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Speaker 1: with Matt Taylor Matt all Right, let's break it down

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Speaker 1: the bucket years on offense. Let's go over the Colts

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Speaker 1: defensive blueprint, and the bucks are led by Tom Brady.

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Speaker 1: He is the league's all time winning us quarterback in

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Speaker 1: the regular season and the postseason. He is the league

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Speaker 1: leader in career passing yards, passing touchdowns, and his one

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Speaker 1: point eight career interception rate ranks third all time. And

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Speaker 1: then just pick your poison on the outside like Mike Evans,

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Speaker 1: Chris Godwin, Antonio Brown. When he's healthy. Evans is the

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Speaker 1: franchise leader in touchdown catches. He leads the league this

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Speaker 1: season in touchdown catches. Godwin is a big play waiting

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Speaker 1: to happen. He has forty eight catches over twenty yards

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Speaker 1: since two nineteen. And then Rob Gronkowski returned from injury

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Speaker 1: last week. He's tom Brady's security blanket. He ranks fifth

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Speaker 1: all time among tight ends and receiving yards. And then

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Speaker 1: that offensive line's pretty solid. They've allowed the few as

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Speaker 1: sacks in the NFL so far this season. We all

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Speaker 1: know Tom Brady gets the ball out pretty quick as well,

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Speaker 1: but this is an offense rick that's gonna ride Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady they routinely throw the ball over forty times per

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Speaker 1: game with Arians, they don't mind doing that. They're not

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Speaker 1: a huge running team. What else do we need to

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Speaker 1: know about the Buccaneers on offense? Now, you're exactly right.

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Speaker 1: Numbers wise, Brady still at number three QBR twenty nine

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Speaker 1: touchdowns to eight picks, one hundred and four pasts of ratings,

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Speaker 1: so you know he's right at the top of his game.

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Speaker 1: I don't see any real falloff. I saw a couple

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Speaker 1: of uncharacteristic interceptions in the two losses, but overall, numbers

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Speaker 1: really really good. We know what we're looking at there.

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Speaker 1: It's you know, when you defend Brady as opposed to Alan,

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Speaker 1: you know, with Alan, you're looking at an athlete still

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Speaker 1: kind of an NCAA kid gets confused, kind of let

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Speaker 1: going to a physical therapist. When you defend Brady, it's

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Speaker 1: like going to a heart surgeon. I mean, really, he's surgical.

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Speaker 1: It's a totally different approach, totally two different guys. You know,

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Speaker 1: you're right, pick your poison. Godwin has really become the

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Speaker 1: I would say go to guy in terms of targets.

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Speaker 1: They put him in a slot a lot. He catches

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Speaker 1: a lot of balls. He's got sixty three catches. And

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Speaker 1: then Evans is kind of their one on one guy.

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Speaker 1: They'd like to leave him on the week side. Let

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Speaker 1: you move over to the strong side and then go

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Speaker 1: one on one. You know, he's a big fifty fifty

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Speaker 1: red zone power forward, you know, bankboard type guy. He's

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Speaker 1: got ten touchdowns. That tells you all. And I think

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Speaker 1: they're a different team when Gronk is there, it breaks

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Speaker 1: a solid tight end. But when Gronk is there, all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, he's a playmaker. Even though he doesn't

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Speaker 1: play a ton of plays. He was on a pitch count,

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Speaker 1: you know. I think he has six catches for seventy one,

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Speaker 1: one for thirty five and immediately now he gives you

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Speaker 1: a matchup problem different spots and obviously nobody knows him

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Speaker 1: better than Brady. Here are some things I think that

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Speaker 1: you really have to know. You know, have him play

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Speaker 1: against Brady and you know, there's a merging of thinking

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Speaker 1: from his New England days to the Indianapolis concept of

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Speaker 1: arians and Tom Moore to what they do now. But

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Speaker 1: they are they're sequential in down, in distance. It's important

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Speaker 1: to notice on first down and second and medium they are.

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Speaker 1: They do give it to the running backs a lot.

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Speaker 1: You know, even though they don't have big numbers, they'll

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Speaker 1: try to test you with the running backs on runs

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Speaker 1: and screens. And what they like to let that happen

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Speaker 1: is set up the play action, and the play action

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Speaker 1: is set up to take shots downfield, either over routes

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Speaker 1: to the tight ender Godwin or just shots to number thirteen.

