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Speaker 4: the until six thirty tonight on a little bit earlier

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Speaker 4: than normal, leading you into Pacer pregame coverage this evening

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Speaker 4: and the Colts coming off a twenty three to twenty

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Speaker 4: loss to the Houston Texans in Houston on Sunday. We've

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Speaker 4: got a busy show tonight, starting with a visit with

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Speaker 4: Colts head coach Shane Steiken coming up in.

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Speaker 4: He's gonna recap the game in full detail and discuss

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Speaker 4: where the Colts go from here, and then starting in

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Speaker 4: segment two tonight, Ennalysts, Rick Venturi and Joe Writs will

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Speaker 4: join me on the program to break down the game

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Speaker 4: film and also discuss some troubling areas for the Colts

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Speaker 4: in terms of what they ran into down in Houston.

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Speaker 4: But as always, we lead off the show with the

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Speaker 4: game rewind. The Colts and Texans entered Week eight with

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Speaker 4: first place in the division on the line. Both teams

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Speaker 4: kick field goals on their opening drives of the game,

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Speaker 4: and then the Colts took a ten to three lead

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Speaker 4: in the first quarter on a sixty nine yard pass

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Speaker 4: Outside of that highlight, though the rest of the first

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Speaker 4: The Texans tied the game at ten, and then late

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Speaker 4: in the first half the game turned. The Colts forced

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Speaker 4: The Colts came storming back though, with a Josh Down

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Speaker 4: and Joe Wrights. We're taking your social media questions throughout

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Speaker 4: Citizens Energy Group on this Monday night. Coach, really tough

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Speaker 5: I think, you know, efficient wise, we weren't efficient offensively

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Speaker 5: You know, I thought our defense did a hell of

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you lose by three, very tight game. So the

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Speaker 4: the season, but you still got nine games to go, right.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think you know. The message I told the

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Speaker 5: I mean, we really do. So we got to put

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the offense got off to the fast start ten

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Speaker 4: In the second half, Anthony got going a little bit more.

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Speaker 4: completing less than thirty five percent?

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Speaker 5: You know what I think, you know, if you look

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Speaker 5: Houston did some good things defensively, you know, creating some

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Speaker 4: All right, you had some big returns in this game

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Speaker 4: personnel wise, Jonathan Taylor, DeForest Buckner. Buckner gets three tackles,

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Speaker 5: You know, it's huge you get those two guys back. Obviously,

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Speaker 5: we know what JT does for our offense. You know,

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Speaker 4: All right, last one for me, the defense giving up

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Speaker 4: What'd you think of the defense's overall day, doing a

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Speaker 4: much better job on CJ.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I thought they were outstanding. I think it started

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Speaker 5: our guys played good on the back end too, I mean,

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Speaker 5: the whole defense of all the players, you know, and

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Speaker 5: Gus and the defensive staff are putting a good play together.

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Speaker 4: That's head coach Shane Stiking of the Indianapolis Colts. This

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Speaker 4: the hashtag Colts Round Table. Let's go to ben up first, Coach,

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Speaker 4: why did we come out firing so much on offense?

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Speaker 4: Could we have taken advantage more early on in the

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Speaker 4: running game with the Texans down there, two starting linebackers.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think, you know, obviously, going into that game,

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Speaker 5: you know, we were trying to get some chunks early,

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Speaker 5: us up ten to three there. Yeah, and we're trying

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Speaker 4: All right, coach, always appreciate your time. I know you

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Speaker 2: And we'll talk to you in Minnesota. All I appreciate you.

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Speaker 4: welcome you to this show. First, my friend, how are

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Speaker 2: How about the baby.

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Speaker 4: That's a hostile environment, now, Joe, You've got to get

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Speaker 3: Yep, exactly it. It'll be loud, it'll be raucous. I'll

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Speaker 4: How is the f after that tough loss in Houston?

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Speaker 6: Actually I didn't. I sat I sat next to smack

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Speaker 2: One hundred percent yet, no doubt about it.

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Speaker 4: The NFL rolls on doesn't care who you are, what

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Speaker 3: Well baby rayson hell today. Okay, bang bang, player, bang bang,

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Speaker 1: Hammer down, keep talking to one another man to clean

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Speaker 4: Yeah, all right, fellas, the Colts fell twenty three to

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Speaker 4: So Joe, we begin with you. The floor is yours.

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Speaker 4: What did you discover about this game? After watching the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so I mean high level. We always talk about

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Speaker 3: four and our point differential is minus three and every

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Speaker 3: game has been a one score game, and so we've

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Speaker 3: been in these. We're going to continue to be in these.

