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Speaker 1: What's up? Everyone? Welcome into another episode of Instant Reaction,

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Speaker 1: presented by Sony here on the Colts Audio Network and

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Speaker 1: on YouTube. I'm JJ Stankowitz, joined every week by Colts

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Speaker 1: Ring of Honor wide receiver Bill Brooks to break down

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Speaker 1: the Colts' latest game. Bill, the Colts are twenty three

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Speaker 1: to twenty losers to the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium

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Speaker 1: in Houston on Sunday. The Colts fall to four and four.

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Speaker 1: They are now effectively three games behind the Houston Texans,

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Speaker 1: who are at six and two and have the season

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Speaker 1: tiebreaker over. The Colts got a lot to get into

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Speaker 1: with this game. Another game that comes down to the

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Speaker 1: last possession, to the final moments. But I think Bill,

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Speaker 1: you got to start with Anthony Richardson and the day

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Speaker 1: that he had. He goes ten of thirty two in

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Speaker 1: this game. In the first half, he was two of fifteen.

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Speaker 1: I don't think I've ever seen the stat line that's

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Speaker 1: looked like that in the first half of the game.

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Speaker 1: Before we get into kind of the nitty gritty of

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Speaker 1: it though, Bill, I went in that locker room at

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Speaker 1: NRG Stadium on Sunday and I heard from DeForest Buckner,

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Speaker 1: from Jonathan Taylor, just you know, Moley Cox, some of

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Speaker 1: these other guys in there, and Anthony Richardson has not

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Speaker 1: lost this locker room. This locker room is still behind

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Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson. They know what kind of the deal is that, Hey,

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Speaker 1: this is a process of getting this guy up to speed.

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Speaker 1: But they know that for this team to go where

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Speaker 1: they believe they can and where they want to go,

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Speaker 1: they need to be Anthony Richardson at quarterback. So, Bill,

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Speaker 1: I want to start with your perspective as a former player.

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Speaker 1: Where I mean, look, Anthony Richardson struggled today and he's

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Speaker 1: had some issues across this season. But when you look

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Speaker 1: at it, how do you kind of zoom out as

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Speaker 1: a player and see the bigger picture when maybe Anthony

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Speaker 1: Richardson right now is not the reason like the Colts

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Speaker 1: are winning games or contending to win games.

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Speaker 2: Well, what you do is, as a teammate of Anthony's

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Speaker 2: you see how much work he's putting into it. You

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Speaker 2: see what he's doing in the week of practice. You

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Speaker 2: see what he's doing in the weight room, you see

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Speaker 2: what he's doing in the film room, studying, doing all

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Speaker 2: the things that he needs to do. To hopefully go

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Speaker 2: out and play well on the football field. So you

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Speaker 2: understand that all those guys are working hard, and then

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Speaker 2: you know, as a rookie sometimes it's going to be

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Speaker 2: a little bit difficult. All those guys have been rookies

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Speaker 2: at some time or another and they've had a struggle

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Speaker 2: during the season or not even this rookie season, but

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Speaker 2: even as a veteran, they've struggled and they know what

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Speaker 2: it's like. So right now, the thing that they can

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Speaker 2: do to help Anthony is support him him knowing that, hey, look,

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Speaker 2: they went through it as well, and they can conmulate

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Speaker 2: some of those stories that they had when they were

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Speaker 2: rookies and how they got through it themselves. Now all

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Speaker 2: of them are quarterbacks. They didn't play the quarterback position,

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Speaker 2: so it's a little different. But what they can do

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Speaker 2: is support him. And if the teammates can support him

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Speaker 2: what he's going through, it can help and help him

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Speaker 2: hopefully to continue to work and work and work, and

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Speaker 2: eventually hopefully he comes through, he breaks through, and then

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Speaker 2: once he gets that aha moment, then I think everyone

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Speaker 2: will see how good he can be and how good

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Speaker 2: he will be and what he.

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Speaker 3: Can bring to the team.