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Speaker 1: If it's not there, Tom will check it down. And

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Speaker 1: you know, they run some rpo pops, not many, just

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Speaker 1: to keep you honest and get the ball basically to

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Speaker 1: Godwin and then shots second. If they get behind in

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Speaker 1: account second and long, it's all about getting back to

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Speaker 1: an ideal third down. They're going to spread you on

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Speaker 1: second and long or four open receivers. They're going to

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Speaker 1: throw it quick, rhythm, sticks, options, smashes, jerks, all that

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Speaker 1: kind of everything. Possession, and then third down he's going

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Speaker 1: to play you by the window. If it's short, you're

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Speaker 1: gonna get a lot of bunches, you're gonna get a

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Speaker 1: lot of rubs and short like Tom used to do

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Speaker 1: here Indianapolis. If it goes a little bit longer, they

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Speaker 1: run what we call a two option or bringing everybody

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Speaker 1: in which I still call the indie drive and again

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Speaker 1: third down four team. Godwin is the key. And then

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Speaker 1: the second thing is very important that you understand what

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Speaker 1: he's trying to get done with his three by one sets,

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Speaker 1: and he runs two different three by one sets, one

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Speaker 1: where Evans is the week's side receiver and Gronk is

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Speaker 1: over there strong with god one, and what he wants there,

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Speaker 1: He wants you to come over strong and he's going

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Speaker 1: to isolate back. If you don't come strong, then Gronk's

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Speaker 1: going to get the ball. Then he likes the speed

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Speaker 1: trips with three receivers to the field, Gronkowski on the

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Speaker 1: week side with Fournette, and then they play games two

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Speaker 1: on two on the backside. And if he can get

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Speaker 1: Gronkowski on a smaller, shorter player, then you're going to

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Speaker 1: get the fade game to him at the six seven height.

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Speaker 1: Understand that when you get started, must don't let the

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Speaker 1: running game get going, even though it's not good statistically.

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Speaker 1: Fournette is fourth three, Jones is four point four rush

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Speaker 1: per and so they those guys are pretty good backs,

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Speaker 1: believe it or not. With the back bad statistics that

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Speaker 1: they have, they just choose not to run it very much.

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Speaker 1: But the other reason you don't want to get the

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Speaker 1: running game going is because if you have to commit

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Speaker 1: guys to stop the run, that he's going to just

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Speaker 1: kill you with that play action game. All right, Number two,

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Speaker 1: This is the difference in an Allen. This is where

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Speaker 1: you go from physical therapist to heart surgeon. Okay, do

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Speaker 1: not show Tom Brady a pre snap look for you

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Speaker 1: undressed your corner the same way when you played Peyton Manning,

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Speaker 1: Drew Brees. Those kind of guys they are they have

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Speaker 1: doctor's degrees before the snap. And if you undress your

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Speaker 1: corner on in Evans, or you undress somebody on Gronkowski,

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Speaker 1: he is going to take it and he's gonna he's

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Speaker 1: gonna know ahead of time, which it just makes him

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Speaker 1: that much more accurate. You gotta play really tight windows

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Speaker 1: from numbers to numbers. You got to match people tight.

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Speaker 1: Tom has made to live for twenty years. I played

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Speaker 1: against his second start I was at the Saints. His

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Speaker 1: second start in Foxborough was against US two thousand and one.

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Speaker 1: It's that long ago, but he has made a living

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Speaker 1: from numbers to numbers. So it's important that you pack

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Speaker 1: the coverage in occasionally dropped the extra guy in there

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Speaker 1: like Rex Ryan used to do, and really pack it

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Speaker 1: in there. The only time he really wants to throw

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Speaker 1: it to the outside is if you've given that outside

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Speaker 1: matchup one on one with a Gronkowski or within Evans.

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Speaker 1: You gotta pack it inside again. Number three, I mentioned

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Speaker 1: this earlier. Have real good concept on how you're going

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Speaker 1: to play three by ones. Don't get in a rhythm

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Speaker 1: of playing him. Have different ways to play the speed

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Speaker 1: trips and the regular trips, because really and truly that's

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Speaker 1: his money offense when he's up there looking you over

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Speaker 1: and he's figuring out whether the throw he's going to

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Speaker 1: get in three by one to do that very important

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Speaker 1: Number four that we pressure him up inside. First of all,

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Speaker 1: it's who he is. He's not gonna run to the outside.

