn't have a lot of opportunities to

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Speaker 1: As you mentioned now talking about Jonathan Taylor, I mean,

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Speaker 1: another massive performance. And you talked about the minimal touches.

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Speaker 1: Twelve carries today, that's it. Twelve carries for one hundred

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Speaker 1: I don't know what everybody's calling it, but essentially, you know,

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Speaker 1: for Daniel Jones, the easiest pass completion of the day

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Speaker 1: a touchdown. So three total touchdowns again today for Jonathan Taylor,

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Speaker 1: fourth time this season to do that. And that is

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Speaker 1: now here's another thing. I've writing all these things down

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Speaker 3: Mess him up.

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Speaker 1: It's his third straight game against Tennessee where he has

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Speaker 1: scored three touchdowns. So the last three games against the Titans,

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Speaker 1: football savant. That's pretty darn good. And here's a little

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Speaker 1: another number. He is the fifth player since two thousand

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Speaker 1: times in a season. He joins Ladanian Tomlinson in two

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Speaker 1: things that he has done, I mean it doesn't even

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Speaker 1: The pace this guy is on. But the thing that

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Speaker 1: total offense. Jonathan Taylor, I mean we heard the chance, Yes,

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Speaker 1: the MVP chance. It was really really cool to hear.

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Speaker 1: And I love that Jane Steiken said validated. You want

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Speaker 1: to validate it, look at what this guy's doing. So

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Speaker 1: it has been an incredible tear to start the season

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Speaker 2: It is and to me, his opportunities, he didn't get

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Speaker 2: me about Jonathan Taylor. You know he might get like today,

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Speaker 2: Yes, the eighty yards help right, no doubt about it.

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Speaker 2: But did you see the run he made and how

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Speaker 2: So it's good to see Jonathan Taylor running like that

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Speaker 2: to see that. You know what, he's paying off and

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Speaker 2: he's just playing at a very high, high level. I

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Speaker 2: think he's playing at the highest level that I've seen

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Speaker 2: him play since he's been here for me.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I thought he had a good you.

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Speaker 2: Know, couple of years earlier, but this year he's playing

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Speaker 2: at a different level.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you talk about a guy who on his

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Speaker 1: career already has an eighteen hundred yard season. Yes, And

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Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of people that would be

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Speaker 1: which is rather wild to think about. A couple other

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Speaker 1: little nuggets that came from today you talked about It

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Speaker 1: wasn't just the eighty yard run. That was an incredible run, Yes,

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Speaker 1: but it was four I believe I have this right.

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Speaker 1: Four of his first five carries went for ten yards

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Speaker 1: and it was broken tackle, great lane. I mean, it

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Speaker 1: was it's all of that. He isn't just the home

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Speaker 1: And it was really ironic because on the radio call,

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Speaker 2: Very impressive day out of pit. And to me, the

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Speaker 1: The Colts absolutely. Now moving over the defense, one thing

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Speaker 2: If you're gonna hold pawns to fourteen points and you

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Speaker 3: Yeah, right, you know what that's that's a winning good recipe, right,

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Speaker 2: You to be successful in National Football League. But it's

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Speaker 2: those are some positive players you'd like to see from

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Speaker 2: the defense, and you know what, they're doing their job

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Speaker 2: And hopefully they get some guys back, you know, some

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Speaker 2: back and they'll come back healthy and be ready to go,

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Speaker 2: and then I think you'll see the defense play at

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Speaker 2: another level and those guys come back, and it's good

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Speaker 2: to have those guys back. And now that the guys

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Speaker 2: that are playing now, they're getting some experience, yep, so

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Speaker 2: they can possibly you know, later on, they can contribute

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Speaker 2: as well. So they're doing a nice job now and

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Speaker 2: you hopefully they will continue to do a nice job.

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Speaker 2: And then those guys get back, you'll see a different

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Speaker 2: level of this defense.

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Speaker 1: You bring up that now Jalen Jones, the guy who

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Speaker 1: the Colts have opened up that twenty one dy window

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Speaker 1: and him and I are but you mentioned some of

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Speaker 1: these young guys getting that opportunity. That was Jalen Joe

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Speaker 1: Owns a couple years ago. You know, he's a seventh

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Speaker 1: round pick. You're in a tight pinch. You got to

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Speaker 1: put him out there, and he really blossomed into something

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Speaker 1: that was really really beneficial for this Colts defense. You're

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Speaker 1: hoping that guys like Jonathan Edwards can be that and

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Speaker 1: that's what your hope is, and you talk about getting

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Speaker 1: him back. We'll see what Jalen Jones is as we

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Speaker 1: head into this upcoming week against the Steelers. But you know,

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Speaker 1: it looks like he is progressing in that manner that

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Speaker 1: he's you know, probably back sooner than later for sure.

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Speaker 2: With Jalen exactly, I mean, we don't know exactly when,

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Speaker 2: but hopefully they'll be back, as you said, a swiming later,

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Speaker 2: but hopefully they will be back sometime during this season.

