1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: Football is about the Jimmys and Joe's and x'es and o'sack. 2 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 2: New York Votolo ain't Baker Bruce. 3 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: It's time to get out the chockboard and diagram some plays. 4 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 3: Here's what it all starts. 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:25,799 Speaker 1: Right here, Let's play Jamie Chris. This is Inside Football 6 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: with former Colts and NFL coach Rick Venturie. 7 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,840 Speaker 4: The riddle that are the Jacksonville Jaguars on the Road 8 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 4: continues as Sunday's loss makes ten straight for the Colts 9 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 4: as the road team against the Jags, Indianapolis falls to 10 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 4: two and three on the season and ozero and two 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 4: inside the AFC South. And now it's back to life 12 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 4: on the road again this weekend, Week six, as the 13 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 4: Colts make their annual trip down to Nashville to battle 14 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 4: the rested Titans, who are fresh off the buye HI 15 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 4: Get Everybody Welcome Inside Inside Football the podcast here on 16 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 4: Colts and the Colts Audio Network. I'm Matt Taylor inside 17 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 4: the Indiana Union Construction Industry Radio studio, and you came 18 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 4: today primarily to hear from my guy, Rick vent Turrey. 19 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 4: And it's twenty seven years of coaching experience in the 20 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 4: National Football league, and Rick, I hope you are well. 21 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 4: I know it's a big week for you and the family, 22 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 4: and I also hope you haven't watched Sunday's game film 23 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 4: more times than. 24 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 3: You needed to. 25 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 2: Well, you're exactly right. It's going pretty well. Miss Sherry's 26 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 2: doing really good, and so you know that part of 27 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 2: it's good the film, you know, not offensively, it's like 28 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 2: a Tale of two Cities. I mean, you score thirty 29 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,839 Speaker 2: four points, I mean, you want to win. I don't 30 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 2: know if you've ever looked it up, because I asked 31 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 2: you on the way out, and I haven't had a 32 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 2: chance to do it. How many times? When's the last 33 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 2: time we ever scored thirty four points and lost the game? 34 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 2: I mean, man, yeah, absolutely amazing. But it was a 35 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 2: horrendous It was a horrendous performance by the defense. So 36 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 2: I'm not going to sugarcoat it. I'm tired of it. 37 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 2: It was awful, you know. And then of course that 38 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 2: critical punt return by Duvernet really changed the field position 39 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 2: and kind of changed the tempo of the game. But yeah, 40 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 2: you know, hats off to uh, you know, our offense, 41 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 2: particularly Flacco and Pierce. I mean, you know, Flaco started 42 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 2: out on fire with nine out of nine and start 43 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 2: the game and then finished even faster, you know, with 44 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 2: that huge fourth quarter comeback. I mean, this team is 45 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 2: really really takes us on a roller coaster ride. I mean, 46 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 2: you know, you you come out of there, you look 47 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 2: great in the beginning, kind of stall in the middle, 48 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 2: but the third quarter was a lot of really bad 49 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 2: field position. You were really backed up in there, and 50 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 2: then that fourth quarter thrust. But you know, defensively, we're 51 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 2: just we we're designed for. We don't we don't cover anybody, 52 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 2: we don't rush the faster, we don't tackle anybody. So 53 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 2: we got some things to fix. 54 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm no question about it if we can just 55 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 4: put the bow on that game five in Jacksonville, And 56 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 4: like you said, I mean it was just a game 57 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 4: highlighted by big plays by both offense. Has been certainly 58 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 4: more big plays by the Jaguars as they had I 59 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 4: think the number was they had fourteen plays over ten, 60 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 4: three plays over sixty then the big punt return by 61 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 4: Devin Duvernet. As you alluded to, the offense found points 62 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 4: early and late, but the defense obviously had another disappointing outcome. 63 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 4: So what else said, do you want to talk about 64 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 4: as you closed the book on that bad day in 65 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 4: Florida from a few days ago. 66 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 2: Well, you know, again, you know, hats off to Flacco 67 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 2: thirty three of forty four, thirty four points. You know, 68 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 2: Piers continues to just make big plays, and you know, 69 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 2: Pierce is the top of the defense. Great catch in 70 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 2: this one, you know, downs, we're finding that we're finding 71 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 2: the roles for downs. He has nine catches underneath, he's 72 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 2: almost uncoverable underneath. And Moe Aalley had a really good catch. 73 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 2: You know, I would say offensively certainly, you know, and 74 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 2: thirty one thirty two time in possession, first time we've 75 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 2: won that in five games. So that was I'd have 76 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 2: to say our defense, our offense definitely played good enough 77 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 2: to win. On the defense on the positives, you know, 78 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 2: you know, I think Cross continues to play really well. 79 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 2: A huge turnover when we needed it. You know, Jonesy 80 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 2: had to punch out. He had the big stop on 81 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 2: fourth and two. But you know, on the other side 82 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 2: of it, it was just awful. I will not sugarcoat it. 83 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 2: We don't challenge anybody and receivers soft coverage on the 84 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 2: outside led him. He just came out. I mean, it's 85 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 2: almost unbelievable. Twenty eight for thirty four. I've had guys 86 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 2: in the way call me and say, you know, he 87 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 2: can't do that versus Air. I mean, and it just 88 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 2: one hundred and nineteen passer rating when he came in 89 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 2: seventy eight nine. You know, I'm really kind of just 90 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:02,239 Speaker 2: tired of watching king make being made here at Lucas Oil. 91 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 2: Guys that come in and have the absolute greatest day 92 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 2: of their life. And I'm not gonna I'm not gonna 93 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 2: hear it on injuries. We've been watching this for three 94 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 2: and a half years. So you know, at some point, 95 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 2: you know, enough will be enough, you know, I know, 96 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 2: we we let flowers go. You know, that's like, if 97 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 2: you don't think Matt Dillon is doing a good job, 98 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,799 Speaker 2: you fire Chester. I mean, it's you know, it's really 99 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 2: a you know, kind of a funny one to me. 100 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 1: Uh. 101 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 2: You know, the thing that I hate the most is 102 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 2: all the guys, the quarterback, the runners, Thomas Kirk, all 103 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 2: the guys that could beat us. They did beat us. 104 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 2: You gotta stop something at some point in time. And 105 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 2: the numbers are just awful across the board. So you know, 106 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 2: there's not you better clean it up. Somebody better take 107 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 2: over and demand some tighter coverage, more blitzing. And when 108 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 