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Speaker 3: We got to find a way to play a little

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Speaker 3: bit better in the fourth quarter. But I felt like

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Speaker 3: obviously right before the half hurt us. And then I

442
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Speaker 3: know we'll get into Richardson in the passing game. But

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Speaker 3: we got to find, you know, some answers, especially on

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Speaker 3: third down, to keep us in the game, keep possessing

445
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Speaker 3: the ball, because if you're going into halftime and they

446
00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,679
Speaker 3: got twenty plus time of possession, those things are just

447
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Speaker 3: hard to make up for. So, you know, overall, I

448
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Speaker 3: thought there were some good individual performances and I thought

449
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Speaker 3: some guys played really hard, but unfortunately, at the end

450
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Speaker 3: of the day, a loss is a loss. And the

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Speaker 3: other thing I thought was that penalties hurt us. We

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Speaker 3: had nine penalties, they only had four. We didn't have

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Speaker 3: a ton of penalty yardage, but some huge penalties at

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Speaker 3: opportune times. At one drive, we were rolling, gonna have

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Speaker 3: first and you know, ten on the twenty five yard

456
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Speaker 3: line with Taylor and we get the hold on Pittman.

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Speaker 3: You know, then you go back to the end of

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Speaker 3: the game and we get the penalty on Joseph. Instead

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Speaker 3: of starting on the twenty seven, we're starting on our

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Speaker 3: own nine. We just can't have We're not good enough

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Speaker 3: offensively right now to overcome these penalties, and they really

462
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Speaker 3: came at some bad times yesterday afternoon.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I thought it was a it's very difficult pill

464
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Speaker 6: to swallow because as I studied this game and we

465
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Speaker 6: weren't and we went in there. You know, to me,

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Speaker 6: this is just a tremendous opportunity lost. And can't put

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Speaker 6: it any other way. I would say the only good news,

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Speaker 6: and I think Joe would agree with me, is that

469
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Speaker 6: when you come off of a very bitter you know,

470
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Speaker 6: which is going to be bitter for everyone, the best

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Speaker 6: thinking happen to you is have a primetime game next week,

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Speaker 6: because immediately by Wednesday you will be thinking about playing

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Speaker 6: on primetime in terms of the whole nation to watch. Again,

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Speaker 6: I thought the Colts had a terrific opportunity and literally

475
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Speaker 6: blew it. I mean the Colts were healthy, you know,

476
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Speaker 6: they had their two ambients coming back, you know, and

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Speaker 6: they came back with Augusto and Buck and jt Uh

478
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Speaker 6: and the and the Texans were ripe. They were really

479
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Speaker 6: wiped to get beaten. They had been beaten the week before. Uh,

480
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Speaker 6: they were without their star Collins, their linebackers. Then they

481
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Speaker 6: lost digs during the game. But in the end, I

482
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Speaker 6: mean you can, you can, you can undress it and

483
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Speaker 6: unteel it any way you want. But in the end,

484
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Speaker 6: really the difference is their guy Stroud, the second pick

485
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Speaker 6: in the twenty third draft, went twenty five for thirty seven,

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Speaker 6: you know, two hundred and eighty five yards a TD,

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Speaker 6: you know, and then Mixing their other star because at

488
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Speaker 6: the end, at the end, they were playing two man football.

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Speaker 6: In the second half, it was Mixing and Dell. That

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Speaker 6: was it. And you know, Mixing made big, big plays.

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Speaker 6: He played with that badass mentality he has in the

492
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Speaker 6: fourth quarter and basically ate six key minutes when they

493
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Speaker 6: had to eat it just simply running the ball right

494
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Speaker 6: at us in that regard. And then on the other

495
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Speaker 6: side of it, our guy who's the number four pick

496
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Speaker 6: in the draft, you know, had an awful game. He

497
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Speaker 6: played really bad. I mean ten of thirty two, you know,

498
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Speaker 6: he basically two of thirteen on third down and as

499
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Speaker 6: Joe said, basically handed them a pick six. So not

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Speaker 6: only he played bad, he gave him seven, which is

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Speaker 6: just you know, And I would also say, you know,

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Speaker 6: I'm gonna I'm I'm taking the gloves off. I thought

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Speaker 6: it was a horrendous call by Stiking. I mean, the

504
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Speaker 6: guy is one, he's two for twelve at that point,

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Speaker 6: zero for six on third down, and you're you're, you're,

506
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Speaker 6: you're like third down and you got like one hundred

507
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Speaker 6: yards to go and we're gonna throw a pass with

508
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Speaker 6: that guy right into Petrie's hand. That was that was

509
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Speaker 6: poor from top to bottom in that regard. Uh And

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Speaker 6: I got to go back to what Joe has to say,

511
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Speaker 6: you know, the lack of movement and consistency at quarterback

512
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Speaker 6: receiver protection, it's all of it. Okay, uh It. When

513
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Speaker 6: you can't convert on third down, you're gonna lose that

514
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Speaker 6: that time of possession and on the season, not just yesterday.

