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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Official Cults Podcast on Jeffery Gorman des

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Speaker 1: lera OVERTI usually here and I'm glad you are. No

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Speaker 1: JJ snakfits today. He is on secret special assignment today

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Speaker 1: he's digging up some more information you'll have on next

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Speaker 1: week's show. But this is a fun one. This is

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Speaker 1: a fun one. You're gonna see just a little bit

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Speaker 1: of us today, but a whole lot of some new

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Speaker 1: faces when we sit down with some of these new

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Speaker 1: free agents Lere.

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Speaker 2: And that's what's been really exciting the last few weeks

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Speaker 2: is first and foremost the moves that have been made,

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Speaker 2: and now really starting to see a little bit more

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Speaker 2: of who the guys are you're bringing in and how

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Speaker 2: they're going to elevate and immediately impact this group. I

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Speaker 2: think that's one of the differences from what we have

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Speaker 2: seen in years past, is that these are guys who

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Speaker 2: certainly are going to provide some depth in a number

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Speaker 2: of areas, but even more so, it's gonna elevate the

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Speaker 2: standard of competition right when these guys get back in

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Speaker 2: the building in April.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and there's some big money contracts out there. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: We read the papers just like everybody else, and these

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Speaker 1: guys are coming in. What I've took away from is

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Speaker 1: they have something to prove. Obviously, live up to that

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Speaker 1: contract and come in here and make a difference immediately.

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Speaker 1: That goes with the top four free agents, including quarterback

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Speaker 1: Daniel Jones.

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Speaker 2: And this is a different bit of kind of philosophy

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Speaker 2: and approach than what we have seen from years past.

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Speaker 3: When you think.

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Speaker 2: About the earliest moves that were reported, not necessarily when

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Speaker 2: they were done and signed right, but as they were

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Speaker 3: These are pretty bold swings.

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Speaker 2: When you talk about, in particular the move for Cambinam

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Speaker 2: and for Sharvarius Ward, you know two of the higher

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Speaker 2: quarterback market.

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Speaker 3: So the Daniel Jones move is one.

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Speaker 2: That caught a lot of attention and deservedly so, just

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Speaker 2: when you talk about quarterback competition and you know his

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Speaker 2: being maybe one of the more sought after free agents

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Speaker 2: from that position group, so the caliber of competition is going.

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Speaker 3: To be significant.

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Speaker 2: And then you have some else moves as well to

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Speaker 2: supplement a few of thoseficer Ashton Doolan is probably one

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Speaker 2: of the more like understated moves that I don't know

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Speaker 2: that people completely understand or grasp the magnitude of what

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Speaker 2: Ashton Doolan means from both this offense and this special

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Speaker 2: teams group, and for him to be just so consistent

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Speaker 2: but it was really fun getting to know a lot

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Speaker 2: of these guys, even more so than what we have

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Speaker 2: seen in the past their draw to come here. One

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Speaker 2: of the takeaways from my sit down that you'll hear

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Speaker 2: with Cambina is the number of connections that he had

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Speaker 2: two prior colts and to current colts. Also got really

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Speaker 2: his mindset on, you know, leadership, the guy he is

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Speaker 3: Especially at such a pivotal position for Louse scheme.

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Speaker 1: Well, we saw Neville Gallimore come in a defensive tackle

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Speaker 1: they signed as a free agent, Valentine the defensive back

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Speaker 1: they got from green By from Green Bay. Rather, he's

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Speaker 1: So very busy you mentioned Ashton Dulan. JJ Stankowitz had

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Speaker 1: a chance to catch up with Sharvarius Ward earlier last week,

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Speaker 1: as well as Daniel Jones you talked to Cam buying them.

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Speaker 1: I had a chance to catch up with Khalil Herbert,

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Speaker 1: the running back we got it's fun. Ashton Doolan's in.

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Speaker 3: What are you looking forward for? People hearing from Khalil Herbert.

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Speaker 1: Just what coming in because this is what I asked

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Speaker 1: him too.

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Speaker 3: He has a presence.

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Speaker 1: He does have a presence, but he knows what he's

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Speaker 1: those chances come and JT's off the field, he's going

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Speaker 1: say the same for there's a hunger there and these

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Speaker 1: Obviously, with the draft coming up as well, it's.

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Speaker 2: Going to be interesting to see what happens, you know,

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Speaker 2: players will come back for OTA's, you know, just the

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Speaker 2: and yeah, we very well could see some moves still

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Speaker 2: look forward to. That's always a great vantage point in

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Speaker 2: terms of gaining some perspective. You know, we'll likely hear

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Speaker 2: when you talk about more moves to be made, it's

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Speaker 2: intriguing to see the options that are there with what

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Speaker 1: Right or down. Speaking of that night, guess what more

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Speaker 1: information at Colts dot com. But the Colts are having

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Speaker 1: a bash a party at Lucas Oil Stadium Draft night party.

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Speaker 1: I think we'll be there, So come on down and

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Speaker 1: see us. More information on Colts dot com. So let's

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Speaker 1: get right to it. JJ Stankoviitz sat down with Tarvarius Ward.

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Speaker 1: You sat down with cam Byam Daniel Jones sat down

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Speaker 1: with JJ and Ashton Doolan as well, and I finished

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Speaker 1: up with running back Khalil Herbert. There's hunger across the board.

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Speaker 1: You guys have fun meet some of the new faces

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Speaker 1: that are coming into the Colts locker room.

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Speaker 4: It is my pleasure to be joined here on the

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Speaker 4: Official Colts Podcast by Colts Free Agents signing cornerback Charvarius Ward.

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Speaker 4: It's the last time I'm going to call you Charvarius

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Speaker 4: in this setting because you go by Mooney. What's the

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Speaker 4: origin of the nickname?

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Speaker 5: Uh? So, I think my mom and grandma gave all

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Speaker 5: all their kids like difficult first names, so they gave

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Speaker 5: us like simple nicknames. Okay, So I'm Tarvarius. I got

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Speaker 5: a brother named Tarva, got a brother named Bavarius. Guys listening, nam,

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Speaker 5: I got a sister named Carnetchis, a brother named Michael

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Speaker 5: Shun and a brother named Gabriel, And all our nickname

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Speaker 5: is is on Mooney. I got a brother names think Man, Nunk, Muffin, Tweety, DJ,

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Speaker 5: and Berber. So it's like complex, unique first name first

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Speaker 4: So mooney though, Yeah, there any any anything that popped.

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Speaker 5: Up I have no idea. I guess they just threw

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Speaker 4: And this stuff that man, did he smell bad or something?

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Speaker 5: He probably had a lot of dirty diapers. Probably had

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Speaker 4: I mean, who didn't as a former exactly? Yeah, infant, Yeah,

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Speaker 4: let's talk about the cults here. You you signed with

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Speaker 4: this team in free agency? What about the fit in

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Speaker 4: Indianapolis drew you here?

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Speaker 5: I just think they they were super aggressive and trying

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Speaker 5: think they like that showed that they respected my game,

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Speaker 5: a good fit, good fit for them, you know what

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Speaker 5: I mean, the heart. The more they repay me, the

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Speaker 5: harder I go for them.

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Speaker 6: You know.

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Speaker 4: So Yeah, what do you know about lou An Romo?

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Speaker 6: Uh?

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Speaker 5: Not much?

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Speaker 6: Man.

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Speaker 5: I know he was in Cincinnati a lot. He was

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Speaker 5: I didn't watch a lot of his defense. But I

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Speaker 5: just for meeting him, I think he he gonna be

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Speaker 5: aggressive coach. You know what I'm saying. He respect my

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Speaker 5: game and he gonna let me follow the best receiver around,

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Speaker 5: you know what. I mean, that's what I want to

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Speaker 6: So I like that. I like that.

