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Speaker 2: back to another official Colts podcast. Yes Today, brought to

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Speaker 2: you by when Bet in the month of May in

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Speaker 2: the state of Indiana, the city of Indianapolis. Welcome back

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Speaker 2: on the Colt's Audio Network. No Jeffrey Gorman this week,

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Speaker 2: I'm Matt Taylor with Lara Overton, j J Stangovitz. They're

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Speaker 2: riding the podcast bus today as well. JJ, how are

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Speaker 2: It's week five. Phase two is ongoing. Also going to

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Speaker 2: Talk about some immediate impactful players in twenty twenty three

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it doesn't. He's not guaranteed anything. He's

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Speaker 5: So that that and you started a lot of games,

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Speaker 6: That was gonna be right, yes, yes, so we are

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Speaker 5: So yeah, before you tell us about Tyler Adams, I

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Speaker 2: I got a recruiting letter from Butler. It wasn't me.

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Speaker 5: Earl Elser was a tackle who weighs he was he

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Speaker 2: Are these guys? Are there? Are there pictures up in

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Speaker 5: Got Hal Griggs, Curly Hinchman, Oh Curly yeah, yeah loo,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's made that guy. He's making the team on

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Speaker 5: So Uh, Tyler Adams will try to be the first

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Speaker 2: I love it, Lara. He was at the pro day?

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Speaker 2: Wasn't he the local pro day? Tyler Adams a Butler

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Speaker 6: Do you not have that roster?

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Speaker 2: But what a cold story?

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Speaker 2: Guy transfers to Butler from Harvard? Yeah, Harvard guy? Ibeah,

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Speaker 5: Torres see how twice in college and then transferred to Butler. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Now he's got a chance. You got four four to

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Speaker 6: Do you think did he and Rodney Thomas have to

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Speaker 2: Sure they did? Yeah, I'm sure they Yeah, yeah, right

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Speaker 6: Rodney Thomas is going to talk this week, I believe,

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Speaker 2: So we go storyline there.

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Speaker 5: I have another useless fun fact, Oh, this will be

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Speaker 5: Tyler Adams. Not this Tyler Adams, but Tyler Adams, who

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 5: They were together at a US soccer academy in Wow,

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Speaker 5: like twenty sixteen. Tyler Adams is one of the best

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Speaker 5: free kick takers on the US team, and Matt Kay

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Speaker 2: Whoa. So two guys named Tyler Adams, but different, different guys.

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Speaker 2: That's like the first day I worked here, Remember I

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Speaker 6: Yes, I remember this.

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Speaker 2: You talk about just I was getting his mail, he

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Speaker 6: I remember trying because you have you have your middle initials. Yes, exactly,

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Speaker 2: So why that exists? Yeah, there were two Matt Taylor's here.

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Speaker 2: You talk about chaos. That's that's right. And he was

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Speaker 2: the NFL Draft is over. Let's get the microwave out

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Speaker 2: and nuke it back up here. Just some random thoughts

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Speaker 6: Julius Sprints. Yeah, Yeah, I think that's I think that's it.

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Speaker 4: I also think because of of the uniqueness of Josh Downs,

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Speaker 4: But I do think that because he's so different than

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Speaker 4: But he said he'd be good to go for training camp,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, Juju Brynce is top of the list,

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Speaker 2: Chance too, especially with Brent's being out in the spring,

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Speaker 5: That is a wide open competition at cornerback anymore, the

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Speaker 5: thing with saying who's gonna start, We're saying the Colts

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Speaker 5: We haven't seen Jonathan Taylor really in a read option offense,

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Speaker 2: How many how many design runs per game? And this

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Speaker 5: Okay, I actually kind of have an answer, all right, two?

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Speaker 5: The Eagles last year, Jalen Hurts, according to Pro Football Focus,

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Speaker 5: It's about two per game, right, And it's because but

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Speaker 5: It's designed for the quarterback to read the d end.

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Speaker 5: If he crashes, you take it. If he stays, you

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Speaker 5: give it to JT. I think I think it's lower

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Speaker 5: he's gonna scramble. So you're gonna see those carry numbers

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Speaker 5: be higher. I'm talking about you line Anthony Richardson up

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Speaker 5: he just goes those type of runs. I think you're

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're running like you're running power, You're running design

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Speaker 2: off tackle stuff like that within that play. Yep, Leira,

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Speaker 2: another draft leftover, any draft leftover.

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Speaker 6: It's like a microwave in here.

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Speaker 2: I mean temperature wise, Yes, yeah, shut shut the door

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Speaker 4: Plate of mac and cheese and you know Mayte's leftover steaks.

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Speaker 2: Now we're getting there. Now we're getting to the T's.

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Speaker 2: I love it. Colts. They didn't draft a linebacker, right.

439
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Speaker 2: They had twelve draft picks, you know, their their largest

440
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Speaker 2: draft class, uh in the seven round format, but no linebacker.

441
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Speaker 2: Lara gotta be good news for Shack Leonard, right, I

442
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Speaker 2: mean just kind of reading between the lines, there.

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Speaker 6: You you would hope.

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Speaker 4: I also think that the Colts have made such an

445
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Speaker 4: investment already with resigning J. Speed, and you obviously last

446
00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:45,280
Speaker 4: off season committed to Zaire Franklin, and then you have

447
00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,600
Speaker 4: other guys in there, like you know, Jojo Doman in

448
00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,880
Speaker 4: the mix and other guys.

449
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Speaker 6: So I think that you're pretty solid in.

450
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Speaker 4: That space that you didn't need to shore up any

451
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Speaker 4: additional you know, depth behind. But I do think that

452
00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:06,359
Speaker 4: should make you optimistic for how Shaq will progress leading

453
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Speaker 4: into training camp in the regular season.

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Speaker 2: You have to take that as a good sign. I mean, again,

455
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Speaker 2: you love the depth there with EJ. Speed, you love

456
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,960
Speaker 2: the guys coming back, Zire Franklin coming back. But again,

457
00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:18,440
Speaker 2: just the fact that the Colts had twelve picks, their

458
00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,600
Speaker 2: largest draft class in a long long time, no linebackers.

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Speaker 2: I know Leonard's still rehabbing. He talked a few weeks

460
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Speaker 2: ago that he still got a ways to go doing

461
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Speaker 2: football activities, But good sign I think right there for

462
00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,400
Speaker 2: his rehab and him coming back hopefully sooner than later.

463
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Speaker 2: Last leftover JJ Day three guy nine picks for the Colts,

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Speaker 2: which Day three drafted player for the Colts has the

465
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Speaker 2: chance to be the biggest steal of the draft. A Lah,

466
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Speaker 2: you know, maybe Rodney Thomas from a year ago.

467
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Speaker 5: I think I'm gonna take the long game here. I

468
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Speaker 5: love the idea of Jake Witt developing behind the scenes

469
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Speaker 5: here in Indianapolis for a couple of years. I have

470
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Speaker 5: no idea if he actually will and if he can,

471
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Speaker 5: but his athletic profile I just think about. I think about,

472
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Speaker 5: you know, you go back to what Shane Stikeen has

473
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Speaker 5: experienced and when when Shane Stikeen was in Philadelphia, the

474
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Speaker 5: Eagles had they used a seventh round pick in twenty

475
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Speaker 5: twenty on someone who literally had never played football before,

476
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Speaker 5: Jordan Mylotta, and he comes over, he winds up starting

477
00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:26,280
Speaker 5: ten games as a rookie and then fourteen games in

478
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Speaker 5: twenty twenty one, sixteen games in two.

479
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Speaker 4: It's really because they foresaw we're gonna need a Christmas album,

480
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Speaker 4: and this guy has the pipes.

481
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Speaker 6: From the heavens. So that was really what it was.

482
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Speaker 6: The amount of draft profile.

483
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Speaker 5: The amount of digging that they do on these prospects.

484
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Speaker 5: I wouldn't be surprised if their like he's got a

485
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Speaker 5: great voice, absolutely that type of profile, like man, if

486
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Speaker 5: you can develop this guy Whoo as a seventh round pick,

487
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Speaker 5: the amount of like of surplus value you could get

488
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Speaker 5: out of him. I'm fascinated to see his development. Blake

489
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Speaker 5: Freeland too. These guys are just athletic freaks. They both

490
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Speaker 5: at thirty seven thirty seven inch verticals. You might say,

491
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Speaker 5: you know, you know you're a tackle, when are you

492
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Speaker 5: gonna jump? But that just shows how explosive of an

493
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Speaker 5: athlete they are. Tony Sprano Junior's got some dudes to

494
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Speaker 5: work with in there. And I don't know if either

495
00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:14,800
Speaker 5: of those guys may not play at all this year,

496
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,239
Speaker 5: but you develop them behind the scenes a little bit

497
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Speaker 5: and maybe you start thinking about these guys could be

498
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Speaker 5: contributors in twenty twenty four and beyond.