2: we do blitz for instance, the last key play of 109 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 2: the game, we run an unsound defense. You bring six 110 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 2: and you play two under and you don't you know, 111 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 2: if you bring six, you have to play zero because 112 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,039 Speaker 2: you have to you have to cut off the quick 113 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,039 Speaker 2: release passes. Kirk catches the ball out there that I 114 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 2: could have thrown. I mean, it was absolutely ridiculous. So 115 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 2: you know, there's a lot of reasons to be positive, 116 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 2: particularly on the offensive side of it. You know, Joe, 117 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 2: whether or not it's Richie when we go back to him, 118 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 2: but we know Joe can come in and certainly win. 119 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 2: It's a game. But we got a ton of soul 120 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 2: searching to do on defense, and hopefully we'll do that. 121 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 2: We got another team that is not very good at 122 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 2: all on offense, and we'll get into that. So you know, 123 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 2: we've been playing in the valley of bad offensive football 124 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 2: teams and making them look good. So you know that's 125 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 2: got to change, all right. 126 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 4: As you were speaking right there, I did look it up. 127 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 4: So the thirty four points scored against the Jaguars on Sunday. 128 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 4: That is the third most points the colt have ever 129 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 4: scored in a loss, and the last time they scored 130 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 4: thirty four and did not win. It actually happened a 131 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 4: lot more recent than you think. They had thirty eight 132 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 4: against Cleveland last year, lost that game thirty nine to 133 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 4: thirty eight. Remember that was those the questionable call game. Yeah, 134 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 4: and then actually it happened in twenty two as well, 135 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 4: the Colts lost a thirty nine to thirty six game 136 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 4: at Minnesota. That was the game where the Colts were 137 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 4: up I think thirty. 138 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 3: Three to ninoo. 139 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yep. 140 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 4: Unfortunately we block those things out of our memories and 141 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 4: then we go back and look and there they are. 142 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 3: Right. 143 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 4: Hey, one other thing I want to get into before 144 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 4: we go big picture on Tennessee, as far as the 145 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 4: quarterbacks go. 146 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 3: You just alluded to it a little bit, you know. 147 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 4: Shane Steichen's already said that Anthony Richardson's going to start 148 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 4: on Sunday if he's healthy enough to play after missing 149 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 4: last week's game with the oblique. And Rick just for 150 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 4: the sake of argument here, I mean the differences between 151 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 4: ar and Flacco. They're cavernous, both in terms of playing style, 152 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 4: and just the numbers so far. I mean, Richardson completing 153 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 4: fifty percent so far, Flacco at seventy percent. Anthony's got 154 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 4: six picks, Flaco none. Richardson's passer rating is sixty, that's 155 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 4: last in the NFL. Flacos is one fifteen point six, 156 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 4: that's the highest in the NFL. And also of note 157 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 4: and just of interest within this, the Colts are They're 158 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 4: the first team in the last fifty years rick to 159 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:33,319 Speaker 4: have the highest and lowest rated passer among all qualified 160 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 4: quarterbacks in the NFL at the end of any given week. 161 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 4: Richardson the youngest starting quarterback this year, Flaco's the second oldest. 162 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 4: But you know, again, just this is me talking, This 163 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 4: is not the Colts talking. But I'm just interested in 164 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 4: what you have to say. Based on my opinion, I 165 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 4: think the Colts they're showing that commitment to Richardson, and 166 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 4: I think it's the right thing to do. Give him 167 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 4: as much experience as possible in his second year after 168 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 4: missing thirteen games last year, giving him the offense back 169 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 4: when he's healthy, I think is still the right call 170 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 4: because you can win with him as he puts it 171 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:13,959 Speaker 4: together mentally, and just gradually makes better judgments and gets 172 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 4: more experience by playing he needs to play. 173 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I understand all that part of it, 174 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 2: and I think that's a fair, fair assessment that you 175 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 2: just made. I mean, let's face it, what you're doing 176 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 2: is you're betting on your fourth pick in the draft. 177 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 2: You're betting on his overall ability, and you're betting on 178 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 2: his upside. And you know that Joe's not going to 179 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 2: be around for very long. So in a sense, you're 180 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 2: saying that Richardson's versatility, the ability to run, and I 181 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,439 Speaker 2: do agree that having been a defensive coordinator, he puts 182 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 2: a lot of pressure on you. I mean, he was 183 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 2: on fire the day he got hurt. He was absolutely 184 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,959 Speaker 2: on fire, and we forget that to start that football game. 185 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 2: But he hasn't played that well. I mean, if if 186 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 2: he weren't the fourth round draft choice in the future 187 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:03,719 Speaker 2: of the franchise, if you looked at it that way, 188 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,319 Speaker 2: there'd be no decision to make get me Placo without 189 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 2: even being close. So you know, we'll have to see. 190 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 2: I hope he can come back and reach it. I 191 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 2: haven't felt as confident in him in certain areas that 192 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 2: I actually did as a rookie. I don't know that 193 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,839 Speaker 2: I can put a finger on it totally. I just 194 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 2: I haven't felt as comfortable with him in the drop 195 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:27,719 Speaker 2: back game as I did even as a rookie. You know, 196 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 2: what is it? Four touchdowns and six six interceptions? So 197 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 2: I mean, but I can understand the franchise decision because 198 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 2: Joe's not going to be around for long. Joe, you know, 199 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 2: we brought him in here to get us through some games, 200 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,679 Speaker 2: which in a sense, he really could have won us 201 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 2: two games. So he did. He's done his job, and 202 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 2: you know, the future is Richardson. The franchise is Richardson, 203 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 2: and you certainly don't. You can't come out of this 204 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 2: year and not know who Richardson is. You just really can't. 205 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 3: Right, That's my point is you have you have, you 206 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 3: have to know what you have. 207 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 4: And also, when you draft a quarterback fourth overall that 208 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 4: has as little experience as he did coming out of college, 209 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 4: you have to be willing to go through the speed 210 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 4: bumps in real time. But the only way you get 211 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 4: through those is by allowing him to play. 212 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 2: Is to play. And I will say this, you know 213 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 2: I might if our defense was playing in the top ten, 214 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 2: top five, and we had a chance to really have 215 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 2: a great year because our defense could carry us. I 216 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 2: might look at it different. I might play to win. 217 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,439 Speaker 2: I might play to win this year, without question, without 218 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 2: any reservations, nothing else thrown in there, but the way 219 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 2: that's going right now. You know, we just got to 220 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 2: bring this team along. And Richardson's obviously a part of that. 221 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 3: All right, well, let's keep the car and drive. 