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Speaker 1: This is Inside Football with former Colts and NFL coach

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturie. And what a way to start the season

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Speaker 1: for the Indianapolis Colts. Twenty five point drubbing over the Dolphins,

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Speaker 1: giving the Colts their first Week one win since twenty thirteen.

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Speaker 1: The offense produced thirty three points, Daniel Jones turned in

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Speaker 1: one of the best games of his career in his

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Speaker 1: Colts debut, and the Colts defense allowed just over two

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins through three quarters. A lot to like. I'm

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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor. Welcome inside the Indiana Union Construction Industry Radio studio,

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Speaker 1: and welcome to Inside Football. Here back again this week

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Speaker 1: with Rick Venturry our weekly podcast talking Colts football and

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Speaker 1: looking ahead to the upcoming opponent, and Rick is the

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Speaker 1: star of the show, of course, with his nearly thirty

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Speaker 1: to the podcast this week. Man, how you doing today?

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Speaker 2: Oh, I couldn't I couldn't be better, Matt, I mean,

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Speaker 2: on an appropriate day. You know that the leader of

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Speaker 2: dayah and just a glorious game. I mean, it just

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Speaker 1: So a lot to get into today on this podcast,

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Speaker 1: that big win over the Dolphins. Like you said, Rick,

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Speaker 2: The game Sunday really came down to their elite defense

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Speaker 1: As Rick Van Terry, this is inside Football. We're breaking

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Speaker 1: yards in the game. The Titans had minus two yards

430
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Speaker 1: of offense in the second half of that Week one

431
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Speaker 1: contest in Mile High. The Broncos pressured Ward on over

432
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,000
Speaker 1: half of his dropbacks. They sacked them six times by

433
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,919
Speaker 1: six different players, by the way, so they're just loaded

434
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:37,879
Speaker 1: up on personnel on that side of the ball. You

435
00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,520
Speaker 1: go up front first. Zach Allen as a defensive end

436
00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,359
Speaker 1: second team All Pro last year eight and a half

437
00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,480
Speaker 1: sacks in twenty twenty four. Then in the middle Alex

438
00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:52,240
Speaker 1: Singleton and Drake Greenlaw at linebackers. Greenlaw didn't play last week.

439
00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:54,480
Speaker 1: He's dealing with a quad injury, but he might be

440
00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,040
Speaker 1: available this week for the Colts. We'll keep an eye

441
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Speaker 1: on that. They also have pass rusher Nick Benito. He

442
00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,240
Speaker 1: just got a big contract in the last couple of weeks.

443
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Speaker 1: He's coming off his first Pro Bowl appearance. He was

444
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,440
Speaker 1: second team All Pro last year, thirteen and a half

445
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Speaker 1: sacks last season, third most in the NFL a year ago.

446
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,320
Speaker 1: And then Pat Sir Tam headlines the secondary at corner.

447
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,400
Speaker 1: He was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year, named

448
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,399
Speaker 1: first team All Pro for the second time. So they

449
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,600
Speaker 1: got studs, They got guys that can execute that defense.

450
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Speaker 1: It's a complicated scheme, as you know, Rick. So that's

451
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Speaker 1: the big view on the Broncos on defense. The Colts

452
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Speaker 1: have quite a challenge this week seeing one of the

453
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Speaker 1: best defensive units in the NFL, and it's early on

454
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Speaker 1: in the season.

455
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Speaker 2: Here, Well said my friend, I think when you you

456
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Speaker 2: know just tactically, you know, from my coaching standpoint, when

457
00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,879
Speaker 2: you look at their defense, they are a thirty front

458
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:50,879
Speaker 2: defense or a three man front defense with four linebackers.

