1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: This should be played at I'm welcome to High Volume, 2 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: where we're trying to give you a look behind the horseshoe, 3 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 1: and I think we got a good one for you today. 4 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:12,959 Speaker 1: I want to say thank you to everyone watching on 5 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: YouTube today. Don't forget to subscribe and like those go 6 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: a long way. Also, everyone on the Colts Audio Network 7 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: and Colts dot com, thank you for watching, and don't 8 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: forget the other podcast, The Colts Show. I mean, you 9 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: don't want to miss this everybody. I've seen people coming 10 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: in here in the last two weeks, Shane Steike and 11 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: Chris Ballard and a host of players, So be sure 12 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: to check out one of our podcasts and you find 13 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: out more information at Colts dot com. I love this man. 14 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna come out and say it right now. 15 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: I work with this man. He's part of our pregame radio. 16 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: He's been doing it for a lot of years in 17 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: a pinch. He's been a color commentator on radio and 18 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: television as well. 19 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 2: And I'll tell you what he gave. 20 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: He gave quite a bit on the football fear for 21 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts. But the story behind this man is 22 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,959 Speaker 1: why I'm talking to you today. It really is incredible 23 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: because this is like a guy that I can you know, 24 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: I can have fun with and poke fun at. But 25 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: when at the end of the day, Joe Wrights, we 26 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: bring in Joe Wrights, You're one of the greatest athletes 27 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: to ever play in the state of Indiana. I can't 28 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: believe I'm saying that, but that is true. You've had 29 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: a storied career in college in basketball and decided to 30 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 1: flip the switch and say, hey, maybe I'll give professional 31 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: a football at crack and you did that for nearly 32 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: ten years. 33 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 2: Joe, Welcome in well Gorman. 34 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 3: Thanks for sharing your love for me, because obviously you 35 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 3: say a lot of bad things about you on the 36 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 3: game show. 37 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 4: Which I like to throw those right back at you. 38 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 3: But yeah, when you talk about that, you know, I 39 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 3: was so lucky because I share I got to live 40 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 3: out both my dreams in terms of you know, playing 41 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 3: college basketball. 42 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 4: You grew up here in the state of Indiana, and. 43 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 3: I was recruited by both football and basketball for different colleges. 44 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 3: But you know, you just you watch the movie Hoosiers 45 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 3: when you're seven years old at eight and nine, and 46 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 3: you just love hoops and also all these colleges will 47 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 3: recruit me to be an offensive lineman, and I was like, 48 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 3: I don't want to be some fat, three hundred pound 49 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,559 Speaker 3: line and I'll go play college basketball, get my degree, 50 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 3: which I did at Western Michigan University, and you know, 51 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 3: met my wife Jill up there and had a great 52 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 3: four years. 53 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 4: Was blessed to come into a good opportunity. 54 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 3: I got to start all four years and we had 55 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 3: some really good teams there, and then I had the 56 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 3: chance to basically try out for the NFL. And so 57 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 3: I laughed because I didn't become the three hundred pound 58 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 3: fat offensive lineman. I waged about three twenty for most 59 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 3: of my career. And after few years in Baltimore, two 60 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 3: great years came in with John Harbaugh. Joe Flacco's in 61 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 3: our draft class. So it was great to reconnect with 62 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 3: Joe when he was here at Indy last year. You 63 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,959 Speaker 3: know Tom Zimbikowski from Notre Dame, you know Ray Rice, 64 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 3: and then all the personalities. 65 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,399 Speaker 4: You have in the Baltimore locker room. 66 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 3: You know, my locker was right next to Ed Reed 67 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 3: and then we're looking at there's Ray Lewis and I'm thinking, shoot, 68 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 3: I was playing against Kent State in Miami of Ohio 69 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 3: a month ago, and now I'm lacing up my cleats 70 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 3: and trying to block Terrell Suggs. 71 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 4: What is going on? 72 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 3: And it took me two years on the practice squad. 