1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: Welcome to Colts Roundtable Live on ninety three five and 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: one oh seven five. The fans now, he's gonna stumble 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: up and he's gonna be sacked. Terius Leonard is gonna 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: bring him down. Keep it way down field for Zach Pascal, touchdown, 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,600 Speaker 1: We're talking Colts and recapping the action way down field. 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 1: For Jack Doyle, he's got it, touchdown, come back, ten touchdown, 7 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: Petman Jott the Taylor touchdown? Hi in d Why Now 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: Here's the voice of the Colts, Matt Taylor, live from 9 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: the Power Home Solar Radio Studio. Hey, welcome again to 10 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: Colts Roundtable Live, present it tonight by Citizens Energy Group, 11 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: Proud to be the Colts conservation partner. Find winning conservation 12 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 1: tips at Citizens Energy Group dot com. I'm Matt Taylor 13 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,919 Speaker 1: with the until seven o'clock tonight. And the Colts let 14 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: a big chance slip away yesterday. As we all know, 15 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: they fell to the Buccaneers thirty eight to thirty one 16 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: in a game they felt like they should have won. 17 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: The Colts drop back to six and six on the season, 18 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: and their three game winning streak is over. The Colts 19 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: led twenty four to fourteen and a half time but 20 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: couldn't close out the game, and it's the third time 21 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: this season the Colts drop a game when holding a 22 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: double figure lead. Turnovers with the main story of the game. 23 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: The Colts technically had a season nine five of them, 24 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 1: including the hail Mary interception on the game's final play, 25 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 1: But the Buccaneers capitalized with twenty four points off turnovers 26 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: for the game, and they outscored the Colts twenty four 27 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: to seven in the second half. Indianapolis finished the game 28 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: minus three in the turnover margin, and we're also penalized 29 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: at inopportune times that eight of the Buccaneers. One of 30 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: the biggest players of the game when you're looking for 31 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: a turning point. That occurred early in the third quarter. 32 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: The Colts got the ball first to begin the second half. 33 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: They were marching up by ten points, looking to expand 34 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: on their lead to the Tampa Bay twenty yard line. 35 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 1: That's when Shaq Barrett strip sat quarterback Carson Wentz and 36 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: recovered the fumble. The Buccaneers would go on to score 37 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: a touchdown on that drive, and the tenor of the 38 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: game was never the same. Jonathan Taylor got going late 39 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: in the game. He finished the afternoon with sixteen carries 40 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: for eighty three yards in a rushing touchdown. Taylor has 41 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: at least one rushing touchdown in nine consecutive games and 42 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: joins Lenny Moore as the only players in team history 43 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: to accomplish that feat. It's also tied for the tenth 44 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: longest streak in NFL history. Also on Sunday, Taylor pass 45 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: Marshall Falk for the second most rushing yards by a 46 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: Colts player in their first two seasons, and he eclipsed 47 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: three thousand career scrimmage yards, becoming just the third player 48 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: in team history to reach that plateau in their first 49 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: two seasons. Taylor unfortunately wasn't the only productive back on Sunday. 50 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay's Leonard Fournette ran for one hundred yards and 51 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: found the end zona career high four times, including three 52 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: rushing scores, and tight end Rob Gronkowski proved once again 53 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: while he's one of the best tight ends in the 54 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: history of the game, he posted his best day in 55 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: a Buccaneers uniform with seven catches for one hundred and 56 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: twenty three yards and really hurt the Colts in big moments. 57 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: So with five games to play, the Colts are currently 58 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: tenth overall in the AFC playoff standings. Out of the 59 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: playoff picture as of now, there are five teams with 60 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 1: at least six wins gunning for that last wildcard berth 61 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: in the AFC. Remember, seven teams make the playoffs. Now, 62 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,839 Speaker 1: that final spot is currently held by the Chargers at 63 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: six and five, who hold the tiebreaker over the six 64 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: and five Raiders and the six and five Broncos. We've 65 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: got a lot to get into tonight, as we always do, 66 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: and we'll do that coming up with Rick Venturry and 67 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: Joe Rights. They'll join me on the next segment, and 68 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: we're taking your questions later on in the show as 69 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: always if you have a question on the Colts twittered 70 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: in tonight using hashtag Colts Roundtable, but joining us now 71 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 1: for a recap of yesterday's game with the Buccaneers. Is 72 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: the head coach of the Colts, Frank Reich on the 73 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: line with us now, brought to you by Citizens Energy 74 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: Group and coach as always, appreciate the time on a 75 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: Monday and a tough game yesterday. Obviously in terms of 76 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: the outcome, when you went back and watch the tape today, 77 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: what was the difference in your eyes? And why the 78 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: Colts came up short. You know, Matt, we just got 79 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: to do a better job of closing out these games. 80 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: And that's all of us, you know, that's all of us. 81 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: It's coaching, playing, making the plays at the end of 82 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: the second half, the end of the game that can 83 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: win the game for So, you know, obviously there was 84 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: a lot to like, you know, an offensive way to 85 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: move the ball, thought the defense. But I thought the 86 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: defense did a good job of really limiting Tom Brady. 87 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: He didn't have, you know, an astronomically big day or 88 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: anything like that. So at the end of the day, 89 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: obviously the turnovers were a big factor and hurt us 90 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: bad in this game. You know, Coach, the tone of 91 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 1: the game, if you will, it changed on Shack Barrett's 92 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: strip sack. The Colts were looking to extend their lead. 93 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 1: It was at ten at that point, first drive of 94 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: the third quarter. How much did that play hurt in 95 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: terms of just the momentum of the game. It hurt. 96 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: I mean, like you said, Matt, we gotta just kind 97 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: of come away from points. We had just come off 98 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: of twenty of a flawless twenty one point second quarter, 99 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: and now we come out to start the third. We 100 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: had just had a flawless two minute drive at the 101 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: end of the first half. Now we come out at 102 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: the beginning of a second half. If we can put 103 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: together a flawless first drive of the second half and 104 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: finish that drive with a touchdown, man, is that going 105 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: to go a long way to putting that game away. Yeah. 106 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: One of the big plays of the game going back 107 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: to the first half, the sixty two yard touchdown to 108 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,679 Speaker 1: Ashton dolon. He had great separation the secondary on that play. Coach, 109 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: watching that playback today on film, why was that play 110 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: so successful for a touchdown? And just how happy were 111 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: you for a guy like Ashton Doolan who puts in 112 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: the work and then gets his first career receiving touchdown. Yeah, 113 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: very happy. And you know, it was just a great 114 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: route by Ashton he kept. It was a post route 115 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 1: that he kept nice and thin. Carson made the absolute 116 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: perfect throw. You know, We've run a lot of crossing routes, 117 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: you know, this season, so you know, we had a 118 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: crossing route going in the free safety kind of bit 119 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: up on the crossing route and Carson saw it and 120 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: was able to hit Ashton right and stride on the 121 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 1: deep ball. Yeah, and as you said today the Colts, 122 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: they are playing good football. Despite the loss the Colts, 123 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: you continuously prove that you can compete with anybody. I 124 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: know that's not the goal you want to beat all 125 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 1: of these teams. But what was your message to the 126 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 1: team after that game, knowing you still have a lot 127 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 1: of in front of you with five games to play 128 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 1: in the playoffs are still within reach. Yeah, the message 129 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: was just keep believing and just keep fighting to get better. 