459
00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:55,360
Speaker 2: Now they'll play that thing in various ways. They'll they'll

460
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,879
Speaker 2: kick it down sometimes on the week side, which we

461
00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,160
Speaker 2: call an under defense, and then they'll push it over

462
00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,000
Speaker 2: to the tight end sometimes in which we call a

463
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:08,640
Speaker 2: loaded defense. Now they love and they'll play a ton

464
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,520
Speaker 2: of this against us to stop JT. They will sink

465
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Speaker 2: both of those ends down, and they're gonna create that

466
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,119
Speaker 2: big bear. They love that big bear. Those three guys

467
00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:23,359
Speaker 2: down on the guard center and other guard and then

468
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,560
Speaker 2: a combination of their edge guys on the outside. And

469
00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:29,840
Speaker 2: the thing you gotta be alerted for is they are

470
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,960
Speaker 2: high volume five man rush from that bear. In other words,

471
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Speaker 2: they're gonna put that up there to stop the run.

472
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Speaker 2: And then they're gonna bring those two edge guys, whether

473
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Speaker 2: it's you know, Benito or Cooper or Ellis or Tillman,

474
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Speaker 2: then those guys are gonna be coming off the edge.

475
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Speaker 2: So they're gonna give you a lot of five man

476
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Speaker 2: pressure just to start with. Okay, Now it does sacrifice

477
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Speaker 2: a little bit on their coverage, which I'll get into,

478
00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,879
Speaker 2: but you gotta, you know, you just gotta be ready

479
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,040
Speaker 2: for that bear in terms of stopping the run, and

480
00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:06,440
Speaker 2: then those edge pressures all day long, you know, coming

481
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,679
Speaker 2: in different ways. You know, they're pretty standard, they're not

482
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:14,199
Speaker 2: exotic in coverage. You know, cover one, cover three, different

483
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,439
Speaker 2: kinds of cover three, a lot of fire zone and

484
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,960
Speaker 2: one coverage because when you bring five, you're gonna either

485
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,639
Speaker 2: play a three short zone or you're gonna play straight

486
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,440
Speaker 2: man across the board with a free safety. So you'll

487
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,640
Speaker 2: see a lot of those two coverages. Now, the other

488
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,760
Speaker 2: thing you got to be really alert for is they

489
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:39,160
Speaker 2: are masterful on third down with high volume, as you said,

490
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:44,359
Speaker 2: variating defenses. Okay, anything you've ever seen from that double

491
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Speaker 2: barrel mug. You know, with guys walking up, single guys,

492
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:52,119
Speaker 2: double guys, and they're a big bluffer blitz team. So

493
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,920
Speaker 2: you know, with the edge pressure, they like to bring

494
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Speaker 2: that nickel off, sometimes the dime, you know, sometimes the

495
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Speaker 2: nickel and the mic, and a lot of times it's

496
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 2: walk up, bring one, bring two, and then a lot

497
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Speaker 2: of coverage variances. They'll give you what I call a

498
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 2: reverse eight four tampa and various tampa. Two's very a lot.

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00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 2: You know, first down, it's pretty standard. I think We'll

500
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 2: see bare five man rush all day, and then on

501
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 2: third down you're gonna see all that double barrel mug

502
00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,399
Speaker 2: and things like that in the bottom line. Then you

503
00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:30,119
Speaker 2: hit this, well, they're really talented. I mean, you know,

504
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:35,239
Speaker 2: between Franklin Myers, Zach Allen, Benito, the coke killer from

505
00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 2: last year, Cooper, and two young kids, Ellis and Tilman.

506
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,439
Speaker 2: You know, they have over one hundred sacks with those

507
00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 2: guys right there, Those those six guys right there account

508
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,879
Speaker 2: for one hundred career sacks. And that's what Ellis just

509
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,200
Speaker 2: coming on and Tilman just coming on very solid. As

510
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,760
Speaker 2: you said, at the stack, Singleton Stinnad played last week

511
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,359
Speaker 2: actually got a sack. And then you go in the

512
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Speaker 2: back end and you know search Is, you know, former

513
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,960
Speaker 2: defensive player of the Year. I mean, there's no better corner.