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Speaker 4: What mentality does that take to not? You know, be

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Speaker 4: I'm just playing the left side, but you have to

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Speaker 4: But wherever you know, Jamar Chase goes, I'm gonna go.

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Speaker 5: You just gotta be comforting yourself. You gotta believe in yourself.

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Speaker 5: I know I'm one of the best corners in the game.

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Speaker 5: Every time I line up, I think I can win

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Speaker 5: I just I just work on my game all the

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Speaker 4: Are you like a stats guy?

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Speaker 5: Not really?

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Speaker 6: Nah?

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Speaker 4: So, like, is there is there any like what do

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Speaker 4: you look at to gauge your performance each year?

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Speaker 5: I feel like if I hold in a receiver to

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Speaker 5: You know, obviously I don't have any catches, but these dudes,

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Speaker 4: I asked that because like, corner corner seems like kind

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Speaker 4: like a fan sitting there and you're like, you know

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Speaker 4: this many interceptions, this may PBUs. But like I look

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Speaker 4: to the game you had in twenty twenty three against

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Speaker 4: Jamar Chaser. He when he was matched up against you,

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Speaker 4: you had two targets and no catches. That's not showing

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Speaker 4: up in like a box score, but that's like you

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Speaker 4: even if maybe it's like you know, fans at home

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Speaker 5: is if they saying your name a lot, it's probably

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Speaker 5: entire play, but you locking them up, so he hits

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Speaker 5: getting those numbers in a positive way.

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Speaker 4: How has being an undrafted free agent shaped who you

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Speaker 4: are as a football player?

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Speaker 5: Uh, it just goes to show who I am as

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Speaker 5: I'm a hard work I'm a grinder. You know, I

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Speaker 5: never give up. I always do what's required plus plus more.

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Speaker 5: know that that all that hard work gonna turn into

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Speaker 5: Sol the year twenty twenty three, I think I had

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Speaker 4: Appreciate it. The newest cornerback on the Indianapolis Colts Mooney

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Speaker 4: Ward appreciate the time.

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Speaker 5: Man appreciate it.

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Speaker 3: Caim. You have had an action pack day.

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Speaker 2: You've been in meetings, You've been going around the building.

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Speaker 7: I'm just excited.

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Speaker 2: What everyone who's watching this podcast or listening to cannot

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Speaker 8: on in free agency, obviously you can't talk to anybody.

443
00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:37,920
Speaker 8: He was like, just you're gonna be a Colt, bro. Watch,

444
00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,120
Speaker 8: I just feel it. And I'm just like okay, yeah,

445
00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:41,480
Speaker 8: whatever whatever, and what do.

446
00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:42,920
Speaker 7: You know, we're right here. And he told me the

447
00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:43,400
Speaker 7: whole trip.

448
00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:44,960
Speaker 8: When he came out to the Philippines with me, he

449
00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,000
Speaker 8: was just saying so many good things about the organization

450
00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,320
Speaker 8: and I was just hearing them out just because I

451
00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:50,800
Speaker 8: had no clue where I was going to land.

452
00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,639
Speaker 7: But it ended up being a perfect thing for me

453
00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:54,520
Speaker 7: to get information.

454
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Speaker 8: So as soon as the Colts came calling to my

455
00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,600
Speaker 8: agent and they sent the offer and just made sure

456
00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,600
Speaker 8: it showed that they wanted me also, and it was

457
00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:05,320
Speaker 8: a place that I wanted to be too, So there's

458
00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:07,920
Speaker 8: really no hesitation. As soon as my agent told me

459
00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,120
Speaker 8: that they sent an offer, and she was like, yeah,

460
00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:12,760
Speaker 8: I think this might be your new home.

461
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Speaker 7: And I'm like, I think so too.

462
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Speaker 2: You alluded to it. The Colts connections run deep. You

463
00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,840
Speaker 2: and Shagulubi played high school football together. You played at

464
00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:24,000
Speaker 2: Cal with Daniel Scott. How much does that ease in

465
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Speaker 2: the transition to a new organization, into a new defensive system.

466
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Speaker 8: Yeah, it's just cool having people that I know well

467
00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,520
Speaker 8: and also respect on and off the field. Somebody like

468
00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,400
Speaker 8: Shagu had the long road to get to the point

469
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Speaker 8: of being in the NFL and now one of the

470
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Speaker 8: emerging people here in the NFL as a young guy

471
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Speaker 8: growing up and just seeing his journey, somebody I respect

472
00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:46,800
Speaker 8: on and off the field, and like I said, he

473
00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,760
Speaker 8: came to the Philippines with me, so we have a cool,

474
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Speaker 8: cool connection that he's come to see my home in

475
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Speaker 8: the Philippines. That having Daniel Scott, player that I've played

476
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Speaker 8: multiple years with in college and we live close a

477
00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:03,680
Speaker 8: part few doors down from each other, so he's somebody

478
00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,560
Speaker 8: I'm really close with also. So just being able to

479
00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,880
Speaker 8: be here with people like I said that I respect

480
00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,520
Speaker 8: but also enjoy being around helps me have an easy

481
00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:13,800
Speaker 8: transition getting here and getting to know the guys and

482
00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:15,960
Speaker 8: the fact that they have good things to say about

483
00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,200
Speaker 8: this place. That's all I need to hear, just because

484
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Speaker 8: I know that I respect their opinion and know that

485
00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:22,960
Speaker 8: they really know what's going on.

486
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Speaker 2: Another guy who I spoke with as you came in,

487
00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,280
Speaker 2: Kenny Moore the second He mentioned a little while back

488
00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:33,080
Speaker 2: you and he had met and exchanged. Just the appreciation,

489
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Speaker 2: the respect that you have for each other's game. How

490
00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,280
Speaker 2: impactful is that relationship with Kenny Moore, especially with you

491
00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:40,520
Speaker 2: guys sharing that dB room.

492
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Speaker 7: Yeah, he's been a funny story.

493
00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:45,760
Speaker 8: He's been somebody that I've been watching and studying since college,

494
00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:48,320
Speaker 8: just being what he's been in the league and the

495
00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,840
Speaker 8: stuff that he's been able to do. He's somebody that

496
00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,159
Speaker 8: we studied in college. So having that respect since like

497
00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,280
Speaker 8: a younger age, from seeing him what he's been doing

498
00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,440
Speaker 8: at his position, really changing the game for people that

499
00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,320
Speaker 8: are playing nickel and being able to meet him a

500
00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:04,800
Speaker 8: few months ago at the Super Bowl.

501
00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:07,280
Speaker 7: Event and being able to tell him, I respect your game.

502
00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,359
Speaker 8: You're obviously you're here at a community event, so I

503
00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:12,679
Speaker 8: respect what you do off the field, but also your

504
00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,080
Speaker 8: game on the field. You're different, and I told him that,

505
00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,560
Speaker 8: and we're able to just exchange those few words. But

506
00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,440
Speaker 8: it was so much respect there. So being able to

507
00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,800
Speaker 8: be as teammate, somebody that I look up to on

508
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,440
Speaker 8: and off the field. Now we're teammates. He texts me

509
00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,040
Speaker 8: this morning like I'm excited about this. He saw my

510
00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:30,000
Speaker 8: Instagram story me being excited getting on the plane to

511
00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,320
Speaker 8: get here, and it's just somebody I'm looking forward to

512
00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:34,640
Speaker 8: going and balling with. I know he plays the game

513
00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,119
Speaker 8: the right way, so I'm gonna be hopefully right there

514
00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:39,119
Speaker 8: next one making plays.

515
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,080
Speaker 2: And one of the cornerstones of a loot in a

516
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:47,399
Speaker 2: remote defense is a smart, fast, physical, dynamic safety. What

517
00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,680
Speaker 2: is it about your game that really fits loose defense.

518
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,040
Speaker 8: I can really do whatever coach can ask me to do.