130 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 1: And we know we had the players and the coaches 131 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: to finish out these games, and we know we're getting better. 132 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 1: We can feel it, the records showing that. The production 133 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: on the field is showing that. Yeah, we understand we 134 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: were going up against the defending world champs in this particular, 135 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 1: we just you know, we just beat a really good 136 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: team in the Bills, and now you come in against 137 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: the defending world champs, take him down to the wire. 138 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: The guys. The guys are confident. They know we have 139 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,359 Speaker 1: the team and even though it's been three games like 140 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: this where we've had double digit leads, we're still we're 141 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: not the same team that we were when we had 142 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: that first experience. I know everybody believe we're a much 143 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: better team, no doubt about that. That's Colts head coach 144 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: Frank Reich with us tonight here on Colts Roundtable Live. 145 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,119 Speaker 1: If you have a question for him tonight and every 146 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: Monday night, you can twitter in using hashtag Colts Roundtable. 147 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: So let's leave a handful of minutes here for the fans. Coach, 148 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 1: let's go to Sam. He's asking, what's your assessment of 149 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: the pass interfere it's penalties that were called on us yesterday? 150 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: And what is your assessment of Rock you've seen this year? 151 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: Where has he improved and where does he still need 152 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: to take his game? I mean, I think the officiating 153 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: this year, I've been happy with the officiating, you know, 154 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: and those two particular past interference calls. I mean, I 155 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: would just put it like this. You know, I'm not 156 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: complaining about the officiating, but as I graded our players, 157 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: you know, I didn't downgrade them for how they played 158 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: those plays. So and I think Rock is continuing to 159 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: I think Rock's going well. We're really I think the 160 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: whole the whole back end of the secondary is really 161 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: continuing to get better. We really, when you look at 162 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: their receiving cord and this they have a very dangerous 163 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: receiving corps and we really did a good job of 164 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: limiting those guys in this past game. All right, Bob 165 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: is up next. I try to watch the game for this, 166 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: but I struggle at times. How much did we have 167 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: to keep our tight ends in in order to help 168 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: protect on the Tampa Bay pass rush? And when we 169 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: do that, how much does that limit our ability to 170 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: move the ball in the passing game? Yeah, we didn't 171 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: do it a whole out this game. We do it 172 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: occasionally us as we think is needed in depending on 173 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: the route and the route concept. M So you know 174 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: that that's always a bye play by play decision on 175 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: how the play is structured and how long the quarterback's 176 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: going to hold it. Do we need the extra time? 177 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: But you know, I thought our past game was very 178 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: efficient in this game, and you know we're always going 179 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: to mix that up. All right, let's go to Trent. 180 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: He's asking. I know Carson Wentz has a lot of 181 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: confidence in Michael Pittman Junior on the fifty fifty balls, 182 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: but was there too much trust on him on the 183 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: deep pass that was intercepted by Antoine Winfield? Now, I 184 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: think it was just a great play by Winfield, you know, 185 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: I mean, we'll take that shot, you know, going deep 186 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: to pit. I mean, I bet if we threw that 187 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: ball one hundred times ninety five times, at the worst case, 188 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: it's going to be an incompletion. Right. You're when you 189 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: throw a deep ball on one on one ball like 190 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: that to your best receiver in Pittman, you're thinking you're 191 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: either getting to catch at DPI or an incompletion. The 192 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: last thing you're thinking you're going to get is an interception. 193 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: But the kid Winfield made an unbelievable play. No, it 194 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: was chip your cat to a guy like that who 195 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: makes a play in that scenario. All right, let's go 196 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 1: to Chad, and I know you talked a lot about 197 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: this earlier today with the media and last night after 198 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 1: the game. Chad kind of puts it in a different way. 199 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: I know the Bucks were loading the box and stopping 200 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,319 Speaker 1: the run early in the game, but some fans say, 201 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: you need a force feed Jonathan Taylor even in RPOs. 202 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: Taylor is great at making hard yards. But would that 203 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: have worked in your opinion had you given the ball 204 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: to Taylor on those RPOs? Yeah, yeah, I mean it's 205 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 1: a give and take. We want to have a balance 206 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 1: of that. You know, there is a time and a 207 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: place for RPOs. But we you know, we're not going 208 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: to just force it all the time to Jonathan. You know, 209 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: we're still going to get him a lot of touches 210 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: in the game. We're going to try to get him 211 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: the ball in optimal situations. But then, like when I 212 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 1: was talking with the media today, I'm not there is 213 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:01,679 Speaker 1: a time where you just got to hand it to 214 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: him in a heavy box and say, Jonathan, just create, 215 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: Just go ahead and create, do your thing. And we're 216 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 1: going to always mix that up. Matt. We're you know, 217 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: we got to keep the r pos, the RPOs in 218 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 1: because it does help the players, and we are being 219 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: very we have been very successful on them. All right. 220 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 1: Last one from Mike. What's the latest with carry willis 221 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: Does he have a chance to play this weekend coming 222 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: off of ir We're hoping to get him back out 223 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: on the practice field this week and then we'll assess 224 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 1: it day by day on the practice field. All right, 225 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: fair enough, all right. The Texans are up next, closing 226 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: out coach. They fell to the Jets on Sunday. Of course, 227 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: this is the second of two meetings this season after 228 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: you beat them way back in Week six feels like 229 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: a long time ago. It's also the final game before 230 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: the bye week, and I know it's always important to 231 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: go into the week off with a win. What do 232 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: you see in the Texans as They have a different 233 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: quarterback in Tyrod Taylor compared to the first time you 234 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: met them again back in week number six. Yeah, ty 235 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: Rod played a lot of winning football, SOO have a 236 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: lot of respect for him and always have respect for 237 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 1: all of our division opponents. Um, you know, I know 238 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: they struggled against the Jets, but they were just coming 239 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: off a win versus a Titan, so um, you know, 240 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: we know this is a dangerous team. UM, A lot 241 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: of respect for them, and uh, you know, we're just 242 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna have you know how Matt, you know what 243 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say. We gotta be one to Oh, we 244 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 1: gotta get better this week. We got to find a 245 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: way to win an important division game. Indeed, Frank Reich 246 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: right there on Colts Roundtable Live, coach many thanks for 247 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: the time tonight. Have a good week of prep for Houston, 248 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: and we'll talk to you later this week. Leading into 249 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: the game, that's our weekly talk with Frank Reich. As 250 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: always brought to you by Citizens Energy Group. You can 251 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 1: save on home on monthly bills when you can serve 252 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: water and energy. For money saving tips, visit Citizens Energy 253 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: Group dot com. I'm Matt Taylor. When we come back, 254 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: we'll continue to talk Colts football, recap the Buccaneers game, 255 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 1: and we'll also preview the upcoming game on Sunday against 256 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: the Texans as the Colts go for the season sweep 257 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: of Houston on the road this weekend. Rick Venturry and 258 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: Joe Wrights join me for that, and we'll also dive 259 00:11:57,880 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: into some truth or trash coming up on the next 260 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: segment as well. You're listening to Colts Roundtable Live. It's 261 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: brought to you by Citizens Energy Group. We're back in 262 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: a moment. 