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Speaker 4: I'm intrigued by Daniel Rush, Daniel Rush, Shoot, Daniel Scott.

500
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Speaker 4: I was looking at all the picks together, Darius Rush

501
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Speaker 4: and Daniel Scott, so Daniel Daniel Scott really intrigued.

502
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Speaker 2: Especially Yeah, well.

503
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Speaker 6: It's kind of just overall a guy who they really

504
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Speaker 6: liked in the room.

505
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Speaker 4: And obviously Ron Milis, you know, dug in pretty heavily

506
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,159
Speaker 4: on guys, you know, and how they would fit. And

507
00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,640
Speaker 4: he's great at developing those guys in the long game.

508
00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,919
Speaker 4: So really intrigued by what he.

509
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Speaker 6: Can be for this defense and on special teams.

510
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Speaker 2: I mean, I don't I don't know if it's a

511
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Speaker 2: steal of the draft, but maybe a role that the

512
00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,520
Speaker 2: Colts didn't have a ton last year is in the

513
00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,720
Speaker 2: running game with Evan Hole after they traded Naim Hines.

514
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Speaker 2: I mean, obviously nim Hines didn't see a ton of

515
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,440
Speaker 2: production last year like we all thought he was going to.

516
00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,040
Speaker 2: The Colts just didn't have a guy like that on

517
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Speaker 2: their team after they traded him in the middle of

518
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,320
Speaker 2: last year. I mean, Taylor and Moss, they're going to

519
00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:19,440
Speaker 2: be more of your first and second down running backs.

520
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Speaker 2: Hole's got a chance to be a good third down

521
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Speaker 2: pass catching back. Really good career at Northwestern. Over two

522
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,399
Speaker 2: thousand rushing yards the fifty five catches last year on

523
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Speaker 2: a Northwestern team that was down, but he played on

524
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,040
Speaker 2: special teams as well throughout the course of his career.

525
00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,680
Speaker 2: So I'm excited just to see if he might have

526
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Speaker 2: a sneaky chance to be a big contributor for the

527
00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,560
Speaker 2: Colts next season. Again, despite Jonathan Taylor being your bellcal

528
00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,800
Speaker 2: running back, Hole might be that third down, two minute

529
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Speaker 2: back that the Colts could really use without Naim Hines

530
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Speaker 2: no longer be on the roster.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you need that guy to be able to pass

532
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Speaker 5: protect and to be able to catch passes out of

533
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Speaker 5: the backfield, and those are two things that the Colts

534
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Speaker 5: value in Evan Hall and that's why they wanted to

535
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Speaker 5: go ahead and draft him.

536
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Speaker 2: All right, more talk about these Day three draft picks

537
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,440
Speaker 2: for the Colts. Again, there were nine of them. Let's

538
00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:06,359
Speaker 2: get to know them even better right now. That's why

539
00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:10,640
Speaker 2: we're bringing on Emory Hunt from CBS Sports and CBS

540
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,800
Speaker 2: Sports HQ. He was all over it on these Day

541
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Speaker 2: three picks all over the NFL. So here's Emory Hunt.

542
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,080
Speaker 2: We talked to him a little bit earlier today our

543
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:22,120
Speaker 2: conversation about what the Colts are getting from their Day

544
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Speaker 2: three draft haul. Take a listen, all right. Joining us

545
00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:29,640
Speaker 2: now is Emory Hunt, NFL draft analysts at CBS Sports

546
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:34,560
Speaker 2: and CBS Sports HQ and the owner of Football Game Plan. Emery.

547
00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 2: We spoke with you a couple of weeks ago leading

548
00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,440
Speaker 2: up to the draft, and you had so much intel

549
00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,040
Speaker 2: and insight on the later round guys and the Round

550
00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,920
Speaker 2: three draft picks. From the Colts from last year that

551
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:46,640
Speaker 2: we had to get you back on to talk about

552
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:48,320
Speaker 2: some of the Day three picks this year for the

553
00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:52,480
Speaker 2: Colts and hopefully some potential diamonds in the rough. Thanks

554
00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:53,400
Speaker 2: so much for the time again.

555
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,920
Speaker 3: How are you. I'm doing fine, man, I appreciate you

556
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:56,280
Speaker 3: guys have.

557
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Speaker 2: Me on absolutely. Have you had a chance to catch

558
00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 2: your breath post draft with the craziness of three straight

559
00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:03,000
Speaker 2: days last weekend?

560
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,000
Speaker 3: Oh not yet, man, because you know now kind of

561
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 3: you know, get a good corral on these undrafted free

562
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 3: agency signing.

563
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt. Yeah, that's a process that's always ongoing

564
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,600
Speaker 2: throughout the course of the summer and training camp. So

565
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Speaker 2: let's begin. I want to start off with with Blake Freeland.

566
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Speaker 2: I know he's not necessarily a diamond in the rough

567
00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 2: per se because he started over forty games in a

568
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 2: major program like BYU, But with his athletic traits and

569
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:32,000
Speaker 2: his experience coming out Hemry, do you see him being

570
00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:34,560
Speaker 2: able to compete right away in the NFL and add

571
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,480
Speaker 2: some quality depth to this cult's tackle corps at either side,

572
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,280
Speaker 2: either right side or left side where he played in college.

573
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Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, And he's someone that to me you know,

574
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,680
Speaker 3: he's a quintessential guy that knows how to play with

575
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,360
Speaker 3: the limp that he has. Six seven, had a really

576
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,760
Speaker 3: good Senior Bowl and it was part of along with

577
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Speaker 3: what I thought all throughout the All Star Game circuit

578
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,880
Speaker 3: where these BYU players and prospects were doing a fantastic

579
00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,879
Speaker 3: job at the different All Star games I was at.

580
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 3: And he had a really good Senior Bowl. So he's

581
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 3: someone that's very good on the move. If we get out,

582
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,159
Speaker 3: he get out and bout on screenplays and traps and

583
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,200
Speaker 3: bowl blocks. Soough, good athleticism, and it kind of fits

584
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,080
Speaker 3: what they want to do now with the Anthony Richardson selection,

585
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 3: you know, get more movement of the pocket in the position.

586
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 3: He's someone that can definitely do that.

587
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,679
Speaker 2: All right, Then let's go to at A tamawah at

588
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,359
Speaker 2: A bar A, another fourth round pick for the Colts.

589
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 2: He was a three year starter at Northwestern, played all

590
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,080
Speaker 2: over that defensive line, nine and a half sacks over

591
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Speaker 2: the last two years. And freak athlete too, as you know,

592
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,760
Speaker 2: ran a four or five sub four or five, weighing

593
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,040
Speaker 2: right around two hundred and eighty pounds. Why didn't this

594
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,240
Speaker 2: guy go higher? That's kind of the big question around

595
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,440
Speaker 2: here and what's his fit with a team like the

596
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 2: Colts and their defense under Gus Bradley.

597
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,360
Speaker 3: I feel like because he's an extremely quick defensive tack

598
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,359
Speaker 3: he's super explosive about the ball, he could be a

599
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,800
Speaker 3: disruptor on the interior and because of that versatility and

600
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,879
Speaker 3: his speed, and when we saw him test at the combine,

601
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,720
Speaker 3: he is someone that can play across the front media

602
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 3: as an ed rusher, maybe as that seven technique on

603
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 3: the edge, as a true defensive end, or even as

604
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,639
Speaker 3: someone that can really get up the field as an

605
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,680
Speaker 3: interior passwords as a three tech. So he gives you

606
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,160
Speaker 3: that versatility. He could beat a guard all day long.

607
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,200
Speaker 3: And it's just about finding the right fit for him.

608
00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,399
Speaker 3: And I think he felt because there's no real true position,

609
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,240
Speaker 3: but man, someone like at that super quick, you want

610
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,439
Speaker 3: him on your defense. And I'm excited to see how

611
00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,160
Speaker 3: he's going to be utilizing his defense as well.

612
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 2: And it seems like the Colts really prioritize those guys,

613
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,240
Speaker 2: or at the very least are really interested in those

614
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,120
Speaker 2: tweeer type guys, right, guys that can play inside and outside.

