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Speaker 1: The verdict is in push that tush. We'll tell you why.

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Speaker 1: NFL owners voted down a proposal to ban push plays

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Speaker 1: today after hearing a last minute pitch from the Eagles,

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Speaker 1: including a franchise legend, Brock Perdy officially has now signed

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Speaker 1: his two hundred and sixty five million dollar contract excentire

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Speaker 1: with the forty nine ers. Eddie is celebrating in style.

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Speaker 1: Perty joins us tonight on this show to talk about

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Speaker 1: getting paid, getting Christian McCaffrey back, and getting San Francisco

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Speaker 1: back on top I. Meanwhile, Ota is kicking off around

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Speaker 1: the league. Inst division champs from a year ago could

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Speaker 1: be vulnerable. Brian Bauldier and Steve Wisch will be here

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Speaker 1: to tell you who should be feeling uneasy, if not queasy.

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Speaker 2: As they get back onto the field.

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Speaker 1: Welcome inside with the Insiders alongside Judy Batista.

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Speaker 2: I am Top Pelasera. We are live at.

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Speaker 1: The Spring League meeting in Egan, Minnesota, where, yeah.

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Speaker 2: Everybody left about five hours ago.

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Speaker 1: These meetings are long since wrapped up, but we did

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Speaker 1: get a lot of business done during the course of

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Speaker 1: the past couple of days. Start out on Tuesday, with

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Speaker 1: NFL owners approved a resolution allowing NFL players to participate

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Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty eight Olympic Games. Today was all

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Speaker 1: about some of the football playing rules onside kicks. A

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Speaker 1: tweaked to that that passed. More on that in just

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Speaker 1: a little bit. A playoff receiving proposal from the lines

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Speaker 1: was withdrawn. That's going to gain further conversation down the line.

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Speaker 1: But all anybody wanted to talk about was the tush

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Speaker 1: push ban, which ended up being voted down. Everybody talking

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Speaker 1: about it, including one guy who sees it twice a year.

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Speaker 3: Any play that's out of the ordinary get some extra

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Speaker 3: scrutiny just because of the competition in there, and so

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Speaker 3: all of that, I think is now, that's the fun

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Speaker 3: part of having these meetings.

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Speaker 4: And here we are.

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Speaker 3: The world champion is the main focus of the tush push,

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Speaker 3: and here we are debating it and having to decide, well,

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Speaker 3: I'm well, I'm a really against the tush push or

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Speaker 3: just don't want Philadelphia to have an egg And I

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Speaker 3: sit there and fight that too, which smile, smile when

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Speaker 3: they're making presentation, which it for you.

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Speaker 2: I don't know how flip flop.

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Speaker 1: There's no question the Eagles are unbelievably effective at the

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Speaker 1: play that they have popularized. Within the NFL last seedon

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Speaker 1: thirty nine of fifty one on tush push plays over

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Speaker 1: three quarters conversion rate for an Eagles team that continued

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Speaker 1: pushing all the way to the super Bowl. But this

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Speaker 1: was not solely judy about NFL owners trying to take

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Speaker 1: away a play that the Eagles have made effective. This

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Speaker 1: was also about a couple of other factors. One, there

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Speaker 1: were people within the league who do not belie believe

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Speaker 1: that this looks like a football play. They think it's

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Speaker 1: more of a rugby style scrum. And number two, there

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Speaker 1: were concerns, even though there's not injury data in a

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Speaker 1: pretty small sample set, about the biomechanics of the play,

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Speaker 1: the posture of the players lower in the heads, the

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Speaker 1: additional force that is generated in a play like that.

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Speaker 1: It got all the way to the point that twenty

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Speaker 1: teams voted to ban the play, but they needed twenty

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Speaker 1: two teams wanted to ban the play, they needed twenty four.

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Speaker 2: It fell a little bit short, lot well.

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Speaker 5: It fell short among other reasons because Jeff Lury, the

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Speaker 5: owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, gave an impassioned plea and

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Speaker 5: he also brought in his ringer Jason kelcey future Hall

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Speaker 5: of Fame center, who knows this play better than anybody,

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Speaker 5: and he did a little film demonstration of why he

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Speaker 5: does not think the play is excessively dangerous. The doctors

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Speaker 5: the medical community in the NFL disagrees with Jason kelce

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Speaker 5: Doctor Allen Stills, the Chief Medical Officer, had talked to

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Speaker 5: owners and said, the concern here is the possibility of

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Speaker 5: a catastrophic that is the word he used, catastrophic injury

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Speaker 5: on the play again, because the players are going low

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Speaker 5: and the force that is being generated by the pushing.

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Speaker 5: There is no injury data. There's just not enough of

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Speaker 5: a sample size. Fortunately, there have not been any injuries yet.

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Speaker 5: But it's unusual that this fell short, even though it

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Speaker 5: fell short by just two votes, because it was unanimously

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Speaker 5: Health in Safety Committee and the Owner's Health and Safety Committee,

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Speaker 5: So all of the committees that generally get involved with

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Speaker 5: rules changers were behind banning the tush push. It fell

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Speaker 5: to votes short. I'm not sure that we have heard

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Speaker 5: the last of this effort. Roder Goodell, after the meeting

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Speaker 5: said you know, they're going to monitor this obviously and

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Speaker 5: see how it goes. But there is still concern about

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Speaker 5: the safety of this play, and I suspect that we

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Speaker 1: And this was a modified proposal that was much broader.

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Speaker 1: It was any examples of pushing or pulling, including downfield,

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Speaker 1: something that was on the books from nineteen twenty to

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Speaker 1: two thousand and five. There are still some concerns about

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Speaker 1: those things happening down the field. Rich McKay said, one

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Speaker 1: thing that they're going to emphasize again this year to

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Speaker 1: the officials is when you get that rugby style scrum,

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Speaker 1: somebody's trying to move the pile from both sides, blow

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Speaker 1: the thing dead. As for the Eagles, well, fair to

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Speaker 1: say they were pleased, as Jeffrey Lourie put it as

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Speaker 1: he jumped into an elevator today, that this play was

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Speaker 1: not in fact banned, the team posting push on on

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Speaker 1: their ex account and posting twenty six minutes of highlights

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Speaker 1: of push plays on their YouTube page as well. Let's

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Speaker 1: bring in our Steve Whites and Brian Baldinger to the conversation, Baldy,

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Speaker 1: You're very familiar with this play. You know a lot

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Speaker 1: of people in the Eagles organization. It seemed like there's

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Speaker 1: been momentum, and certainly it had a lot of votes.

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Speaker 1: Why in your mind did this not get across the

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Speaker 1: goal line?

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Speaker 6: You're right, Tom, and just low.

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Speaker 7: On Sunday I talked to a prominent Eagles coach who

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Speaker 7: did not think that it would pass.

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Speaker 6: They thought that the play would be canceled.

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Speaker 7: As of Sunday, I think Jason Kelcey and talking to

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Speaker 7: players today really had a real impact in that room.

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Speaker 7: When he was pleading, he said if he had to

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Speaker 7: come back at a retirement and do eighty toush pushes,

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Speaker 7: he would come back and do it if he could.

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Speaker 7: I thought it was pretty interesting statistically that you put

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Speaker 7: up earlier. They were ten for ten on fourth down

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Speaker 7: to the Eagles. Tom, this is not a gimmick play.

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Speaker 7: This is not a rugby scrum. This is a real

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Speaker 7: play that they spend an awful lot of time working

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Speaker 7: on and game planning for it. Because I'm sure Steve

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Speaker 7: is going to show some plays of teams that have

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Speaker 7: stopped it and how they try to do it. They

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Speaker 7: study all of that. It is a lot of physics

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Speaker 7: are involved. They studied the physics of it. It does

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Speaker 7: help that they've got some enormous powerful offensive alignment up

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Speaker 6: The quarterback can dead lift six hundred pounds. That helps.

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Speaker 7: But this was very, very close. I was interested to

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Speaker 7: know that ten teams that would not, you know, vote

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Speaker 7: and New Orleans did not vote against it. You can

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Speaker 7: bet that Kelli Moore, Doug newsfire down in the New

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Speaker 7: Orleans will probably employ the play, or at least try

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Speaker 7: to employ it this year with the New Orleans Saints.

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Speaker 8: We all in some of the arguments you know against Banny,

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Speaker 8: where people like, just because one team does something better

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Speaker 8: than the other team, we shouldn't bet it, we should

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Speaker 8: just try to stop it.

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Speaker 6: So I'm gonna put a lot ball.

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Speaker 9: These breakdown cap guys, and let's break out some field.