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You've watched 281 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,079 Speaker 1: the tape today. The Colts led twenty four to fourteen 282 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: at the break, but we're then outscored twenty four to 283 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: seven and the second half the Bucks were aided by 284 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,719 Speaker 1: Colts turnovers in the second half, a lot of penalties 285 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: and the third and the fourth quarter. Rick, what happened 286 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: in the second half? Why did things go downhill quickly 287 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: for the Colts? Yeah, it's it's just really a devastating 288 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 1: second half. You know, obviously we've seen this picture before. 289 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: You know, after such a great first half, this ended 290 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: up being you know, just really really deflating. As you 291 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: just said, Matt, it was a tale of two halves, 292 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:42,839 Speaker 1: you know. I mean, to me, a handful of things 293 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:47,320 Speaker 1: really stand out. The obvious ones are being discussed hour 294 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: after hour, minute by minute. The first one is the 295 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:55,559 Speaker 1: four turnovers. I obviously don't count to Hail Mary. I mean, 296 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 1: that's that's that counts is five and makes it look bad. 297 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: But it was four critical turnovers. There's no question about 298 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 1: that's hard to overcome. You know, Frank will have to 299 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 1: answer to the you know, twenty six twenty six straight passes. 300 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: I'm not jumping on that pile fourteen of them. We're 301 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 1: in a very successful two minute drive that we were 302 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: all raving about and putting and putting Wentz in the 303 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame there at the end of the first half. 304 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: But at some point, you know, it's difficult to walk 305 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: out of there with twenty six straight you know, basic passes, 306 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: and you don't give a guy that's in the NBP 307 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: category a chance to run the ball, you know, as 308 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: Tom Moore used to say to me, my good friend 309 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: it's players, not plays. I think there's a part of that. 310 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: And then my dad, my Hall of Fame father, used 311 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: to say sometimes Ricky got to out coach the fans, 312 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: and I think, basically, you know, I know where Frank's 313 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: coming from. I mean, we were getting stoned with that 314 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: double sink. I knew it going in. We knew that 315 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: the weak part of the Tampa defense was outside the number, 316 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: and we were super successful. Nobody was crabbing about that 317 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: when Wentz put up twenty four points, one hundred and 318 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: eighty eight yards and one hundred and thirty passer rating 319 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 1: in the beginning. But I mean, I think those two 320 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: things will stand out that. I don't think there's any 321 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: question about that. But the one thing I don't like 322 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: to just linger on that because again, what it will 323 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: do was whitewash the entire situation. You know, I think 324 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: a couple of things really. Number one, our defense did 325 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: not successfully stop the running. This is not a good 326 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: running team. One hundred and forty two yards rushing Fournette. 327 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 1: We had a five point three this is well well 328 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: above their average. Never stopped it, never stopped it at 329 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 1: the end. Absolutely no plan for Grankowski. They treat They 330 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: treated Grankowski like he was Danny Pinter. They've just played 331 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: their normal defenses like they always do against the Hall 332 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: of Fame guy, wide opening the seams, wide open in 333 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: the wheel routes and things like that. And then I 334 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: would say, at the very end of the game, despite 335 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 1: all the issues, it's thirty one thirty one, and basically 336 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: they just go right down and score five for five passing. 337 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: They never even got to third down. They never once 338 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: got to third down. And then at the end of it, 339 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: they just embarrassed us by running to play in the 340 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: last play that he runs in. Were disorganized on the 341 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. They run it to the edge, which 342 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: we haven't played good edge of defense now for twelve games. 343 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: So you know, there was a lot of things involved. 344 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: I know everybody's going to center in because it's very 345 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: easy to do on the turnovers and on the lack 346 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: of Jonathan carrying the ball in the third quarter. But 347 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: there was a lot of problems in this game that 348 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: have reoccurred over and over, and in that sense, they 349 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: have reoccurred over and over defensively in the three giveaway 350 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: games that have changed our season. Yeah, to agree with coach, 351 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: I really thought, you know, a tale of two halves 352 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: for sure. I mean, that second quarter we played was 353 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: as good as you can play in the NFL. And 354 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: going into the game pregame, I talked about who's going 355 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 1: to be the emergence of the third guy, I mean, 356 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,679 Speaker 1: and not Pittman, not Taylor, And you had three touchdowns 357 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 1: from Dulan Doyle and you know t Y and you know, 358 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 1: Jack played another phenomenal game, which has really been nice 359 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 1: to see him come on here late in the season. 360 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 1: But I think when you look at the second half, 361 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 1: Matt and they had five drives, four go for points, 362 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: three touchdowns and the only short field we actually did 363 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: a decent job sudden change help him to a field goal. 364 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 1: But bottom line, to beat Tampa Bay. As good as 365 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 1: we were defensively in the first half, they were one 366 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: of five on third down on the first half, only 367 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 1: fourteen points. You can't let him score four out of 368 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: five drives. And then the second half and just win, 369 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: you know, and offensively thirty one points. You know, that's 370 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 1: a good amount of points. And to be able to 371 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 1: hang our hat on defense and get a stop when 372 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: we could. We just weren't able to in the second half, 373 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 1: and at times it was easy for Tampa Bay. And 374 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: again you can make some excuses where there's some questionable 375 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: pass interference calls against us, for sure, where there's some 376 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 1: things that Tampa did, and they're a super the defending 377 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: Super Bowl champs that you got to give them credit, absolutely, 378 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 1: But bottom line, when I look at this game, I 379 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: look at one team, in my opinion, raise their level 380 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: at a halftime to a championship type level. That's Tampa. 381 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: They've been there, they've done that. The other team, the Colts, 382 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 1: we kind of stayed the same, flatlined or even went down, 383 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: and that was the difference really in the tailor two halves. 384 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: That's Joe Wrights and Rick vent Terry. I'm Matt Taylor. 385 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 1: Thanks for being along tonight here on Colts Round Table 386 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: Live on ninety three five and one oh seven to 387 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 1: five the Fan. We're with you until seven o'clock tonight. 388 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: Here on segment number two, let's go truth or trash. 