615
00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,400
Speaker 2: They don't necessarily come into the NFL having a true

616
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 2: home or a true fit, just kind of seeing, you know,

617
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,640
Speaker 2: how they grow and where they blossom and what their

618
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 2: best fit is once they get in here. Why don't

619
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,040
Speaker 2: more teams seemingly do that when you're talking about guys

620
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,480
Speaker 2: that have that flexibility and versatility to play, you know,

621
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,040
Speaker 2: at the three technique and defensive end in a pinch.

622
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a great point. I feel like a lot

623
00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 3: of coaches tend to be married to scheme and personnel

624
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,960
Speaker 3: and certain types. But at the NFL level, you know,

625
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,080
Speaker 3: this covering the code that you really have to maximize

626
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,600
Speaker 3: your game day forty six. Now, you better have guys

627
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 3: that get more than one thing. And I'm glad some

628
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 3: coaches are a little bit more flexible in what they

629
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,200
Speaker 3: ask guys to do and what they're looking for out

630
00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,479
Speaker 3: their defensive front or their positions. All right.

631
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 2: Then in the fifth round, the Colts drafted Darius Rush,

632
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 2: cornerback out of South Carolina. He moved from wide receiver

633
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 2: to defensive back in twenty nineteen and didn't become a

634
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,480
Speaker 2: full time starter until his fourth year there with the

635
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,320
Speaker 2: game Cocks. Do you know why he made that switch

636
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,800
Speaker 2: positionally to corner and was that the biggest reason why

637
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 2: he didn't see the field until late in his college career.

638
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 3: I think so, And it's a great move for him

639
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,640
Speaker 3: because when you have that left, that athleticism, the ball

640
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:49,800
Speaker 3: skills of a former receiver, are you going to find

641
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,040
Speaker 3: yourself making a lot of money at the NFL level

642
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 3: to match up against these bigger wide receivers. Plus, I

643
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,640
Speaker 3: like the fact that he sees defense from an offensive perspective,

644
00:29:57,920 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 3: so that's going to help out a lot. His Senior

645
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:04,160
Speaker 3: Bowl was nominal, probably the best Senior Bowl workouts I've

646
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 3: seen from a defensive back since I've been going in.

647
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 3: I've been going down there since twenty thirteen, and he is.

648
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 3: He was just excellent that week. I liked his pathway

649
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 3: to that of Richard Sherman. I think he's on that

650
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,440
Speaker 3: same trajectory. This is one of my favorite picks that

651
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 3: the Colts made.

652
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Speaker 2: Are there any parts, speaking of rush, are there any

653
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:25,120
Speaker 2: parts of his game that needs some fine tuning or

654
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,000
Speaker 2: some refinement that would you know, are there any things

655
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Speaker 2: that would prevent him from competing right away for a

656
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 2: starting job in the cults secondary And the reason why

657
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,360
Speaker 2: I bring that up is, you know, Emory, it's wide

658
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 2: open at corner with Brandon Face and leaving the team

659
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,920
Speaker 2: in free agency, the Colts trading Stefan Gilmour, there's some

660
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,360
Speaker 2: positions up for grabs now.

661
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 3: It's just about working within the technique and that's something

662
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 3: that's expected because he's made that switch from receiver to cornerback.

663
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:53,600
Speaker 3: So he's still trying to figure those things out. And

664
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Speaker 3: that just comes with Repsen playing within a different defense.

665
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Speaker 3: I think because he can play press and won't have

666
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 3: to play all covers a lot within his defense, he

667
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 3: can do a great job in playing right away. So

668
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 3: when you're combine him with the Julius Brent selection which

669
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:12,720
Speaker 3: you got last year, and Darius sorry, Dallas Flowers, I

670
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,080
Speaker 3: like the secondary makeup of this football team. They are along,

671
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:20,000
Speaker 3: they're athletic. Outside of Kenny Moore, you know, this group

672
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 3: can really match up. Especially outside of Moore and Rodgers,

673
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:27,280
Speaker 3: this group I think can match up with anyone across

674
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Speaker 3: the back end.

675
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Speaker 2: All right, let's jump down to the sixth round. That

676
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,800
Speaker 2: Emery Titus Leo out of Wagner. All right, I know

677
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,080
Speaker 2: you got stuff here, a small school guy. We're catching

678
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,240
Speaker 2: up on him in terms of our familiarity thirty three

679
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,680
Speaker 2: games at Wagner. Wagner plays in the Northeast Conference at

680
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 2: the FCS level, only play the edge rusher position the

681
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 2: past two years. He was recruited as a wide receiver,

682
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 2: started his college career as a safety before moving to

683
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Speaker 2: outside linebacker and then down to edge defensive end. For you,

684
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Speaker 2: Emery Winning, this guy start to get on your radar

685
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:05,400
Speaker 2: and maybe the NFL radar is a potential draft pick

686
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 2: coming out of Wagner.

687
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Speaker 3: Well, Wagner Quiet as Kemp has produced a lot of

688
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 3: defensive prospects over the course of the last seven years,

689
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 3: and they've done a good job of recruiting these guys

690
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 3: and transforming them into really good players. Cam Gill, you know, recently,

691
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 3: was a draft picked by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, played

692
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 3: in the Super Bowl, got a Super Bowl ring, and

693
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,320
Speaker 3: so you like that he's making progress in his career.

694
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Speaker 3: But Leo was someone that has always done the radar

695
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 3: because of the athletics as we talked about golf and receiver,

696
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 3: the safety to you know, defensive end. He's a core

697
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 3: special teamer, has three block kicks on his resume. We

698
00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:43,040
Speaker 3: talked about someone that was a two times NC defensive

699
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Speaker 3: Player of the Year, three times First Team All NEC.

700
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Speaker 3: So he is someone that definitely can show that upside

701
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:51,959
Speaker 3: potential of Okay, we can see and work with him

702
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 3: and helped bind to his his nuance and get him

703
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 3: stronger at the point of attack for the defensive end

704
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Speaker 3: position as opposed to being someone that just so quick

705
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Speaker 3: and bursty off the edge. But because he's a core

706
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Speaker 3: special team that's going to allow him to get on

707
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Speaker 3: the field, yeah, and play, and then he'll work himself

708
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Speaker 3: into that rotation because the sky's for him. He had

709
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Speaker 3: a really good week of the Shrying Bowl as well.

710
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Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt about that, great point, all right. Then, lastly,

711
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:20,240
Speaker 2: another diamond here the seventh round selection for the Colts,

712
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 2: big old Jake Witt, their last pick in the draft.

713
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Speaker 2: High school basketball player in fact, was the mister basketball

714
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Speaker 2: in the Upper Peninsula in Michigan, then turned normal college student.

715
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Speaker 2: At one point he transferred from Michigan Tech where he

716
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Speaker 2: started playing basketball in college, then transfers to Northern Michigan

717
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,400
Speaker 2: joins the football team was asked to switch from tight

718
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 2: end to offensive tackle in the middle of a game

719
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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty one, and right as they say, Emory

720
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Speaker 2: the rest is history. Now he's a draft pick in

721
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Speaker 2: the NFL. A have you ever seen a story like that?

722
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Speaker 2: And how much did you have on Witt before the

723
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Speaker 2: draft coming out as a prospect.

724
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Speaker 3: A couple of things. One, we've seen this before. Nothing

725
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 3: is ever new, right. We started with Eric Swanton played

726
00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 3: semi pro ball and then found himself as a top

727
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 3: ten pick in the nineteen ninety one NFL draft for

728
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 3: the Arizona Cardinals. So you know, we've seen wild stories

729
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:21,120
Speaker 3: like this and funny story about Wit. I actually knew

730
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 3: about him before everybody else did because I was the

731
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Speaker 3: MC for the Gleiac media day back in August. Oh yeah,

732
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 3: on the cap away, so I had to speak with

733
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Speaker 3: all of these teams and all their players and all

734
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 3: of the head coaches. So I knew about Wit. And

735
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,759
Speaker 3: he did a great job against Caleb Murphy out of

736
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Speaker 3: Paras Say, who had twenty five and a half sacks

737
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,839
Speaker 3: his senior season for the Bulldogs. And that's a really

738
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Speaker 3: good conference that he played in. In the GLIAC week

739
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,759
Speaker 3: in week out, you're getting good competitions. Grand Valley State

740
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Speaker 3: Michigan Tech is a really good one. So I had

741
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Speaker 3: a lot of information on Wit and with someone multiple

742
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:56,880
Speaker 3: play ups that I had in my scout report very

743
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,640
Speaker 3: good athlete in afletic. This isn't as obvious playing basketball

744
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 3: anti So you know he has the footwork. It's about

745
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 3: on him getting him athlemated to a pro strifting conditioning program.

