1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: Football is about the Jimmy's and Joe's and x's and o's. 2 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 2: Take New York BOTOO ain't Baker, Bruce. 3 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: It's time to get out the chot board and diagram 4 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: some plays. Here's what it all starts right here. That's 5 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: why Jay money Christmas. This is Inside Football with former 6 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: Colts and NFL coach Rick Venturie. 7 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 2: After a tough low against the Broncos, the Colts come 8 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 2: storming back. They win thirty eight to thirty over the Titans, 9 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 2: and they keep their playoff hopes alive going in a week. 10 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,919 Speaker 2: Seventeen two games left, and now it's on to the 11 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 2: New York Giants and the final road trip of the season. 12 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 2: Here for the Colts to wrap up twenty twenty four 13 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 2: away from Lucas Oil Stadium. Welcome to the Inside Football 14 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 2: Podcast here on the Colts Audio Network. Hi everybody, I'm 15 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: Matt Taylor inside the Indiana Union Construction Industry radio studio, 16 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 2: joined today by Rick Finn, who's here to break it 17 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,279 Speaker 2: all down for us. We're going to tap into us 18 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 2: thirty years of coaching background of the National Football League. Rick, 19 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 2: Happy Holidays. How was Christmas with the family? 20 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 3: Oh, it was really good. We had the we had 21 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 3: the entire crew here, the California contingent and Noblesville contingent. 22 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,639 Speaker 3: We just we really had a blast, good old family 23 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 3: day like you're you're supposed to have on Christmas, great food. 24 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 3: Miss Sherry out did herself on that. 25 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 2: That's perfect, that's great. That's how it's supposed to be. 26 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 2: I'm glad to hear that. Now it's onto football. It's 27 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 2: always tough. Rick. I always like asking guys inside the 28 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 2: locker room, players and coaches, you know, how do you 29 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 2: balance the holidays because you have to do right by 30 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 2: day and your family, but you also, you know, try 31 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,199 Speaker 2: to keep one eye on the preparation and the grind 32 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 2: that is, you know, an NFL season. How did you 33 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 2: balance that as a coach. 34 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 3: Well, you know, you just have to focus. And you know, 35 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 3: my family kind of knew that. You know, for a 36 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 3: seven month period, you know, football just came first, no 37 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 3: matter what I mean. You know, holidays were there, but 38 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 3: they were for other people. I hate to say it 39 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 3: that way, but you know, my whole family understood that 40 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 3: from the very beginning. I always kidded people, they say, 41 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 3: what are you doing for Thanksgiving? I said, I'm working 42 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 3: on the red zone. That's red Zone day now, right, 43 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 3: you know. And then you know sometimes Christmas, you know, 44 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 3: you know was okay, depending on the coach and depending 45 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 3: when Christmas fell, like, for instance, if it fell on 46 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 3: a Wednesday, like this year, I've been with guys that 47 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 3: we practiced on Tuesday and gave him Wednesday the day off, 48 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 3: which was always nice. That was nice, but you know, 49 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 3: we just had that mentality. The worst thing for me 50 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 3: was like, you know, playing you know, like traveling on Christmas, 51 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 3: you know, and you know, we played San Diego once 52 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 3: early in my career and we left, you know, middle 53 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 3: of the day on Christmas Eve or something. I mean 54 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 3: that was you know, that was tough. But you know again, 55 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 3: you just you know, when you're in this business and 56 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 3: you're a professional, you know, there's there's one thing that 57 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 3: matters for seven months, and you know it's and and 58 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 3: that's the game in your livelihood. 59 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, let's let's talk about out the game that just 60 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 2: wrapped up before we get into the final two and 61 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 2: the Giants. The Colts used a historic rushing performance to 62 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 2: sweep their rivals from Nashville as they ran for a 63 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 2: franchise record three hundred and thirty five yards on the ground, 64 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: Jonathan Taylor proved still one of the best backs in 65 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 2: the NFL, rushing for two hundred and eighteen yards, registered 66 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 2: the third most rushing yards in a single game in 67 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 2: team history, became the first running back the NFL has 68 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 2: seen in six years to rack up two hundred yards 69 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 2: in three touchdowns in the same game. They led thirty 70 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 2: eight to seven in the middle of the third quarter, 71 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 2: but then the Titans rolled up twenty three straight to 72 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 2: close the game to within one possession with just under 73 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 2: three minutes to go. So Rick, it was good that 74 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 2: the Colts notched the win, but they're still trying to 75 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 2: figure out how to figuratively suffocate some teams after getting 76 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 2: it out to a double digit lead, which they've now 77 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 2: squandered to a degree in these last two games. 78 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, you're right. I mean, the first thirty of nine 79 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 3: minutes and or thirty eight minutes and ten seconds, whatever 80 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 3: it was, the first forty minutes of the game was 81 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 3: just a treat I mean, it was just fun. It 82 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 3: was it was domination really on both sides of the ball. 83 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 3: But as you said, as you just pointed out the 84 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 3: you know, the the offensive juggernaut. The Lombardi style run 85 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 3: to win was just unbelievable when you when you can 86 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 3: get four hundred and fifty eight yards. But most importantly, 87 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 3: three thirty five, which we all know is now been chronicle, 88 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 3: which is a franchise record. That's saying the heck of 89 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 3: a lot now in a very storied franchise. I mean 90 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 3: three thirty five. JT was on it with the two 91 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 3: explosive plays, the sixty plus and the seventy, I mean, 92 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 3: you know, and he just showed, he just showed everything 93 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 3: that we've known about him just in one game, very 94 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 3: well complimented by the quarterback by ar five with you know, 95 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 3: you know, his seventy yards are critical. I thought Nelson 96 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 3: and the offensive line just led the way. I mean 97 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 3: they were just dominating, dominating, dominating, and so you know, 98 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,679 Speaker 3: and like I said, that was the number two defense 99 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 3: in the league. It isn't like they were the little 100 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 3: sisters the poor there in terms of defensively. You know, 101 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 3: they weren't very good on offense, but they're very good 102 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 3: on defense, and we just we just shredded them and 103 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 3: the defense you know, for that thirty eight minutes, you know, 104 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 3: just shut their rundown to nothing, which was gonna be 105 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 3: the only way they could win it, you know, and 106 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 3: then got two critical turnovers. Of course, Kenny's