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Speaker 9: First off, let's go to the NFC Championship game last year,

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Speaker 9: and we all remember Frankie Louvu right going over the

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Speaker 9: top getting all the penalties here where they actually threatened

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Speaker 9: to let Philadelphia score because of the infraction. But let's

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Speaker 9: go before that and let me show you how Washington

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Speaker 9: actually made it play. Dallas Goddard, he's a touch put, sure,

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Speaker 9: but you're saying Cleveland Parrell come off the edge and

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Speaker 9: actually bear body, hug bear hug, got it and deny

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Speaker 9: the play to come in again Washington, And speaking of

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Speaker 9: coaches there, they actually employed this get the tush pusher

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Speaker 9: to the ground. So let's see if other teams can

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Speaker 9: successfully be as creative or come up with other ways

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Speaker 9: to try to either tackle the tush pusher come over

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Speaker 9: the top because as.

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Speaker 8: You know this ball to you talk talked about the physics,

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Speaker 8: there often is a stalemate on the initial collision at

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Speaker 5: But it's the push usually.

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Speaker 8: From titan Dallas Goddard, who's super strong, that gets Jalen

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Speaker 2: And that is my White's breakdown.

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Speaker 1: Okay, great stuff, Steve and Baldy. More for both of

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Speaker 1: you in just a little bit a contrary to what

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Speaker 1: it might seem if you turned on I don't know

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Speaker 1: any sports network, even the nightly news right now, there

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Speaker 1: were other things on the agenda, that includes the Lions

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Speaker 1: withdrawing their proposal on playoff receiving. However, is and I

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Speaker 1: report earlier today there was extended discussion in the room

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Speaker 1: about the idea. There is support for potentially doing some receding,

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Speaker 1: and the NFL is going to look into possible receding scenarios,

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Speaker 1: whether that's in the first round, the second round, or

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Speaker 1: even potentially the third round for potential changes as soon

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Speaker 1: as twenty twenty six. We also had a change with

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Speaker 1: regard to the on side kick, but Roger Goodell, one

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Speaker 1: of his focuses was on exactly what the playoff receiving

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Speaker 10: On the receding, that was something that had got a

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Speaker 10: lot of discussion in March. There are different forms of receding,

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Speaker 10: forms of receding after the second after the first week,

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Speaker 10: after the second week, what is it that would be

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Speaker 10: of interest to them? And I think we got some

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Speaker 1: There were some things that had been misreported about what

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Speaker 1: exact the Lion's proposal was. This was not a second

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Speaker 1: round receiving. This was everything from go receid only by

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Speaker 1: each conference. However, as they continue to analyze this year,

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Speaker 1: there are scenarios where maybe the division winners still get

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Speaker 1: the home games in round one and then you do

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Speaker 1: reced in round two, or even as Gadell reference today,

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Speaker 1: that would be a pretty narrow receiving process.

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Speaker 5: I think where we're headed is they withdrew this because

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Speaker 5: there was nowhere near enough support for this change right now.

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Speaker 5: And frankly, this change is really intended to get the

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Speaker 5: NFL to a place in the eighteen game regular season,

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Speaker 5: which is still a few years away. The concern for

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Speaker 5: the NFL is the games we often see in the

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Speaker 5: last week of the season, maybe the last two weeks

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Speaker 5: of the regular season, teams that have already clinched their

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Speaker 5: playoff position, their seed, and then they rest their starters.

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Speaker 5: The NFL. That's a bad look for the NFL. Those

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Speaker 5: are non competitive games. They don't like the competitive imbalance

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Speaker 5: that that creates, and obviously, if you're going to an

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Speaker 5: even longer regular season, you have the potential for even

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Speaker 5: more weeks where those games could be taking place. They're

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Speaker 5: basically going to go to the workshop, right. This was

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Speaker 5: a I would say a surprising amount of interest, even

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Speaker 5: from owners who I would not have expected to embrace

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Speaker 5: Camp, mister relevant twenty twenty two.

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Speaker 4: Rock Purty, rock Perty is first NFL star down.

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Speaker 8: Head Party, Baby, Let's go touchdown?

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Speaker 11: Rock Party is the real deal.

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Speaker 12: We fid time for.

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Speaker 6: Party to meet party, and he was the rock star

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Speaker 1: The forty nine ers have won this crazy championship game

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Speaker 1: That is the journey of Brock Purty, who officially signed

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Speaker 2: The Brock.

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Speaker 1: I went back and looked at your original rookie contract,

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Speaker 1: When you're you're getting there to sign that paper, just

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Speaker 13: Yeah, man, my rookie contract signing it actually right here

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Speaker 1: So let's spend this thing forward now, Brock. Obviously a

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Speaker 13: Man? I'm excited, you know, everybody came back for phase

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Speaker 5: What do you want to work on personally in your

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Speaker 1: There was a video of the forty nine ers posted

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Speaker 2: He's going through this contract thing. He showed up.

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Speaker 1: My takeaway was he's handed off to Christian McCaffrey, a

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Speaker 13: Man, I'm so excited, you know, Christian being back and

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Speaker 1: By one disappointment in this interview is Fred Warner promised

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Speaker 1: after signing this contract you were going to be iced out,

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Speaker 6: Are you?

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Speaker 1: Are you gonna allow yourself to make maybe a couple

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Speaker 13: Uh, for the most part, I'm pretty sure we're just

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Speaker 6: My wife and I and uh, I don't know.

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Speaker 13: I was talking about maybe buying a bass fishing boat

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Speaker 2: So awesome, man.

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Speaker 1: Well, congratulations again, Brock. We appreciate you being here.

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Speaker 2: Can't wait to see on the field in twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 13: Sir, thank you, Go Niners.

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Speaker 2: Rock Purty Big.

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Speaker 1: I'm Deil big time guest right here on The Insiders,

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Speaker 1: and this show rolls on. Cameron Wolf is going to

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Speaker 5: Welcome back to The Insiders. New today, Well, there are

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Speaker 5: Tush push lives. The vote fel too short of banning

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Speaker 5: least of the Eagles running a play that appears to

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Speaker 5: reseating today and they basically told everybody put on your

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Speaker 5: thinking caps and come up with scenarios. We are probably

441
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Speaker 5: still a few seasons away from playoff receding, but that

442
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Speaker 5: is something they are interested in doing. And the onside

443
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Speaker 5: kick has been tweaked. If you are a trailing team,

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Speaker 5: you can now declare an on sidekick attempt anytime in

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Speaker 5: the game. They also tweet the formation the alignment for

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Speaker 5: the on sidekick. They're hoping to generate more on sidekick recoveries.

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Speaker 5: Not that many more, but just a few more. They

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Speaker 5: don't want the play to completely disappear from the game.

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Speaker 5: And the Miami Dolphins, this is like football, real football.

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Speaker 5: Their OTAs begin right after Memorial Day. But they are

451
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Speaker 5: on the field. They got some stuff to work on,

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Speaker 5: they got some issues on their plate, and we've got

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Speaker 5: our very own cam will fear to discuss the Miami Dolphins,

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Speaker 5: all right. They are going to be on the field

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Speaker 5: next week for OTA's cam what should we be keeping

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Speaker 5: our eyes on.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, I can't wait to see Devon Chan, running back

458
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Speaker 14: who has been a star of the first two years,

459
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Speaker 14: and he could be in line for even more this year.

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Speaker 14: Rare he mostered left to go to Vegas, and now

461
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Speaker 14: he's got an opportunity to be the clear number one

462
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Speaker 14: player in that backfield. And he has been very loud

463
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Speaker 14: and clear about his goals. He said, I can be

464
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Speaker 14: a thousand yard rusher and a five hundred yard receiver

465
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Speaker 14: if you draft him in fantasy football. Last year he

466
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Speaker 14: was a top ten PPR player for you there and

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Speaker 14: he could be that guy again. And I got a

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Speaker 14: chance to talk with his running back coach, Eric Stutisville

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Speaker 14: today up at the Dolphins facility, and the question that

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Speaker 14: a lot of people had about eight Chan is he's small.

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Speaker 14: He's five to nine one hundred and eighty some pounds.

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Speaker 14: Can he handle the workload Studentsville's answers, Yes, he can

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Speaker 14: handle whatever we give him. I've never viewed him as

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Speaker 14: a small back, and he says he wants more. We're

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Speaker 14: preparing to give him more, and so he could end

476
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Speaker 14: up being even bigger part of that offense than people envision.

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Speaker 14: Of course, they have Jalen Wright, their rookie back last year.

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Speaker 14: He'll come in and fill some of those roles. And

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Speaker 14: they drafted Ali Gordon as a big back laid in

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Speaker 14: the draft. But this is devine A Chan's opportunity to

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Speaker 14: own that backfield, to be able to run the ball.