746
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 3: He'll fill out his frame a little bit. But you

747
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:11,719
Speaker 3: love the raw upside that he provides from an athleticism

748
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:15,719
Speaker 3: standpoint and can really grow into a dominant tackles like

749
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:20,759
Speaker 3: they got Blake Freeland earlier and a Blake Freeland's you

750
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:22,279
Speaker 3: know phone and Jake Witt.

751
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Speaker 2: So what do you think as far as that's concerned, Emory,

752
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,640
Speaker 2: I mean, he's he's a project to an extent because

753
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,480
Speaker 2: of everything that you just said. I mean, are you

754
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 2: thinking half a year or a full year or multiple

755
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:37,640
Speaker 2: years away from competing for a roster spot in the NFL?

756
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 2: Or does he have as much You know, his upside

757
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 2: is so high that you know he can contend right

758
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 2: away and make this fifty three.

759
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Speaker 3: I think he's a year away. You know, it takes

760
00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:48,640
Speaker 3: you a little bit time going from D two to

761
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,719
Speaker 3: pro football. You know, it's not like he's from D

762
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,399
Speaker 3: two to a group of five, right, So he's making

763
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 3: a significant jump. And also, you know, you talk about

764
00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 3: someone that that really is still a Neil fight in

765
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:03,400
Speaker 3: terms of football, so he's probably a practice squad contender

766
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:05,759
Speaker 3: or they'll keep him on a fifty three just so

767
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:08,360
Speaker 3: they won't expose him to the practice squad right and

768
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 3: have him play special teams and work him in that way.

769
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Speaker 3: So you know, again, when you have you rarely get

770
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:17,399
Speaker 3: a big bodied, athletic guy that still has growth left

771
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,800
Speaker 3: within his game. And so that's why they made this

772
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 3: selection to not have to fight through, you know, the

773
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Speaker 3: undrafted free agent market for him. And I think that's

774
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:26,080
Speaker 3: why he's going to make the fifty three because you

775
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 3: can't really expose someone like that to the practice squad,

776
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,279
Speaker 3: you know, you know, and some other team coming up

777
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:32,799
Speaker 3: and grabbing them.

778
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Speaker 2: That's why they drafted him, because they thought he was

779
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:37,720
Speaker 2: really going to be a guy that was highly coveted

780
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 2: in the undrafted free agent market. So, you know, Chris

781
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,160
Speaker 2: Balory kind of half jokingly said, I'll screw it. We're

782
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 2: just gonna draft this guy because you know, we want

783
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:47,799
Speaker 2: him and we don't want anybody to have a chance

784
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 2: at him because we think he can grow and turn

785
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,680
Speaker 2: into a pretty good player along the offensive line, which

786
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 2: did need depth going into this draft. Lastly, Emery to

787
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:01,520
Speaker 2: close out, which Colts draft pick in twenty twenty three,

788
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 2: maybe I should zero in and say, of the nine

789
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,399
Speaker 2: guys pick on Saturday, right day three of the draft,

790
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,759
Speaker 2: which Colts draft pick has a chance to be right

791
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:14,920
Speaker 2: the Rodney Thomas in twenty twenty three, a draft pick

792
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,839
Speaker 2: that we didn't think would contribute as much as they

793
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 2: end up doing in their rookie season like Rodney Thomas

794
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 2: did last year as a seventh round pick out of Yale.

795
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Speaker 3: I feel like Rush is gonna start. I feel like

796
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:29,040
Speaker 3: Darius Rush can start. I love his talent. I feel

797
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:30,759
Speaker 3: like this is a guy that can play opposite of

798
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:34,359
Speaker 3: Brents and you can kind of rotate Isaiah Robbers in there,

799
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 3: but I feel like Darius Rush is going to be

800
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 3: one that's gonna be a starter. In my opinion. I'm

801
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 3: just excited for what the Colts have done in an

802
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,919
Speaker 3: undrafted free agent market because I feel like the guys

803
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 3: that he brought in are guys that I saw at

804
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 3: one specific All Star game, which tells you how much

805
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,840
Speaker 3: they stood out at this specific game. At the College

806
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,839
Speaker 3: Dan Showcase, Braxton Westville out of Carson Newman but now

807
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,080
Speaker 3: no week of work. Cody Krest out of sit and

808
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 3: he's another guy that had a phenomenal week of work.

809
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,400
Speaker 3: And you also look at Tyler Richardson who was at

810
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,320
Speaker 3: the Hula Bowls out of Tippin. Tipping is another program

811
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 3: like Wagner has produced so many good defensive prospects. So

812
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,759
Speaker 3: for me, the coaches have knocked out the park on

813
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 3: both ends across. You know, I was a big fan

814
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 3: of Anthony Richardson, and but I the point, Darius Rush

815
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 3: is the guy I feel like no one's talking about

816
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 3: that's going to be a starter out this group on

817
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Speaker 3: D three.

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Speaker 2: Indeed, that's Emory Hunt CBS Sports, CBS Sports, HQ. You

819
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 2: can also find him all over the place. He's the

820
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:35,440
Speaker 2: owner of Football Game Plan. Emery. Always a pleasure to

821
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:37,759
Speaker 2: have you on. Thanks so much for making some time

822
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,399
Speaker 2: for us to share your insight on these day three

823
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 2: guys that could turn into big players down the road

824
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,880
Speaker 2: for the Colts. Enjoy some downtime coming up, and I

825
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 2: hope we can catch up again next draft season if you're.

826
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Speaker 1: Up for it.

827
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Speaker 3: Anytime, Matt, appreciate you always bring me off.

828
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Speaker 2: That's Emory Hunt. Really good guy, really good draft analysts.

829
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Speaker 2: Earlier today, CBS Sports, CBS Sports HQ very dialed in

830
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Speaker 2: to the day three picks for the Colts. Even had

831
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 2: great stuff on Jake Witt from Northern Michigan the MC

832
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 2: at the conference media day last summer. So again, check

833
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Speaker 2: him out on Twitter at f Ball game Plan on Twitter.

834
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Speaker 2: All right, as we said, the NFL never sleeps. You

835
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Speaker 2: thought things were going to die down after the draft,

836
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Speaker 2: No chance, o contrere monfrere. The NFL schedule comes out

837
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Speaker 2: later this week, set to come out on Thursday night.

838
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Speaker 2: Let's make some schedule predictions before everything is unveiled later

839
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Speaker 2: this week. Now, a few things to note. The Colts

840
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,440
Speaker 2: finished in third place in the AFC South last season.

841
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:38,160
Speaker 2: They're gonna play crossover games at home against third place

842
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:40,760
Speaker 2: teams from the AFC West that would be the Raiders,

843
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 2: the NFC West that would be the Rams. That's a

844
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:47,040
Speaker 2: crossover game there in the NFC, as well as road

845
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:49,640
Speaker 2: games against third place teams in the AFC East that

846
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:53,120
Speaker 2: would be the New England Patriots and the AFC North

847
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 2: and the NFC South in twenty twenty three. Those are

848
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 2: their division alignments if you will. AFC teams this year

849
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:03,200
Speaker 2: they get nine home games in eight away games in

850
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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three because we're playing seventeen games now. Also

851
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,320
Speaker 2: this year there's gonna be a Black Friday game for

852
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 2: the first time ever. Games do not belong to networks

853
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 2: any longer. All games are free agents, if you will.

854
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:18,800
Speaker 2: When it comes to TV, teams can now be on

855
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 2: Thursday Night Football twice, and not every team is guaranteed

856
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 2: to have a primetime spot meeting. Not every team is

857
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 2: guaranteed to play on Thursday Night Football. So that's here

858
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Speaker 2: to stay now, I think, to the chagrin of a

859
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,920
Speaker 2: lot of players and coaches. Home games AFC South for

860
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Speaker 2: the Colts obviously some of those.

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Speaker 6: Four Thursday night games that Amazon was doubtless.

862
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Speaker 2: Well, that's why they're trying like ours.

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Speaker 6: I mean there, I don't even know if I mean

864
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Speaker 6: ours wasn't even the work. I mean, there were no

865
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Speaker 6: it was.

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Speaker 2: It was well the Bears Commanders games game.

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Speaker 5: Al Davis spent the prior week complaining about the game

868
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Speaker 5: that he was watching and there being no touchdowns. Then

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00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,400
Speaker 5: there were no touchdowns in the first like half of

870
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 5: the He.

871
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:04,160
Speaker 2: Would just throw it to break and say yeah, we'll

872
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:06,080
Speaker 2: be there, please come back.

873
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:08,359
Speaker 5: Davis.