was amazing 107 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 3: because you know it was you know how big I 108 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 3: am on the last two minutes of the first half 109 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 3: and the first two minute second half, and that was 110 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 3: a less than two minute interception which then gave us 111 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 3: I think twenty four points and allowed us to distance 112 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:40,559 Speaker 3: them at that time. And then again the last twenty 113 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 3: two minutes were unnerving to say the least. And you know, 114 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 3: you know, defensively, we have to figure that out. I think, 115 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 3: you know, I can go through a lot of statistics, 116 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 3: but I think the one that troubles me the most, 117 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 3: because it's not like we've been routed, we've been in 118 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 3: really close games, is that we're number thirty one, thirty 119 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,359 Speaker 3: first in the league fourth quarter defense. And you know 120 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 3: that you have to fix, I mean, and now we 121 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 3: have to fix because we may have a future here. 122 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 3: I mean, I think we're very much in this thing. 123 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 3: But you can't you can't be down that low on 124 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 3: the fourth quarter because most one possession games, Matt, as 125 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 3: we know, come down the last four minutes and you've 126 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 3: got to be able to play in that fourth quarter, 127 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 3: and then we got we just got again strategically soft 128 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 3: in coverage and then abysmal and tackling. You know, we 129 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 3: just took the foot off the gas and before you 130 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 3: know it. I mean it's like you said, twenty three 131 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 3: straight points in them. Thank goodness though that our offense 132 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 3: did really come back and control the clock there in 133 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 3: those last two was the two fifty and they took 134 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 3: it off. And you know, I give I do give 135 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 3: ar five credit. Like I said that, you know, there's 136 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 3: a lot of things that he really has to get 137 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 3: better at, and there's a lot of things he needs 138 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 3: criticism for. But one thing I will give him credit 139 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 3: is in three of our last five games. I mean, 140 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,479 Speaker 3: he's made big plays in the last two minutes of 141 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 3: the game, you know, to to win it. And this week, 142 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 3: you know, that was a laser throw to Pittman on 143 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 3: that outcut, which was that third and eight. That was 144 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 3: huge to get a first down, you know, and then 145 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 3: he comes back with that with that boot leg you know, 146 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 3: that bootleg run for another first down, so that they 147 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 3: only they got the ball with what three seconds to go, 148 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 3: and so that was really good. I think I think 149 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 3: something I just want to mention. We talked about it Monday. 150 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 3: One thing that was really impressive here and it's it's 151 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 3: it's just really feel make you feel good, is our 152 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 3: investment players. The guys that we put up on a pedestal, 153 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 3: put at the top, pay at the top. Yeah, Buckner, Taylor, Nelson, 154 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 3: ar five, you know, and and Kenny Moore. Those guys 155 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 3: just really really balled out when we needed it. I mean, 156 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 3: they really they came to play, you know, they dominated 157 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 3: their position and because of that we we have the win. 158 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 3: So that's a real fun thing when you can look 159 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 3: at your top guys and again JT record setting performance. 160 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 3: But I'm not sure it isn't the best game that 161 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 3: I've ever seen Buckner play, not necessarily statistically, but impact 162 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 3: in terms of impact and domination just unbelievable. So, you know, 163 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 3: I think that's a really good thing going forward. 164 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 2: Absolutely. All Right, So that's the final notes on the 165 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 2: Titans game. Before we get into the Giants here, Rick, 166 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 2: I do want to update the folks on the playoff 167 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 2: scenarios here for the Colts, just quickly, if we can 168 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 2: dive into these, so everybody knows the Colts have to 169 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 2: win out. They've got to win out their final two 170 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:39,239 Speaker 2: games to even have a chance at making the playoffs 171 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 2: and afford themselves to get some help outside of what 172 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 2: they can control. So they've got to win at the 173 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 2: Giants and then beat the Jaguars. The Colts also could 174 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 2: have the Chargers lose both of their final two games. 175 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 2: They have to play at the Patriots at the Raiders. 176 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 2: That's the simple way. If that happens, If the Colts 177 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 2: went out and the Chargers lose out, then the Colts 178 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 2: make the playoffs. The other way requires a three way 179 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 2: tie of nine to eight teams at the end of 180 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 2: the season between the Colts, Broncos, and the Bengals or 181 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 2: the Miami Dolphins. So for that to happen, the Broncos 182 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 2: have to lose their final two games. They're playing at 183 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 2: Cincinnati on Saturday and then wrapping up the season against 184 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 2: the Kansas City Chiefs at home, and then the Bengals 185 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 2: or Dolphins have to win out. The Bengals wrap up 186 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 2: their season with a home game against the Broncos and 187 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 2: then at Pittsburgh, and then the Dolphins are at Cleveland 188 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,439 Speaker 2: and at the Jets. So, Rick, what is your level 189 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 2: of optimism regarding that second and more complicated scenario for 190 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 2: the Colts, with the Broncos losing their final two and 191 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 2: either the Bengals or the Dolphins winning out helping the Colts. 192 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's gonna come down to the second one. 193 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 3: I can't see. I can't see the Chargers losing two 194 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 3: in a row. I think they're gonna split it. You know, 195 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 3: it has to be played out, but I just don't 196 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 3: see that. So but what I see. My prediction is, 197 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 3: you know, when when all the smoke clears, it's gonna 198 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 3: be three teams with a nine to eight and and 199 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 3: that's gonna be Cinci, it's gonna be Denver, it's gonna 200 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,719 Speaker 3: be the Colts. And in that case, then we're in. 201 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:17,839 Speaker 3: We will go to Buffalo. You know, we'll go to 202 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 3: Buffalo the next week. So you know, I think we're 203 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:22,959 Speaker 3: you know, very much in it. But I do see 204 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 3: this second scenario. I don't think anybody's gonna stop the Bengals. 