519
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,920
Speaker 8: Can play in the box and play deep in the

520
00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,280
Speaker 8: in the deep zones, can play man coverage. I played

521
00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:03,119
Speaker 8: corner my entire life, so I feel comfortable doing anything

522
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:04,879
Speaker 8: on the field, and just the way I work and

523
00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:07,560
Speaker 8: the way I prepare and everybody sees all the celebrations

524
00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,120
Speaker 8: all the fun that I have, But during the week,

525
00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:13,399
Speaker 8: I'm focused, I'm quiet, my head is down, I'm putting

526
00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,320
Speaker 8: in hours of extra work every single day. So that's

527
00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,280
Speaker 8: why I play with that excitement and play with that

528
00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,560
Speaker 8: confidence because I know I put more work in and

529
00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,320
Speaker 8: any of my competition out there that we're playing against,

530
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Speaker 8: I know that I did every single thing that I

531
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,640
Speaker 8: possibly could to go out and have a successful game.

532
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,480
Speaker 8: And that's why I play with the energy that I

533
00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,240
Speaker 8: have because my confidence is sky high. When it gets

534
00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,639
Speaker 8: to the game, because I know I prepared every single

535
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,719
Speaker 8: I've done every little ounce of anything that I can

536
00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:40,919
Speaker 8: do to prepare for myself for the game, and that's

537
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,159
Speaker 8: why I can play with that freedom.

538
00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:43,359
Speaker 7: So I'm looking forward to it.

539
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Speaker 3: Play with that freedom, perform with that freedom.

540
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Speaker 2: When we talk about the defensive takeaway Selly's, what's the

541
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:50,760
Speaker 2: list up.

542
00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,320
Speaker 3: To right now? Of Selly's that you're kind of thinking.

543
00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,639
Speaker 8: About at least twenty five things, but the challenge is

544
00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,840
Speaker 8: one up and one. When you do one and it hits,

545
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Speaker 8: and it's really that that one that's like, ooh, this

546
00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:03,560
Speaker 8: might have been my best one, the list gets a

547
00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,440
Speaker 8: little smaller because I'm like, Okay, that might not be

548
00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,520
Speaker 8: as good as last one, but I have a really

549
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,399
Speaker 8: good list. Especially it's off season now, so I have

550
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,840
Speaker 8: more time to do my research. So, especially with new

551
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,680
Speaker 8: guys coming in and being on a new team, I'm like,

552
00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,680
Speaker 8: I have to start off hot with these celebrations because

553
00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:19,840
Speaker 8: all that's going to make us want to make more plays.

554
00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,600
Speaker 8: And you can't do the celebrations if you're not making plays.

555
00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,720
Speaker 8: So it's a two way street. You're excited to make plays,

556
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,639
Speaker 8: but you're also excited to celebrate the plays that you

557
00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,040
Speaker 8: do make. So my list is pretty deep right now

558
00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,840
Speaker 8: of good things that we know for sure will go

559
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,600
Speaker 8: viral and turn off the whole stadium.

560
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Speaker 2: You bring so much great energy, and I'm glad you

561
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,240
Speaker 2: brought up stuff on Gilmour of course, a guy who

562
00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,040
Speaker 2: played here, I spoke with stuff on as well, and

563
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,400
Speaker 2: he had so much praise for you, and he talked

564
00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,680
Speaker 2: about how hard of a worker you are, how great

565
00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:50,200
Speaker 2: of a leader that you are. What do you bring

566
00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,240
Speaker 2: into this locker room from a leadership standpoint, and what

567
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,240
Speaker 2: is your style of leadership?

568
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Speaker 8: I would just say leading by example of the consistency

569
00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,720
Speaker 8: that I live with in every thing. I feel like

570
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,000
Speaker 8: I'm the same guy. And it's kind of hard talking

571
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,920
Speaker 8: about myself, but just to answer the question, it's I'm

572
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,760
Speaker 8: the same guy every single day. My routine is my routine,

573
00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,639
Speaker 8: So getting extra working after practice, I just think all

574
00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:16,600
Speaker 8: of that stuff is contagious. You see, whatever you want

575
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:18,320
Speaker 8: to call me one of the best, one of your

576
00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:20,880
Speaker 8: best players, or if you consider me a good player

577
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,720
Speaker 8: on the team, those have to be the hardest workers.

578
00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,480
Speaker 8: And I pride myself on being the hardest worker in

579
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,440
Speaker 8: any room. Putting in the most work, and I think

580
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,320
Speaker 8: more than anything, more than any talking, that's the biggest

581
00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:33,080
Speaker 8: example that you can have. So somebody like Gilly saying

582
00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,720
Speaker 8: that about me, that's that's pretty that hits pretty deep.

583
00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,879
Speaker 8: But I just think the fact that I show up

584
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:41,280
Speaker 8: and do the same things every single day, and no

585
00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,960
Speaker 8: matter when or lose, good game, bad game, I'm still

586
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,159
Speaker 8: going to be in there grinding and still in there

587
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:48,879
Speaker 8: watching extra film, still in there doing extra meetings with

588
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,760
Speaker 8: my coaches, extra footwork after practice, and just being somebody

589
00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,879
Speaker 8: that can be a voice for the young guys, can

590
00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 8: teach them things, and not a guy that's going to

591
00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,720
Speaker 8: be doing a whole lot of screaming and hype speeches,

592
00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:01,840
Speaker 8: but somebody that you know is going to show up

593
00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:03,280
Speaker 8: to work, you know is going to be in the

594
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,400
Speaker 8: right spot, it's going to do the right thing when

595
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,440
Speaker 8: you need me to be there. And that's something that

596
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,560
Speaker 8: I pride myself on being just being a good teammate.

597
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,600
Speaker 8: And I think the example I set with my energy,

598
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,120
Speaker 8: with the joy that I play with, but more importantly

599
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:19,480
Speaker 8: the work that I put in, it makes everything make sense.

600
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,960
Speaker 8: So I think that's something I bring to this locker

601
00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,359
Speaker 8: room that people will know and they'll see, but I

602
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:25,159
Speaker 8: can't talk about it.

603
00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:26,800
Speaker 7: They'll have to see it, and I think they will.

604
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,040
Speaker 2: I want to talk about, or give you the opportunity

605
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,159
Speaker 2: to talk about, rather the guys who you're playing with.

606
00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,320
Speaker 2: When you have a defense which has a pro bowler

607
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,560
Speaker 2: at every level, you have guys like DeForest Buckner, Zire Franklin.

608
00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,960
Speaker 2: We talked about Kenny Moore the second. Then the moves

609
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,240
Speaker 2: that this team is making that you've already seen in

610
00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,040
Speaker 2: the off season. What does that indicate to you about

611
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,320
Speaker 2: what the Indianapolis Colts are positioning themselves to do in

612
00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:49,040
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five.

613
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Speaker 7: I think I think they see the vision that we see.

614
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,680
Speaker 8: The fact that we're adding these pieces to this team

615
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,760
Speaker 8: when they sign Me, when they sign Mooney, just the

616
00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,600
Speaker 8: people that they're bringing in to add to the.

617
00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:02,000
Speaker 7: Dogs that already on this team.

618
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,040
Speaker 8: I think that's a big deal, and I think that

619
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,840
Speaker 8: they believe that shows that they believe in taking this

620
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,879
Speaker 8: program to the next level and even being able to

621
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,720
Speaker 8: meet ownership and meet the head coach and just from

622
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 8: top to bottom, I think everybody believes in the same

623
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,240
Speaker 8: thing that this is the step that we're taking for

624
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,280
Speaker 8: Indianapolis to be really take this team to that next level,

625
00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 8: and I'm excited to be a part of it, and

626
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,359
Speaker 8: I expect myself to be a big part of it.

627
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,760
Speaker 8: Just coming in, like we talked about, the leadership, and

628
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,000
Speaker 8: just with the consistency of the work every single day,

629
00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,560
Speaker 8: being able to show that you guys made the right

630
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:37,359
Speaker 8: decision picking me, picking Mooney signing here.