73 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 3: I gained sixty pounds in six months. I kind of 74 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 3: relearned football. And then finally in my third year when 75 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 3: I really felt like I was good enough to be 76 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 3: on the fifty three man roster, Unfortunately I didn't work 77 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 3: out in Baltimore. I got cut. I fly down to 78 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 3: Miami and the Dolphins are like, hey, we love you. 79 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 3: Bill Parcells is the football czar at the time. He 80 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 3: brings me in his office. We watched all your film. 81 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 3: We got a great plan for you. And I'm like, 82 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 3: this is great. We're going to start our lives here 83 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 3: in Miami together. And then I got cut from the 84 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 3: Dolphins two days later, and I'm thinking, was I. 85 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 4: That bad at one practice that I got cut? 86 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 3: But it was a roster they needed somebody, they needed 87 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 3: kick returner for week one, and I was fifty three 88 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 3: of fifty three. And while I'm getting ready to fly 89 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 3: back to Baltimore with the palm trees in the background 90 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 3: and pick up the pieces of my life, I got 91 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 3: a call at the eleventh hour from the Colts and 92 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 3: they had played me on waivers. Instead of flying northeast 93 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 3: to Baltimore, I flew back to the Midwest. 94 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 4: Baby, and the rest is history. 95 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 3: Was able to stay here for seven years and you know, 96 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 3: play on some really really great football teams and be 97 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 3: a part of kind of that Colts period of greatness 98 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 3: that was here for so many that I grew up 99 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 3: watching as a kid. So it was a dream. I 100 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 3: got to live both my dreams, and I just I 101 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 3: was so fortunate, and my wife and I are just 102 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 3: so thankful that I was able to be here in 103 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 3: Indy playing for the Horseshoe for seven. 104 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,039 Speaker 1: Years because those kids, Joe, those kids that are playing 105 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: football in the street today, they all want to grow 106 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: up and wear that horseshoe. You were one of those kids. 107 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: That's why I wanted you on today. You talked about 108 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: your career at Western Michigan. You're weighing offers coming out 109 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: of Hamilton Southeastern High School to play basketball, your you know, 110 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 1: offers from the MAC came in. Where were your football 111 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: offers coming out of Hamilton Southeastern. 112 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 3: A lot of MAX schools in Indiana had offered me, 113 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 3: you know, put okay, yeah, Preto offered me kind of 114 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 3: a preferred walk on. So I had a little bit 115 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 3: of big ten interest. But again, all these schools are 116 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 3: recruiting me to come play offensive line, and yeah, you know, 117 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 3: this was really my first love, slightly ahead of football. 118 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 3: And so I said, well, I'll go play college basketball. 119 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 3: And I got scouted to play and like I said, 120 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 3: that was that was the story. 121 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 2: Listen, edge basketball. We're not just going to glance and 122 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 2: gloss over this. This is a four year starter. 123 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: You at Western playing in the MAC, the Mid American Conference, 124 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: good basketball conference. You're coming out of Hamilton Southeastern. You 125 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: start four years, you're all MAC. 126 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 2: Your senior year. 127 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 1: Average basically about sixteen points a game, eight rebounds, nine 128 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: rebounds a game. When I mean and there is no 129 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: dedication to football for those four years in Kalamazoo, it's 130 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 1: all basketball. Who was the first person that season's kind 131 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: of coming to an end your senior year that says, hey, Joe, 132 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: you're athletic, you're a big guy. 133 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 2: We think we can make something of you. 134 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: Like, who was that first person that said, hey, why 135 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 1: don't we give this professional football a shot? 136 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 4: Yeah? It was a guy Lenil VII Tao. 137 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 3: He was in pro personnel for the Ravens and our 138 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 3: MAC tournaments in Cleveland where the Cavs played. Basically my 139 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 3: junior year saw me play, calls my coach. He's like, hey, 140 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 3: this guy, he's got quick feet, he's got big shoulders, 141 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 3: and he's got a big backside. 142 00:05:58,279 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 4: Right. 143 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 3: That's their way of saying, think this guy can translate 144 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 3: to alignment. And I coach said, well, you know, he's 145 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 3: got a football background. He's a physical player. He's angry 146 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 3: a lot of times in practice. And I think that 147 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 3: interested them. So they kept an eyeing me my senior year. 148 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 3: And so when it came to draft time, you know, 149 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,280 Speaker 3: I wasn't drafted obviously, but signed as undrafted free agent 150 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 3: with the Ravens. 151 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 4: I got two thousand dollars Gorman. I'm rolling. 152 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 3: I'm thinking, hey, first case by myself a laptop. I 153 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 3: go out there and I stink and they cut me. 154 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 3: And I was just trying to make it a week, 155 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 3: trying to make it a month, trying to make it 156 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 3: a year. And I ended up lasting two years in 157 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 3: Baltimore and then seven at the Colts. But I tell 158 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 3: people this when I talk to kids. I share this story. 