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Speaker 14: And he said he left a lot of yards out

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Speaker 14: there on the table that he wants to get. And

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Speaker 14: another interesting thing, Judy, you mentioned some of the talk

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Speaker 14: this offseason about the Dolphins. He said, we have heard

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Speaker 14: some people throw around the soft word, talk about our toughness,

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Speaker 14: and I hope they keep that same energy when they

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Speaker 14: come about this year. And so these guys are having

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Speaker 14: some maternal motivation. They say it's a different team and

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Speaker 14: they think it'll start with the running game with a

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Speaker 14: Chan and better blocking up front to be able to

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Speaker 14: have that success in December and January where they failed

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Speaker 14: in the past.

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Speaker 5: All Right, we are almost to the Memorial Day weekend

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Speaker 5: and maybe surprisingly, Jalen Ramsey is still a Miami Dolphin.

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Speaker 5: Where do things stand with both of their sides attempts

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Speaker 5: to trade them.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, Judy, I checked in with a couple of people

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Speaker 14: on the Jalen Ramsey situation this week, and I was

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Speaker 14: told nothing is imminent. There have been conversations draft weekend

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Speaker 14: and throughout May in regards to Jalen Ramsey. There's interest,

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Speaker 14: but right now there's nothing. There's nothing closing at this moment.

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Speaker 14: It has been relatively quiet. But one thing I was told

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Speaker 14: is to keep an eye on that July first date.

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Speaker 14: The Dolphins would take a over twenty five million dollar

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Speaker 14: cap hit if they traded him before July first. That

507
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Speaker 14: number drops to under seven million dollars if they trade

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Speaker 14: him after July first. And a lot of people were

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Speaker 14: looking at saying Jayalen Ramsey's one of their best players,

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Speaker 14: He's been elite. All these things are true. But I

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Speaker 14: talk with their defensive coording under Anthony Weaver today about

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Speaker 14: the situation, and his quote kind of sums up why

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Speaker 14: the Dolphins and Ramseys are here. He said that Ramsey's

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Speaker 14: been a great player for us, but relationships are hard,

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Speaker 14: and he's chosen to move on. This isn't about a

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Speaker 14: guy who wants more money or a guy who can't

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Speaker 14: play anymore. This is just a simp situation where relationships

518
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Speaker 14: are hard and the relationship between the Dolphins and Ramsey

519
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Speaker 14: has essentially run out. I expect him to get traded

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Speaker 14: at some point in June or July. They have talked

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Speaker 14: to a lot of teams. I'm told the Dolphins are

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Speaker 14: aware of teams that Ramsey would be interested in. We've

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Speaker 14: heard the La Rams and their coaching and GM staff

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Speaker 14: talk and rave about Jayalen Rams. There's other places where

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Speaker 14: he has had coaches he has loved to play for

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Speaker 14: in the past, whether it be Rae Morris and Atlanta

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Speaker 14: or a giro verro in Carolina. We'll kind of see

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Speaker 14: how the money factors in. That's going to be a

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Speaker 14: big part of it. But for the Dolphins, they're already

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Speaker 14: planning to move on. They're speaking in the past, he's

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Speaker 14: not going to be at OTAs and for them, they're

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Speaker 14: planning on developing their young corners, including Cam Smith, their

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Speaker 14: third year player, to try to replace a Jalen Ramsey.

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Speaker 5: It's going to be really interesting to see what happens

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Speaker 5: if Jalen Ramsey is still on the roster. As we

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Speaker 5: inch closer and closer to training camp opening at the

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Speaker 5: end of July, camp Thank you very much.

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Speaker 1: Bears in their second day of OTA practices, in their

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Speaker 1: first off season under new head coach Ben Johnson, who

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Speaker 1: had to answer some questions based on a recent article

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Speaker 1: about the Bears' history with quarterbacks, one that he certainly

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Speaker 1: hopes changes with Caleb Williams.

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Speaker 15: I love it.

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Speaker 6: I love it.

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Speaker 15: I love the opportunity come on in and change that narrative.

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Speaker 15: That's where great stories are written, and so we're looking

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Speaker 15: to write a new chapter here twenty twenty five Chicago

548
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Speaker 15: Bears and looking forward to the future.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to the insiders.

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Speaker 1: Tom Pelaserro Judi Batista here at the Spring league meeting,

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Speaker 1: joined once again by Brian Baldinger and Steve White. Judy

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Speaker 1: you got a call him up NFL dot com slash

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Speaker 1: Batista about potentially vulnerable division winners from a year ago.

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Speaker 2: Let's start right there in the NFC North. What do

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Speaker 2: you make it the lines.

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Speaker 5: I think they're vulnerable in large part because of the

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Speaker 5: quality competition in that division. Don't forget that division came

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Speaker 5: down to the very last game of the regular season

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Speaker 5: last year. Three teams out of the NFC North went

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Speaker 5: to the playoffs last year. And it just so happens

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Speaker 5: that the Detroit Lions have the second hardest strength of

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Speaker 5: schedule this season, and they lost both of their coordinators

563
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Speaker 5: this offseason. That's an awful lot to deal with. And

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Speaker 5: the Chicago Bears should also be improved this season. So

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Speaker 5: the quality of the competition in the division is certainly

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Speaker 5: a factor here. And you know, adjusting to losing two

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Speaker 5: coordinators in one off season not easy for any team.

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Speaker 7: I would agree with you, Judy losing the quarters. I've

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Speaker 7: often said this that it's more difficult to replace good

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Speaker 7: coordinators and Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson that it is

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Speaker 7: great players.

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Speaker 6: It might be the case. We'll find out.

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Speaker 7: We'll see what Dan Campbell has in store for us,

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Speaker 7: how they kind of restore the order.

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Speaker 6: But in addition, you know, it was more than the

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Speaker 6: loss of Aden Hutchinson.

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Speaker 7: But this was not a good defensive team down the stretch,

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Speaker 7: and their last two losses to Buffalo they give up

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Speaker 7: forty eight points and a playoff loss at home, they

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Speaker 7: give up forty five points to the Washington Commanders, and

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Speaker 7: so they were leaking oil at the end of the season.

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Speaker 7: Last year, they did win fifteen games, take nothing away

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Speaker 7: from that.

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Speaker 6: They've won the division a couple of years in a row.

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Speaker 7: But the competition is fierce, and we all believe that

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Speaker 7: Ben Johnson in Chicago is going to make that outfit

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Speaker 7: a lot more competitive than what we have seen, so

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Speaker 7: I would agree with you.

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Speaker 6: I think they are vulnerable to repeating his division champ

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Speaker 6: right now.

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Speaker 1: Baldy, thank you very much, Steve. We will get to

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Speaker 1: you shortly here, but first we need to bring you

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Speaker 1: some breaking news, and it is very sad news out

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Speaker 1: of Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Ersay has died at the

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Speaker 1: age of sixty five. The team announcing this just a

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Speaker 1: short time ago, team releasing a statement staying in part,

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Speaker 1: we are devastated to announce our beloved owner and CEO,

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Speaker 1: Jim Ersay, passed away peacefully in his sleep this afternoon.

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Speaker 1: Jim's dedication and passion for the Indianapolis Colts, in addition

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Speaker 1: to his generosity, commitment to the community, and most importantly,

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Speaker 1: his love for his family, were unsurpassed. Our deepest sympathies

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Speaker 1: go to his daughter's Carlie Ersay, Gordon Casey Foyt, Kaylin Jackson,

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Speaker 1: and his entire family as we grieve with them. Judy

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Speaker 1: Jim Rsay was one of the great characters among NFL

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Speaker 1: owners He's somebody that I certainly knew on some level.

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Speaker 1: You spend a lot of time around him as well.

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Speaker 1: He obviously had dealt with a lot from a personal perspective,

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Speaker 1: from a health perspective in recent years.

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Speaker 5: Tragic news tonight, Just terrible news. I saw one of

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Speaker 5: his daughters here today. Just terrible and stunning news. He

611
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Speaker 5: was sort of a hippie, but really an old soul.

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Speaker 5: As an owner, he was mentored by some of the

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Speaker 5: legendary owners of the game. Wellington Marra from the Giants,

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Speaker 5: Dan Rooney from the Pittsburgh Steelers. Those were the people

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Speaker 5: who guided him when he was a young man. When

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Speaker 5: he took over the franchise from his own father, they

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Speaker 5: moved the team to Indianapolis, and he had a really

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Speaker 5: soft touch. He was the one who his father was

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Speaker 5: a little bit more rough around the edges, and when

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Speaker 5: employees would be upset, or players would be upset, or

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Speaker 5: fans would be upset, it was Jim who went to

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Speaker 5: them and apologized and smooth things over. He was a

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Speaker 5: lovely man. He was an enormous music aficionado. He had

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Speaker 5: the scroll to on the Road he owned that. He

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Speaker 5: owned many guitars, and he loved, loved the Indianapolis Colts.