631
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:38,359
Speaker 7: We did it for a reason.

632
00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,159
Speaker 8: I want to be able to prove to them and

633
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,480
Speaker 8: make them the best GM, best head coach, best ownership

634
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,360
Speaker 8: for bringing us in. I want to make you look

635
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,480
Speaker 8: like the best in your job to ever make this

636
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:49,199
Speaker 8: move because you picked us.

637
00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,480
Speaker 2: I know everyone is so ready to, you know, press

638
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,480
Speaker 2: play on this twenty twenty five team.

639
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,720
Speaker 3: It's a movie. That's your tagline? How did that come

640
00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:57,920
Speaker 3: to be?

641
00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:00,400
Speaker 8: Just everything I do, I want to do it big.

642
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,000
Speaker 8: Nothing feels real to me. Just the fact that I'm

643
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,240
Speaker 8: in the NFL. Everything is such a blessing and I

644
00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:07,359
Speaker 8: just thank God for it every single day. But the

645
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 8: fact that everything I do, I want to do it big,

646
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,480
Speaker 8: like it's a movie. So that's where the tagline came from.

647
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 8: Is me just wanting to make everything top notch? Everything

648
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 8: the most fun thing you can do. And obviously, like

649
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,639
Speaker 8: I said, that comes from the preparation and everything that

650
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:24,080
Speaker 8: you do, but the movie really come from just being

651
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,440
Speaker 8: able to enjoy every second year out there and take

652
00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,920
Speaker 8: your enjoyment to that next level because it's contagious. And

653
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,440
Speaker 8: I think if people really understand that you can have

654
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:35,000
Speaker 8: fun doing anything, you can go big. Why not make plays?

655
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,520
Speaker 8: Why not do this and that in life just because

656
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 8: it's a movie. It's like, why not. I'm doing things

657
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,400
Speaker 8: I shouldn't be in the NFL is I'm the one

658
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,800
Speaker 8: percent in the world that is blessed enough to be here,

659
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,080
Speaker 8: So why not go big and treat it like it's

660
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,680
Speaker 8: a movie, because it really does feel like it's fake,

661
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Speaker 8: like it's a movie.

662
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Speaker 7: But like I said, my life is a movie. So

663
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Speaker 7: here we are.

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Speaker 2: This is a podcast, but it's also a movie because

665
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Speaker 2: he is cam Binom's PA movie.

666
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Speaker 4: I'm joined here on the Official Colts Podcast by wide

667
00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:10,040
Speaker 4: receiver Ashton Dulan just signed re signed with the Colts. Ashton,

668
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:13,520
Speaker 4: You're an undrafted free agent who's now got a third contract.

669
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Speaker 4: A lot of undrafted free agents don't even make it

670
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,879
Speaker 4: to like three games. What does it mean to you

671
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,879
Speaker 4: to be able to get this this contract, to be

672
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Speaker 4: able to be rewarded by this organization that you put

673
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,159
Speaker 4: so much into, uh, you know, over the course of

674
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Speaker 4: your career.

675
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Speaker 6: Here, I'm grateful. It's a blessing to be able to

676
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:32,440
Speaker 6: play this long.

677
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,920
Speaker 9: Like you said, it's not It's not often the undrafted

678
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 9: guys make it this far and can play this long

679
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 9: and be able to play again.

680
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:39,520
Speaker 6: They love for this long.

681
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Speaker 9: So I just try to take it day by day

682
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,920
Speaker 9: and continue to enjoy the moments and knowing that no night,

683
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:47,320
Speaker 9: everybody gets this this opportunity.

684
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Speaker 6: So for me, it's just just counting as a blessing.

685
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 4: How does that undrafted mentality, How is that kind of

686
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 4: shaped your career?

687
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Speaker 9: I think it makes you earn it, I mean not

688
00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 9: earn it, but kind of makes you, you know, understand

689
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,280
Speaker 9: it a little bit more as far as the process

690
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 9: that it takes to get to this point. And then

691
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,719
Speaker 9: when you do earn that spot and earn their role

692
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:08,960
Speaker 9: in this team, and you know, people start believing you.

693
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 9: Kind of it's kind of like a breath of fresh

694
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,040
Speaker 9: air in a sense you kind of understand that, Okay,

695
00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 9: I can do this, I can kind of get into

696
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 9: the league and establish my role and what my position

697
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:20,960
Speaker 9: is and kind of what I bring to the table.

698
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:22,719
Speaker 9: And I think for me that's kind of the biggest thing,

699
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,400
Speaker 9: just kind of getting where I fit in and go

700
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Speaker 9: from there.

701
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Speaker 4: You're a seven year vet now, I mean, like, do

702
00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,040
Speaker 4: you look back on who you were in twenty nineteen,

703
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 4: twenty twenty kind of striving to make the roster and

704
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:34,880
Speaker 4: kind of look back and realize, like, man, like that

705
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 4: took a lot for me to carve out a spot here.

706
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,200
Speaker 9: One hundred percent. Even though there was a post hit

707
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:44,000
Speaker 9: yesterday they made my rookie year. I had my lanyard on,

708
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,960
Speaker 9: I had the blue coats, long sleeve on. I was like, man,

709
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 9: that action was was young, didn't really know much is

710
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 9: going on, kind of just figuring out as you win.

711
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,720
Speaker 9: You know, everything was kind of flying by fast. But

712
00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,600
Speaker 9: now it's kind of slowed down the sense to where

713
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 9: it's standing, how to be a pro and what it

714
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,040
Speaker 9: took to get here to this point. And you know,

715
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Speaker 9: when you look back, that's kind of you know, the smile.

716
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,040
Speaker 9: You can kind of look back and say, you know,

717
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:07,400
Speaker 9: it just fall for the right reasons.

718
00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 4: So what what did it take for you to get

719
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Speaker 4: to this point.

720
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Speaker 9: Now hard work man, you know, trusting the people that

721
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 9: are in my corner, Trusting people around me, Trusting my teammates, coaches,

722
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 9: things like that. You know, it's not takets more thing

723
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,080
Speaker 9: yourself texta village. It's kind of cliche, but it just

724
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,040
Speaker 9: really does take, you know, more than yourself and kind

725
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,040
Speaker 9: of asking around and guys have kind of been the

726
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:26,800
Speaker 9: game for a while, kind of lean on them and

727
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 9: figure out your own type of rhythm and your own

728
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,320
Speaker 9: type of routine to just kind of get through year

729
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Speaker 9: by year.

730
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Speaker 4: It's funny because like you know, we we we've known you,

731
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 4: We've seen your journey, we've seen how you worked. But

732
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:38,440
Speaker 4: sometimes it's kind of nice to look back on it.

733
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,120
Speaker 4: And you know, you're talking about coaches and you know,

734
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,160
Speaker 4: teammates and guys who really influenced do you like, who

735
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,320
Speaker 4: do you look back on over your years here there's

736
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Speaker 4: people who have had like a really positive influence on you.

737
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Speaker 9: Yeah, my early years we had guys like Devin Funches,

738
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 9: t Y Hilton, Zach Paschal, coaches wise. You know, we

739
00:30:57,640 --> 00:30:59,680
Speaker 9: had actually a gun twine. It was a big help

740
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 9: for me. He was more of a ide receiver, assistant

741
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 9: him and Gerad Johnson. But they were kind of both

742
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,160
Speaker 9: guys that would work with me after practice, working with

743
00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 9: you know, routes, hands catching the ball, kind of understanding coverage,

744
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 9: just things like that, and I'm forever grateful for that

745
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 9: I had them and at a young point in my

746
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 9: career kind of helped me shape me be what I

747
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 9: am today.