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Speaker 2: So the guys are going to support him, They're going

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Speaker 2: to be behind him and push him on to hopefully

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Speaker 2: so he won't get down himself, but eventually just break

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it's got to happen for this Colts

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Speaker 1: team to kind of take off this year. And you know,

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Speaker 1: you get the sense that there's that everyone in that

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Speaker 1: Anthony out. Whether it's on defense, Hey, let's let's get

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Speaker 1: some more turnovers, let's finish some more sacks. Let's kind

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Speaker 1: of make those explosive plays to give Anthony a short field.

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Speaker 1: That's something that Zia Franklin talked about last week after

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Speaker 1: the Colts Dolphins game. Or on offense. You know, hey,

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Speaker 1: if Anthony's throwing us the ball and it's within kind

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Speaker 1: of letting a defensive back knock the ball down. So

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of accountability. There wasn't a lot of

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Speaker 1: like you know, like I've been in locker room's bill

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Speaker 1: where you can sense there's not a belief in the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I was in the Bears locker room in twenty seventeen

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Speaker 1: Mike Glennon's not the guy. We got to get him

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Speaker 1: this cold team that they because, like you mentioned, Bill,

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Speaker 1: it's the work that he puts in. They know how

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Speaker 1: much it matters to Anthony. They see how much it

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Speaker 1: going to ride with him, even if maybe the results

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Speaker 1: are there are not quite there yet, knowing that if

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Speaker 1: we ride with this guy and he hits, oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: we're going to be awesome. But you don't want to

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Speaker 1: bury the guy after his tenth career start. Where effectively, Bill, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's his second year, but in terms of game experience,

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Speaker 1: he's still in his rookie year.

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Speaker 2: Exactly. And you want to be a team, and that's

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Speaker 2: what teammates do. You pick people up. You don't tear

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Speaker 2: him down. You pick people up, and you're in this together.

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Speaker 2: It's one team together. Even though you have an offensive team,

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Speaker 2: They're all in it together. You talk about complimentary football

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Speaker 2: while they all play well together when they're doing their

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Speaker 2: job easier if they're playing together. So they know they

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Speaker 2: need to support Anthony. They know they need to get

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Speaker 2: behind Anthony and just encourage him to keep on going

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Speaker 2: out there, keep on working. A lot of times, you

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Speaker 3: It shows up.

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Speaker 2: So just keep on pushing, keep on encouraging, encouraging the

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Speaker 2: young man, and eventually it will break through, and eventually

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Speaker 2: they will see all the things that he's worked on.

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Speaker 2: And then once they see that, they will see the

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Speaker 2: results as far as all the work that they all

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Speaker 1: All right, So let's talk about this game. Bill. The

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Speaker 1: first half, like I mentioned, Anthony Richardson goes two to fifteen.

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Speaker 1: That first completion he had was a screen to Jonathan Taylor.

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Speaker 1: The second completion he had was that sixty nine yard

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Speaker 1: run a little scissors concept. Jalen Peatree, who's on Downs,

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Speaker 1: It was just kind of happen and Downs gets wide

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Speaker 1: funny Bill, it was asking Downs after the game. I

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Speaker 1: was like, as someone who is not caught a ball

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Speaker 1: And he was like, those are moments where you can

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Speaker 1: of a sudden you're thinking about scoring instead of reeling.

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Speaker 1: In the past, have you ever had a catch like

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Speaker 2: When you're wide open like that, sometimes those are the

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Speaker 2: toughest catches to make, and as Josh said, sometimes you

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Speaker 2: forget to go through your basic fundamentals of making sure

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Speaker 2: A lot of times you think about, oh I got

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Speaker 2: you bobble it and drop it, or you just play

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Speaker 3: So sometimes those the most difficult catcher.

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Speaker 2: So it's good to see Josh just go through his fundamentals,

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Speaker 2: because at times it can be very it could seem

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Speaker 2: and sometimes you do drop it. But fortunately for Josh,

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Speaker 2: Nice play by the whole team. I think it's a

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Speaker 1: Anthony also had a little bit of pressure in his

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Speaker 1: just all around, really good play. Obviously really impactful play

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Speaker 1: but I didn't feel like he was making bad decisions.