514
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,480
Speaker 2: He is unquestionably number one in the league. And they're

515
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,720
Speaker 2: fairly solid at two or three. When you you know,

516
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,639
Speaker 2: when I talk about this team going after Riley Moss,

517
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:18,720
Speaker 2: that's not like going after necessarily a liability. It just

518
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,480
Speaker 2: means that he's just a little bit lesser threat than

519
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:26,240
Speaker 2: you know, than sir Tan. So you know, but they're

520
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:29,920
Speaker 2: fairly solid. I mean, the two corner is Riley Moss,

521
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,199
Speaker 2: who didn't play against US a year ago. He plays

522
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 2: opposite Sir Tan and they like to match Sir Tan.

523
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,200
Speaker 2: They put Sir Tan on Ridley last week and he

524
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 2: couldn't move. So you know, whether they choose to match

525
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,320
Speaker 2: him on one of our guys this week, we'll know

526
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 2: very early in the game, you know. And then the nickel,

527
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 2: the kind of share it they have McMillan, the veteran,

528
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:54,200
Speaker 2: and then Baron the rookie. Those two guys are playing,

529
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:58,320
Speaker 2: you know, a lot of nickel in those situations. Jones

530
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 2: and Hutanga are decent, although I think we can with

531
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 2: the inside receivers we have between Warren and Pittman and Downs,

532
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 2: I think we can really challenge and beat those two

533
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:13,520
Speaker 2: guys again. The biggest thing to note is they created

534
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 2: six sacks with six different players Sunday, So you know

535
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 2: my blueprint this week, and this is not gonna be easy.

536
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,239
Speaker 2: I'm not saying like this is a weakness, but I

537
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 2: think to win it, we have to make the running

538
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,800
Speaker 2: game significant, okay, And because there's gonna be a lot

539
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:36,360
Speaker 2: of bear we really have to work the off tackle

540
00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 2: to the edge because they'll be solid inside. You know,

541
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,959
Speaker 2: get in that pistol, let JT get in there behind

542
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 2: the quarterback where he can read from one edge to

543
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:49,160
Speaker 2: the other edge. You know, don't be afraid this week

544
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 2: to use Ogle, Tree and Moaley in there in that

545
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 2: full back position and run some whams and leads up

546
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 2: into that off tackle area which is the bubble. You know,

547
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,040
Speaker 2: they got to challenge them. They are number two in

548
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 2: rush per So, like I said, this is a challenge.

549
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:07,800
Speaker 2: You have to be able to do it. But I

550
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 2: think you have to stand ahead and account with the

551
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:14,480
Speaker 2: running game, and I think you have to keep their rushers,

552
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:18,719
Speaker 2: those edge rushers off balance. If you're constantly behind an

553
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,480
Speaker 2: account and you're in a one dimensional game, then I

554
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 2: think you're headed for trouble against this team. So you know,

555
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 2: keep that significant. I think on early downs, okay, on

556
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Speaker 2: first and ten second and five or less, which I

557
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 2: to me, those are unknown downs. Those are run tasks

558
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 2: where the percentage is closer to equal. That's good play

559
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:45,320
Speaker 2: action down, good boot down. Get that ball to Warren,

560
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:50,040
Speaker 2: get that ball to Downs or Pittman inside. Okay, off

561
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:54,760
Speaker 2: play action or boot because because they're bringing five, you know,

562
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 2: that makes them a little sword in coverage, especially if

563
00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 2: you can freeze them and protect it. I think there's

564
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 2: a lot of voids in the inside of that coverage

565
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:08,120
Speaker 2: between the numbers number three. When you want to push

566
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 2: it downfield, you're either gonna get some kind of cover

567
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 2: four unless it's third down, or you're gonna get Manda man.