515
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Speaker 6: We're only holding the ball at twenty four minutes a game,

516
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Speaker 6: and that's like a ten minute disparity in the game.

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Speaker 6: You just can't do that. Numbers like that are formulas

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Speaker 6: for disaster. I mean, the kid has got forty four

519
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Speaker 6: percent completion, you know, fifty seven point two passer rating,

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Speaker 6: which is number thirty six. It's not number thirty two,

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Speaker 6: it's thirty six, you know. And it's just it's head

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Speaker 6: scratching from that standpoint on the other end of it,

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Speaker 6: I thought the Colts battle their tail off. I thought

524
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Speaker 6: they came to play. There was a physicality there. You know,

525
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Speaker 6: they continue to battle everybody in one possession games. I

526
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Speaker 6: thought JT and Buck came back with a vengeance. I

527
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Speaker 6: thought they not only played, I thought they were difference makers.

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Speaker 6: To be honest with you, Down showed his greatness. You know,

529
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Speaker 6: it's just a matter of getting the ball to him.

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Speaker 6: He showed his greatness on every aspect of the game.

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Speaker 6: You know. The defense I thought battled really hard. You know,

532
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Speaker 6: basically the defense held them the sixteen. I mean, you know,

533
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Speaker 6: really the one was a gift. But you know, bad quarterbacking,

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Speaker 6: inability to pick up blitzes, which we've been awful the

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Speaker 6: last two weeks, five sacks, play calling, all those things

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Speaker 6: really really squandered what could have been a really great

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Speaker 6: day and we'd be sitting looking at this totally different.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it could have been atop the division and now

539
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Speaker 4: you're three games back of the division as we embark

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Speaker 4: on the second half of the season. So again, at

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Speaker 4: Rick Venturi and Joe writes, that's the tail of the tape.

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Speaker 4: Colts fans, remember the weather authorities are Fox fifty nine

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Speaker 4: We got plenty more to get into tonight the rest

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Speaker 4: of the way. When we come back, we're going to

547
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Speaker 4: react to some statements that might either be over reactions

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Speaker 4: or underreactions about the Colts at.

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Speaker 2: This point in the season.

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Speaker 4: pregame coverage here on the fan. It's time now for

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Speaker 4: some overreactions or under reactions on the Colts here at

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Speaker 4: the eight game mark of the season, almost at the

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Speaker 4: halfway point with the seventeen game schedule. So I'm gonna

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Speaker 4: give the fellas a few statements. We're going to debate

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Speaker 4: if they're overreactions or underreactions here on the Colts. Part

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Speaker 4: of the fan base now they want to see Joe Flacco, Rick.

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Speaker 4: They want to see Joe Flacco over Anthony Richardson after

575
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Speaker 4: another rocky start on Sunday Rick. For those people, are

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Speaker 4: they overreacting to what they're seeing out of the second

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Speaker 4: year quarterback.

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Speaker 6: I don't think so. I mean, you know, I don't

579
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Speaker 6: think there. I think it's maybe I would call it

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Speaker 6: a legitimate reaction, and you know that doesn't make me

581
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Speaker 6: right or anybody right. I think what they've got to

582
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Speaker 6: be alert to, though, is the Colts have told you

583
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Speaker 6: time and time again with verbiage and with actions that

584
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Speaker 6: right now, that they are playing for the future by

585
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Speaker 6: developing a quarterback and hoping that it's okay along the way.

586
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Speaker 6: And so, you know, it's very difficult. But I can't

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00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,920
Speaker 6: argue with a fan, you know, who looks at the numbers,

588
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,679
Speaker 6: just looking at the numbers. When you look at you know,

589
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Speaker 6: Richardson at forty four percent completion, you know, when you

590
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Speaker 6: look at that fifty seven point two QBR, I mean

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Speaker 6: not QBR, but quarterback rating that is number thirty six.

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Speaker 6: That's not even the top thirty two, that's thirty six.

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Speaker 6: And then you flip the other side and you're looking

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Speaker 6: at Joe Flacco, you know, who's thrown it at a

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Speaker 6: sixty five point seven percent, has seven touchdowns, one interceptions

596
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Speaker 6: in is at a one oh two point two passer rating,

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Speaker 6: which is number eight in the league. You can't you

598
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Speaker 6: can't go below thirty six. He's number eight. So you know,

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Speaker 6: I certainly can't call it an overreaction when in reality,

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Speaker 6: really the objective of a franchise is to give a

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Speaker 6: great product to the fans, and a great product is

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Speaker 6: winning football. And so when you're not doing that, I

603
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,440
Speaker 6: certainly can't argue with people that would like to see