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Speaker 1: You don't have to worry about that kind of athleticism.

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Speaker 1: And again he's an inside numbers thrower, so the pressure

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Speaker 1: has got to come inside. Plus, I think they're struggling

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Speaker 1: in there on protection. So if you're blitzing, if you're

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Speaker 1: rushing with Buckner, get Dao in there, get those big

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Speaker 1: trees up in front of him where he has to

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Speaker 1: throw over here where you block his vision. You want

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Speaker 1: to get him off the spot. We used to say

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Speaker 1: that about Manning, same thing about Brady, get him off

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Speaker 1: the spot. You don't want them stepping up into clean

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Speaker 1: pockets in that regard. And because of that, in those

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Speaker 1: two losses before Monday night, he airmailed a couple interceptions

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Speaker 1: that were headscratchers, very much headscratchers. So you know, I

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Speaker 1: think there's some issue there, and you know, because of

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Speaker 1: who we are, you know, we gotta you gotta win

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Speaker 1: with who you are. We win on offense because we

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Speaker 1: can pound it, and we win on defense because we

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Speaker 1: turn the ball over. And they've been a little bit vulnerable.

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Speaker 1: You know, there aren't interceptions twenty touchdowns, but a couple

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Speaker 1: of the interceptions has been funny. So it's been a

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Speaker 1: subtle problem for the champions. Let's confirm it on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: All right, that's Rick Venturiy. This is Inside Football. I'm

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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor, and let's break down now the Buccaneers on defense,

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Speaker 1: the defensive coordinator against Todd Bowles, and he inherited the

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Speaker 1: league's twenty seventh ranked defense when he took over, but

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Speaker 1: since joining Tampa Bay, he's completely transformed that unit, finishing

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Speaker 1: as the league's sixth best defense last year. Currently, so

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Speaker 1: far this season, they rank eighth. They've led the NFL

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Speaker 1: and rushing yards allowed in each of the last two seasons.

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Speaker 1: Their number one again as far as that goes again

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Speaker 1: this season, giving up less than eighty yards per game.

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Speaker 1: Rick And just like their offense, they got a lot

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Speaker 1: of big names on that defense and Donmickin, Sue Shack,

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Speaker 1: Barrett Lavonte, David a linebacker, Jason Pierre Paul up front

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Speaker 1: on the outside, Devin White, Mike Edwards. What worries you

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Speaker 1: about this defense going into this game? Well, they are very,

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Speaker 1: very aggressive, and you're exactly right. I always nickname him

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Speaker 1: blitz Bowls because, uh, you know Bowls, he comes blitzing

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Speaker 1: out of the bus. I mean he's he's bringing five

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Speaker 1: guys no matter what, almost all the time. And you

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Speaker 1: know what, and they have been very solid against the run,

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Speaker 1: two and rush per which I look at no question

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Speaker 1: about that. And the thing I think that probably I

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Speaker 1: think you have to be most ready for. If there's

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Speaker 1: something that worries you is the overall pressure. I think

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Speaker 1: if you block their pressure, I think you can kill

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Speaker 1: this version of the Bucks. You're exactly right. And the

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Speaker 1: reason that they start with pressure is that with Barrett

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Speaker 1: on one side and Pierre Paul on the other side,

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Speaker 1: and then the young kid try on coming up, they

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Speaker 1: have two edge rushers. They're called linebackers, but they're really hybrids.

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Speaker 1: They're really rushers first. So ideally what they want to

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Speaker 1: do is bring those two guys, then they have goals

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Speaker 1: and sue at the threes, and then they got a

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Speaker 1: power player in Via knows now, Via makes a big

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Speaker 1: difference if he's there or not. He wasn't there Monday night,

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Speaker 1: but he's a guy that can really disrupt the game

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Speaker 1: at nose and so it's kind of different whether he's

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Speaker 1: in there, how you run it, how you don't, but

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Speaker 1: they like to do that. Also, White is a terrific blitzer,

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Speaker 1: you know, number forty five. He's really fast, he's short, small,

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Speaker 1: but he is lightning on the blitz. So they've got

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Speaker 1: guys that can rush the passer and they're not afraid

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Speaker 1: and they're going to bring it all the time. The

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Speaker 1: biggest problem I think they've had, to be honest with you,

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Speaker 1: is that they have been like a mass unit at corner.

