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

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Speaker 1: here on the Colts Audio Network and on the Colts

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Speaker 1: YouTube page. I'm jj Stankobitz, 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 get back to

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Speaker 1: five hundred. They get their first win in the AFC

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Speaker 1: South in Week six over the Tennessee Titans, a twenty

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Speaker 1: to seventeen win at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. Bill, let's

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Speaker 1: start here. Anthony Richardson not playing in this game. He

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Speaker 1: is ruled inactive. He was the Colts emergency third quarterback.

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Speaker 1: So what that means is that if Joe Flacco and

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Speaker 1: Sam Ellinger were injured and or disqualified from the game,

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Speaker 1: then the Colts could have put Anthony richards into the game,

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Speaker 1: but that would be the only circumstance he could have played.

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Speaker 1: So generally speaking, Bill, I think the fact that he

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Speaker 1: was the emergency third quarterback this week as opposed to

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Speaker 1: last week when he was not, he was just straight

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Speaker 1: up and active, tells you he's close. But Bill, the

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Speaker 1: Colts didn't want to risk anything in terms of, you know,

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Speaker 1: is this going to get any worse. Is there any

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Speaker 1: risk here? Shane Styken said, quote, he just wasn't there

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Speaker 1: yet In terms of Anthony Richardson playing in this game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he probably wasn't there yet, but he's probably close.

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Speaker 2: You could see that he's making progress in regards to

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Speaker 2: the previous week to this week in regardss that he

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Speaker 2: was not even dressed last week against Jacksonville and now

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Speaker 2: against Tennessee he was the emergency quarterback, so shown that

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Speaker 2: he has made progress. But the Colts probably want to

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Speaker 2: error in the side of caution just because you know what,

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Speaker 2: is this guy that you want to hopefully be a

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Speaker 2: quarterback for many, many many years. You don't want to

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Speaker 2: risk any injuries to him. So just to be safe,

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Speaker 2: you know what, let them rest another week. We'll see

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Speaker 2: what happens this week as he goes out and hopefully

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Speaker 2: gets ready to play. But you feel confident when Joe

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Speaker 2: Flacco's out there. I mean, that's why you signed him

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Speaker 2: and to bring him in. And Joe has shown that

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Speaker 2: he can't do the job, he's capable of doing the job,

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Speaker 2: and he did a nice job today. The numbers weren't

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Speaker 2: what he needed to do as far as to get

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Joe Flacco today completes twenty two of thirty eight

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Speaker 1: passes for one hundred and eighty nine yards, two touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: one interception. It's a passer rating of seventy seven point six.

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Speaker 1: So again, Bill, Yeah, yeah, you're not talking about, you know,

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Speaker 1: like what we saw Joe Flacco do last week against

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Speaker 1: the Jaguars, right, But this was a different game. It

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Speaker 1: was a different style of game. This was kind of

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Speaker 1: more of a almost like a defensive rock fight of

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Speaker 1: you know, who's going to make fewer mistakes down the stretch.

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Speaker 1: And you know, Flacco made a couple of plays when

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Speaker 1: he needed to. We'll get into the Michael Pittman of

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Speaker 1: this all, but it was the kind of game that

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Speaker 1: you want to figure out a way to win it,

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Speaker 1: and Joe Flacco definitely did help steer the Colts that way. Now,

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Speaker 1: he after the game, Bill, he said he felt like

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Speaker 1: he left a lot out there. And I think you're

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Speaker 1: specifically thinking about that second to last drive where he

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Speaker 1: overthrew Alec Pierce. He hits that pass. The Colts win

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Speaker 1: this game twenty seven to seventeen. That's a touchdown, and

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Speaker 1: Flacco missed him downfield. You know, there are a couple

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Speaker 1: of instances in the red zone where the Colts got

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Speaker 1: could see some of the limitations of this offense with

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Speaker 1: the game kind of played out, I thought Flacco did

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Speaker 1: a really nice job just all right, Hey, this is

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Speaker 1: a game where I'm not going to make a mistake.