205 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 3: I think the I said it even before we played them. 206 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 3: I think Denver's on a wing and a prayer, and 207 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 3: the Colts are going to battle through these next two 208 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 3: and win. 209 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 2: And one other thing to keep in mind, as far 210 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 2: as the playoff goes, Rick, and this is the unfortunate 211 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 2: truth about it, if both the Chargers and Broncos win 212 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:47,199 Speaker 2: on Saturday, because they both play on Saturday, Yeah, then 213 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 2: it would be over. The Colts would be eliminated from 214 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 2: the playoffs. So there is a chance the Colts could 215 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 2: be out of playoff contention before they even kick off 216 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 2: on Sunday against the Giants, because again, the Chargers and 217 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 2: Broncos have games on Saturday this weekend week seventeam. All right, well, 218 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:07,199 Speaker 2: that's the complicated playoff scenario for the Colts, and that's 219 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 2: the bed they've got a lie in here after they've 220 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 2: let some winnable games slip through their fingers earlier on 221 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 2: in the season, so they need some help. They do 222 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 2: not control their own destiny. But let's talk about Rick. 223 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 2: Some of the things they can control, and that's beating 224 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 2: the Giants coming up on Sunday. So let's talk about 225 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 2: them here on the big picture. And man, it's not good. 226 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 2: The Giants have lost ten straight games. They were just 227 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 2: thrashed by the Falcons last week thirty four to seven. 228 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 2: The ten game losing skid for the Giants a franchise 229 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:39,719 Speaker 2: record or franchise worst in a dubious manner. They're two 230 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 2: to thirteen. They have tied the club record for the 231 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 2: most losses in a single season. They're on track to 232 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 2: finish with the worst record in the NFL for the 233 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 2: first time since before the merger in nineteen sixty six. 234 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 2: That year, they went one twelve and one. If the 235 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 2: Giants lose out, which seems possible, they'll have the number 236 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 2: one pick for the third time ever. Also, if the 237 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 2: Giants don't beat the Colts on Sunday, rick they're gonna 238 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:06,559 Speaker 2: have they will have failed, i should say, to win 239 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 2: a home game in a season for the first time 240 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 2: in fifty years. And they're going to be the first 241 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 2: team in NFL history to lose nine home games in 242 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 2: a season. So, if you look at them again on 243 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 2: the big picture, they've been known for turnovers, they've got 244 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 2: bad offensive line play. They really don't seem to have 245 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 2: an identity other than just being an underperforming football team 246 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 2: right now, And unfortunately, it's been kind of a trend 247 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 2: in the big Apple over the last twelve years. The 248 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:37,319 Speaker 2: Giants have finished either third or fourth inside their division 249 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 2: nine times, and below five hundred and nine times as 250 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:43,199 Speaker 2: well in that span. So Rick, again, that's the blunt 251 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 2: view of the Giants. They only have two wins on 252 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,079 Speaker 2: the season. What else should we note about them on 253 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 2: the big picture for you going into this game, Well, just. 254 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 3: To validate some things you said, Bill Parcels always said, 255 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 3: you know you are what your record says you are. Yeah, 256 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,119 Speaker 3: And if that's the case, then's the one proud franchise. 257 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 3: Distant pass franchise is really the absolute worst in the league. 258 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 3: And I think they are on tape. I mean I 259 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 3: see them. You know, they're haplessly two and thirteen, you know, 260 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 3: and they're gonna they're gonna win that draft pick, that 261 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 3: number one draft pick. And their point differential, I mean, 262 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 3: you know, you always look at this one hundred and 263 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 3: forty seven, you know, the the the interesting thing from 264 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 3: a scientific standpoint, which I watched the game first from 265 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 3: that standpoint and then I watched the personnel simultaneously. But 266 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,199 Speaker 3: they're actually tactically fun to break down. They a lot 267 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 3: of do a lot of interesting things on both sides 268 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,479 Speaker 3: of the ball, but they're awful to watch them execute. 269 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 3: Talent level is not very good, and I think what 270 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 3: hurt them the most is when they send Daniel Jones packing. 271 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 3: They sent a message to their team that this was 272 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 3: all about the draft, that this season was a tank, 273 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,199 Speaker 3: and that they're really playing for Sadir Sanders or cam Ward. 274 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 3: I mean, that's the reality on offense. You know, it 275 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 3: starts with a very fluid pos quarterback position. After they 276 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 3: let Daniel go, it looks like it's gonna be lock. 277 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 3: I guess he had an MRI. But it's okay. They 278 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 3: announced he's gonna play. He's gonna start. You know, he's 279 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 3: got a fifty five eight passer rating. But the one 280 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 3: thing I'll say about him is he's very athletic. You know, 281 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 3: he has eleven point eight rushing average in What you 282 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 3: don't want to do is let him get out and 283 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 3: make some playground plays and all of a sudden, you're 284 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 3: in you know, you're in bad shape. The rookie. You know, Neighbors, 285 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 3: it's just amazing. We're gonna play Neighbors and Thomas back 286 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 3: to back, the two guys from LSU. I watched Jacksonville 287 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 3: all morning yesterday. But I mean, this kid, Neighbors is 288 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 3: everything we thought he was gonna be. He's he has 289 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 3: greatness written all over him with an awful team in quarterbacking, 290 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 3: he's got ninety seven catches closing in on a thousand 291 00:14:56,120 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 3: yards and they're gonna do everything possible to get him 292 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 3: the ball deep inside sweep screens. I mean they are, 293 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 3: They're gonna do everything. And then he's got a pretty 294 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 3: classy slot, the Kentucky kid Robinson, who's diminutive but very 295 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 3: very quick, classic slot, and he really plays a big 296 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 3: role on those third downs, that third and five to 297 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 3: seven in there. He's very cute. I mean, you know, 298 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 3: those two guys, they're not losing really because the neighbors 299 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 3: and Robinson. Slayton is a guy that can get deep. 300 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 3: He's got a little bit of speed. He's got a 301 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 3: really good catch average fourteen to two, you know. And 302 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 3: then and then they're tight ends. You know, they're they're 303 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 3: just kind of Bellinger. He's a solid guy, you know, 304 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 3: kind of over round guy quickly. Now the other guy, 305 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 3: the other rookie that's playing really well, which you know 306 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 3: local fans are familiar with, is Tracy you know who's 307 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 3: in Iowa slash Purdue rookie and he's really playing good. 308 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 3: You know, he's got a bit of an ankle him 309 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 3: and neighbors are banged up a little bit, but you 310 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 3: know he's a four point six rushing average with five 311 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 3: t ds. And when you look at those two rookies, 312 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 3: I mean they're not playing with a good team. And 313 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 3: in Singletary you remember from Buffalo, you know Dable brought 314 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 3: him on over and between the two of them they 315 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 3: have fifty three catches. I want to note that and 316 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 3: come back to it. You know again, they really struggle 317 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 3: in the drop back game. As you said, their offensive 318 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 3: line is respectable run blockers, but you know, you can 319 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 3: take a number on who you want to get after 320 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 3: in terms of pass Their backs are small and they're 321 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 3: not good protectors. You can bully them. That's why you 322 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 3: want to blitz this team. Twenty seventh and sacks in 323 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 3: the bottom line offensive lea both in you know, in 324 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 3: scoring and in total. They're thirty two on defense. Now 325 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 3: they're schematically challenged, but they lack the consistency to stop people. 