222 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 4: Let's move on to week number Six's indeed move on 223 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 4: to the big picture. Here the Tennessee Titans, and we 224 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 4: look at them on the big picture. They come in 225 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,719 Speaker 4: one and three. They're fresh off there by Brian Callahan Rick. 226 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 4: He's now the head coach. He takes for Mike Vrabel, 227 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 4: who was fired at the end of last year. They 228 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 4: lost their first three before they beat the Dolphins on 229 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 4: Monday Night Football in Week four, and just like the Colts, 230 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 4: they seem to be fully dedicated to the idea of 231 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 4: letting a second year quarterback get as much experience as possible. 232 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,719 Speaker 4: Their young gun is Will Levice. They drafted him in 233 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 4: the second round in twenty twenty three, but he's coming 234 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 4: off a shoulder injury that he suffered in the first 235 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 4: quarter in Week four in Miami, Tennessee's going to be 236 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 4: playing their first AFC South game of the season, and 237 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 4: they're gonna be looking to get out of neutral on 238 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 4: offense their thirtieth in total yards, and then on defense, 239 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 4: they're taking advantage of playing some bad offenses, which has 240 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 4: led them to being ranked number one in total yards 241 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 4: and also being really good against the past so far 242 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 4: on the season. But turnovers have been a big problem 243 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 4: on both sides of the ball for the Titans. Too 244 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 4: many on offense, Rick and not enough takeaways on defense. 245 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,839 Speaker 4: So that's kind of my big view of things on ten. 246 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 4: See how do you see it on your big picture 247 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 4: going into the game. 248 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's an any doubt about it. And this is 249 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 2: if there was ever a musk game in terms of 250 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:12,959 Speaker 2: AFC South, our ASC South future this year. You've got 251 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 2: to get this game in Nashville. You're exactly right. Brian Callahan, 252 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 2: he comes from the football family. He's highly regarded. He 253 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 2: was highly regarded in the search here before we hired Shane. 254 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:31,119 Speaker 2: His father, Bills my Vintage came along as offensive coordinator. 255 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 2: He is one of the most highly regarded offensive line 256 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 2: coaches in decades. Really, So you know, they've got that 257 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,679 Speaker 2: going for him. I think Dinard Wilson, their defensive coordinator, 258 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 2: has done a terrific job with him. Really. I mean, 259 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 2: if you look at their defense, it's really really well knit, 260 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 2: pretty talented, and they play well together. And you know, 261 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 2: when I started to study him, I didn't know that 262 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 2: much about him. I mean he's tutored under Bowls Gannon 263 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 2: and McDonald, all guys that were top defensive coordinators that 264 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 2: are head coaches, and of course Colt Anderson, our former coat, 265 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 2: is this special teams guy. The biggest thing for them 266 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 2: is they played some pretty competitive football and gave a 267 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 2: couple of games away. But they're coming off their first win. 268 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 2: They had that you know, you know that early buy, 269 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 2: so they're going to be really really fresh and ready. 270 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 2: You know, you're you, you said it best. This team 271 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 2: reminds me in the in the big picture, Matt and 272 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 2: we can we can, we can strip back the onion. 273 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 2: But in the big picture, they remind me a lot 274 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 2: of Pittsburgh and Chicago, same kind of challenges in that. Offensively, 275 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 2: you know this, this the statistics are are ugly. I 276 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 2: mean they're really really ugly. Despite having a good receiver corps, 277 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 2: as you already chronicled. But defensively, you know, regardless of 278 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 2: who they're playing, they're number one in the league total, 279 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 2: you know, number two in the league on third down, 280 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 2: you know, number one versus the pass, so you and 281 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 2: fifteen and points given up. So you know, this is 282 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 2: the challenge again, is going in and playing an offense 283 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 2: that is not very good and a defense that can 284 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 2: be really, really good. So you know, a lot of it, 285 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 2: you know, for them, so much of it and we'll 286 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 2: get into it. Runs around Levis. You know, he's he's 287 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 2: got a he's got a good left side offensive line. 288 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 2: Lath him at left tackle and Skeronsky are both number 289 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 2: one picks and they're really good. I mean when they 290 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 2: want to run the ball to the left, their their threat. 291 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 2: The right side is woeful, not very good at all. 292 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 2: Hopkins still is a Colts killer. You know, we get 293 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 2: into him. He's one of the He's one of the 294 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 2: best possession receivers in the last ten years. Tremendous body control, hands, 295 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 2: hands like Chris Carter. You know, he'll he still can 296 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 2: play and I'll get into all that. You know, Ridley 297 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 2: hasn't they haven't really their fluid Ridley. They haven't really 298 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 2: figured out exactly what to do with Ridley, but you know, 299 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 2: we saw him beat us last year, you know with 300 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 2: the with the Jaguars. He's you know, he's talented. And 301 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 2: then the guy that, if it's not Hopkins, the guy 302 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 2: that's really been featured is Boyd, the former Bengal. He's 303 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 2: really one of the best slots in the league. So 304 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 2: they're they're good there. You know, they're not the same 305 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 2: kind of team. It's not it's not our father's Tennessee Titans, 306 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 2: you know, with the big running back going. They're playing 307 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 2: two smaller guys and Pollard and Spears, but both of 308 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 2: them are very, very talented in that regard. But it 309 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 2: all kind of it kind of revolves around Wins, you know. 310 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 2: I mean I call him Wins and I met Levis, 311 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 2: but he does remind me of Wins in some ways. 312 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 2: You know, great athleticism, huge arm, but you know, personality, 313 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 2: eccentricities to put it mildly, to use my Northwestern background 314 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 2: to be tactful, and it's created the real highs and lows. 315 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,719 Speaker 2: I mean, he's got the big arm, he can do things, 316 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 2: but he's got a four to six td to pick ratio. 