159 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 3: I didn't play in a real NFL game, right, stay 160 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 3: with me, a real game. It was three years, four months, 161 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 3: and ten days from the time I signed as an 162 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:44,919 Speaker 3: undrafted free agent with the Ravens. So I played in 163 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 3: my first game. I earned a starting job my fourth year, 164 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 3: and I started September eleventh, twenty eleven. I'll never forget it. Right, 165 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:53,720 Speaker 3: it's the ten year anniversary of nine to eleven. 166 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 4: We're playing down. 167 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 3: In Houston Peyton Unfortunately that's when he was hurt. We 168 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 3: thought he was coming back. Like three games later, Carrie 169 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 3: Collins is in the pocket. And you know, fans will 170 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 3: remember this. They had like a live tribute of all 171 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 3: the NFL teams, so they were flashing from Green Bay 172 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 3: to Baltimore to Houston showing all the players, and I 173 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 3: mean it was just a memory I'll never forget. I 174 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 3: got tears streaming down my face and just kind of 175 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 3: a culmination of all the work that's been going to 176 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 3: and hey, I finally made it, and I'm gonna start 177 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 3: and I'm gonna play now. That left really quick because 178 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 3: I gave up a sack like the third play of 179 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 3: the game, and then I go from crying, thinking like, Okay, 180 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 3: I'm all emotional about the chance to start, and now 181 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 3: I'm like, I'm not gonna get back on this plane. 182 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 3: It's gonna be my first start. I'm gonna be wind done. 183 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 3: Was able to kind of grind through that year. And 184 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 3: it wasn't a great year team wise. I mean again, 185 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 3: we didn't win our first game till December eighteenth, we 186 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 3: rowing thirteen. But yeah, that two and fourteen year brought 187 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 3: Andrew luck and I had five great years playing with Andrew. 188 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 3: When we went to the playoffs three times, made it 189 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 3: to the AFC Championship game. 190 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 4: So just a ton of great memories, but more important 191 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 4: than that, a ton of great people. 192 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 3: Right, And when you think about all the players I 193 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 3: was fortunate to play with for the Blue and White, 194 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 3: all the guys in the Ring of Honor, all the 195 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 3: Hall of famers and future Hall of famers, there was 196 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 3: just this standard of excellence that I was able to 197 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 3: come in on and say, oh, well, this is how 198 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 3: Peyton doesn't, this is how Saturday doesn't, this is how 199 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 3: Dallas Clark doesn't. 200 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 4: This is how Robert Mathis and Fredie do it. This 201 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 4: is what I should do. 202 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 3: And it made for a lot of success on the field, 203 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 3: but a lot of great relationships in the locker room 204 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 3: and off the field as well. 205 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: Joe who made you a better player some teammates, like 206 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: you mentioned Terrell Suggs and getting whooped by him. I 207 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: know that sounds funny and everything, but obviously that did 208 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,959 Speaker 1: help you because you had some quite a bit of 209 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: hurdles trying to make that transition from basketball to football, 210 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: and like you said, it took over three years for 211 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: you to officially get your first start. Who are those players? 212 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: I know coaches were important, but those players that took 213 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: you around after practice and said you're close. You're very close, 214 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: but you got to do this. 215 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 4: Yeah. 216 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 3: And I would say the two biggest mentors I had 217 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 3: were Matt Burke in Baltimore and then Jeff Player. And 218 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 3: Matt Burke was so great, so good to me as 219 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:59,199 Speaker 3: a veteran, you know, won the Super Bowl in Baltimore 220 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 3: after playing decade with the Vikings. But then the Ravens 221 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 3: defense you're thinking about. You got Terrell Suggs and Ray 222 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 3: Lewis and Bart Scott and Ploding Nada and Trevor Price 223 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 3: and Ed Reid and Chris McCallister, it's just Hall of 224 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 3: Famer after Hall of Famer. So I'm going in practice 225 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 3: and every day I'm coming home and like, you know, 226 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 3: crying to myself. 