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Speaker 1: I can't put the ball in harm's way, can't take

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, he managed a game well, and that's

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Speaker 2: what you want from your backup quarterback. Come into a game,

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Speaker 2: was trying to take care of the ball. Yes, he

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Speaker 2: did have that interception that he threw to Pittman that

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Speaker 3: And you know, I did a nice job as far.

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Speaker 3: So black woman did a nice job. And that's what

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Speaker 2: That's why they brought him here to make those kind

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Speaker 2: the offensive line credit as well to give him enough time. Yes,

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Speaker 2: I did get some pressure on him at times, but

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Speaker 1: The Colts pass protection I thought was really good in

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Speaker 1: on that, you know, Dalton Tucker stepped in and I

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean absolutely the offensive line gave him time.

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Speaker 1: Flacco wasn't sacked at all in this game. He also,

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Speaker 1: He knows what to do in that situation. And just

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Speaker 1: generally speaking to about backup quarterbacks, like, regardless of how

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Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson plays in a winner or loss and what

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Speaker 1: But when you have your backup quarterback in the same

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Speaker 1: doesn't matter if he completes twenty percent of his passes.

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Speaker 1: The point is you had a backup quarterback steer you

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Speaker 2: And one of the things also is when you have

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Speaker 2: that's what Joe Flacco did, you know, and that play

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Speaker 1: Same thing on the second and ten completion, right before

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Speaker 1: It just you know, your backup quarterback comes in, makes

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Speaker 1: really all you needed. Bill. Let's talk about Pittman though,

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Speaker 1: even considering injured reserve for him. Pitt said after the

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Speaker 1: He practices in full on Friday, dresses on Sunday, and

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Speaker 1: Bill I thought this was interesting, Like when he wasn't

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Speaker 1: and do you kind of play him more on Hey,

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Speaker 1: it's a big third down, we got to get Pitt

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Speaker 1: And Michael Pittman Junior played eighty percent of the snaps today.

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Speaker 1: It's a little bit lower than his usual rate, which

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Speaker 1: he made late in the game on LEGI are you sneed?

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Speaker 1: Were remarkable And that level of toughness Bill that he brings. Like,

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Speaker 1: seeing pitt go out and.

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Speaker 3: Do that, well, it means a lot to his teammates.

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Speaker 2: I mean you, First of all, you have a guy

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Speaker 2: I don't know if he was struggling in practice or not,

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Speaker 1: I think that's such a good point, Bill, that it

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Speaker 2: Exactly, and they respect him for what he's done out

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Speaker 3: And pitt has earned that respect.

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Speaker 2: By how he's played and how he's conducted himself, not

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Speaker 1: So the Colts weren't really able to run the ball

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Speaker 3: He is a guy.

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Speaker 2: To me, he's a he's a he's a chain mover,

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Speaker 3: And you know what, you can make big plays. I

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about the Colts defense, because I think it

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Speaker 2: Yes, I mean the guys stepped up. I mean, and

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Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus grades are not everything. I think they're

434
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Speaker 1: kind of more of just a useful tool of like

435
00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:59,000
Speaker 1: what sort of ballpark are these guys in? Like are

436
00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,280
Speaker 1: they playing well or are they not? Pro Football Focus

437
00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,520
Speaker 1: is Sam Sammy Wollmack. His coverage grade is eighty six

438
00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:09,320
Speaker 1: point three. That's really good. And then Jalen Jones for

439
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,160
Speaker 1: the this is for the season. Jalen Jones's coverage grade

440
00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:16,120
Speaker 1: is seventy two point seven, which is solid. That's good.

