1 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: This is Instant Game Reaction, an immediate look back at 2 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: the Colts latest game and trying to make it a 3 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: jumping on the fall. The lacled climboty catched it and 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: they rubbles across the door line. Touchdown up forty two yards. 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: Strike on air and out downfield down the far sideline 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: looking for Say Jones and it's intercepted by the Colts. 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: I say Ah Rodgers on the returns gets up the 8 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: Taylor he said, touchdown in d Why Jonathan Taylor. Now 9 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: here's your host, JJ Stenkovitz from Colts dot Com. What's up? Everyone? 10 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: Welcome into another episode of Colts Instant Reaction here on 11 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: the Colts Audio Network. I'm JJ Stenkovitz, joined every week 12 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 1: after each Colts game by Ring of honor wide receiver 13 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: Bill Brooks. Today, Bill, we are breaking down eight colts 14 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: thirty four to twenty seven win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. 15 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: The Colts have their first AFC South win of the season. 16 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: They've scored thirty four points in this game. That is 17 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: their highest point total since Week eleven of the twenty 18 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: twenty one season. The offense came alive in this game. 19 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: But Bill, before we get into any of that. I've 20 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: been dying to talk to you about this ever since. 21 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: And actually I'm gonna I'm gonna spike the football this 22 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: in a little bit. Greg Regstrack can back me up 23 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: on this. But I'm in the PA booth and it's 24 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: third and thirteen with twenty three seconds to go, and 25 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,559 Speaker 1: I see Jacksonville's in single high. You got press coverage 26 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:28,559 Speaker 1: in Alec Pierce, and I go just throw alk the ball. 27 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: And I didn't you know, I didn't say that to 28 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: the whole stadium, obviously, but I said that to the 29 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: group of folks, including our spot er Dave and then 30 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: Greg in that room, and lo and behold, Matt Ryan 31 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: threw Alec Pierce the football thirty two yard touchdown, the 32 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: game winner. Bill Generally, speaking on that play, what did 33 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: you see? What made that play successful? From a wide 34 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: receiver standpoint? First of all, from a wide receiver standpoint, 35 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: you saw that it was single high, so you knew 36 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,919 Speaker 1: that you had one on one coverage with the corner 37 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: and with that, you're the best thing you can do 38 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: for yourself is make sure you get a good release, 39 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: and that's one of the most important things. And beating 40 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: one on one coverage, especially press coverage uptight, and Alec 41 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: did a nice job of beating press coverage. And then 42 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: once he beat press coverage, he had him on the 43 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: trail pretty much. Shaquille Griffith was trailing him, and then 44 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:25,679 Speaker 1: all Matt had to do was just put up there 45 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: and Shaquille was just in recovery mode ever since he 46 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: got beat off the line scrimmage by Alec. And then 47 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: Alec made a nice job of going up getting the 48 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: ball and holding onto the ball and Shaquille fell to 49 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: the ground and that's touchdown. Now for me, I didn't 50 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: think that. I didn't know Frank would go for it 51 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: on third down and go for a touchdown. I thought, 52 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 1: maybe we do something a little more conservative and increased 53 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: the field position and maybe kick a field goal and 54 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: go ahead. But Gillos guy's credit for Matt having faith 55 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: and confidence and Alim Frank having faith and confidence and 56 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 1: those guys, and those guys execute the play and made 57 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: it happen, and that was the That was the game. 58 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: So after the game, we had a chance to talk 59 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 1: to Alec Pearson. He said that he got to his 60 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: spot and he looked over on the sideline and you know, 61 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: after identifying. All right, we got press coverage, we got 62 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: single high, we got the look auwan. He looks over 63 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: and Reggie Wayne just kind of goes, hey, be patient 64 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: with your release. And Alec earlier in the game he 65 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: told us that there was a go ball. I think 66 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: it looked like Matt Ryan Muda under thrown it a 67 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: little bit, but Alex said he didn't get good leverage 68 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: on it. And after that he comes back to the 69 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: sideline and Reggie tells him, hey, you know, with your releases, 70 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: you know you need to kind of run through contact 71 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: a little bit. Don't just try to run around the guy, 72 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: run through contact. So he gets that piece of coaching 73 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: from Reggie. Then here Reggie says, hey, man, be patient. Essentially, 74 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: if you get a clean release on this play, don't 75 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: you know, don't be over excited, and you know, just 76 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: try to like blow past him like a clean release 77 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: and the ball is going to come your way. That 78 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: was kind of the message just with that little hand 79 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: signal that Reggie gave Pierce. That's exactly what happened. Alex's 80 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: release on that play was outstanding, and it creates just 81 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: that little bit of separation that when you got a 82 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 1: guy like Alex Pierce, who is a go up and 83 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: get it type of a guy who can win those 84 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 1: fifty fifty balls. That's all he needed. And it was 85 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: a beautiful, beautiful play by Alec and then a great 86 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: throw by Matt Ryan. Yeah, it was. It was a 87 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: great play. And when you have a release like that, 88 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: when you beat your guy, you know, one of the 89 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: things you tie as wide receiver is kind of they 90 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: call stack restack, get back over your riginal line of scrimmage. 