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Speaker 1: We are back on the Official Cults Podcast on a Thursday.

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Speaker 1: The screw's been on hiatus. We've had Thanksgiving, we've had

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Speaker 1: a bye week, and now we got the big one,

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Speaker 1: the cahuna.

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Speaker 2: Here.

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Speaker 1: It's the Colts and the Broncos, Week number fifteen. Great

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Speaker 1: to be back with you, Bill Brooks, Casey Vallee. I'm

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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor on this Thursday edition of the Official Colts Podcast.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for tuning us in whether you're watching on YouTube

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Speaker 1: or listening on Colts dot Com or the Colts Audio Network.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for making us part of your day, and we

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Speaker 1: are gonna have some fun entertain you. Inform you on

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Speaker 1: this biggin coming up on Sunday between the Colts and

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Speaker 1: the Broncos.

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Speaker 3: Billy b.

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Speaker 1: How we doing today, man, Good to see you again

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Speaker 1: as always here.

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Speaker 4: Doing well, enjoyed the bye week, had a good time relaxing,

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Speaker 4: and but I'm ready right now.

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Speaker 5: To get back at it. I am ready to get

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Speaker 5: back at it. Big game this week.

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Speaker 1: You don't know how to feel, do you us?

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Speaker 5: No, I know how to feel working on it.

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Speaker 1: Lls are on this game already.

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Speaker 5: Man, It's a big game this week. I'm looking forward

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Speaker 5: to it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you got some nervous energy over there. I think

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Speaker 1: the Colts do too. I think the Broncos should, all

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Speaker 1: the fans do. I mean, this is a huge game,

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Speaker 1: so we're gonna talk all about that in terms of

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Speaker 1: the magnitude and the math. And you win, you do this.

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Speaker 1: If you lose, you do that, you fall back, So

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Speaker 1: we'll talk all about it. Matt Gonzalez is going to

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Speaker 1: join us here on the podcast as well, the rookie

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Speaker 1: swing tackle. He started four out of the last five

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Speaker 1: games up front for the Colts. He's been the left side.

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Speaker 1: Now he's back on the right side, so he's gonna

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Speaker 1: have some good perspective on trying to slow down a

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Speaker 1: Denver defense that is number one Numero UNO this year

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Speaker 1: in defensive sacks. They have forty seven, a lot of

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Speaker 1: sack diversity, So he's going to talk about that, and

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Speaker 1: then we're going to close out the show talking about

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Speaker 1: why Denver is having such a good season, why they're

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Speaker 1: in this position right here with an eight and five record,

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Speaker 1: where many people thought going into the season, maybe Denver,

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Speaker 1: with a rookie quarterback they didn't know if bo Nix

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Speaker 1: the worst teams in the NFL, but they are far

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Speaker 1: from that. Here three games over five hundred, this late

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Speaker 1: in the season. Casey, where do you want to start?

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Speaker 1: You look at this matchup, boy, and I mean we

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Speaker 1: always tease Bill all the time. Is this a must

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Speaker 1: win game? Let's get into it here. The Colts are

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Speaker 1: six and seven, Denver eight and five. So the Colts

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Speaker 1: trail Denver by two for the last wild card spot

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Speaker 1: in the AFC. So a win would pull the Colts

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Speaker 1: have that head to head tiebreaker over Denver in that process,

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Speaker 1: But a loss gives the Broncos a three game lead

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Speaker 1: over the Colts plus the tiebreaker, meaning the Colts, due

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Speaker 1: to the math, they can't catch them. They would not

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Speaker 1: be able to surpass Denver in that situation. So you

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Speaker 1: hear all about the NFL dot Com predict Later, You've

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Speaker 1: got the Athletics version of their Texas instruments Whopper New

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Speaker 1: York Times Playoffs simulates. All of those give the Colts

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Speaker 1: right around as sixty five percent chance of making the

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Speaker 1: playoffs if they beat Denver. The chance has dropped to

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Speaker 1: just nine percent to make the postseason. If the Colts

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Speaker 1: lose this game, so case can we can we pile

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Speaker 1: on Bill right here? Is this a must win game?

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Speaker 1: I know it's not a Week eighteen affair, but come on,

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Speaker 1: let's go.

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Speaker 7: I mean, I know Bill won't say it, but I

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Speaker 7: And if you really, if you really want me to

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Speaker 7: give you a nice little paddle on the back, Bill,

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Speaker 7: this is as close to a must win as you're

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Speaker 7: you can look at you can look at scenarios all

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Speaker 1: It's so weird to look at that too. Oh with

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Speaker 7: So it's ultimately you've got the Ravens and the Colts

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Speaker 7: But then outside of that, when you look at the wildcard,

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Speaker 7: all of that. But it's just so imperative to be

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Speaker 7: that's why it's so imp to get a victory here

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Speaker 1: I mean, right now, it's the Broncos, Colts, Bengals have

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Speaker 1: And really, in all reality, based on the math, it's

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Speaker 1: it's really interesting that there's so much magnitude surrounding this game,

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Speaker 5: You know, I don't think I ever played in a

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Speaker 4: Right with this amount of magnitude in the game in

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Speaker 4: So I don't think I've played in a game like that,

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Speaker 4: but I would say, you know, what the players understand

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Speaker 4: it's going to be import for as guys to go

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Speaker 4: like you mentioned earlier, Casey, just how many teams are

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Speaker 1: I liked what DeForest Buckner said earlier today. He just

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Speaker 1: on Thursday, he said, this is we don't have to

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Speaker 1: You know, they've really been there the last couple of

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Speaker 1: like that mindset of the guys not shying away from,

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Speaker 1: you know, the intensity of this game, how much this

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Speaker 1: So they're treating it like a playoff game mindset wise.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, and it's interesting all of that playing into your

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Speaker 7: Because of where Denver is, I think it's ironic that

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Speaker 7: you know, I didn't mention it before, but that's also

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Speaker 7: and the Giants I mentioned, they're mathematically eliminated, but then everything.

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Speaker 3: Else is AFC. So all of those tie breakers.

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Speaker 7: That are going to play in if you continue to

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Speaker 7: another avenue for you to get in. And I'm glad

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Speaker 7: the team is approaching it the way they are because

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Speaker 7: and I got that since late in that game against

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Speaker 3: You go on a nineteen play drive to win.

