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Speaker 1: All you need to know about the Colts in one place.

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Speaker 1: The Colts Daily Update starts. Now here's the voice of

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Speaker 1: the Colts, Matt Taylor. Good evening, everybody, Welcome inside the

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Speaker 1: Colts Daily Update. This is the last Colts Daily Update

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Speaker 1: of the season, the last Thursday of the last regular

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Speaker 1: season week, and that's because we know the Colts will

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Speaker 1: not be headed the playoffs next year, so we're done

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Speaker 1: after tonight. In terms of daily updates, I'm Matt Taylor,

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Speaker 1: joined as always on a Thursday by or with i

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Speaker 1: should say, JJ Stangovitz from Colts dot Com and Colts

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Speaker 1: are getting ready to close out the regular season on

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Speaker 1: Sunday against the Houston Texans. The Colts check into this

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Speaker 1: game four eleven one, the Texans are two thirteen and one,

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Speaker 1: and these two teams will be picking. You're the top

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Speaker 1: of the draft in some order in the spring. In fact,

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Speaker 1: if the Texans lose, they'll secure the top pick in

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Speaker 1: the draft for the first time since twenty fourteen, and

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Speaker 1: it would also mark the third year in a row

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Speaker 1: a team from the AFC South pick first. Overall, that's

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Speaker 1: the backdrop heading into JJ. What's going on today? My friend?

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Speaker 1: You all right, Yeah, hanging in there. You know, last

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Speaker 1: down to only one more game week day essentially, right,

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Speaker 1: you know, one more season Friday, and then the busy

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Speaker 1: when the season ends. Yeah, because a lot of impact

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Speaker 1: The Buffalo Bill share today that Hamlin has shown, in

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Speaker 1: Well said, right there. JJ Stankovitz from Colts dot Com.

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