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Speaker 1: look at what's new with the Horseshoes. Cold Tabbitt interception

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Speaker 1: the Indiana Union Construction Industry Radio Studio. Let's get the

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Speaker 1: podcast started. Thanks for joining in here on the Official

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Speaker 1: Colts Podcast on a Thursday. You got the Thursday crew

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Speaker 1: here with you back for at least one more week.

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Speaker 1: It's a win and you're in losing go home situation

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Speaker 1: for the Colts and the regular season finale. You got

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Speaker 1: the nine and seven Colts. You got the nine and

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Speaker 1: seven Houston Texans for a right to go to the postseason.

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Speaker 1: Here in twenty twenty three, Billy Brooks, Casey Valley, I'm

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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor. Thanks for joining in here on YouTube and

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Speaker 1: also on the Colts Audio Network The Old School Way.

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Speaker 1: If you will listening to us on just Audio, Fellas,

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Speaker 1: how we're doing today all right.

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Speaker 2: Ready to go, excited, have this opportunity to get in

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Speaker 2: the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: What it's all about.

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Speaker 2: Game on Saturday nights is what it's all about. Trimetime game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt about it, no doubt about it.

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Speaker 3: They got those butterflies and I'm not even taking a snap,

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Speaker 3: but I know that's the thing. Like I know that

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Speaker 1: Know, that's the thing. And then it's Thursday too. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think we've all felt like this since yeah, oh man,

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Speaker 1: that's when it became real for me. I can't I

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Speaker 3: It was watching Shane's press conference after the win against

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So we're gonna talk all about the game. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna hit it from every single angle. Also Behind Enemy

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Speaker 1: Lines today on the official Colts podcast here brought to

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Speaker 1: you by Win Las Vegas Casey Valier. It's gonna have

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Speaker 1: a chat a little bit later on on this podcast

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Speaker 1: with Mark Vandermir, good guy, really good guy. Good broadcast

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Speaker 1: the enemy but he's a good guy. Voice and voice

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Speaker 1: of the Houston Texans is going to join us here,

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Speaker 1: Mark Vandermir in just a few minutes. But let's talk

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Speaker 1: about we kind of already hit it. Just the the

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Speaker 1: At the beginning of the season, ESPN gave the Colts

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Speaker 2: You have the opportunity, you control it. You don't have

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Speaker 3: See that's I honestly thought about Billy's game as well.

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Speaker 4: What I'm going with is the Bill's playoff loss.

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Speaker 4: So I just want to see the team not let

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Speaker 1: I always like to tap into your experience. You played

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Speaker 1: It's almost like it's the only thing that matters in

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what I mean exactly, that's what And

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Speaker 1: The supports deaf at home, they're getting into the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: I need time to compartmentalize this. All right, I gotta

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Speaker 1: brought up watching extra film. Let's talk about this rematch game,

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Speaker 1: because this is this is a rematch of a game

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Speaker 1: that was played four months ago. All right, it was

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Speaker 1: we all know that the league stands for not for long.

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Speaker 1: But in that game, the Colts had six sacks.

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Speaker 1: Stroud kind of had some garbage yards towards the end

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Speaker 1: of that game, ended up throwing for three eighty four.

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Speaker 1: But the Colts were in control really the entire way.

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Speaker 4: Now we saw it.

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Speaker 1: Do you think that that Gardner Minshew will be just

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Speaker 1: Yeah, let's talk about Stroud, rookie quarterback. He's missed two

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Speaker 1: like c J. Stroud. He's sixth then passer rating at

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Speaker 1: I mean, how much better is he than what you

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Speaker 2: I thought he would be good. I thought he'd be

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Speaker 2: Football League, But he has impressed me. Quarterback, let's go

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Speaker 2: out there. That's very, very composed. He doesn't get rattled,

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Speaker 2: He's done a nice job. I mean, was it only

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna and this is not at all a stab.

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Speaker 3: He's playing like he's in Columbus because the knock on CJ.

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Speaker 3: And it doesn't look like he's missed a beat. And

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Speaker 3: You thought, okay, maybe he's a you know, a fringe

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Speaker 4: He's so poised, he's I.

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Speaker 3: Mean, it's been very impressive because typically you see this,

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Speaker 1: These teams have so much similarities about them. Obviously, they're

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Speaker 1: The Texans have been win loss, win loss for seven

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Speaker 2: Right right, I definitely both nine to seven teams. You know,

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Speaker 2: it's playing well. But also I think home field advantage

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Speaker 4: It's back hopeful advances.

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Speaker 2: I think it's gonna play a part in this because

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Speaker 3: Yeah, agreed with that completely, And that's one of the

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Speaker 3: it was without a win inside of Lucas Oil, and

436
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Speaker 3: now it's with three in a row and the team

437
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Speaker 3: really has looked really, really good at home. They've rebounded

438
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Speaker 3: from a couple bad losses on the road. You had

439
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Speaker 3: the game and the win against Pittsburgh. We saw what

440
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Speaker 3: happened last week, both of those coming off losses.

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Speaker 4: So I agree.

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Speaker 3: I think home field is back finally in Indianapolis. And I

443
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Speaker 3: mentioned it last week, like you want playoff games here

444
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Speaker 3: in Indy. Last week was a playoff game. Here's another one.

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Speaker 3: So fans, we need you again at Lucas Oil for sure.