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Speaker 1: It saved the whole thing.

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Speaker 7: And you could say what you want about while you

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Speaker 7: beat New England. You know what, at the end of

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Speaker 7: saw that playoff instinct come into play and hopefully that

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Speaker 1: Yeah, both of these teams, Colts and Broncos, are coming

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Speaker 1: don't think either team's gonna have an advantage as far

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Speaker 1: It's the longest drought in NFL history for a team

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Speaker 1: I don't do math and publish. They haven't had a

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Speaker 4: Well, gives me confidence is the moment's not too big

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Speaker 4: The situation is not too big for him. He's been

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Speaker 3: Probably, I think it's very safe to say that.

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Speaker 7: And ultimately it's probably the biggest game of any of

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Speaker 3: This is for all the marbles.

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Speaker 3: You still lead.

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Speaker 1: he's able to ramp some things up late in the

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Speaker 1: week in practice. Am I missing anybody else? Ashton Doolan

438
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Speaker 1: was still a d NP on the injury report earlier

439
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Speaker 1: this week, but that's good the culture getting a lot

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Speaker 1: of key players back, namely Ryan Kelly. You're starting center

441
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Speaker 1: and you're starting stud slot receiver and Josh Downs, who

442
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Speaker 1: has such good report with Anthony Richards.

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Speaker 7: Absolutely, you also Jalen Carlis has been a guy as well,

444
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Speaker 7: and Carlais you saw he made a really big impact

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Speaker 7: on special teams. And then also he kind of trickled

446
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Speaker 7: in there as kind of that third linebacker and some

447
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Speaker 7: of those defense when he was when he was healthy,

448
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Speaker 7: and he played pretty well. So that is another one.

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Speaker 7: But actually I talked to Josh today and he says

450
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Speaker 7: he's ready to go. He said it was it was

451
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Speaker 7: a really good bye week for him because he kind

452
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Speaker 7: of had a bye week before the bye week, if

453
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Speaker 7: you will, with missing the Patriots game, he said, so

454
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Speaker 7: sitting out that week but being able to kind of

455
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Speaker 7: ramp up during the bye, he.

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Speaker 3: Feels pretty good about giving it a go.

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Speaker 7: So you talk about getting Josh Downs back and if

458
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Speaker 7: Ryan Kelly comes back, you're really it's wild to think

459
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Speaker 7: because we all talked about it before the year starts.

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Speaker 3: When you see that late.

461
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Speaker 7: Bye, you're like, man, you got to be able to

462
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Speaker 7: try to get to there, and ultimately this team got.

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Speaker 3: There, it seems.

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Speaker 1: So I looked at you like in late September ago

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Speaker 1: wins the bye, we got another three and a half.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean it was a while, but this team,

467
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Speaker 7: it's worked out really well because they were able to

468
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Speaker 7: kind of maintain their health. They got some guys back

469
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Speaker 7: before the bye with the Forest Bucker miss time, Taekwon

470
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Speaker 7: Lewis had missed some time, so you got some guys back,

471
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Speaker 7: and this really worked in their favor to get an

472
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Speaker 7: extra week of rest before this final four game.

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Speaker 1: Stress and before, like you said, before, the biggest game

474
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Speaker 1: of yes, and we didn't know it at the time.

475
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Speaker 1: Right now it's shaping up to be that and it's

476
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Speaker 1: definitely here. So yeah, it's really interesting to hear how

477
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Speaker 1: guys have used a bye to their advantage. You can

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Speaker 1: say the same thing about mister Matt Gonzalvez, who joined

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Speaker 1: us earlier today on the Official Colts Podcast, he talked

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Speaker 1: about his bye week and also the challenge at hand

481
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Speaker 1: with the Denver Broncos, who again lead the NFL in sacks.

482
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Speaker 1: They bring a boatload of pressures, they blitz a lot,

483
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Speaker 1: so edge play on both sides of the line here

484
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Speaker 1: upfront is going to be paramount for the Colts. So

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Speaker 1: Matt Gonzalvez talks to us right now on the Official

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Speaker 1: Cults Podcast, Week fifteen Colts and Broncos. All right, the

487
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Speaker 1: culture getting ready for a huge game on Sunday. It's

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Speaker 1: the Colts and the Denver Broncos out in the Mile

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Speaker 1: High City and Matt Gonzalvez is with us now to

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Speaker 1: talk about the matchup. And Matt, you've started four to

491
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Speaker 1: the last five games. You're settling in, certainly in your

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Speaker 1: rookie season. Before we get into all of that, I

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Speaker 1: want to talk about the bye week. How needed was

494
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Speaker 1: the bye week for you? And how'd you spend that time?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, I mean it was definitely definitely something on

496
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Speaker 2: you for sure. You know, thirteen full or twenty four

497
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Speaker 2: weeks of football, it's a lot. So you know, being

498
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Speaker 2: able to get to get away for a little bit,

499
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Speaker 2: you know, clear my head from football, you know, it

500
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Speaker 2: is definitely nice. It was a good experience for sure.

501
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Speaker 1: You know, in years past you've been playing football for

502
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Speaker 1: so long now and now obviously you're doing it on

503
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Speaker 1: a professional level, but in years past at pitt you

504
00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,439
Speaker 1: are getting ready for finals, you're getting ready for a

505
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Speaker 1: bowl game, and now here in the NFL you still

506
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Speaker 1: have four games left. How have you dealt with the

507
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Speaker 1: longevity of the season for the first time as a rookie.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you know, it's definitely tough. I think

509
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Speaker 2: it's something every rookie has to deal with for sure.

510
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Speaker 2: But you know, I'm just trying to take it day

511
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Speaker 2: by day right now, week by week, minute by minute,

512
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Speaker 2: hour by hour. You know, I'm just trying to lock

513
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Speaker 2: in and do my job. And you know, obviously we

514
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Speaker 2: got four more left, and you know, it's something new

515
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Speaker 2: I've had to experience. But you know, I think it's

516
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Speaker 2: something that you know, I'll be able to adjust to.

517
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Speaker 2: And you know, it's tough, but you know National Football

518
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Speaker 2: League is tough, so you know you got to adjust

519
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Speaker 2: to it.

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Speaker 6: No doubt about that.