441
00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:20,400
Speaker 1: These guys are, They're having their moments and they're coming up,

442
00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,600
Speaker 1: you know, with some big plays too. I thought some

443
00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:27,359
Speaker 1: of the tight coverage they played though on Hopkins and

444
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,399
Speaker 1: on Ridley, especially late in the game. You know, I

445
00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,480
Speaker 1: was talking to Jalen after the game and he said

446
00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,320
Speaker 1: that the way the Titans just designed their offense, it's

447
00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,520
Speaker 1: a lot of ISO stuff, Right. They're gonna get Hopkins

448
00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,800
Speaker 1: isoed on you. They're gonna get Ridley isoed on you.

449
00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,960
Speaker 1: Those are just kind of like those are challenges for

450
00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,840
Speaker 1: these young corners. And the thing I would sort of

451
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:50,200
Speaker 1: caution everyone listening that if if these guys stunk, if

452
00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,879
Speaker 1: Jones and if Womack stunk, they would not have held

453
00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:58,600
Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley to no catches on eight targets. They would

454
00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,240
Speaker 1: not have shut down DeAndre Hopkins late in the game

455
00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,320
Speaker 1: when he was getting the ball. Will Evis was going

456
00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,880
Speaker 1: to throw him the football. And maybe some of those

457
00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,879
Speaker 1: passes weren't super accurate. DeAndre Hopkins has a history of

458
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:14,879
Speaker 1: making plays on passes that are not super accurate. Colts like,

459
00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:18,440
Speaker 1: really really impressive showing just straight up from these dbs.

460
00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,440
Speaker 1: I don't care who's playing quarterback, I don't care how

461
00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,560
Speaker 1: old DeAndre Hopkins is. This is a really impressive showing

462
00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:26,679
Speaker 1: from these two Colts quarterbacks, specifically on the outside.

463
00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:27,760
Speaker 3: Yes, no, they.

464
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,399
Speaker 2: Played well, and give the guys credit where credit is due.

465
00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,920
Speaker 2: You know, they held this receiving cord down, so to speak,

466
00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,000
Speaker 2: as far as not making any big plays out there

467
00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,600
Speaker 2: that will hurt the team. So give those guys credit

468
00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:42,199
Speaker 2: for what they have done. And you know what, they

469
00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,400
Speaker 2: need to continue to build on this though going forward,

470
00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,200
Speaker 2: and need to continue to build on this because they're

471
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Speaker 2: going to be some games down the road that are

472
00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:51,439
Speaker 2: going to be some high powered offerences that they're going

473
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,439
Speaker 2: to have to step up and play well. And as

474
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,920
Speaker 2: long as they're right now learning and building, they can

475
00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,000
Speaker 2: build to these games coming up and hopefully be very effective.

476
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Speaker 3: And I'll give the Colts a defense and boost.

477
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Speaker 1: So from the moment that the Colts took the lead

478
00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:11,800
Speaker 1: to the moment that the Colts punted the ball away

479
00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:16,880
Speaker 1: with twelve seconds to go, the Titans ran I believe

480
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,440
Speaker 1: it was fourteen plays in they gained twenty nine yards

481
00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:25,480
Speaker 1: on those plays, So the Colts held Tennessee. When Tennessee

482
00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,320
Speaker 1: needed to go down the field and try to score

483
00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,240
Speaker 1: to tie the game of the field goal take the

484
00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,359
Speaker 1: lead of the touchdown, Tennessee averaged about two yards per play,

485
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Speaker 1: and maybe they could have ran it a little bit more,

486
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,600
Speaker 1: but they weren't really able to run it and they

487
00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,840
Speaker 1: weren't able to throw it. So for a defense that

488
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Speaker 1: I think the thing that I'm trying to come away

489
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,720
Speaker 1: from this game with Bill is this defense gave up

490
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,760
Speaker 1: thirty seven points last week to the Jaguars and they

491
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Speaker 1: now come out hold Tennessee to seventeen. But they hold

492
00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,520
Speaker 1: in these big moments. I think you can build on

493
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:05,920
Speaker 1: this that you sometimes even if again, say what you

494
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,919
Speaker 1: will about the opponent, they're in the NFL. The Colts

495
00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:14,600
Speaker 1: don't care that Will Levis, you know, maybe is struggling

496
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,600
Speaker 1: to throw the ball and move the ball downfield this season.