326 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 3: You know they do. They struggle terribly. And this this 327 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 3: should be number one for us in a game you 328 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 3: must win and you're the better team. They don't stop 329 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 3: the run. Their number thirty one. The one place there 330 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 3: are a couple places they're situationally decent. Is they do 331 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 3: tend to buckle up in the red zone. There's still 332 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 3: number ten there, so you're gonna have to earn it 333 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:13,880 Speaker 3: in there. And then with you know, in sacks, they're 334 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 3: number seven, so there's some things they can do. You know, 335 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 3: Burns is a very very strong guy. Not strong guy. 336 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 3: He's a very good edge rush guy. He's their leading 337 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 3: guy with eight and then Thibodeau on the other side 338 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 3: has three, so they're very representative on the edges. McFadden 339 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 3: if he can play, he's got a burner. If he 340 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 3: can play, he's a good will linebacker sidelined a sideline hitter. 341 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 3: I think he has one hundred and seven tackles and 342 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 3: three sacks. The secondary is really struggling. Banks is probably 343 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 3: Bank's number three at right corners, probably their best player. 344 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,719 Speaker 3: Flock and Jackson come in there. They're below average. I 345 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:01,879 Speaker 3: think Phillip's good young kid at nickel. And sometimes what 346 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 3: they do is they'll give you a big change up 347 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 3: and they may do this against us because of our 348 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 3: running game, and they'll take Simmons number nineteen. Just note this. 349 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 3: Simmons at sometimes he's a very versatile guy, but he 350 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 3: will sometimes play the nickel when they go into base, 351 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,199 Speaker 3: and it'll throw you because you think it's base and 352 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 3: then after you study it, you realize it's just it's 353 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,719 Speaker 3: just a big nickel from that standpoint, and and then 354 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 3: I think the other thing to keep in mind, and 355 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 3: this is this can be tough on a young quarterback 356 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,640 Speaker 3: like Anthony. They do a lot of what I call 357 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 3: bluff and blitz or blitz and drop, and by that 358 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 3: I mean they will bring like two cover guys off 359 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 3: one side, which tells you blitz, but then they'll drop 360 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 3: people away and they'll play a standard coverage. So you 361 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 3: know it's it's they. You know, they don't do it great, 362 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 3: but it can be a little troublesome for a young quarterback. 363 00:18:57,640 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 3: And again, you know, they just have a lot of ratios. 364 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 3: They'll give you a lot of defense. They just don't 365 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 3: do much well. And the three big the big three 366 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 3: categories you know, for me is points giving up number 367 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 3: twenty five quarterback. They don't even list him in QB 368 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 3: arbit and the passer rating is way down. And then 369 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:19,640 Speaker 3: this is the kill shot. Bottom feeders do this turnover 370 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 3: differentiation is the minus ten, so you know that's what 371 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 3: you're looking at. And again, you know, with those skill 372 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 3: guys on offense, you know if you let it get away, 373 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 3: you know they can make a game of it. 374 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 2: No doubt about it. It's still an NFL team in 375 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 2: that regard. So all right, let's start breaking down the 376 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 2: Giants with some blueprints for success for the Colts. Let's 377 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 2: focus first on the Giants offense, and who plays quarterback 378 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 2: in this game is up in the air a little bit. 379 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 2: I know Drew Locke had that MRI on the right 380 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 2: shoulder after hurting it in Atlanta last week. Sounds like 381 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 2: he's going to be good enough to go. They've used 382 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 2: four different quarterbacks this season. They've been swapping signal callers 383 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,360 Speaker 2: the last couple of weeks. It's Lock that's made two 384 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 2: starts earlier this year, but was sidelined by heel and 385 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 2: elbow injuries back in Week fifteen. Tommy DeVito started Week fifteen, 386 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 2: suffered that concussion, but then was clear to serve as 387 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 2: the backup last week. The Giants have also had to 388 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 2: start Tim Boyle for a game this year. The Colts 389 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 2: saw him back in Week seven with the Dolphins when 390 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 2: he started at Lucas Oil Stadium. So it's been a 391 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,119 Speaker 2: lot of chaos this year at the quarterback position. And 392 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 2: as you said, it all started after the Giants benched 393 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 2: and then released Daniel Jones last month, and now he's 394 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 2: obviously no longer on the team. He's on the Minnesota 395 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 2: practice squad. So a big question mark going forward for 396 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 2: the Giants in terms of what they're gonna do at 397 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 2: the quarterback spot. The Giants also missed big time Saquon Barkley. 398 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,679 Speaker 2: They miss him desperately in the running game. We know 399 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 2: the season he's having in Philadelphia, and the running game 400 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,640 Speaker 2: in New York just isn't the same after they let 401 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 2: him walk in free agency. The g Men on offense 402 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 2: rix scoring only fourteen points per game, that's last in 403 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 2: the NFL. They've been held to under twenty points in 404 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 2: eleven games this season. They haven't won any of those. 