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Speaker 1: So within that, what are some things that you've you've

522
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Speaker 1: had to realize about, you know, taking care of your

523
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Speaker 1: body and making sure you're available every single week considering

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Speaker 1: the length of an NFL season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's something you got to stay on top of,

526
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Speaker 2: for sure. I mean, you know, me being younger and

527
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Speaker 2: not you know, having as many reps as these guys,

528
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Speaker 2: maybe you know a little bit less, but you know,

529
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Speaker 2: it's definitely something you got to keep on whether it's

530
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Speaker 2: you know right saw on our you know, hitting the

531
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Speaker 2: tubs or just getting extra treatment right weight room and

532
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Speaker 2: stuff like that. So yeah, it's definitely something you got

533
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Speaker 2: to keep on top of, all right.

534
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Speaker 1: So before the bye week, in that New England game,

535
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Speaker 1: you got your first start at right tackle. You had

536
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Speaker 1: obviously played a lot of tackle and guard in college,

537
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Speaker 1: both sides of the football, but for you playing the

538
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Speaker 1: right side versus the left side at the tackle position,

539
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Speaker 1: doing it for the first time at the right side

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Speaker 1: last game against the Patriots, what was that like? How'd

541
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Speaker 1: that go for you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's definitely a little bit of a change,

543
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Speaker 2: you know, because I was just kind of adjusting and

544
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Speaker 2: getting used to the left side. So you know, I

545
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Speaker 2: played a majority of right in college, so you know,

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Speaker 2: i'd like to think that, you know, I have a

547
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Speaker 2: little bit more of a feel over there, but it's

548
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Speaker 2: you know, in the National Football League, it's something you

549
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Speaker 2: have to adjust with the angles and how you set

550
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Speaker 2: and how you run off the ball and stuff. So

551
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Speaker 2: it's been a bit of adjustment for me. But you know,

552
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Speaker 2: the more I work at it, you know, the better

553
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Speaker 2: I'll feel.

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Speaker 1: What is it about you that you're able to provide

555
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Speaker 1: that flexibility. Why why are you the Swiss Army knife

556
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Speaker 1: up front along that offensive line.

557
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Speaker 2: I'd just do what my coaches tell me to do.

558
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Speaker 2: That's really it. You know, if I if I got

559
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Speaker 2: to go play one position or you know, go play another,

560
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Speaker 2: you know, I just do what whatever is you know

561
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Speaker 2: best for me to help the team. So you know,

562
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Speaker 2: whether that's snapping or playing guard of playing tackle.

563
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Speaker 6: You know, I'm alignment.

564
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Speaker 2: I like to say, you know, I don't think I'm

565
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Speaker 2: at a certain position yet. I'd like to you know,

566
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Speaker 2: find a home and hold my craft in at a

567
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Speaker 2: certain certain area. But you know, as of right now,

568
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Speaker 2: I'm just trying to help the team.

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Speaker 1: But is that where you earn your stripes? Right? Is

570
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Speaker 1: that one of the things that you can point to,

571
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Speaker 1: hopefully later in your career when you're cemented at one position,

572
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Speaker 1: you could say, hey, until I found that spot, I

573
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Speaker 1: was able to, you know, show my flexibility and versatility

574
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Speaker 1: and help the team in any way possible.

575
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Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, like you said, I mean as of right now,

576
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Speaker 2: you know, sure is he kind of is like earning

577
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Speaker 2: my stripes. You know, I'll do whatever it takes for

578
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Speaker 2: this team to win. So if that's that's what it takes. Yeah,

579
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Speaker 2: for sure. I mean I'll earn my stripes that way.

580
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Speaker 1: Who are who are some guys within this room that

581
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Speaker 1: are really helping you settle in within your rookie season.

582
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Speaker 2: I'd say, you know, both of the tackles, you know,

583
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Speaker 2: they've helped me out a lot, you know, just kind

584
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Speaker 2: of you know, whether it's technique or something like that,

585
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Speaker 2: and you know, watching film or whatever. I'd say Quintin

586
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Speaker 2: Nelson kind of giving me the confidence of the left

587
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Speaker 2: side and what he's you know, you know, brought to

588
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Speaker 2: the table over this year. So you know, having him

589
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Speaker 2: just be able to, you know, kind of guide me

590
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Speaker 2: and tell me that you know, you're doing good and

591
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Speaker 2: you know we're gonna play out and do well and

592
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,160
Speaker 2: ball out and stuff. So he's done a great job

593
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Speaker 2: with me. Yeah, you know some of the old you know,

594
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Speaker 2: other older guys too. You know Danny Pinter, you know,

595
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Speaker 2: he's he's talked to me a lot. He's a good

596
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Speaker 2: friend of mine. Will Fries too, So you know, those

597
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Speaker 2: guys have, you know, give me a lot of confidence

598
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Speaker 2: to go out and play every Sunday.

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Speaker 1: So all right, let's talk about this matchup on Sunday.

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Speaker 6: The Broncos.

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Speaker 1: They blitz a lot and their pressure rates really good.

602
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Speaker 1: They lead the NFL in sex. I think they have

603
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Speaker 1: four players that have at least five sacks. Nick Benito

604
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Speaker 1: has eleven. What is it about their pressure and their

605
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Speaker 1: pressure rate in the scheme that has allowed them to

606
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Speaker 1: be pretty efficient getting after the quarterback?

607
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Speaker 2: Well, I think it's it comes down to how hard

608
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Speaker 2: they play. You know, just watching on film, you know

609
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Speaker 2: the motor that each of these guys have, and how

610
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Speaker 2: much physicality, and you know how much they bring to

611
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Speaker 2: the table. You know, every play is not a playoff

612
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,800
Speaker 2: for them. You know, they bring a lot of speed

613
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Speaker 2: and you know they get after the quarterback. So I

614
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Speaker 2: think it's just a tremendous effort that they bring, you know,

615
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 2: every week. You know, it really shows up on film.

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Speaker 2: That's something that I first noticed. And you know that

617
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Speaker 2: that's definitely you know, a big reason why you know,

618
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Speaker 2: they're one of the best defensive the leader at that.

619
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Speaker 1: All Right, So you've obviously never played in Denver before.

620
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Speaker 1: What are you hearing about the atmosphere out there? The crowd,

621
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Speaker 1: it's one of the best fan bases in the NFL.