497
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,240
Speaker 1: All they can do is play the opponent in front

498
00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,320
Speaker 1: of them. And I think there's a chance that you

499
00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,400
Speaker 1: can build on this. If you build on it next

500
00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,000
Speaker 1: week against Miami and then all of a sudden you

501
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,679
Speaker 1: go into Houston in Week eight with a little bit

502
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:32,240
Speaker 1: of momentum, maybe things do start to turn around for

503
00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,800
Speaker 1: this defense. I'm not you're not You're not quite there yet,

504
00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:39,520
Speaker 1: but there's a chance just that you get that momentum going,

505
00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:40,879
Speaker 1: you get the ball rolling, and all of a sudden

506
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,119
Speaker 1: you get a game that you play a really good

507
00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,840
Speaker 1: opponent and you play well in it. Bill, I don't know,

508
00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:47,520
Speaker 1: does does that make any sense? As someone who's kind

509
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,520
Speaker 1: of like like, oh, no player, When you have a

510
00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,159
Speaker 1: really good game but it was against an opponent that

511
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:57,120
Speaker 1: maybe isn't very good, how do you sort of digest

512
00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:58,600
Speaker 1: that and move forward after that?

513
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Speaker 3: Well, you digest it by saying that, Okay, we know

514
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:02,240
Speaker 3: we can't do it.

515
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,280
Speaker 2: You though you think the opponent might not be as

516
00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,200
Speaker 2: good as you maybe some other ponents you're gonna play,

517
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,240
Speaker 2: you still have confidence that, okay, we can do it. Okay,

518
00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,440
Speaker 2: we can make plays. And for the defense, hey, look

519
00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,840
Speaker 2: in a fourth quarter, we did what we need to do.

520
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:18,960
Speaker 3: To stop the Tennessee Titans.

521
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,920
Speaker 2: If I'm not mistaken, I think it was a punt

522
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 2: three plays out, three plays out, which is punt interception.

523
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:25,760
Speaker 2: Then I think of a six plays and a punt.

524
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,280
Speaker 2: If I'm not mistaking, those four drives in the fourth quarter,

525
00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,840
Speaker 2: and you take that and say, okay, you see, guys,

526
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,720
Speaker 2: we can do it. Regardless of who we're playing against,

527
00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,720
Speaker 2: we can do it. So moving forward, that just gives

528
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,560
Speaker 2: you confidence. To me, it's no different than Okay, if

529
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,600
Speaker 2: you are a shooter in basketball and you can't hit

530
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,360
Speaker 2: any of the outside shots, well, the thing you want

531
00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:49,359
Speaker 2: to do is get a layup or get a free

532
00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,280
Speaker 2: throw so you can see the ball going through. And

533
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,160
Speaker 2: then from that point on, even though a free throw,

534
00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:55,960
Speaker 2: no one's guarding you, it's a free throw.

535
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Speaker 3: So you make that. So now you go forward and say, okay,

536
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,440
Speaker 3: we can do it. I can see the ball going through.

537
00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:03,720
Speaker 2: Well, from a defensive standpoint, you can say Okay, we

538
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,080
Speaker 2: can't stop a team in.

539
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Speaker 3: The fourth quarter.

540
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,880
Speaker 2: We can stop these guys if we do our assignments,

541
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:10,960
Speaker 2: and if we stick to our assignments and do what

542
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,639
Speaker 2: we're supposed to do and we're focused on what we

543
00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,679
Speaker 2: need to do, we can stop a team. And so

544
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:21,000
Speaker 2: that just when you do it once or twice, regardless

545
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,439
Speaker 2: of who you do it against, it should build should

546
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:27,280
Speaker 2: build confidence within you and within the unit itself that

547
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:29,840
Speaker 2: they can do it. And when they watch film, they

548
00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:31,680
Speaker 2: will see all the good things they did and take

549
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:33,960
Speaker 2: away from take away the good things that they did,

550
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,439
Speaker 2: and hopefully let that carry over to next week and

551
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,600
Speaker 2: then make the corrections of the things that they didn't

552
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,440
Speaker 2: do so well this past week and hopefully correct those

553
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:42,600
Speaker 2: for the upcoming weeks.