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Speaker 1: He like the throws that he was making. It was

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Speaker 1: either you saw a great play by a Texans defender,

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Speaker 1: make plays. They just weren't able to do it. For

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Speaker 1: a number of reasons. I kind of thought early on, Okay, yeah,

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Speaker 1: the game went on, Bill, there just weren't enough of

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Speaker 1: those kind of easy completions built into this to kind

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Speaker 2: I would say, yeah, no, like I said, some of

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Speaker 2: were good decisions, as you said, and I thought they

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Speaker 2: were good throws.

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Speaker 3: But give the defense so they used in Texans credit.

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Speaker 2: They had some tight coverage at times there, and they

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Speaker 2: made some good plays there to bat the ball down.

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Speaker 3: But I think sometimes what happens.

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Speaker 2: When you don't see the ball being completed, you kind

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Speaker 2: of maybe push a little bit more to try to

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Speaker 2: that probably you shouldn't make. I think that's one of

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Speaker 2: the things that might have happened later on in the game.

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Speaker 2: But I think, you know what, early on, you did

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Speaker 2: see him make some good decisions, and to me, that

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Speaker 2: is a step forward when you see him making good

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Speaker 3: I thought he made some good decisions.

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Speaker 2: And sometimes you just have to take those little wins

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Speaker 2: like that and hopefully build on those, and hopefully in

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Speaker 2: the future he can build on those.

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Speaker 3: But in this game, it didn't happen that way.

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Speaker 2: And you know, the bottom line is the coach lost

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Speaker 2: this game, and unfortunately it was against a division opponent.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and really, Bill, to me, the biggest play this

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Speaker 1: entire game was the interception that Richardson threw at the

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Speaker 1: So let's talk about the second half. Richardson I thought

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Speaker 2: At that point, yeah, it was points off the board.

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Speaker 2: You have to take advantage of all the opportunities you have.

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Speaker 1: All right, before we talk about the next issue that

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Speaker 1: All right, Bill, So let's go talk about the next

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Speaker 1: drive the Colts had where they drive right back down

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Speaker 1: misses the point, Like I don't think this is this

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Speaker 1: is a very big deal compared to you know, if

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Speaker 1: you want to look at some of the other issues

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Speaker 1: he had in this game of the Colts offense had

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Speaker 1: in this game, that that's probably a little more fair

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Speaker 1: game than this. I don't know, I just I don't. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, it doesn't do anything for me to me

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Speaker 1: is I.

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Speaker 2: Think when you look at the accuracy and consistency of

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Speaker 2: Anthony Richardson, to me, that's the thing I think we

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Speaker 2: should be talking about and hopefully working on to get

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Speaker 2: better right now. Because we know he's a good athlete.

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Speaker 2: We know he can go out there and make some

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Speaker 2: big plays, but right now, he just needs to have

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Speaker 2: the consistency out there in the football field in the

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Speaker 2: accuracy as far as to help this offense score some

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Speaker 2: points and sustain some drives out there in the football field.

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Speaker 1: Now, I will say the as this game went on,

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Speaker 1: like you look at kind of the the middle of

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Speaker 1: this game or the middle of I guess, like the

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Speaker 1: third fourth of the second half, and Richardson the drive

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Speaker 1: that ended with the touchdown, the Jonathan Taylor one yard touchdown,

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Speaker 1: I thought that was a really encouraging possession from Richardson.

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Speaker 1: He ripped some throws with accuracy. He gave his play

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Speaker 1: his receivers a chance to make some yards after the catch.

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Speaker 1: And that third and sixth throw he had to pierce

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Speaker 1: where he stepped up to avoid pressure was a really

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Speaker 1: good play. And then you get first in ten on

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Speaker 1: the twenty five and he takes three shots to the

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Speaker 1: end zone. The first one to Pittman gets broken up,

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Speaker 1: the second one Tyler good It goes through Tyler Goodson's hands.