622
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Speaker 1: Plus the altitude what are some things you're hearing about?

623
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Speaker 1: You know, what it takes to get ready to play

624
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Speaker 1: out there?

625
00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:58,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you know, definitely having an adjust to altitude.

626
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,360
Speaker 2: You know, I think they're back a couple hours too,

627
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Speaker 2: so that, you know, that's definitely. I think it's a

628
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 2: four twenty game over year. So you know, i'd say

629
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Speaker 2: that it's going to be loud there. You know, it's

630
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Speaker 2: something we got to hone in and communication and then

631
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Speaker 2: like you said, the altitude. You know, we're we're doing

632
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,560
Speaker 2: different things, you know, sawing a drinking beat juice and

633
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,640
Speaker 2: stuff like that, and just trying to you know, get

634
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 2: ready to you know, kind of adjust to the altitude.

635
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:19,879
Speaker 6: Beat beat juice.

636
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:20,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, beat juice y.

637
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Speaker 6: What's what's the significance of all?

638
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Speaker 2: That's what our trainers told us to do. So, I mean,

639
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Speaker 2: I hope it helps. I think it will, you know,

640
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,720
Speaker 2: but yeah, we even trying to adjust and you know,

641
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,560
Speaker 2: I'm adjust to the altitude and stuff like that, so

642
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 2: you know, I think it'll be pretty good.

643
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:36,560
Speaker 6: A right, Well, you know everybody's going to google beat juice.

644
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Speaker 1: Everybody's going to figure out what the science is behind that,

645
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,040
Speaker 1: all right, So you look at this matchup. You played

646
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Speaker 1: in a lot of big games in the past at

647
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,800
Speaker 1: pitt Every single guy in that locker room. I mean,

648
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Speaker 1: you can't get to this level without you know, playing

649
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 1: big and big moments. So you know the significance of

650
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,360
Speaker 1: this game in terms of the math and the viability

651
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:57,160
Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. What's being talked about inside the

652
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Speaker 1: locker room in terms of the mindset of this team

653
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Speaker 1: going into this game.

654
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you know, it's a big game. You know,

655
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Speaker 2: we're just taking it like it was any you know,

656
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 2: any other game, and we prepared the same way, and

657
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:10,600
Speaker 2: obviously we got to hone in a little bit more.

658
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 2: You know, we're feeling a little bit more fresh, have

659
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,800
Speaker 2: a little bit more energy. But you know, we know

660
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Speaker 2: that there are great defense and stuff like that, so

661
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:18,480
Speaker 2: you know, we got to lock in and hone in,

662
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Speaker 2: you know, to the best of our abilities this week

663
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 2: and especially all year. So you know, it's a big game.

664
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Speaker 2: But like I said, we prepare the same way, and

665
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Speaker 2: you know, I'm just gonna go out and do our

666
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Speaker 2: very best.

667
00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 6: That's all we can do.

668
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,480
Speaker 1: So all right, Matt, really appreciate your time.

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Speaker 6: Man.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations on a great rookie siege.

671
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,360
Speaker 6: And to this point, I know you're not done.

672
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,320
Speaker 1: I know you've got some unfinished business here with the

673
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,920
Speaker 1: last four games of the season. It starts on Sunday,

674
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,200
Speaker 1: Colts and the Broncos. That's Matt Gonzalveez. Matt always appreciate

675
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:45,440
Speaker 1: your time.

676
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Speaker 2: Thank you, guys, appreciate it.

677
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,520
Speaker 1: We had a lot of fun with Matt Gonzalves off

678
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,720
Speaker 1: the air just now with his beat jews comment.

679
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:51,360
Speaker 3: Right, I was.

680
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 1: I was taken aback by that, so I just googled it.

681
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 1: During that interview he mentioned beat jews, how to get

682
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Speaker 1: ready to play in Denver, how to deal with the altitude.

683
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:03,600
Speaker 1: So just my my crack google search here. Beat juice

684
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:08,440
Speaker 1: may boost stamina to help you exercise longer, improve blood flow,

685
00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 1: and help lower blood pressure. Uh. Some research shows why

686
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Speaker 1: because beats are rich in natural chemicals called nitrates. All right,

687
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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna stop it right there. It gets all

688
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 1: like Bill ny the science.

689
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Speaker 3: Got big words.

690
00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a that's.

691
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Speaker 3: Above my payroll.

692
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Speaker 1: But I mean, did you ever subscribe to that?

693
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Speaker 3: You ever heard of that?

694
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,880
Speaker 1: I've heard of it because you're you're the professional athlete.

695
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Speaker 4: I have heard of that, and it does give you, uh,

696
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,720
Speaker 4: supposed to give you more stamina in regards to going

697
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:42,760
Speaker 4: out there playing and running and being able to deal with, uh,

698
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,800
Speaker 4: you know, being tired and stuff like that. So I

699
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,640
Speaker 4: don't know if it's gonna help them out in Denver

700
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Speaker 4: or not.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully, definitely it will.

702
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Speaker 4: Evidently it will, so hopefully they'll be ready for it.

703
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Speaker 4: But it is something that does happen out in Denver.

704
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Speaker 4: I mean, people talk about it might be in your head,

705
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 4: but it's it's true. You go out there and when

706
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Speaker 4: you are running, you can feel that. You can feel

707
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Speaker 4: a difference where you do.

708
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:03,560
Speaker 5: Get tired really early.

709
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, you get to I felt it out there when

710
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Speaker 4: playing Denver. It does happen, but you know it's not drastic,

711
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 4: but it does happen. So you have to definitely prepare

712
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Speaker 4: for it and be ready for it. And I'm sure

713
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Speaker 4: the team is doing that. I'm sure they have all

714
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Speaker 4: the nutritionness and out there.

715
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Speaker 1: Where did you feel it the most?

716
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Speaker 5: Just pretty much in your lungs because you just feel tired.

717
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 1: Made it painful to just like you know, go through

718
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Speaker 1: a four quarters and.

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Speaker 4: It's hard to breathe, just it's hard to catch your

720
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Speaker 4: breath and you want to take a break for a

721
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Speaker 4: second there, But you know, it's something you just have

722
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Speaker 4: to deal with. And if you've been out there, you're

723
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Speaker 4: practicing in it, as Denver has, they get used to it,

724
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Speaker 4: and you know, it's just one of those things that

725
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Speaker 4: teams that go out there, the visiting the teams they do,

726
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 4: for the most part, have a little hard time with it,

727
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,920
Speaker 4: but it's nothing drastic where you're going to see everyone

728
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:52,200
Speaker 4: just gasping for air.