405 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 2: They're dead last and total yards per game at two 406 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 2: ninety two, twenty second in rushing, twenty ninth in passing, 407 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 2: twenty ninth on third down, and dead last and red 408 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,880 Speaker 2: zone scoring only seventeen red zone touchdowns all season long. 409 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 2: So really the only bright spot of the major difference 410 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 2: maker for the Giants on offense is rookie wide receiver 411 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 2: Molik Neighbors, sixth overall pick out of LSU, last week 412 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:31,639 Speaker 2: broke the Giants rookie receptions record. He's now got ninety 413 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 2: seven grabs on the season. He's looking to post one 414 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 2: hundred catches in one thousand yards as a rookie, which 415 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 2: is rarefied air. He's also closing in on the rookie 416 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 2: receptions record in NFL history. Last year, Puka Nakua for 417 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 2: the Rams had one hundred and five grabs and Neighbors 418 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 2: needs only nine to beat that in the final two 419 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 2: games of the regular season. So Rick, right now, the 420 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 2: Giants they're a mess on offense. What else stands out 421 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 2: to you about the New York offense going into a 422 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 2: game where it appears the Colt Steve can potentially have 423 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 2: a good game and feast on what's been a very 424 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 2: inconsistent unit. 425 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:10,880 Speaker 3: Well, good choice of words, my friend, kaof I like that. 426 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,719 Speaker 3: But you know, I think the two things, and you 427 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 3: did hit on them that the highlights of their offense 428 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 3: really is Neighbors one. Without question, Neighbors is really having 429 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 3: a sensational rookie year. Considering what's around them. And then 430 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,959 Speaker 3: the one thing that the little bit sleepy, you know, 431 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 3: you can sleep on a little bit, is they're actually 432 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 3: fourteenth in the league in rush Per and Tracy. The 433 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,919 Speaker 3: other good rookie is four point six. So you know, 434 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 3: that's really if we want to talk about highlights, that's it. 435 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,880 Speaker 3: You know, Dabll when he came to New Jersey, he 436 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 3: really brought the Buffalo package with him for Jones. And 437 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 3: if you look at them just just tactically and scientifically, 438 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 3: they're trying to do the same thing without Allen and company. 439 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 3: It really doesn't look the same, you know, you know, 440 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 3: as the year's gone on. Just to simplify it for 441 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 3: the fans, it's really three things. There's three things when 442 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 3: you prepare, and really for the coaches as well, it's 443 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 3: run it with Tracy, you know, the basic plays inside 444 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:23,680 Speaker 3: outside zones, tosses, some counter rots. Number two do everything 445 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 3: possible to get to bald in neighbors and when I 446 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 3: say everything, I mean everything, okay. And then number three 447 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 3: utilize a really classy slot in Robinson on those third 448 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 3: and shorts to medium just with his quickness. You know, 449 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 3: on early downs, run it, you run some boots playbasses, 450 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 3: you know, check downs. They're also a big screen. Remember 451 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,680 Speaker 3: the Buffalo game, how many screens they ran against us 452 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 3: in Lucas Oil. Well, they try to do the same thing, 453 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 3: big big screen team, all over the place, RPOs with 454 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 3: the quarterback. This is the mobile quarterback. This is a 455 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 3: quarterback that can move. And when they run their RPOs 456 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 3: it's always with a bubble. Okay. You know when it's 457 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 3: a longer passing situation, you know a lot of high lows. 458 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 3: That means one guy short on a drag, one guy 459 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 3: over the top, you know. And then you know, he 460 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 3: just don't let neighbors run by. I mean he'll get 461 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 3: outside at number one and he can you know, they're 462 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 3: starting to really test our corners deep lately. And then 463 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 3: when he gets in the slot, he'll run down the seam. 464 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 3: So you know, don't, at any costs, don't let him 465 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,120 Speaker 3: have a big play. And then know that again Robbie's 466 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,639 Speaker 3: going to be the third down guy, you know. And 467 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 3: then of course when they get in that orange or 468 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 3: red zone, you know, you really got to look for 469 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 3: neighbors all the way. On those fifty to fifty balls, 470 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,400 Speaker 3: they use a lot of eleven like the Bills three 471 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 3: wide receivers, and they like the Bills, will feature some 472 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 3: really this is kind of unique to them, and the 473 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 3: Bills really wide split and you'll have X in the 474 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,639 Speaker 3: slot and the Z and they'll all be well outside 475 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 3: the numbers of time, and then the next time they'll 476 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 3: all be really close, like a nabu which means nasty 477 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,440 Speaker 3: on the weak's side and bunch on the right side. 478 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:17,159 Speaker 3: So it's kind of extremes. But a lot eleven. You 479 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 3: said all there need to be seven. There's a lot 480 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 3: of thirty two statistically, a lot of thirty seconds. Again, 481 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 3: the only two things that are three things that are 482 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 3: decent is obviously neighbors with the ninety seven catches Tracy 483 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 3: four point six, and for some reason they have a 484 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 3: decent time of possession. I guess it's because they run 485 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 3: it a little bit more. But in terms of the 486 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 3: Colts defensive blueprint, I think number one, you cannot you 487 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 3: just cannot let them be effective with Tracy and Singletary. 488 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 3: I mean, if you do that, then you're going to 489 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 3: allow them to stay in the game and not be 490 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 3: stressed at their stress points. And again respect Tracy for 491 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 3: six five tds now between the two of them. Between 492 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 3: Singletary and Tracy, they have fifty four catches. So that's 493 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,880 Speaker 3: the other thing. You want to squeeze them tight. You 494 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 3: don't want to let them get out there in space. 495 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 3: You know, we saw it with spears last week. What 496 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,479 Speaker 3: that can do to you. You know Singletary, you know 497 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 3: from Buffalo, is very outstanding in space. They are number 498 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 3: fourteen in rush per at four to three. So squeeze 499 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:30,399 Speaker 3: those two because you don't want to let that quarterback 500 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 3: operate when he can just manage the game and work 501 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 3: those easy completions and hand it off. That's the worst 502 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:40,920 Speaker 3: thing that can happen. Number two, and this could be one. 503 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 3: You have to have a plan for neighbors. I mean, 504 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 3: when you're playing a team that has a kid that 505 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:49,439 Speaker 3: has ninety seven catches, is a real ambient player, and 506 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 3: you know it going in schematically, you have to stop 507 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 3: him all over the field. Whatever you got to do, 508 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 3: you cannot. A failure to play him would be, in 509 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 3: my opinion from a professional stand up would be a 510 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 3: fireable offense. And then I think, you know, situationally, you 511 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,400 Speaker 3: want to smother Robinson short he's got the seventy eight catches, 512 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,920 Speaker 3: not for a lot of yards, but they're all specific 513 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 3: third and short, third and medium. I think Kenny is 514 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 3: a really good match for him. If we want to 515 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 3: play a lot of man and get some double on neighbors, 516 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 3: I think Kenny's a real good match. He has to, 517 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,919 Speaker 3: you know, really accept the challenge. And then when you 518 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 3: coach your other guys, you coach them technically, you don't 519 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 3: scheme for them, but you tell your team don't let 520 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:36,879 Speaker 3: Slayton get on top of you because he can run, 521 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 3: you know, and just squeeze Bellinger as the outlets in 522 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 3: the over. I think number four, you've got to dominate 523 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,680 Speaker 3: a poor offensive lineup front. I mean you've got to 524 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 3: dominate them on the scoreboard and in the red zone. 525 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 3: They're thirty two in both areas, so you know you've 526 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 3: got to make sure that that happens. You've got to 527 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 3: dominate that front and bring that fifth guy on the backs. 