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Speaker 5: He wanted to win so very badly. You know, he

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Speaker 5: was so proud of how they had turned Indiana and

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Speaker 5: Indianapolis from a basketball place to a football place. They

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Speaker 5: built a spectacular stadium downtown largely because of Peyton Manning's success,

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Speaker 5: and he wanted so much to replicate that kind of success.

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Speaker 5: In recent years, they haven't quite gotten there. Just a terrible,

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Speaker 5: terrible loss for the Indianapolis Colts, the Indianapolis community, and

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Speaker 5: the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Jim Mersey's children, particularly Carl Ursay, have been very involved

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Speaker 1: with the team in recent years, Carl Ersay touching all

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Speaker 1: aspects of that organization, much as Jim did under his father,

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Speaker 1: Robert Ursay versus the Colts general manager and succeeding his

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Speaker 1: late father In Nightieen ninety seven.

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Speaker 2: Here's more on the life of Jim Irsay.

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Speaker 4: The Indianapolis Colts football revival occurred under the guidance of

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Speaker 4: Jim Ersay, a man who overcame obstacles of his own.

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Speaker 11: I had a tough childhood. I mean, you know, I

643
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Speaker 11: lost both my brother and sister. You know, my sister

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Speaker 11: died in the car crash when I was eleven, a

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Speaker 11: state trooper came knocking on the door, and you know,

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Speaker 11: your sister's dad, you know, and your brother is severely

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Speaker 11: handicapped at birth and eventually dies at an early age.

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Speaker 11: And so you know, out a three year the only

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Speaker 11: one left. My dad died of alcoholism. My grandfather died

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Speaker 11: of alcoholism.

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Speaker 4: Ers would struggle against similar substance dependencies throughout much of

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Speaker 4: his life, often at a heavy price. But in the

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Speaker 4: early days of Colts football in the Hoosier State, Jim

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Speaker 4: was very much in con control of his father's team

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Speaker 4: as its youthful general manager. At the age of twenty seven,

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Speaker 4: he put together a ten player blockbuster deal that brought

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Speaker 4: in star running back Eric Dickerson, a move that ended

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Speaker 4: a decade of futility Dickerson.

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Speaker 16: Trying to get outside cuts up to the thirty piece

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Speaker 16: At the twenty five.

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Speaker 3: Twenty ten.

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Speaker 5: Thirty four years per.

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Speaker 16: The Colts went in twenty four to six and had

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Speaker 16: the playoffs for the first time in ten years. From

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Speaker 16: last place to park.

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Speaker 4: A decade later, Ersay made the draft choice that turned

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Speaker 4: the Colts into an NFL powerhouse.

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Speaker 17: With the first pick of the draft, the Indianapolis Colts

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Speaker 17: select quarterback University of Tennessee Peyton Manna.

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Speaker 4: From this began a golden era of colts football under

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Speaker 4: Ersay twenty two game winning streak. That's a record even

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Speaker 4: in this decade. That's a record.

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Speaker 11: Looking at all other teams in the last century in

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Speaker 11: all sports.

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Speaker 6: This is really special.

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Speaker 16: Nine straight seasons when tenor ball wins nine straight playoff

677
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Speaker 16: appearances ties a lake record.

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Speaker 4: In two thousand and eight, Hers opened a showplace stadium

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Speaker 4: for his Thoroughbred team, after having already built his reputation

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Speaker 4: among league owners with a steady stream of progressive head

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Speaker 4: coaching hires.

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Speaker 6: We want to go get this, and.

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Speaker 7: Anyone who doesn't want more than one of these, you know,

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Speaker 7: shouldn't wear a horse shoe.

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Speaker 11: I walk in the locker room on Sunday, and you know,

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Speaker 11: we gather hands and pray and then get ready to

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Speaker 11: go on the field.

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Speaker 6: WHOA Ready? Whoa?

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Speaker 11: Every single player has to know that I did everything

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Speaker 11: I can to give us a chance to win.

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Speaker 6: Wait a pipe, babequait a pipe.

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Speaker 1: Jim Irsay loved his Indianapolis Colts, and there were many

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Speaker 1: people who loved him. Jim Irsay passing away today at

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Speaker 1: the age of sixty five. Sad news tonight from Indianapolis,

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Speaker 1: the Colts announcing just a short time ago that their

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Speaker 1: owner and CEO, Jim Ersay, passed away peacefully in his

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Speaker 1: sleep this afternoon. He was sixty five years old. Team

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Speaker 1: staying in part. Jim's generosita can be felt all over Indianapolis,

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Speaker 1: the state of Indiana, and the country. He made philanthropy

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Speaker 1: a daily endeavor. He never hesitated to help countless organizations

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Speaker 1: and individuals live better lives. Music was one of Jim's passions,

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Speaker 1: and the ability to share his band and collection with

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Speaker 1: millions of people across the world brought him tremendous joy.

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Speaker 1: Simply put, he wanted to make the world a better place,

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Speaker 1: and that philosophy never wavered. Jim will be deeply missed

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Speaker 1: by his family, the Colts organization, and bands everywhere. We

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Speaker 1: remain inspired by his carrying and unique spirit. Colts players

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Speaker 1: weighing in on social media within the past few minutes,

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Speaker 1: including their defensive linemen to Forest Buckner setting up prayers

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Speaker 1: for Jim Ersay and the Ersay family. Welcome back to

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Speaker 1: the Insiders, Tom Pellisio and Judy Batista here at the

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Speaker 1: Spring League meeting which wrapped up earlier today, joined by

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Speaker 1: Steve Whites as well as Brian Baldinger, who is of

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Speaker 1: course one of our analysts and also a former Indianapolis

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Speaker 1: Colts player. Baldy, I imagine that you have some personal

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Speaker 1: memories of Jim, irsay.

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Speaker 7: I do, and everything that has been echoed so far,

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Speaker 7: I share the same tremendous generosity. But I came to

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Speaker 7: the Colts with Jim's dad, Robert Ursay nineteen eighty eight

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Speaker 7: had played four years there.

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Speaker 6: And whether it's myself.

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Speaker 7: Peyton Manning, DeForest Buckner, on and on and on, anybody

723
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Speaker 7: that played for the Colts played for a first class organization.

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Speaker 7: Jim Marsay was dead set on that, whether it was

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Speaker 7: you know, a brand new stadium that they have built.

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Speaker 7: When I first came to the Colts tom.

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Speaker 6: This time of the year, in the middle of May.

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Speaker 7: This was race month in Indianapolis. This was about the

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Speaker 7: Indy five hundred race car drivers AJ Foyd. They would

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Speaker 7: come over to the Colts facility, they get treatment, you know,

731
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Speaker 7: for the injuries and things that they sustained. And then

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Speaker 7: Jim Mersey hired Tony Dungeon, and he hired and signed

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Speaker 7: Peyton Manning and this state, which was a heavy college

734
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Speaker 7: basketball state. It was the Hoosier State. It was Bob

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Speaker 7: it was Bobby Knight in Bloombyton, it was the race

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Speaker 7: car month in the month of May. It became a

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Speaker 7: true football powerhouse. And Jim really guided that whole thing.

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Speaker 7: Bill Polly came in, ran the organization. He hired great people.

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Speaker 7: But to this day, to this day, you go to

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Speaker 7: that facility on fifty sixth Street in Indianapolis right now,

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Speaker 7: I know that there's still people that work in the

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Speaker 7: equipment room, in the training room that Jim hired thirty

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Speaker 7: and forty years ago that still worked him. This is

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Speaker 7: a place where it feels like home. No matter how

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Speaker 7: long you played, you feel like you were at home

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Speaker 7: when you went back to visit for whatever reason, whether

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Speaker 7: you're back for a game, an alumnia function, or whatever

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Speaker 7: it was, you really felt like you're coming back to

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Speaker 7: a place where they really wanted you to be around

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Speaker 7: and to come back. And that was all the philanthropy

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Speaker 7: of Jim Mercy. You can't go downtown Indianapolis and not

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Speaker 7: see the marks that Jim Ersay has left on this

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Speaker 7: town and his ability to give back. And I know, Steve,

754
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Speaker 7: you're close to the organization and covering this league. I

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Speaker 7: know that you share some of the same sentiments that

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Speaker 7: I have as a former player.