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Speaker 1: And they've been great. Yeah, they've been great. Lucas Oil

447
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Speaker 1: Stadium has been a really good home field advantage for

448
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Speaker 1: the Colts, even when they're not winning early in the season,

449
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Speaker 1: like the fans were still doing their Yeah, the energy

450
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Speaker 1: was still there, So there's no doubt about that. I

451
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Speaker 1: want to get to the nitty gritty of this game.

452
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Speaker 1: Let's talk about the Colt's ability to run the ball.

453
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Speaker 1: They're going to have to do that well, at least

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Speaker 1: situationally in this game in order to win. The Texans

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Speaker 1: giving up only eighty eight rushing yards per game. All right,

456
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Speaker 1: let me say that again. Eighty eight rushing yards per game.

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Speaker 1: That is number two in the NFL. They have coming

458
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Speaker 1: into this game. They've held four straight opponents to under

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Speaker 1: eighty yards.

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Speaker 4: That's crazy rushing, all right. And they've played Dereck Henry

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Speaker 4: twice in that stretch exactly.

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Speaker 1: Henry had like what forty three yards rushing the other day,

463
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Speaker 1: and you know, two weeks before he didn't do anything either.

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Speaker 1: So they're really physical up front of the point of attack.

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Speaker 1: They've got one hundred tackles for loss as a team,

466
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Speaker 1: that second most in the NFL as well, So they're

467
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Speaker 1: really good at getting you behind the chains or behind

468
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Speaker 1: the eight ball, off you if you will, on first

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Speaker 1: and second down with tackles for loss in disruptive plays

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Speaker 1: near or behind the line of scrimmage. So you go

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Speaker 1: back to that first game week two, which again I

472
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Speaker 1: know is you can't really take much from that. But

473
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Speaker 1: in that game, Zach Moss had a really big game,

474
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Speaker 1: right that was when Jonathan Taylor was still on pup.

475
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Speaker 1: Moss in that game had eighty eight yards rushing bill

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Speaker 1: And you look at it too, the Colts in that

477
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Speaker 1: game rushed as a team for one twenty six, which

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Speaker 1: is the highest still the highest total the Texans have

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Speaker 1: allowed rushing all season long. What do you make of

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Speaker 1: the Colts ability with Jonathan Taylor and maybe Zach Moss

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Speaker 1: in this game. I mean, when was the last time

482
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Speaker 1: those two were healthy together in the same game?

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Speaker 4: Has been very often this year, I.

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Speaker 1: Mean, either Taylor without Moss or Moss without Taylor exactly.

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Speaker 1: So what do you make of the Colts ability to

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Speaker 1: run the ball at least situationally in this game when

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Speaker 1: they have to, you know, for third and short, or

488
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Speaker 1: maybe if they get into late in the game when

489
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Speaker 1: Shane Snyken wants to just salt the game away and

490
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Speaker 1: pound the Texans if they get in that situation.

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Speaker 2: I think I like their chances just because I think,

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Speaker 2: you know, we have a good chance of you said,

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Speaker 2: having both JT and Zach back there, and I think

494
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Speaker 2: having JT back there, who didn't play the first game,

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Speaker 2: yeah in Houston, So I think having j tea back

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Speaker 2: there and being somewhat fresh. You know, I'm not playing

497
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Speaker 2: a lot this season, so I think having him back

498
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Speaker 2: will help a lot. And uh, it's gonna be tough,

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Speaker 2: you know. I'm not saying the Coasts are going to

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Speaker 2: rush for over one hundred and twenty six six yards

501
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Speaker 2: again this game. But I think if you run efficiently

502
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Speaker 2: and effectively and at certain times when it's important to

503
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Speaker 2: get those big yards on the ground. I think that

504
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Speaker 2: will help the Coats out. I mean previous game, I

505
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Speaker 2: forget which game it was, the Coast came out passing

506
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Speaker 2: a little bit, and then at the end of the

507
00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,960
Speaker 2: game they selted the game away by running the ball,

508
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Speaker 2: kill killing time off.

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Speaker 1: The clock Steelers game.

510
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Speaker 2: Yeah, steels game, killing time off the clock. Run, yeah, exactly,

511
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Speaker 2: So the off the line can do, it's not that

512
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Speaker 2: and then you have backs back there that can run.

513
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Speaker 2: So I like for the Coast to run the ball efficiently, effectively,

514
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Speaker 2: but not necessarily getting over one hundred and some odd

515
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Speaker 2: yards because I think since the coach played the Texas

516
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,840
Speaker 2: played the Colts, the Texas only allowed for one hundred

517
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Speaker 2: yard games since the last time the Coast played, so

518
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Speaker 2: as you said, eighty eight yards per game. So they're

519
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Speaker 2: a good run defense. But I think the Coats can

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Speaker 2: run the ball effectively enough to be efficient to move

521
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Speaker 2: the ball down the field and be effective to just

522
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Speaker 2: to put the Texans at bay. Yeah, so they don't

523
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Speaker 2: get after the courts.

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Speaker 1: I mean I probably should have looked this up, and

525
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Speaker 1: I'm not trying to be flipping. But we're taping this

526
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Speaker 1: on Thursday, right, so we don't yet know the full

527
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Speaker 1: status of the injury report, the final status injury report

528
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Speaker 1: going into the game. But right now we're monitoring Quentin Nelson,

529
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Speaker 1: we're monitoring Ryan Kelly. But if you have a full

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Speaker 1: healthy five offensive lineman, right, Braiden Smith, Nelson, Ryan Kelly.