729
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Speaker 5: So it'll be something that the coats have to deal

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Speaker 5: with the ones they get out there.

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Speaker 1: I can't imagine beat you was tasting very Yeah, I don't.

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Speaker 3: I don't like beats. You do you like beats?

733
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Speaker 1: I mean I don't think I've had a beat since

734
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Speaker 1: I was like twelve.

735
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Speaker 5: Yeah, it depends, you know.

736
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Speaker 4: I mean I wouldn't want to drink beat juice straight

737
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:09,400
Speaker 4: people beats.

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Speaker 1: I feel like I feel like that's mix it with

739
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Speaker 1: a little you can juice it.

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Speaker 4: There's things you can do to juice. You could put

741
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Speaker 4: carrots in there, you can put apples in there, but.

742
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Speaker 1: You're not mixing it on Saturday night cocktail with some

743
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 1: beat juice. All right, No, you're not doing that.

744
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 5: I'm doing that.

745
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 1: The Brothers downtown. You know, give me a little vodka

746
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Speaker 1: and beat. Is that what you're asking for?

747
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 5: Kind of taste to make it taste better, but.

748
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Speaker 1: Like three dollars drinks, just trying to get rid of

749
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Speaker 1: the carrots in it, and kind of gets beats, juice

750
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Speaker 1: and apples together, mixed together, so it takes a little

751
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 1: bit better.

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Speaker 3: Bills, Bill's had beats.

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Speaker 5: I've had it.

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00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:50,880
Speaker 1: I'd thet I've had it on the beat there. All right,

755
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Speaker 1: let's close out the show.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there he is.

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Speaker 1: That's your white shrewd. Well done. Can you flash that

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Speaker 1: on the camera or phutographic on the screen. Yeah, we'll

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Speaker 1: fix that in the post. Well done, Thank you, thank you.

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Speaker 1: I didn't you know what, I'm surprised. I'm ashamed of myself.

761
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 1: Didn't think of that, But well done. Right there, All right,

762
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Speaker 1: let's close out the show. Let's talk about the Broncos.

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Speaker 6: All right.

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Speaker 1: Before the season started, we saw him back like on

765
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 1: August tenth or something for the first preseason game of

766
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 1: the year, which is like three and a half years ago.

767
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: You're looking at this team and you're doing the research.

768
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 1: I went back and I looked at my notes for

769
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:29,200
Speaker 1: that preseason game. You know, the average age of their

770
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 1: roster is twenty six years old, so a very young roster.

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00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 1: Vegas gave him like five and a half wins, you know,

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Speaker 1: at the beginning of the season the over under. But

773
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Speaker 1: here they are three games over five hundred, looking to

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Speaker 1: make the playoffs, as we said, for the first time

775
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,200
Speaker 1: since twenty fifteen, Casey, can you put your finger on

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00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 1: why this team has exceeded expectations and has you know,

777
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 1: kicked that fan base, which is a great fan base

778
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,920
Speaker 1: out in Denver back into gear here late in the season.

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Speaker 7: The only thing I could think of is Sean Payton.

780
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Speaker 7: It is that mentality, the the you know, the the morale,

781
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 7: the chemistry, all that you want to you want to

782
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 7: put into what he's done to change the environment in Denver.

783
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 7: But it has worked because you talk about all of that,

784
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:15,200
Speaker 7: the youth. But it was also I mean from a

785
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 7: salary cap standpoint, they were so hamstrung because of the

786
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 7: contract that Russell Wilson had and the dead money that

787
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:25,719
Speaker 7: I mean, there was a time where it was like

788
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,359
Speaker 7: they had five position groups and it was like, well,

789
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 7: we have to get rid of the highest paid guy

790
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 7: here just to even play. Because they had to get

791
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,719
Speaker 7: to cap, get under the cap. So I mean they're

792
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:39,520
Speaker 7: releasing guys and guys are taking on bigger roles. Who

793
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 7: had you didn't think of at all. Yeah, and it's

794
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 7: just a testament to what Sean Payton has done. And

795
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,480
Speaker 7: you got to tip the cap to I mean, at

796
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,399
Speaker 7: the end of the day, quarterback is so important. And

797
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:52,840
Speaker 7: they didn't have their pick, you know, I mean, you

798
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,399
Speaker 7: think about it, he was what the fifth quarterback take,

799
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:59,319
Speaker 7: sixth quarterback taken in the draft, and you know, I

800
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 7: know the rep sports are that. You know, if they

801
00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 7: had the first overall pick, it still would have been

802
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 7: bow Knicks. You know, whatever, you say, what you want

803
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 7: to say. But Bo Knicks and Sean Payton has worked,

804
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:10,719
Speaker 7: and I think a lot of it is I'm not

805
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:14,440
Speaker 7: at all saying this is this is high praise and

806
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,879
Speaker 7: he's got to really have a lengthy career to really

807
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,520
Speaker 7: make the comparison. But Bo Nicks reminds me a lot

808
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,720
Speaker 7: of what Drew Brees did with Sean Payton and New Orleans.

809
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:25,359
Speaker 7: So it makes sense from a standpoint of, you know,

810
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 7: the way he looks at the game from a quarterback position,

811
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:32,360
Speaker 7: that they have similar stature as well. So Sean Payton

812
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:35,760
Speaker 7: found a guy that he can run an offense around

813
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,520
Speaker 7: that he did so well in New Orleans and the

814
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 7: culture has changed. So Sean Payton and bow Knicks, you

815
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:43,080
Speaker 7: got to tip your cap to both what those guys

816
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,759
Speaker 7: have done, because it's pretty remarkable. I think we all

817
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,920
Speaker 7: talked about it in the preseason that this the Broncos

818
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,759
Speaker 7: team that maybe in three or four years are competing

819
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:54,400
Speaker 7: with your Kansas City Chiefs in that division because you

820
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,439
Speaker 7: got to, you know, get these young guys in there.

821
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Speaker 7: But they've really sped that track along pretty quick.