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Speaker 8: We waal when we broke into this broadcast with the

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Speaker 8: news of his death. I mean, it was a gut punch.

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Speaker 8: I mean, the win came at me. I'll do me,

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Speaker 8: you know, and Tom and Junior are there at the

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Speaker 8: league meetings there in Minnesota.

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Speaker 2: And I can't tell you how many years you.

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Speaker 8: Know of seeing Jim Irsay at these meetings and having

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Speaker 8: conversations with him, because he was always very outspoken about

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Speaker 8: whatever the big topic of the season was, whether it

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Speaker 8: was a rule change, whether it was the potential ouster

767
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,279
Speaker 8: of Dan Snyder is the owner of the Washington Commanders.

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Speaker 6: He had something to say.

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Speaker 8: He was a fearless owner who spoke up for his club,

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Speaker 8: for his community, for so many people, and you know,

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Speaker 8: just you know, I've heard from somebody for the culture

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Speaker 8: right now. This is a devastating blow to that organization

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Speaker 8: in so many ways. But you've talked about the philanthropy, Baldy.

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Speaker 8: I remember a couple of years ago when Darius Leonard,

775
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Speaker 8: the linebacker there, started his foundation. How Jim irsay, just

776
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Speaker 8: gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to kick this off

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Speaker 8: of the ground because it was a mental health ordeal.

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Speaker 8: And after everything Jim had been through in his life

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Speaker 8: well documented in that obituary, a lot of the medical

780
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Speaker 8: issues that he'd been through, the back surgery's, leg surgeries,

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Speaker 8: the respiratory issues, this mental illness thing was huge for him.

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Speaker 8: The culture, the leaders in the NFL, with their players

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Speaker 8: and people who work there speaking out on this.

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Speaker 6: So again, he had a heart of gold.

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Speaker 8: Anyone would tell you that, as quirky as he was

786
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Speaker 8: the late night social media post whatever, but this is

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Speaker 8: somebody in his heart of hearts and you know, this

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Speaker 8: baldy is about the betterment of mankind. So again, this

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Speaker 8: is a very human blow. As very much as we

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Speaker 8: talk about him being an NFL owner and things like that, but.

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Speaker 7: He's also Steve an NFL owner that played college football,

792
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Speaker 7: played ATMU for Ron Meyer, Like he knew a little

793
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Speaker 7: bit about what this whole industry is about.

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Speaker 6: Not at the professional level, but he played for the.

795
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Speaker 7: Mustangs there in Dallas and ended up bringing Ron Meyer

796
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Speaker 7: after he was outed at you know, at New England.

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Speaker 7: He brought him on board to run the organization and

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Speaker 7: made the big trade for Eric Dickerson. I blocked for

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Speaker 7: Eric there for a couple of years. We won the

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Speaker 7: rushing title one season. I know Jim was extremely proud.

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Speaker 7: I'd see him in the weight room. He was lifting

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Speaker 7: weights with all the players back in those days, like

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Speaker 7: he wanted. He wanted to be a part of the

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Speaker 7: whole success of this organization. But just a class class

805
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 7: organization from the top down, and it's still run in

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Speaker 7: the same manner today because of the guidance of Jim Mersay.

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Speaker 1: We certainly covered in that obituary to Jim Irsay Judy

808
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Speaker 1: some of the issues that he dealt with in his life.

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Speaker 1: There were not just health issues. There were substance abuse issues.

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Speaker 1: There were personal issues, but there were no question about

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Speaker 1: two things. He was a gregarious character and he was

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Speaker 1: someone who absolutely wanted to win with the Indianapolis Colts.

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Speaker 5: Wanted to win and has been preparing his daughters now

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Speaker 5: four years he has three daughters four years to take

815
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Speaker 5: over the franchise. He has been working on succession planning

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Speaker 5: for a long time. Steve mentioned Dan Snyder. It was

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Speaker 5: Jim Ursay who was the first owner to come out

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Speaker 5: and say on the record publicly that the NFL had

819
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Speaker 5: to remove Dan Snyder from the league one way or

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Speaker 5: the other. No other owner would say it publicly. He

821
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Speaker 5: cared very very much about the integrity of the NFL

822
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Speaker 5: and of the Indianapolis Colts. Just a terrible loss for

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Speaker 5: all of us.

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Speaker 1: So once again Sad News Tonight out of Indianapolis, Jim Ersay,

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Speaker 1: the Colts CEO and owner passing away at the age

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Speaker 1: of sixty five. A man who meant a great deal

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Speaker 1: to the people of Indianapolis, meant a great deal to

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Speaker 1: his family, certainly will be missed.

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Speaker 2: By the NFL community. Much more to come on this

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Speaker 2: edition of the.

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Speaker 1: Insiters Sad News Tonight out of Indianapolis, where the Indianapolis

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Speaker 1: Colts have announced within the past several minutes that their

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Speaker 1: owner and CEO, Jim Ersay, has passed away at the

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Speaker 1: age of sixty five. Colts releasing a statement saying in

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Speaker 1: part that their started to announce their beloved owner and CEO,

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Speaker 1: Jim Mersay, passed away peacefully in his sleep this afternoon.

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Speaker 1: Jim's dedication and passion for the Indianapolis Colts, in addition

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Speaker 1: to his generosity commitment to the community, and more importantly,

839
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Speaker 1: his love for his family were unsurpassed. Our deepest sympathies

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Speaker 1: go to his daughter's Carli Erce, Gordon Casey, Foyd, Kaylin Jackson,

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Speaker 1: and his entire family as we grieve with them more

842
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Speaker 1: now on the life of Jim Irsa.

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Speaker 4: The Indianapolis Colts football revival occurred under the guidance of

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Speaker 4: Jim Ursay, a man who overcame obstacles of his own.

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Speaker 11: I had a tough childhood. I mean, you know, I

846
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Speaker 11: lost both my brother and sister. You know, my sister

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Speaker 11: died in the car crash when I was eleven. A

848
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Speaker 11: state trooper came knocking.

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Speaker 6: On the door. And you know.

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Speaker 11: Your sister's dad, you know, and your brother is severely

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Speaker 11: handicapped at birth and eventually died at an early age.

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Speaker 11: And so you know, a three year the only one left.

853
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Speaker 11: My dad died of alcoholism. My grandfather died of alcoholism.

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Speaker 4: Ers would struggle against similar substance dependencies throughout much of

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Speaker 4: his life, often at a heavy price. But in the

856
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Speaker 4: early days of colts football in the Hoosier State, Jim

857
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Speaker 4: was very much in control of his father's team as

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Speaker 4: its youthful general manager. At the age of twenty seven,

859
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Speaker 4: he put together a ten player blockbuster deal that brought

860
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Speaker 4: in star running back Eric Dickerson, a move that ended

861
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Speaker 4: a decade of futility Dickerson.

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Speaker 16: Trying to get outside cuts up to the thirty piece

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Speaker 16: at the twenty.

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Speaker 7: Five twenty he did thirty four years.

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Speaker 16: The Colts went in twenty four to six that had

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Speaker 16: the playoff for the first time in ten years, from

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Speaker 16: last twice to part.

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Speaker 4: A decade later, Ersay made the draft choice that turned

869
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Speaker 4: the Colts into a an NFL powerhouse.

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Speaker 17: With the first pick in the draft, the Indianapolis Colts

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Speaker 17: select quarterback University of Tennessee Peyton Manna.

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Speaker 4: From this began a golden era of Colts football. Under

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Speaker 4: ersa twenty two game winning streak. That's a record one

874
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:24,840
Speaker 4: and fourteen in this decade. That's a record.

875
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:30,440
Speaker 11: Looking at all other teams in the last century in

876
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:31,280
Speaker 11: all sports.

877
00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:33,000
Speaker 6: This is really special.

878
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:37,760
Speaker 16: Nine straight seasons when tenor ball wins, nine straight playoff

879
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:39,880
Speaker 16: appearances ties a lake record.

880
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:44,840
Speaker 4: In two thousand and eight, hers opened a showplace stadium

881
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 4: for his thoroughbred team. After having already built his reputation

882
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:53,480
Speaker 4: among league owners with a steady stream of progressive head

883
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:54,440
Speaker 4: coaching hires.

884
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,120
Speaker 6: We want to go get this, and.

885
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:08,440
Speaker 7: Anyone who doesn't want more than one of these, you know,

886
00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:09,280
Speaker 7: shouldn't wear.

887
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:09,800
Speaker 6: A horse shoe.