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Speaker 1: They'd be good at safety. You know, basically Winfield is

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Speaker 1: one of the better players in the league, the young

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Speaker 1: Winfield at safety. He's a playmaker. But their corner position

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Speaker 1: has really been a mass unit. And you know, Dean

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Speaker 1: is the only survivor. He's the starting right corner. At

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Speaker 1: left corner, it's going to be Murphy bunting. They've had

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Speaker 1: like five different guys play at bunting. It's finally healthy again.

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Speaker 1: But they really struggled even in the win versus New York.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they got a lot of pis. And what's

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Speaker 1: happened is, as much as Todd's likes to blitz, he

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Speaker 1: has not had the weapon of that sticky man demand

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Speaker 1: press that they played in two thousand and two nineteen

643
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Speaker 1: when they were dominating. And he's trying to play more

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Speaker 1: zone with that same ratio and he's playing zone blitz

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Speaker 1: as well. What happens there, it's not quite the same

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Speaker 1: because you're now playing off at the corner. You're playing

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Speaker 1: soft at the corner, and teams aren't really getting that

648
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 1: ball out quicker because you have free access, you're not

649
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,440
Speaker 1: getting jammed at the line, and they're throwing a lot

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Speaker 1: of one on one stuff on the outside either outs

651
00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,160
Speaker 1: or goes, and then they're throwing a lot to the

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Speaker 1: slots who are working deep outside on that zone. So

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Speaker 1: they haven't, you know, they haven't been as effective. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they're you know, they have those great run statistics and

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Speaker 1: their overall statistics are good, but they're seventeenth on the

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Speaker 1: against the past and their eleventh and sacks, so you know,

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00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 1: they're not the overwhelming team than they were they were before.

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Speaker 1: So I think when you ask me those questions, it's

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Speaker 1: you know, and we will talk about it in the must.

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Speaker 1: I think the first thing you gotta do, okay, and

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Speaker 1: I'll explain this to the fans as I go, is

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Speaker 1: on early downs. Of course, we have to be ourselves,

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Speaker 1: but there has to be a method of being yourself.

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Speaker 1: First of all, I believe you have to play this

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Speaker 1: team what we call wrong, play them wrong. Now here's

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Speaker 1: what I mean by that. Okay, On first down, when

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Speaker 1: you have your base personnel in a game, which for

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Speaker 1: us is two tight ends or three tight ends, and

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Speaker 1: they have their base personnel in a game, that's when

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Speaker 1: they give you a lot of garbage and they give

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00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,240
Speaker 1: you that double sink. That's where you want to be

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Speaker 1: throwing the ball. Okay, And I'm gonna explain why in

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Speaker 1: a minute. You want to be throwing the ball when

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Speaker 1: you get in your nickel set, your three receivers set.

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00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 1: Now they go into their nickel and they play it

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00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:21,799
Speaker 1: much much more standard like an over, and that's where

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00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:23,799
Speaker 1: you want to run it. So you want to kind

678
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:27,800
Speaker 1: of approach them in general terms just the opposite you

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00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:33,399
Speaker 1: would think base personnel throw it. Nickel personnel run it right,

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00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:37,760
Speaker 1: and you know, don't be stubborn every Sunday unfolded Differently,

681
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: You're not going to get two sixty four rushing every week.

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00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:43,000
Speaker 1: I hope we do, you know, And we got to

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Speaker 1: run it and make sure they can, you know, improve

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Speaker 1: that they can stop it. But this may be a

685
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 1: game where there has to be a little bit more

686
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Speaker 1: balanced in terms of run pass, particularly because of their

687
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Speaker 1: style and their vulnerabilities. Number Two, make sure we protect

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00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:02,359
Speaker 1: the edges, okay. And I think Fisher and Smitty are

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00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,759
Speaker 1: back to the top of their game, So I like it.

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Speaker 1: But you gotta do it because even though Barrett, Pierre

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00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 1: Paul and even try On, they haven't been necessarily lights out.

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Speaker 1: But you know, Barrett has five and a half Pierre

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00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 1: Paul two and a half try on three, and they've

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00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,360
Speaker 1: got a bunch of tackles, veloscils. Those guys when they're

695
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 1: on their a game, they can come from that outside.