568
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,400
Speaker 2: So you want to be ready with what I call

569
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 2: four beaters in man beaters. Now, four beaters means they're

570
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 2: in quarters. Double posts are good against that where you

571
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 2: eat the safety and work on the corner. Eight seven

572
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 2: flat layers, you know, which is a deep guy than

573
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 2: the next guy, and then a guy in a flat

574
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,320
Speaker 2: and wolf routes, which means the outside guy runs a

575
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:41,200
Speaker 2: deep comeback and the inside guy runs a corner behind them.

576
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:46,960
Speaker 2: All those things attacked quarters coverage and create create issues there.

577
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 2: And then in man coverage, that's where you want. If

578
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 2: they're gonna give you a big man game, which they might,

579
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 2: they might just say, you know, we're gonna take away Jonathan,

580
00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,200
Speaker 2: We're gonna take away the tight endside and make you

581
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:02,160
Speaker 2: win outside, and we're gonna do that with hard man press.

582
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 2: So that's where you really want to have your runaway

583
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 2: routes coming across, get in your bunches, your stacks, use

584
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 2: a lot across the ball motion where guy's got to

585
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:15,400
Speaker 2: run and press, which is hard. You know, all those

586
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 2: type of things. You get them in that short yard

587
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 2: is getting that bunch run those crossing routes to lose them.

588
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,160
Speaker 2: And then what I call the pick wheel where the

589
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:26,520
Speaker 2: X comes in and the half back runs up the

590
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 2: wheel or the tight end runs up the wheel, and

591
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,520
Speaker 2: you know, just just continue to do that, continue to

592
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 2: get the ball to Jonathan outside. I think I think

593
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:40,360
Speaker 2: number four, be alert. Be alert now early in the game.

594
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:42,640
Speaker 2: You gotta you gotta have a script where you can

595
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 2: find out quickly. Be alert for your critical matchups. Okay,

596
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:50,720
Speaker 2: uh you want and that's not necessarily every down, but

597
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 2: in critical situations, if you're smart, you want to work

598
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 2: away from certain Okay, work on Moss and the Nickels,

599
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 2: either McMillan or Baron. And you know, I you know,

600
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 2: and that's not to say that those guys. That's the challenge.

601
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,000
Speaker 2: I mean, you got to be able to beat those guys.

602
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:10,120
Speaker 2: You've got to be able to separate. I see Mitchell's

603
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,479
Speaker 2: roll a little bit bigger in this one because if

604
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,440
Speaker 2: they put their tand let's say on Pittman, or they

605
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 2: put him on Piers, you know, then let's see, let's

606
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 2: see if Mitchell, you know, who had a couple of

607
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 2: good catches last week, they'll you know, I think we

608
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,240
Speaker 2: also have a tough time with him. So I think

609
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,800
Speaker 2: matchups are critical, and then I think we can get

610
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:33,800
Speaker 2: on their safeties. I think Warren and Pittman and downs

611
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 2: used inside are tough matchups for their safety. Jones has

612
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 2: always had trouble with big tight ends and man, we

613
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:44,400
Speaker 2: got we we got that guy, and you tangle looks

614
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,240
Speaker 2: lost to me, it looks like he struggles. If you

615
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,360
Speaker 2: get inside, you want to get your wide out on

616
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 2: him and try to spin him around, particularly in quarters,

617
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,080
Speaker 2: and maybe get a big play on posts and post

618
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 2: corners in that sense. And then finally, you know, and

619
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 2: and this is off. I mean, this doesn't take a genius.

620
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,720
Speaker 2: Is we have to protect the edges and have great

621
00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:09,319
Speaker 2: blitz control because you know, when in doubt, they'll try

622
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,919
Speaker 2: to win that game on defense. You know, you got

623
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 2: Bonito with twenty four sacks, Cooper twenty four and a half, Ellis,

624
00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,880
Speaker 2: who's just a good young kid with six Tillman five,

625
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 2: and then you got Allen and Franklin Myers has what

626
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,799
Speaker 2: fifty two and a half together, one hundred plus with

627
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,440
Speaker 2: those six guys, and I'll tell you what they're going

628
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,000
Speaker 2: to be coming all day. So we really have to

629
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:37,839
Speaker 2: rise to the challenge both strategically and physically. Again, know

630
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,319
Speaker 2: they're they were number one in sacks a year ago

631
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,600
Speaker 2: and they picked up right where they left off last Sunday, no.