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Speaker 6: a change. It won't happen, and maybe in the long run,

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Speaker 6: the coach will be you know, they will be right

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Speaker 6: on this. I mean it only time will tell. But

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Speaker 6: at this point, do I think it's an overreaction, Absolutely not.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I would agree with Rick and that it's a

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Speaker 3: proper reaction because again, as a fan, and that's the

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Speaker 3: beauty of the NFL, you play one game a week,

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Speaker 3: you get so excited for it, and those games mean

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00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 3: so much. When there's only seventeen in this loyal fan base,

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Speaker 3: you want to see him go out and win, and

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Speaker 3: you don't want to keep losing to the Texans. And

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Speaker 3: I'm tired of losing to the Texans. But I understand

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Speaker 3: the fact that when you have a franchise quarterback and

617
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Speaker 3: you're giving him the keys, you got to let him

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Speaker 3: play and play this thing out. And again it sounds

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Speaker 3: like a broken record, but this is really his de

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Speaker 3: facto rookie year. I mean, the guy hasn't you know,

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Speaker 3: played a full double digit game slate in the NFL.

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Speaker 3: And he's a young guy and he needs time to

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Speaker 3: develop and are there going to be growing pains? Yeah,

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Speaker 3: and where there are maybe some more growing pains. Yeah,

625
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Speaker 3: yesterday afternoon. They're going to war in some other games. Absolutely,

626
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Speaker 3: so I definitely see that the fan side of it.

627
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Speaker 3: But you also have to understand the franchise is, you know,

628
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Speaker 3: for the long term. You know, you're playing the guy

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Speaker 3: that you drafted and who you want to be your

630
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Speaker 3: franchise quarterback, and you've got to let him play on

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Speaker 3: the field experience the highs and lows so he can

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Speaker 3: continue to get better.

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Speaker 4: All right, let's go over reactions. Under reactions. Joe stay

634
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,120
Speaker 4: right there in terms of Anthony Richardson as well. Ar

635
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Speaker 4: he needs more time to develop, right, Some say that

636
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Speaker 4: his numbers are going to gradually get better in the

637
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Speaker 4: second half of the season, inevitably based on what you've

638
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Speaker 4: seen so far through the first half of the season

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Speaker 4: with his availability on the field. Joe, is that statement

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Speaker 4: an under reaction?

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Speaker 3: I don't think so, because I think, you know, the

642
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Speaker 3: reality is he will be better the second half the season,

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Speaker 3: and he should, and you know, it's hard to get

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Speaker 3: worse than two for fifteen in the first half, and

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Speaker 3: I think as he continues to play more, he'll get

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Speaker 3: a lot more comfortable. You know, I said this to

647
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Speaker 3: my brother talking after the game, and I think it's

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Speaker 3: so true what a lot of people are missing when

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Speaker 3: he went on ir last year, his rookie year, you know,

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Speaker 3: early in the season. What did he miss, Yes, he

651
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Speaker 3: missed Sunday afternoon, but he missed Wednesday and Thursday and Friday,

652
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Speaker 3: and he missed three days of legit practice every week

653
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Speaker 3: where you're getting better, where you're working on timing with

654
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Speaker 3: your receivers. And that's where I think, you know, he

655
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 3: lost so much time on the grass last season that

656
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:28,520
Speaker 3: this really is his rookie year, even though he's in

657
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:30,440
Speaker 3: you know, year two. And I think what's hard about

658
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 3: Richardson is he'll make these unbelievable plays right sixty five

659
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 3: yards off his back foot, you know, running the ball

660
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Speaker 3: like no other quarterback can. He can make these plays

661
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Speaker 3: that no other quarterback can make in the NFL. But

662
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,680
Speaker 3: we struggle with some of the quote easier plays. And

663
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Speaker 3: I think it's a combination of some things people talk

664
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Speaker 3: about where their drops yesterday. Yes, Can receivers help him

665
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Speaker 3: by making contested catches, yes, and you got to do

666
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Speaker 3: that with a young quarterback. But what's happened on so

667
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,000
Speaker 3: many of these passing routes is and This isn't unique

668
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Speaker 3: to Richardson coaching. Well, a younger quarterback is going to

669
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Speaker 3: have the tendency to hold the ball a little bit

670
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Speaker 3: and throw to a guy when he's open, versus throwing

671
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Speaker 3: him open. And what I mean by that throwing a

672
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Speaker 3: guy open is you're releasing the ball before they come

673
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Speaker 3: out of their break and you know that we got

674
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Speaker 3: enough time and rapport, and I trust my arm and

675
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 3: accuracy and that ball is going to be right there.