317 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 2: He can make a great play and then he'll make 318 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:16,639 Speaker 2: a head scratching disaster. You know, talented, but you know, 319 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 2: plays like a blacksmith at times. I mean the reason 320 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 2: I say that he's Wentz like is he never knows 321 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:27,239 Speaker 2: when the play's over. In other words, he doesn't know, 322 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,439 Speaker 2: as Kenny Rodgers would say, he doesn't know when to 323 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 2: fold them. There's he's given two games away this year 324 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 2: by trying to make stupid throws when he was in 325 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 2: the grasp and you know, just in those kinds of things, 326 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 2: and you know again and it isn't It doesn't help 327 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 2: him that the right side of the offensive line is 328 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 2: terrible now defensively, it's just the opposite. I like their front. 329 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 2: I like their three down guys. Simmons is perennial pro bowler. 330 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 2: I really like Sweat, the rookie at the nose. He 331 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 2: would really help us if he was here, a big 332 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 2: space eating guy that can move. Joseph Day is the 333 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 2: other down guy. And then the edge guys, you know, 334 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 2: Landry and Key. You know, between the two of them 335 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 2: they have sixty some sacks. I mean, Landry alone is 336 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,360 Speaker 2: forty one and a half sacks. I mean, and then 337 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 2: Murray is solid inside with Jones. I love their inside safeties, 338 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 2: Dook and Diggs, Hooker and mccrurry at the nickel. That's 339 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 2: as good as three inside guys. And now with Sneed 340 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 2: coming over from Kansas City and Brownly, they're pretty talented, really, 341 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 2: I mean, they're really overall pretty talented. I think their 342 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 2: defense is really formidable, and I think that I think 343 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 2: that Dinard has done a really good job of finding 344 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 2: the balance in giving you enough defense, enough problems, but 345 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 2: keeping it simple enough that his guys really execute and 346 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,120 Speaker 2: play well. So that's going to be a challenge. Now 347 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:57,200 Speaker 2: moving the ball on those guys. 348 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 4: All right, Dan, Well, let's roll out the blueprints for 349 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 4: a Colts win again the Titans who always give the 350 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 4: Colts a fight despite you know, a lot of heavy 351 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 4: roster turnover from twenty twenty three to twenty twenty four. 352 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 3: Let's begin on offense. 353 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 4: They're got to by second year quarterback Will Levis, but 354 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 4: he's dealing with the shoulder injury. And again most of 355 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 4: the signs point to him playing on Sunday, But if 356 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 4: he can't go back up, Mason Rudolph would get the start, 357 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 4: but Levis hasn't been able to fully utilize his bevy 358 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 4: of receivers that includes DeAndre Hopkins, Calvin Ridley, and Tyler 359 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,919 Speaker 4: Board Tyler Boyd, I should say rick. Nobody on that 360 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 4: team has more than one hundred and fifty receiving yards. 361 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 4: Through four games, Levis is completing seventy percent of his passes, 362 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,360 Speaker 4: but you know most of them have been short intermediate 363 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 4: throws and turnovers have been a theme as well. Heading 364 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 4: into their Week five by Levis led all of the 365 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 4: NFL and turnovers with nine and his six picks were 366 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 4: tied with Anthony Richardson for the league high, and to 367 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 4: make matters worse, two of those picks were returned for 368 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 4: touchdow downs, also a league high. The running game for 369 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,880 Speaker 4: Tennessee it looks way different now without Colts killer Derrick 370 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 4: Henry back there, but they bring in former Cowboy Tony 371 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 4: Pollard and then they've got Ta J. Spears holding down 372 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 4: the four for the most part. They rank eighteenth in 373 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 4: the NFL and rushing rushing yards per game with one 374 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 4: hundred and eleven, and the run game was a really 375 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 4: big part of their Week four win against the Miami Dolphins. 376 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 4: They ran it a whopping forty times in that game. 377 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 4: So Rick, again, this is an offense that's struggling for 378 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 4: the most part. They've been under twenty points in three 379 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 4: of their four games. So the big question is can 380 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,160 Speaker 4: this be the week the Colts defense finally keeps a 381 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 4: you know, a pedestrian offense where it belongs. 382 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's exactly right. And you know we can't trust that. 383 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 2: I mean, we went into Jacksonville in a team that 384 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 2: had never scored. They had scored twenty one time. Yeah, 385 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 2: and we gave four hundred and ninety seven yards and 386 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 2: thirty seven points. I mean, so we I don't have 387 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,199 Speaker 2: a real trust level. The other thing was me is 388 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,360 Speaker 2: throughout my career, I have always looked at a team 389 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 2: when I got and that's why Jacksonville scared me. And 390 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 2: I said it was a semi trap game, if that 391 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 2: was a good appropriate term, and it turned out to be, 392 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 2: because I look at a team when they're at their 393 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 2: very best. I look at not necessarily what's happened in 394 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:21,679 Speaker 2: the last five weeks, but where's the talent level, where's 395 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 2: the career numbers? And that's why when we talk I 396 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,199 Speaker 2: always use career numbers because that means if they're on 397 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 2: optimal day, that's what you're really looking at, and you're 398 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 2: exactly right now. I really like Hopkins. I'll get into Hopkins. 399 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 2: It's one of my biggest musts. And they're gonna they're 400 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 2: gonna isolate Hopkins both on the outside and on the 401 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 2: inside where they think they can get a matchup they want. 402 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 2: They're gonna do that. A really good slot in board. 403 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:53,200 Speaker 2: He's had a really good career. He came over from Cincinnati, 404 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,360 Speaker 2: you know. And then Ridley is a guy that can 405 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 2: go deep. He's the guy that can catch and run. 406 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 2: He had a bigin catch and run against this last year. 407 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 2: Their tight ends are functional, you know, basically between Wiley 408 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,160 Speaker 2: and he'll con Quo. Con Quo's a hybrid, he'll play 409 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 2: fullback some They've got about fifteen catches. And then, as 410 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 2: I said before, their offensive line is uh, their offensive 411 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 2: line is really good on the left side, really bad 412 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 2: on the right side. You're gonna get a lot of 413 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 2: you know, you're gonna get regular like twelve personnel two 414 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:30,959 Speaker 2: tight ends and then thirteen personnel three tight ends, and 415 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 2: sometimes they'll slip an elephant in there. Runskill, who's a 416 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 2: guard will sometimes be at tight end and they'll give 417 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 2: you a big look. Uh. They really like to run 418 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 2: the ball left. You would expect that. And they're going 419 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:47,160 Speaker 2: to run a lot of five whole plays, a lot 420 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 2: of bubble screens, RPOs. First down is a big mixed bag. 421 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 2: They will they do like to bring him on the 422 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 2: edge sometimes he's a good athlete, and they'll run a 423 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 2: lot of boots, a lot of half boots and throwbacks 424 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 2: stell take some shots to Ridley early and then if 425 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 2: they get behind any count, a lot of quicks and 426 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 2: then you know, screens to Spears, third and short, a 427 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 2: lot of meshes and options to Boyd and then a 428 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 2: lot of times it's just isolate Hopkins and get them 429 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,120 Speaker 2: the ball. You know, again, the right side of their 430 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 2: offensive line is a liability. And as previously, as I 431 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 2: said before, Levis is both dangerous and can be disastrous. 