888
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:14,319
Speaker 11: I walk in the locker room on Sunday, and you know,

889
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:16,719
Speaker 11: we gather hands and pray and then get ready to

890
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:17,360
Speaker 11: go on the field.

891
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 9: WHOA, very whoa.

892
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,680
Speaker 11: Every single player has to know that I did everything

893
00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 11: I can to give us a chance to win.

894
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:29,359
Speaker 2: Wait a pipe, babe, Wait a pipe.

895
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:34,680
Speaker 1: Current and former Colts players waiting in tonight on the

896
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:38,440
Speaker 1: passing of Jim Mersey at the age of sixty five.

897
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:41,719
Speaker 1: That includes one of the franchise legends, Reggie Wayne, who

898
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:47,600
Speaker 1: wrote on social media, this hurts my soul certainly, Judy.

899
00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 1: There are a lot of people around the NFL who

900
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:53,040
Speaker 1: have similar sentiments.

901
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:53,239
Speaker 6: Here.

902
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:56,920
Speaker 1: Jim Merseys we just documented there in that obituary. With

903
00:46:57,000 --> 00:47:00,760
Speaker 1: someone who bat a lot in his personal life medically

904
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:06,400
Speaker 1: substance abuse, was also a gregarious character. He was certainly

905
00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:09,640
Speaker 1: one of one as a human being, and he absolutely

906
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:12,640
Speaker 1: loved and wanted to win with his Indianapolis Colts.

907
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:15,759
Speaker 5: I was very lucky to spend time with him and

908
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,600
Speaker 5: talk to him frequently, and also visited him in his

909
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:21,760
Speaker 5: office multiple times. I am certain he is the only

910
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:24,520
Speaker 5: NFL owner who had a picture of Jimmy Hendrix in

911
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 5: his office. For example, he had the original scroll of

912
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:32,040
Speaker 5: Jack Kerouax on the Road in his office. He had

913
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:35,160
Speaker 5: pictures of Martin Luther King. He had candles burning in

914
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:38,000
Speaker 5: his office. He would get on stage and jam with

915
00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:41,799
Speaker 5: his friends like Steven Stills and John Mellencamp. He was

916
00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:46,560
Speaker 5: a very unique character, but a very much old school

917
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:51,080
Speaker 5: NFL owner. He was mentored by people like Wellington Mara

918
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:58,200
Speaker 5: and Art Rooney and Pete Roselle, old school owners Lamar Hunt.

919
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:02,400
Speaker 5: He wanted to lead his team that way. When he

920
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:05,440
Speaker 5: was getting prepared to move the Colts on from the

921
00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:09,680
Speaker 5: Peyton Manning era, he studied how the Dallas Cowboys moved

922
00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:14,560
Speaker 5: on from their great era in the nineties. He believed

923
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:18,280
Speaker 5: very much in maintaining the integrity not just of the team,

924
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:21,239
Speaker 5: but of the league. He was the first owner to

925
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:24,440
Speaker 5: say publicly on the record that the NFL had to

926
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:28,400
Speaker 5: get Dan Snyder out of the league. Other owners had

927
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:31,279
Speaker 5: whispered it behind the scenes, but he put himself out there.

928
00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:33,520
Speaker 5: The NFL did not know he was going to do it.

929
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:36,400
Speaker 5: They were stunned, but it certainly got the ball rolling.

930
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:41,040
Speaker 5: He was an extraordinary person. We should make the point

931
00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:43,319
Speaker 5: that the team is going to be run and has

932
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:47,080
Speaker 5: really been run in recent years by his three daughters.

933
00:48:47,719 --> 00:48:50,160
Speaker 5: Jim Orsay took a lot of time and care in

934
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:54,600
Speaker 5: preparing his daughters for this role. He wanted them to

935
00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:56,640
Speaker 5: have the team, he wanted them to run the team,

936
00:48:56,719 --> 00:48:59,799
Speaker 5: and he prepared them for this. I saw one of

937
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:02,480
Speaker 5: his daughters here today, only a few hours ago at

938
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:05,759
Speaker 5: the meeting. His loss is a shock to all of us.

939
00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:08,919
Speaker 5: Have been communicating with some members of the organization who

940
00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:13,040
Speaker 5: are stunned as we all are. He was an extraordinary

941
00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:17,799
Speaker 5: figure in the NFL. He brought football. He and his

942
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:21,440
Speaker 5: father brought football to Indianapolis and turned what was certainly

943
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:24,479
Speaker 5: a basketball state into a football state.

944
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:28,719
Speaker 1: Certainly you mentioned his daughters have been heavily involved in running. Really,

945
00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:31,360
Speaker 1: all aspects get to touch different portions of the organization.

946
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:34,160
Speaker 1: No statement from the Colts at this time about who

947
00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:37,120
Speaker 1: the controlling owner will be, what the ownership structured succession

948
00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:39,560
Speaker 1: plan will be. They're going to keep the focus right

949
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:42,279
Speaker 1: now on Jim or say the time will come for

950
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:44,680
Speaker 1: everything else. We also have a new statement from NFL

951
00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:48,200
Speaker 1: Commissioner Roger Goodell, who wrote, in part, were deeply sad

952
00:49:48,200 --> 00:49:50,719
Speaker 1: and to learn of Jim Orsay's passing today. Jim was

953
00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:53,400
Speaker 1: a friend and a man deeply committed to his family,

954
00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:56,839
Speaker 1: the game, the Colts, and the Indianapolis community. He spent

955
00:49:56,880 --> 00:49:59,520
Speaker 1: his life and career in the National Football League, starting

956
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:02,040
Speaker 1: as a team as a Colts ball boy, he learned

957
00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:05,239
Speaker 1: every position in the organization before assuming leadership of the

958
00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:09,600
Speaker 1: Colts approximately thirty years ago. Jim's Colts won the Super Bowl,

959
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:13,279
Speaker 1: hosted another, and built Lucas Oil Stadium. Within the league,

960
00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:15,960
Speaker 1: Jym was an active chairman of the Legislative Committee and

961
00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:19,440
Speaker 1: member of the Finance Committee. He led with integrity, passion,

962
00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:22,640
Speaker 1: and care for the Colts players, coaches, and staff, and

963
00:50:22,719 --> 00:50:25,040
Speaker 1: his courageous work and support of mental health will be

964
00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:28,560
Speaker 1: a lasting legacy. Outside of football, he was a talented

965
00:50:28,640 --> 00:50:32,480
Speaker 1: musician and built an extraordinary collection of historical and musical

966
00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:35,440
Speaker 1: artifacts that he shared with people across the country on

967
00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:39,520
Speaker 1: behalf of the entire NFL. I extend my heartfelt condolences

968
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:42,520
Speaker 1: to Jim's daughters and their families, and to his many

969
00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:46,760
Speaker 1: friends throughout the NFL. Let's welcome in our Steve Whites

970
00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:50,800
Speaker 1: as well as Brian Baldinger for more on this story. Baldy,

971
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:54,320
Speaker 1: you not only knew Jim Mersay, you played for the Colts.

972
00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:58,480
Speaker 1: You know how Jim Rsey felt about his family of players.

973
00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:01,320
Speaker 1: Tell me your memories of the man you knew, Jim Irsay.

974
00:51:02,440 --> 00:51:05,480
Speaker 6: I love the man. And this is tough. This is

975
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:09,440
Speaker 6: really tough. Never expected this, Nobody did. So it's a shot,

976
00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:12,080
Speaker 6: but I'm just reminiscing the stories.

977
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:14,200
Speaker 7: I left Dallas in nineteen eighty seven and came to

978
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:17,560
Speaker 7: the Colts in nineteen eighty eight. And I had a choice.

979
00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:19,960
Speaker 7: I could have gone to the Houston Texans. I could

980
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:21,560
Speaker 7: have gone to the Colts. I went to the Colts

981
00:51:21,719 --> 00:51:24,160
Speaker 7: in large part. Ron Meyer was the coach that Jim

982
00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:26,799
Speaker 7: Irsay brought in. His father was running the team then

983
00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:30,720
Speaker 7: Robert Ursay. But I fell in love with the team

984
00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:33,640
Speaker 7: and with the community and still feel that way about

985
00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:37,240
Speaker 7: it and everybody that plays there, whether you're a Peyton

986
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:40,680
Speaker 7: manning you're a superstar, or whether you just wore the horseshoe,

987
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:44,840
Speaker 7: it felt special, and Jim made you feel special. He

988
00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:48,840
Speaker 7: made you feel included. My first introduction to Jim Mercy

989
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:50,920
Speaker 7: was in the weight and he was lifting weights with

990
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:53,000
Speaker 7: all the players back and he was still young. He

991
00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:56,520
Speaker 7: was a former college football player at Elish at SMU

992
00:51:56,640 --> 00:51:59,480
Speaker 7: with Ron Meyer, and you know, he mingled with the

993
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:02,239
Speaker 7: players and he wanted to get to know you and

994
00:52:02,360 --> 00:52:05,839
Speaker 7: we could talk about the philanthropy because you can't go

995
00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:10,480
Speaker 7: downtown Indianapolis not see Lucas Oil Stadium not seeing museums

996
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:14,200
Speaker 7: that he put his money and his interest behind in

997
00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:17,719
Speaker 7: along the river there downtown Indianapolis.