91 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: Come unlikely when press coverage are gonna have to go 92 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: a little wider than what your original alignment is on 93 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: the snap of the ball, so you want to kind 94 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: of restack yourself, get closest possible back to your original 95 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage as far as where you started. From 96 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: that way, you give yourself more room on the sideline, 97 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 1: gives a quarterback more room and throw the ball to 98 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: the receiver. And Alex did a nice job of that 99 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: and and being patient. Sometimes when you see that one 100 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:05,479 Speaker 1: on one coverage and you see him a single high, 101 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: sometimes you do get a little excited that you know, 102 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: I gotta beat in right away. I gotta be in 103 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: right away. Let me go. And then sometimes you're not patient. 104 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 1: As Reggie was signaling to Alec about being patient, I'm 105 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: being patient and it worked out perfectly for the Colts 106 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: offense and the play that was executed, I'll say perfectly, 107 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 1: but it was executed as good as you possibly can 108 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 1: do and out there during that time, and nice catch 109 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: by Alec and touchdown and the game's over for the 110 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: most part. I think that's a really interesting point, Bill, 111 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: And this is why I love doing this with you, 112 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:39,840 Speaker 1: because you played wide receiver and you played it at 113 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: a high level. But talking about getting back into your stack, 114 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: so Alec gets the outside release, but instead of running 115 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: towards the sideline, he really rounds his route off and 116 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: then just kind of he runs in a straight line 117 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 1: vertical instead of taking it so close to the sideline 118 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 1: that it increases the difficulty for Matt Ryan. It is 119 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: until kind of right at the end where he comes 120 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: down at the ball, that's when he goes to the sideline. 121 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: And that's such a little nuance to this that I 122 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: didn't pick that up the first time I watched it, 123 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: or the second time or the third time, but now 124 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: like this is the probably the tenth time I've watched 125 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: his play, I'm watching it, I'm like, yeah, it's exactly 126 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: what he did that right there. I think there are 127 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: probably a lot of rookie receivers in the league who Okay, 128 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: you get the release and now it's like great, all right, 129 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: and you kind of lose sight and track of where 130 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 1: you are in the field. But for Alec to have that, 131 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: just that level of detail on it, to turn a 132 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: fifty fifty ball into essentially a high percentage throw from 133 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, you love where that puts Alec Pierce six 134 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: games into his NFL career. Yeah. As far as for 135 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 1: Alec to have that right there at that time in 136 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: his career, as far as being so I would say 137 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: probably ahead of what you would think a young player 138 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: should be. I think that's great for Alec because most 139 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: players at this time, you know, sixth game of your 140 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:08,799 Speaker 1: rookie year, you're not as poised, so to speak, uh, 141 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: playing the game. You want to rush things. Um, you 142 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: don't pay attention to details as much. I mean, you 143 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: pay at the details, but sometimes it's hard to execute, 144 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: uh those little things as far as the intricacies of 145 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: being patient and running your route correctly and properly, and 146 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: it's it's not easy to do to be patient when 147 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: you're a guy that wants to win and win at 148 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and win quickly. So for Alex 149 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: to have that and to be patient and to uh 150 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: to do it in a game situation, that speaks volumes 151 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: of the young man of how he learns how smart 152 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: he is and what he's doing out there in the 153 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: football field and what he's doing in the practice field. 154 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: Because what he's doing is taking what's what he's doing 155 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: on the practice field and in the classroom out to 156 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: the to the game field, and that's not easy thing 157 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: to do. So Alex is on is way. The young 158 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: man has a talent, he has a mindset, and he 159 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: death definitely has a physical ability to go out there 160 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: and play at a high level in the National Football League. 161 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: One other thing Bill on this play before we kind 162 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: of get into the rest of the offense, But the 163 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: Jaguars had an overload front and they ran a stunt. 