432 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 2: You know, you went through all the numbers. You know 433 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 2: it's not very good. Total thirty third down, twenty nine 434 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 2: rush per nineteen past, twenty nine sacks, thirty one giveaways, 435 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 2: thirty two quarterback rating numbers QBR thirty seventy two to 436 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 2: eight pass ratings, So on that front, not very good now, 437 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 2: Colts defense. Colts defensive blueprint must and this is so 438 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 2: important as always, and I sure thought we would do 439 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,439 Speaker 2: it last week and we did not. You have to 440 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 2: stuff the run, you and know it's runners in the 441 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 2: game because now it's a two edged sword rather than 442 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 2: a Henry okay, And we've got to be really strong 443 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 2: on our defensive right side. We can't play any of 444 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 2: those non run players on our right side or will 445 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 2: get road graded there by the by the guard, by 446 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 2: the two guys, by Scornsky and Latham. We'll get road 447 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 2: graded right there. So we got to make sure that's good. 448 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 2: When you look at Pollard, he's a slasher. You know, 449 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 2: he's four point two two tds and he can still 450 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:42,360 Speaker 2: break it spears. It doesn't have a great average right now, 451 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 2: but he is a terrific loose play guy and you'll 452 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 2: see him on screens and open play stuff. He can 453 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 2: make things happen in space. You got to take the run, 454 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 2: and you got to put Levis and disadvantage, which will 455 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 2: expose him and will expose the right sid of their protection. 456 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,360 Speaker 2: Number two, you gotta have a plan for Hopkins. I mean, 457 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 2: Hopkins has nine hundred and thirty five catches twelve hundred 458 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 2: and twelve thousand plus yards and seventy nine touchdowns. So 459 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 2: don't let Hopkins come in and have a big day. 460 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 2: I mean we kind of major in that, and that's ridiculous. 461 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 2: He is going to get the ball. They're going to 462 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 2: isolate him a lot on the weak side. They like 463 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,199 Speaker 2: to keep him back on the weak side at x 464 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 2: and work possessions with him. You gotta jam him and 465 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 2: smother him at the line, but as soon as he 466 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 2: gets off release, you got to climb right back over 467 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 2: the top. Because he is a master at the fifty 468 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,919 Speaker 2: to fifty ball. And if you get in a trail 469 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 2: or you're even with him, he gets more penalties, and 470 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 2: I think it's ridiculous, but he gets them. And he 471 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 2: is a master of the pushoff for separation and tis 472 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 2: great hands and body control. When he's inside at number two, 473 00:25:58,160 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 2: he's going to get it in there. It's going to 474 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,239 Speaker 2: be a big or a sale and he's gonna get it. 475 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 2: So you know again, you know that Hopkins is the guy. 476 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 2: Don't let Hopkins beat you number two, number three. Defend 477 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,159 Speaker 2: the others. You got to understand what the others do. 478 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:19,159 Speaker 2: Defend them more technically then maybe schematically at the slot 479 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 2: it's Boyd. You got to make sure that you're taking 480 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 2: him away on possession downs, Like if it's third and 481 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 2: four to seven, that's Boyd's down. He's gonna run options, jerks, pivots, 482 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 2: and I call it third in money. When they're in 483 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 2: that third in money, which is four to seven, you 484 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 2: got to make sure that you have coverage on him, 485 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,399 Speaker 2: and then finally make sure that Ridley doesn't get over 486 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,120 Speaker 2: the top on us. Because Ridley, if you look at 487 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 2: his career, it's pretty good too. He's a you know, 488 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 2: he's got like three hundred and thirty two catches thirty 489 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 2: seven TVs. Pretty good. Now, we must have a rush 490 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 2: and blitz pan plan. They have. They're thirty first in sacks, 491 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 2: I mean, and their center, right guard and right tackle. 492 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,119 Speaker 2: I don't I'm not sure exactly how he says a 493 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:13,399 Speaker 2: Petit Freer, the right tackle is absolutely no mass for 494 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 2: lat two. If we don't have Latuo on him all day, 495 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 2: then we haven't done our homework. You gottafford a rush plan. 496 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 2: A blitz plan will force Levit into bone head plays, 497 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 2: and that's what you got to get. But you have 498 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:31,120 Speaker 2: to have a rush plan for these people. You got 499 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 2: to attack their right side. Their blitz pickup isn't very good. 500 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,879 Speaker 2: You got and five man rushes. If you bring five, 501 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,720 Speaker 2: that means they're one on one all over, which means 502 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 2: there's leakage all over the place. And then finally, you 503 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 2: got to force Levis into bad plays despite the talent 504 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 2: and nobility. He's thirtieth, he's number thirtieth in QBR seventy 505 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 2: two point eight. Of course Lawrence was seventy nine eight. 506 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,439 Speaker 2: And you know obviously the pick the TD pick ratio 507 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 2: isn't good. Super physical and talented kid. He can make 508 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 2: some big plays, and he may make some during the game, 509 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 2: but over the long haul, judgmental airs will kill him. 510 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 2: You got to keep windows tight, relentless pressure plaster coverage 511 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 2: because he will get out of trouble at times. But 512 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 2: if you do all those things, then he'll give you 513 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 2: some head scratchers. I would always tell my secondary this 514 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 2: plan a game might like this one. Expect the balls 515 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,960 Speaker 2: in your hand, expect it in the end. Really, it's 516 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 2: how Levis goes, how the Titans go, no. 517 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,360 Speaker 3: Doubt about that. All right, that's Rick Van Terry. 518 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 4: We're rolling out the blueprints for success for the Indianapolis Colts. 