389 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: This is pretty self explants, are you guys. You guys 390 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: know the drill, so does the audience out there. You 391 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: guys to talk about, you know, some of the hot 392 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: button issues from this game and some water cooler conversation 393 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: that's happening around the fan base here today, on Monday 394 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: evening and into Tuesday morning tomorrow. Let's talk about it, 395 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: right the Colts. They've built a double digit lead in 396 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: nine straight games, pretty impressive, but they've blown three of 397 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: those leads, including two of them in the second half. 398 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: Those losses have come against quality opponents, but the Colts 399 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: have obviously let teams off the hook this season. So 400 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 1: instead of being nine and three, potentially right now they're 401 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 1: six and six. They could be on a nine game 402 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,400 Speaker 1: winning streak and potentially much higher than the AFC playoff 403 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 1: standings than they are right now. Joe, I'll start with 404 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: you the Colts. They still lack that killer instinct. Where 405 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: are you going on that? Is that truth or is 406 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:24,359 Speaker 1: that trash? I'm gonna go truth, Matt, and I think one. 407 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: To build nine straight double digit leads in the NFL 408 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 1: is awful impressive as hard as every game is to win. 409 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: That shows you the Colts have a playoff type, championship 410 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:37,160 Speaker 1: type team and talent base around them. But the bottom 411 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 1: line is the stakes get raised in games, and the 412 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: stakes get raised generally after halftime, and coach knows this 413 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,679 Speaker 1: as well as me. Then they get raised again in 414 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:49,120 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. And when that has happened, that's where 415 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: we've come up short in those three games. When you're 416 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: talking about in Baltimore on Monday night, you're talking about 417 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: Tennessee at home on Halloween, and you're talking about this 418 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,679 Speaker 1: game against Tom Brady and the Bucks, And to me, 419 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: that's the difference. Those are three teams that have all 420 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 1: been in the playoffs, have all one playoff games. Recently, 421 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 1: some of those teams have won championships, especially Tampa Bay 422 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 1: you know last year, and I you know, there's a 423 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 1: difference in being kind of a playoff type team and 424 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: a championship level team. And I think we saw that 425 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: a little bit yesterday when I mentioned in the last 426 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: segment the Bucks continue to ascend from the third and 427 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: to the fourth quarter, and the Colts weren't able to 428 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 1: match just their intensity, production, execution, whatever you want to 429 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 1: call it. Yeah, you know, I think, you know, I 430 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 1: think I'm going to go with that that my trash 431 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 1: bucket is half full. Okay, there's the only reason I 432 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 1: say this. I think it's a tough when you say, 433 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 1: when you say killer instinct, I've thought a lot about 434 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 1: that this morning. You know, you kind of that that 435 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: implies that it's all mental. To me, that that implies 436 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: that it's a psychological aspect of it, you know, and 437 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 1: there probably is. And I think Joe is right. I mean, 438 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: Tampa knows how to win. I mean, they really know 439 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: how to win. They've done it. They proved that they've 440 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 1: been there. They have confidence in the pressure situations. You 441 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: could see it. It was written all over them yesterday. 442 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: We don't have confidence in that situation now. I mean, 443 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,400 Speaker 1: if you looked at yesterday, you know, you would say 444 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: that our offense did have the killer instinct. I mean, 445 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 1: our offense despite all that problem they had in that 446 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 1: nightmare third quarter. You know, Frank got back to pounding. 447 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,639 Speaker 1: He did as Joe said, He didn't worry about the box. 448 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: He just went back to players over plays, and Jonathan 449 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,199 Speaker 1: ripped him. We hit a key pass to Hilton, but 450 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you know, we changed the venue, 451 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: you know, And in that respect, I think you'd say, well, 452 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: you know that part of the game we had the 453 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: killer instinct. What I do see on defense, though, is 454 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 1: late in games, not necessarily are we playing prevent, but 455 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: we don't play tight coverage. We don't play hardly any 456 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: man demand in those situations. We'll play man demand early 457 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: in the game, but we play very very little man 458 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: to man. You saw that easy ten yard out, you know, 459 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: and you're only defending a field goal, the easy ten 460 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 1: yard out on you thin in that last drive, you 461 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 1: saw a check down against cover to your goal for twelve, 462 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 1: you know, and all of a sudden, you know you're 463 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: in field goal range even if you don't score the touchdown. 464 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 1: To be honest with you, and I see, I see 465 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: kind of you know, like a containing I won't say 466 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,360 Speaker 1: it's prevent because it's not prevent, but it's a containing 467 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: type of defense. When we get to we can blitz 468 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: well during a game, and then all of a sudden, 469 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: when we blitz there, it's all zone blitzing. Everything is zone. 470 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:40,919 Speaker 1: Everything becomes softer, coverage soft too, and all of a sudden, 471 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: guys are getting free excess checkdowns, are going for ten. 472 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: Like I said, it easy out, you know, and then 473 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: before you know it, your backs to the wall, they 474 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,120 Speaker 1: run one in. So I think there's some structural issues there. 475 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 1: I think there may be some talent issues. The other 476 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,159 Speaker 1: thing that we don't get and these are known situations. 477 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: Is we get very very little pass rush. I mean 478 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,239 Speaker 1: we got two sacks yesterday. Buckner had to beat him 479 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,640 Speaker 1: sack you know, pay had to fall off and second 480 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: second wave sack. But we are really not putting We're 481 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 1: putting such limited pressure on the quarterback with four man rushes, 482 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,679 Speaker 1: and in those situations, as Joe knows, you're an offensive lineman, 483 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 1: you really have to gear up because they know you're 484 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 1: gonna throw the football. And you know, we're still we're 485 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: still even in those situations, not making it happen. All right, 486 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the turnovers truth or trash number two, 487 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: because the Colts entered the game with only ten turnovers 488 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:37,879 Speaker 1: on the season on offense, but they had a season 489 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: I five giveaways against the Bucks. They lost the turnover 490 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 1: margin by three. That's the biggest margin all year for 491 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: the Colts. And again this came after just suffering ten 492 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: turnovers and the first eleven games no turnovers by the 493 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: Colts offense. In the last three games leading into Sunday, 494 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: the Colts lost three fumbles on the day, the first 495 00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 1: time that's happened to them since twenty fourteen. Defense allowed 496 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 1: twenty four points off of turnovers. After giving up just 497 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 1: twenty six points off turnovers and the first eleven games combined, 498 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: Joe one third of the Colts turnover total this season 499 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: came on Sunday against Tampa Bay. So the Colts turnover 500 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,360 Speaker 1: problem is that just an aberration, not something to worry 501 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: about long term? With five games to play? What do 502 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:22,439 Speaker 1: you think, truth or trash as far as it just 503 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:24,679 Speaker 1: being a one game problem. I'm gonna go truth and 504 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 1: say it's just an aberration, and I'm gonna look at 505 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 1: the data. Really, you know, the first, you know, twelve 506 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 1: games of the season, when you have less than one 507 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 1: turnover per game, you do a heck of a job 508 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 1: protecting the ball. And you can tell they're coached on it. 509 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:38,680 Speaker 1: The running backs when they carry it, you can tell 510 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: Wentz has really been coached on it. And his decision 511 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:44,199 Speaker 1: making is just, you know, starkly improved from Philly. I mean, 512 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: he was second in the NFL and TD to interception 513 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: ratio coming into the game yesterday, really impressive. And then 514 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 1: obviously he has you know, I'm going two interceptions really one, 515 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: But bottom line, it was just a weird day and 516 00:24:57,840 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 1: that's why I think it's an aberration. I mean, hind 517 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,200 Speaker 1: drops the punt. You know, Pascal is sure handed, gets 518 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,239 Speaker 1: one knocked out when he's almost all the way to 519 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 1: the ground and his knees down, you get the sack 520 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 1: fumble when you know Wentz didn't see him coming around 521 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:11,919 Speaker 1: the edge. On that play too, there was pressure up 522 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,680 Speaker 1: the middle, so Carson wasn't able to step up. Everybody's 523 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: gonna talking about Fisher, you know, and killing him for 524 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:18,719 Speaker 1: letting the guy get get beat around the edge. But 525 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: you know, bottom line, he needs to do a better job. 526 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: But if the middle three solid and there's not you know, 527 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,920 Speaker 1: that pressure coming in from the right guard, then Wentz 528 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 1: is able to step up into the throw and maybe 529 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: that doesn't happen. So I'm not worried about the turnovers. 