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Speaker 1: We know about Braiden Smith. He's missed seven games this year. Seriously,

532
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Speaker 1: I probably should have looked this up before we came

533
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Speaker 1: on here. But when was the last time the Colts

534
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Speaker 1: had five healthy offensive lineman and a healthy top two

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Speaker 1: backs in Mawson Taylor.

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Speaker 4: It's a really good question.

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Speaker 1: I mean maybe I don't think maybe not all year.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I can't.

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Speaker 1: I can't think of any time.

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Speaker 3: That were that maybe that Tennessee game when they had both,

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Speaker 3: because that's one of the last times I remember when

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Speaker 3: ze when they kind of eased Jonathan n zach ran

543
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Speaker 3: for I was like a yeah, two touchdowns and.

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Speaker 1: But Taylor in that game, wasn't Taylor?

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Speaker 4: Right?

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Speaker 3: And it's just coming And that's that's a that's a

547
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Speaker 3: great question because that is and you think about it.

548
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Speaker 3: I mean, when this is the most pivotal game of

549
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Speaker 3: the year. And that's a benefit you have is, hey,

550
00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:19,640
Speaker 3: we've got our full arsenal hopefully knock on. We aren't sure,

551
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Speaker 3: as you said, it's Thursday. We don't know the status

552
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Speaker 3: of Quinton and Ryan. But when you look at that,

553
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Speaker 3: that is something that is it's encouraging because I don't

554
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Speaker 3: want to overlook this because you know, last year isn't

555
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Speaker 3: last year and things are different. But Taylor's numbers against

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Speaker 3: Houston has been pretty impressive. The last three times he's

557
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Speaker 3: played them over a buck forty and all of those

558
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Speaker 3: he's got you know, over eighty I think over eighty

559
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Speaker 3: three yards and all five games ever against Houston he's

560
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Speaker 3: got seven total touchdowns. I mean, Jonathan Taylor has had

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Speaker 3: his mark on Houston. I know that from a Houston's perspective,

562
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Speaker 3: that's their biggest thing is we've got to stop twenty eight.

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Speaker 3: And I really like the ability that Jonathan could come

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Speaker 3: in with the full arsenal of his all offensive line. Also,

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Speaker 3: you know, the offense, I think they gained a lot

566
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Speaker 3: of confidence last week with the other guys. You know,

567
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Speaker 3: Michael Pittman came back, but you saw a big play

568
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Speaker 3: for Alec Pierce. You saw Josh Downs have a big

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Speaker 3: play here, and I think confidence is growing inside the offense.

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Speaker 3: So getting a healthy Jonathan Taylor with a healthy offensive line,

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Speaker 3: I like the colt so odds in the run game.

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Speaker 3: Like Bill said, we may not have to go over

573
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Speaker 3: a buck twenty, but just make sure you're competent offensively

574
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Speaker 3: running the football to make it an option so the

575
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Speaker 3: defense cannot just pin their ears down and go.

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Speaker 4: Get the passer.

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor has more rushing yards against the Houston Texans

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Speaker 1: than any other opponent in the NFL, and he hasn't

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Speaker 1: played in the last two times. Yeah wow, last time

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Speaker 1: he played in this week one of twenty twenty two.

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Speaker 1: He's missed the last two games against the Texans with

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Speaker 1: a couple of different injuries, So keep an eye on that.

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Speaker 1: Mark Vandermire is coming up in just a second, but

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Speaker 1: I do want to spend one more item in terms

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Speaker 1: of the nitty gritty on this game. I want to

586
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Speaker 1: talk about the pass rush on both sides. I think

587
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Speaker 1: that's really going to be huge. Whichever team's pass rush

588
00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:03,920
Speaker 1: is better in this game is going to go a

589
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,399
Speaker 1: long way into siding the winner. I think because the

590
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,520
Speaker 1: Colts sacked the Texans, as we said, six times, really

591
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Speaker 1: banged up offensive line back in Week two for the Texans.

592
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Speaker 1: The Colts are just one sack away, by the way,

593
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Speaker 1: from getting fifty for the season. Fifty sacks has not

594
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Speaker 1: been done by this franchise since nineteen seventy six.

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Speaker 2: Wow.

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Speaker 1: All right, So the Colts have four different players with

597
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Speaker 1: at least seven sacks on the season. But the Texans

598
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,200
Speaker 1: pretty formidile as well. They only need one more sack

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Speaker 1: to get the forty six as a team, and if

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Speaker 1: they do that on Saturday Night, that'll be a new

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Speaker 1: team record for them in terms of sacks in a

602
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Speaker 1: single season. So they've got Jonathan Grenard, They've got Will Anderson.

603
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Speaker 1: Those guys have combined for about twenty sacks on the season. Billy,

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Speaker 1: which team's pass rush shows out more on Saturday? And

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Speaker 1: in your opinion, how big is that in this game?

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Speaker 2: Well, first, in my to answer that second part of

607
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Speaker 2: your question, that's huge. I think is huge because like

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Speaker 2: anything else, you can get to the quarterback, you make

609
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,440
Speaker 2: a team one dimensional, you make a quarterback kind of hesitant.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Strouds splits are just enormous between pressure exactly.

