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Speaker 1: Hey, Colts fans, I'm JJ Stankowitz. Welcome in to another

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Speaker 1: episode of The Colt Show in Indianapolis. Colts Podcast. Really

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Speaker 1: excited for today's episode. I had a chance to sit

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Speaker 1: down with Colts owner and vice chair Kaylan Jackson, and

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Speaker 1: we talked a lot about girls flag football and the

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Speaker 1: effort the Colts are putting behind growing this sport in

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Speaker 1: our state and making it a varsity sport sanctioned by

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Speaker 1: the IHSAA. We also talked a little bit about mental

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Speaker 1: health awareness and kicking the stigma. It is Mental Health

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Speaker 1: Awareness Month here in May, so excited to get to that.

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Speaker 1: Before we do, though, just a little bit of background

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Speaker 1: because something cool happened in between when I sat down

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Speaker 1: with Kaylin for this interview and when we're releasing this

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Speaker 1: episode on May eighth, So just eat a little bit

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Speaker 1: more background on this. So, the Colts since early this

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Speaker 1: year have been promoting the Road to one hundred, which

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Speaker 1: is a push I get one hundred schools high schools

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Speaker 1: so that with that effort, if you get to one

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Speaker 1: hundred schools, then the IHSAA will consider girls flag for

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Speaker 1: being adopted as a varsity sport. So that's a big

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Speaker 1: deal to be fully sanctioned by the IHSAA. Right, The

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Speaker 1: Cults have put ten thousand dollars behind every one of

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Speaker 1: these schools that signs up are the first one hundred

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Speaker 1: schools to have a girls flag team to support equipment, uniforms, training,

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Speaker 1: coaching stipends. So the Colts are committing up to a

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Speaker 1: million dollars for this effort. And you'll see in my

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Speaker 1: conversation with Kaitlin why it's so important and really why

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Speaker 1: it's authentic to the Colts to promote girls' flag in

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Speaker 1: this state. It's really neat, but all right, So the

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Speaker 1: exciting things that happen, they actually happen this week. So

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Speaker 1: on Monday, the Colts announced that eight more schools have

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Speaker 1: committed to fielding a girl's flag team in twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 1: That brings the number to sixty five schools. That's a

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Speaker 1: really big deal, lot of momentum there. And then also

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Speaker 1: this week, the IHSAA announced that they are now designating

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Speaker 1: girls high school flag football as a as an emerging sport,

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Speaker 1: which allows a lot more pathways for growth and development

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Speaker 1: of girls flag across our state. So one other thing

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Speaker 1: I want to give a shout out to here. I

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Speaker 1: did get a message. This is from Clayton Clifford. He

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Speaker 1: he wanted to give me a shout out to Hunter Clark,

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Speaker 1: who is the head coach at East Noble High School

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Speaker 1: of the East Noble Knights girls flag football team. Hunter

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Speaker 1: is a longtime Colts fan, die hard Colts fan, and

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Speaker 1: he's done a lot of work to get girls flag

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Speaker 1: many people in this state who have really taken the

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Speaker 1: Shout out to assistant coach Katie David for all the

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Speaker 1: great work you two are doing and pushing the sport forward.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to my conversation with Colts owner

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Speaker 1: It is my pleasure to be joined here on the

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Speaker 1: Cult Show by Colts owner and vice chair Kaylin Jackson.

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Speaker 1: We're going to talk a little bit about mental health

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Speaker 1: Awareness month later. It is May, obviously a big month

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Speaker 1: for mental health awareness, and kicking the stigma. But I

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Speaker 1: want to talk about girls Flag because this has been

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Speaker 1: a big initiative for the Colts for the last six seven,

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Speaker 1: eight nine months now of getting girls Flag sanctioned in

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Speaker 1: the state of Indiana. So before we get into the

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Speaker 1: efforts and the road to one hundred and all the

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Speaker 1: things the Colts have done to promote Girls' Flag, why

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Speaker 1: is it important for girls Flag to grow within this state?