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Speaker 1: It was a great throw, like because clearly they You're right, Bill,

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Speaker 1: they clearly had a match up there that they liked

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Speaker 1: with Goodson On I think a linebacker. He beat him.

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Speaker 1: Richardson threw the ball with accuracy. If that throw is completed,

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Speaker 1: it's like, oh man, he's back. What a throw. And

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Speaker 1: then but then he goes back and he rips that

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Speaker 1: throw to downs that nearly results in a touchdown. And

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Speaker 1: I thought that was such an encouraging possession of like, Okay, hey,

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Speaker 1: this is what it can look like when he gets

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Speaker 1: into rhythm and he gets a little bit of confidence

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Speaker 1: going in terms of how he can throw the football.

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Speaker 1: That all right, yeah, my guy just dropped it in

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Speaker 1: the end zone. I'm going to take another shot to

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Speaker 1: the end zone and we're gonna make it work on

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Speaker 1: one of these. I thought that was really encouraging.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it is, because right there you see that, Okay,

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Speaker 2: he can make those throws. That throw he made to

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Speaker 2: Goodsin was right there under money. That was a nice throw.

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Speaker 2: Goodson just dropped it, okay, But for a young quarterback

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Speaker 2: to kind of put that out of his mind and

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Speaker 2: come back and then throw the ball to Josh Downs

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Speaker 2: and Josh makes a nice catch there, that says a

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Speaker 2: lot about Anthony. He didn't get defeated by the drop pass.

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Speaker 2: He was accurate on the pass to Goodson, and then

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Speaker 2: he came back and hit Josh Downs and was accurate

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Speaker 2: to the on the pass to Josh Down. So to me,

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Speaker 2: he has that process where Okay, it was a bad play,

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Speaker 2: I forget about it.

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Speaker 3: I just move on. Got to go to the next play.

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Speaker 2: And those two passes right there shows that he can

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Speaker 2: make those throws. I think that's what people sometimes I

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Speaker 2: have to say, get frustrated about, because he can make

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Speaker 2: those throws.

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Speaker 3: It just has he just has to do it on

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Speaker 3: a more consistent basis.

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Speaker 2: And hitting that throw to Josh was a nice catch

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Speaker 2: by Josh big play got him down there for JT

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Speaker 2: to get the run, the one yard run and get

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Speaker 2: a score and a touchdown. And those are the things

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Speaker 2: that you know, you hope you see more often as

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Speaker 2: far as the coast of concern in their offense as

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Speaker 2: they move forward and as Anthony plays and he can

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Speaker 2: spread the ball around to different people and they can

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Speaker 2: make the plays so they can't score some points.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, for the record, for the first this

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Speaker 1: is the first three possessions of the second half. On

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Speaker 1: those Richardson went seven of eleven for eighty yards, so better,

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Speaker 1: like definitely better when he came out a halftime. The

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Speaker 1: Colts did get a couple opportunities though, to go down

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Speaker 1: and tie or win this game where you get the

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Speaker 1: Joe Mixon fumble on the botched pitch, you know, dial

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Speaker 1: with Dangbo. For a moment, looked like we had the

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Speaker 1: biggest big man touchdown in Colt's history right there.

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Speaker 2: I mean.

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Speaker 1: So, but then things kind of stalled out, and Houston

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Speaker 1: give them a lot of credit. They got a ton

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Speaker 1: of pressure and Anthony Richardson on those last two drives

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Speaker 1: that wound up resulting in the Colts not getting you know,

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Speaker 1: even a hail Mary pass off to try to win

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Speaker 1: the football game. So you know, give Houston credit at

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Speaker 1: the end, their pass rush showed up. That's what that

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Speaker 1: team is designed to do. You got Will Anderson, it's

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Speaker 1: a third overall pick, you paid Danil Hunter a bunch

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Speaker 1: of money. You got Denico Autry. Always plays like a

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Speaker 1: freaking goblin against the Colts. That's what that front was

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Speaker 1: supposed to do in those moments, and Houston they got

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Speaker 1: the better of the Colts in those moments up front.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, that's what they they wanted to do.