164 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: Those are the two things that absolutely killed the Colts 165 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: in Week two. But on it, Ryan Kelly and Quinton 166 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: Nelson do a great job passing off the interior stunt 167 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 1: between Corey Peters and Roy Roberts and Harris, they stop 168 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 1: those guys. There's still some pressure Devon Hamilton gets by 169 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: Matt Pryor on the play, but Matt Ryan still has 170 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: enough time to get that pass off with the accuracy 171 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: that he needed it to be needed to have on 172 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: that play. So over the course of this game, you know, 173 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan was not sacked. And just to see that 174 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: growth from week two to week six, where all right, 175 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: this is the fifty eighth pass attempt of the game, 176 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: and we are confident not only in our quarterback, in 177 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: our wide receiver, but in the protection because you take 178 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: a sack on that play, Bill, all of a sudden, 179 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: you go from about a fifty yard field goal and 180 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: how you're asking Chase McLaughlin to maybe make up fifty 181 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: seven fifty eight sixty yard field goal to win the game. 182 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: There was risk involved there, but you can tell why Frank. 183 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: You can see why Frank Reich was confident not only 184 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: in the quarterback and the receiver, but in the offensive 185 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 1: linemen blocking up that play because of what they had 186 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: done over the course of the game and then what 187 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: they did on that play exactly for basically that play, 188 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: that play had to work and everyone had to execute 189 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: their responsibility. So the operation of that play had to 190 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: be flawless. And that might I say flawless, I mean 191 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: to snap to the quarterback, the play of the officsive line, 192 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: the other players running their routes, doing what they're supposed 193 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 1: to do, the blocking, the running backs assignment, and everyone 194 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: had to be on point for that play to work, 195 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,559 Speaker 1: because if it don't, if it's a bad snap, if 196 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:05,839 Speaker 1: it's you know, Matt doesn't get the ball out in time, 197 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: or Alec doesn't run the right route, or he gets 198 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: stuffed the line of scrimmage, all those things, there could 199 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: be problems there. So give credit to Frank and having 200 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: confidence in the offensive unit and the offensive unit going 201 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 1: out there and executing the play. And then when you 202 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 1: do things right and you execute the play, usually good 203 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 1: things happen. And that's how the Coats score the touch. Now, yeah, 204 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 1: you know, you just love that aggressiveness and the fact 205 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: that it was earned aggressiveness. It wasn't just all right, like, 206 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: you know, we've scored nine points in this game, let's 207 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 1: just run to go about Alec. It was no. We 208 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: put up twenty seven points. We feel really good about 209 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 1: where our offense is, especially our passing offense. Let's go 210 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: try to win this game. Let's not try to rely 211 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: on a field goal. You know, for as good as 212 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,599 Speaker 1: Chase McLoughlin has been this year, if you have a 213 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 1: chance to go score a touchdown late in the game, 214 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: go do it. And I love that the Colts did that. 215 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: I love that they they had again the confidence and 216 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: the trust in every single player on the field to 217 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: go make that play and they absolutely did it exactly. 218 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: And one thing I want to say about that is 219 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: and that makes the players feel good knowing that the 220 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: coach has confidence in them that they can go out 221 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: there and extcut to play, that they want to go 222 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: out there and not just score a field goal and 223 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 1: you know, win the game hopefully, but we can go 224 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: out there and score a touchdown. Put even more pressure 225 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: on the Jacksonville Jaguars for trying to respond to what 226 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:30,719 Speaker 1: the coach that just did and scoring a touchdown. So 227 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: that does that goes a long way in the locker 228 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: room for the players and how they feel, and not 229 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: that they really need that from what how they feel 230 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: about Frank anyway, because they have a lot of confidence 231 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: in Frank and they really believe in Frank and trust 232 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,839 Speaker 1: in Frank. But it just still makes those guys feel 233 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: good knowing that the coach has confidence in those guys 234 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: to go out there and execute, to play in crunch 235 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: time and coucher situations. Yeah, it's a great point, Bill, 236 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: And you know, I know you've experienced over your career 237 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: where that's got to be reinforcing to have your coach 238 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: believe in you like that and then you go out 239 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: and you execute it. It's not like your coach believes 240 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 1: in you and you don't execute the Your coach believes 241 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:10,839 Speaker 1: in you, you execute, you win the game. That has 242 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,559 Speaker 1: to be very reinforcing for these guys. Yes, it is 243 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: very reinforcing, and they know that when this situation comes 244 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 1: up again that the coach coach will believe in them 245 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: and that they hopefully can go out there and execute 246 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 1: it again and be successful as well. All Right, so 247 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: let's talk about Bill. How the Colts scored thirty four 248 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 1: points in this game. Again, Like I mentioned at the top, 249 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: that is the most they've scored since Week eleven of 250 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one season. And there are a number 251 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: of factors here. I think the first one is they 252 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: didn't turn the ball over, and there are you know 253 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: a hundred different things that can go into that. But 254 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: this is a team that had issues with turnovers in 255 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: the first five games of the season, whether it's interceptions, fumbles, 256 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 1: whatever it may be. And to have a completely clean game. 257 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: You know, there was one fumble kyl and Granson had 258 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 1: a fumble. Ryan Kelly was able to recover it. Inside 259 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: of that, this was a very clean game by the offense. 260 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: Only three penalties as well on the offense. One of 261 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: those was a holding call on Dennis Kelly that the 262 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,679 Speaker 1: Colts wound up overcoming to score a touchdown. That was 263 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 1: the Paris Campbell touchdown early in the game. That right there, 264 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: to me, what this game showed is how good the 265 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 1: Colts offense can be. Baseline, if they don't turn the 266 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: ball over, they can be efficient. They can be effective, 267 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: and they can put up a lot of points with 268 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 1: the way that they're able to play. Yeah, they can. 269 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: They can do that if, like you said, if you 270 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 1: minimize mistakes, you minimize turning the ball over, minimize penalties. 271 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:39,439 Speaker 1: I mean, you do those things. You know, usually you 272 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: can can sustain a drive and come out with points. 273 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: And if you're successful on those drives and good points 274 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: more than likely you're gonna win the game, especially with 275 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: the way our defense has played in the past. You know, today, 276 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: probably they wish they could have been a little bit 277 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: better against the run, but for the most part, where 278 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:58,439 Speaker 1: not defensive players the way they do, and they can 279 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: create some turnovers and our offense doesn't turn the ball 280 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: over and we go down and we score points, we 281 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 1: can win. And you know, give our offense credit as 282 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: well for being very successful on third down ten or 283 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: fifteen third down with six third down conversion rate. That's 284 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: that's awesome. That's that's a good job of standing, standing drives, 285 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: you know, getting the first downs. So the offense played well, 286 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: and it's a good feeling because this is what we 287 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: thought the offense would be coming out of training camp, 288 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: and now that we see it, we know that they 289 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: can do it. And now they just need to continue 290 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: to do it and build off this game today and 291 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: how they played and correct the mistakes they made. It 292 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: wasn't a perfect game, but I tell you what, they 293 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: played extremely well today and that's why they got the victory. 294 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: So there are a bunch of different ways we can 295 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: take this to kind of explain. Okay, thirty four points, 296 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: no turnovers. The first one is the protection was really good. 297 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan was not sacked. Dennis Kelly stepped and played 298 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: a fantastic game at left tackle. The plan, Frank Reich said, 299 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 1: was for Dennis Kelly and Bernard Ryman to rotate at 300 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: left tackle, but once Dennis Kelly got in there, they said, hey, 301 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 1: he's playing really well. We can't get him out of there. 302 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: Dennis Kelly fifty four pass blocking snaps according to Pro 303 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: Football Focus, only two pressures allowed in this game. You know, 304 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: Quintin Nelson, Ryan Kelly both had really strong games, and 305 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: you know, Bernard excuse me, Braydon Smith had a really 306 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: strong game. So you look at how the Colts were 307 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 1: able to protect and you know, to kind of go 308 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: back to what we were talking about with the stunts 309 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: earlier on the Pierce touchdown, to be able to deal 310 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: with these overload fronts and the stunts. The teams had 311 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: just been spamming against the Colts all season of like 312 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: hey you, okay, show us you can stop it. Well, 313 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: the Colts today showed they can stop it. And I 314 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: asked Ryan Kelly after the game, like, okay, it's a 315 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: copycat league and everyone's been copycatting everyone else over the 316 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: last five weeks because you've had trouble stopping those. Now 317 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: that you've shown on tape, you can what second to 318 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: lead to. And he said, you know, it shows that 319 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 1: you can't just rush five against us and let Matt 320 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: sit back there and pick you apart. But it does 321 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: mean you're gonna we're gonna start getting some different looks. 