998
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:22,160
Speaker 6: His mark has been left everywhere. And I feel like.

999
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:25,040
Speaker 7: Everybody that played there knew that they played for a

1000
00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:28,840
Speaker 7: first class organization and they treated you that way, in

1001
00:52:28,920 --> 00:52:31,040
Speaker 7: large part because of the man of your screen right there,

1002
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:35,120
Speaker 7: Jim Merseesh, it's a tough day for all of us

1003
00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:37,439
Speaker 7: that wore a horseshoe, all of us that spent time

1004
00:52:37,480 --> 00:52:40,480
Speaker 7: in Indianapolis, a real world class city, brought a super

1005
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:44,239
Speaker 7: Bowl to that town, brought a brand new stadium. And look,

1006
00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:47,719
Speaker 7: the month of May when I got there, was race month.

1007
00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:50,239
Speaker 7: It was about the Indy five hundred, and that's what

1008
00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:53,759
Speaker 7: we celebrated. It was Collins basketball from Notre Dame to

1009
00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:57,120
Speaker 7: Purdue to South Bend, all the way down to blooming

1010
00:52:57,160 --> 00:52:59,960
Speaker 7: Tim and Bobby Knight, and that changed when they drafted

1011
00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:01,959
Speaker 7: Man and it became a football town.

1012
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:06,160
Speaker 6: And it still is in large part because of Jim Mercy.

1013
00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:09,319
Speaker 8: Yeah, Baldy, Juty and time so weird. Now I'm kind

1014
00:53:09,320 --> 00:53:11,560
Speaker 8: of just taking all this whole day in right. We

1015
00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:14,920
Speaker 8: started out talking about the tush push and flag football,

1016
00:53:15,080 --> 00:53:18,879
Speaker 8: and we have just got the ultimate humanity check right

1017
00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:21,640
Speaker 8: here because a man we all know who had to

1018
00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:24,359
Speaker 8: be I don't have everyone's bio here, but he has

1019
00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:28,200
Speaker 8: to be one of the younger owners in the NFL

1020
00:53:28,719 --> 00:53:31,200
Speaker 8: was just pronounced dead, you know, not too long ago.

1021
00:53:31,239 --> 00:53:33,920
Speaker 8: It's again, this was a gut punch. I'm scrolling through

1022
00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:36,439
Speaker 8: social media seeing someone like mcbaldy just said, so many

1023
00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:39,640
Speaker 8: of his former players, so many players from other teams.

1024
00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:40,080
Speaker 18: Who knew him.

1025
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:44,759
Speaker 8: Just his impact on the human aspect. And we know

1026
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:46,880
Speaker 8: of when we dealt with him as an owner, some

1027
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:50,120
Speaker 8: of his quirkiness, of his late night social media post,

1028
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:53,520
Speaker 8: some of the videos he made outside of his private airplane.

1029
00:53:54,160 --> 00:53:56,399
Speaker 8: But in conversations we have with him, let's make care

1030
00:53:56,480 --> 00:54:01,040
Speaker 8: deeply about his players, about people in that organ Again,

1031
00:54:01,080 --> 00:54:04,560
Speaker 8: I can't think a couple of years ago when Darius

1032
00:54:04,560 --> 00:54:08,479
Speaker 8: Shack Leonard, their inside linebacker, launched his foundation which really

1033
00:54:08,560 --> 00:54:11,520
Speaker 8: centered around the well being of the human mind, the

1034
00:54:11,560 --> 00:54:13,960
Speaker 8: mental health element of things, and how much that meant

1035
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:16,399
Speaker 8: to Jim and how much this was his and his

1036
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:21,440
Speaker 8: family's crusade. They've been a big push behind a lot

1037
00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:25,080
Speaker 8: of initiatves with the NFL about mental health and how

1038
00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:27,840
Speaker 8: important it is. And we saw one of his players,

1039
00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:31,160
Speaker 8: Andrew Luck, step away from the game because he said

1040
00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:34,040
Speaker 8: he would go into dark places with his mental health.

1041
00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:37,279
Speaker 8: So with just so much of that impact and how

1042
00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:39,560
Speaker 8: much that meant to him, how much that meant to him,

1043
00:54:39,880 --> 00:54:42,200
Speaker 8: and how much he cared for his players. You know,

1044
00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:44,719
Speaker 8: just trying to digest everything that Jim ursay meant to

1045
00:54:44,760 --> 00:54:46,720
Speaker 8: this league, in that community and his team.

1046
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:47,960
Speaker 18: It's a lot right now.

1047
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:50,040
Speaker 8: I mean, this is very much of a gut.

1048
00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:56,080
Speaker 1: Punch, certainly sad news around the NFL tonight.

1049
00:54:56,120 --> 00:54:59,319
Speaker 2: We continue to hear the tributes pour in.

1050
00:54:59,480 --> 00:55:02,320
Speaker 1: We'll speak with one of the other former Colts players,

1051
00:55:02,320 --> 00:55:05,480
Speaker 1: Brandon Stokely, in just a short time. Once again, if

1052
00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:09,040
Speaker 1: you are just joining us Sad News tonight from Indianapolis,

1053
00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:12,880
Speaker 1: the Colts owner and CEO, Jim Ursay has passed away.

1054
00:55:13,200 --> 00:55:17,200
Speaker 1: He was just sixty five years old. Devastating news tonight

1055
00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:21,120
Speaker 1: out of Indianapolis, the Colts announcing within the past hour

1056
00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:25,560
Speaker 1: that their owner and CEO, Jim Irsay has died at

1057
00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:30,239
Speaker 1: the age of sixty five, a story that we're continuing

1058
00:55:30,239 --> 00:55:33,000
Speaker 1: to follow here with some of the voices who knew

1059
00:55:33,080 --> 00:55:37,160
Speaker 1: Jim Irsay. Well, that includes our next guests. Former Colts

1060
00:55:37,160 --> 00:55:39,800
Speaker 1: wide receiver Brandon Stokely is with us, Tom Pellicero and

1061
00:55:39,840 --> 00:55:41,480
Speaker 1: Judy Batista here at the.

1062
00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:42,600
Speaker 2: Spring League meeting.

1063
00:55:42,840 --> 00:55:46,600
Speaker 1: Brandon, we know that Jim Irsay had had many challenges,

1064
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:50,640
Speaker 1: including health challenges in recent years, but still the shock

1065
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:53,960
Speaker 1: of the news tonight. What were your emotions when you

1066
00:55:54,040 --> 00:55:55,759
Speaker 1: heard that Jim Mersey has passed away.

1067
00:55:56,920 --> 00:55:59,800
Speaker 12: Yeah, my son texted me and that's that's how I

1068
00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:00,680
Speaker 12: got the news.

1069
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:02,960
Speaker 18: And it hurts it really does.

1070
00:56:04,120 --> 00:56:04,359
Speaker 6: You know.

1071
00:56:04,560 --> 00:56:07,680
Speaker 18: Jim Mercy was a great owner. He was a great person.

1072
00:56:08,360 --> 00:56:08,760
Speaker 6: Uh.

1073
00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:11,360
Speaker 12: He loved his players, He took care of his players

1074
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:13,400
Speaker 12: and uh, very.

1075
00:56:13,360 --> 00:56:15,359
Speaker 18: You talk about generous guys, you know.

1076
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:19,160
Speaker 12: Every year, you know, for Christmas, Uh, we were every

1077
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:23,000
Speaker 12: every player would have a gift on their locker. You

1078
00:56:23,080 --> 00:56:26,719
Speaker 12: talk about great gifts, you know, TVs. You know, when

1079
00:56:26,760 --> 00:56:30,040
Speaker 12: the PlayStation new PlayStations came out, we'd have a PlayStation,

1080
00:56:30,280 --> 00:56:33,080
Speaker 12: so you talk and even after you were done playing

1081
00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:36,680
Speaker 12: for him, just such a generous guy. He was a

1082
00:56:36,719 --> 00:56:42,160
Speaker 12: great owner, and he loved the Colts obviously, But just

1083
00:56:42,160 --> 00:56:46,640
Speaker 12: just awful news hearing of his passing the day because

1084
00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:49,480
Speaker 12: he was he was a great guy. And that's what

1085
00:56:49,520 --> 00:56:52,160
Speaker 12: I want people to remember about Jim Mercy was he

1086
00:56:52,239 --> 00:56:55,080
Speaker 12: was a great guy with a big heart. Uh did

1087
00:56:55,120 --> 00:56:59,719
Speaker 12: so many great things for charities and gave so much

1088
00:56:59,840 --> 00:57:02,720
Speaker 12: to so many people in the Indiana region.