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Speaker 2: Well, I think there are so many reasons. I mean,

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Speaker 2: first of all, I think when you look at flag

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Speaker 2: I think there's always been an interest in a fandom

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Speaker 2: There's so many studies, including one really recently about how

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Speaker 2: And so to be able to give that opportunity to girls,

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Speaker 1: I think kind of along those lines too. Just the

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, I mean I think again it's like any way

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Speaker 2: been girls interested girls, you know, maybe back when I

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Speaker 2: But this is an opportunity for even if their dad's

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Speaker 2: those efforts and not stop any time soon. But this

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Speaker 2: and especially within our state. I think a lot of

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Speaker 1: So explain the road to one hundred because so right

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Speaker 1: Hopefully by the time this is released in May, there

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Speaker 1: will be more schools on board. But the road to

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Speaker 1: So the IHSAA will consider sanctioning girls flag as a

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Speaker 1: varsity sport. But there's more to it. There's an investment

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Speaker 2: It is, and it's something that I think we wanted

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Speaker 2: A lot of schools these days. They have a lot

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Speaker 2: So if anyone's in the stadium, please go check it

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Speaker 2: now who's offering scholarships for girls' flag, but yeah, Saint

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Speaker 2: to where we give, and how can we be in

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Speaker 2: partnership with others because we know, again, like I said,

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Speaker 2: all good things don't get done alone. We can't do

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Speaker 2: this by ourselves, you know, we can't be the only

436
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Speaker 2: ones donating. We can't be the only ones talking about it.

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Speaker 2: And I think as the years have gone on, you've

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Speaker 2: seen more and more people be comfortable with it. And

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Speaker 2: I think that's what it takes. It takes more and

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Speaker 2: more people talking about it, having it be more of

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Speaker 2: a cultural acceptance. We have a long road to go,

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Speaker 2: but I'm really hopeful and the progress we've made so far.

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Speaker 1: One of the things when I've talked to recipients of

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Speaker 1: the Kicking the Stigma Action Grants, which provide funds for

445
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Speaker 1: very specific programs, whether it's research, or its awareness or

446
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Speaker 1: it's actual treatment, they all tell me that having the

447
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Speaker 1: cult's logo behind this and having the backing of the

448
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Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts in this state makes a huge difference when

449
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Speaker 1: it comes to getting people in the door, breaking down

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Speaker 1: those walls, you know, just getting them to even consider

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Speaker 1: getting help. Having the Cults logo behind it is so important.

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Speaker 1: I'm curious, as you know, you you started it and

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Speaker 1: you had this idea of what it might be. How

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Speaker 1: have you sort of realized having the brand the Horseshoe

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Speaker 1: behind this make like how much of an impact has

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Speaker 1: that made on the mental health of folks in the state.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's you know, we love hearing from our

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Speaker 2: action and grant recipients and we have over sixty plus

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Speaker 2: of them over the past five years. And that's not

460
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Speaker 2: you know, limited to the number of places we've gifted,

461
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Speaker 2: but out of the recipients, there's over sixty And I

462
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Speaker 2: think you're right that when we started it, and I

463
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Speaker 2: always like tell people the only reason we have the

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Speaker 2: logo as a part of it is so that people

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Speaker 2: might because we've been told people pay more attention. And

466
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Speaker 2: it's also just because our you know, efforts in the

467
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Speaker 2: community have always been tied you know, as a family

468
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Speaker 2: to the team. But it was never about you know,

469
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Speaker 2: trying to you know, put the horseshoe you know right

470
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Speaker 2: with this. It was always like just for what you

471
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Speaker 2: just said. But I don't think we've realized the impact

472
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Speaker 2: that it would have and the way that it hits

473
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Speaker 2: such a nerve in such a positive way with people.