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00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,480
Speaker 1: So you know, you got to do a really really

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00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:33,880
Speaker 1: good job of protection on that edge. And even I'll

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Speaker 1: add White to the equation because he's a big time blitzer,

699
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: sometimes outside, sometime in at b gap, so you know,

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00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 1: you know in the end, make sure that doesn't beat you.

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00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:49,440
Speaker 1: Number three is the obvious attack. Their corners attack Murphy,

702
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 1: Bunny and Dean on the outside. They don't play a

703
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:55,320
Speaker 1: lot of press this year, a lot of off coverage,

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00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 1: so it should be right down the alley for Hilton

705
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,959
Speaker 1: and Pittman, should be one on one all day. We've

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Speaker 1: got to attack that outside quarter and occasionally on the slot.

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00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 1: We want to run those slot outs and those slot

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00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: corner routes underneath that. That's where the weakness of their

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00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:16,400
Speaker 1: team this year is from numbers out, Okay, no doubt

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Speaker 1: about that. Okay, then I think on first down, along

711
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 1: with your running game, is particularly in their base when

712
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 1: they're when we're in base defense, that's where you want

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00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 1: to play action. Now, why am I saying that, Well,

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00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,799
Speaker 1: first of all, what he's also trying to do is

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Speaker 1: he's trying to mix it up a little bit, and

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00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:40,439
Speaker 1: he's dropping. Sometimes Barrett drops, sometimes Pierre Paul drops in there,

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00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,919
Speaker 1: and so you know what you're doing when you take

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00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 1: guys like that, they're really you know, they're big rushers,

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Speaker 1: they're Clydesdale's when they get in covered, so you know,

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00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,439
Speaker 1: and then you freeze them anyway with the run fake.

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00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,799
Speaker 1: Then there's a lot of holes in their fire zones now,

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00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 1: which which we're not there a year ago because they

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Speaker 1: didn't play them. And also into the flat sum time.

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Speaker 1: Freeze him into the flat. Then you take a guy

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00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,040
Speaker 1: like Hans, take him into the flat and run a wheel.

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00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,280
Speaker 1: And again what you're doing is you're putting your best players,

727
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:11,080
Speaker 1: and you're putting guys that are really good rushers. But

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00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,799
Speaker 1: when they drop, they're really out of characters. So I

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00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,160
Speaker 1: think that's really key. And then I just say the

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Speaker 1: third thing, be alert for two things. Two guys are

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Speaker 1: real playmakers. Windfield number thirty one. The safety's got a

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Speaker 1: million tackles, tackles for losses, passes defended in an interception,

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Speaker 1: very good player in the back end, and then always

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Speaker 1: be alert for white on the blicks. When they're going

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00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,360
Speaker 1: to bring an extra guy, it is usually white, so

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Speaker 1: be alert for that. And then I just say the

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00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 1: other thing is they seem to me that they have

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Speaker 1: a real problem when you motion across the formation. In

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00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 1: other words, if you take the slot and run him across,

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00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,000
Speaker 1: or you take the tight end and run him all

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00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:59,719
Speaker 1: the way across in motion, they just seem to be

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00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:03,080
Speaker 1: really chaotic in their adjustments. I don't know what is

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00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,719
Speaker 1: causing that, but it just seems to put them on

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00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 1: their heels. So all those things play the wrong on

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00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 1: first down, blocked the edges on protection, attacked the corners inside,

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00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 1: play action on those big guys, and then be alert

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Speaker 1: for a couple p P people right there and get

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Speaker 1: after them. Well there you go, Rick Venturrey giving us

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Speaker 1: Happy Hour, we're going to hear from Colts linebacker Zayer Franklin,

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00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 1: who got his first interception of his career last week.

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna talk Colts football with you right now

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00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 1: until about seven thirty and then Pacers coverage will take

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Speaker 1: over at seven thirty. It is time to answer this

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Speaker 1: week's Forum Credit Union Question of the Week, which was

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor continue his pressive season last week with one

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Speaker 1: hundred and eighty six rushing yards, which put him over

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Speaker 1: a thousand yards on the season already. He's now done

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Speaker 1: so in both of his two years in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Only three Colts have reached one thousand yards rushing in

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Speaker 1: each of their first two seasons. Who are they? Well,

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Speaker 1: they are Edrin James Marshall Falk and Joseph Adie. Pretty

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00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 1: good company to join right there, especially when you talk

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Speaker 1: leads the NFL in rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns, putting

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Speaker 1: going to hear from a guy who got his first

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Speaker 1: career interception last week in the victory over the Bills,

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Speaker 1: and that is linebacker Zaire Franklin. And he's with our

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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor. Matt, all right, thank you, Casey. We are

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Speaker 1: indeed joint on the line right now by Colts linebacker

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Speaker 1: Zaire Franklin. Zaire, thanks for the time today. How are you, sir?