528 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,639 Speaker 3: Some keep that quarterback in tow. They're twenty seventh and 529 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,280 Speaker 3: sacks blitz their back. They can be bullied. And then 530 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 3: number five, I think, along with the running game and neighbors, 531 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,120 Speaker 3: what you want to do is you want to take 532 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 3: away locks legs first, and his scrambles first, good rush 533 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 3: integrity all the way across the line, because this kid 534 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,679 Speaker 3: doesn't have does have eleven for one thirty, you know, 535 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 3: at eleven eight, So I mean he can move it, 536 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 3: he can move the chains, and he can make plays 537 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 3: on the run. And that's the one thing you don't 538 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 3: want to have happen is to allow him to get 539 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 3: on the playground because he's not going to beach in 540 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 3: the pocket. I mean, you know his average is you know, 541 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 3: his passer meting is fifty five eight. You know, he's 542 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 3: got one TV and four picks, so tight coverage, validate 543 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:52,239 Speaker 3: his inaccuracy. Take the ball away. They will give it 544 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 3: to you. Take it away, and that's the way to 545 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 3: stop them on defense. 546 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 2: All right, that's Rick Venturia right there. That's Inside Football 547 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 2: partnerber one taking a look at the Giants on offense. 548 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 2: Let's switch over to the blueprints for the defense going 549 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 2: into week seventeen. Here, let's roll out what the Colts 550 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 2: offense can do and hopefully take advantage of the fact 551 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 2: that they're coming off a franchise record three hundred and 552 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 2: thirty five rushing yards and hopefully rush the ball against 553 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 2: this Giants defense. So let's begin there Rick. The Giants 554 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 2: have the second worst per game rushing total in the NFL. 555 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 2: They give up over one hundred and forty two rushing 556 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 2: yards per game. They also give up almost five yards 557 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 2: per carry. The Giants are formidable against the pass. They 558 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:37,200 Speaker 2: give up only two hundred yards per game through the air, 559 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 2: but I think that's a little bit deceiving because teams 560 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 2: have been leaning on the run against the Giants. They 561 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 2: rank eighth and sacks as a team with forty one. 562 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 2: They've got the fifth most tackles for loss with eighty six. 563 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 2: The Giants have six players on their team with at 564 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 2: least three sacks, including defensive end Brian Burns, who has eight. 565 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 2: They've got seven plays with at least six tackles for loss. 566 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 2: Burns has fourteen, and Burns is in year number one 567 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,080 Speaker 2: with the Giants after trade back in March, coming over 568 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 2: from Carolina, so he's kind of the closest thing to 569 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 2: an ambient player they've got on defense. He's the eighth 570 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 2: player in NFL history, by the way, to record seven 571 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 2: and a half plus sacks in each of his first 572 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 2: six NFL seasons. His fifty four sacks since breaking into 573 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 2: the league in twenty nineteen ninth most in the NFL, 574 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,840 Speaker 2: and his seventy two tackles for loss are seventh most 575 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,760 Speaker 2: in that span. So, Rick, that's kind of the skinny 576 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 2: on the Giants on defense. As I said, not great 577 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 2: against the run or the pass, but they can be 578 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 2: disruptive if you let them and get you off schedule. 579 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:42,440 Speaker 2: So what else and who else do you want to 580 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 2: highlight for the Giants when the Colts have the ball here? 581 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 3: Well, I think the first thing I just want to 582 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 3: make note of is that you know, Bowens is their 583 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 3: defensive coordinator and he's in his first year with the Giants, 584 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 3: but just make note of the fact that he was 585 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 3: Vrabels defensive coordinat at Tennessee all those years. So you know, 586 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,959 Speaker 3: regardless of other things, he knows us pretty well, if 587 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 3: you if you know what I mean, EO knows us 588 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 3: pretty well. And you know he's had a lot of 589 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 3: success with the Tennessee defense. Uh, he's a very complex coach, 590 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 3: but he has very few impact players. You know, to me, 591 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 3: if you take Burns and McFadden off this club, you 592 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 3: ask yourself, what do you really have? I think it's 593 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:31,920 Speaker 3: a credit to Bowen that you know, at least they 594 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 3: hang in there in some areas. You know, again you 595 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 3: mentioned it. Burns is very dangerous off the edge. He's 596 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 3: a legitimate edge rusher, more speed than power. And McFadden 597 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 3: and he's got a burner, So I don't know what 598 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,480 Speaker 3: his status will totally be, but you know, once they 599 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 3: lost Okaa kay the former Colts, Okak and McFadden were 600 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:59,160 Speaker 3: two pretty good ballers together. But McFadden is a you 601 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 3: know as a real good sideline of sidelines, tough kid, 602 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 3: and he can blitz. They give you a lot of volume. 603 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 3: There's a lot of volume they basically play. It's kind 604 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 3: of a hybrid four three thirty in between. You know, 605 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 3: they'll use Thibodeaux and Burns as rushers or linebackers. That's 606 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 3: why I call it hybrid. A lot of times the 607 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 3: edges are covered on both sides a high percentage of 608 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 3: of blitzing. You know, first down, they're gonna be in 609 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 3: single high heavy front fire zones. They'll use maybe a 610 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:40,760 Speaker 3: big nickel against three wides. Against us, their nickel is 611 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 3: overfront while their base is under and Bear he always 612 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 3: had a lot of success with Bear against us. So 613 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,880 Speaker 3: you know, those things repeat themselves. They use a lot 614 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 3: of different combinations as the down and distance and personnel widens, 615 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:01,520 Speaker 3: they'll use some dime, They'll use some some dime in there, 616 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 3: and then they actually have a quarter package on third down, 617 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:09,360 Speaker 3: which is kind of interesting. And they don't stop anybody. 618 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:14,360 Speaker 3: But scientifically it's not bad in that they they play 619 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:19,280 Speaker 3: seven defensive backs and uh, you know, seven defensive backs, 620 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,239 Speaker 3: three linemen and one linebacker, and they do a lot 621 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,479 Speaker 3: of stuff from it. That's where they get that what 622 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 3: I call the illusion of blitzing. They'll bring two cover guys, 623 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 3: walk people around two cover guys, and then drop two rushers. 