530 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: That's been the one thing the Colts have done great 531 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 1: all year. They've taken the ball away and really protected it. Obviously, 532 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 1: you got to watch the film with a critical I 533 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: get it corrected. But the turnovers four turnovers five what 534 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: we're gonna call it, and then you know, six penalties 535 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 1: for sixty six. Having more turnovers and penalties than Tampa Bay, 536 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: that's unique. Those are two things we do really well. Obviously, 537 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: it lost us the game in a large part yesterday, 538 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: But I don't see that as a big problem one 539 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 1: of our big issues coming down the stretch. What do 540 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: you think fresh, Yeah, yeah, I agree with the I 541 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,200 Speaker 1: agree with Joe there. Uh you know, I I think 542 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: it is an aberration. Um. You know, basically when you 543 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: look at it, I think the important thing is to 544 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: look at how they happen. You know, normally, if you're 545 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 1: you know you're you're holding the ball sloppy or you 546 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,120 Speaker 1: know you're playing sloppy and you get turnovers, then then 547 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 1: that could be a trend. In this situation, it was 548 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,719 Speaker 1: a little bit weird. Like Joe said, you know, the 549 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 1: the strip sack was huge. Uh, you know at Glowinsky again, 550 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: he was just as guilty as as the Fisher was 551 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 1: coming off the edge because really I during the game 552 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,719 Speaker 1: and commentating, I thought maybe he could have stepped up, 553 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 1: and then when I looked at it, there's no question 554 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,399 Speaker 1: there was no place to step up. Um, you know, 555 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 1: but that was that was a really good player beating 556 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,479 Speaker 1: Fisher and doing what he does. I mean, you're not 557 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 1: going to have fumbles from Hines. That goes back to 558 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:57,359 Speaker 1: his rookie year that's just almost shocking. Um, you know, uh, 559 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,679 Speaker 1: the you know the fumble by Pascal Uh, you know, 560 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: I don't know that he ever really secured the ball, 561 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,199 Speaker 1: you know, but he's really let's let's go to the 562 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 1: origins in the fifty fifty pick. You know, that's a 563 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: fifty fifty ball up there. I don't know. You're taking 564 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 1: your shots. You know, you'd like to see you'd like 565 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,880 Speaker 1: to see Pittman come back and compete. Maybe you'll lead him. 566 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 1: But if you're taking some shots, you're gonna throw some 567 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: fifty fifty balls. I mean, nobody, nobody's killing Tom Brady 568 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,920 Speaker 1: today for the interception to h Rogers. I mean, they're 569 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 1: they're almost like punts when you throw them that far. 570 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing though, that you gotta do 571 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: is what is the origin of the turnover? And you know, 572 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: basically you got to make sure that Fisher's right because 573 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 1: he's gonna we gotta beat the Patriots, we gotta beat Arizona, 574 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: and we gotta beat the Raiders. And you know, you're 575 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: looking at Judeon, You're looking at Chris Jones off that 576 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 1: right side, so you know, we may, you know, we 577 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: may have to help him those guys are every bit 578 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: as good as Barrett in you know, in that situation. 579 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 1: So you know, that's something that I think we really 580 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 1: got to address the origin of the turnover. I don't 581 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: think the turnover itself is the problem, you know. And 582 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 1: then I would say the other thing is, you know, 583 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 1: it may be time to start playing dueling more than Pascal. 584 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: Pascal has really not given us much lately. And you know, 585 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, everything I see about duel and 586 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 1: I like, whether it's special teams and emerging as a 587 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: deep threat yesterday was great. Yeah, it leads the NFL 588 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:26,919 Speaker 1: and special teams tackles and then the deep ball, the 589 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,439 Speaker 1: sixty two yard touchdown there for Ashton Dulan. Rick vent 590 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,159 Speaker 1: teria right there, and Joe writes, I'm Matt Taylor our 591 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 1: final truth or trash. And this has been a hot 592 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:36,639 Speaker 1: button topic really since the end of the game and 593 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: all day long today on Sports talk radio. Let's talk 594 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 1: about that stretch on offense where the Colts through the 595 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 1: ball twenty six straight times. Several of those were RPOs. Also, 596 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: fourteen of those passes occurred before the end of the half, 597 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: about two minute drill that Rick alluded to but that 598 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 1: stretch did include two of the five Colts turnovers. Jonathan 599 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 1: Taylor went nearly twenty six minutes of game time between 600 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: care and for what it's worth, just kind of breaking 601 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: down the stats and supplying the argument here or presenting 602 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 1: the argument. The Colts are six and oh this season 603 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: when Taylor runs for one hundred yards and Owen six 604 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: when he's held to double digits. Also, for what it's worth, 605 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 1: the Colts this season are o and six when they 606 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: attempt at least thirty five passes and six and oh 607 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 1: when they attempt less than thirty five passes. Rick, So 608 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 1: we all know the Colts were over forty passes on Sunday, 609 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 1: but they still scored thirty one points and could have 610 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 1: won the game had it not been for the turnover. So, Rick, 611 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 1: let me present this to you. The Colts lost the 612 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: game because of Taylor's lack of touches truth or trash. Yeah, 613 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go I'm gonna go half truth on that. 614 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go have truth on that. And the reason 615 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: you know, I talked about this in my opener. Okay, 616 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 1: there is no question that one of the factors in 617 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 1: the loss yesterday. You know, revolves around whether or not 618 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 1: basically we should have given it to our best player. More, 619 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 1: I don't think it's as easy as that. I think 620 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 1: we can always look back and say absolutely, yes, we 621 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: should have fed the beast, but we fed the beast 622 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 1: in the first half and we couldn't get an inch. 623 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: I was begging for us to work on those corners 624 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 1: because I knew that they were weak. And when we 625 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:20,360 Speaker 1: did that, we exploded in that first half. We came 626 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: out in that drive, in that drive in the third quarter, 627 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: we threw it going right down the field, And if 628 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: it's not for the strip sack, we might not be 629 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 1: even having this discussion, to tell you the truth. I mean, 630 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,400 Speaker 1: I've seen Bill Belichick run the ball one week when 631 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,880 Speaker 1: I was with him fifty times, and the next week 632 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: get and spread forty six times and beat both teams, 633 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 1: and they said he's a genius because he plays to 634 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 1: what they give them. So I think Frank, you know, 635 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 1: was playing to what they were given us. Now you know, 636 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:52,000 Speaker 1: at some point there is that fine balance, you know. 637 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: You know, the only question I think you asked, Frank 638 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: is what changed your mind? Because they didn't change that much. 639 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: What changed your mind in the fourth quarter, when you 640 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 1: just said the hell with it, we are going to 641 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,920 Speaker 1: give him the ball and we're gonna go with it again. 