322 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: So exactly, it's a good sign in the sense, all right, hey, 323 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: you can't keep doing this one thing to us. But 324 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 1: it does you know, it's not like, all right, everything solved. 325 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: It means that the cult are going to see some 326 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: different things, but they might not see as much of 327 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: the one thing that gave this offensive line really serious 328 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: problems over the first couple of weeks of the season. Exactly, 329 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: they you know, they might see it here and there. 330 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: You know that's gonna come up see just to test 331 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: them and make sure that you know, they hopefully they 332 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: have the problem solved or they can do the best 333 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 1: job against what they've have trouble with in the past, 334 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 1: but there will come something different. People will do some 335 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: things different. But you know what, if the team's prepared, 336 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 1: the officers line is prepared, they will be able to 337 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: handle those things that come up, but they will be 338 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: tested again. But it shows that they can handle this, 339 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: they can do this. And if they continue to do this, 340 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: and I know they talk about working as one five 341 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,120 Speaker 1: working as one, if they continue to work as one 342 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: as a unit and get some more continuality on that 343 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:13,159 Speaker 1: offensive line, you know, I think what we saw today 344 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: is what we're gonna see in the future. I'm not 345 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 1: saying we're gonna photoball Afty eight times, but I think 346 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: you'll see the efficiency of the offense in the future. 347 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 1: Like you saw today. They're moving the ball down the field, 348 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: getting first downs and making big plays with you know, 349 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 1: Gilani Woods and Paris Campbell and and also Michael Pittman 350 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 1: making big plays so and Alec Paris going touchdown. So 351 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: I think you'll see a lot of that. And then 352 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: you know, hopefully Jonathan Taylor is back healthy and Nahem's 353 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: hides back healthy, so you'll have more weapons to use 354 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: out there, and then it will make a lot more 355 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: difficult for the defense to try to stop the offense. 356 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 1: Another thing that really worked well for the Colts today 357 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 1: that you know health, The offensive line was going up 358 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 1: tempo and and the Colts really leaned into that this week. 359 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 1: That was an emphasis they put in practice during the week. 360 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 1: I think that's one of those things where you know, 361 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: you think back to the Colts getting this mini buy 362 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,679 Speaker 1: after the Broncos game, and he kind of look at 363 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: some things and say, all right, you know for this 364 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: game against Jacksonville, the way that you know that front 365 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: seven that's just full of just like gremlins with like 366 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 1: Josh Allen and Treyvon Walker and Devin Lloyd's a really 367 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: good player. Like they've got some dudes there, all right, 368 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 1: but we go up tempo. You know, Ryan Kelly said it, 369 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: he said, I'll take a tired offensive lineman out of 370 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: our tired defensive lineman every day of the week. And 371 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: if you're looking to neutralize some of those five man 372 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 1: pressures that Jacksonville sends with that three four scheme, that's 373 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 1: one way to do it. Hey, go up tempo. But 374 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 1: then the other part of it is you've got to 375 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: complete your passes. When you're going up tempo. You've got 376 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: to be efficient because it doesn't matter if you go 377 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: no huddle. If you don't complete the pass, you're gonna 378 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: huddle again. Like it's so you got it. You gotta 379 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,160 Speaker 1: be accurate. Matt Ryan completing seventy two his passes. That's 380 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 1: a big aspect of this as well. Yeah, it's a 381 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 1: big aspect if you have to do that. And I 382 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: think as you talked about was going up tempo, getting 383 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: those defensive linemen and defensive Jacksonville Jaguars tired. But also 384 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 1: you're getting the ball in your hands real quick. So 385 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: when you get the ball in your hands real quick, 386 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: the rush can't get to you. And then also I 387 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:19,919 Speaker 1: think doing some things differently, running some more screens. You 388 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 1: have a couple of screens to Dian Jackson and also 389 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: to I know you remember one of Kyle and Grants, 390 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: and so you're doing some things to kind of neutralize 391 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: the pass for us. Neutralize that. Hey, the guys can't 392 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,880 Speaker 1: just come to feel with you know, the airs pinned 393 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: back and try and get to the quarterback. Now they 394 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,159 Speaker 1: have to look at something else. So oh no, if 395 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,880 Speaker 1: they don't run a screen, I have to get back 396 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 1: into the play. Well, you know, that's a lot more 397 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,679 Speaker 1: running for those defensive linemen and linebackers. So get them tired, 398 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 1: get them one out. And when you do those things 399 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 1: like that, when you get the ball in their hands. 