519 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 4: Let's go to the other side of the ball. Let's 520 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 4: talk about Tennessee on defense and rick they've done a 521 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 4: pretty good job at containing opposing offenses so far this year. 522 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 4: In fact, through four games, they're giving up just two 523 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 4: forty three per game, which ranks as the fewest in 524 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 4: the NFL to this point. They're also forcing a punt 525 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 4: on fifty percent of opponent drives, highest rate in the 526 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 4: National Football League. And the naysayers will point to, well, 527 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 4: they haven't played anybody, right, the competition hasn't been great 528 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 4: at the opposing quarterback position. They face the Bears with 529 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 4: the rookie quarterback, They face the Packers without Jordan Love, 530 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 4: they face the Dolphins without Tyler Huntley at quarterback. But 531 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 4: facts are facts, man. They've held four straight opponents under 532 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 4: two hundred net passing yards to start a season for 533 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 4: the first time since nineteen eighty six, and they rank 534 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 4: first in the NFL in that category as well. But 535 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 4: the big problem for Tennessee is their lack of takeaways. 536 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 4: They only have one on the season that came last 537 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 4: time out against the Dolphins, but they got studs on 538 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 4: that side. Of the ball right up front, Jeffrey Simmons 539 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 4: at defensive tackle. They've got Harold Landry at the pass 540 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 4: rush position, outside linebacker, whatever you want to call it. There, 541 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,760 Speaker 4: Simmons is a beast inside. He's close to thirty career sacks. 542 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 4: Landry we know him very well. He ranks tenth in 543 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 4: Titans history in sacks with forty four point five eight 544 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 4: career games. Against the Colts, he has five and a 545 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 4: half sacks and some big quarterback hits. They've completely revamped 546 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 4: their linebacking corps with some big time free agents. They've 547 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 4: got Ernest Jones comes over from the Rams, Kenneth Murray 548 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 4: from the Chargers, and then another pass rusher Arden Key 549 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 4: from the Jaguars. In the back end, they made a 550 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 4: huge trade for cornerback Lagerius Snead, and he's probably the 551 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 4: closest thing to a lockdown cornerback the NFL has going 552 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 4: right now. He started sixteen games last year for Kansas City, 553 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 4: helped them win a Super Bowl, and he's one of 554 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 4: two players in the NFL in the last four years 555 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 4: to record at least ten picks and six and a 556 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,720 Speaker 4: half sacks. So again, they've got playmakers and all three 557 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 4: levels of that defense. And Rick, this is a unit 558 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 4: that is the better of the two between the offense and. 559 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 3: Defense so far. 560 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 4: So what else do you want to highlight about the 561 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 4: Titans defense going into Game six with the Colts. 562 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, and the difference is substantial, it really is. I 563 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,040 Speaker 2: mean it's night and day. I think two things that 564 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 2: hit me when I watch the tape and I credited 565 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 2: coach Dennard in the beginning of this session. You know, One, 566 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 2: I think they're really well knit. I mean, they don't 567 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 2: make a lot of mistakes on defense. They they're well knit. 568 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 2: You don't you don't see them give up things because 569 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 2: they're not in position. And honestly, Matt, I think they're 570 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,400 Speaker 2: pretty talented. I really do. They may not with the 571 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 2: exception of Simmons, they may not have an ambient, but 572 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 2: they got a bunch of three tyaland all guys now 573 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 2: on this team. Now, what they haven't done very well is, 574 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 2: as you said, they haven't taken it away. And as 575 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 2: talented as they are, and I think part of it 576 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 2: is situational football, they haven't really got to the quarterback 577 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 2: as much as you think they would. Those are the 578 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 2: two things that I think that you know, they leave 579 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:48,719 Speaker 2: a little to be desired. I like their friends. I 580 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 2: think they're really strong inside. With Simmons and Sweat and 581 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 2: Joseph Day, I think those three guys are very strong. 582 00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 2: Sweat brings a big, big force in the middle. They're 583 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 2: real athletic. You mentioned it with Landry and Key. A 584 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:08,040 Speaker 2: lot of numbers there. Jones and Murray have have really 585 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 2: are good stacks. And then I love their inside guys. 586 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 2: I said that before Digs and Hooker at safety and 587 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 2: McCrary at the nickel. You know, now you've got Now 588 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 2: you've got Brownlee and Sneed on the outside. He's not 589 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 2: you know, when you look at that team, it's like 590 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 2: I said, it's you may not have a household name 591 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 2: there with the exception of Simmons, but man, you got 592 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,800 Speaker 2: a lot of good players right in there, and they're 593 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:35,720 Speaker 2: playing really hard under Denard. In there, they're playing really 594 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 2: hard and well knit. They want to schematically stop you 595 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 2: on first down with two things. They'll give you heavy 596 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 2: front pressure uh, you know, five man pressure. Uh. They'll 597 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,720 Speaker 2: have a heavy man you know, you'll see a lot 598 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,960 Speaker 2: of bear uh. And then the other thing that they'll 599 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,960 Speaker 2: do is they bring a lot of edge pressure, particularly 600 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 2: from the week or the open side. It could be 601 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 2: a dime, it could be a safety, It can even 602 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,680 Speaker 2: be a corner. But they want to either stop you 603 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 2: with a heavy front or disrupt you on first down. 604 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:15,320 Speaker 2: That's their philosophy, you know. As the down in distance widens, 605 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 2: they're a big cover eight team. Now what I mean 606 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 2: by cover eight is on the strong side of the formation, 607 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,960 Speaker 2: they'll play quarters. You know, they'll play the quarters on 608 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,720 Speaker 2: the strong side, but then on the weak side they 609 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 2: use a lot of different varieties. They'll roll up into 610 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 2: a cloud or they'll play a cloud man back there. 611 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,040 Speaker 2: They have a little bit of variety back there that 612 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 2: can be tricky. Then if it gets longer, a little 613 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 2: bit of four, which is quarters man free, they will 614 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 2: go to cover two when it widens, you know, and 615 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 2: then they go on and on. Now in terms of 616 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 2: the rush they're going to give you when they get 617 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:58,200 Speaker 2: in their sub package or NASCAR package, which when you 618 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,760 Speaker 2: look at the NASCAR package, now it's Landry and Key 619 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,719 Speaker 2: on the outside, Simmons and Joseph Day inside. Now that's 620 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:08,239 Speaker 2: pretty formidable. You throw those numbers together, that's a lot 621 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 2: of sacks right there. And then they'll bring the mic 622 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:14,440 Speaker 2: linebacker up and he'll mug in there from an over 623 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 2: and then they'll do like everybody else, blitzer stay and 624 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 2: go from there. And then occasionally occasionally they'll just get 625 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 2: into that. They'll they'll over make it look like an 626 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:28,920 Speaker 2: odd walk up and bring all six and go zero blitz. So, 627 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,080 Speaker 2: I mean, you got to be ready, and they'll move 628 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 2: Simmons around. Simmons will be you know, sometimes he's inside, 629 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,640 Speaker 2: occasionally he'll be at end. And you know, just the 630 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:41,200 Speaker 2: opposite of their offensive stats. You look at him, you know, 631 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 2: you know, scoring on defense, number fifteen, fifteen total, but 632 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:49,640 Speaker 2: you know one number one total, number two in the 633 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:53,680 Speaker 2: red zone. You know number what is it, number one 634 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:56,520 Speaker 2: on third down something like that, Yeah, yep, And so there, 635 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,160 Speaker 2: I mean, you know, but where they struggle, where they 636 00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:01,759 Speaker 2: haven't done as well well as you would expect is 637 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,680 Speaker 2: they're twenty first in sacks and twenty ninth and takeaways. 