611
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:11,639
Speaker 2: So you put pressure on them and hopefully, you know,

612
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Speaker 2: you might you know, you might have more than five

613
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 2: interceptions on this. You know, hopefully get some pressure so

614
00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 2: you can throw it interception. But I think it's gonna

615
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:20,680
Speaker 2: be big. And the reason I think it's going to

616
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Speaker 2: be big is because, as I mentioned, make the team

617
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Speaker 2: one dimensional, force the team to run the ball. Look

618
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:31,719
Speaker 2: Singletary and a Pierce running backs for the Texans. But

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Speaker 2: you know what, I think if we can just make

620
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Speaker 2: sure that they're running the ball, I like the chances

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Speaker 2: of the Coasts winning the football game. And also I

622
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Speaker 2: think the Coats will have the advantage because they're playing

623
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Speaker 2: at home. I think that plays a big part in

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Speaker 2: helping the.

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Speaker 1: Coats pass rush.

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Speaker 2: Making it loud for the off the line of the

627
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Speaker 2: Texans to hear the count, hear the snaps. Maybe they

628
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,439
Speaker 2: get off just a second late. That gives an advantage

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Speaker 2: to the Coats defensive line to get to get off

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Speaker 2: the ball and get to the quarterback. So I'm looking

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Speaker 2: for the Coats to have the advantage in the game

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Speaker 2: on Saturday Night.

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Speaker 4: Agreed.

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Speaker 3: And my big thing is we mentioned at the top

635
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Speaker 3: Braden Smith. You saw the impact that he can have.

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Speaker 3: I mean tip your cap to Blake Freeland. You know,

637
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 3: he's been thrown into the fire as a rookie and

638
00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 3: he's really held up. But you see the difference that

639
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,119
Speaker 3: a guy like Braiden Smith can do. Last week, he

640
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:20,400
Speaker 3: had a matchup essentially, I mean maybe not the entire game,

641
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,520
Speaker 3: but a lot of the game against Max Crosby. And

642
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,399
Speaker 3: you look at the stat sheet for Max Crosby, he

643
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 3: was he was a factor, but it wasn't like you know,

644
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,159
Speaker 3: his factor was he got a forced fumble on a

645
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,320
Speaker 3: run play that was recovered by Michael Pittman.

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Speaker 4: Outside of that, he had one quarterback hit.

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Speaker 2: That's it.

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Speaker 3: And when I look at what Braden Smith has done

649
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,720
Speaker 3: throughout his career, I like the odds. Bernard Ryman has

650
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 3: taken such a huge step in year two. So when

651
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 3: you look at those bookends on that offensive line, I

652
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Speaker 3: like what the Colts have now. Larrymy tunsl on Houston side,

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Speaker 3: I mean, he's a pro bowler for a reason. That

654
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:52,680
Speaker 3: guy is a really, really good talent. But on the

655
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Speaker 3: other sides of the offensive line for Houston, I see

656
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Speaker 3: some ability where the Colts can attack. You know, a

657
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 3: guy like Charlie Heck, he's not a known you know,

658
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 3: pass rush specialists, is gonna defend edge rusher. So I

659
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Speaker 3: like the Colts' odds against some of the other offensive

660
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Speaker 3: linemen on the Houston side. So I like the Colts

661
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Speaker 3: on both sides of the football in this game.

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Speaker 1: All Right, we'll see how it all shapes out here

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Speaker 1: Saturday Night Lucas Oil Stating we've talked about this game

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Speaker 1: from basically every angle so far. Let's go behind it

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Speaker 1: to me lines chat it up right now with Mark Vandermer,

666
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,360
Speaker 1: great guy. Voice of the Houston Texans. Casey Valier did

667
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Speaker 1: that earlier this week. Here's that conversation now on the

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Speaker 1: Official Colts Podcast.

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Speaker 3: Well, here we are, season finale for all the marbles

670
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Speaker 3: if you will, Saturday night football at Lucas Oil Stadium.

671
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Speaker 3: In a win and you're in final game. It's the

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Speaker 3: Colts and the Texans, and it helped get us up

673
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Speaker 3: to date on everything Texans. Is a guy who knows

674
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Speaker 3: this team better than anyone else, Mark Vandermir, the Voice

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Speaker 3: of the Texans.

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Speaker 4: Mark, thank you so much for the time. I really

677
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Speaker 4: appreciate it. But I just want to talk about.

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Speaker 3: First what a what eighty we're at Week eighteen this

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Speaker 3: year compared to where we were last year.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, that's funny because as you think about last year

681
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 6: and look, the Colts are the Texans nemesis. I've always

682
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:08,920
Speaker 6: said this, We know the history, and I'm glad that

683
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Speaker 6: our young players don't know the history because the Texans

684
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 6: are four and seventeen up in Indye all time. And

685
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Speaker 6: it was weird last year because the Texans did not

686
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Speaker 6: lose to the Colts a high and a win, yet

687
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Speaker 6: after both games, I felt kind of bad after the tie.

688
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Speaker 6: You don't feel good after a tie, especially.

689
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Speaker 5: When you have a big lead.