227 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 4: I'm like, I can't do this. 228 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 3: These guys are unbelieving, right, And then you realize not 229 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 3: everybody's the Hall of Fame Ravens defense, I'm like, okay, 230 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 3: maybe I can play. 231 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 4: And then I came to Indy and Jeff's Saturday was 232 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:28,959 Speaker 4: great to me. 233 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 3: But then there were two guys, oh by the way, 234 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 3: Robert Mathis on the right and Freeingie on the left. 235 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 3: And I tell you what, just from practicing against those 236 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,559 Speaker 3: guys gave me so much confidence because I'm like, if 237 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 3: I can kind of hold my own against rob and Dwight, 238 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 3: I can do okay on Sundays. And you know what, 239 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 3: those two guys were so good to me in terms of, hey, 240 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 3: you know, you're oversetting me. You're undersetting me, you're being 241 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 3: too aggressive, You're not being aggressive enough. 242 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 4: Those two guys helped me so much in terms of developing. 243 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 3: And so after that third year in the NFL, which 244 00:09:58,040 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 3: I was on the practice squad and most of the 245 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 3: year in Indie, I felt like I was good enough 246 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 3: to kind of earn a starting job, and then that 247 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 3: next year I did. I won the starting left guard 248 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 3: job in camp and I'm like, I'm gonna be blocking 249 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 3: for Peyton Manning. 250 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 4: We're going to the super Bowl. This is a dream 251 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 4: come true. 252 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 3: And unfortunately he was out all year and again that 253 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 3: year was kind of rough, but for me personally, I 254 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 3: grew a lot, and again I was ready to kind 255 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 3: of move on to the next era, you know, the 256 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 3: Andrew Luck era, and be a part of that and 257 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 3: be a part of his greatness for five years. 258 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,560 Speaker 1: Let's concentrate on you. We're going to go back to 259 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: some teammates in a minute. But you played everywhere other 260 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,439 Speaker 1: than the center position, really played inside, at the guard, outside, 261 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 1: on both tackles and stuff. Was that challenging for you 262 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: because it is a different position to play, but especially 263 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: with a guy who's you know, trying to play this 264 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 1: level of professional football and having, you know, just like 265 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: you said, three years to learn it. 266 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 2: Where were you most comfortable? 267 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, I would say I was most comfortable early in 268 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 3: my career at left guard and then late at right tackle. 269 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 3: Those are the two positions I had the most starts, 270 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 3: but I also started at right guard. I started at 271 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 3: left tackle for three games. I used to give Castans 272 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 3: a hard time. I'm like, this isn't that you know 273 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 3: what I'm saying. I played my first couple of games. 274 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 3: Then we went up against the Steelers, a guy named 275 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 3: James Harrison. I had a tough night. All right, let's 276 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 3: get back from this injury here, buddy, get back here, 277 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 3: so I can go back to the right side. But 278 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 3: that was kind of my calling card with Colts, right is, 279 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 3: the coaches could count on me, my teammates could count 280 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 3: on me to know what I was going to do, 281 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 3: prepare well, and be able to play kind of anywhere 282 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 3: on the offensive line. I also got to start, you know, 283 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 3: a couple of games. We started out in like jumbo personnel, 284 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 3: So I'm the offensive line. When you come in Gorman, 285 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 3: you get credit in the books for a start for 286 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 3: those days. So I got a couple of starts at 287 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 3: tight end. 288 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 2: In my car, how about that. I didn't even know that. 289 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: Good scoop on that talking to Joe Wright's one of 290 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: the greatest athletes the state of Indiana has ever produced. 291 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: I'm going to go When you said the Colts came calling, 292 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 1: obviously was the end of the connection with the Colts 293 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,839 Speaker 1: and Peyton Manning, but they bring a quarterback number one 294 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,079 Speaker 1: in overall, and Andrew Luck And I just want to 295 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:52,959 Speaker 1: stay there for a minute. When you saw this guy, 296 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 1: when you met him for the first time, you saw 297 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: the presence that he had in the command of the huddle, 298 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: but you also saw him in the locker room. 299 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 2: When did you know that he was special? 