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00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, they started zero to two and you're thinking, Okay,

823
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:05,200
Speaker 1: this is kind of on par for the expectations. But

824
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,759
Speaker 1: then they've ripped off a bunch of wins. They've won

825
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 1: six of their last nine, they've won three straight games.

826
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Speaker 1: They're averaging thirty six points per game during this three

827
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:16,320
Speaker 1: game winning streak, and I know some of that is

828
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 1: aided by some of the pick six as they had

829
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 1: on that Monday night football game against the Browns, but still,

830
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: I mean, they're scoring north of thirty and they're clicking

831
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Speaker 1: at the right time, and that's where I want to

832
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 1: pick up because Bill, you know, good quarterback play when

833
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,640
Speaker 1: you see it. You know, bo Knicks has already set

834
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:37,360
Speaker 1: the Broncos rookie quarterback marks for passing yards and passing

835
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:40,200
Speaker 1: touchdowns in a season. He's a hard guy to bring down.

836
00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 1: He's only been sacked nineteen times. He's kind of like

837
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:46,440
Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson in that regard, right, because he's avoiding sacks

838
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 1: and he's getting rid of the football and he's just

839
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:51,160
Speaker 1: showing a lot of you know, grits in the pocket.

840
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 1: Why do you think Nix has been able to be

841
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: a really good fit out there right away? With Sean

842
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 1: Payton and like Casey said, I mean the sixth quarterback

843
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 1: taken in the top twelve, and they took him because

844
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 1: they were desperate to find a quarterback. But who was it,

845
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,320
Speaker 1: Casey that we were talking about In the preseason opener

846
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,759
Speaker 1: with the Broncos. He was competing with Jared Stidham. I

847
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:17,080
Speaker 1: Steadham started the game against the Colts. They didn't know

848
00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:18,359
Speaker 1: if he was going to start Week one.

849
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Speaker 7: But and then that trade for Zach Wilson, who was

850
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 7: you know, a top It was a second pick taking

851
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 7: a couple of years ago by the point, so he

852
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:27,799
Speaker 7: was brought in too because they wanted to see what

853
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 7: they had.

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00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, Nicks did even play, if memory serves, he didn't

855
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,880
Speaker 1: even play until like the late second quarters in that

856
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 1: preseason game. Why is Nicks hit it off well?

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Speaker 5: To one?

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00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,920
Speaker 4: You have, as you mentioned earlier, you had a quarterback

859
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:43,319
Speaker 4: that has a lot of experience playing in regards to

860
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 4: playing football. Yes, it wasn't college, it wasn't the pros,

861
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 4: but he has a lot of a lot of experience

862
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:51,879
Speaker 4: of playing football. Sean Payton wants someone that is going

863
00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,879
Speaker 4: to be cerebral out there, someone that's going to think

864
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 4: through the process, understand things, he sees things, maybe be

865
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,560
Speaker 4: able to check out things. I think that's why it's

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00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 4: a good fit with bow Knicks being with coach Peyton there.

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Speaker 4: So I think they do a good job. And he's

868
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 4: just a good He's just a good athlete. I think

869
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Speaker 4: for one, he can run, he can scramble, he can

870
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 4: get the ball out where he needs to. At first,

871
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 4: he you know, as you mentioned, they were zero and

872
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:22,600
Speaker 4: two and I think he had no touchdowns and four interceptions.

873
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,400
Speaker 5: In his first two games. And as you see over.

874
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:26,840
Speaker 4: The time, he's gradually gotten better and in the last

875
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:30,319
Speaker 4: three games he's had seven touchdowns, two in interceptions in one.

876
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 5: Of those games. I think he completely eighty four percent

877
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:32,799
Speaker 5: of his.

878
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:36,960
Speaker 4: Passes, so you've seen him get better as the season

879
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:41,360
Speaker 4: goes on. But I think he fits what Sean Payton wants.

880
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:44,040
Speaker 4: What he wants is someone that's smart out there, makes

881
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:47,479
Speaker 4: good decisions, and can get the ball out there where

882
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 4: he needs to.

883
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,880
Speaker 5: And also, I think, you know what, he's not afraid

884
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:52,720
Speaker 5: of the moment himself.

885
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:54,759
Speaker 4: I think he'll he'll take a shot down the field

886
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,399
Speaker 4: when he can and you know, take a chance. He's

887
00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:59,879
Speaker 4: not afraid to just know, hey, look I can tuck

888
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:01,840
Speaker 4: it and run it and get some yards. So I

889
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,919
Speaker 4: think he fits what Sean Payton wants. I think that's

890
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:06,319
Speaker 4: why they've been so successful.

891
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, great point right there, And that goes back to

892
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 1: that big game. Who could handle that the best between

893
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:16,360
Speaker 1: these two young quarterbacks who are similar in age, but

894
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:20,800
Speaker 1: it's a wide gap in terms of experience and big moments.

895
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:23,720
Speaker 1: And again, Anthony Richardson has quieted some of those critics

896
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 1: with these game winning drives in two out of the

897
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:28,919
Speaker 1: last three games for the Colts, So hopefully that's able

898
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 1: to manifest itself and the Colts win. Lastly, I want

899
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,480
Speaker 1: to talk about this Denver defense giving up only eighteen

900
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:39,520
Speaker 1: points per game. They were absolutely shredded by the Browns

901
00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:42,240
Speaker 1: last time out. They gave up what five point fifty

902
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 1: something total four ninety seven passing by Jamis Winston. Obviously,

903
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:50,440
Speaker 1: the turnovers created by the Broncos defense saved him in

904
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 1: that game. But what are you to make of this

905
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,840
Speaker 1: defense that has all the whole been great, but last

906
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,360
Speaker 1: time out we saw him not so great defensively. I

907
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 1: think the point total is good because they're elite inside

908
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,120
Speaker 1: the red zone. So how are you to, you know,

909
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:08,800
Speaker 1: rip apart this Denver defense then put it back together

910
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:09,879
Speaker 1: as to why they've been.

911
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:10,479
Speaker 3: So good this season.

912
00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 7: It's it's interesting, I mean it it probably all starts

913
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 7: with Patzertan. I mean, he is arguably the best, if

914
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:21,319
Speaker 7: not the best corner in football. He is as close

915
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,400
Speaker 7: to a shutdown guy as you're gonna get. And you

916
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:27,839
Speaker 7: know that, you know he's a guy who can you know,

917
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:31,000
Speaker 7: whether it's Michael Pittman or Alec Pierce. I'm not sure

918
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 7: where he's going to be lined up, but it's going

919
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 7: to be interesting to see where he is because you're

920
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:37,719
Speaker 7: probably gonna see a lot more targets go the other way.