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00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,120
Speaker 1: I'm good. I'm good. Just seeing her getting ready for

792
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,239
Speaker 1: the big game against the Bucks this week out, no

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Speaker 1: doubt about that. Hey, congrats are in order for your

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00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:34,839
Speaker 1: first interception against Buffalo on Sunday. Take me back, tell

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Speaker 1: me what was that moment, Like, what was going through

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Speaker 1: your mind when you realized that you had to beat

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Speaker 1: on that ball and that you had a good chance

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Speaker 1: of picking it off. Oh, well, you know, I just knew,

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Speaker 1: you know, in the game. You know, they were, you know,

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Speaker 1: trying to move to the ball downfield and just try

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Speaker 1: to get something going. And so I just got death.

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00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 1: I saw, you know him, I broke on the ball. Then,

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Speaker 1: you know, it was really wet out there. I want

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Speaker 1: to make sure I caught it. And once I got it,

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Speaker 1: you know, it just really just like to come nation

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00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:01,920
Speaker 1: of a whole lot of hard work, you know, a

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00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:03,799
Speaker 1: lot of time on the jugs, and yeah, you know,

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00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:05,480
Speaker 1: just happy I can finally get that first one. Now

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00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: I got that first one. Now I gotta keep building.

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00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,080
Speaker 1: Yeah exactly. I mean you talked about it. I I mean

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Speaker 1: how special of a moment is that for you? Like

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00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:13,759
Speaker 1: you said, you've been working your tail off for that

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00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,759
Speaker 1: for four years to finally get it. What did that

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00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:20,160
Speaker 1: mean to you? I mean a lot, you know, anytime

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00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:22,719
Speaker 1: you could do something, you know that help the team win.

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00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:24,839
Speaker 1: You know, we have had in such a great game,

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00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 1: and you know we always talk about finishing and the way,

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00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:29,359
Speaker 1: you know the fact that I could be the one

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Speaker 1: to kind of put the final nail and a cuffle

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Speaker 1: of that victory. Yeah, this past Sunday and meant a

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Speaker 1: lot not only just for me personally, but also for

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Speaker 1: our team, you know, And that's always a matter. That's Zay.

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Speaker 1: You're Franklin with US Colts linebacker. Now. I always like

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Speaker 1: asking guys, what do you do with that ball? Where

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Speaker 1: do you display it and you get it? Do you

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Speaker 1: get it like paint it up and commemorate and all

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Speaker 1: that stuff for what? Well, I'm definitely going to keep it. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, I probably end up, you know, writing first

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Speaker 1: career pick on that marker and then just put in

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Speaker 1: the frame. I got a lot of game balls over

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Speaker 1: the last couple of years. I got a start carving

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Speaker 1: out and space in my house. Yeah, I have a

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Speaker 1: feeling you're going to need a lot more room. I

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Speaker 1: your house dedicated to some of the some of the

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Speaker 1: game balls you get over the course of your career. Now,

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Speaker 1: speaking of making great plays, take me back the week

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00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 1: before against Jacksonville, you block a punt, You set up

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Speaker 1: a score for your teammate EJ. Speed against the Jaguars.

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Speaker 1: How did you get so free on that play? How

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Speaker 1: did you get into a position where you made that

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Speaker 1: play look easy with preparation going into that game on

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Speaker 1: that block punt? Take me through that play on how

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Speaker 1: you were so effective on that play? Well, yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: throughout the whole week, me and my especially in coordinator Bubble,

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Speaker 1: kind of just talked about a weakness in their protection

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Speaker 1: and I just knew that I would have an opportunity

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Speaker 1: if I ran the stunt right. And it was just

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Speaker 1: really just about anticipation, just knowing that I was gonna

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Speaker 1: get the look that I wanted, and just you know,

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Speaker 1: doing my technique, you know, the best of my I could.