300 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 3: You know, you knew he was special in just how 301 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 3: he communicated in the locker room when he first met you. 302 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 3: And you know again, I you know, I sent him 303 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 3: a text after the draft and he calls you back, 304 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 3: you know, the next day and talks to you and 305 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 3: he's apologizing, Hey, sorry, I couldn't. 306 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 4: Get back to you sooner. I'm like, hey, you just 307 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 4: got drafted, buddy. It's all good. 308 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,559 Speaker 3: But our very first ota, the very first time we're 309 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 3: on the grass, and again this is the off season, 310 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 3: you know, the mood's a little bit lighter. So we're 311 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 3: in the you know, we're running through a play and 312 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 3: it's about you know, I don't know eighty percent. So 313 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 3: we're kind of joking around on the field in the 314 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 3: huddle and he walks in and all of a sudden, 315 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 3: he puts his hand on somebody's chest and he says, hey, 316 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 3: this is my huddle. I'm the only one that talks 317 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 3: in the huddle. And we're like looking around. Okay, this 318 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 3: dude's got it, like you leaders. 319 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: Very very first first practice, somebody was talking in lux 320 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: huddle and he gently put his hand on his chest 321 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: and said, sorry, it doesn't work that way. 322 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, And it. 323 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 3: Wasn't gentle, right, and he was firm in what he said. 324 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 3: And that's where you say, Okay, this guy's twenty two. 325 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 3: But he gets right. He understands that, Okay, we're going 326 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 3: to follow this guy into battle and this is our leader. 327 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 3: And you know, he just had that presence about him, 328 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 3: He had that maturity about him in that leadership. 329 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 4: He was special for sure. 330 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: Hey, I want to go into a couple of games 331 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: that you're part of the case. Come back to twenty 332 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: eight points down. You didn't start that game. I know 333 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: you had a little bit of action if memory serves, 334 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: what was that one? You were watching greatness there with 335 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: that young man early in his career. To come back 336 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: in a playoff game down twenty eight again, you're right 337 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 1: down the locker rose from Andrew Luck and that's a 338 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: game that still goes down as an NFL instant classic. 339 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 2: What was that like to be a part of. 340 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was wild, and I mean, you know, we 341 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 3: go down and we throw the pick coming out of 342 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 3: the second half and it is thirty eight to ten 343 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:40,439 Speaker 3: and Colts fans ares it leaving. Chief fans are getting 344 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 3: really loud, and then we scored, and we scored again, 345 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 3: and when it got to thirty eight to twenty four, yep, 346 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:47,319 Speaker 3: I'm gonna lie. When it was thirty eight to ten, 347 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 3: was I like, yeah, we're gonna win this game, no chance. 348 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:51,599 Speaker 3: But when it got to thirty eight twenty four and 349 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 3: field the momentum, I'm like, we're winning this game. I'm like, 350 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 3: if we can hold him under forty five, which we 351 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 3: ended up doing forty four. 352 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 4: The defense was great, two field goals, I'm like, we're 353 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 4: gonna win game. And we did. 354 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 3: And you just think about that comeback wherever that was. 355 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 3: I mean, it was unbelievable. You know, that's where we 356 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 3: got a huge snowstorm too, like an indie and I 357 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 3: mean I just remember like it was like everybody was at. 358 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 4: Home and that's all they had to do was just 359 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 4: talk about that game. 360 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 3: And that comeback, and that was awesome because I think 361 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:17,199 Speaker 3: a lot of times in the NFL you got to 362 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 3: take your lumps in the playoffs. In that first year, 363 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 3: we lost in the first round. Second year, then we 364 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 3: beat Kansas City and then we lost. And then that 365 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 3: third year, you know, which was my favorite year playing 366 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 3: with the Poults to the AFC Championship game. I mean, 367 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 3: but we had we had to build the work up there, right, 368 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 3: and we had to kind of take our lumps a 369 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 3: little bit to get there to be able to, you know, 370 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 3: beat the Broncos and beat Peyton, which was obviously a 371 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 3: special memory. 372 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: That is where I want to stay because that following 373 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: year is when you guys did beat the Broncos and 374 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: Peyton Manning. You started that game, Joe writes, what's it like, 375 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: You've got the sheriff. Everybody was up in the air 376 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: what to do with Peyton the injury, Luck coming in 377 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: number one overall, Jim Mercey is again to sign Peyton 378 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: again and Key and draft Luck. Everyone scratching their head. 379 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: We saw what happen and the release of Peyton Manning. 380 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: He goes to Denver. He comes back into this bar 381 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: and a barn and he built the emotions around that game. 382 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: You guys ended up winning that game, but boyl boy 383 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: to be a part of that a game you started 384 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: the memories of that day. If you could just kind 385 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 1: of convey to us what that was like, because Joe, 386 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: this is a guy you watch growing up play for 387 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: your hometown football team named Peyton Manning. 