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Speaker 6: And then the last game, I thought, oh man, the

691
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Speaker 6: number one pick. I mean, I love beating the Colts,

692
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Speaker 6: but the number one pick. But then it all worked

693
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Speaker 6: out because the Texans took CJ. Stroud And we know

694
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Speaker 6: the rest of the story. But you're right, it's a

695
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Speaker 6: completely different situation, and I think it's awesome for both teams.

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Speaker 4: No, I mean, and I want to stay right there.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you talk about the first time these teams

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Speaker 3: met up here in twenty twenty three. You've got Anthony

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Speaker 3: Richardson at quarterback for the Colts Week two.

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Speaker 4: CJ.

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Speaker 3: Stroud's just kind of getting into the thick of things.

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Speaker 3: The offensive line was in flux, and I think we

703
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Speaker 3: saw glimpses of what c J. Stroud could be. But

704
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Speaker 3: just taking that throughout the rest of the rookie year.

705
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Speaker 3: I know he missed some time with the concussion a

706
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Speaker 3: couple of weeks back, but in all, I mean, you

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Speaker 3: talk about a pretty impressive rookie year from CJ.

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Speaker 4: Stroud.

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Speaker 3: From your vantage point, is this one of the best

710
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Speaker 3: rookie debutes you've ever seen.

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Speaker 6: It's the best I've ever seen because we had Watson

712
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Speaker 6: here and he was really good as rookie year in

713
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Speaker 6: six games, six and a half games, played extremely well.

714
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Speaker 6: And then the following years he played well, but never

715
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Speaker 6: as good as to have rookie six games stretch. He

716
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Speaker 6: threw nineteen touchdown pass as it was insane what he did.

717
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Speaker 6: And then obviously we know the rest of the story there.

718
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Speaker 6: But to have CJ. Stroud come in here and he's

719
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Speaker 6: just a different kind of guy, and we saw him

720
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Speaker 6: early on. Obviously, started against Baltimore, started against the Colts,

721
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Speaker 6: did not play great, but started to heat up a

722
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Speaker 6: little bit in the second.

723
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Speaker 5: Half of the Colts game, and then he just took off.

724
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Speaker 5: He really got it.

725
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Speaker 6: And some guys see the field in a certain way

726
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Speaker 6: and some guys don't, And some guys are going to

727
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Speaker 6: throw the ball in a tight window where a lot

728
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Speaker 6: of other quarterbacks would say, I'm not even going to

729
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Speaker 6: attempt that pass. Attempts a lot of passes that a

730
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Speaker 6: lot of other quarterbacks wouldn't and he's making them, he's

731
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Speaker 6: completing them, he's successful. He has this infectious effect on

732
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Speaker 6: the rest of the team as well. A very positive guy.

733
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Speaker 6: I think everyone is feeding off of that, and to

734
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Speaker 6: have him back now when you need him most is

735
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Speaker 6: a real big plus.

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Speaker 3: Now, one of the changes we have noticed over this

737
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Speaker 3: time since the first time these teams met up back

738
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Speaker 3: in Week two, was kind of a shift in the backfield.

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Speaker 3: It looks like Devin Singletary has kind of taken over

740
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Speaker 3: that role from what Damian Pierce was with Singletary, I mean,

741
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Speaker 3: he's played a lot of meaningful football with his time

742
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Speaker 3: in Buffalo, So how big of an addition has he

743
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Speaker 3: been to this team kind of guiding him to this

744
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Speaker 3: potential playoff race.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, since he started Week nine, he's one of the

746
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Speaker 6: better backs in the league. I think it's top five

747
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Speaker 6: or something like that as a running back since he's

748
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Speaker 6: been inserted into the starting lineup, and I think for him,

749
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,200
Speaker 6: he's a really great fit for this system. I do

750
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Speaker 6: think there's still a lot out there for Damian Pierce,

751
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Speaker 6: but for whatever reasons, this kind of zone blocking they

752
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Speaker 6: do that. They don't do that exclusively, but they do

753
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Speaker 6: a lot of that. He likes that. He feeds well

754
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Speaker 6: in that system. Good one cut back and it's not

755
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Speaker 6: like they're blowing up the world with the ground game now,

756
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Speaker 6: but it's a whole lot than it was earlier in

757
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Speaker 6: the season. They found something that they can take on

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Speaker 6: the road with them in this situation and in other

759
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Speaker 6: situations and use at home to be effective on the

760
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Speaker 6: ground where you have the play action working better in

761
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Speaker 6: those kinds of things.

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Speaker 5: I do like Pierce still.

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Speaker 6: And they returned kicks with Pierce starting against Cleveland that

764
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Speaker 6: looked interesting. Out of seventy five yard kickoff return for

765
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Speaker 6: a touchdown. That's Damian Pierce. You know, he's downhill runner.

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Speaker 6: So we'll see how they put it all together at Indy.

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Speaker 6: But Singletary a big addition for this team. He was

768
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Speaker 6: the leading rusher of the Bills last year and He's

769
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Speaker 6: thirty six yards away from his all time best year

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Speaker 6: going into the Colts game.

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Speaker 3: Now we're joined by Mark vandermir Voice of the Texans.

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Speaker 3: One of the top rookie receivers has been Tanked Dell.

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Speaker 3: We know he's lost for the season with that leg injury.