400 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 1: F frustrates the defensive line and what they start doing 401 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: is I can't get to the quarterback, so I'm just 402 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 1: gonna go to go up to feel a little bit 403 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: and stop. But you know what, They're not going to 404 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: get to the back and that gives Matt Ryan time 405 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: to get the ball out. And give them credit. Give 406 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 1: not only Matt Ryan credit giving the ball out and 407 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 1: completing sevent two percent of his passes, but give the 408 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: wide receivers and the running backs credit and the tight 409 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 1: ends credit for catching the ball hold onto the ball 410 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: because some players out there during the game, Michael Pittman 411 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,360 Speaker 1: took some shots, but he held onto the ball. Dion 412 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 1: Jackson caught ten passes. That's a lot for a running 413 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: back catching the ball and show that he has good 414 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: hands and he can't catch the ball out of the 415 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: backfield and make something happen. You know, the tight end 416 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 1: jely Woods makes a big play out there. So those 417 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 1: are the things that you're gonna need to do to 418 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: have an efficient offense that could move the ball. So 419 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:40,640 Speaker 1: give the coach credit of executing. Matt Ryan throwing the ball, 420 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: getting the ball off his hands quick, completing the passes. 421 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: The receivers are making tough catches as well as the 422 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: tight ends and running backs and doing something with the 423 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,159 Speaker 1: ball once they caught it, all right, Bill, Michael Pittman 424 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: Junior head thirteen catches for one hundred and thirty four yards. 425 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,360 Speaker 1: Would you like to guess how many of those catches 426 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: and how many of those yards came with Matt Ryan 427 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: throwing the ball in two and a half or a 428 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: fewer seconds. Oh, I couldn't guess. I'm sure you have 429 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,400 Speaker 1: that number, but I could not guess. You could tell me. 430 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 1: Michael Pittman Junior, let me just read that again. He 431 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 1: had thirteen catches for one hundred and thirty four yards. 432 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: He had eleven catches for one hundred and twenty yards 433 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 1: when Matt Ryan threw it in two and a half 434 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: seconds or less. So on those quick game concepts, man 435 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:27,639 Speaker 1: was Michael Pittman Junior good in this game? He had 436 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 1: sixty yards after the catch on those plays, seven first downs. 437 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 1: I mean, what a game from Michael Pittman Junior. The 438 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: most receptions in a game thirteen since Reggie Wayne in 439 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: the Orange Gloves Chuck Strong game in twenty twelve, which, 440 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 1: by the way, if you guys are ironic. Yeah right, 441 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: I know, yeah, this is wide receiver coach. But if 442 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: you guys haven't watched it, yeah, go to Colts dot 443 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 1: com Slice video watched the Colts to classified the Chuck 444 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:57,160 Speaker 1: Strong game from twenty twelve. That arcas I was talking about, Yeah, 445 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,439 Speaker 1: it was that same game. Now is compared into that 446 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,239 Speaker 1: game as far as Michael Pittman is done, as far 447 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: as since Reggie Ryan. Unbelievable, almost one year to the day. 448 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 1: Go check that out. Great work from our colleagues Learra 449 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: Overton and Matt Wilkining on that. But anyways, the quick 450 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 1: game stuff, I mean, just to lean into it. You know, 451 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: I'm looking at these numbers here. Alec Pierce all three 452 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: of his catches were thrown in nunder two and a 453 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: half seconds, Deon Jackson eight of his ten catches and 454 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 1: under two and a half seconds, Paris Campbell five of 455 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: his seven catches and under two and a half seconds. 456 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 1: Like that, the way the ability of Matt Ryan to 457 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 1: process pre snap and know exactly where to go with 458 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 1: the football and then to throw it with accuracy. So 459 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: you get one hundred and twenty yards from Michael Pittman 460 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 1: Junior sixty after the catch. You know, Dion Jackson gets 461 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,640 Speaker 1: sixty one yards after the catch on these quick game things, 462 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: kyl and Granson has one catch for seventeen yards, all 463 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: seventeen of those coming after the catch. This is such 464 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: a good way to devise an offense against a team 465 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 1: that hasn't an incredible pass rush in Jacksonville. The plan 466 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 1: was executed so well and it just shows I would 467 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: have to assume how good of a week of practice 468 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 1: the Colts had leading into this game. You know, you 469 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: talked about the good week of practice they had. It 470 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: could leads to good production for the game during the 471 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 1: same week. But a lot of times it's if you 472 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: go back and look at the week of practice they 473 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,640 Speaker 1: had in the past. You know, you're here, Frank Wich 474 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,199 Speaker 1: talk about them having good weeks of practice. You know, 475 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: maybe a good week of practice two weeks ago is 476 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: actually paying dividends right now, and that's the way it's 477 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: going to be the whole season. You never know when 478 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: when those good practices are gonna paid dividends. And you 479 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: know what, maybe a couple of weeks