676
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 3: Where Richardson is more waiting till a guy's open, holding

677
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 3: the ball another half second, and then he's letting it go,

678
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 3: which does two things. One, it allows the pass rush

679
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:28,960
Speaker 3: to get to you quicker, so he's making a lot

680
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 3: more throws under duress. And two, it allows the defender

681
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Speaker 3: to make up that extra half second second, which is

682
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 3: all the difference in the NFL. And that's why all

683
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,400
Speaker 3: of these catches, some of them are drops. Yes, we

684
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Speaker 3: had some legit drops that really hurt us in the

685
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Speaker 3: first half, but a lot of these fifty to fifty

686
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,160
Speaker 3: balls contested catches by him holding the ball a little

687
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Speaker 3: bit more and not throwing guys open, but waiting until

688
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Speaker 3: they're open to throw it. I think that's what is

689
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Speaker 3: allowing for a lot of these pass breakups that the

690
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Speaker 3: other side is getting Rick.

691
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Speaker 4: What do you think to those that say, hey, Anthony

692
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Speaker 4: Richardson being a young guy, he's gonna get there, just

693
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Speaker 4: needs more time in the second half of the season

694
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Speaker 4: for him? Is all about that development? Are they underreacting

695
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Speaker 4: to what they've seen so far?

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Speaker 6: Yeah? I think that's you know, I can't say that

697
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 6: it's wrong. I can't say that they're underreacting because in reality,

698
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 6: you can always point to the future. You can always

699
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Speaker 6: say that you know, it's gonna get better, the grass

700
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Speaker 6: is going to grow. I mean, but I'm not a

701
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Speaker 6: gardener here. I want performance, you know. I think whenever

702
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Speaker 6: you argue performance versus potential, what you want to see

703
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Speaker 6: is you want to see the arrow trending up even

704
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 6: at this point. The Great Daryl Royal, the great coach

705
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Speaker 6: of the Texas Longhorns back in the seventies and eighties,

706
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Speaker 6: when asked about potential versus performance, always used to say

707
00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 6: that if a dog go bites is a If a

708
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,280
Speaker 6: dog go bite you, he's going to bite you as

709
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Speaker 6: a pup, meaning that he's going to show us things

710
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Speaker 6: early and then we'll fix the rest of it now.

711
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Speaker 6: At this point, he is a two trick pony. Period.

712
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 6: He is a runner. He's like a tailback, and I

713
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 6: think we have to use that more. I think we

714
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:15,680
Speaker 6: have to play tactically more NCAA football and movement of

715
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Speaker 6: the quarterback. We're forcing the NFL offense on him and

716
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Speaker 6: he's not ready.

717
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Speaker 2: But in what what what do you mean by that?

718
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Speaker 4: That's a good place to explain what do you mean

719
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Speaker 4: by the NFL offense and him maybe struggling with that.

720
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Speaker 6: Well, here's here's what I was going to get into.

721
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Speaker 6: He's a he's a two trick pony, really good runner.

722
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Speaker 6: I mean he looks like a single wing tailback back

723
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 6: from the you know, the the archaic days of football.

724
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 6: I mean, he's he's another running back. The best drive

725
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,480
Speaker 6: we had in the game, it was Taylor, you know Taylor,

726
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 6: and then it was a quarterback run, and then it

727
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 6: was Taylor and then it was an option run. It

728
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 6: was in c AA football, not NFL football. So that

729
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 6: trick is really good. The second trick that is really

730
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Speaker 6: good is he does throw good d ball. I mean

731
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Speaker 6: he he threw some fifty to fifty balls that could

732
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Speaker 6: have been caught. You know, he threw an absolute strike,

733
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:09,799
Speaker 6: you know, to Goodson went through his hands. He threw

734
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:14,239
Speaker 6: a great throw and catch you know to Downs there

735
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 6: for the almost a touchdown. So the two tricks are

736
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,239
Speaker 6: he can run to the edge really good, and he

737
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,480
Speaker 6: throws the deep ball pretty dog on good. But nothing

738
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Speaker 6: in between. And the NFL is in between. The NFL

739
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:33,120
Speaker 6: is about first level, second level, the digs, the outs,

740
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,200
Speaker 6: the comebacks, the angles. I mean the one time Downs

741
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,400
Speaker 6: ran an angle and the airmailed that he could have

742
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,239
Speaker 6: thrown it in the stands. I mean, he missed him

743
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 6: by so much. And so what I'm saying is until

744
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:47,080
Speaker 6: he gets that, and I think you get it gradually,

745
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:50,799
Speaker 6: little by little, you're better off right now running him

746
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:54,759
Speaker 6: on the options, running him on the NCAA stuff, and

747
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:58,439
Speaker 6: then in the passing game, more bootlegs, more sprints where

748
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,640
Speaker 6: you're taking him half roll, you're cutting the feel for him,

749
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:03,880
Speaker 6: and then he has the run if it's not there.