921
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 7: But I think part of you talked about that explosion

922
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 7: that the Browns had. Riley Moss is the guy that

923
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:45,799
Speaker 7: is typically on the other side of where Certan is

924
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:49,040
Speaker 7: and he looks like he's probably not gonna play. So

925
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 7: if you start getting in the depth there at corner,

926
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,280
Speaker 7: that's where they do have a little bit of a problem.

927
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 1: And that's where the Browns and that's the brown said.

928
00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:57,920
Speaker 3: Wallace.

929
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:00,800
Speaker 7: And then you've got I think Chris ab Drain is

930
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,360
Speaker 7: a fifth round rookie that has kind of been you know,

931
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,359
Speaker 7: he was inactive for a handful of games he's been

932
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 7: thrust into so I think he might have overtaken Wallace

933
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,480
Speaker 7: after Wallace's last one. So he's still got a lot

934
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,400
Speaker 7: of inexperience out there. But so that's where you start.

935
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:16,640
Speaker 3: But then up front, I mean they've got a really

936
00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:17,479
Speaker 3: really good front.

937
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:19,319
Speaker 7: I mean, you don't lead the league in sacks if

938
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 7: you're just an average team. And Nick Benito is probably

939
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:24,480
Speaker 7: the guy that's gonna get the the buzz and he

940
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 7: has been very very good a couple of years ago

941
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:29,359
Speaker 7: as a you know, a I think a second round

942
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 7: pick out of Oklahoma and exactly, so he's not a

943
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 7: household name, but after you've seen what he's done this year,

944
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 7: he's definitely getting into that conversation.

945
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:39,360
Speaker 3: He is really, really good.

946
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 7: It's just vance Joseph has been a very solid defensive

947
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:46,480
Speaker 7: coordinator in this league.

948
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 3: For a long time.

949
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:49,840
Speaker 7: It's ironic that he was a head coach in Denver,

950
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,759
Speaker 7: gotten fired and now he's back as the defensive coordinator.

951
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:54,799
Speaker 7: But he has been a guy for a long time,

952
00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:57,160
Speaker 7: has put really good defenses out there. So it's not

953
00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:00,239
Speaker 7: surprising that this defense is good. But your hope being

954
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:02,440
Speaker 7: that you get a little bit of a carryover from

955
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 7: what the Browns were able to attack. Because if you

956
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:08,319
Speaker 7: can do that, you feel pretty good. Because if you're

957
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:10,359
Speaker 7: gonna go out there and get five hundred some odd

958
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,919
Speaker 7: yards a total offense, most of the time, you're gonna

959
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:13,440
Speaker 7: get a victory.

960
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, Bill, if the Colt's gonna win this game, they've

961
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:18,800
Speaker 1: got to succeed inside the red zone. You know, Denver

962
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:22,120
Speaker 1: giving up forty three percent conversion rate inside the twenty.

963
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:26,239
Speaker 1: They've only given up sixteen red zone touchdowns all season long.

964
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:29,360
Speaker 1: That's why their defense to me, is in the elite

965
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:30,360
Speaker 1: category exactly.

966
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,040
Speaker 4: That's one of the reasons why they're what second, I

967
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:34,120
Speaker 4: think in the National Football League in red zone defense.

968
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,040
Speaker 4: So the Colts when they get down there, they're gonna

969
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:37,239
Speaker 4: have to score a touchdown, so you don't want to

970
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:38,320
Speaker 4: score field goals.

971
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:40,399
Speaker 1: Yes, and that is that AR time.

972
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 5: Oh yes, definitely, you see that.

973
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:46,680
Speaker 4: I mean, look, when you have ar in the backfield there,

974
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:48,920
Speaker 4: it makes it hard on the defense.

975
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 5: They don't know who to stop. They don't know who's

976
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:51,920
Speaker 5: going to get the ball.

977
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,799
Speaker 4: And we saw against New England, sure random ball in

978
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:57,520
Speaker 4: for a two point conversion down in the red zone,

979
00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,240
Speaker 4: hit Alec Pierce for the big play.

980
00:42:59,000 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 5: For the touchdown.

981
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,480
Speaker 4: They can do a lot of different things and then

982
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,799
Speaker 4: push the defense in a bind not knowing what the

983
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,719
Speaker 4: offense is going to do. So that is definitely AR time.

984
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 4: But also I think one of the things the Coats

985
00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 4: also have to do is they have to run the ball.

986
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 5: They have to be able to run the ball, ar.

987
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:16,440
Speaker 4: Jonathan Taylor, whoever it is in the backfield there, because

988
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,600
Speaker 4: I think Denver is gonna probably want to hang the

989
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 4: hat on trying to stop the run. They've done a

990
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 4: good job this year. I think they're six in the

991
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,759
Speaker 4: National Football League against the run, So I think they

992
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:28,800
Speaker 4: try to make you one dimensional as far as throwing

993
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:31,919
Speaker 4: the ball, and if they can get you that way,

994
00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:34,239
Speaker 4: they feel like it plays to their hands. That way

995
00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:36,399
Speaker 4: they can rush the passer and get the sacks, which

996
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:38,360
Speaker 4: they have. So I think it's going to be impeditive

997
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 4: for the Coasts to run the ball and have some

998
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:43,320
Speaker 4: success at running the ball, so they hopefully can maybe

999
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:44,879
Speaker 4: get some play action passes down the field.

1000
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 1: All right, you mentioned running the football. Do you have something?

1001
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:48,759
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, no, you're good to hold me to steal

1002
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:49,160
Speaker 1: your thunder.

1003
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:49,799
Speaker 3: You're good? All right.