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Speaker 2: And I think a big part of it is our

475
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Speaker 2: players willingness to be a part of this and be

476
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Speaker 2: open themselves, some of them about what they've struggled with,

477
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Speaker 2: or what their loved ones have struggled with, or even

478
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Speaker 2: just simply saying we see you and it's okay, I'm

479
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Speaker 2: not judging you. And I think the big piece behind

480
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Speaker 2: that is, you know, football players are really kind of

481
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Speaker 2: our you know, common day Greek gods. You know, this

482
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Speaker 2: larger than life energy and you know something that you

483
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Speaker 2: don't even think, You don't even know how you'd ever

484
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Speaker 2: be able to be like that. You never know how

485
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Speaker 2: you could ever be that strong or that tough and

486
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Speaker 2: all that, and then to see them kind of pull down,

487
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Speaker 2: take off the helmet, pull down that wall and be

488
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Speaker 2: vulnerable is a huge impact and showing you know, we

489
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Speaker 2: talked a lot about with men especially is you know,

490
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Speaker 2: redefining what you know masculinity means, you know, do you

491
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Speaker 2: can you not cry and not be masculine? No? And

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Speaker 2: kind of can you not share your feelings and not

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Speaker 2: be masculine?

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Speaker 1: No?

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Speaker 2: And I think that that was a big part of

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Speaker 2: this that we didn't realize how much of an impact

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Speaker 2: it would have is the players being so willing to

498
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Speaker 2: be a part of this, and I think over time

499
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Speaker 2: it's been amazing to see how it's positively affected the

500
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Speaker 2: locker room, positively affected our building, you know, open doors

501
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Speaker 2: and conversations that may not have happened before we started

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Speaker 2: this initiative. And so, like I said, there's so many

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Speaker 2: elements to it, you know, internally externally, so many different

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Speaker 2: areas of mental health that we've affected. And then you

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Speaker 2: go into every element of the community has an element

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Speaker 2: of mental health. You know, mental health is tied to

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Speaker 2: every single one of us. And I think getting that

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Speaker 2: a space and permission for that type of conversation too,

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Speaker 2: that there's a very large spectrum of mental health and

510
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:10,200
Speaker 2: that you know, being proactive instead of reactive can really

511
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Speaker 2: be a huge thing in this space. And I think

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Speaker 2: part of that is talking about it, is opening those

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Speaker 2: cons doors for conversations and allowing people to be comfortable

514
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Speaker 2: and have the permission. And I always say, I don't

515
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Speaker 2: mean it like talk about it on a podcast, like

516
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Speaker 2: maybe we are right now, not everybody's not everybody's comfortable

517
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Speaker 2: telling their story that right, and that's totally fine. But

518
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Speaker 2: it could just be telling your best friend, your mom,

519
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Speaker 2: whoever it is that you're comfortable with. That can feel

520
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 2: like climbing a mountain. But when you do it, I

521
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Speaker 2: think everyone would say that on the other end is

522
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Speaker 2: a brighter light and you know, kind of allowing those

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Speaker 2: conversations to happen is what we hope to be doing

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Speaker 2: with every element that we do in Kicking the Stigma.

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Speaker 1: It's really cool being an employee and seeing all the

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Speaker 1: pactful stuff that goes on in the community between Kicking

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Speaker 1: the Stigma, the Road to one hundred, all our other

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Speaker 1: community initiatives that we do it. Just as someone who

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Speaker 1: works for the team, it is really cool to see

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Speaker 1: the positive impact that is being made by this organization.

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Speaker 1: Kaylin Jackson, Colts owner and vice chair. Thanks for joining

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Speaker 1: me here on the Colt Show.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for having me all right.

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Speaker 1: Back here on the Colt Show, and it's time for

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Speaker 1: the Colts Show mail Bag. Remember, you can submit your

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Speaker 1: questions to me on Colts dot com Slash mail bag.