748
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,680
Speaker 4: When you think about like t Y, you know, obviously

749
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:22,920
Speaker 4: like a big name around here, we all remember t

750
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 4: Why and you know, we all certainly, you know, appreciate

751
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 4: what he did here, Like what did you pick up

752
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 4: from him? Just as an early, you know, young guy

753
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 4: in this league.

754
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,680
Speaker 9: With t Y, he was it's kind of like me

755
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 9: in a sense of leading by example. You know, he

756
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 9: wasn't really vocal, but he's vocal we need to be,

757
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:38,640
Speaker 9: which is kind of the.

758
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 6: The I guess.

759
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 9: The nice thing about it was when t Y talked,

760
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:44,880
Speaker 9: it was like, Okay, it doesn't say much, but when

761
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:46,520
Speaker 9: you speak, and make sure you listen because it's going

762
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 9: to be some type of knowledge or something that's worth

763
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,400
Speaker 9: listening to. So with him it was it was definitely

764
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,760
Speaker 9: leading by example and kind of doing things the right way.

765
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Speaker 4: I mean, Zach Pascal too, you're talking about a guy

766
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 4: who like who worked his way up through special teams,

767
00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 4: he carved out a role in the offense. Kind of

768
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 4: that that's been a blueprint for a lot of guys here.

769
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 4: I gotta imagine for you that was a big one absolutely.

770
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 9: You know, seeing watching his game kind of where he

771
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 9: went from starting on teams to getting a bigger role

772
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:11,680
Speaker 9: in the offense. And you know, sticking with that kind

773
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,240
Speaker 9: of gave me something to look at and understand, Okay,

774
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 9: if he can do it that way, I can do

775
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 9: it the same same type of way and the same

776
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:19,320
Speaker 9: type of work ethic will get me to that point.

777
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,920
Speaker 9: So watching him definitely helped me with my game as well.

778
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Speaker 4: I think one of the one of the things that's

779
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,520
Speaker 4: so impressive about your journey is you think of about

780
00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,480
Speaker 4: twenty twenty three with the torn acl and again you

781
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 4: were talking about an undrafted, an undrafted guy like you

782
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:34,760
Speaker 4: to be able to come back from that, have the

783
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 4: year you had last year especially, you know, you caught

784
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 4: that touchdown against Houston. You play a huge impact on

785
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,360
Speaker 4: special teams, and now you're in this contract. That's another

786
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:44,240
Speaker 4: one of those things. Not a lot of people could

787
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 4: overcome that kind of adversity like you did, like, what

788
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 4: do you remember about that moment and kind of your

789
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:50,880
Speaker 4: thought process of getting back after it.

790
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:56,320
Speaker 9: I guess for me, it was more just taking a

791
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,600
Speaker 9: day by day and understanding that, you know, it's not over.

792
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 9: I got a lot of good football left in me

793
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:03,640
Speaker 9: regardless of the injury. It's kind of my first big

794
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,040
Speaker 9: injury for surgery, so it was new to me in

795
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:09,120
Speaker 9: the sense of adjusting my my routine and how I'm

796
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,320
Speaker 9: I go about rehab and getting my body back to

797
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 9: where I'm used to having it at.

798
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,120
Speaker 6: So I kind of just leaned on other guys as

799
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:15,760
Speaker 6: well that kind.

800
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Speaker 9: Of went through the injury or people that's experienced that

801
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 9: type of you know, recovering things like that, and they

802
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 9: kind of helped me, I guess, keep myself in the

803
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,760
Speaker 9: right mindset to get back to where I need to be.

804
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 4: That was your first surgery, first surgery, Okay, so I'm

805
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 4: someone who's never had surgery, I've never been under before.

806
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 4: What's like going through your head when you got to

807
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 4: do that?

808
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:37,200
Speaker 9: A little nerve wracking at first, but people kind of

809
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,160
Speaker 9: kept me, I guess saying in the sense of you know,

810
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,400
Speaker 9: and it's once you know, once you kind of come out.

811
00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:44,960
Speaker 9: You know, you don't really there's no you don't really know.

812
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 9: You're going under like it's it's kind of three to one.

813
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:47,479
Speaker 9: You're out like a lot.

814
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:47,960
Speaker 6: That's kind of what.

815
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,400
Speaker 9: It's a good nap and then you wake up and

816
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:52,760
Speaker 9: you know you don't really know what's going on, kind

817
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:54,239
Speaker 9: of the loopy from all of the drugs that got

818
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,960
Speaker 9: you on whatever. But you know, just have my family

819
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 9: that from me and kind of support me, kind of

820
00:33:58,320 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 9: helped me through that the whole way.

821
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Speaker 4: What is it to you?

822
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 9: Then?

823
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,040
Speaker 4: You know you're talking about your family and how much

824
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 4: they supported you, like you getting these contracts, you showing

825
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 4: you know who you are as a person, carrying on

826
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 4: you know, their legacy. Just what does that mean to you?

827
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:11,640
Speaker 6: Means everything?

828
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,399
Speaker 9: Family for me is is is number one, just because

829
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 9: they've been with me so for so long and supported

830
00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 9: me and my brother through so much. It's you know,

831
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,880
Speaker 9: nothing can repaid on for that, but I'm just kind

832
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 9: of doing I can, and no, everything I do is

833
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 9: for them, So i'mother always happy for me and proud

834
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:27,400
Speaker 9: of me.

835
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Speaker 6: You know, That's all I can be asked. Whereas with

836
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Speaker 6: them in my corner.

837
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Speaker 4: What's your favorite touchdown of your career.

838
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 9: Mmm, I think Tampa Bay was a big one. I

839
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,880
Speaker 9: like them, the sixty yard bomb. I'd probably say that

840
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:46,320
Speaker 9: one or this one is last Years just because of

841
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 9: coming off the a c L first touch since the

842
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 9: a c L first score of the season for me,

843
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:54,799
Speaker 9: and then it was like that's the welcome back moment.

844
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:56,759
Speaker 9: So if I probably say definitely last Years for sure.

845
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 4: See, I was also thinking it was like you your

846
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,360
Speaker 4: special team's gut, you might go the one where the

847
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:02,279
Speaker 4: Rams punter headed.

848
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 9: I thought, that's definitely thinking about that top three I

849
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:06,319
Speaker 9: was thinking about. I was like, you know what, that's

850
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,400
Speaker 9: that's the big one. I think that my first actual

851
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:12,719
Speaker 9: official touchdown. But I think definitely kind of the way

852
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,520
Speaker 9: that the last year's touchdown kind of brought anything together

853
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 9: was kind of the home run for me.

854
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,279
Speaker 4: I also saw a highlight going around just on one

855
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 4: of those like random highlight accounts on Twitter, your touchdown

856
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 4: against the Cowboys. Oh yeah, a little wiggle on Yeah.

857
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,080
Speaker 9: Absolutely, that was a big one. That was what Same

858
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 9: Night Football. It was definitely on prime time, But yeah,

859
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 9: that was that was definitely a big one too. But

860
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 9: I don't think it beats to one Houston last year.

861
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 4: What are your goals for twenty twenty five and beyond

862
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:38,400
Speaker 4: now that you got this contract.

863
00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:42,279
Speaker 9: For me, I think it's continuing to build. I would

864
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 9: have already done, but taking that next step as a

865
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 9: team had been to the playoffs since twenty twenty, so

866
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 9: I think the next step as a whole is getting

867
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 9: to the playoffs, making a run in the playoffs, and

868
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 9: giving the city what they deserve, and that's the playoff run.

869
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:58,719
Speaker 4: How do you envision like contributing to that.

870
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:00,799
Speaker 9: I think that seem to do what I've been doing.

871
00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:04,000
Speaker 9: That's keep my head done and working hard, playing my role,

872
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,399
Speaker 9: doing my role in best of my ability. And also,

873
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 9: you know, trusting in what the coaches are doing with

874
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 9: our players are doing and knowing that it's all for

875
00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:12,919
Speaker 9: a bigger picture and that's bringing the city.