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Speaker 1: So we talk about the defense and one thing, last

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Speaker 1: thing I want to talk about here is fifty seven

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Speaker 1: percent completion is all that cam Ward completed today. Now,

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Speaker 1: he made some chunk plays, there was some decent offense,

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Speaker 1: but I thought the Colts defense has been an area

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Speaker 1: of being allowing opposing quarterbacks to complete a very high

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Speaker 1: percentage that did not happen. Fifty seven percent completion is

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Speaker 1: the best opposing if you will, from a coltste defensive

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Speaker 1: of all of the entire season. So I think the

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Speaker 1: Colts did a really good job of identifying. Hey, we've

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Speaker 1: seen cam Ward once. We know what he can do.

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Speaker 1: The second time it's going to be a little different.

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Speaker 1: I think we saw that today.

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Speaker 2: Yes, at times they put some pressure on made it

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Speaker 2: hard for him to complete some passes and a couple

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Speaker 2: of times he was trying to scramble out through. You know,

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Speaker 2: the guys did a good jobs plastering the guys as

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Speaker 2: far as the defensive backs, plastering.

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Speaker 3: The receivers and being with them.

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Speaker 2: And Cam threw some passes that you know, he missed

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Speaker 2: a couple of passes that he just missed. So he

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Speaker 2: got pressure sometimes and missed, but sometimes he just missed

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Speaker 2: a couple of guys.

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Speaker 3: But that's good for the Coast defense. You know.

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Speaker 2: If you could do that for the Coast defense and

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Speaker 2: put some pressure on the opposing quarterback and make him

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Speaker 2: miss some plays, that's what you want. But I would

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Speaker 2: say this about Cam he is athletic, cool boy, He

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Speaker 2: has a good arm YEP and like I said, he

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Speaker 2: has some weapons out there. Ye, cam Wore is going

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Speaker 2: to be a good football player in the future, along

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Speaker 2: with those other young guys he has on the offense.

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Speaker 3: With him.

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Speaker 2: He's going to be a good football player when he

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Speaker 2: just get some more experience and get some more time

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Speaker 2: and understanding what's going on in the football field.

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Speaker 3: Watch out NFL.

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Speaker 2: He's going to be a load to handle once he

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Speaker 2: gets the whole thing and he understands what's going on

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Speaker 2: out there, and this gives up man some time and

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Speaker 2: watch what he does.

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Speaker 1: You know, one thing I was pretty impressed by is

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Speaker 1: he's already taken over that mentality of I'm the quarterback,

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Speaker 1: I'm the leader of this team. I mean I watched him.

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Speaker 1: He was the first guy on the field. Every defensive

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Speaker 1: you know, stop they got as they're heading to the sideline.

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Speaker 1: It was always cam Ward right out there. He's been

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Speaker 1: a guy that everybody talked about. You know, he's first

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Speaker 1: guy in, last guy out. That's something that you know,

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Speaker 1: it's always something impressive when you see a youngster like that.

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Speaker 1: But no, cam Ward, I'm telling you, you know, these

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Speaker 1: first two outings don't take all the stock and the

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Speaker 1: statistics of what you've seen, because I don't think that

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Speaker 1: tells the full story of who this guy is going

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Speaker 1: to be. I think cam Ward is going to be

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Speaker 1: a problem for opposing defenses around the NFL inside the

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Speaker 1: AFC South for a long time, So that's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a fun one to watch him mature. So a couple

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Speaker 1: final things here before we wrap up. You mentioned Chris

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Speaker 1: la Mons. He got that takeaway. That extends the streak

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Speaker 1: for the Colts. They now are the only team in

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Speaker 1: the NFL with a takeaway in every game, and this

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Speaker 1: was the sixth game where they did not commit a turnover.

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Speaker 1: Pretty impressive what their offensive and defense have been doing.

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Speaker 1: So now the Colts they're seven and one. They traveled

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Speaker 1: to Pittsburgh to take on the Steelers next Sunday, and

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Speaker 1: then following that week is a long trip abroad as

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Speaker 1: they go to Berlin. But we will have everything for

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Speaker 1: you next Sunday to break down following that Steelers game.

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Speaker 1: But Bill, through eight games, the Colts are seven and one.

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Speaker 1: Pretty impressive stock seven to one.

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Speaker 3: This sounds good.

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Speaker 2: That's just a beautiful, beautiful music to ears.

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Speaker 3: You know, it's seven and one. Just that's nice.

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Speaker 1: I agree with you completely. Seven and one Indianapolis Colts.

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Speaker 1: And next week they travel to Pittsburgh to take on

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Speaker 1: the Steelers. But for Bill Brooks, some Casey Valie, thanks

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Speaker 1: a lot, so much for listening here on Instant Reaction,

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Speaker 1: part of the Indianapolis Colts podcast