638 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 2: Now coach blueprint for victory, all right, Number one, this 639 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 2: is the team. I think you have to run off 640 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,959 Speaker 2: tackle and to the edge because they have those three big, 641 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,919 Speaker 2: strong guys in there, they'll probably be in a lot 642 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:23,360 Speaker 2: of bear So you have to seal them, and you 643 00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:25,920 Speaker 2: got to get up on Jones and Murray. If you 644 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,440 Speaker 2: can't get up on Jones and Murray, they're going to 645 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,239 Speaker 2: be pursuing all over the place. I would see I 646 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,120 Speaker 2: would go right at Landry and Key. Those outside guys. 647 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,799 Speaker 2: Now they're rushers, you know, between the two of them, 648 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 2: they have like sixty six sacks, but they are loose 649 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:44,200 Speaker 2: play guys. They're not really anchors in the defense. So 650 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:48,080 Speaker 2: I'm gonna run my off tackle stuff, my toss cracks, 651 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 2: you know, I think there were stat really is their 652 00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:55,040 Speaker 2: number seventeenth versus the run, and I think that's going 653 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,440 Speaker 2: to be the key to make everything go. And I 654 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:00,920 Speaker 2: don't think they tackle very well, particularly their owners. If 655 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:04,920 Speaker 2: you can get them out in space number two, you 656 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,840 Speaker 2: got to take care of Simmons twenty six and a 657 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:12,880 Speaker 2: half sacks. I mean, he is an ambient player. I 658 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:15,640 Speaker 2: think he's a four time pro bowler, but he's a 659 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:18,279 Speaker 2: guy that if you leave anybody one on one, and 660 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,040 Speaker 2: you know we're going to be starting a rookie. I 661 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,560 Speaker 2: like him at guard, but we're going to be starting 662 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:25,839 Speaker 2: a rookie there, and so you just like we had 663 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,400 Speaker 2: a really good plan for what we have to have 664 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:32,120 Speaker 2: a really good plan for Simmons, you know. But I 665 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,800 Speaker 2: think you know, basically, we've got to take care of 666 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,560 Speaker 2: those inside guys. We can't let Simmons sweat and Joseph 667 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 2: Day beat us. They're big, powerful men who will try 668 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:45,360 Speaker 2: to control the line of scrimmage, combination of power and run. 669 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:47,759 Speaker 2: But Simmons is the guy at the end of the 670 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,399 Speaker 2: day I talk to you about on the offensive side 671 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:53,279 Speaker 2: of the ball. We can't let Hopkins beat us. We 672 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:56,920 Speaker 2: cannot let Simmons beat us in terms of must all right, 673 00:36:56,920 --> 00:37:00,400 Speaker 2: then when we do get in disadvantage number three tacked 674 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,839 Speaker 2: when we're there, the NASCAR package is formidable. They just 675 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:07,880 Speaker 2: haven't been in enough of advantage situations on defense. But 676 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:09,920 Speaker 2: when you look at them, you know, you look at 677 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:14,120 Speaker 2: them across the board, Landry four sacks already forty one 678 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,640 Speaker 2: and a half career, Key twenty, and then you go 679 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,839 Speaker 2: Simmons twenty six and a half, you know, and then 680 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,640 Speaker 2: Day eleven sacks. So you've got four guys that can 681 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 2: go again a lot of cats, my cats, I mean 682 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:31,359 Speaker 2: blitzes off the edge on weak side. Murray is an 683 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:35,400 Speaker 2: excellent blitzer. They bring him as the fifth guy okay, 684 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,439 Speaker 2: and then occasionally they'll give you the max. I think 685 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,000 Speaker 2: you got to kill him with play action. In the 686 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:44,680 Speaker 2: second level, they play a lot of that five man rush, 687 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:48,200 Speaker 2: and they play short what I call short underneath. They'll 688 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,000 Speaker 2: play a lot of fire zones and there's a lot 689 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:54,680 Speaker 2: of areas. Plus their linebackers will hunt, so you can 690 00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:59,000 Speaker 2: get them sucked up on the run. Sometimes they'll drop ends, 691 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:03,120 Speaker 2: and when they do that, their coverage is distorted. So 692 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,640 Speaker 2: I think, again going back to that first must, if 693 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,320 Speaker 2: you can establish that running game, then they're going to 694 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,280 Speaker 2: be more and more vulnerable. And then I think Pittman 695 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:15,120 Speaker 2: and Downs can eat them alive inside with the play action. 696 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,680 Speaker 2: And then number five, we can't forget old faithful. What 697 00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:21,400 Speaker 2: we're doing a good job of right now overall in 698 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:24,760 Speaker 2: five games is we're running it well and we're getting 699 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,640 Speaker 2: explosive plays. So we can never get away from that. 700 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,279 Speaker 2: You know, We've got to you know, and they will. 701 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,520 Speaker 2: They have two good corners in Snead and Brownly, But 702 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,160 Speaker 2: you know, people have gotten behind Sneed. I mean they 703 00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:40,920 Speaker 2: twice got behind them last week, and they undress them schematically. 704 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:44,360 Speaker 2: They're not there's no cover two on first down and 705 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:48,799 Speaker 2: particularly the strong side corner is always undressed. So I think, 706 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:52,799 Speaker 2: continue to push it deep, continue to use Pierce. You know, 707 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,200 Speaker 2: he's becoming just a terrific threat down the field. The 708 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,200 Speaker 2: thing about Pierce is he's always had the ability to 709 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:03,280 Speaker 2: run by you. But what he's added to his arsenal 710 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:05,480 Speaker 2: this year is the ability to go up and get 711 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:08,640 Speaker 2: the ball and make the circus catch. Great catch last week. 712 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:10,920 Speaker 2: We've seen it time and time again. Now in the 713 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:14,080 Speaker 2: fifty ball. Let's go out from Let's continue to get 714 00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:18,760 Speaker 2: those explosives you know in that and don't forget Mitchell. 715 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,279 Speaker 2: I know everybody gets down on Mitchell because he you know, 716 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,040 Speaker 2: he didn't compete for a couple of balls inside. That's 717 00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:26,040 Speaker 2: not his thing right now. But he can't get on 718 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:29,239 Speaker 2: top of you. And he's already he had two productive 719 00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 2: gadgets last week, a throw and a run and downs 720 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,480 Speaker 2: can do it, duel and can do it. You know again, 721 00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:37,799 Speaker 2: what right what we have right now, and particularly with 722 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:43,800 Speaker 2: Richardson playing Richardson more than Flacco running game and explosive plays, 723 00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:45,160 Speaker 2: all right. 