554
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, the one thing the Colts didn't do

555
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:49,119
Speaker 1: well was the third and nineteen touchdown that Tony Pollard

556
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,560
Speaker 1: had And yeah, I kind of mentioned it after the

557
00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:55,120
Speaker 1: game Desire Franklin, and he was still really frustrated with that.

558
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,760
Speaker 1: He said, you know, I'm sick of being on people's

559
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,639
Speaker 1: highlight tapes like we got to, you know, And what

560
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,120
Speaker 1: he said is that wasn't coaching, that's just we got

561
00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 1: to play better on the field. So still obviously stuff

562
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,679
Speaker 1: to clean up. You can't give up a touchdown on

563
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 1: a third and nineteen surrender run like the Colts had there,

564
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:18,040
Speaker 1: but you know they bounced back after that. Tennessee punted

565
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,159
Speaker 1: or turned the ball over and the rest of their possessions,

566
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,760
Speaker 1: So you know, some credit there for the resilience. But yeah,

567
00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,639
Speaker 1: definitely still some things for this defense to clean up,

568
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,120
Speaker 1: especially in the run game. All Right, one more thing

569
00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 1: to talk about, Bill, how about Rigoberto Sanchez. Man, Yes,

570
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:37,280
Speaker 1: what an ending to the game. That's that is one

571
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:38,920
Speaker 1: of the coolest punts I've ever seen.

572
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,360
Speaker 2: That was a great punt and it just I mean

573
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,439
Speaker 2: when you see it, if you look at.

574
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,359
Speaker 3: It closely, you see the ball bounce.

575
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 2: I mean it had to be about that far from

576
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,320
Speaker 2: the sidelines right there, but then the stateum bounds, but

577
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,440
Speaker 2: it just died right there. And to back them up

578
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,919
Speaker 2: that far back in their own in a punt, what

579
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,879
Speaker 2: a clutch punt at a great time. And you know,

580
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:02,840
Speaker 2: Rico had a good day today and I think it

581
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,679
Speaker 2: was three punts inside the twenty today. Uh. For Rego

582
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 2: and the long he continues to do that, that's going

583
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 2: to help the Coats out tremendously. So big day for Rego.

584
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,680
Speaker 2: And let me see what was it. Yeah, there's three

585
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,479
Speaker 2: punts inside the twenty. So good day for Rigo and

586
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,000
Speaker 2: and great job of punting the ball. And you know what,

587
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:22,800
Speaker 2: that's an important part of the game. I mean if

588
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:24,879
Speaker 2: you could back people up and make them have to

589
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 2: drive the whole field and that helps the defense out

590
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:31,639
Speaker 2: that know what, they can hopefully pin someone back and

591
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,160
Speaker 2: then hopefully you can flip the field. Uh. And then

592
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,480
Speaker 2: once you the defense does this job of hold team

593
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,120
Speaker 2: back and hopefully and get the ball and good field

594
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:43,120
Speaker 2: position and you know, on their on the the Coat's

595
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 2: punt return which Josh Downs had a good day today

596
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 2: returning punts himself. You know what, it pushed the offense

597
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 2: in good field position, which makes it easier to go

598
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,120
Speaker 2: down and score. So it's very important that what Rigo

599
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 2: did today. Great day by Rigo.

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Speaker 1: In a game where yards were at a premium, the

601
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,520
Speaker 1: Colts only a one hundred and sixty nine total yards

602
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 1: of offense the Titans at two forty one. The Colts

603
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,840
Speaker 1: out gained the Titans on punt returns sixty seven to nine.