876
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:13,839
Speaker 6: Are in all right? Right?

877
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:17,359
Speaker 4: On Ashton doulan third contract after being an undrafted free

878
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 4: agent from a university that doesn't even have football anymore

879
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 4: Malone University.

880
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Speaker 6: Appreciate your time, man, Thank you appreciate it absolutely.

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Speaker 4: Joining me here on the Official Colts podcast is quarterback

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Speaker 4: Daniel Jones, who signed with the Colts as a free agent.

883
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 4: Daniel welcome to Indy man.

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00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:33,440
Speaker 1: Thank you.

885
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 6: I appreciate it. Excited to be here.

886
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 4: So you're signing here with Indy. How do you view

887
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 4: this opportunity that you have in the Colts quarterback room

888
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 4: this year?

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00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:44,880
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm excited.

890
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:46,920
Speaker 10: You know, it's a it's a good football team, a

891
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:50,320
Speaker 10: lot of smart people, and uh, just looking forward to competing,

892
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 10: you know, coming in and seeing where I can help

893
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 10: out and and trying to help this team win as

894
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,799
Speaker 10: many games as possible. So excited to join this group.

895
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 10: It's a I think talented, talented group across the board.

896
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 4: You mentioned competing. Chris Ballard at the NFL Combine did

897
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:08,239
Speaker 4: say there would be an open quarterback competition here with

898
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:09,759
Speaker 4: the Colts. How do you view that? How do you

899
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:11,400
Speaker 4: view kind of you know, what you can bring to

900
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 4: that competition?

901
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,839
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean I think, uh, you know, you learn

902
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,080
Speaker 10: in the NFL that you're that you're always competing at

903
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 10: every spot. There's so many talented players, you know, everywhere.

904
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 10: So whenever you're on the field, whenever you're practicing or playing,

905
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,239
Speaker 10: you're you're competing. And and you know, I you know

906
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:33,200
Speaker 10: understand that's that's uh, that's always the situation and that's certainly,

907
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,160
Speaker 10: you know, that's the situation here. So I'm looking forward

908
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,400
Speaker 10: to doing that. I think the competition brings out the

909
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 10: best in in everybody, and so look forward to to

910
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:46,239
Speaker 10: learning and growing and you know, trying to improve as

911
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:47,759
Speaker 10: a player and seeing where I can help the team.

912
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 4: What do you know about Chaine Steichen, Yeah, I know.

913
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 10: He's had a lot of success in the NFL as

914
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 10: an offensive coach. You know, he's been you know, you know,

915
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:01,440
Speaker 10: quarterback coach, offensive coordinator, uh, now the head coach. You know,

916
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:05,719
Speaker 10: he's had success everywhere he's been. So, you know, playing

917
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:07,480
Speaker 10: in New York. We saw him twice a year in

918
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 10: Philadelphia there while he was there, and was always really

919
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:13,440
Speaker 10: impressed with, uh, with what he was doing and the

920
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,920
Speaker 10: success he had. So I'm excited to work with him.

921
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,880
Speaker 4: And and his Another member of the Colts coaching staff

922
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,360
Speaker 4: was your former teammate Alex Tanney. He's another Colts passing

923
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 4: game coordinator. Before we got on, he said he was

924
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 4: your teammate for two years early in her career with

925
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 4: the Giants. What what do you know about Alex and

926
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 4: and how do you think he? Uh, he'll help you

927
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:33,040
Speaker 4: out here now as a coach.

928
00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:35,080
Speaker 6: Uh, yeah, he was.

929
00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:38,279
Speaker 10: He was huge for me my first two years in

930
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:42,120
Speaker 10: the league, you know, especially that rookie year. You know,

931
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 10: it was a fun quarterback room we had, uh you

932
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 10: know him along with Eli, and you know, spend a

933
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:49,759
Speaker 10: lot of time in there just asking questions and trying

934
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,960
Speaker 10: to learn. You know, you're learning the ski, you know,

935
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,839
Speaker 10: learning scheme, learning NFL football, what it's like, but also

936
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:57,880
Speaker 10: just kind of how to how to prepare, how to

937
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:00,839
Speaker 10: go about the week, how to study, had to study film,

938
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 10: you know, how you practice, you know, all those little things.

939
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:07,799
Speaker 10: And Tanny was a huge help to me there at

940
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 10: that point. And you know we'd spend a lot of

941
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 10: time together doing all that. So you know we've been

942
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:16,239
Speaker 10: close and been close since and uh, he's helped me

943
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,560
Speaker 10: a ton. I'm looking forward to getting back with him.

944
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:20,279
Speaker 10: He's a smart I mean at that point he knew

945
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 10: he was wanted to get into coaching, So I saw

946
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,640
Speaker 10: the game that way and was really you know, into.

947
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 4: That, into that side of it.

948
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,200
Speaker 10: And I'm excited to work with him again.

949
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,320
Speaker 4: Is there any like phrases he had or things that

950
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,239
Speaker 4: stood out that like really stuck with you as a

951
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:35,440
Speaker 4: rookie or a second year guy.

952
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,279
Speaker 10: I don't know about like specific phrases. I think just

953
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:42,239
Speaker 10: his overall approach to the game and how he you know,

954
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:45,920
Speaker 10: how detailed he was, how you know, the types of

955
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,719
Speaker 10: things he was looking for, the things he would look for,

956
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 10: you know, during you know, studying a defense about the week,

957
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 10: and and just kind of just his approach to to

958
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:58,480
Speaker 10: uh to all that. And you know, obviously he was

959
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:03,200
Speaker 10: really interested in and fascinated with the with the game,

960
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,560
Speaker 10: with the scheme, with the concepts, how we game planned

961
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 10: and and uh, you know I learned a lot from that.

962
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,880
Speaker 4: Like you spent a couple of weeks last year at

963
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Speaker 4: the Minnesota Vikings. They brought you onto their active roster

964
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Speaker 4: for the playoffs. What did you pick up from Kevin

965
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:17,719
Speaker 4: O'Connell done.

966
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Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean he's he's a obviously a great coach.

967
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 10: Coach of the year uh last year and rightfully so.

968
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:29,960
Speaker 10: But I was just really impressed with with you know,

969
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 10: their process, their preparation process through the week, how detailed

970
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,839
Speaker 10: they were, uh you know, starting with him, and then

971
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Speaker 10: throughout the throughout the offensive staff, the quarterback uh quarterback room,

972
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Speaker 10: and and Sam.

973
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Speaker 4: You know, I thought just you know, you could.

974
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Speaker 10: Tell as the game plan was installed, and as you know,

975
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:53,279
Speaker 10: you're prepared for that week. Every little detail was going

976
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 10: to be analyzed, talked about, coach drilled, and by the

977
00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:01,279
Speaker 10: time you know, you got to Sunday, you know, Sam

978
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,480
Speaker 10: was ready to go, everybody's ready to go, and just

979
00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 10: you know, just a really detailed, you know, kind of

980
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:08,520
Speaker 10: pinpoint process to it all.

981
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 4: Before you went to Minnesota. You obviously you were benched

982
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:13,879
Speaker 4: in New York and then you were released. I thought

983
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 4: I was striking how I thought you handled the the

984
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:20,800
Speaker 4: the benching and that press conference specifically after where you know,

985
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,640
Speaker 4: you were very professional, You're very gracious for your time

986
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 4: in New York. Why was it important to you to

987
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,160
Speaker 4: say those things and get that message out there in

988
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 4: that opportunity?

