1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Trying to get up to speed on the Colts. This 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: is your one stop shop, the Colts Daily Update. Here's 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,399 Speaker 1: your host, Matt Taylor, the voice of the Colts from 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: the Power Home Solo Radio studio. Hey, good evening, Welcome 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: to the final Colts Daily Update of the week. No 6 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: update tomorrow, of course, on Thanksgiving. Happy Early Thanksgiving everybody 7 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,760 Speaker 1: out there. The Colts. They will work out tomorrow morning, 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: then have most of the afternoon and the evening off 9 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: to be with family on the holiday. I'm Matt Taylor, 10 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: Gonna be with you tonight here on ninety three five 11 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,279 Speaker 1: and one oh seven five the fan Joint Tonight by 12 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 1: JJ Snangovitz from Colts dot com. JJ. Happy Early Thanksgiving, Pal, 13 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 1: How are you doing? I'm good. Same to you as 14 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: while Matt, You and your family and everyone out there listening. 15 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: Happy early Thanksgiving. Yeah, what do you got plan tomorrow? 16 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: How are you celebrating? I'm gonna brine a turkey for 17 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: the second straight year. I got the I got the 18 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: big bucket ready to go, got a bunch of water 19 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: and vegetable stock, and excited to do it. It turned 20 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: out really, really good last year. Matt. I'd never never 21 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: or even cooked a turkey before decided to give it 22 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: a good of a good wet brine, and boy did 23 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: it turnout tasty. Now did you google it? Did you 24 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: YouTube it? How did you know what to do? I didn't. 25 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: I didn't come up with this time my own. I 26 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: went ahead and found the food network Alton Brown Link 27 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: and went ahead and went with that row. Well, you're 28 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: a better man than I. I'm going to the butcher's 29 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: shop here in a minute to pick up some steaks. 30 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: You know what? You know what steakhom Thanksgiving underrated choice. 31 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: I like the way you think. I know, very untraditional, 32 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: but that's where we've gone the last couple of years. 33 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: I'm not a big turkey guy, but happy Thanksgiving everybody 34 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: out there. Indeed, let's talk about the Colts. We only 35 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: got about a ten minute window here before the Pacers 36 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: play tonight. JJ. The Colts are hot right now. They've 37 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: won three in a row. They're coming off a dominating 38 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: win over the Bills on Sunday. I guess, just what's 39 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: your confidence level on this team right now heading into 40 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: another big weekend against the Super Bowl champs. Well, look, 41 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: the Colts just went to Buffalo and beat a team 42 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: that was ranked number one in DVOA, which is a 43 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: staff that I like to look at from football outsiders 44 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: and essentially to me, it tells you really how good 45 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: a team is beyond their record. The Buffalo Bills were 46 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: number one in the NFL and the Colts went out 47 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: and beat him by twenty six points. So kind of 48 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: hard to not be confident going into a game this 49 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: weekend against the team that replaced the Buffalo Bills as 50 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: the number one team in DVOA and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. No, 51 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: that's I think it's a good stat It's good indicator 52 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: of how teams are playing right now. And the guy 53 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: for the Colts that's playing his best football right now 54 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: is Jonathan Taylor, and the rest of the NFL world 55 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: is getting to know Jonathan Taylor as well. He said 56 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: the franchise record five total touchdowns on Sunday. He's the 57 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: ninth player over the last forty seasons to have fourteen 58 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 1: hundred yards from scrimmage and twelve scrimmage touchdowns in each 59 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: of his first two NFL seasons. JJ is he legit 60 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 1: MVP candidate? I know that's been kind of tossed around 61 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: a little bit this week, But what do you think 62 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: as far as legitimately after week seventeen is over being 63 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: in that conversation. Look, I don't think you have to 64 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: convince anyone listening to this that Jonathan Taylor has been 65 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: one of the best players in the NFL this season. 66 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: But the convincing would be on a national scale, not 67 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: just that he's been one of the best players, but 68 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 1: he's been one of the most valuable players, because that's 69 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: the operative word in their most valuable player, and the 70 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 1: MVP is an award that generally goes to quarterbacks. Seventeen 71 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 1: to the last twenty MVPs have been quarterbacks. There hasn't 72 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: been a running back to win it since Adrian Peterson 73 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: in twenty twelve. And it's just the way the NFL 74 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,959 Speaker 1: is going toward being more and more of a passing league. 75 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: It's making it less and less likely that anyone but 76 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: a quarterback will ever win MVP. Ever. Again, So no 77 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: matter how great a season Jonathan Taylor is having, he 78 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: has an uphill climb against the national narrative about running backs. Again, Look, 79 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: if you asked me today who the NFL MVP is, 80 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: I would say you've got to consider Jonathan Taylor because 81 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: what he has meant to this Colts offense and what 82 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: think you know, how he has led them from one 83 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: and four and now to six and five and being 84 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: right there in the thick of the AFC playoff race. 85 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: It has been on the back of Jonathan Taylor. Yeah, 86 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: but again, Matt, it's a tough conversation nationally because I 87 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: think a lot of people, everyone nationally certainly knows how 88 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: good Jonathan Taylor is in respects how good he is. 89 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: But I think if you asked a lot of people 90 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: around the league if anyone but a quarterback could win MVP, 91 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: they'd probably say no. Again, I'm not I don't know 92 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 1: if that's fair or not. I think in this case 93 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: it's probably not. But yeah, I think that that's what 94 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor's up against. He's not up against Dak Prescott 95 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 1: or Matthew Stafford or Tom Brady. He's up against that 96 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: narrative that's out there nationally. That's a good point right there. 