774
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Speaker 3: But the improvement that we've seen out of Nico Collins

775
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Speaker 3: over the last couple of seasons, and then you have

776
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Speaker 3: a guy like Robert Woods, who's that established veteran in

777
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Speaker 3: that room. What do you make of this receiver room

778
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Speaker 3: moving forward, especially with Nico Collins of the league.

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Speaker 5: Well, this team took so much heat in the offseason, right, you.

780
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Speaker 6: Didn't do it up at receiver. What are you gonna do.

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Speaker 6: You're not gonna move the ball. You're gonna have the

782
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Speaker 6: number one pick again, what are you doing?

783
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Speaker 5: Or close to the number one pick?

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Speaker 6: That was a lot of a criticism, But this receiver

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Speaker 6: group with Tank Dell looked extremely good. When you looked

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Speaker 6: at yards per catch, things like that, and then you

787
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Speaker 6: look at Noah Brown blowing up. They go to Cincinnati,

788
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Speaker 6: it felt like every reception was for thirty yards plus.

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Speaker 6: Nico's big thing is I always thought this if he's healthy,

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Speaker 6: he's making place. He's one of those guys and I

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Speaker 6: know you probably have a lot of that with the

792
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Speaker 6: Colts as well, Guys who if you're healthy, we know

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Speaker 6: you're good.

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Speaker 5: And Nico's one of those players. Now.

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Speaker 6: To have a quarterback like Stroud getting the ball to

796
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Speaker 6: him huge plus. Neither guy played in the first matchup

797
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Speaker 6: against the Tennessee Titans when the Texans ad case Keenum

798
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Speaker 6: in there and they won deep in overtime. But having

799
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Speaker 6: them both back to the last game against Tennessee, I

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00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:00,760
Speaker 6: saw the connection.

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Speaker 5: It was very special. It is special. There's great chemistry there.

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Speaker 6: It's two bad that they don't have Dell, but Stroud

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Speaker 6: de Nico is a money maker.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 3: We briefly talked about at the top the offensive line,

806
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Speaker 3: and first that first meeting in week two was kind

807
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 3: of in shambles for Houston. I think Shaq Mason was

808
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 3: the only guy that's gonna be starting this week that

809
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 3: played in that game. So when you look at the

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Speaker 3: offensive line, how much has that helped in what we've

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Speaker 3: seen out of this offense.

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Speaker 6: It feels like they've had forty five guys in and

813
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Speaker 6: out of the offensive line. It just feels that way.

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Speaker 6: It's been incredible to see the amount of jockeying around

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Speaker 6: that they do with the center position. Early on in

816
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Speaker 6: camp they lost Scott Quesenberry and it just went from there.

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Speaker 6: I think with this line right now, you know Larami

818
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 6: got nicked up in the last game. We'll see how

819
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Speaker 6: he's gonna do. But they have players they can count on.

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Speaker 6: George Fant was a tremendous addition. They got them right

821
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Speaker 6: at the start of camp. Good job for Nick Cassio there,

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Speaker 6: and then you go on down the line of guys.

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Speaker 5: Who have contributed.

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Speaker 6: When you look at a rookiel like Juice Scruggs, who

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00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,960
Speaker 6: is slated to play center, was hurt for huge chunks

826
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Speaker 6: of the season, then came back and had to play

827
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Speaker 6: guard with Michael Dieter at center.

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Speaker 5: They've been moving guys around and.

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Speaker 6: Titus Howard out for the year, but somehow they've made

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Speaker 6: it work. And obviously Stroud got hurt took some pressure.

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Speaker 6: They haven't run the ball as well as they want

832
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,879
Speaker 6: except since week nine it's been better, as I pointed out,

833
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:22,600
Speaker 6: So it's coming together. It's just not where they ultimately

834
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Speaker 6: want it to be.

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Speaker 5: Now.

836
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:28,040
Speaker 3: Defensively, when the first time this team met Zach Moss

837
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,959
Speaker 3: had a great game on the ground game. The Colts

838
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Speaker 3: ran for one hundred and twenty six yards, which is

839
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Speaker 3: actually the most given up by the Texans run defense,

840
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Speaker 3: which has been pretty impressive all season long. What are

841
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Speaker 3: your expectations for how this is going to match up

842
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Speaker 3: on Saturday compared to what we saw back in Week two?

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Speaker 5: Can Jonathan retire before Saturday?

844
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Speaker 6: I think, Listen, I think he should sit it out

845
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 6: just for safety reasons.

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Speaker 5: It's good for his career. Look, this is tough.

847
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,239
Speaker 6: You go from Derrick Henry, who you've had two of

848
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Speaker 6: the last three weeks.

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Speaker 5: Now.

850
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Speaker 6: The Texans did an amazing job against Derek Henry. But

851
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 6: Taylor's different, right, you don't play Taylor the same way

852
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,279
Speaker 6: you played Henry. So we'll see how that goes. But

853
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 6: they've been good against the run. Where they've struggled is

854
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 6: against the pass overall against good quarterbacks. And in that

855
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:16,600
Speaker 6: first game against the Colts, you know, Anthony Richardson looked

856
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 6: really good, right he had those two touchdown runs. I'm thinking,

857
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:20,960
Speaker 6: oh my gosh, this is going to be a nightmare.

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00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 6: Then Minshew comes in and I'm thinking, good Gardner. Minshew

859
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:28,400
Speaker 6: had some success against him in the Texans versus Minshew history.