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Speaker 2: You want them if you have a defensive front like that,

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Speaker 2: you want to be able to close games out by

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Speaker 2: putting pressure on the quarterback, by sacking the quarterback.

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Speaker 3: And give Uston credit.

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Speaker 2: They closed the game out by putting pressure on the

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Speaker 2: quarterback and not allowing him to make some plays down

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Speaker 2: the field for them to win the game as far

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Speaker 2: as the coast to win the game. So give Houston credit.

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Speaker 2: That's what they're you know, their defensive lines for. And

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Speaker 2: that's why they drafted Will Anderson and that's why they

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Speaker 2: signed Danail Hunter to the free agent contract and got

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Speaker 2: them in there, so they can have some guys that

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Speaker 2: can close the game and give them credit. You know,

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Speaker 2: that's what the Colts had when they had Robert Robert

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Speaker 2: Mathis and Dwight Freeney to.

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Speaker 3: Close games out.

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Speaker 2: So those guys did that, They closed the game out,

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Speaker 2: and they sealed the win for the Texans.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Also, this is kind of like a little like

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Speaker 1: football nerd thing, but what Houston did lining up just

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Speaker 1: like overloading the lefts or the right side with every

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Speaker 1: single pass rusher was a very creative option against a

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Speaker 1: hail Mary, where like Richardson feel Okay, hey, I see

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Speaker 1: all these three guys over there, so I'm just going

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Speaker 1: to try to buy time to my right, which I

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Speaker 1: think is the natural decision there. But you get kind

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Speaker 1: of the like Will Anderson's kind of like just hunting

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Speaker 1: at that point, and there's no way, like the Colts

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Speaker 1: offensive line, that's a really tough thing to do there

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Speaker 1: to try to block him. You know, you almost think,

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Speaker 1: like Matt aberflus Is, like I should have been watching

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Speaker 1: the what the Texans did at the end of that

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Speaker 1: game to avoid what Jim Daniels did to us. Yes,

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Speaker 1: like like you know, you see some hail Mary's I've

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Speaker 1: never seen that before. So you got to give Houston

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Speaker 1: some credit there to not even allow Richardson to get

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Speaker 1: the hail Mary off there. But yeah, Richardson on those

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Speaker 1: last couple of drives is pressured on four of his

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Speaker 1: nine dropbacks and he was sacked twice down the stretch.

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Speaker 3: Wow, let's get like, I give you some credit.

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Speaker 2: It was very, very creative to put some pressure on

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Speaker 2: them from one side to make them kind of get

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Speaker 2: out of the pocket and then not allow him to

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Speaker 2: get the pass off for that hail Mary. So give

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Speaker 2: the Texans credit, as I said, they have that runt

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Speaker 2: up there to close games out and that's what they did.

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Speaker 2: They closed the game out today against the Coats, and

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Speaker 2: give them credit.

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Speaker 3: The Texans right now are an the lead at AFC South.

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Speaker 2: You know what, They have a control of days AFC

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Speaker 2: South at this moment, and we'll see what happens as

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Speaker 2: the season goes on. But they know the thing for

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Speaker 2: the Texans I think right now is they're probably concerned

586
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Speaker 2: more about their health than anything else, keeping the guys healthy.

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Speaker 3: I know Stefan Diggs.

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Speaker 2: Got banged up, and they have some guys banged up

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Speaker 2: right now, So I'm sure they're concerned about the health.

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Speaker 2: But the Colts, from their viewpoint, they just have to

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Speaker 2: go back to the drawing board, correct some mistakes and

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Speaker 2: find ways to get this offense moving down the field,

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Speaker 2: to get some points, to get Anthony into a rhythm

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Speaker 2: where he feels comfortable out there, run the plays that

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Speaker 2: he likes to run out there, so they can move

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Speaker 2: the ball down the field and they can score some points.