989
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:34,560
Speaker 10: Uh yeah, obviously you know, tough, tough deal, uh there

990
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:37,759
Speaker 10: towards the end of New York, and you know, but

991
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:39,960
Speaker 10: just just a lot of a lot of people there

992
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 10: who who I really you know, appreciated, who had done

993
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:46,399
Speaker 10: a lot for me, and it was my start into

994
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 10: the NFL and and and my opportunity uh in this league,

995
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 10: and and uh really just more so about the people

996
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 10: about you know, the time we spent there together and

997
00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:59,720
Speaker 10: you form a lot of close relationships with with people

998
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:03,760
Speaker 10: and when you're there for you know, for that period

999
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:06,920
Speaker 10: of time. So very grateful, have all the respect in

1000
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:10,240
Speaker 10: the world for that organization, the Mari and Tisch families,

1001
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:14,160
Speaker 10: and yeah, I guess that was really the idea there is.

1002
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,840
Speaker 10: Just wanted to say thanks to them and the people

1003
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,840
Speaker 10: that were involved there with the Giants.

1004
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 4: All right, well we'll get you out of here, Daniel,

1005
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:23,560
Speaker 4: Thanks for the time. Welcome to Indianapolis.

1006
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:24,680
Speaker 6: Thanks j J. I appreciate it.

1007
00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:30,440
Speaker 1: Colts fans stay excited. This free agency period continues for

1008
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 1: the Colts, and one of the newest members joins us

1009
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:36,840
Speaker 1: now Khalil Herbert running back. Just first and foremost, Welcome

1010
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:39,160
Speaker 1: to Indianapolis. It's good to go where you wanted.

1011
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:41,960
Speaker 11: Yeah, No, definitely, you know, I'm excited to be here.

1012
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:45,720
Speaker 11: Thank you again. No, I'm just excited, man, I'm excited.

1013
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,360
Speaker 1: Hey, they call you the Jews, all right, So so

1014
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:50,640
Speaker 1: last season, I hate to go back to that because

1015
00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:52,360
Speaker 1: I know that wasn't up to your standards. But not

1016
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:55,239
Speaker 1: a lot of carries in Chicago. You get traded over

1017
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 1: to Cincinnati. Not a lot of carries. Here's what I

1018
00:42:57,239 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 1: like about it. The fresh legs. Those legs are fresh. Yeah,

1019
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:01,800
Speaker 1: last year in a nutshell for you.

1020
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:02,920
Speaker 4: We know the talent you have.

1021
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:05,759
Speaker 6: I mean it was it was.

1022
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 11: Gave me a lot of hunger, you know, just thinking

1023
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:13,200
Speaker 11: about the whole season and then going into this offseason

1024
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 11: fresh and healthy, training at a different level and you know,

1025
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:18,640
Speaker 11: able to just start right away and get into it.

1026
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:21,759
Speaker 11: So definitely gave me a different level of hunger ready

1027
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:22,400
Speaker 11: to get back to it.

1028
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:23,960
Speaker 1: So, well, you're in a great place, you know, this

1029
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:25,920
Speaker 1: offense and they feature a running game with one of

1030
00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:28,000
Speaker 1: the best in the business. What do you feel about

1031
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 1: in the same backfield, in the same meeting room as

1032
00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:31,280
Speaker 1: well as Jonathan Taylor.

1033
00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:32,640
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know it's great.

1034
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:35,160
Speaker 11: Just been watching them from him far the last couple

1035
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:37,160
Speaker 11: of years, so being able to be you know, they're

1036
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,600
Speaker 11: up close and learning different things and you know, seeing

1037
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:42,320
Speaker 11: how he works and just being able to add stuff

1038
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:43,520
Speaker 11: to my game and vice versa.

1039
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:44,960
Speaker 6: You know, I think would be great.

1040
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,239
Speaker 1: So you're a veteran, you know what it takes to

1041
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:50,239
Speaker 1: play week in and week out seventeen weeks, especially at

1042
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:52,719
Speaker 1: your position. Everybody's trying to t off on you. You know,

1043
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 1: you're going to get your carries here. Did that come

1044
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:56,760
Speaker 1: into mind when you were saying looking at your options

1045
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,319
Speaker 1: for running the football next year, even though JT's there,

1046
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:01,880
Speaker 1: you know there's gonna be plenty of opportunity.

1047
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:01,759
Speaker 6: For you here.

1048
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:03,799
Speaker 11: Yeah, definitely, you know, and just being able to help,

1049
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:05,920
Speaker 11: you know, especially running back in this league, you know

1050
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:08,600
Speaker 11: you need a guy behind you. So just being able

1051
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:10,440
Speaker 11: to help any way I can. But that definitely came

1052
00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:13,480
Speaker 11: into you know, my decision, and you know, just everything

1053
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:15,680
Speaker 11: that they're doing here, you know, I just want to

1054
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:16,239
Speaker 11: be a part of it.

1055
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,200
Speaker 1: So hey, I broke down a little film on you

1056
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:21,200
Speaker 1: recently now, and you do have a skill set that

1057
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:24,239
Speaker 1: is rare. And I'm talking talking about if there's a

1058
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:26,799
Speaker 1: small crease, you're gonna find it. Jee is gonna find

1059
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:29,200
Speaker 1: that small crease. Your running style in a nutshell what

1060
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:29,759
Speaker 1: do you call it?

1061
00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 11: I don't know how to describe it, but kind of

1062
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:35,920
Speaker 11: like what you're saying, just you know, great vision I

1063
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:37,880
Speaker 11: feel like I have, and being able to find different

1064
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:41,440
Speaker 11: creases and get through them. But yeah, that's that's pretty

1065
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:43,000
Speaker 11: much it. I feel like I could do anything and

1066
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:43,839
Speaker 11: help out in any way.

1067
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:45,800
Speaker 1: So it's it's it's a question I ask all you

1068
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:47,600
Speaker 1: running backs, Like, how do you get better at your

1069
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:51,160
Speaker 1: craft in the off season, because on game day you

1070
00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 1: got eleven guys trying to take your head off. You

1071
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 1: go to camp, you get touched a little bit, you

1072
00:44:55,239 --> 00:44:57,600
Speaker 1: know what I mean, a couple of practices, cross practices

1073
00:44:57,680 --> 00:44:59,840
Speaker 1: with other NFL teams, you get some live hits. But

1074
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:03,200
Speaker 1: are you making your most headway when camp starts. I mean,

1075
00:45:03,239 --> 00:45:04,640
Speaker 1: I know you got to keep the body in shape,

1076
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 1: but getting better mentally also in the off season. How

1077
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:09,040
Speaker 1: to explain the process to me?

1078
00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:10,719
Speaker 7: I mean it's a lot of different things now.

1079
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:12,400
Speaker 11: I feel like that you could you could use to

1080
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:15,720
Speaker 11: you know, enhance your vision, enhance your hand eye coordination,

1081
00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:18,920
Speaker 11: different things like that. But like you said, it's it's

1082
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:20,640
Speaker 11: different when you get the pads on and when you

1083
00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:22,920
Speaker 11: get out there and really getting tackled. So it's only

1084
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:24,840
Speaker 11: so much you can do in the off season obviously,

1085
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,320
Speaker 11: but you know when you get to camping and this

1086
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:28,799
Speaker 11: season it changes change.

1087
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:31,399
Speaker 1: Dyking likes to throw this football. That means the running

1088
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:33,600
Speaker 1: back needs to block. Yeah, it's a big part of it.

1089
00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:35,600
Speaker 1: How important is that to you to your game?

1090
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:38,000
Speaker 11: No, it's definitely a big part, you know, especially protecting

1091
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:40,520
Speaker 11: the quarterback anyway I can put your body on the line,

1092
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 11: you know, and being able to help something that I've

1093
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:45,239
Speaker 11: been trying to improve on each and every year.

1094
00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:46,600
Speaker 7: And you know, I feel like I'm getting good asks.

1095
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Speaker 1: You come from a speed family, now, I know speed

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Speaker 1: in your family is a big thing with relatives and everything.