ago they had 480 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 1: good weeks of practice and it's paying dividends now against 481 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars, and they continue to do that throughout 482 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,439 Speaker 1: throughout the season. You know what, They're gonna have games 483 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: like this where they go out there and play efficient 484 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: and play effective, and you know they can make a 485 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 1: lot of games out there in the football field and 486 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:57,679 Speaker 1: be very productive. So this was a game bill where 487 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,440 Speaker 1: you know, for five weeks of this season, really the 488 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: Colts defense has has lifted this team up and allowed 489 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,400 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan to have opportunities to go down and win 490 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 1: games in the fourth quarter. Today, it was the Colts 491 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: offense that won this game. You know, on defense it 492 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 1: was I think uncharacteristic is how it kind of felt. 493 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: Where Travis et creases a forty eight yard or Jamichael 494 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 1: Hasty creases a sixty one yard touchdown. Jacksonville couldn't move 495 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 1: the ball on the ground in Week two at all. 496 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 1: They had one long run in that game and that 497 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 1: was it. This game, they're able to really get their 498 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 1: run game going. Trevor Lawrence, I couldn't believe this bill. 499 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,120 Speaker 1: I was floored at the end of the game. Trevor 500 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: Lawrence completed twenty of twenty two passes. Yes, in this game, 501 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: but it never felt like that because the Colts defense 502 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 1: was so I mean they got after him in terms 503 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: of getting him down on the ground, getting sacks. You know, 504 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 1: Grover Stewart to Forrest Buckner, Taekwon Lewi in a fatio, 505 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: Deniabo all getting sacks in this game. It was it 506 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: wasn't what the defense wanted. But you know, I was 507 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 1: talking to Zaire Franklin after the game and he was 508 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 1: just like, you know, some weeks it's gonna be us. 509 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:15,719 Speaker 1: Some weeks it's going to be the offense, and this 510 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 1: week it was the offense. And over seventeen game season, 511 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 1: when you have games like the Colts had against Denver 512 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: and Kansas City where the offense is not playing well 513 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 1: for four quarters, but the defense picks it up. Now 514 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 1: in this game, you have a defense is not playing 515 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: well for four quarters. They make a couple of plays 516 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 1: here and there. EJ. Speed had that great play on 517 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 1: the option on fourth and one that was huge. You know, 518 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,200 Speaker 1: Bobby o'caraka made a number of big stops late in 519 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: the game. But for this to be a game or 520 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: the offense then comes through and picks up the defense, 521 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: when when you're on a team like this, it's still 522 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,199 Speaker 1: kind of figuring things out early in the season and 523 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,159 Speaker 1: you've got now both sides of the ball having significant 524 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 1: roles in winning games. What is that for a team 525 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,239 Speaker 1: just overall during the season going forward, Well, you know 526 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 1: that during the season that there are gonna be times where, 527 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 1: you know, as what happened today, you know, maybe a 528 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: defense didn't play as well as they want to play, 529 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 1: but the offense picked them up and you know, so 530 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: called carried the team to victory. You know, in the 531 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 1: past has been the defense. You know, the offense hasn't 532 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: played as well, but the defense has done their job 533 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: to pick up the team and carry them. Special teams 534 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:27,879 Speaker 1: as well, you know against Kansas City, you know the 535 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 1: muff punt, muff punt by Kansas City and we've recovered 536 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 1: the punt down there, the stopping on the fake field 537 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: goal against Kansas City. So you know, they're different times. 538 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: There's going to be different units they're gonna have to 539 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: pick up the rest of the team. But hopefully, you know, 540 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,880 Speaker 1: there's gonna be games where all three units are playing 541 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,479 Speaker 1: extremely well and hopefully you can win a game that 542 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: way and so called dominate the game. But as a team, 543 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: you know that's gonna happen it's gonna be some games 544 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: like that. You just would like for all three units 545 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: to be funk high level so that when you do 546 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 1: play games, you know that you at least have give 547 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 1: yourself a real good chance of winning the football game. 548 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: Colts special teams, by the way, is really good. That's why. 549 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: That's why I had to say that, because you know, 550 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,920 Speaker 1: we always talk about off as defense, but coach Bubba 551 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: Mntroun does the great job with the special teams, and 552 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,879 Speaker 1: the special teams are always, in my opinion, they've always 553 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: been well prepared and ready to go no matter what's 554 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,400 Speaker 1: going on out there in the field. The Colts are 555 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: the Jaguars. Took over possession on punts or kickoffs on 556 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: every single possession of this game, because again the Colts 557 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: didn't