874
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,839
Speaker 4: Well, they brought that hologram back out that they used

875
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 4: in that documentary that they did a couple of seasons ago.

876
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:18,280
Speaker 2: That actually would be better than I think at times

877
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,440
Speaker 2: last year with al michaels As considering how disinterested he

878
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:22,800
Speaker 2: sounded doing those games.

879
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 4: But that's where Street's like, man, I lost my first

880
00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:29,240
Speaker 4: my Thursday off, Like I gotta do game day on Saturday.

881
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,759
Speaker 6: Give me back to college football to be out of here.

882
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, who are you playing here? All right? So home

883
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 2: games for the Colts AFC South, obviously Cleveland comes to

884
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:42,719
Speaker 2: Lucas Oil Stadium, Pittsburgh, the Saints Tampa Bay is back

885
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:47,000
Speaker 2: after coming in twenty twenty one. Twenty twenty one. Yeah, okay,

886
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:50,399
Speaker 2: the Raiders again and the Rams at home, like we said,

887
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:53,560
Speaker 2: the road games for the Colts AFC South, then Atlanta.

888
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:58,239
Speaker 2: Colts go to Baltimore, at Carolina, at Cincinnati, and then

889
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 2: the Patriots all So, the Colts were just two and

890
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:04,840
Speaker 2: six against playoff teams last year, and of their seventeen

891
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,560
Speaker 2: games this upcoming season, the Colts will only have five

892
00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:11,800
Speaker 2: games against playoff teams from a year ago, and also

893
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,560
Speaker 2: the Colts longest road trip of the season next year.

894
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:17,759
Speaker 2: That's gonna be to Houston. That's it. That's remarkable to me.

895
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 2: The Colts will not travel further west in the Central

896
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 2: time zone to play a road game.

897
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 5: They have to be ripping through whatever season of parks

898
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:27,920
Speaker 5: and rec I'm watching on the plane this year, like

899
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,399
Speaker 5: play our plane rides are gonna be like thirty minutes.

900
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 5: Buddle jumpers, man, right, buddle jumpers like Atlanta. That's not far, Baltimore, Carolina, Cincinnati,

901
00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,320
Speaker 5: I mean, like, yeah, Houston. Yeah, it can be. Not

902
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:40,880
Speaker 5: a lot of time spent on planes this year.

903
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:43,000
Speaker 2: The Colts have the fourth For what it's worth here,

904
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 2: the Colts have the fourth easiest schedule next season based

905
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,920
Speaker 2: on winning percentage of their opponents from last year, and

906
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,800
Speaker 2: the Colts will play twelve games against teams that finished

907
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 2: under five hundred in twenty twenty two.

908
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:58,560
Speaker 5: Okay, but so mayte. Now we all know that doesn't

909
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:00,800
Speaker 5: mean a whole lot. Let me just give you my

910
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 5: example here. These are the three games that the NFL

911
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:13,320
Speaker 5: scheduled to play on Christmas Day last year. Showcase games Packers, Dolphins, Broncos, Rams, Buccaneers, Cardinals.

912
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,880
Speaker 5: All three of those games there were. There was the

913
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:21,040
Speaker 5: AFC number seven seed in Miami, there was an eight

914
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:23,320
Speaker 5: to nine division winner in Tampa, and the rest of

915
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 5: the teams missed the playoffs. Not only missed the playoffs,

916
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:30,360
Speaker 5: Arizona had the third overall pick, the Rams gave the

917
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:33,200
Speaker 5: sixth overall pick to the Lions, and the Broncos gave

918
00:43:33,239 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 5: the fifth overall pick to the Sea.

919
00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 6: Christmas is a Monday this year, yes, x.

920
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:40,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I had a triple header, triple header on Creer,

921
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 2: so you know.

922
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 6: I don't like to look at December until absolutely necessary.

923
00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 5: My point is like, Okay, the Colts have a quote

924
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:51,840
Speaker 5: unquote easy schedule right now. We might get to November

925
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 5: and be like, man, that NFC South, it happens every year, right,

926
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:59,000
Speaker 5: Or oh, man, the the AFC North. What a division

927
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:02,720
Speaker 5: that is? Like right, our own division, Houston's better than expected,

928
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:04,920
Speaker 5: Like Jacksonville's one of the best teams in the like.

929
00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:07,759
Speaker 5: That could all happen and we could be talking about

930
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:10,120
Speaker 5: the schedule. Only five teams have made playoffs LASTRAE. They

931
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:11,759
Speaker 5: might have eight to make the playoffs this year.

932
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:15,520
Speaker 2: For all we know, thirty three consecutive seasons since nineteen

933
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 2: ninety every year since then. At least four teams have

934
00:44:18,719 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 2: qualified for the playoffs every year that were not in

935
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:25,000
Speaker 2: the postseason the year before. Seven teams last year made

936
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 2: the playoffs that didn't in twenty twenty one, and at

937
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:31,680
Speaker 2: least two teams have won their divisions the season after

938
00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:34,840
Speaker 2: missing the playoffs in nineteen of the last twenty seasons.

939
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:38,880
Speaker 2: So worse the first the turnaround in the NFL, it

940
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:41,839
Speaker 2: can happen much quicker in this league than in Major

941
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:45,440
Speaker 2: League Baseball in the NBA, this schedule really doesn't mean

942
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:48,040
Speaker 2: a whole lot on paper in terms of strength of

943
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:51,160
Speaker 2: schedule going into the season. All Right, prediction time, LERA,

944
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:54,000
Speaker 2: who do you think the Colts will open with to

945
00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:56,200
Speaker 2: start the season. We're gonna find out Thursday night at

946
00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:58,160
Speaker 2: eight o'clock, by the way, that's when the schedule comes out.

947
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:00,400
Speaker 2: But prediction wise, who the culture?

948
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 6: All Right, I'm shrinking it down. I think it's going

949
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:04,000
Speaker 6: to be a division game. Seems like that's how it

950
00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 6: stacked up the last few years.

951
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:11,520
Speaker 4: And I'm leaning toward the possibility of doing Jacksonville with

952
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:17,120
Speaker 4: the possibility of Gardner Minshew at least starting the season

953
00:45:17,719 --> 00:45:23,400
Speaker 4: while you're grooming Anthony Richardson into how his role will evolve.

954
00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:27,840
Speaker 4: So I'm thinking maybe a little like Minshew magic against

955
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:30,720
Speaker 4: his former team with like the young, up and coming,

956
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:34,400
Speaker 4: hungry new era Jacksonville Jaguars.

957
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:36,759
Speaker 5: Gardner Minshew awfully good in season openers in which the

958
00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:37,879
Speaker 5: Colts and Jaguars play.

959
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:39,880
Speaker 2: Hey, yes, he was like, what.

960
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:48,600
Speaker 4: Through that one? Through that one out there? Do they

961
00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:51,480
Speaker 4: do something early with like Indian Carolina?

962
00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:52,279
Speaker 2: See?

963
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:54,759
Speaker 5: I kind of feel like, if that'll be more into

964
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 5: the meat of it, if the schedule makers are going

965
00:45:57,640 --> 00:46:00,360
Speaker 5: to try to line that up, right, that would be

966
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:03,160
Speaker 5: later in the season where like we don't know, Andy

967
00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:05,480
Speaker 5: Dalton might start, we start week one, guard you you

968
00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:08,440
Speaker 5: could have a week two showcase game where you're trying

969
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:11,240
Speaker 5: to get Richardson versus Young and it's Dalton versus Minshew.

970
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:13,840
Speaker 5: So I think that could be later in the season.

971
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:17,480
Speaker 5: Mm hmmm. I don't think the schedule makers are necessarily

972
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:19,919
Speaker 5: going to take that all into account, but if they were,

973
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:23,320
Speaker 5: you would probably have the Carolina and Houston games be

974
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:24,400
Speaker 5: later in the season.

975
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:26,920
Speaker 6: Yeah, toward the middle of the season. Maybe, Yeah, all right,

976
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:27,719
Speaker 6: what do you think Week one?

977
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:28,800
Speaker 2: I don't know.

978
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:31,600
Speaker 5: I just love throwing out random week one games, Like,

979
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:34,320
Speaker 5: remember what two years ago the Colts opening against the Seahawks.

980
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:36,760
Speaker 5: So I don't know they're gonna open against the Browns.

981
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:38,719
Speaker 2: That's what I said. I swear, I'm not that. I

982
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:41,239
Speaker 2: swear it's got to be a home game because the

983
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 2: Colts are due. And I said, you know, the Colts

984
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:47,200
Speaker 2: probably aren't a huge unfortunately from a national standpoint, they're

985
00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:51,279
Speaker 2: probably not a huge sexy team to showcase in Week one.