97 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: JJ Stangovitz from Colts dot Com. I'm Matt Taylor. This 98 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: is the Colts Daily Update, and sticking with JT. In 99 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: the running game, the Buccaneers on defense, they've led the 100 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,239 Speaker 1: NFL and rushing defense in each of the last couple 101 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: of seasons. They're number one again in so far this year, 102 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: they're holding teams to under eighty on the ground. They've 103 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: held three teams to under sixty so far this season. 104 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: But the Colts just to our apart the Bills. Can 105 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: the Colts do what they did to the Bills to 106 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: the Bucks to a reasonable degree coming up on Sunday 107 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: when the Buccaneers know they're going to get a heavy 108 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: dose of Jonathan Taylor. My response to that would be 109 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 1: why not. I mean, what have we seen from the 110 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: Colts offense that indicates they could be stopped by anyone 111 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: at this point? And look Tampa Bay at that front 112 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: they have with you know, starting with Vidavella and Adamican 113 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 1: Sue in the interior. They are monsters against the run, 114 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 1: and those two guys allow LaMonte David and Devin White, 115 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: the Bucks two linebackers to basically play without being touched 116 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: like that, those two guys in the middle take up 117 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: so much space and are so good that it allows 118 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: the linebackers to really fly around, shoot the run gaps 119 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: and make plays on opposing running backs. So this is 120 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 1: going to be a different kind of challenge then the 121 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: Colts faced against the Bills, who were without star lit 122 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: Lelee in the interior last week. But again, who is 123 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,159 Speaker 1: who am I to say the Colts can't handle this? 124 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: I mean, they've handled everything that's been thrown their way 125 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: so far in the run game and the thing that's 126 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: just crazy man. Against the Bills, Jonathan Taylor ran the 127 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 1: ball eleven times against eight or more men in the 128 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: box and non gold to ghost situations. So that's eleven times. 129 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: The Bills said, no matter where we are on the field, 130 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,359 Speaker 1: we are not letting Jonathan Taylor beat us. And he 131 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: gained fifty four yards on those runs, nearly five yards 132 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 1: a clip. The NFL average against eight man boxes outside 133 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: gold ghost situations is three point seven yards per carry. 134 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor blew that out of the water against the Bills, 135 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: and that's a really good run defense. So look, if 136 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: he can do that against the Bills and at run 137 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 1: defense when they're doing whatever they can to stop him, 138 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 1: why why can't he do it against Tampa's gonna be 139 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 1: a fascinating matchup, no doubt about it. Let's go closing 140 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 1: out the Buccaneers. They are, of course an NFC team 141 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: to the Colts. They don't see him very often, once 142 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: every four years in a normal year. This is you know, 143 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: the week seventeen game, if you will, or the additional 144 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: game to the schedule with the Colts playing the NFC 145 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: South team that finished second last year, that would be 146 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But this could be the final 147 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: time Tom Brady ever plays at Lucas Oil Stadium. JJ. 148 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: From what you can gather, do Colts fans do they 149 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 1: still hate this guy? Tom Brady's fifteen and four all 150 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: time against the Colts. Is the hatred still there? Yeah, 151 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: because my wife is a diehard Colts fan and she 152 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: does not like Tom Brady, So I can I can 153 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: confirm from my own experience that yeah, it's still there. 154 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: But also, hey, you're you're saying this is the last 155 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: time tom Brady's coming to Lucas Oil Stadium. I said, 156 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: I just said perhaps. I mean the guy might play 157 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: till he's sixty three. Tom tom Brady at the age 158 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: of fifty two coming back to Lucas Oil Stadium. Who 159 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: who's to say that won't happen? I mean DeForest Buckner today, 160 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: Matt when he was asked what he's what he was 161 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: going to be doing at forty four. He was like, 162 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: I don't know, probably traveling the world with my wife. 163 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: And someone said, oh, so you're not going to be 164 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: playing football, and he jokes, If I'm playing football at 165 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: forty four, then I'm broke. Something's gone terribly wrong, exactly exactly. 166 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: So what Tom Brady's doing is just it's it's unbelievable. 167 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: No matter how much you dislike him because of what 168 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: he does in the field, you gotta respect the fact 169 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: that he is playing at an MVP contender like level 170 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: at the age of forty four years old. But I 171 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: do have to say, Matt, the most the most impressive 172 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: accomplishment of forty four year old has done in athletics 173 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: in the last five years has been Bartolo Colonne hitting 174 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: a home run in his mid forties. I think, I 175 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: think I remember that. Yeah, the big fella kind of 176 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: just diego padre Ye out there, James Shields. It's it's 177 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: the best baseball highlight I've probably ever seen, and nothing 178 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: Tom Brady does at the age of forty four will 179 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: top that in terms of in my mind, I would 180 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 1: I would agree to disagree, but that's okay. I think 181 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: what Tom Brady's doing is just a slight more impressive. 182 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: Pretty impressive. It's pretty impressive, all right, my friend. Hey, 183 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: thanks as always for the time. Enjoy the holiday coming 184 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: up tomorrow with friends and family, and good luck on 185 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: that Turkey. We'll see you on Sunday at Lucasoil Stadium. 186 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: All right, same to you, Matt, if you got a 187 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: pal JJ Stangovitz, I'm Matt Taylor. That's all the time 188 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,199 Speaker 1: we have tonight. We're up against it. The Pacers are next. 189 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: Happy Thanksgiving everybody, and thanks for listening to the Colt 190 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,719 Speaker 1: Staley update here on ninety three five and one oh 191 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: seven five to fan