642 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,480 Speaker 1: Fourteen of the twenty six come into two minute drive, 643 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:11,080 Speaker 1: so that you eliminate that that was a great drive. 644 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: There wasn't a run in it. There shouldn't have been 645 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 1: a run in it. We went down and scored with 646 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: twenty seconds to go, so that leads that leads twelve 647 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 1: or thirteen plays left in the third quarter, of which 648 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 1: there were four RPOs called all four And if you 649 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 1: call our pos, I said this every week, you call 650 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,000 Speaker 1: it for you. On first down, it's a path in 651 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 1: the National Football League. There's nobody playing cover two in 652 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: the first first deaf, so you ensured that he wasn't 653 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: going to run the ball there, and that would be 654 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: My only bitch would be that they threw him the 655 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: ball on swings and screens three times. These are on 656 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 1: first and second and medium, because when you get the 657 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:51,480 Speaker 1: second and fifteen were not. We're not even discussing this, okay. 658 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 1: And then they threw the ball three times to him 659 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 1: on first down, and that fourth the fourth one was 660 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 1: to him, so eight that eight of that twelve plays 661 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 1: was basically you know, was basically our pos or him, 662 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: and then the two pass of the two true passes 663 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 1: downfield were the killers. One was the strip sack and 664 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 1: the other one was the interception. So you know, obviously 665 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 1: we can look back on it and we can say, yes, 666 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 1: you know, that was a big factor in losing it. 667 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 1: Certainly is probably one of the factors. Turnovers, another factor 668 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 1: not stopping the run as a factor, penalties at Joe 669 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: alluded to this before pass interference penalties killer and absolutely 670 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 1: not even slowing him down on the drive at crunch time. 671 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,400 Speaker 1: So you know, I will say half truth because it 672 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 1: isn't the only factor. Yeah, I'm gonna go half truth 673 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,920 Speaker 1: as well, Matt, and I just come at it from 674 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 1: an offensive line perspective. You know, in my history, you know, 675 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: we threw a lot of passes, and we threw a 676 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:50,720 Speaker 1: lot of seven step drops, and we scored a lot 677 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,479 Speaker 1: of points with Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck. There's a 678 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 1: big difference though, in Peyton Manning's offense and then the 679 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,640 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck offense, meaning you know, one Peyton you know 680 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 1: a lot of times, you know, or Tom Brady when 681 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 1: you're running that you know, spread option routes the ball's 682 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 1: coming out in two seconds. You can get beat clean 683 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,520 Speaker 1: as an offensive lineman and the balls already out and 684 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 1: you're good, you know. But if you're running a lot 685 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:14,000 Speaker 1: of five seven step drops, deep routes down the field 686 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,240 Speaker 1: play action, which the Colts have done Underwentz, that gets 687 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,960 Speaker 1: harder to pass block. And I just think you take 688 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: a little bit of the aggressiveness off as an offensive 689 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: lineman when you're dropping back more and more and more. 690 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:30,840 Speaker 1: There's something physically, mentally psychologically about pushing somebody forward, knowing 691 00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: that it's a designed run, not an RPO, a check 692 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: with me run or just to call it and roll 693 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 1: with it. Run. And you're getting on your guy and 694 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,600 Speaker 1: you're mashing them, and you're watching Jonathan Taylor go behind 695 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 1: you and you're mashing guys into the pile. Does that 696 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: make sense? And I think we lost a little bit 697 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 1: of that in the third quarter. Now, again, the two 698 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,240 Speaker 1: minute drive was phenomenal. It was an unbelievable two minute drive. 699 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 1: But then in the second half, then we get the 700 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,680 Speaker 1: sack fumble. You know, eventually, you know, and a coach 701 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 1: told me this, he goes when you hand the ball off, 702 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,920 Speaker 1: one bad thing can happen. They can fumble the ball. 703 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 1: But when you throw the ball a couple bad things 704 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:02,880 Speaker 1: can happen. You know, they can blitch you, they can 705 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:04,640 Speaker 1: run a pressure you're not used to. You can get 706 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: beat one on one individually as an offensive lineman for 707 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:09,200 Speaker 1: a sack, a sack fumble, or you can throw it 708 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,000 Speaker 1: up and you can get an interception. And I do 709 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,279 Speaker 1: think part of the turnovers that we had, you have 710 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,200 Speaker 1: a higher propensity for turnovers when you're throwing a pass 711 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,160 Speaker 1: or a deep pass the National Football League than just 712 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:20,279 Speaker 1: calling a run. And so I do think there is 713 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 1: some element of truth to that, and that obviously when 714 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:24,880 Speaker 1: you go back and you take the film as an aggregate, 715 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,520 Speaker 1: it's easy to nitpick here. But you know, going during 716 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,480 Speaker 1: the game, the fact that you know we went twenty 717 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,279 Speaker 1: six times or whatever it was and didn't have a 718 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,799 Speaker 1: design call and run it too, Jonathan Taylor, I think 719 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 1: you got to find ways just to just to get 720 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,799 Speaker 1: him the ball here and there. And going back to 721 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,839 Speaker 1: a basketball analogy, you know that I loved it to have. 722 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:43,799 Speaker 1: You could be a great three point shooting team and 723 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,839 Speaker 1: teams could continually leave you wide open three after three 724 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: after three, But at some point, you still got to 725 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 1: drive the ball into the paint, or you still got 726 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:52,439 Speaker 1: to throw the ball into the post, or you still 727 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,160 Speaker 1: got to drive to the bucket and get fouled. You 728 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:55,960 Speaker 1: still got to do the bread and butter things that 729 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,560 Speaker 1: you do well. And so you know, obviously the offensive 730 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:00,840 Speaker 1: lineman in me would have liked to see sprinkle in 731 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 1: a design, call it and run it somewhere, if nothing else, 732 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,920 Speaker 1: just to say, hey, fellas, we're going at him. We're 733 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,839 Speaker 1: running power to the right, power to the left, we're 734 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:09,919 Speaker 1: getting downhill, and we're gonna tee off on this five 735 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: man front rather than sitting back and having five one 736 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:16,160 Speaker 1: on one pass protection blocks, which can be tough sledding especially. 737 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:18,439 Speaker 1: It's a good front like Tampa Bay. Good stuff right there. 738 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,279 Speaker 1: Joe Wrights, Rick vent Terry, I'm Matt Taylor. That's truth 739 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:23,880 Speaker 1: or trash here on Colts Round Table Live. Time to 740 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 1: hit the pause button. But when we come back, we'll 741 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 1: dive into the mail bag. We'll talk about the Colts 742 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:30,160 Speaker 1: defense to the second half. We'll talk about the Colts 743 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:33,320 Speaker 1: playoff odds with five games to go, and the Texans, 744 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,360 Speaker 1: who were up next on Sunday and week number thirteen. 745 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,680 Speaker 1: We're back in just a moment here on Colts Roundtable Live. 746 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 1: It's brought to you by Citizens Energy Group ninety three 747 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:47,120 Speaker 1: five and one oh seven five the Fan. Welcome back 748 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,719 Speaker 1: to Colts Round Table Live on ninety three five and 749 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,320 Speaker 1: one oh seven five the Fan for more Colts breakdown. 