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Speaker 1: That offseason workout that I mentioned before, does it involve

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Speaker 1: a lot of training when it comes to like track

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Speaker 1: style training.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, the first whole month of February, I'm pretty much

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Speaker 11: on the train, is that right, straight track work, just

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Speaker 11: trying to get my endurance up. You don't get my

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Speaker 11: speed up and keep the speed up.

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Speaker 6: So I don't know.

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Speaker 11: It's just something that we do down there, especially being

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Speaker 11: from Florida, that everybody's always on the track.

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Speaker 1: So all right, well we're gonna see a lot of

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Speaker 1: Khalil Herbert this season. In a nutshell, if you could

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Speaker 1: tell Colts fans what they're getting, what kind of running

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Speaker 1: back are they getting?

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Speaker 11: You're getting a hungry running back. You know, somebody that's

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Speaker 11: able to do whatever he needs to be done help

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Speaker 11: the team. You know, somebody that's here to help the

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Speaker 11: team win. So you're getting to get the best version

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Speaker 11: of juice this year.

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Speaker 1: So Fort Lauderdale, Florida, you call home. Give me something

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Speaker 1: off the field, away from football. What do you like

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Speaker 1: to do to spend some time.

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Speaker 11: Well, I got a fourteen month oos take it up

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Speaker 11: most of my time right now, and got another one

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Speaker 11: doing June.

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Speaker 7: So all right, me and my wife, are you answered.

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Speaker 4: The question to answer?

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Speaker 1: Come on back, come on here at Indianapolis, get settled in,

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Speaker 1: I mean, get your house squared away and everything like that.

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Speaker 1: And it's a great community for you and your family.

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Speaker 1: Can't wait to watch you work. I appreciate the time today.

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Speaker 6: I appreciate you guys having me.

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Speaker 1: All right, The juice is loose here in Indianapolis. That's

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Speaker 1: New Colts running back Khalil Her there.

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Speaker 7: You have it.

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Speaker 1: Some impressive young men there in the cults locker room

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Speaker 1: love it and can't wait for the OTAs you talked

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Speaker 1: about it earlier before we sat down with those guys.

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Speaker 1: But that's right around the corner.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it is.

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Speaker 3: It is and one thing to go back to.

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Speaker 2: And it was a question that I had to cambine

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Speaker 2: them that you know, really we touch on in a

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Speaker 2: lot of these conversations, is that free agency has to

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Speaker 2: be a two way stream. It's not just that, you know,

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Speaker 2: it's not like the draft where you get drafted and

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Speaker 2: you go to a team. Most often we've seen a

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Speaker 2: few instances of differences, but you know, I was really

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Speaker 2: intrigued by the appeal that there was for all these

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Speaker 2: guys to come here. They have to have the desire

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Speaker 2: to come here, the fact that you know, there there

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Speaker 2: was interest in other places and this is where they

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Speaker 2: wanted to be. This was where it was most appealing

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Speaker 2: to them. They felt like that this was a great organization,

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Speaker 2: an opportunity for them to be part of, you know,

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Speaker 2: a winning culture. And I think that is something that

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Speaker 2: when you look to the next few months as we

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Speaker 2: build a toward the season, and there is so much

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Speaker 2: optimism and you feel like that this team does have

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Speaker 2: something to prove based on some disappointment in years past.

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Speaker 2: That's really encouraging. When you have this infusion of new energy.

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Speaker 2: And I know something we've hit on before. It's guys

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Speaker 2: who have experience playing in places that have won. You know,

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Speaker 2: guys like Sharvarius Ward, a guy like Cambina, like they've

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Speaker 2: been as part of that organization. I think about the

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Speaker 2: fact when you went and you traded for DeForest Buckner,

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Speaker 2: who was coming off of such incredible success and you know,

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Speaker 2: big playoff runs with San Francisco, the standard that DeForest

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Speaker 2: brought in.

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Speaker 3: So that's something else.

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Speaker 2: That I'm really excited to see how these guys we heard,

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Speaker 2: you know, Cam talk about like leading by example, what

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Speaker 2: they do, what they bring in. I think having some

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Speaker 2: revitalized energy is going to be a really good thing

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Speaker 2: for this locker.

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Speaker 6: Right.

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Speaker 1: Here's why I want to ask you before we say goodbye.

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Speaker 1: Chris Ballard made what I consider a splash in free agency.

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Speaker 1: As per the norm of Chris Ballard in the off season,

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Speaker 1: wants to sign his own guys in house guys. We've

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Speaker 1: seen that a lot. So I'm saying, a big splashes

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Speaker 1: free agency. I'm asking you does this carry over into

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Speaker 1: the draft or Draft night? Because I'm thinking, why not.

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Speaker 1: If he's making a splashing free agency and there's a

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Speaker 1: guy that he needs to go up and grab, everybody

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Speaker 1: talks about going up, but you never know or it

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Speaker 1: makes sense to go back on this. My point is

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Speaker 1: I said he's not done, but I'm just saying, like

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Speaker 1: the splashy, the splashiness of this offseason has been more

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Speaker 1: so than others.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think what it puts you in a position

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Speaker 2: to do is not that necessarily Chris is going to

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Speaker 2: take a different approach or a you know, more bold

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Speaker 2: or more aggressive approach in the draft, however you want

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Speaker 2: to call it. What I think is most intriguing about

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Speaker 2: all of this, or you know, kind of what it

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Speaker 2: sets you up in the draft to do is that

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Speaker 2: you have already addressed big areas.

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Speaker 3: Of need via free agency.

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Speaker 2: Therefore, it provides you so many options with the draft

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Speaker 2: and what you do if you want to trade that

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Speaker 2: we've seen before, to do something, if you want to

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Speaker 2: move up, but whatever it might be, I just think

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Speaker 2: that you have afforded yourself a ton of opportunities come

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Speaker 2: the last weekend of April by going out making the

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Speaker 2: moves that you did, shoring up some areas of need

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Speaker 2: with high caliber talent and veteran experience. Everything's on the table.

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Speaker 2: When you talk about the NFL drafted the end of April,

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 1: Just over a month away right on. Kudos and Chris Ballard,

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Speaker 1: that's been a great hole so far, and then the

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Speaker 1: NFL Draft coming up. At Learra Overton on Twitter x

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Speaker 1: at jj stank if it's on Twitter x he will

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Speaker 1: be back next week. Want to thanks your various ward

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Speaker 1: cam buying him, Ashton Doolan, Daniel Jones, Khalil Herbert and

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Speaker 1: yes usual miss Leerra Overton for helping out today.

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Speaker 4: That was fun.

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Speaker 1: Good chance to catch you up.

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Speaker 2: And meet the De's almost good when you've got guys

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Speaker 2: back in then building right like you have a few

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Speaker 2: weeks so.

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Speaker 3: It's a little it's a little quiet.

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Speaker 2: And then this definitely like just injects something, you know,

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Speaker 2: shakes things up little bit. Having all of this activity

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Speaker 2: has been really fun and I think too, like you

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Speaker 2: see the response from the players on you know, on

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Speaker 2: Twitter or whatever, and they're.

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Speaker 3: Sharing it, you know, and talking to the guys when

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Speaker 3: they've sat down.

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Speaker 2: Here, like they've already talked to teammates, you know, the

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Speaker 2: guys who were like talking about, hey, let's get a

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Speaker 2: workout in together before we all get back right right exactly.

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Speaker 2: So I think that is a huge indication of why

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Speaker 2: this fan base should be excited.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely football is back. Colts dot Com has the latest.

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Speaker 1: I want to thank Kevin Connors for his help today

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Speaker 1: behind the camera.

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Speaker 6: Big man.

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Speaker 1: We couldn't do it without you, and again Colts dot

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Speaker 1: com has all the latest information and it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a busy one the NFL Draft right around the corner.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for your help today, Lara. We will be back

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Speaker 1: next week with the full house. Jj'll be back. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for watching the Official Colts Podcast.