624 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:37,600 Speaker 3: So it's it's really pretty interesting in that sense. Uh, 625 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 3: and it can it can be a little confusing to 626 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:44,880 Speaker 3: the quarterback. Basically when you look, I think I think 627 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:49,680 Speaker 3: their back end has issues. I think their corners. The 628 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 3: more I watch them, banks is solid but flat, you know, uh, 629 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:58,720 Speaker 3: you know the Jackson Stroman. Those guys are really average 630 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 3: and they get they get isolated a lot because of 631 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 3: single high and the way they play cover four. Pinnic 632 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:10,279 Speaker 3: and Bowl at Belden are very tough kids safety wise. 633 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,080 Speaker 3: I mean, they'll spin up there and make tackles, but 634 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,959 Speaker 3: both of them our liabilities. If you can get them 635 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,799 Speaker 3: isolated in their cover four quarters. Look, you get wide 636 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:25,320 Speaker 3: receivers in there on wolf patterns, scissors patterns. They struggle, 637 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,839 Speaker 3: they really have troubled. Then the other thing they'll do 638 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,520 Speaker 3: is and this is where they undress their corners in 639 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,080 Speaker 3: their quarters coverage. If you run the number two receiver 640 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 3: down on like a ten yard hook, they will bite 641 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:40,319 Speaker 3: down now, I mean they will come down now. But 642 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,720 Speaker 3: what that does is that isolates those average to below 643 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,839 Speaker 3: average corners. Then one on one over the top. We've 644 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,920 Speaker 3: seen that with our own team. Some those cover fours, 645 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:54,160 Speaker 3: that that area, that indecision between those safeties and corners 646 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:58,680 Speaker 3: can really really be deadly. You know. Again, the run 647 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 3: stats are off, I mean it's four point eight per 648 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,840 Speaker 3: as you said, second worst in the league. But situationally, 649 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,480 Speaker 3: somehow they hang in there in the red zone. It's 650 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 3: a critical thing. And their rush stats are winnable, you know, 651 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,480 Speaker 3: rushing the passer. I'm with you. I don't give the 652 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 3: pass defense stats much because I think basically teams get 653 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,600 Speaker 3: ahead and play four quarters against them. We've seen that. 654 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 3: But I think the stat the rush thing is to 655 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,040 Speaker 3: take note of, and the red zone is to take 656 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:32,840 Speaker 3: note of. As far as the coast offensive blueprints for victory, 657 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,560 Speaker 3: I think number one is really obvious. You just have 658 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:39,839 Speaker 3: to wear them out with the running game again. Continue 659 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:43,440 Speaker 3: to pound with JT and that pistol, you know, and 660 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,120 Speaker 3: use that fullback in that off tackle hole like we 661 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 3: did have been doing direct and off tackle. Pound the 662 00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:53,399 Speaker 3: edges thirty one in the rush. You know, they give 663 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,960 Speaker 3: up a staggering four point eight. Dominate that line of scrimmage. 664 00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:00,440 Speaker 3: Run Taylor right down their throat, make sure you get 665 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 3: McFadden blocked in that second level. And the other thing 666 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:05,600 Speaker 3: I would do is I would run right at Burns. 667 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:09,280 Speaker 3: I look at him and he is a rusher, no doubt, 668 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,799 Speaker 3: but I think he has zero interest in playing the run. 669 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,359 Speaker 3: I'm going right after him now on the other end 670 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:17,960 Speaker 3: of it, protect him, protect against him. He's a three 671 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:20,560 Speaker 3: tile and all guy off the edge with eight sacks, 672 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,360 Speaker 3: and I think you have to have a plan for him. 673 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:25,440 Speaker 3: You know, this would be in This will be an 674 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:29,080 Speaker 3: interesting if if we can get a league and you know, 675 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,520 Speaker 3: if they, if they ever can you know, get in 676 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:35,520 Speaker 3: long yardage situations. This would be an interesting matchup with 677 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:39,400 Speaker 3: him on the on Gonzalez and Gonzalez is hung in there. 678 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:42,200 Speaker 3: I don't want to minimize it, but he still hasn't 679 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:47,080 Speaker 3: played a superior speed rusher, speed guy on that edge, 680 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:49,719 Speaker 3: so we might have to have a little plan for him. 681 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,080 Speaker 3: Thibodeau is athletic off the other side. He was a 682 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 3: high draft pick, and Matt they got nothing to loose. 683 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,120 Speaker 3: I mean they got nothing to lose, so you know, 684 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,880 Speaker 3: expect a big pressure game to try to take away 685 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:05,080 Speaker 3: AR five's legs. I don't think there's any doubt about it. 686 00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:08,160 Speaker 3: And just to note here as far as blitzing, McFadden 687 00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:11,680 Speaker 3: has three sacks and safety Pinnoff hast three sacks, so 688 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:14,800 Speaker 3: you know they're not afraid to bring people. Number three 689 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:18,640 Speaker 3: and this probably should have been number two. Compliment Taylor 690 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:23,080 Speaker 3: like we did Sunday. Compliment those direct runs to him, 691 00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:27,640 Speaker 3: with those misdirect quarterback designers to AR five. Get your 692 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:31,640 Speaker 3: misdirection with five and get and get again, get explosives. 693 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:34,759 Speaker 3: This is another team that really struggles to tackle in 694 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,880 Speaker 3: the beat in the back end. Let's let's up our 695 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:41,760 Speaker 3: let's keep our run production well over one hundred and fifty. 696 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:46,399 Speaker 3: The Colts now are up to number six in rush 697 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:50,640 Speaker 3: per which I treasure at four point seven, so that's 698 00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:55,279 Speaker 3: really a plus number four. Get those explosive plays on 699 00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:58,840 Speaker 3: their outside quarter. You know we're number we're number five 700 00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:02,720 Speaker 3: in the league and in yards per catch at eleven six, 701 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,080 Speaker 3: and we got to work on those average to below 702 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:10,280 Speaker 3: average corners with both Pierce and Mitchell. We saw Mitchell 703 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:13,320 Speaker 3: finally show us that catch he made last week was 704 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,520 Speaker 3: when he made right in front of us. Remember that 705 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 3: day in training camp he made that same catch and 706 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:21,960 Speaker 3: it was good to see it. And you know Pierce 707 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,920 Speaker 3: can do it. So again I mentioned this before, their 708 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:28,799 Speaker 3: safeties will bite hard on a two spin route and 709 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:32,160 Speaker 3: undress those corners one on one. And again I think 710 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:35,720 Speaker 3: those past stats are misleading because they really can't stop 711 00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,480 Speaker 3: the run. I said that before, But again, you want 712 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:42,719 Speaker 3: to get explosive on the outside quarter, and then you 713 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,719 Speaker 3: want to also get some explosive on their safety. I 714 00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:49,720 Speaker 3: mentioned it before. Pinnic and Belton play run aggressively and tough, 715 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,560 Speaker 3: but they really can't handle isolations down the pipe. So 716 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,960 Speaker 3: get them on themes race routes versus single high and 717 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,000 Speaker 3: by wolf I mean by wolf, I mean the outside 718 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,960 Speaker 3: the number one receiver runs an out or a deep 719 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:07,680 Speaker 3: hook which attracts the corner in quarters and then the 720 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:13,080 Speaker 3: number two receiver particularly that downs a slot. He goes 721 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:16,520 Speaker 3: down and he can run the post or the corner. 