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Speaker 2: Because the defense did some nice things out there today,

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Speaker 2: I think I thought they played hard, and you know,

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Speaker 2: they got some three and out against the Texans, So

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Speaker 2: give them credit for playing hard and doing some good

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Speaker 2: things on the defensive side of the ball.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, real quick, I think there's some beat on the

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Speaker 1: bone there with the Colts run game. Jonathan Taylor went

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Speaker 1: over one hundred yards today. I think you know there.

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Speaker 1: As the Colts get more reps with JT and Ar

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Speaker 1: in the backfield, I think you're going to see this

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Speaker 1: run game continue to expand and be something that this

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Speaker 1: team really leans into in the second half of the season.

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Speaker 1: All right, before we talk about the defense, another quick

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about the defense. My goodness today, get after

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Speaker 1: c J. Stroud today. Early on in this football game,

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Speaker 1: the Colts really got a lot of pressure on CJ. Stroud.

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Speaker 1: You saw DeForest Buckner get a sack, Dio Dangbo get

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Speaker 1: a sack. But the thing Bill I want to start

654
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Speaker 1: by talking about Gus Bradley was in his bag in

655
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Speaker 1: terms of the looks he was giving. You saw a

656
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Speaker 1: lot of simulated pressures where you had Zire Franklin and

657
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:39,680
Speaker 1: DJ Speed mugged up on the line, like over the

658
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Speaker 1: A gap and you didn't know if both of them

659
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Speaker 1: are dropping out, if one of them was dropping out.

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Speaker 1: You had Layoutu Latu Quity pay drop into coverage. You

661
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 1: had Kenny Moore the second blitz a couple of times.

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Speaker 1: I loved what Gus Bradley did in this game to

663
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Speaker 1: try to confuse c J. Stroud, and it really did

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Speaker 1: have an impact. Early in this game, the Texans only

665
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Speaker 1: had that one long scoring drive. Otherwise it was pretty

666
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Speaker 1: tough sledding for Houston's offense.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Gus give him some different looks, show some looks

668
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Speaker 2: that they haven't seen before from the Coats, and it

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Speaker 2: kind of confused their offensive line because the Coats got

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Speaker 2: some pressure on c. J.

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Speaker 3: Stroud got him out of the pocket.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes, I know, sometimes they were designed rollouts by the Texans,

673
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Speaker 2: but sometimes also the Coats pressured him to get him

674
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Speaker 2: out of the pocket as well.

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Speaker 3: So saw some things.

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Speaker 2: They got a couple of sacks, Coats did and so

677
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Speaker 2: that was good to see that they were able to

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Speaker 2: get some pressure on CJ.

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Speaker 3: Stroud. And that's what the that's what you have to

680
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Speaker 3: do with c J. Stroud.

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Speaker 2: He had to get him out of the pocket. Get

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Speaker 2: some pressure on him now and give c J. Stroud

683
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Speaker 2: some credit. When he gets out of the pocket, he

684
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:46,359
Speaker 2: looks to throw the ball down the field. It doesn't

685
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Speaker 2: look ability to run the ball, and he made some

686
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:51,000
Speaker 2: nice throws on the run out there. But I like

687
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Speaker 2: what I saw from the Coat's defense getting after c J. Stroud,

688
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Speaker 2: getting a couple of sacks and putting some pressure on them.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the Colts generated pressure bill fifty percent of c J.

690
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:06,400
Speaker 1: Stroud's dropbacks in the first half before that last possession,

691
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Speaker 1: the one play, you know, seven yard, So I mean

692
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Speaker 1: you're you're talking about half of a quarterback's dropbacks. That's

693
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Speaker 1: gonna have an impact. And I thought Houston did some

694
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Speaker 1: good things coming out in the second half where they

695
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Speaker 1: were able to play with the lead a little bit,

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Speaker 1: and they they were able to kind of mute the

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Speaker 1: impact of the Colts pass rush just a little bit

698
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Speaker 1: more than they were in the first half. But still

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Speaker 1: you saw a lot of possessions end with a guy

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Speaker 1: in c J. Stroud's face. And it wasn't just that

701
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Speaker 1: they pressured him Bill, they were hitting him, you know.