turn the ball over. Only one of them started 558 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 1: beyond their own twenty five yard line. I mean the 559 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 1: coverage that the Colts are getting from guys like Tony 560 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: Brown and Grant Steward and Jojoe Doman, who are all 561 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 1: newcomers to that unit, you know, replacing guys like Matthew 562 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:55,119 Speaker 1: Adams and George Odom. I mean Bubba Ventrone, he is 563 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,959 Speaker 1: such a damn good coach Bill it's so impressive. And 564 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: then I mean, it's not just Bubba, but it's the 565 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: Colts front office, the scouting staff, the pro scouting staff 566 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: of hey, let's go you know, swap six and seven 567 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 1: round picks to go get Grant Stewart. Let's go sign 568 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: Joe Joe Doman as an undrafted free agent. Let's bring 569 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 1: in Tony Brown as a free agent in a move 570 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,479 Speaker 1: that probably got overlooked by a lot of people. And 571 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,679 Speaker 1: all those guys are making plays out here. It's you 572 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: just you love to see this so much because when 573 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 1: you make an opponent drive seventy five or more yards, 574 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,439 Speaker 1: it's really hard for them to do to do a 575 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 1: whole lot with it. Now, Jacksonville is able to do 576 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,640 Speaker 1: it a couple of times today. But over the course 577 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: of this season the Colts entered this game, they were 578 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 1: fourth in the NFL and fewest touchdown or fewest drives 579 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: of seventy five or more yards allowed. Jacksonville's got some 580 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 1: things they're able to do against the Colts. The Colts 581 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: will not play the Jaguars again this regular season. That 582 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 1: bodes really well for where this team can go. That 583 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 1: that special teams unit, that has had a lot of changeover, 584 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: not just in you know, punter and kicker, but in 585 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: personnel on coverage units. Is still playing at a really 586 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 1: really high level exactly. I mean, when you have a 587 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 1: punt team that can back your team up, you know, 588 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 1: your punt cover team backs the team up and our 589 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 1: defense plays well and you know it makes them try 590 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 1: to drive the whole field, which is very difficult to 591 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 1: do in the National Football League, but it makes it 592 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 1: very difficult for them to do and then if you 593 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: could stop them, get the ball back to the offense. 594 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 1: Those are the things you want to do. And that's 595 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 1: to me playing complimentary football. You know each unit is 596 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 1: doing their job to help the other unit out. And 597 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: with our special teams, I mean, I'm very confident and 598 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 1: feel very good about the inde up was coach special 599 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 1: teams out there because those guys are always ready to play. 600 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: They fly around and then make it difficult for other 601 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:48,640 Speaker 1: teams to get any momentum through special teams. So give 602 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: Bob Ventron credit and the guys that go out there 603 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 1: and play. And like I said, give credit to the 604 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,719 Speaker 1: Scotting department of not just getting guys for the offensive defense, 605 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 1: but the guys that can go out there, the guys 606 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: that aren't maybe your starters, going out there and contributing 607 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: a lot in in vital situations on the special teams 608 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:08,960 Speaker 1: to help the football team win. All right, that seems 609 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: like a good place stand it. Actually, this is a 610 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 1: good place to end it. The Colts scored on their 611 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: last five possessions. How about that. That is a great 612 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 1: way to end it. Touchdown, field goal, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown. 613 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: Doesn't get much better than that. We are going to 614 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,040 Speaker 1: be back with you here on the Colts Audio Network, 615 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: Bill and I after the Colts played the Tennessee Titans 616 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: next Sunday in a game that, boy, you talk about 617 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 1: Week seven games that carry plenty of importance. It doesn't 618 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: get much bigger than this in next Sunday's game against 619 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. Before that, though, on Monday, you're gonna 620 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,440 Speaker 1: have Colts Roundtable Live hosted by Matt Taylor. On Tuesday, 621 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: the Official Colts Podcast presented by Win Bett is back. 622 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: I'll be on that along with Mete, Larra Overton, Jeffrey Garment. 623 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: We're gonna have special guest Tyler Dunn on that podcast 624 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: to talk about his book about eight ends, Blood and Guts, 625 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 1: a great read and a conversation I'm really excited to 626 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:06,959 Speaker 1: get into, especially after Kylin Granton had a pretty nice 627 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 1: game today. We didn't talk about him enough. Inside Football 628 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: with Rick Van Turry is back on Wednesday. Know Your 629 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 1: Foe with Casey Valier and Bill Brooks is back on Thursday, 630 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: and then we will have another episode on Friday, Colts 631 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: Happy Hour, leading you into the weekend ahead of the 632 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 1: Colts and Titans. Anyway, for Bill Brooks, I'm JJ Stankovitz. 633 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening to us here on 634 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 1: Colt's Instant Reaction on the Colts Audio Network. We'll talk 635 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: to you next time.