986
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:53,960
Speaker 2: And I don't think the Browns are either. I know

987
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:56,200
Speaker 2: they've got Deshaun Watson, but they're coming off a bad

988
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:58,560
Speaker 2: season or a season where they didn't make the playoffs.

989
00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:00,279
Speaker 2: That's where I kind of had at random as well.

990
00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:01,920
Speaker 2: See that couple for.

991
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:05,440
Speaker 6: Colts there, Anthony Walker junior, Rodney McCloud, Yeah, oh yeah.

992
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:06,600
Speaker 5: Rodney McLoud Yeah all right.

993
00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:10,240
Speaker 2: Elsewhere Primetime games those are always a hot button issue

994
00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 2: around here, and last year the Colts had what four

995
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:16,759
Speaker 2: primetime games in twenty twenty two? Layer coming off four

996
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:21,040
Speaker 2: twelve and one and potentially a rookie starting quarterback, how

997
00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:22,680
Speaker 2: many primetime games for the Colts?

998
00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:23,960
Speaker 6: Maybe two?

999
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's where I'm going to kick one, and honestly,

1000
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:30,080
Speaker 5: may max two. It may not even be one because

1001
00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:32,480
Speaker 5: you don't you're not guaranteed to play a Thursday night game,

1002
00:47:33,040 --> 00:47:36,920
Speaker 5: and I think the NFL is is I want to

1003
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:39,839
Speaker 5: say one right now. Colts can still earn it if

1004
00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:42,440
Speaker 5: they play well. Richardson takes off whatever it may be

1005
00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:46,239
Speaker 5: in their storylines later in the season. You kind of

1006
00:47:46,239 --> 00:47:49,640
Speaker 5: got to earn those primetime games by winning the season

1007
00:47:49,719 --> 00:47:52,640
Speaker 5: before and the Colts went four, twelve and one. I

1008
00:47:52,719 --> 00:47:54,560
Speaker 5: might I'm gonna just say one just to kind of

1009
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:57,040
Speaker 5: hedge it, but like I wouldn't be totally shocked if

1010
00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:59,160
Speaker 5: the schedule comes out the Colts don't have a primetime game.

1011
00:47:59,239 --> 00:48:01,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think in the only primetime they get is

1012
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:03,800
Speaker 2: Thursday night, and hopefully it's a home game for the

1013
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:07,040
Speaker 2: Colts because historically they've always played on the road on

1014
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:10,360
Speaker 2: Thursday Night Football. What eight of their last eleven.

1015
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:14,200
Speaker 4: Thursday Night the Jets at home was a great game

1016
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:17,160
Speaker 4: that was really fun, Like it was fun, like Downtown

1017
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:18,760
Speaker 4: was awesome, fans were awesome.

1018
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:22,279
Speaker 5: Well, because that was the first home primetime game in

1019
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:24,560
Speaker 5: like ridiculous amount of time.

1020
00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:27,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, the Colts have played twenty They've played twenty one

1021
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:31,120
Speaker 2: games all time on Thursdays. Fifteen of them have been

1022
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:33,640
Speaker 2: on the road. That's always a sticking point for the

1023
00:48:33,719 --> 00:48:36,360
Speaker 2: Colts in this franchise. Last year the Colts had to

1024
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:37,200
Speaker 2: go Denver.

1025
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:41,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, Week five, okay, and just making sure a no,

1026
00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:43,080
Speaker 4: there's no way they would do this. You can't have

1027
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:46,160
Speaker 4: an international game on Thursday night, right, They like those

1028
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:49,360
Speaker 4: are Monday, Monday night. Thursday and Monday are eliminated and

1029
00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:49,959
Speaker 4: it has.

1030
00:48:50,239 --> 00:48:51,040
Speaker 2: Always a Sunday.

1031
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:55,439
Speaker 5: I just also Thursday night international game. If you kicked

1032
00:48:55,480 --> 00:48:56,920
Speaker 5: it off at eight pm Eastern, that would be like

1033
00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:57,640
Speaker 5: four am.

1034
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:03,640
Speaker 2: Literally, no one's watching that game, regardless of the time

1035
00:49:03,719 --> 00:49:05,840
Speaker 2: zone that you're in. Right, that's how that would go.

1036
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:09,640
Speaker 5: Coming to you from an Hotspur Stadium in London.

1037
00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:11,760
Speaker 2: There'd be people there, just no one on TV watching

1038
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:14,359
Speaker 2: that bad boy anywhere? Right, I love it? All Right,

1039
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:16,360
Speaker 2: that's a good look at the schedule next year for

1040
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:19,799
Speaker 2: the Colts. We talked about the hottest offseason storyline game.

1041
00:49:19,840 --> 00:49:21,719
Speaker 2: I think we would all agree it's got to be Carolina.

1042
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:24,160
Speaker 2: But we don't know when that game will be because

1043
00:49:24,239 --> 00:49:26,600
Speaker 2: we don't know who the quarterbacks are going to be, right,

1044
00:49:26,680 --> 00:49:29,960
Speaker 2: I mean, is it Bryce Young, is it Anthony Richardson

1045
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:31,680
Speaker 2: For the Colts. Or it could be the Vets.

1046
00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:36,839
Speaker 4: I got something a little different for hottest offseason storyline,

1047
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:42,920
Speaker 4: the matchup between Tampa Bay and Indianapolis, because I was

1048
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:46,319
Speaker 4: talking with Matt Wilkining, the mastermind of With the Next Pick.

1049
00:49:46,719 --> 00:49:48,840
Speaker 4: Now that that series has been we wrapped it up

1050
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:50,160
Speaker 4: for this year. He and I were talking about some

1051
00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:52,040
Speaker 4: things looking at to the season. He brought up, it's

1052
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:55,359
Speaker 4: the twentieth anniversary of the Monday Night Miracle in Tampa Bay.

1053
00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:58,200
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, and you've got Colts Bucks this year, so

1054
00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:01,560
Speaker 4: I think, and it's a new era of course both teams.

1055
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:03,360
Speaker 2: The game was like in October, wasn't it.

1056
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:04,720
Speaker 6: That sounds correct?

1057
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:07,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, before Halloween, if I'm not mistaken.

1058
00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:09,080
Speaker 6: So I kind of love that storyline.

1059
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:12,920
Speaker 4: You know, the twentieth anniversary of that game and you

1060
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:15,600
Speaker 4: know everything that that happened, people you know, turned off

1061
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:16,680
Speaker 4: the TV and went to bed.

1062
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 2: Joels, Yeah, I know.

1063
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:21,040
Speaker 6: Bob Kravitz has a great story. If he had like

1064
00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:23,680
Speaker 6: filed his story, he thought he was done, you know,

1065
00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:25,320
Speaker 6: he was ready to roll out of the stadium and

1066
00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:26,600
Speaker 6: then incredible.

1067
00:50:26,680 --> 00:50:28,279
Speaker 4: So that's one of those where I think that the

1068
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:30,880
Speaker 4: week of whatever that game is, there will be some

1069
00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:34,319
Speaker 4: fun kind of flashback opportunities maybe with that game.

1070
00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:36,320
Speaker 5: I just think that you look at the schedule and

1071
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:39,680
Speaker 5: look at the young quarterbacks that are on the Colts schedule,

1072
00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:41,920
Speaker 5: on the teams that the Colts are playing, they may

1073
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,319
Speaker 5: not necessarily be starting. But Deshaun Watson is still young,

1074
00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:49,280
Speaker 5: Kenny Pickett, you know, Baker Mayfield is still young. Kyle Trask,

1075
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:52,880
Speaker 5: whoever starts for Tampa Stetson Bennett is now on the Rams.

1076
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:55,240
Speaker 5: He probably you would say, he probably won't be starting,

1077
00:50:55,320 --> 00:50:58,080
Speaker 5: but who knows of Matthew Stafford's elbow, something were to

1078
00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:02,200
Speaker 5: happen there. Desmond Ritt or Lamar Jackson, like.

1079
00:51:02,239 --> 00:51:04,480
Speaker 6: Those Georgia quarterbacks there in La huh.

1080
00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:08,480
Speaker 5: Must be surprised they don't play for the Eagles. Joe Burrow,

1081
00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:14,840
Speaker 5: mac Jones, Will Levis, c J. Stroud, Trevor Lawrence. Like

1082
00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:18,680
Speaker 5: four years ago when the Colts played the the NFC South,

1083
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Speaker 5: it was Drew Brees, it was Matt Ryan, Tom Brady

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00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:23,600
Speaker 5: was still in New England.