860
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:32,480
Speaker 6: But he blows up and he's really good all season long.

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00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:34,640
Speaker 6: And you know better than me, So I don't know

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00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 6: what to make of all that. I just know this

863
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 6: that the Texans have to find a way to at

864
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 6: least slow down the Colts running game and get Minshew

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Speaker 6: in some long down and distance.

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Speaker 5: That's your best shot.

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Speaker 6: They've been pretty good at getting after the quarterback when

868
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Speaker 6: people are healthy. Right Will Anderson didn't play much last week,

869
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Speaker 6: but blew up with a couple of sacks. He has seven,

870
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 6: and that's the Texans rookie record. You'd love to have

871
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 6: Jonathan Grenard back.

872
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:56,440
Speaker 5: But additions.

873
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:59,640
Speaker 6: Here's Derek Barnett. He wasn't on the team for most

874
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:02,440
Speaker 6: of the season, yet he's making plays at defensive end.

875
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:04,919
Speaker 6: Jerry Hughes, the old man of the Sea, you know him,

876
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 6: he's a local guy. Comes up with a big stripsack

877
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 6: against the Titans, so he can still play. And my

878
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 6: j Sanders, who's he? You got him from the Cardinals.

879
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,560
Speaker 6: A lot of players on his team were not around

880
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 6: when the season started. Kareem Jackson, Adrian Amos and the

881
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 6: secondary players like that.

882
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 5: They all have to contribute now.

883
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:24,360
Speaker 3: You know, I want to stay right there talking with

884
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,720
Speaker 3: Mark Vandermier, you know, of the voice of the Texan,

885
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,320
Speaker 3: sticking up front with Will Anderson. We knew about everything

886
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 3: heading into the draft. He might be one of the

887
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 3: best defensive talents we've seen early on. I know it

888
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 3: took that. You know, it took him a little while

889
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,839
Speaker 3: to incorporate himself with the pro game. But as of late,

890
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,080
Speaker 3: he seems like a guy who's definitely coming on pretty strong.

891
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:45,040
Speaker 5: He's amazing and he's an amazing kid. And you see

892
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 5: why they drafted him.

893
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 6: When they drafted him and moved up to get him,

894
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 6: I thought, this guy's going to run the locker room eventually.

895
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,239
Speaker 6: He's the kind of player you want on your football team,

896
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,840
Speaker 6: on and off the field, represented the representing you in

897
00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 6: the community.

898
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,239
Speaker 5: But he reminds me in this way.

899
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,279
Speaker 6: I'm not gonna put you Watt on him, but I'll

900
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,759
Speaker 6: say this what his rookie year at five and a

901
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,959
Speaker 6: half sacks, the similarity is this late in Watt's rookie year,

902
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,560
Speaker 6: he told me, yeah, I started to figure some things out.

903
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:13,319
Speaker 6: I think Will Anderson is starting to figure some things out.

904
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,520
Speaker 6: Whatever that means for a defensive end, but keep figuring

905
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 6: them out because against the Titans with a little rest

906
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 6: now his injury rest. But sometimes I think with these

907
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 6: guys sit out a couple of games with an injury.

908
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:25,520
Speaker 5: They learn other things.

909
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:27,759
Speaker 6: Other parts of their body can heal up, and their

910
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 6: mind sees the game maybe differently. But he came in

911
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:32,800
Speaker 6: there and just blasted through that line and looked great,

912
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,719
Speaker 6: and maybe he could continue to do similar things down

913
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:37,960
Speaker 6: the stretch here in this regular season finale and if

914
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,279
Speaker 6: they are fortunate to win, to go on from there.

915
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:43,080
Speaker 6: But I like where we're trending with will Anderson. The

916
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:45,760
Speaker 6: seven sacks, Watt had five and a half. Mario Williams

917
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,239
Speaker 6: we had him here, he had four. Jadevion Cloune. He

918
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 6: never had a double digit sack season in his whole career,

919
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,720
Speaker 6: so but he's been very effective. So I think Will's

920
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:58,839
Speaker 6: supremely effective so far. The sky's will limit for him.

921
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 3: Now, final thing I want to talk to you about,

922
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:03,120
Speaker 3: and it's probably something we probably should have mentioned at

923
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 3: the top, but Tamiko Ryans, I mean you talk about

924
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,600
Speaker 3: an incredible first year, what he's done in Houston. I

925
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:10,719
Speaker 3: mean you covered him as a player and now you

926
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:12,759
Speaker 3: see what he's done as a coach. I mean, how

927
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:14,960
Speaker 3: impressive have you been with Tamiko Ryans And we're saying

928
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,080
Speaker 3: the same thing here with Shane steike and what he's

929
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 3: been able to turn on an indie. But it's been

930
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,320
Speaker 3: a lot of fun watching what Tomiko's done.

931
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,160
Speaker 6: Yeah, I don't enjoy watching what Shane Steikeen is doing

932
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,840
Speaker 6: at all. By the way, this is not good, not

933
00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:30,320
Speaker 6: good in the division. It makes it fun though, Yeah,

934
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:31,120
Speaker 6: of course, it makes.

935
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:33,880
Speaker 5: It fun to be playing in meaningful games. Demiko.