632
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:46,839
Speaker 1: Doubt about it. All right, those are the breakdowns offensively

633
00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 1: defensively for the Colts against the Denver Broncos. They come

634
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:53,839
Speaker 1: into this game one to zero, just like Indianapolis. So again,

635
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 1: this game Sunday, I think, Rick, it's going to have,

636
00:34:56,640 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 1: you know, massive amounts of playoff implications, perhaps because you know,

637
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:04,240
Speaker 1: both teams could be in the mix for a playoff spot,

638
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,680
Speaker 1: a wild card spot, and then you know, at the

639
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 1: end of the season you never know. So it makes

640
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:11,920
Speaker 1: Sunday's head to head tiebreaker perhaps a key component down

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Speaker 1: the stretch of the regular season. So you know, to me,

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Speaker 1: as we wrap up here a little bit, Rick, we

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Speaker 1: talked about this, you know, kind of off the top.

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Speaker 1: This is for me a little bit of a revenge game.

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Speaker 1: For the Colts after what happened last year in Denver.

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Speaker 1: This game essentially the loss for the Colts, you know,

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Speaker 1: screwed up their season mathematically. It was really tough for

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Speaker 1: the Colts to you know, have a mathematic chance of

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Speaker 1: making the playoffs after they lost that game in Denver. Again,

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Speaker 1: the scenario was, the Colts had a chance to go

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Speaker 1: up twenty to nothing in the second quarter, Jonathan Taylor

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Speaker 1: drops the ball at the goal line, and then things

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Speaker 1: after that just completely went sideways and Denver became just

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Speaker 1: the first team since twenty thirteen to win with fewer

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Speaker 1: than two hundred yards of offense and three giveaways. So

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Speaker 1: the Colts defense did their job With all of that

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Speaker 1: in mind, here, Rick, let's go into your final instructions

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Speaker 1: on this contest. Here, no doubt about it, the Coults

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Speaker 1: are off to a great start. They blitzed the Dolphins

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Speaker 1: last week. But it's only one game, and the NFL

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Speaker 1: is like a heavyweight prize fight, right, The next round

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Speaker 1: is up next. You gotta be ready to go. You

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Speaker 1: gotta be ready for another round of challenges and punches

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Speaker 1: from the opponent. So what would you say to the

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Speaker 1: Colts here going into game two, if you had them

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Speaker 1: night before the game or minutes before the game inside

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Speaker 1: the locker room.

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Speaker 2: Well, just before I get into that, I'll second to

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Speaker 2: what you just said, and I'll said number one, in

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Speaker 2: one respect, because of what happened last year, we really

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Speaker 2: owe these guys. And then the second thing. Very often

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Speaker 2: in a game like this one, I would say to

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Speaker 2: our players, I would ask the question when and where's

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Speaker 2: the super Bowl played, you know, and some young kid

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Speaker 2: wud get up because he didn't know me very well,

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Speaker 2: and he'd say, oh, it's February in Atlanta, And I

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Speaker 2: would say, no, your super Bowl is this Sunday, and

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Speaker 2: Lucas oil boy. I would always do that, particularly early

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Speaker 2: in this season and particularly when you've done well. But

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Speaker 2: in the end, in talking to the team, as you said,

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Speaker 2: an NFL season is like a heavyweight fight with seventeen

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Speaker 2: rounds in which every week is a totally different challenge.

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Speaker 2: Trusts me on that what you did last Sunday good

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Speaker 2: and bad, and last week it was good, but it

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Speaker 2: doesn't mean absolutely anything to this Sunday's game with the Broncos.