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00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:26,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, Jameis Winston, you know Pittsburgh.

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00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:28,880
Speaker 5: Four years ago, Brent Roethlisberger is the quarterback, and that

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00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:32,520
Speaker 5: that era of quarterbacks is now out of the league.

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00:51:32,920 --> 00:51:35,360
Speaker 5: They are now they are now kind of past tense.

1089
00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:38,920
Speaker 5: So you still have some older guys, you know, Ryan Tannehill,

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00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:42,360
Speaker 5: Matthew Stafford, Derek Carr, Jimmy Garoppolo are all in their thirties.

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00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:44,320
Speaker 5: But just to me looking at the schedule, I just

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00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:47,480
Speaker 5: kind of got the the breath Andy Dalton, Andy Dalton,

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00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:49,920
Speaker 5: I just kind of got the like the breath of

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00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:55,360
Speaker 5: the young quarterback. Yeah movement in the NFL that the

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00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:57,600
Speaker 5: you know, a certain era of quarterbacks has kind of

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00:51:57,640 --> 00:51:59,920
Speaker 5: been phased out of the league now, and now you've

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00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:02,319
Speaker 5: got all these young guys who can move and who

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00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:05,799
Speaker 5: can do certain things that you know, like Jim Irsay said,

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Speaker 5: it is Press Comference, there's You're probably not going to

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Speaker 5: see a quarterback like Manning or Tom Brady ever again

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Speaker 5: in the NFL.

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Speaker 2: And with that, I played twelve, Yeah exactly. I mean

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Speaker 2: I kind of like the Cincinnati game for that reason too,

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00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:18,480
Speaker 2: because I mean last year the Colts, they beat the Chiefs,

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00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:21,560
Speaker 2: should have beaten the Eagles, right, those are the two

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00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:24,319
Speaker 2: teams that played in the Super Bowl. You know, Cincinnati

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00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:26,840
Speaker 2: on the road for the first time taking on Joe Burrow.

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Speaker 2: I just I just mean, you know, it's one of

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00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:32,120
Speaker 2: those litmus test games like good barometer type things, right

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00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:34,239
Speaker 2: for the Colts to kind of gauge. Okay, where are

1111
00:52:34,320 --> 00:52:36,400
Speaker 2: we can we go toe to toe with one of

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00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:38,719
Speaker 2: the best teams in the NFL. It's it's how far

1113
00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:41,560
Speaker 2: away are we? Because you know the Bengals they have

1114
00:52:41,719 --> 00:52:45,840
Speaker 2: found foundational success, they have found foundational footing there with

1115
00:52:45,960 --> 00:52:48,759
Speaker 2: Joe Burrow at the quarterback position. So I'm looking forward

1116
00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:51,720
Speaker 2: to that game in that regard. Just also to Joe Burrow,

1117
00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:55,080
Speaker 2: fun guy to watch, just really an entertaining quarterback. So

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00:52:55,560 --> 00:52:58,320
Speaker 2: all right, you guys, fire away. I'm ready for I

1119
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:01,799
Speaker 2: am ready for it. And why is the carpet all

1120
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:02,640
Speaker 2: went Todd?

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00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:04,440
Speaker 4: I don't know, Marco.

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00:53:04,640 --> 00:53:05,719
Speaker 2: You guys going out of town.

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Speaker 6: Do you know if it's cold there for these vans?

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00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:09,719
Speaker 6: Get cass mile shut up?

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Speaker 2: Shut shut up, shut shut up. I'm ready, I'm ready,

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00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:17,880
Speaker 2: can I yeah, sat it up, I'm ready, go ahead,

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00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:18,400
Speaker 2: go ahead.

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Speaker 5: Here's a text we received Lara and I received from

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Speaker 5: Matt Taylor ahead on Saturday night.

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Speaker 2: Quote.

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00:53:23,640 --> 00:53:27,840
Speaker 5: Also in the last week, I've put ranch dressing on wings, pizza,

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00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:33,480
Speaker 5: plain chicken, tartilla, chips, baked potato, and steak lera. That's discussing.

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Speaker 2: Now, this goes back to two weeks ago when we

1134
00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:38,880
Speaker 2: had our con Yes, I said ranch dressing is the

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00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:41,759
Speaker 2: best condiment there is and I just wanted to show

1136
00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:43,799
Speaker 2: you and illustrate to you the versatility.

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00:53:44,680 --> 00:53:48,880
Speaker 5: But steak, Yeah, that's where that's where this conversation took.

1138
00:53:48,719 --> 00:53:49,600
Speaker 2: Off off the rails.

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00:53:49,800 --> 00:53:56,320
Speaker 5: Yeah, you you shouldn't have to guy, quote steak dipped

1140
00:53:56,400 --> 00:53:59,520
Speaker 5: in ranch money money from Matt Taylor.

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00:53:59,719 --> 00:54:02,200
Speaker 6: And then I'm like, what are you doing to these steaks?

1142
00:54:02,360 --> 00:54:04,600
Speaker 5: Lara says, no, that just means it's a bad steak.

1143
00:54:04,719 --> 00:54:06,920
Speaker 6: Correct this just read the tedstring.

1144
00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:09,359
Speaker 2: Just do it verbatim, word for word, play the hits there.

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00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:13,880
Speaker 5: I'm then me, I'm legitimately floored by steak dipped in

1146
00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:18,120
Speaker 5: ranch money. Okay, mayte, I mean not every time, but

1147
00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:21,560
Speaker 5: every once in a while. Lara sends a gift of

1148
00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:28,160
Speaker 5: Vince Vaughn, saying erroneous on both accounts, which Gorman agrees

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00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:28,440
Speaker 5: with me.

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00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:32,719
Speaker 2: Yes, listen, it's okay. If I'm going I'm going, I'm

1151
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:33,839
Speaker 2: saying I'm not the only one.

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00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:37,680
Speaker 6: Two words meat market, yes, like where are you getting these?

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00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:40,120
Speaker 2: And that's where I have to be clear, Like, if

1154
00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:42,080
Speaker 2: I'm going to go to Saint Elmo's if I'm going

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Speaker 2: to Prime, I mean, those are delicious, well cooked tender

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00:54:47,320 --> 00:54:50,239
Speaker 2: cuts of steak. I'm not going to obviously put put

1157
00:54:50,320 --> 00:54:53,360
Speaker 2: ranch dressing on those. But I don't pretend to be

1158
00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:56,920
Speaker 2: a professional smoker or a professional griller. Right, So, if

1159
00:54:56,960 --> 00:54:58,600
Speaker 2: I'm in the mood for steak and I go down

1160
00:54:58,640 --> 00:55:00,920
Speaker 2: to my local grocer, I pick up a couple of

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00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:01,640
Speaker 2: slabs of meat.

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00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:05,040
Speaker 4: You know, we gotta call our friends like Kincaid's or

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00:55:05,120 --> 00:55:06,000
Speaker 4: Joe's butcher Shop.

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00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:09,359
Speaker 2: Okay, I'm just saying, like a little extra flavor, little kick,

1165
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:10,480
Speaker 2: little ranch on steak.

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00:55:12,719 --> 00:55:15,320
Speaker 5: As a as a good reporter, I did ask additional

1167
00:55:15,360 --> 00:55:18,040
Speaker 5: follow up questions to MATEX, you did what kind of steak?

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00:55:18,080 --> 00:55:18,600
Speaker 5: Who cooked it?

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00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:19,040
Speaker 3: Was?

1170
00:55:19,080 --> 00:55:19,640
Speaker 5: Its doneness?

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00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:19,960
Speaker 3: It did?

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00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:24,480
Speaker 5: So Mate says it's her reserved for home grocery store

1173
00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:27,839
Speaker 5: bought steaks to give some more flavor, flavor, medium temp. Okay,

1174
00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:32,240
Speaker 5: so you're cooking your steaks properly, good for you, and okay,

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00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:35,480
Speaker 5: so yes, meat market steaks are delicious. But sometimes I'll

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Speaker 5: go to Market District and they have their sale meat

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00:55:38,120 --> 00:55:40,719
Speaker 5: and you get the discounted steaks there that are like

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00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:43,200
Speaker 5: one day away from them not being able to sell them,

1179
00:55:43,560 --> 00:55:46,879
Speaker 5: just buy them, throw them in my freezer reverse seer, yeah,

1180
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:51,120
Speaker 5: to the reverse seer, and then finish it on the grill.

1181
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Speaker 6: In the world.

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00:55:54,719 --> 00:55:56,520
Speaker 5: Two hundred and then lean.