750
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Speaker 6: I thought Slowly did a great job with the Texans

751
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:11,399
Speaker 6: subtly Sunday. We were getting after him. Our pressure was good.

752
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,560
Speaker 6: I mean they have a bad protection line. It was good.

753
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:18,160
Speaker 6: We were forcing Stroud into some tough situations. Getting to

754
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,640
Speaker 6: im Buckner had a hit sack dial, same thing we're

755
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:28,279
Speaker 6: getting to him. What did he do immediately? Screens, half rolls, bootlegs.

756
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,359
Speaker 6: That's how he played the second half. He got him

757
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,799
Speaker 6: out of harm's way. And it wasn't that he can't

758
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 6: handle it, because there's no better than Stroud in the

759
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:38,040
Speaker 6: NFL game. But he got him out of harm's way.

760
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 6: He got the screens to nullify the rush. It was

761
00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:45,759
Speaker 6: a great in game adjustment. And I think basically, if

762
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Speaker 6: you're going to continue to play with him, because winning

763
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:51,319
Speaker 6: is important, the problem that I see right now with

764
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 6: him is the arrow is going down on that stuff.

765
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 6: It's not going up. It's getting worse. The floor is

766
00:35:56,719 --> 00:36:00,359
Speaker 6: lowering on that stuff. I would hope it would be better,

767
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 6: but it isn't. It's going down. So the only two

768
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 6: things that are good is what he does, and so

769
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Speaker 6: I'm gonna do a little bit more of that as

770
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:09,719
Speaker 6: I developed the rest. I guess that's the way I

771
00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 6: would explain that.

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Speaker 4: Sure, Rick vent Terry right there. Joe writes along as well,

773
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Speaker 4: I'm Matt Taylor. This is Colts around Table Live tonight

774
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Speaker 4: with you until six thirty tonight and we're looking at

775
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:22,760
Speaker 4: some overreactions and underreactions on the Colts after eight games,

776
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 4: and Joe, the last one I'm gonna present to you.

777
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:26,680
Speaker 4: Let's go over to the other side of the ball

778
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 4: and talk about the Colts defense. They did a good

779
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:32,280
Speaker 4: job of limiting the big point total to the Texans

780
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,799
Speaker 4: on Sunday, giving up only twenty three and as you said,

781
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,520
Speaker 4: really it was like sixteen or seventeen because of the

782
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:41,240
Speaker 4: late interception thrown by the Colts there in the second quarter.

783
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Speaker 4: But they just can't completely shut down another team's rushing attack.

784
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 4: So for those that are making that statement, Joe, is

785
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,680
Speaker 4: that an overreaction because they did hold the Texans under

786
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:56,319
Speaker 4: one hundred yards rushing yesterday, But in saying that, Joe

787
00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:00,760
Speaker 4: Mixon still had some big, timely, big explode of powerful

788
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,399
Speaker 4: runs throughout the course of that game. Is that an overreaction?

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Speaker 3: I don't think so. And I think for me it's

790
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:07,759
Speaker 3: more Matt. When the game's on the line, you get

791
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,799
Speaker 3: into the fourth quarter football, and let's be honest, all

792
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:11,919
Speaker 3: these one score games the Colts have been in, every time,

793
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:16,240
Speaker 3: it's about winning the fourth quarter. It's about time, score,

794
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,759
Speaker 3: situation and players, And for me. Part of it is

795
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:22,359
Speaker 3: mixing in the rushing attack, and he really gouged us

796
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:24,440
Speaker 3: on that last drive. Now they had the box snap

797
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:28,239
Speaker 3: and Dio made that tremendous play that again they ruled

798
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,320
Speaker 3: him down, but you know, man, when he was rumbled

799
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,719
Speaker 3: down the sideline, we were rumbling in our house and

800
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,000
Speaker 3: thinking that we just won the football game. But at

801
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,800
Speaker 3: the end of the game, you got to think, no Collins,

802
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 3: no Digs. Who's getting the ball. It's gonna be Tank

803
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 3: Dell and it's gonna be mixing in committee, more of

804
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 3: our resources, energy, play, call whatever you're gonna call it.

805
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,760
Speaker 3: To know who's gonna get the ball. Because the best coaches,

806
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,319
Speaker 3: and Rick always says this, at the end of the game,

807
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,799
Speaker 3: you think players, not plays. You know it's going to

808
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,719
Speaker 3: those two guys. And we knew they were gonna be

809
00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:00,880
Speaker 3: running toss sweeps and inside handoffs and some zone to mixing.

810
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 3: And I give tanked out a lot of credit a

811
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:04,560
Speaker 3: couple of times. He had some really key blocks in there.