537
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,440
Speaker 1: You can drop them in a comment on the YouTube

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00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 1: video of this podcast, or you can get at me

539
00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:37,159
Speaker 1: on social media with your questions. I'm going to answer

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Speaker 1: one question here on the podcast and then a number

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Speaker 1: of other questions on Colts dot Com in an article

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Speaker 1: that'll be out on Thursday. Had a lot of really

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Speaker 1: good questions this week. This one, though, comes from Cody

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Speaker 1: Wilson from Indianapolis. Cody writes, based off the stock we

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Speaker 1: have in the fourth overall pick, this is Anthony Richardson

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Speaker 1: and the fourteen million we have given Daniel Jones, who

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Speaker 1: on paper has the best of being the Day one starter.

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Speaker 1: I understand live reps in preseason will tell us a

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Speaker 1: lot about improvements on past mistakes for both players, But

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Speaker 1: based on knowledge we have now and the vibe around

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Speaker 1: the staff and team, who could potentially be the Day

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Speaker 1: one starter. Dale York from Newcastle, indian asked a similar

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Speaker 1: question about who I think the starting quarterback will be

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Speaker 1: in Week one and will there truly be a competition

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Speaker 1: for the spot. So I kind of want to just

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Speaker 1: reset here a little bit, because we've spent a lot

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Speaker 1: of time talking about the draft. We spent a lot

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Speaker 1: of time talking about obviously, you know Girls' Flag. Next

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Speaker 1: week is going to be about the schedule release. But

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Speaker 1: the thing that's looming over this season, this cold season

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Speaker 1: is who's going to start a quarterback? And I think,

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Speaker 1: to quickly answer Dale's question, yes, there will truly be

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Speaker 1: a competition. I think some you know, I saw some

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Speaker 1: commentary of like, well, Colt's brought Daniel Jones in, but

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Speaker 1: they really want Anthony Richardson to be the guy. Whoever

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Speaker 1: is the better quarterback out of these two guys is

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Speaker 1: going to start, no matter if it's got all this

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Speaker 1: stuff committed to Anthony because he's a fourth overall picker.

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Speaker 1: We committed this amount of money to Daniel Jones. It's

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Speaker 1: going to be whoever's the best quarterback. But just a

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Speaker 1: little peak inside this because I think this is probably

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Speaker 1: one of the most the most interesting things to me

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Speaker 1: about this competition. So Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones, they're

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Speaker 1: both big and they're athletic, and you think, okay, well

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Speaker 1: they could maybe be kind of similar type offenses within

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Speaker 1: what Shane Stiken wants to do. But here's where I'm

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Speaker 1: really interested in where this competition goes. So over the

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Speaker 1: last three years, Daniel Jones' average depth of target was

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Speaker 1: about seven yards beyond the line of scrimmage. That's not

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Speaker 1: very far compared to guys who are maybe seven and

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Speaker 1: a half eight eight and a half yards beyond the

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Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. That it kind of tells us what

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Speaker 1: we know. Daniel Jones did not push the ball downfield

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Speaker 1: a whole lot. When he was with the New York

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Speaker 1: Giants Anthony Richardson in twenty twenty three, his average depth

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Speaker 1: of target was seven point five yards. In twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: four it was twelve point three yards. So of Anthony

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Speaker 1: Richardon's three hundred and forty eight career pass attempts in

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Speaker 1: the NFL, fifty eight of those were targeted a receiver

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Speaker 1: at least twenty yards downfield. That's sixteen point seven percent

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Speaker 1: of those passes Daniel Jones from twenty twenty two to

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. And I took that range because that

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Speaker 1: includes the twenty two season where he was really good,

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Speaker 1: the Giants made the playoffs, they won a playoff game,

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Speaker 1: and then twenty two to twenty three where he had

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Speaker 1: some issues and some struggles in New York. Of his

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Speaker 1: one one hundred and sixty nine passes over the last

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Speaker 1: three years, sixty five of those were twenty or more

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Speaker 1: yards downfield. That's five point five percent. So in Anthony

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Speaker 1: Richardson's played what seventeen games in the NFL, He's targeted

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Speaker 1: guys downfield twenty on deep passes fifty eight times. Daniel

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Speaker 1: Jones in three years only had seven more of those passes.