852
00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 1: So once I got inside the gap and pick the tackle,

853
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:03,640
Speaker 1: I just knew just searched to the block point, and

854
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:05,480
Speaker 1: you know, I practiced so many times over the past

855
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:07,719
Speaker 1: few years of taking the ball off the foot and

856
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,000
Speaker 1: you know, trying to get that perfect block. So it

857
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:12,279
Speaker 1: was just a you know, again, it was just hard

858
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:15,000
Speaker 1: work meeting opportunity. That's all it ever really is. And

859
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:18,160
Speaker 1: that was your first block punt of your career, correct,

860
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:22,919
Speaker 1: I mean going back to college my whole life. Now, Yeah,

861
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: you talk about squeezing in the interception against Buffalo. When

862
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:29,880
Speaker 1: you feel your hand make contact with the football on

863
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 1: a block punt, how satisfying gets that? Oh? Man, it

864
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:38,279
Speaker 1: was actually crazy just because that's such It's really more

865
00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 1: about the sound. Yeah, even I know, just because from

866
00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 1: being on the punt team you can hear when the

867
00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:46,440
Speaker 1: punt is get blocked. It's like a double thud. When

868
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:48,360
Speaker 1: the puny hits it's like boom. But then when it

869
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:51,840
Speaker 1: block is like like so like to hear that double

870
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:54,480
Speaker 1: thud was like the most satisfying thing I've ever heard

871
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,359
Speaker 1: in that's zyr Franklin. Now, when you make a play

872
00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:00,120
Speaker 1: like that, what kind of energy and excitement does that

873
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 1: add to the entire team? Can you put that into

874
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,919
Speaker 1: words on what happens on the sidelines, Oh, no doubt.

875
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:06,760
Speaker 1: I mean, first of all, my guys are just always

876
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:09,000
Speaker 1: just happy, you know, to see you know, somebody that

877
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:11,400
Speaker 1: didn't know putting the work in make a big play

878
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:13,479
Speaker 1: for one of them. Two. You know, when you block

879
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:16,799
Speaker 1: a punt, your chances of winning the game skyrocket. Just

880
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:19,360
Speaker 1: because it's such a pivotal and changing, especially when you

881
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,520
Speaker 1: score on special teams. So I think it was just

882
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:24,080
Speaker 1: such a big play and it was just something that

883
00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:26,439
Speaker 1: you know, kind of kickstarted. I think got the ball

884
00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:28,400
Speaker 1: rolling and once you block a punt, especially early in

885
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:30,320
Speaker 1: the game, now I just know like I'm going a

886
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,640
Speaker 1: day like my confidence is through the roof, through the

887
00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:34,239
Speaker 1: day now and now I'm ready to play for roof,

888
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:36,880
Speaker 1: no doubt about that. That's how you're Franklin with US

889
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:41,360
Speaker 1: Colts linebacker. Now. EJ was named AFC Special Teams Player

890
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:44,160
Speaker 1: of the Week for the touchdown, but I'm saying you

891
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:46,160
Speaker 1: guys should have at least split that. I mean, you

892
00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:48,040
Speaker 1: did the dirty work on the punt block. Did you

893
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:50,160
Speaker 1: have a little bit of a chip on your shoulder

894
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:53,239
Speaker 1: over that? In terms of him getting the recognition, Nah,

895
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:56,200
Speaker 1: I was happy for EJ. And I told J even afterwards,

896
00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 1: you know me, Eja had a moment on the sideline.

897
00:44:58,280 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 1: You know that meant a lot to both of us,

898
00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:01,440
Speaker 1: and I just told him, I'm like, man, look if

899
00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:03,319
Speaker 1: I didn't get it, I'm happy that you got it.

900
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:05,799
Speaker 1: I'm happy to just another linebacker guy it because it's

901
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:08,160
Speaker 1: all about the linebacker room. In our room, it really

902
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:10,200
Speaker 1: don't matter who get the credit. It's all about you know,

903
00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:12,240
Speaker 1: all of us. We all know we all ball players.