812
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 3: So it's almost like, Okay, we're gonna dare you to

813
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 3: beat us with somebody else, and we didn't do that.

814
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 3: And I feel like that's been a theme with this

815
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:14,240
Speaker 3: Colts defense, rather than play something different or play something

816
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 3: unique and dare them to beat somebody that's not their first, second,

817
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:20,359
Speaker 3: or third best player, especially the top two. We did

818
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,239
Speaker 3: not adjust to that in the fourth quarter. And that's

819
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 3: something our defense has, you know, historically, not adjusted to

820
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:28,560
Speaker 3: playing the best players and know that the other team's

821
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Speaker 3: getting them the ball, especially when the game's on the line.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, you see, I'm with Joe. I think, you know,

823
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 6: I think the one thing that our defense has done

824
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 6: a pretty good job of in you know, despite some

825
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:42,840
Speaker 6: of the ugly numbers, is basically they've done a pretty

826
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:46,560
Speaker 6: good job lately of keeping the points down. And that's big.

827
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Speaker 6: I mean, they're the Colts are fourteenth now on defense

828
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:53,080
Speaker 6: and keeping the point total down, and that's with a

829
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:57,040
Speaker 6: disparity of ten minutes in ball control per game. So

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Speaker 6: you know, that's something to kind of be proud of.

831
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Speaker 6: And I think part of that, Matt, is that they

832
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:06,920
Speaker 6: have eliminated a lot of the explosive, big long plays

833
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 6: that they were given up before. I think that's important.

834
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Speaker 6: But you know, total defense is twenty eight. That's volumes, okay,

835
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Speaker 6: RUSS defense number thirty. In past defense number twenty four,

836
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 6: so you know, that's really not sustainable, and they'll be

837
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:29,319
Speaker 6: better if Buckner back. Buckner is an impact guy. When

838
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:33,560
Speaker 6: the downs that he and Grover are in together, you know,

839
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:37,799
Speaker 6: usually are pretty solid. You know, when anybody else is

840
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 6: in there for one of them, or when two of

841
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 6: those guys get in there, it's just subpar. It's it's

842
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 6: not it's really not not NFL standard. And then if

843
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 6: you add to that, there's nothing that we do to

844
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:53,840
Speaker 6: make it any better schematically. Joe is talking what I

845
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 6: Joe is using. What he was talking about is what

846
00:39:56,680 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 6: I refer to as game specifics. You never really we

847
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:02,560
Speaker 6: see it. We line up now, I did. I did

848
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:05,959
Speaker 6: think that Gus brought more pressure and got a good

849
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,880
Speaker 6: pass rush. I don't think there's any doubt he had.

850
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 6: He had some very effective blitzes in the game. But overall,

851
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:14,960
Speaker 6: in terms of our front, you know, it's been the

852
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 6: same for two and a half years. I mean, you

853
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:18,880
Speaker 6: could take a tape out of two years ago and

854
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 6: get ready for us just like it was last week.

855
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:25,319
Speaker 6: And you know when you do that to me and

856
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:29,279
Speaker 6: you're not game specific, no matter how much talent you have,

857
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:31,799
Speaker 6: there's going to be a ceiling on how good you

858
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:36,640
Speaker 6: get because you're not creating the issue. You're not creating

859
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:41,319
Speaker 6: any problem for anybody. That's why people traditionally have had

860
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:45,080
Speaker 6: career years against us. So you know, I think you know,

861
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 6: until that evolution happens, there'll be a ceiling on how

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Speaker 4: tonight using hashtag Colts Roundtable And as you can imagine,

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Speaker 4: a lot of the questions tonight's center around quarterback play.

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Speaker 4: So let's take the best one in that regard. This

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Speaker 4: is coming from Darryl Joe. What things can we do

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Speaker 4: schematically to get Anthony Richardson more in rhythm and build

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Speaker 4: up that confidence earlier in the game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, good question, Darryl. To me, Matt, it's going switching

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Speaker 3: over the hardwood. It's like if somebody struggling shooting the ball.

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Speaker 3: In basketball, what's the best thing they can do. Drive

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Speaker 3: into the lane, get fouled, shoot a couple free throws,

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Speaker 3: settling Richardson down early in the game, I think is

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Speaker 3: so important and underutilized. What do I mean by that,

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Speaker 3: Throw a screen pass like coach mentioned, run a fake,

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Speaker 3: you know, outside zone, left, having boot and he's either

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Speaker 3: hitting the tight end on a crossing route or somebody

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Speaker 3: in the flat, or he's running the football. Call in

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Speaker 3: design runs early. I'm talking about first play the game,

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Speaker 3: second play the game. Why he gets running the ball,

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Speaker 3: he might get hit, he gets a first down, he's

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Speaker 3: fired up, he settles down, you know, you get your