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Speaker 18: And he loved his players, he loved the Colts.

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Speaker 12: So yeah, just a just a tough day for everyone

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Speaker 12: involved with the Colts.

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Speaker 5: Brandon, you were obviously with the team at its very height,

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Speaker 5: at his best days, and I wonder if you could

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Speaker 5: tell us how much that meant to him, the success

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Speaker 5: of the team and trying to keep that success going.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, that was what.

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Speaker 12: It was all about for for mister Iersay was was

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Speaker 12: the Colts and winning, winning, you know, that's what he

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Speaker 12: was all about. As a player, That's all you could

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Speaker 12: ask for, is you wanted your owner to be committed.

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Speaker 12: You wanted your owner to want to commit to winning

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Speaker 12: and that was mister Irsay, and that's what he did.

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Speaker 12: And so being able to be there and win that

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Speaker 12: Super Bowl was so special. And you know, he was

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Speaker 12: just a he was a he was a great man,

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Speaker 12: a great person that did a lot of great things

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Speaker 12: and and and really for me, that's that's that's that's

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Speaker 12: his legacy was just how Genersy was to so many

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Speaker 12: people and what a special person he was.

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Speaker 18: And so, yeah, it's a tough day. It is anytime you.

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00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:21,040
Speaker 12: Lose somebody like mister Ersay, it's it's a it's a

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Speaker 12: really tough day.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure that if Jim Mersay were with us, he'd

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Speaker 1: be saying that one of his proudest moments was bringing

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Speaker 1: that Super Bowl to Indianapolis. After the two thousand and

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Speaker 1: six season, I know that you were battling injuries that year,

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Speaker 1: you weren't able to play as much as you would

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00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:39,640
Speaker 1: have liked. But take me back to that moment in

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00:58:39,760 --> 00:58:44,000
Speaker 1: time in Colt's history, that team led by Peyton Manning

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Speaker 1: and Jim Mersey overseeing it all.

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Speaker 18: Yeah, finally you know, able to get over the hump there.

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Speaker 12: And you know, I wasn't able to be on the

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Speaker 12: football field because I tore my achilles, but they treated

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Speaker 12: me like I was a part of the team. And

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Speaker 12: that's the way mister Arthsay treated all his players. Like

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Speaker 12: I said, he was first class all the way, even

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Speaker 12: when you're done playing, and the tradition will continue with

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Speaker 12: his daughters and they're the same way.

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Speaker 13: So.

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Speaker 12: But being able to win that Super Bowl finally to

1131
00:59:12,080 --> 00:59:14,280
Speaker 12: get over the hump, I know that was special for

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00:59:14,360 --> 00:59:17,400
Speaker 12: him and his family and also for all the coach fans.

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Speaker 11: Uh.

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Speaker 12: But certainly that's what it was all about, and that's

1135
00:59:21,560 --> 00:59:23,720
Speaker 12: what he was all about, and that's what he did.

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Speaker 18: He wanted to win. And when you have it, like

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00:59:26,120 --> 00:59:27,560
Speaker 18: I said, when you have an owner.

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Speaker 12: Like that, as committed to winning and doing whatever it

1139
00:59:30,200 --> 00:59:32,720
Speaker 12: takes to winning as a player, you know that that's

1140
00:59:32,760 --> 00:59:35,720
Speaker 12: all you can ask for. And mister Ursay set the

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00:59:35,760 --> 00:59:39,240
Speaker 12: example for the Colts and he was He was a

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00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:44,439
Speaker 12: special person, He really was, and he did so many

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00:59:44,480 --> 00:59:47,280
Speaker 12: great things, not only you know, for the players, but

1144
00:59:47,600 --> 00:59:49,880
Speaker 12: you know, for the community. And I think that's what

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00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:53,400
Speaker 12: that's what people need to remember, is what he did

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Speaker 12: for for for the state of Indiana and for all

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00:59:56,480 --> 01:00:00,040
Speaker 12: the charities that he supported. He was so generous, and

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Speaker 12: I think that's his lasting legacy here is.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, he was a great.

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Speaker 18: Owner, special owner for all of us players.

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Speaker 12: But he gave so much back to the state of

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01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:14,280
Speaker 12: Indiana and did so many things for charities that you

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01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:19,080
Speaker 12: didn't go notice. And he was a special person and

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01:00:19,120 --> 01:00:20,160
Speaker 12: he was a great owner.

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Speaker 1: Brandon appreciated you on a tough night and on short

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01:00:25,360 --> 01:00:26,560
Speaker 1: notice here join us.

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Speaker 18: We do appreciate it. Thanks Tom, Thanks Judy. I appreciate y'all.

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Speaker 6: Thank you.

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Speaker 18: Once again.

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Speaker 1: The breaking news and very sad news tonight. Jim Ersay,

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Speaker 1: the owner and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts, a man

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01:00:41,520 --> 01:00:44,520
Speaker 1: who was a ball boy for the team, was the

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01:00:44,520 --> 01:00:47,920
Speaker 1: general manager, eventually became the principal owner after his father's

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Speaker 1: passing in nineteen ninety seven, has passed away himself. Jim

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Speaker 1: Orsay was sixty five years old. Breaking and devastating news tonight, ontime.

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Speaker 1: Colts owner Jim Ersay has passed away at the age

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Speaker 1: of sixty five. His Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning

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Speaker 1: weighing in on Instagram a short time ago, saying I

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Speaker 1: am heartbroken to hear about Jim Ursay's passing. He was

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Speaker 1: an incredibly generous and passionate owner, and I will always

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Speaker 1: be indebted to him for giving me my start in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. Words that have been echoed by many former

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Speaker 1: Colts players and others who knew Jim Orsay well, welcome back,

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01:01:39,560 --> 01:01:43,040
Speaker 1: Tom Pella, Sero, Judy Batista, and Steve Whitz, joined also

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01:01:43,080 --> 01:01:46,560
Speaker 1: by another former Colts player, Brian Baldinger, who has many

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01:01:46,680 --> 01:01:49,600
Speaker 1: memories of the former Colts owner Paldi.

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Speaker 7: You know, I think if Peyton could go on and

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01:01:52,360 --> 01:01:55,440
Speaker 7: on and on right now, he would talk about the

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01:01:55,560 --> 01:01:59,480
Speaker 7: loyalty that Jim Ersay had to employees in the building.

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01:01:59,560 --> 01:02:02,120
Speaker 7: We all know a lot of buildings in this league.

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01:02:02,480 --> 01:02:04,680
Speaker 7: They are not very patient when they change coaches. But

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Speaker 7: Pete Ward and the front office is still there. Dave

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Speaker 7: Hammer is still running the equipment, the training room, Hunter Smith,

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Speaker 7: who was running the training room for as long as

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Speaker 7: he was needed to be there, wanted to be there.

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Speaker 7: Guys that won the video the video department, they're still there.

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Speaker 7: The equipment managers are still there, incredibly loyal to the

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Speaker 7: people that work there underneath Jim Mercy. And if they

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Speaker 7: had a voice on this show right now, Tom and

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Speaker 7: I'm sure they're sharing it. Sharing it right now on

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Speaker 7: a variety of formats out there, they would feel the

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Speaker 7: same way and be very thankful for the loyalty that

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Speaker 7: Jim Mersey showed people in that organization. You go there

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Speaker 7: to fifty sixth Street right now, you run into those

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Speaker 7: very sane people that I work for and commiserated with

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Speaker 7: forty years ago, thirty.

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Speaker 6: Five years ago.

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Speaker 5: Paldy I would echo that he was tremendously loyal to

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Speaker 5: his franchise, tremendously loyal to his city. You know, when

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Speaker 5: the team moved from Baltimore, obviously they left a lot

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Speaker 5: of fans behind and a lot of employees behind, and

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Speaker 5: he apologized to many of them. He was a warm,

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Speaker 5: wonderful owner, a credit to the NFL, to Indianapolis, a

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Speaker 5: tremendous loss. Jim Orsay dead tonight at the age of

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Speaker 5: sixty five.