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00:55:57,360 --> 00:55:59,040
Speaker 2: And then you see it on both sides.

1184
00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:03,840
Speaker 5: And I don't need anything else. Sometimes I'll make you know,

1185
00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:07,520
Speaker 5: but that because I use the the same almost seasoning

1186
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:09,920
Speaker 5: like you do as well, mate, very good on steaks,

1187
00:56:10,920 --> 00:56:13,040
Speaker 5: and I don't. I don't know. I don't feel like

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00:56:13,080 --> 00:56:15,680
Speaker 5: I need anything else if it's cooked properly. The the

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Speaker 5: one thing I will give you something for is sometimes

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Speaker 5: because I'm not a professional cook, I will overdo the

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00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:26,880
Speaker 5: dune this on those steaks and the probably sometimes if

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00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:28,279
Speaker 5: you do that, do it a little bit wrong, like

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00:56:28,360 --> 00:56:29,120
Speaker 5: the edges.

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00:56:28,920 --> 00:56:33,040
Speaker 2: Get like well done. You need something else, but that

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00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:34,200
Speaker 2: for me, not ranch stressing.

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00:56:34,280 --> 00:56:37,040
Speaker 4: I'm gonna we just need to invite you over sometime

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00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:39,520
Speaker 4: this summer. Get yourself on this good tucker meat that

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00:56:39,640 --> 00:56:42,120
Speaker 4: he's got on the grill, because.

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Speaker 6: That's exactly right.

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00:56:45,160 --> 00:56:48,520
Speaker 4: But I don't I really like, I don't really Dan, Dan,

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00:56:48,680 --> 00:56:51,160
Speaker 4: my husband has dialed it in. I really don't put

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00:56:51,160 --> 00:56:52,360
Speaker 4: anything on it for the part.

1203
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:55,479
Speaker 2: Last last thing on this now you're disrespecting the ranch

1204
00:56:55,560 --> 00:56:56,720
Speaker 2: on steak, which is fine.

1205
00:56:56,880 --> 00:56:59,720
Speaker 4: I understand it's not for I don't like ranch dressing anyway,

1206
00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:01,719
Speaker 4: so I'm also coming from but.

1207
00:57:01,840 --> 00:57:06,000
Speaker 2: You also put things on your steak like not really really,

1208
00:57:06,040 --> 00:57:08,920
Speaker 2: but but you also said you enjoy a one on

1209
00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:11,640
Speaker 2: steak if you go to these places that I reference.

1210
00:57:11,719 --> 00:57:14,839
Speaker 2: If you're going to oh, Prime forty seven, I will

1211
00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:17,320
Speaker 2: not and you order a one or ask for a well,

1212
00:57:17,600 --> 00:57:18,880
Speaker 2: is that a sign of disrespect?

1213
00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:21,160
Speaker 5: Yes to this. If you go to Prime and you

1214
00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:23,440
Speaker 5: ask for a one, you be like, what if she's

1215
00:57:23,520 --> 00:57:25,000
Speaker 5: going to go to Golden Corral.

1216
00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:31,120
Speaker 2: See, but now you understand there's different levels of steak

1217
00:57:31,240 --> 00:57:33,120
Speaker 2: and and what you're willing to put on it. I

1218
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:35,920
Speaker 2: guess right, Yeah, so you can at least sympathize with me.

1219
00:57:35,960 --> 00:57:38,920
Speaker 5: There, by the way. And by the way, another important note,

1220
00:57:39,040 --> 00:57:41,640
Speaker 5: just for the folks at home, Mayte is not a

1221
00:57:41,760 --> 00:57:43,919
Speaker 5: hidden ball valley guy. He's a craft guy.

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00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:46,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, craft guy. They also like just restaurant style ranch.

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00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:47,360
Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 5: I also finished off this conversation by saying, like, remember,

1225
00:57:50,160 --> 00:57:52,200
Speaker 5: I'm the guy who picked spicy brown mustard at the

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00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:53,120
Speaker 5: Commoment draft, So like.

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00:57:53,680 --> 00:57:56,280
Speaker 2: I mean, like, yeah, what's the weirdest thing. You're putting

1228
00:57:56,320 --> 00:57:57,400
Speaker 2: spicy brown mustard on.

1229
00:57:57,480 --> 00:58:00,720
Speaker 5: Then, like a chicken and rice bowl, put some put

1230
00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:03,440
Speaker 5: some spicy brown mustard on it. Yea, throw some jar

1231
00:58:03,880 --> 00:58:04,040
Speaker 5: on it.

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00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:05,080
Speaker 1: That is my go to.

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00:58:05,400 --> 00:58:08,400
Speaker 2: I'll do hot hot sauce on on chicken roast, big

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00:58:08,480 --> 00:58:13,040
Speaker 2: big franks. Yeah you go. Why is it that all

1235
00:58:13,080 --> 00:58:16,120
Speaker 2: of the random thoughts of the week on food? Why

1236
00:58:16,280 --> 00:58:19,040
Speaker 2: is that? You know, we're so political here on food.

1237
00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:21,800
Speaker 2: We're at each other's throats over ranch stressing.

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00:58:22,040 --> 00:58:22,880
Speaker 6: Well, it seems like it.

1239
00:58:22,920 --> 00:58:24,880
Speaker 4: Resonates with people though, because I feel like a lot

1240
00:58:24,920 --> 00:58:27,080
Speaker 4: of comments we get, like when we get like tweets

1241
00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:28,720
Speaker 4: and responses and different things, that's.

1242
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:31,640
Speaker 5: What people are on the random thoughts. Please tweet at

1243
00:58:31,720 --> 00:58:34,040
Speaker 5: us if you also like, may take put ranch dressing

1244
00:58:34,080 --> 00:58:36,080
Speaker 5: on your steak and apparently Jeffrey Gorman.

1245
00:58:35,960 --> 00:58:37,520
Speaker 2: And comments will be very few.

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00:58:37,360 --> 00:58:39,880
Speaker 6: I have and then we will form a self help group.

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00:58:42,120 --> 00:58:44,840
Speaker 2: No, it's it's it's a place where people can let

1248
00:58:44,960 --> 00:58:47,200
Speaker 2: down their hair and be comfortable and just be who

1249
00:58:47,320 --> 00:58:50,480
Speaker 2: they are. The Ranch focus Group. I like it all

1250
00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:53,040
Speaker 2: right over time this week on the schedule coming out

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00:58:53,120 --> 00:58:56,240
Speaker 2: on Thursday, we'll have that also layer the schedule released video.

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00:58:56,520 --> 00:58:58,520
Speaker 6: Yes, yes, it'll be fantastic.

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00:58:58,600 --> 00:58:59,200
Speaker 2: You're gonna love it.

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00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:01,280
Speaker 4: I don't want to say it all right, I can't

1255
00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:05,160
Speaker 4: say too much, but right you it is a hearty

1256
00:59:06,080 --> 00:59:07,160
Speaker 4: schedule release video.

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00:59:07,400 --> 00:59:09,400
Speaker 2: A lot of carbs in that video, maybe is that

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00:59:09,520 --> 00:59:10,000
Speaker 2: fair to say?

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00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:10,600
Speaker 3: I don't know.

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00:59:10,840 --> 00:59:14,760
Speaker 2: We're expressing car maybe some ranch, maybe some condiments, maybe

1261
00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:17,040
Speaker 2: a one involved in there. We'll see, we'll find out,

1262
00:59:17,120 --> 00:59:21,000
Speaker 2: we'll discover it collectively all together. Also inside Football with

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00:59:21,120 --> 00:59:23,800
Speaker 2: Rick von Turrey's coming back this week, his thoughts on

1264
00:59:23,840 --> 00:59:27,080
Speaker 2: the Colts draft, the overall state of the Colts roster

1265
00:59:27,400 --> 00:59:29,560
Speaker 2: at this point in the spring. So a busy week

1266
00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:32,240
Speaker 2: on the Colts Audio Network, plus the Last Word coming

1267
00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:36,080
Speaker 2: back on Friday. Guys, well done as always, some more

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Speaker 2: draft leftovers, and we'll do it again next Tuesday. Larra Overton,

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00:59:40,360 --> 00:59:42,960
Speaker 2: JJ Stangoviitz, I'm Matt Taylor. Keep it here all week

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Speaker 2: for more Colts content and we'll talk to you in

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Speaker 2: a few days about the twenty twenty three regular season

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Speaker 2: schedule for the Indianapolis Colts. Until then, have a great week,

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Speaker 2: thanks for listening, and we'll talk to you next Tuesday

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Speaker 2: on the Official Colts Podcast, Brought to you by win

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