702
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Speaker 1: You Dio Dangbo had three quarterback kicks hits, DeForest Buckner

703
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Speaker 1: had two, Grover Stewart had that one where it looked

704
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Speaker 1: like CJ got a little bit banged up. Yes, this

705
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Speaker 1: was a very impactful game for this Colts front, and

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Speaker 1: I don't think it was a coincidence that it came

707
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Speaker 1: with DeForest Buckner coming back for the first time since

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Speaker 1: Week two.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm sure the guy's and a defensive defensive line

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Speaker 2: happy to get the Forest back up there, one of

711
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Speaker 2: the leaders up there, one of the guys that you

712
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,320
Speaker 2: know can change a game. He is a game changer

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Speaker 2: for the Coats on that defensive front. So you know,

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Speaker 2: he had he came back and I thought he had

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Speaker 2: a good game. I thought he played well, you know,

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Speaker 2: the Forest he had what two tackle, three tackles and

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00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 2: two quarterback hits and the tackle full lost, So give

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Speaker 2: him credit and you know, and he also had a

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Speaker 2: sack there. So the Forest came back and made his

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Speaker 2: presence felt out there in the football field.

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Speaker 3: So it was good to have him back there.

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Speaker 2: And you know, hopefully as the weeks go on, you know,

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Speaker 2: he gets his win back up and he'll be ready

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Speaker 2: to you know, go some more and some more and get.

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Speaker 3: Some more players out there and help the defense.

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Speaker 2: And hopefully we'll see this for the defense going forward,

727
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Speaker 2: as far as putting pressure on the quarterbacks and doing

728
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Speaker 2: some different things to kind of give a different look

729
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,359
Speaker 2: to the quarterback so they can confuse the quarterback and

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Speaker 2: make it difficult for them to get the ball down

731
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Speaker 2: the field to their ups that they'd like to get

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Speaker 2: him to whoever the Colts are playing.

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Speaker 1: The Colts run defense in this game was definitely better

734
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Speaker 1: than they were in the in game one against Houston.

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Speaker 1: But I did think Joe Mixon got a little He

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Speaker 1: was able to have some success late in this game. Yes,

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00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,799
Speaker 1: that was really impactful. You know, he only averaged four

738
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Speaker 1: point five yards per carry in the second half, so

739
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Speaker 1: it was a little bit higher than he was at

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Speaker 1: in the first half. It wasn't certainly the explosive level

741
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 1: that he was at back in Week one. But you know,

742
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Speaker 1: there were some moments where you know, you kind of

743
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Speaker 1: wish the Colts could have got a stop or just

744
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 1: limit him to three yards instead of five yards or

745
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Speaker 1: six yards. But you know, give Houston some credit. They

746
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Speaker 1: got to some good things in their run game in

747
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Speaker 1: the second half. But I mean that, I mean, look,

748
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Speaker 1: the Colts almost went down and still won this game

749
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Speaker 1: because Dio Dangbo. He said there was kind of a

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Speaker 1: formation tell that they were going to run this kind

751
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:01,680
Speaker 1: of pitch play to mix in. So st. J. Stroud's

752
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:03,960
Speaker 1: pitch to Mixon is a little bit inaccurate. This is

753
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Speaker 1: when the Texans, by the way, are down inside the

754
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Speaker 1: Colts red zone with a chance to seal the game.