388 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I mean so really, the two memories I 389 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 3: have about playing against Peyton now, right, is that first 390 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 3: one is when Denver came to Indy, right, and it's 391 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 3: Sunday night football, and I mean it was such a circus. 392 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 3: I mean it was it felt like an AFC championship 393 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 3: type game in terms of the media and everything starts 394 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 3: a play. You kind of just wanted to get to 395 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 3: Sunday night. And you know, we beat him. I think 396 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 3: it was thirty nine, thirty three. You know Robert Mathis 397 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 3: with the famous stripsack of Payton in the end zone. 398 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 3: Rob talked all week like, I just want to get eighteen. 399 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 3: I just want to get a one. I want to 400 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 3: get it, and he sure did, and you know, so 401 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 3: we beat those guys. You know, this is twenty thirteen, 402 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 3: But then you know, you turn around the next year 403 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 3: in twenty fourteen when we play in the playoffs, they're 404 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 3: the one seed. We're playing in Denver. Nobody's picking us. 405 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 3: We're like ten point underdogs. Nobody calls any chance. They 406 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 3: got this young quarterback, and they got a bunch of 407 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 3: ragtag guys on the offensive line. And you know, we 408 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 3: did it with just a bunch of guys, you know, 409 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 3: t Y Hilton, you know, and Jack Doyle and boom 410 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 3: Hearn's are running back. You know, you know, it's just 411 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 3: we We just grind. 412 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 4: It, right. 413 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 3: It was just a gritty performance. And to beat Denver. 414 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 3: There is nothing better as a player than going into 415 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 3: an opposing team stadium, let alone in the playoffs where 416 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 3: they're yelling all kinds of stuff about you and your 417 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 3: mom and throwing stuff on the field, and late in 418 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 3: the fourth quarter of the two minute Arny is dead quiet, right, 419 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 3: and we're the ones that are celebrating. 420 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 4: And that game in. 421 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 3: That memory, that plane ride home, knowing that you're one 422 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 3: game away from getting to the super Bowl. I mean, 423 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 3: that's something that I'll never forget. People often ask me 424 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 3: what's the best part of the NFL. Yeah, and question, 425 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 3: I say, it's a road win. The plane ride home 426 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 3: because it's all you got. 427 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 4: It's just you. There's nothing you got to do. 428 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 3: You're not worried about the next opponent yet, coaches aren't 429 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 3: yelling at you about film and getting better yet. 430 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 4: And you know. 431 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 3: They loosen up a little bit of you know, getting 432 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:15,439 Speaker 3: in out of your seat. You got a little bit 433 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 3: more room than you do on a commercial flight, and 434 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 3: they're bringing ice. 435 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 4: Cream up and down the aisles. 436 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 3: It's just the memories, the laughter, that camaraderie. That's no 437 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 3: doubt the memory that I miss probably the most in 438 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 3: away game victory, those plane rides. 439 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 2: Home, Joe. 440 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: A lot of people in Indianapolis see you out on 441 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: the town. They know you from your colts media career. 442 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,199 Speaker 1: Obviously they know you for your colts playing career. But 443 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 1: it's got to be fun. That's the moral of this 444 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: story is you're one of a kind. And you're one 445 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 1: of a kind because so many young men and women 446 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 1: are out playing in the street, shooting baskets, whatever it is, 447 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: playing lacrosse, want to play for their hometown team. Something 448 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 1: that you did. What a great example for that. And 449 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 1: I know you've got a house full of kids right now. 450 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: Do you have athletes you and your wife. 451 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 4: I think so. 452 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 3: My wife, Jill, she was a mac Champ track fifteen meters. 453 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 3: She's a better athlete than me. And you know, my 454 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:04,119 Speaker 3: kids just like me. Right, I want to play in 455 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 3: the NBA. 456 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 4: I want to play in the NFL. 457 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 3: And I say, I hear you. It takes a lot 458 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 3: of work and being six seven helps for sure. But 459 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 3: you know, Peyton Manning came to the Colts when I 460 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 3: was thirteen, and I watched this time and go from 461 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,439 Speaker 3: a Pacers town to a Colts town, And like, one 462 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 3: of my greatest memories is as a high school senior, 463 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 3: we got together to watch Money Night Football and the 464 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,640 Speaker 3: Colts were on and they're playing the Bucks and they're 465 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 3: down twenty one points for five minutes left. By the way, 466 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 3: they come back and win that game. People remember that 467 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 3: in two thousand and three and so I got to 468 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:34,120 Speaker 3: follow them. I was in college celebrating the Colts winning 469 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 3: the Super Bowl. 470 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 4: Then I go to the NFL and I'm with the. 471 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 3: Ravens and my second year in Baltimore, we played the Colts. 