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Speaker 2: I've always believed this, and I've known this as opposed

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Speaker 2: to college momentum in the NFL bills within each game,

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Speaker 2: not really per week. You know, you know what Last

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Speaker 2: Sunday does do for you though, Okay, it's got to

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Speaker 2: instill confidence that if you bring your a game strategically, mentally,

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Speaker 2: and play with the physical fire that transcends your opponent,

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Speaker 2: then you can be what you want to be. Understand this,

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Speaker 2: The Broncos will be a huge challenge, much greater than

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Speaker 2: the Dolphins. A dynamic defense, a playmaking quarterback, a terrific

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Speaker 2: return guy in a Hall of Fame coach. That is reality.

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Speaker 2: But know this, we owe these Orange Jerks one. We

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Speaker 2: gave them one a year ago. Despite the Broncos strengths,

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Speaker 2: the twenty five Colts are the better team now. Championship teams,

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Speaker 2: which must be our goal at all times, is not

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Speaker 2: about one great performance. Hew, anyone can do something once,

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Speaker 2: but instead it's about mental toughness and physical grit and

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Speaker 2: stack wins on top of wins and play every week

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Speaker 2: as if it's the damn super Bowl, because for us

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Speaker 2: it is. This league is about being one to zero

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Speaker 2: each week and never ever taking a deep breath and

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Speaker 2: absolutely never taking the foot off the gas. Champions need

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Speaker 2: to kill her instinct every week, and this week it

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Speaker 2: is crushing the Orange pretenders.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, come on now, those Orange jerks, get them out

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Speaker 1: of town. Baby, here we go. I love the flair

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Speaker 1: with the gusto from Rick Venturrey, with the breakdowns and

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Speaker 1: the final instructions his keys for success against the Broncos

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Speaker 1: in week number two, a full breakdown right there in

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Speaker 1: the pregame speech. We're ready to go for Sunday. Fantastic

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Speaker 1: job as always, Rick vent Turrey, great job last Sunday.

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Speaker 1: By the way, as well, it was great to have

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Speaker 1: you back in the booth. It was like riding a

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Speaker 1: bike for the both of us in week one of

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Speaker 1: the regular season. And we'll try to keep that train

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Speaker 1: rolling here in week number two, my friend, have a

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Speaker 1: great rest of the week, and we'll have those cokes

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Speaker 1: and those sandwiches lined up for you in the booth

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Speaker 1: on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: We'll be ready to go mat four o'clock this time.

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Speaker 2: Get a little bit of sleep Sunday mornings. Sell it.

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Speaker 2: We're being ready to go. This is it.

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Speaker 1: That means it's a two or three ham sandwich day, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you're right, yeah, Yeah, I'm sorry, Yeah, I don't I

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Speaker 1: don't want to short you on the deli meet right there,

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Speaker 1: So it's like lunch and dinner in the radio booth

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Speaker 1: for Rick van Urry this weekend. Man, I cannot wait

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Speaker 1: for it again. RV right there his to do list

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Speaker 1: for the Colts in week number two on this edition

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Speaker 1: of Inside Football, and again reminder a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a different start time on Sunday for the Colts during

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Speaker 1: that late afternoon windows. Some love it, some hate it,

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Speaker 1: but radio coverage begins at one pm with the Colts

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Speaker 1: pre game huddle on ninety three to five and one

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Speaker 1: oh seven five the Fan and ninety seven to one

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Speaker 1: Hank FM, and then countdown a kickoff starts at three

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Speaker 1: pm on those same stations in Indianapolis, and then we

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Speaker 1: also take over the Ascension Saint Vincent Radio network at

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Speaker 1: that point as well, and then at four oh five

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Speaker 1: it's the Colts and Broncos in week two of the

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Speaker 1: Colts looking for their first two and oh since two

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Speaker 1: thousand and nine. We'll see if they can get it done.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back next week breaking down the Colts and

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Speaker 1: the Titans heading into week number three, but until then,

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Speaker 1: thanks for listening everybody. For Rick Venturrey I'm Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 1: This has been Inside Football on the Colts podcast channel