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Speaker 1: It's an inaccurate pitch. But even if it was accurate,

756
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,359
Speaker 1: Dio is there. Dio is going to make a big

757
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,959
Speaker 1: play right there no matter what. It just so turned

758
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 1: out he was able to grab the football and almost

759
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Speaker 1: turn it into a touchdown. Dio Dango's playing some really

760
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Speaker 1: really good football right now. And I think he really

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Speaker 1: benefited from having DeForest Buckner back in there. I think

762
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Speaker 1: Layoutu Latu benefited from having DeForest Buckner back in there,

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Speaker 1: and Quity Pay. It's not a coincidence that these three

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Speaker 1: defensive ends on the Colts benefited from having a guy

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Speaker 1: and buck who can push the pocket with consistency because

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Speaker 1: on Bucksack, for instance, a lot to gets pressure off

767
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Speaker 1: the edge, but Stroud steps up. But then there's Buck

768
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Speaker 1: ready to just like smother him. That wasn't there for

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Speaker 1: this Colts defense prior to Buckner coming back this week.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you have it when you get someone

771
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Speaker 2: that could push push the pocket up the middle and

772
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Speaker 2: be a presence in the middle for quarterbacks, so they

773
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Speaker 2: can't step up.

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Speaker 3: Into the up into the the pocket, so to speak.

775
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Speaker 2: And then if they can't step up, well, the next

776
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:17,839
Speaker 2: thing they know is they trying to get around the edges.

777
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Speaker 2: But when they when the guys in it on the

778
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:23,600
Speaker 2: edge puts pressure on them and close that pocket, then

779
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,399
Speaker 2: it gives give them an opportunity to hopefully get a sack.

780
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Speaker 2: And that's what happened with Dial getting the sack. There,

781
00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:31,840
Speaker 2: you got a nice sack. Beat his guy pretty clean

782
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 2: to get a sack. Well, yeah, he had he has

783
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:38,800
Speaker 2: some trouble. Let's just say that he has some trouble today.

784
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Speaker 2: So give Dial credit for that, and it was nice

785
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Speaker 2: sack and.

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Speaker 3: That's what you want to see now.

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Speaker 2: Having the forest back back helps that defensive line quite

788
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Speaker 2: a bit and hopefully, you know, everyone can stay healthy

789
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Speaker 2: moving forward and you can see some more of those

790
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 2: things going forward as far as games coming up for

791
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Speaker 2: the Coats, And give Dial credit. I think Dial's is

792
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,759
Speaker 2: playing very well doing what he needs to do out

793
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Speaker 2: there on the field. I thought he made a nice

794
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:05,759
Speaker 2: play on that play with Mixing. I thought he was

795
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 2: right there in the backfield with them kind of met

796
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Speaker 2: him there as he was kind of bobbling the ball

797
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Speaker 2: and then for him to have the just to have

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Speaker 2: the knowledge and the wherewithal to just get the ball

799
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Speaker 2: and grab the ball, and then you know, Mixing just

800
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:22,279
Speaker 2: touched him enough to get him down there, so he

801
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:25,279
Speaker 2: was down by contact. But it was a good play

802
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 2: by Dio to get the ball and to you know,

803
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,480
Speaker 2: understand what they were trying to do.

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Speaker 3: And that comes from film studies.

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Speaker 2: So that shows what can happen if you you know,

806
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 2: watch film study and have an understanding of what they're doing,

807
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 2: and then when the times comes in the game, you

808
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:43,880
Speaker 2: can make those plays. You make the plays and that

809
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 2: was big for Dial and big for the Colts at

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Speaker 2: the moment.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, the Colts, for all the good that

812
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 1: we saw in this game, there was enough that did

813
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:58,719
Speaker 1: not go the Colts way, and the Colts need to

814
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,399
Speaker 1: clean up that left to a twenty three to twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday at NRG Stadium. Bill,

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Speaker 1: you and I will be back early Monday morning at

817
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Speaker 1: some point after the Colts play the Minnesota Vikings. Are

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Speaker 1: we're not going to record at about three o'clock in

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Speaker 1: the morning, sorry to say, well, we'll find some time

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Speaker 1: early next Monday morning to get everyone a podcast here

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Speaker 1: in the Colts Audio Network and on YouTube. Again. We

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Speaker 1: for Bill Brooks. I'm JJ Stankowitz. Talk to you next

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