472 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 4: In the playoffs. So two the year the Colts go 473 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 4: to the Super Bowl and lost Sanssaries. 474 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 2: Year, Venterio so I'm. 475 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 3: Back in indian I get like twenty tickets for friends 476 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 3: and family, and I'm like. 477 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 4: Hey, look, here's the rules. 478 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 3: I know you might like the Colts, but these are 479 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 3: in the Baltimore ticket block. You better be wearing purple 480 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 3: at least don't be wearing blue and white. 481 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 4: And I think some of my family agreed to it. 482 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,919 Speaker 4: Someone probably didn't. So that was a weird feeling. 483 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 3: And then all of a sudden, the next year, I'm 484 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 3: back in Indy and I got to play for my hometown. 485 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 3: It's something that so few guys get to do. But 486 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 3: I think Gorman you hit on it. Indianapolis is such 487 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 3: a special community. The fans are so great. I think about, 488 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,919 Speaker 3: like Chuck Strong in twenty twelve and how much this 489 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 3: whole state rallied around truck and still are right. 490 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 4: They just had the Chuck Strong Gala. 491 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,400 Speaker 3: And they're raising you know, tens of millions of dollars 492 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 3: for cancer research. But Indianapolis, as people know, is a 493 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 3: unique community with unique people and great fans, and so 494 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 3: that's why I'm glad that we chose to raise our 495 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 3: family here. 496 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 4: I still get a you know, be a part of 497 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 4: the Colts. 498 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 3: You know, media and talk about the games and make 499 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 3: fun of you and your outfits. 500 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 4: On Sunday Morning, though, which we have a lot of 501 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 4: fun about it. 502 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 3: It's Indy's a special place and I've been so fortunate 503 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 3: to experience as a fan, as a player, and now 504 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,679 Speaker 3: part of the Colts Radio network. You know, hopefully, you know, 505 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 3: having a lot of fun with the fans that are watching. 506 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 1: Absolutely after your post career career, if you will, you're 507 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 1: involved in in the financial trade. Obviously a very smart man, 508 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 1: all academic mac when you were playing basketball at Western Michigan. 509 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: But football is so unique, and the relationships that you 510 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 1: spoke about, even the plane rides and stuff, you can't 511 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,199 Speaker 1: get that anywhere else. As much as we try on 512 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: Sunday Mornings pregame radio, it's just nothing at ills in 513 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: comparison to that camaraderie that you have with those guys 514 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: in that locker room and on the field. I just 515 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: wanted to say hi to you. I wanted to tip 516 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: my hat. I know I give you a lot of 517 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: guff on the air and stuff like that, but you 518 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: really are a rare bird, and you know this game 519 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: inside out. That's what I'm most impressive. The physical obviously, 520 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 1: very impressive. But your mind and the way it works, 521 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: do you think you'll ever want to dive into coaching 522 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 1: young men playing football? I say this because I'm not 523 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:49,679 Speaker 1: the only one that said this. Joe writes, but I know, 524 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: with a large family that you and your wife Joe have, 525 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 1: I know it's tough, But has that ever come in 526 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:55,440 Speaker 1: your mind coaching this game? 527 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 4: It has, But I think it'll just be with my kids. 528 00:20:58,320 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 3: Right my son's in fifth grade and I get a 529 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 3: co team, and as he gets going into high school, 530 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 3: I'd love to coach because I do believe that for men, right, 531 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,479 Speaker 3: you know, and young men, there's no better game than 532 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 3: the game of football in terms of teaching people about 533 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 3: toughness and character and virtue and being part of a team. 534 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 3: I mean, it's the greatest team game and it's wonderful. 535 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 3: So I think all I got a lot of coaching 536 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 3: in some youth leagues and maybe. 