722 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:19,120 Speaker 3: He can run the option on the corner on the 723 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:22,360 Speaker 3: safety deep and that's where they really really struggle. So 724 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,520 Speaker 3: again I want explosives on that back end period. 725 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:29,080 Speaker 2: All right, Rick Venturry, right there, great job. As always, 726 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:32,040 Speaker 2: those are the blueprints for a victory on Sunday for 727 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,600 Speaker 2: the Colts on both sides of the ball. With the breakdown, 728 00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:37,919 Speaker 2: and Rick, let's close it out with your final instructions 729 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,560 Speaker 2: here for the Colts. We already talked about the playoff 730 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:44,120 Speaker 2: odds and the scenarios for the postseason. The Colts can't 731 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,239 Speaker 2: make the playoffs without two wins to close out the 732 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:50,319 Speaker 2: season against the Giants and the Jaguars. So you know, 733 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,320 Speaker 2: the Colts have to go into this game against the Giants. 734 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:56,080 Speaker 2: Everything's got to be on the line. And despite the 735 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:59,160 Speaker 2: Giants being a mess on the outside, there's no gimmes. 736 00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:01,239 Speaker 2: You know this, right, there's nobody that knows that better 737 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:04,200 Speaker 2: than you. No layups in the NFL, and the Colts 738 00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:08,000 Speaker 2: have to expect the Giants a game on Sunday or otherwise, 739 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:12,640 Speaker 2: this could turn into you know, Week eighteen, twenty twenty 740 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,799 Speaker 2: one against the Jacksonville Jaguars, and we all remember how 741 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:17,640 Speaker 2: that went and what that meant for the Colts in 742 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:20,960 Speaker 2: that season. So bottom line, you don't want an embarrassing 743 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,360 Speaker 2: loss on your hands that dooms your playoff hopes. 744 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,960 Speaker 3: No, absolutely, in the end, you know we're going to 745 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:31,839 Speaker 3: New York with everything on the line. You mentioned that 746 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:36,359 Speaker 3: there are no gimmes in this league. Every game is 747 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:39,919 Speaker 3: a sixty minute war and every game is a one 748 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:44,080 Speaker 3: possession game. We proved that last week, and anything less 749 00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:47,600 Speaker 3: than your best effort and your a game at this 750 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:54,480 Speaker 3: point is totally unacceptable. Failure here would be a momental 751 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:59,719 Speaker 3: scar on you and disfranchise. And if that's too much, 752 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:03,279 Speaker 3: press yes for you man, stay home. You go to 753 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:08,280 Speaker 3: MetLife Stadium to grind them into the ground. One establish 754 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:14,880 Speaker 3: the tone immediately, Two establish the lead, and three never 755 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:18,560 Speaker 3: ever take your foot off the gas. It has been 756 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:21,279 Speaker 3: said that there are four levels of intensity that you 757 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:27,120 Speaker 3: find in the season, preseason intensity, regular season intensity, and 758 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:33,600 Speaker 3: then there's December intensity and playoff intensity. Well, it's December 759 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,560 Speaker 3: and it's now or never, and for you. This has 760 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:42,040 Speaker 3: shifted to playoff mentality, and this is your super Bowl 761 00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:45,279 Speaker 3: no matter how you look at it. This is the 762 00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:49,960 Speaker 3: time that you have to find your very best game. 763 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,719 Speaker 3: This is the time you build momentum and you prove 764 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:57,600 Speaker 3: that you actually belong in the dance. The only thing 765 00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:02,160 Speaker 3: that is controllable is how you play as a focused 766 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:07,360 Speaker 3: team on a mission. And it must be sixty full minutes. 767 00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:14,120 Speaker 3: You must take absolutely nothing for granted. In the seven 768 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:19,359 Speaker 3: hundred's Ad, the fierce Viking warriors who rule the sea, 769 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:24,120 Speaker 3: when they landed on shore to conquer, the first thing 770 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:29,080 Speaker 3: they did was burn their ships. Why did they do 771 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:34,680 Speaker 3: that so there would be no retreat? They came, they saw, 772 00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:41,520 Speaker 3: and they conquered this Sunday, Burn your ships, destroy and 773 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:43,200 Speaker 3: conquer the New York Giants. 774 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,879 Speaker 4: There you go, man, you got no other option here 775 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:49,239 Speaker 4: for the Colts. That's fantastic, great motivation, right, dere Rick 776 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:53,600 Speaker 4: vin Terry. Always the historical perspective, a history lesson on 777 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,520 Speaker 4: the final instructions. That's what we do here, Colts and 778 00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,320 Speaker 4: Giants week seventeen as they head to the Big Apple. 779 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:01,160 Speaker 4: Wonderful job, Rick man. 780 00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:03,359 Speaker 2: You get us firing up every week and so glad 781 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:06,280 Speaker 2: to be back with you, and again glad the family 782 00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:09,320 Speaker 2: had a great holiday. Looking forward to our second trip 783 00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:11,400 Speaker 2: to New York in about six weeks to close out 784 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:13,840 Speaker 2: the road schedule here for the Colts and have a 785 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:15,520 Speaker 2: great rest of the week, and we'll see you on 786 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:17,560 Speaker 2: Saturday for the final time on the big Bird. 787 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:19,799 Speaker 3: Well, I can't wait to get on that big Berger 788 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:21,640 Speaker 3: and I can't wait to get in that press box 789 00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:25,279 Speaker 3: because I told my family that you inform me that 790 00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,759 Speaker 3: the Jets pictures will all be turned around in the Giants. 791 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,000 Speaker 3: I'm really looking forward to that. 792 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,239 Speaker 2: That's what they do in the press box. Everything is 793 00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:37,719 Speaker 2: double sided, it's reversible. So when there's a Giants home game, 794 00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:40,040 Speaker 2: they got the Giants pictures up and then when the 795 00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:42,680 Speaker 2: Jets play, they just turn those pictures around inside the 796 00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:45,200 Speaker 2: press box and there you got some of the great 797 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:47,720 Speaker 2: Jets players of all time hanging up in the press 798 00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:50,000 Speaker 2: box too. So it's amazing how they can do that 799 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:52,360 Speaker 2: in short order, but they do it every week. They've 800 00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:53,080 Speaker 2: got it down to a. 801 00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:55,680 Speaker 3: Science, all right, man, I will see you Saturday. 802 00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:59,040 Speaker 2: Absolutely. Rick Venturrey right there, and that's the kapper on 803 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:02,200 Speaker 2: today's edition of Inside Football. It's the Colts and Giants 804 00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:06,080 Speaker 2: Sunday one o'clock kickoff Week seventeen, and our coverage on 805 00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,240 Speaker 2: radio begins at ten am with the Colts pre game Huddle, 806 00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:11,719 Speaker 2: and we got you all day long, nine hours on 807 00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:15,440 Speaker 2: our flagship stations in Indianapolis ninety three five, one oh 808 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:18,360 Speaker 2: seven five the Fan ninety seven to one Hank FM, 809 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:20,840 Speaker 2: and we look forward to it as always, it's a 810 00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:23,160 Speaker 2: must win game for the Colts to keep their playoff 811 00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:27,080 Speaker 2: hopes alive in week seventeen. For Rick Venturrey, I'm Matt Taylor. 812 00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:29,759 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening everybody. This has been inside Football here 813 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:31,600 Speaker 2: on the Colts Audio Network so long.