750 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 1: Here's Matt Taylor, the voice of the Colts from the 751 00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:00,480 Speaker 1: Power Home Solar Radio studio. We're back again on Colts 752 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:03,200 Speaker 1: Roundtable Live. Thanks for sticking with us tonight. It's presented 753 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,240 Speaker 1: by Citizens Energy Group prow to be the Colts conservation partner. 754 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:10,840 Speaker 1: Find winning conservation tips as always online at Citizens Energygroup 755 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,520 Speaker 1: dot com. Tonight show is also brought to you by Meyer, 756 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,520 Speaker 1: the official supercenter of the Colts and proud sponsor of 757 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,719 Speaker 1: hundreds of local sports teams across the Midwest. And we're 758 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,120 Speaker 1: taking your Twitter questions right now. Send them in using 759 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,200 Speaker 1: hashtag Colts Roundtable again. I'm Matt Taylor with the former 760 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,280 Speaker 1: Colts Rick Venturry and Joe Writes with you until seven 761 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:31,279 Speaker 1: o'clock tonight here on the fan. Joe, let's go to 762 00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:34,200 Speaker 1: you first with Donnie's question, how damaging was the loss 763 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:37,240 Speaker 1: on Sunday for our playoff hopes with only five games 764 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,680 Speaker 1: to go. Right now we are the tent seed and 765 00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 1: the AFCED. Do we have enough time to make up 766 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:45,120 Speaker 1: that ground, Donnie, great question. We have time, but it's 767 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,680 Speaker 1: slipping away a little bit. When you look at our schedule, 768 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,960 Speaker 1: you know what do we have going for us? Five 769 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,160 Speaker 1: games left, three at home. Some teams have six games left. 770 00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:56,560 Speaker 1: But if you look at the AFC and entirety, I'm 771 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,760 Speaker 1: assuming five spots are taken for the four division winners 772 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,400 Speaker 1: and then the loser whoever doesn't win the AFC East, 773 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,120 Speaker 1: the bills of the Patriots, assuming they get in. I 774 00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:08,319 Speaker 1: really am looking at there's four teams left for those 775 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,719 Speaker 1: final two spots, and they are the Bengals at seven 776 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:14,120 Speaker 1: and four, the Chargers at six and five, Vegas at 777 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,160 Speaker 1: six and five, and the Colts at six and six. 778 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,080 Speaker 1: I think Pittsburgh's done. I think Cleveland's done. They both 779 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,719 Speaker 1: have tough schedules left, and even though denverse six and five, 780 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,080 Speaker 1: I think they're done as well. So if you look 781 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,799 Speaker 1: at who we're battling with, it's really the Bengals, the 782 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,920 Speaker 1: Chargers in Vegas, and the Colts. Of those four teams, 783 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:31,600 Speaker 1: two are going to get into the playoffs. The good 784 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:34,520 Speaker 1: thing is we play Las Vegas January second, and that 785 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:37,040 Speaker 1: can be a de facto playoff game. So you got 786 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,919 Speaker 1: to hope that the Bengals and the Chargers, who both 787 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,640 Speaker 1: have tough schedules in those AFC North and AFC West, 788 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,120 Speaker 1: start to lose some games. Oh, by the way, the 789 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:49,239 Speaker 1: Chargers play at Since this Sunday, which is great for us, 790 00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:51,160 Speaker 1: and if you're a Colts fan, you want to pull 791 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:54,359 Speaker 1: for Cincinnati. And here's why. The Bengals have a five 792 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,520 Speaker 1: and two conference record. The Chargers is four and three, 793 00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:59,239 Speaker 1: the Colts are five and three, So even though the 794 00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 1: Colts lost, yes, it wasn't a conference loss. When you 795 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:05,200 Speaker 1: get into those tiebreakers after division record, and if you're 796 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,359 Speaker 1: not in the same division, which we're not, it goes 797 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:10,839 Speaker 1: to conference record. And the bottom line, the Colts at 798 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:12,960 Speaker 1: five and three, if the Chargers lose and get to 799 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,360 Speaker 1: four and four, we would then have a de facto 800 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:18,040 Speaker 1: tiebreaker over the Chargers if we both finished let's say 801 00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:21,360 Speaker 1: eleven and six or ten and seven. So Colts fans 802 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,919 Speaker 1: root for the Bengals this Sunday, and then we would 803 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:27,480 Speaker 1: have a better division record against the Chargers. That if 804 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:30,120 Speaker 1: that holds serve. You know, we can knock Vegas out 805 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:33,040 Speaker 1: control our own destiny. So bottom line, I still like 806 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,240 Speaker 1: where we're at even though we're six and six, because 807 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,080 Speaker 1: I think some good things will naturally break our way. 808 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,600 Speaker 1: But you gotta win football games. With five games to go, 809 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,799 Speaker 1: you gotta win at least four. I think ten and 810 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:45,799 Speaker 1: seven does get it in. But if I'm in that 811 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,120 Speaker 1: building right now, player, coach, I'm thinking we got a 812 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,040 Speaker 1: bunch of playoff games. Now, we got five one game 813 00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,319 Speaker 1: playoff type scenarios. Got to get the Texans the nice 814 00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:55,960 Speaker 1: thing you got to lay by, and then you got 815 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,000 Speaker 1: to figure out a way to win those final four 816 00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,400 Speaker 1: ball games, which is going to be against some good petition. 817 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:02,360 Speaker 1: So it's gonna be fun. There's not gonna be a 818 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:04,880 Speaker 1: dull moment here down the stretch, Matt, for you and 819 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:06,880 Speaker 1: coach calling those games, because every one of those is 820 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,800 Speaker 1: going to have that playoff type intensity we saw yesterday. No, 821 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:11,880 Speaker 1: that's exactly all right. Now is about the time of 822 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,600 Speaker 1: year where your head starts spinning on tiebreakers and you know, 823 00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:16,800 Speaker 1: head to head matchups, and one of the things I 824 00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:18,640 Speaker 1: might to do list later on this week is to 825 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,400 Speaker 1: figure out who needs to win, who needs to lose, 826 00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:23,680 Speaker 1: and all these matchups in order for the Colts to 827 00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:27,399 Speaker 1: benefit later on this weekend, you know, just to add there. 828 00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:29,680 Speaker 1: You know, when we had seven to go, I said 829 00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:31,920 Speaker 1: we had to win five out of seven, and we 830 00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,520 Speaker 1: had to win three out of five versus good teams 831 00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:38,600 Speaker 1: yesterday doesn't kill us at all, particularly because that's the 832 00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:42,280 Speaker 1: NFC team of the good five. It really simply comes 833 00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:44,160 Speaker 1: down to, now we have to win two out of 834 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:48,239 Speaker 1: three versus New England, Arizona, Las Vega. We have to 835 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,000 Speaker 1: win two out of three. If we don't win the 836 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,920 Speaker 1: other two, we don't belong. So it really comes instead 837 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,040 Speaker 1: of three out of five, it's now two out of three, right, 838 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,080 Speaker 1: and you know two of them are at home, to 839 00:39:57,120 --> 00:40:00,719 Speaker 1: be honest with you, So I'm with Joe. They're we'll 840 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:02,879 Speaker 1: be okay, but we have to take care of ourselves. Yeah, 841 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:04,960 Speaker 1: I gotta start winning football games. All right. Let's hit 842 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:06,799 Speaker 1: the pause button again real quick. When we come back, 843 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,040 Speaker 1: we'll take some more of your Twitter questions. We'll talk 844 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,720 Speaker 1: about why Rob Gronkowski had such a big game against 845 00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:14,839 Speaker 1: the Colts yesterday at Lucas Oil Stadium. Get him in tonight, 846 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:18,120 Speaker 1: using hashtag Colts Roundtable again with Joe Wrights, Rick Ventury, 847 00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:20,200 Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor. We're back in just a moment. You're 848 00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:22,560 Speaker 1: on ninety three five and one oh seven five the Fan. 849 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:29,080 Speaker 1: We now return to Colts Round Table Live once again. 850 00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:32,680 Speaker 1: Here's Matt Taylor from the Power Home Solar Radio Studio. 851 00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:35,440 Speaker 1: We're back again for the final time here on Colts 852 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:38,880 Speaker 1: Roundtable Live, presented as always by Citizens Energy Group, proud 853 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:42,040 Speaker 1: to be the Colts Conservation partner, fund winning conservation tips 854 00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:44,919 Speaker 1: at Citizens Energy Group dot com. Tonight's show is also 855 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:47,880 Speaker 1: brought to you by Everstream, Indie's Business Only five or 856 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:51,200 Speaker 1: Network Faster five and Better Business. I'm Matt Taylor with 857 00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:54,359 Speaker 1: former Colts Rick Ventury and Joe Writes. We got time 858 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:57,279 Speaker 1: for one more quick mail bag question again. You can 859 00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:00,479 Speaker 1: submit your questions in tonight and every Monday night using 860 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,640 Speaker 1: hashtag Colts Roundtable. Let's go to Dan. Why do we 861 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,000 Speaker 1: struggle with tight Ends so much? Gronk had a big 862 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,400 Speaker 1: game just like Mark Andrews did on us when we 863 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,879 Speaker 1: played Baltimore. Why did tight Ends give us so much 864 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,840 Speaker 1: problems and fits in the passing game? Yeah? You know, 865 00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,799 Speaker 1: I really enjoyed Barry Krause, you know, in the post game, 866 00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,799 Speaker 1: he tried to explain this and nobody wanted to listen. 