1004
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 1: There's holiday parties everywhere. That's Christmas gatherings. If you want

1005
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:55,720
Speaker 1: to impress somebody, here you go. You're talking about running

1006
00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:58,560
Speaker 1: the ball. I completely agree with you. Jonathan Taylor has

1007
00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:01,960
Speaker 1: never played again. It's the Denver Broncos never played out

1008
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:05,400
Speaker 1: West Jonathan Taylor. In the month of December and beyond

1009
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:08,319
Speaker 1: for his career, Jonathan Taylor is averaging one hundred and

1010
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:11,120
Speaker 1: ten rushing yards per game in the month of December

1011
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 1: and beyond. That is the highest yards per game average

1012
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:17,960
Speaker 1: in NFL history in the month of December and beyond.

1013
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,359
Speaker 1: So JT and Anthony Richardson, you got to run those

1014
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:23,440
Speaker 1: two guys until the wheels fall off. And I think

1015
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:26,280
Speaker 1: that's what the Colts have done in terms of identifying

1016
00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: themselves on who they're going to be on offense since

1017
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:32,400
Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson has come back with the benching the governor,

1018
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:34,960
Speaker 1: whatever you want to say, the Governor's off Anthony Richardson,

1019
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:39,560
Speaker 1: you know they're not, you know, counting numbers of carries

1020
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:42,400
Speaker 1: for him throughout the course of the game. I'm excited

1021
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:45,520
Speaker 1: for this game. I cannot wait. And this is Thursday.

1022
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:47,680
Speaker 1: We still got three or four days to go. So

1023
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:50,800
Speaker 1: any other parting shots you want to talk about anything

1024
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 1: else we missed about the magnitude of this game before

1025
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:53,879
Speaker 1: we close out.

1026
00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:55,800
Speaker 3: I'm right there with you on the excitement level.

1027
00:44:55,880 --> 00:45:00,200
Speaker 7: I'm I'm interested to see how it looks because you

1028
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:03,239
Speaker 7: can break down the schedule however you want. But with

1029
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:05,880
Speaker 7: the Broncos and where they've been the last handful of years,

1030
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:08,360
Speaker 7: their schedule was pretty easy. When you look at the

1031
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:13,240
Speaker 7: teams they played and the mark of you know, teams

1032
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:15,839
Speaker 7: that are over five hundred and under five hundred for them,

1033
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:17,799
Speaker 7: it's very similar to kind of what you've seen here

1034
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:21,759
Speaker 7: with the Colts feast. They're feasting on bad teams. So

1035
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:24,920
Speaker 7: I want to see how skewed that is, you know,

1036
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:28,440
Speaker 7: with all of these numbers, defensively, offensively, whatever it is.

1037
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:30,239
Speaker 7: I want to see how that looks on Sunday with

1038
00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:32,399
Speaker 7: my own eyes. With this Golts team that I think

1039
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:34,200
Speaker 7: is you know, they're up and down. It's been a

1040
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:37,279
Speaker 7: roller coaster ride, but ultimately they have done what they

1041
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:39,360
Speaker 7: needed to do against these teams.

1042
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:44,719
Speaker 3: That are you know, not playoff teams. So it's really

1043
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:45,319
Speaker 3: going to be telling.

1044
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:48,640
Speaker 7: I'm very I'm very interested to see how it all

1045
00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:52,520
Speaker 7: shakes out on Sunday because I know Bill doesn't want

1046
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:53,719
Speaker 7: to say it, but this is a must win.

1047
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:55,680
Speaker 1: And the Colts have played a lot of teams that

1048
00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:58,319
Speaker 1: are in the playoff field as of right now. Yes,

1049
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:00,680
Speaker 1: so they're tested and I think think if this game

1050
00:46:00,719 --> 00:46:02,239
Speaker 1: goes down to the wire, if this is a one

1051
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:05,319
Speaker 1: score game, I think that favors the Colts because that's

1052
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:07,360
Speaker 1: the neighborhood they live in, right. The Colts have to

1053
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:11,760
Speaker 1: have a key cardcore games, right, That's that's their building.

1054
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:14,120
Speaker 1: I mean, that's what they're used to. Eleven of thirteen

1055
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:17,680
Speaker 1: games have been decided by one score. Yeah, they got

1056
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:21,680
Speaker 1: to sign in. I mean interestingly enough that the Broncos

1057
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:25,600
Speaker 1: lead the NFL in wins by more than one score

1058
00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:29,319
Speaker 1: this season, so they don't play tight games. The Colts do.

1059
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:31,200
Speaker 1: And I think this game is going right down to

1060
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:34,800
Speaker 1: the wire because of you know, that's as president right it.

1061
00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:38,680
Speaker 1: It just has to because if so much on the

1062
00:46:38,719 --> 00:46:41,560
Speaker 1: line between these two teams in this game. So I

1063
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:42,719
Speaker 1: can't wait, like I said, when I.

1064
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:44,560
Speaker 3: Get fired, it's gonna gonna.

1065
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:47,080
Speaker 1: Be a great time. It's a little bit later than normal.

1066
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:50,720
Speaker 1: We got to mention that four twenty five, start out west.

1067
00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:52,720
Speaker 3: Bring your beat juice.

1068
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:57,120
Speaker 1: You're gonna need it, all right, you know, get the inhaler,

1069
00:46:57,400 --> 00:47:00,480
Speaker 1: the beat juice, turn up the radio to down the

1070
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:02,719
Speaker 1: sound on the TV. What else do we need? Maybe

1071
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:06,879
Speaker 1: a bag of chips. You're good to go. It's gonna

1072
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:09,080
Speaker 1: be a late dinner for you here and then all right,

1073
00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:11,759
Speaker 1: late's all right between the Colts and the Broncos. For

1074
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:15,600
Speaker 1: Bill Brooks, Casey Valier, I'm Matt Taylor Connor back there

1075
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:18,880
Speaker 1: on the ones and twos. You're fantastic as always, appreciate

1076
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:22,280
Speaker 1: you watching here on YouTube, listening on the Colts Audio Network.

1077
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:25,680
Speaker 1: Colts and Broncos Week fifteen, a lot on the line,

1078
00:47:25,719 --> 00:47:27,319
Speaker 1: you know, the drill, and we're gonna do it again

1079
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:30,000
Speaker 1: next week talking about the Colts with three games to

1080
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:32,480
Speaker 1: play here on the Official Colts Podcast. But until then,

1081
00:47:32,760 --> 00:47:35,239
Speaker 1: thanks for listening and watching. Everybody so long, and we'll

1082
00:47:35,239 --> 00:47:37,800
Speaker 1: talk to you next time here on the Official Cults Podcast.