724 00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:48,040 Speaker 4: Rick Venturia, right there, those are the blueprints Colts and 725 00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:50,600 Speaker 4: Titans game number six. I don't know what else you need. 726 00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,680 Speaker 4: That's pretty straightforward right there on both sides. 727 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:53,799 Speaker 3: Of the ball. 728 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:55,960 Speaker 4: And to wrap it up Rick in the end, I 729 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,040 Speaker 4: think it's pretty simple for the for the Colts in 730 00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,560 Speaker 4: this one. It's another division game. I mean, if you 731 00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:02,680 Speaker 4: go oh and three in the division to start out with, 732 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,279 Speaker 4: I mean, I don't know, you can pretty much kiss 733 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,480 Speaker 4: the AFC South goodbye. I mean at that point you're 734 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,000 Speaker 4: probably playing for a wild card spot at best to 735 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,960 Speaker 4: get into the playoffs. So a really important game. And somehow, 736 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,760 Speaker 4: as I said earlier this week, despite the Colts sitting 737 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:19,120 Speaker 4: at o to two in the AFC South, believe it 738 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,160 Speaker 4: or not, the winner of this game will head into 739 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,120 Speaker 4: Week seven in second place in the AFC South. So 740 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:27,640 Speaker 4: it kind of feels like a make or break game. 741 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,200 Speaker 4: And hopefully this is a game where we go back 742 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:32,879 Speaker 4: and we talk about this game, you know, three four 743 00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,680 Speaker 4: weeks down the road, and we look back and we say, hey, 744 00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:37,920 Speaker 4: this is the game the Colts started to put it 745 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,200 Speaker 4: all together starting in that Tennessee game. 746 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:44,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, if I'm talking to the team today, this is 747 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,319 Speaker 2: basically my theme. What I'm saying is, you know, the 748 00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:51,120 Speaker 2: Colts go to Nashville and really and truly let's don't sugarcoat. 749 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:53,960 Speaker 2: At the AFC South twenty four futures on the brink 750 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,880 Speaker 2: right now at Owen two. The hole is there and 751 00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:00,080 Speaker 2: we can't let it get any deeper. Period. Okay, but 752 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:04,440 Speaker 2: we gotta let what let happened in Florida stay in Florida. Okay, 753 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,560 Speaker 2: we got to regroup, which I'm sure we're doing right now. 754 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:12,040 Speaker 2: In a New York minute. You've got to recompartmentalize, and 755 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:14,600 Speaker 2: you've got to expect a street fight in Nashville. It's 756 00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:18,920 Speaker 2: always that way. Okay. You know they've struggled a little 757 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:22,040 Speaker 2: bit on offense, the quarterback has struggled, but their defense 758 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:26,399 Speaker 2: can flat play and ruin your day. There can be 759 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:29,719 Speaker 2: no excuses in the NFL. I don't want to hear 760 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:36,120 Speaker 2: it about injuries, not history, not nothing. That's media bull crap. 761 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:40,560 Speaker 2: You play with the hands that you're dealt because nobody 762 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:44,760 Speaker 2: gives a damn about your problem. As Travis Trttlunce said, 763 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:49,799 Speaker 2: here's a quarter call someone who cares. This is a 764 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:55,359 Speaker 2: time really for personal accountability, personal accountability. This is the 765 00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:59,480 Speaker 2: moment you look yourself in the mirror and you ask, 766 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:04,040 Speaker 2: am I a real competitor? And is my performance a 767 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:07,959 Speaker 2: winning one, or am I a pretender letting my team down? 768 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:12,120 Speaker 2: I will challenge you to go to Nashville with a 769 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:16,760 Speaker 2: new found resolve, total focus in your eyes and fire 770 00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:21,680 Speaker 2: in your damn belly. Remember the very essence of your 771 00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:26,319 Speaker 2: existence as a man is on the line. Sunday. You 772 00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,799 Speaker 2: stand up and play like grown men, or you die. 773 00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:35,120 Speaker 2: Leave note to leave yourself no way out, attack and 774 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:39,319 Speaker 2: never look back. The only music that I want to 775 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:43,880 Speaker 2: hear coming out of Nashville Music City is have the 776 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:45,600 Speaker 2: Cults make a number one hit? 777 00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:46,680 Speaker 3: There you go, baby. 778 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:48,839 Speaker 4: I love the Travis Tritt reference as we go down 779 00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:51,480 Speaker 4: to Nashville too. I think that was fitting Ring a 780 00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:54,320 Speaker 4: fire with Rick Van Terry. You got away with words 781 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,440 Speaker 4: to get everybody fired up. And that's how we close 782 00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:59,080 Speaker 4: out the podcast this week is we rolled out the 783 00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:01,880 Speaker 4: blue prints Colts Titans week number six. You got us 784 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:04,440 Speaker 4: fired up and can't wait for it, my friend, have 785 00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,200 Speaker 4: a great rest of your week, and again all the 786 00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:09,359 Speaker 4: best to you and the family and miss Sherry. I'm 787 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,759 Speaker 4: glad she's doing well and everything's on the up and up. 788 00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:14,239 Speaker 4: That's the best part of the entire week so far. 789 00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:16,120 Speaker 4: So if the Colts can get a win on Sunday 790 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,360 Speaker 4: for you. I'm sure that's just gonna be the cherry 791 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:19,239 Speaker 4: on top, all. 792 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:22,480 Speaker 2: Right, man, I can't wait. Let's show to Nationale and 793 00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:22,919 Speaker 2: get one. 794 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,480 Speaker 4: You got it, all right, Rick Venturry right there, that's 795 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,440 Speaker 4: gonna do it for this edition of Inside Football. And 796 00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:32,439 Speaker 4: again reminder now we got all things Miami Dolphins next week, 797 00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:36,480 Speaker 4: week number seven. We're almost at the fringe halfway point 798 00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:38,799 Speaker 4: of the NFL regular season, believe it or not, so 799 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:41,719 Speaker 4: we're getting there, crossing these games off one week at 800 00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,640 Speaker 4: a time. So the Dolphins, they will be the focus 801 00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:46,920 Speaker 4: of our podcast coming up next week when we come 802 00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:50,440 Speaker 4: back and do this on Wednesday of week seven. But 803 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,320 Speaker 4: until then, be sure to listen to all the offerings 804 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,520 Speaker 4: that we have for you here on the Colts Audio Network. 805 00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:59,080 Speaker 4: Then on Sunday, our complete game day coverage begins at 806 00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:02,120 Speaker 4: ten am on our flag Ship stations in Indianapolis, beginning 807 00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:05,120 Speaker 4: with the Colts pregame Huddle ninety three five one seven 808 00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:08,440 Speaker 4: five the Fan and ninety seven to one Hank FM. 809 00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:11,719 Speaker 4: And then if you're searching for the closest radio affiliate 810 00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:13,920 Speaker 4: to you, check it out on Colts dot com for 811 00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:17,280 Speaker 4: the full list of stations on the Ascension Saint Vincent 812 00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:20,719 Speaker 4: Radio Network, and then after the game, be sure to 813 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:24,280 Speaker 4: check out JJ Stankovitz and Bill Brooks on Instant Reaction 814 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:28,040 Speaker 4: the podcast on colts dot com again for Rick Ventury. 815 00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:31,560 Speaker 4: I'm Matt Taylor coltson Titans Week number six, and we'll 816 00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:44,239 Speaker 4: talk to you on Sunday