867 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,799 Speaker 1: They just wanted to talk about how good Gronkowski was, 868 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,680 Speaker 1: which is a given. And Barry, who has played more 869 00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:30,000 Speaker 1: underneath coverage than anybody in this city, actually had some 870 00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:33,360 Speaker 1: good points. I mean, I look at underneath coverage so 871 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,760 Speaker 1: much different than the Colts, and I think it really 872 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,799 Speaker 1: affects you on tight ends. First of all, we do 873 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:43,640 Speaker 1: not match patterns in zone. We play spot drops. Okay, 874 00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:48,360 Speaker 1: now where that kills you is you are creating Swiss 875 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,440 Speaker 1: cheese holes in there, and so good tight ends have 876 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:56,200 Speaker 1: no trouble finding the holes in between linebackers, you know, 877 00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:59,359 Speaker 1: and when you got quarterbacks with accuracy that balls in there. 878 00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:04,240 Speaker 1: We don't play a lot of hard lockdown man demand, 879 00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:07,680 Speaker 1: so we're not We're really not on those guys man 880 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:11,919 Speaker 1: demand very much. We do very little, Jammy. I mean, 881 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,919 Speaker 1: you know, you let you let a Gronkowski, you let 882 00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:19,000 Speaker 1: it Andrews run free down the seam, which we did repeatedly. 883 00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:22,400 Speaker 1: We let him run the wheels without contact. I mean, 884 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:26,439 Speaker 1: if you're not matching and contacting those guys, you're you're 885 00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:29,560 Speaker 1: just in for really really long days and then the 886 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:32,080 Speaker 1: final thing, and it doesn't matter whether it's a great 887 00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:35,480 Speaker 1: tight end or whether it's a great wide receiver. We 888 00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:40,280 Speaker 1: never apply a game specific plan to that guy. Once 889 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:44,080 Speaker 1: you realized in that game that Gronkowski was full speed 890 00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:46,640 Speaker 1: and if you knew they were going to go to 891 00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:49,319 Speaker 1: him when it was on the line, you had to 892 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,520 Speaker 1: have a way of taking him out, and we never 893 00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:54,680 Speaker 1: did that. So you know, when you look at that 894 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:58,000 Speaker 1: time after time, game after game, that is a real 895 00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:02,680 Speaker 1: structural flaw in our system. Tonight Shows also brought to 896 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:05,359 Speaker 1: you by Caesar as all season long player predictive game 897 00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,280 Speaker 1: Pick six presented by Caesar's Sports Book. Visit the Colts 898 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:11,239 Speaker 1: app every week before kickoff and click on Pick six 899 00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,760 Speaker 1: to submit your answers for a chance to win Colts prizes. 900 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:16,240 Speaker 1: You must be twenty one to play. As we close 901 00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,160 Speaker 1: out here, guys, we got about two minutes left on 902 00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:20,400 Speaker 1: the show as we kind of turn the page on 903 00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:23,879 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay, get ready for the Houston Texans Round two. Joe, 904 00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:25,920 Speaker 1: it's the twenty four hour rule, right, You always have 905 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:28,799 Speaker 1: twenty four hours to celebrate a win and about a 906 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,640 Speaker 1: day to dwell on a loss. How hard is that 907 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,960 Speaker 1: after a loss like Sunday, what's it like pushing through 908 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:38,000 Speaker 1: all of the physical toll of the season this late 909 00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,160 Speaker 1: in the year, when you haven't had a bye week, 910 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,920 Speaker 1: and then you have to mentally compartmentalize after giving up 911 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:45,360 Speaker 1: a big lead and falling to a good team that 912 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:47,520 Speaker 1: you should have been. It would be hard, but it's 913 00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,960 Speaker 1: not as hard. I think for this reason. If I'm 914 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,000 Speaker 1: a player knowing I got the bye week still to 915 00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:54,200 Speaker 1: come up, I'm juice st up, Matt. I'm saying, Hey, 916 00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:56,560 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter what happened. We got rid of it. 917 00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:59,000 Speaker 1: We got to watch the film get better. But let's 918 00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:01,480 Speaker 1: go down there, win a game. Let's have a fun 919 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,840 Speaker 1: playing ride home. No One. We got a week off 920 00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:06,160 Speaker 1: and that we can really charge up for the last 921 00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:08,360 Speaker 1: four games of the season. So I think the fact 922 00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:10,799 Speaker 1: that the Colts have that late by that will help 923 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:13,120 Speaker 1: them get over this loss sooner, because as the player, 924 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:16,879 Speaker 1: you're saying, hey, I'm gonna have a chance to get physically, mentally, emotionally, 925 00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:20,520 Speaker 1: spiritually recharged for the last four game grind to the season. 926 00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,280 Speaker 1: Let's go put everything out, have a great week against Houston, 927 00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:25,719 Speaker 1: get a win against a team we should beat and 928 00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:28,640 Speaker 1: then let's have some nice rest and get ourselves ready 929 00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:31,480 Speaker 1: to go. Well said right there again, Joe Wright sor right, Rick, 930 00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:33,760 Speaker 1: we got about thirty seconds left. Give us the skinny 931 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:36,399 Speaker 1: on the Textans. They're two and nine. The Colts beat 932 00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:38,560 Speaker 1: them thirty one to three back in week number six, 933 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:41,440 Speaker 1: and they're coming off a loss on Sunday to the Jets. Yeah, 934 00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:44,000 Speaker 1: the loss of the Jets was surprising to me. The 935 00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:45,719 Speaker 1: only thing I'll say is, I think you're going to 936 00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:49,839 Speaker 1: face an improve team. Coach Callie still has them playing very, 937 00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:53,560 Speaker 1: very hard. Tyrod Taylor is a much They're much more 938 00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:57,400 Speaker 1: dangerous with him. Until whether or not people realize this, 939 00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:01,279 Speaker 1: but until the game yesterday, he was two and two 940 00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:04,040 Speaker 1: with the Texans, and in the games he played, they 941 00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:07,400 Speaker 1: scored twenty two plus points in over three hundred yards. 942 00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:10,600 Speaker 1: They're they're much different with him. In the game. It's 943 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:13,160 Speaker 1: two and three, but a much different team. And I 944 00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:17,120 Speaker 1: do think that Lovey Smith has made some critical adjustments 945 00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,560 Speaker 1: and tweaks in the defense. They're kind of a poor 946 00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:22,680 Speaker 1: man's Colts. Even though they're a bad team statistically, they 947 00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:25,760 Speaker 1: do have twenty takeaways and some of their young guys 948 00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:29,319 Speaker 1: leading by Greenhart, are starting to get some sacks. So 949 00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:31,919 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a better team. This is gonna 950 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:35,359 Speaker 1: be their super Bowl, their homecoming. You know they're gonna 951 00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:36,919 Speaker 1: play a little bit better than they did the last 952 00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:39,080 Speaker 1: time we played them, no doubt about that. Should be 953 00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:41,600 Speaker 1: an interesting game. On Sundays, the Colts go for the 954 00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:44,600 Speaker 1: season sweep down in Houston. That's all the time we have. Tonight, 955 00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:47,359 Speaker 1: We're up against it as always, Thanks to everybody who 956 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:50,160 Speaker 1: joined the show tonight and twittered in their questions. Thanks 957 00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:52,319 Speaker 1: again to Frank Reich for joining the show back on 958 00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:55,360 Speaker 1: segment number one, and the former Colts Rick fin Curry 959 00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:57,600 Speaker 1: and Joe Wrights who always bring it here on Colts 960 00:45:57,680 --> 00:46:01,799 Speaker 1: Roundtable Live ESPN Radio next then after that at seven thirty, 961 00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:04,600 Speaker 1: it's Pacer pregame. The Blue and Gold are in Minnesota 962 00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:07,760 Speaker 1: tonight to face off against the Timberwolves, and Colts Roundtable 963 00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:10,759 Speaker 1: Live returns next Monday with the recap of the Colts 964 00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:13,280 Speaker 1: and the Texans. Until then, have a great week. Everybody 965 00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:15,400 Speaker 1: will talk to you throughout the week talking Colts football. 966 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:18,040 Speaker 1: You're on ninety three five and one oh seven five 967 00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:18,880 Speaker 1: the Fan. Good Night,