904
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:15,000
Speaker 1: We all are great players, so we all know we're

905
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:17,040
Speaker 1: gonna make plays. So I was just happy that EJ

906
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:20,480
Speaker 1: got the recognition. I told him I definitely wanted to

907
00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:22,759
Speaker 1: play of the week. But I was cool because I

908
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:24,520
Speaker 1: was happy because he had a great game as well too,

909
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:26,640
Speaker 1: So I mean, he scored a test, so he deserved

910
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:28,560
Speaker 1: a credit. But I was just happy I was able

911
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:30,520
Speaker 1: to follow that up the next week. I'm on another

912
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:32,680
Speaker 1: big play man, you should run for office. That's such

913
00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:35,000
Speaker 1: a That's a good political answer right there, my friend,

914
00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 1: now EJ man for real. I'm really happy for him though.

915
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,400
Speaker 1: That's Zwyre Franklin with us. Now, take me back to

916
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:44,719
Speaker 1: last Sunday against Buffalo zaire, what do you think that

917
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:48,160
Speaker 1: win did for the psyche of the team. After everybody

918
00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:49,920
Speaker 1: was saying, hey, the Colts don't know how to win

919
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:52,680
Speaker 1: big games, that can't beat playoff teams from last year,

920
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:55,279
Speaker 1: what did that do for your guys' mentality to not

921
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:57,320
Speaker 1: only win the game, but win it in the fashion

922
00:45:57,400 --> 00:46:02,040
Speaker 1: that you did, honestly for us. It really I can't

923
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:04,239
Speaker 1: say it was a big win, so I don't want

924
00:46:04,239 --> 00:46:07,040
Speaker 1: to say that it didn't do much for our PSAKI.

925
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:10,719
Speaker 1: But we've outplayed, you know, great teams all seed doubt.

926
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:14,160
Speaker 1: You know, we've we out played Baltimore, we outplayed Tennessee

927
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 1: and you know we obviously those teams came back and won.

928
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:18,799
Speaker 1: And all that matters is whether you want to lose

929
00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:20,640
Speaker 1: at the end of the day. But we knew we

930
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:22,719
Speaker 1: were capable of, we knew the type of talent, we

931
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:24,719
Speaker 1: knew the type of roster, and we knew that our

932
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:26,399
Speaker 1: coach was gonna put us in a position to win.

933
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:28,399
Speaker 1: So at the end of the day, really just came

934
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:31,200
Speaker 1: down to us being us and obviously we got another

935
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:34,000
Speaker 1: great challenge with the defending world champions coming in town

936
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,799
Speaker 1: this week. But really it's all about us. I think

937
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:38,640
Speaker 1: we played the best one. We just focus on what

938
00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:41,400
Speaker 1: we do best and how we execute and then everything

939
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,040
Speaker 1: else is going to take care of us. So final

940
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:45,480
Speaker 1: couple of things with Zaire Franklin with us talk to

941
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:47,759
Speaker 1: me about Tom Brady. It's the second time, if I'm

942
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 1: not mistaken, it's the second time you faced him in

943
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:53,480
Speaker 1: your career. How excited are you to face off against

944
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:55,440
Speaker 1: one of the all time greats, especially after they won

945
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:58,080
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl last year. I mean, it's always a

946
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:00,439
Speaker 1: great opportunity when you playing against, like I said, great team,

947
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,760
Speaker 1: but especially you know, great players such a time Brady.

948
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:06,160
Speaker 1: I'm interested to playing this time around because last time

949
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:07,400
Speaker 1: I playing, while I was a young pup, I was

950
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:10,400
Speaker 1: it was like my fourth game in NFL. Yeah, it

951
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:12,480
Speaker 1: was Edelman's first game back in New England, if I'm

952
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:16,080
Speaker 1: not mistaken short week, So it's just a whole different situation.

953
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:18,200
Speaker 1: I feel like I've learned so much about the NFL,

954
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:21,439
Speaker 1: about the game since then, and obviously you know he's

955
00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:23,840
Speaker 1: done going through a lot and going on to achieve

956
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:26,440
Speaker 1: great things as well next time here. So it's definitely

957
00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:28,960
Speaker 1: going to be a great matchup, and you know, I'm

958
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:30,920
Speaker 1: looking forward to the challenge. Well, there you go. Colts

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Speaker 1: a quick injury report nobody ruled out for the game

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00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:27,279
Speaker 1: on Sunday for the Colts against the Bucks. For the

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980
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:33,920
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981
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:36,320
Speaker 1: they will be ready to build on Sunday. As we mentioned,

982
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Speaker 1: the Colts they host offending Super Bowl champion Buccaneers, with

983
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:42,640
Speaker 1: Tom Brady coming to Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday, and

984
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:44,959
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