604
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 1: So you add those things up the Colts get. You know,

605
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,479
Speaker 1: if you kind of count those as like hidden yards,

606
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:18,240
Speaker 1: yes for your offense, that puts the Colts at D. Boy,

607
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 1: I'm trying to do math on the fly here. This

608
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 1: isn't good for anyone that puts the Colts at two

609
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,840
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty six. No, three hundred and twenty six

610
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,640
Speaker 1: yards of total offense. I think I might have that

611
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,720
Speaker 1: completely wrong. I think I have that wrong. Over three

612
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,080
Speaker 1: hundred yards of total offense, Titans at two hundred and

613
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 1: fifty so jo, I mean Josh Down's doing what he did.

614
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:39,760
Speaker 1: He had a twenty three yard punt return. Every it

615
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:41,480
Speaker 1: felt like every time he got the ball on a

616
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,480
Speaker 1: punt he got at least a first down in terms

617
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Speaker 1: of yardage. And then the Colts, like you said, like

618
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Speaker 1: you mentioned Bill Rego pinning three punts inside the twenty

619
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Speaker 1: and you got good coverage. Ashton Dulan made a really

620
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,600
Speaker 1: nice play in punk coverage and then obviously the one

621
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Speaker 1: that ended the game where he just kind of pins

622
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Speaker 1: it at the three yard line. I'm going to look

623
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Speaker 1: this up tomorrow, but I want to just kind of

624
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 1: see like some of the advanced stats of like win

625
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 1: probability or EPA added on a punt late in a

626
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Speaker 1: game like that. I have a feeling that regal punt's

627
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:16,360
Speaker 1: going to be pretty high up there in terms of

628
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 1: situationally critical punts in the NFL in recent memory.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm sure it will be very high up there.

630
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Speaker 2: And it's good to see, you know, we go having

631
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:29,520
Speaker 2: success out there in the football field, doing a nice

632
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 2: job and using his talents to help the team win

633
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,240
Speaker 2: football games as well as Josh Downs. You know, I

634
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:39,160
Speaker 2: know when I played returning punts, the thing that our

635
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 2: coach I always said was the thing you could do

636
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 2: first of all is make a good decisions. Second of all,

637
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 2: make sure you hold on to the ball. And third,

638
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,520
Speaker 2: you want to get a first down on part returns.

639
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,560
Speaker 2: You want to average these ten yards on a part return.

640
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,240
Speaker 2: Josh Downs averaged sixteen yards on his part returns and

641
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,480
Speaker 2: so he got more than just a first down for

642
00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,400
Speaker 2: the team. So that's big for the offense when they

643
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 2: get ready to their drives.

644
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,000
Speaker 1: All right, Well, this is a big win for the Colts.

645
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 1: They improved to three and three on the season. They

646
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 1: get their first win in the AFC South Bill. And

647
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,560
Speaker 1: I will be back next Sunday night after the Colts

648
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,280
Speaker 1: host the Miami Dolphins at Lucas Oil Stadium. Dallas Clark

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Speaker 1: is going to be joining the Colts Ring of Honor

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Speaker 1: during halftime on Sunday, So if you haven't got tickets already,

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Speaker 1: you want to get out for that game, remember some

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Speaker 1: Dallas Clark stuff. It's gonna be a great time out there.

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Speaker 3: Bill.

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Speaker 1: I know you know these are always really meaningful for

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Speaker 1: you to have another member be welcomed into the Colts

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Speaker 1: Ring of Honor.

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Speaker 2: It's fun to have the guys come out and well

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Speaker 2: deserved by Dallas Clark for the crew he had here

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Speaker 2: in Indianapolis and what he's done in the National Football League.

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Speaker 1: All Right, gonna be a fun Sunday. Hopefully we're talking

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Speaker 1: about another Colts win. Next time you hear from Bill

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Speaker 1: and myself here on Instant Reaction. Anyways, for Bill Brooks,

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Speaker 1: I'm JJ Sankowitz. Thanks for listening to this episode. We'll

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Speaker 1: talk to you next week. So long,