537 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 4: High school ahead of me. 538 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 3: But yeah, I was lucky to play for a lot 539 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 3: of great coaches too, and a lot of those are 540 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 3: still around and still in the NFL. And there's just 541 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 3: there's a standard here in Indy that's a great one. 542 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 3: And for me, I'm just excited. Right, you start thinking 543 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 3: about this year's team, and I think we did a 544 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 3: lot of great things in free agency, and we got 545 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 3: a lot of young talent. We need a little bit 546 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 3: of lady luck, and we need some work and stuff. 547 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 3: But I really think that the Colts can be one 548 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 3: of those surprise teams in the NFL. Right, And this 549 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 3: is what I've been telling her. But every year, about 550 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 3: a third of the team's reset in the playoffs. Right, 551 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:51,959 Speaker 3: So why not? 552 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:52,439 Speaker 4: Right? 553 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 3: We got a young core, we got people, we got 554 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 3: increased competition, a lot of spots, and so it'll be 555 00:21:58,040 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 3: a lot of fun, you know, with the draft coming up, 556 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,679 Speaker 3: and then to get this team rolling and get us 557 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 3: out here and it'll be September before we know of Gorman. 558 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: All right, Well, let's do a little little sort of 559 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: preview for the Colts fans watching out there. Chris Ballard 560 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 1: Schain Stikeing came right out and said, this quarterback position. 561 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 2: It is a competition. 562 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:17,920 Speaker 1: If you could just give me your take on that 563 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,159 Speaker 1: what we're looking at between Daniel Jones and Anthony Richardson 564 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: and finding this starting quarterback here in Indy. 565 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,879 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm glad because I think, you know, competition it 566 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 3: brings out the best in everybody. And that's cliche, but 567 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 3: it's so true. Right, there were years when you're competing 568 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 3: with somebody and one of you guys are starting, one 569 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 3: of you is not. Well, you better bring it every 570 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 3: single day, and that's going to bring out the best 571 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 3: in ar five. That's going to bring out the best 572 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 3: in Daniel Jones. Two different guys but still some similar 573 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 3: playing types. So I think it's nice for Shane that 574 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 3: you can run the same type of offense. And I'm 575 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:50,879 Speaker 3: looking forward to the competition like everybody else. I think, 576 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 3: you know, it'll probably get overblown a little bit in 577 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,919 Speaker 3: the spring, but when you get into training camp, every 578 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 3: single rep matters, and I think that's what's going to 579 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 3: be great is every practice matter. Colts do joint practices 580 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 3: those preseason games. But then also you got depth at 581 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 3: the position, and we've seen that Richardson, We've seen that 582 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 3: across the board. But you know, sort of have two 583 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 3: really good quality candidates there. It'll be awful exciting, but 584 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 3: as you know, this is a quarterback league, and so 585 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 3: we're gonna need one of those guys to step up 586 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 3: and lead this team, and not only on the field, 587 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 3: but Galvani is the other fifty two guys in the 588 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 3: locker room. And I can only speak from my experience 589 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 3: with Peyton and Andrew, but I mentioned that those are 590 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 3: guys that you would follow them into battle, right, and 591 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 3: you would do whatever you had to do to protect 592 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 3: that quarterback. And so you know, I'm looking forward to 593 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,359 Speaker 3: one of these guys taking the reins and it'll be 594 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 3: a lot of fun to watch and. 595 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 4: Unfold as this. 596 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 3: You know, training camp gets rolling up at Grand Park 597 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 3: and we get into the labor day in the season. 598 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 1: Well, he's on our pregame huddle before every Colts game. 599 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,920 Speaker 1: You'll see him up at training camp as well. He 600 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: does work for this club even after his playing career 601 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 1: is done. He's one of the best in the business. 602 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: And Joe, I like to just say this to people 603 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: out there watching. You're not a better basketball player than 604 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: Joe Wrights, and you're not a better football player and 605 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 1: Joe Wrights. You can't say that about a lot of people. 606 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 1: So tip of the hat to you, man. I'll tell 607 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:05,359 Speaker 1: you what. 608 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 2: You're a rare bird, bro. You're a rare bird. 609 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 3: Well, I appreciate that, and I know I like to 610 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,919 Speaker 3: make funny and I'll continue to do that offen throughout 611 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:13,439 Speaker 3: this season. 612 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 4: Yes, appreciate you having me on. 613 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: I will see you out of camp and again on 614 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,919 Speaker 1: the pregame handled. 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