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Speaker 3: pads shaken a little bit, all those things. I think

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Speaker 3: we got to settle him down early, especially with how

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Speaker 3: quick he throws the ball, and give him some easier

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Speaker 3: some completions, some things where you know, maybe it's just

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Speaker 3: a one two man route and if you don't have it,

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Speaker 3: you're running the football. And I think if he does that,

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Speaker 3: he'll settle in. Because what's been the trajectory for Richardson

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Speaker 3: struggle in the first half. Get settled in, play your

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Speaker 3: best football in the fourth quarter. I think a lot

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Speaker 3: of that is because he's not settled earlier in the game,

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Speaker 3: because we're you know, just running too many what I

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Speaker 3: would call just traditional pass routes and we're incomplete, incomplete

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Speaker 3: third and ten. He's under pressure and we had way

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Speaker 3: too much of that yesterday. But coach, what do you

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Speaker 3: think on that good question from Darryl?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, I think that's exactly right. I think,

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Speaker 6: you know, we have to we have to be able

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Speaker 6: to increase his pass percentage. We know he can take

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Speaker 6: the deep shot, and we know he can run. You know,

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Speaker 6: I suggested earlier a lot more NCAA plays, and that's

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Speaker 6: kind of what you're saying. Get him involved early. You know,

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Speaker 6: let's don't worry about injury. He gets hurt, he gets hurt,

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Speaker 6: let's run him right now. I think his psychological development

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Speaker 6: think that's really important. I think more quick rhythm stuff,

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Speaker 6: you know, quick stuff where you've got Pittman inside downs inside,

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Speaker 6: get our tight ends back. You know, people play a

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Speaker 6: lot of standard zone on first down in that middle

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Speaker 6: We threw it twice in the fourth quarter and he

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Speaker 6: hit Pierce and he hit Pittman in there. Continue to

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Speaker 6: work in and we've got guys that can work the

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Speaker 6: middle of the field. All right, move the pocket, as

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Speaker 6: I said, boot it, sprint it. Let him get out

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Speaker 6: there physically on the edge, cut down the field vision

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Speaker 6: and go from there. And then I just think, overall,

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Speaker 6: get him those simpler, high percentage passes to get going.

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Speaker 6: When you take your shots when you're there. It just

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Speaker 6: and people are going to defend the extremes on him.

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Speaker 6: They're going to defend if I'm playing Richardson, I'm saying,

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Speaker 6: we're cutting off the edge and we're playing the deep

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Speaker 6: And that's what I think we have to recapture with him,

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Speaker 6: and Joe's right now. He did and even Sunday I

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Speaker 6: thought that he played his best football in the fourth

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Speaker 6: to downs at the end.

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Speaker 4: No doubt about it, testing his accuracy over the middle

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Speaker 4: lot of them obviously again centered around the quarterback play.

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Speaker 4: the Colts losing a very tough game, but now it's

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Speaker 4: a little bit of a steep uphill climb inside the

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Speaker 4: AFC South. Nine games to go, yes, but now it's

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Speaker 2: Here in the middle part of the season.

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Speaker 4: When the schedule gets going a little bit, things start

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Speaker 4: Just your thoughts about the way the Colts need to

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Speaker 3: Yeah, no question. The division now is going to be

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Speaker 3: get one of those wild card spots in the playoffs. Again,

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Speaker 3: I've been calling this middle five games the gauntlet, you know. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 3: UH didn't come away with a win against Houston. But

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Speaker 3: you know, Matt, we're playing a Vikings team who I

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Speaker 3: think is good. I don't think they're elite. What I like,

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Speaker 3: as coach mentioned earlier, we're playing on Sunday night football.

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Speaker 3: The excitement of that will help us get over this hangover,

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Speaker 3: which could linger a little bit. But what I don't

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Speaker 3: they've lost two in a row and they've played that

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Speaker 3: Thursday night game, so they got ten days to prepare

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Speaker 3: for us. So, Coach, what should we expect from Minnesota

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Speaker 3: going up against which will be a tough place to play,

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Speaker 3: a very loud stadium on Sunday night foot.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think you know, I think we have another

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Speaker 6: a team that is in the top ten both in

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Speaker 6: scoring and scoring defense. They played two man football, two

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Speaker 6: great players. Aaron Jones is another really fine running back,

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Speaker 6: and Jefferson, in my opinion, is the premier receiver in

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Speaker 6: have a plan for him. And then on defense, this

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Speaker 6: It is very difficult, although the last two guys, both

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Speaker 6: things that he haven't hasn't seen, or will not see

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Speaker 4: Absolutely a big challenge on the horizon. And reminder Sunday

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Speaker 4: thanks again to head coach Shane Stiken, who joined in

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Speaker 4: all the way back in that first segment tonight for

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