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Speaker 1: So that's just sort of a general overview here. I mean, look,

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Speaker 1: we know it Anthony Richardson pushes the ball downfield a

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Speaker 1: little bit more, a lot more than Daniel Jones here.

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Speaker 1: Now that the different separator here is on throws of

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Speaker 1: under twenty yards, so when you're not throwing it deep,

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Speaker 1: Daniel Jones completed seventy six of his seventy six percent

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Speaker 1: of his passes over the last three years. That's twenty

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Speaker 1: third out of seventy four qualified NFL quarterbacks per Pro

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Speaker 1: Football Focus. Anthony Richardson, on those same throws from nineteen

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Speaker 1: yards downfield to behind the line of scrimmage completed sixty

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Speaker 1: three percent of his passes. That's seventy third out of

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Speaker 1: seventy four quarterbacks with at least one hundred of those throws.

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Speaker 1: So that's a separator Daniel Jones is he has shown

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Speaker 1: over his career he's going to complete more of those

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Speaker 1: intermediate and short passes than Anthony Richardson. How does that

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Speaker 1: play out in the Colts quarterback battle is what I

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Speaker 1: am interested in finding out, and I think what the

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Speaker 1: Colts are interested in finding out. It's why I don't

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Speaker 1: want to handicap this thing right now, because if Anthony

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Speaker 1: Richardson comes in and he's he's still able to push

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Speaker 1: the ball downfield, but he's complete more of those short

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Speaker 1: and intermediate throws, then you would say, Okay, well he's

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Speaker 1: probably gonna have the lead in it. But if he

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Speaker 1: comes in and he maybe doesn't do those things, or

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Speaker 1: Daniel Jones comes in and maybe he does start pushing

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Speaker 1: it downfield a little bit more, and you can envision

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Speaker 1: an offense that could be more explosive, or at least

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Speaker 1: about his explosive, maybe even a little bit less. You're

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Speaker 1: still probably okay with that as with Anthony Richardson, but

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Speaker 1: you're gonna get more consistency from zero to twenty, then

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Speaker 1: maybe it's Daniel Jones. The injury factor for Anthony Richardson

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Speaker 1: does play a part in here as well. He's got

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Speaker 1: to be able to stay healthy right now. That's where

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Speaker 1: he's at. He's at a really good offseason everything that

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Speaker 1: we have heard about richardson this offseason has been really

638
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Speaker 1: positive in the work he's done with guys like Chris

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00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 1: Hewlett down in Florida, and he's healthy right now. So

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Speaker 1: that's all really good to hear. We'll see kind of

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Speaker 1: where that goes. But right now, to answer Cody's question

642
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:58,240
Speaker 1: and the answer answer Dale's question, it's too early to tell.

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Speaker 1: And I think that's okay. I think there doesn't need

644
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:01,960
Speaker 1: to be a front runner in this if you really

645
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Speaker 1: want to figure out who gives you the best chance

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Speaker 1: to win in twenty twenty five. All right, really good questions. Again,

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Speaker 1: I couldn't get to all of them obviously on this podcast,

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Speaker 1: but I got to a lot of them on Colts

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Speaker 1: really smart questions. Thanks to everyone who's submitted. It's really

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Speaker 1: Colts Show next week of a really exciting one. I'm

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Speaker 1: sixteen games are on the Cult schedule. As the NFL schedule, well,

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Speaker 1: it will be released at eight pm on Wednesday, May fourteenth.

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Speaker 1: We'll have an episode of Instant Reaction that'll be out

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Speaker 1: on Wednesday night, going through the Colts schedule. That'll be

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Speaker 1: out again Wednesday night on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, on YouTube,

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Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcast. If you've made it this

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Speaker 1: the schedule release, about that quarterback competition I just talked about,

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Speaker 1: Need a chance to sit down with the great Tom

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Speaker 1: interesting stuff as always on High Volume with Jeffrey Gormant.

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Speaker 1: All right, that's going to do it for this episode

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Speaker 1: for listening. We'll talk to you next week about the

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