936
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,840
Speaker 6: Look, I've been around here since the franchise started, so

937
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:38,640
Speaker 6: I was here when he was a rookie, and I

938
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:42,320
Speaker 6: saw him as a rookie as a leader right away.

939
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,400
Speaker 6: You get to see it with my own non hacken't

940
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 6: played football eyes, I could see it an OTAs as

941
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:50,319
Speaker 6: a rookie that he was a leader and they called

942
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:53,839
Speaker 6: him cap as a rookie captain. And he has that

943
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 6: kind of effect on people. Super positive yet attention to

944
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 6: detail is there and also inspiration at the same time,

945
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:04,719
Speaker 6: fired up. The guy's amazing. From the moment he was

946
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,880
Speaker 6: hired to transform the city because all the former players,

947
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 6: because it's been a little rocky here. I don't know

948
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:12,200
Speaker 6: if you've noticed the last few years, all the former

949
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:15,800
Speaker 6: players who were kind of let's going on with the Texans.

950
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 5: They all came back. They all came back home.

951
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 6: It was a big homecoming for everybody and it was

952
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 6: really powerful. And to see it happen in one year.

953
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 6: He turns you instantly back into a winner because no

954
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:28,480
Speaker 6: matter what happens Saturday, it's a winning season for the

955
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:32,560
Speaker 6: Houston Texans. And that's amazing considering what the prognosticators said.

956
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 5: It's all demiko to me.

957
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 6: Now, it's of course players and you have to give

958
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,560
Speaker 6: credit where credit is due, and Straut's been incredible, but

959
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,799
Speaker 6: it all starts with the mcnairs and Nick Casseri and

960
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 6: tomko Ryans as the head coach, and they're making good moves.

961
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:46,480
Speaker 5: And he's pulling all the right strings.

962
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:48,799
Speaker 6: I mean, maybe not one hundred percent correct, but he'll

963
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:50,759
Speaker 6: be the first to tell you it's trial and error

964
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,759
Speaker 6: in the NFL, and they're doing the best they can

965
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,600
Speaker 6: and they've had some success relatively and they're looking forward

966
00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 6: to more.

967
00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:56,799
Speaker 4: Well, there you go.

968
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:59,480
Speaker 3: Mark vandermir Voice of the Texans, Mark, thank you so

969
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 3: much for the time.

970
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:01,800
Speaker 4: I'm enjoying the trip to Indy. Saturday should be a

971
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:02,239
Speaker 4: lot of fun.

972
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:04,720
Speaker 5: Let's go to the Horseshoe see what happens.

973
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:09,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's Mark VanderMeer, the voice of the Houston Texans.

974
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:12,319
Speaker 1: Earlier this week with Casey Valie. We're back here again

975
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 1: on the Official Colts Podcast. To wrap it up, We're

976
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,400
Speaker 1: brought to you by Win Las Vegas. And again, Mark's

977
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 1: a good guy. I mean, Mark is, he's a really

978
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:24,600
Speaker 1: good broadcaster, but he also is he's unapologetically all Houston Texans,

979
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,759
Speaker 1: which I mean you can't you can't fault him for that,

980
00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:30,000
Speaker 1: but you know, he doesn't shy away from saying that

981
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 1: the Colts are they are the arch nemesis. You know,

982
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: when you talk about the Colts, you know, the arch

983
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 1: nemesis for the Colts are the Patriots, the Steelers maybe

984
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:42,680
Speaker 1: here recently although not this year, the Tennessee Titans. You know,

985
00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:45,560
Speaker 1: the Colts are all of those teams wrapped in one.

986
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 1: Right as it relates to the Houston Texans. The Colts

987
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:53,040
Speaker 1: are thirty two, ten and one all time against the Texans.

988
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 1: So obviously, you know, when you talk about Horseshoe football

989
00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:59,400
Speaker 1: down in Houston, a lot of venom kind of takes

990
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:02,920
Speaker 1: over and it invokes a bad feeling. So they're going

991
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,000
Speaker 1: to be jack for this game, just like the Colts are.

992
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:07,400
Speaker 1: We're wrapping it up here. You know, we talked about

993
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 1: all the running game stuff and the sacks and all

994
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:12,239
Speaker 1: of that. I mean, this is a winning your in game,

995
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,400
Speaker 1: all right, So you know, this could be the last

996
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:19,200
Speaker 1: time we talk about this Colts team in twenty twenty three.

997
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:21,319
Speaker 1: You know, if the Colts don't win, who knows if

998
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:23,600
Speaker 1: we're doing a podcast next week, you know, talking about

999
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,040
Speaker 1: this team. So we might be wrapping it up here.

1000
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 1: Hopefully we're not. Hopefully we're talking about the playoffs next

1001
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:31,840
Speaker 1: week on this Thursday edition of this podcast. But Billy,

1002
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:35,480
Speaker 1: regardless of how Saturday Night Saturday Night goes, how do

1003
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:38,680
Speaker 1: you feel about this season for the Colts as we

1004
00:43:38,719 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 1: wrap up?

1005
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:42,560
Speaker 2: Well, I will say this, I feel good about what

1006
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,960
Speaker 2: I saw out there in the football field in regards

1007
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 2: to how the guys approached the game, the from an

1008
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:52,440
Speaker 2: office standpoint, the things that Shane Steiken has brought to

1009
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 2: this team, the things they've done on the football field,

1010
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:57,920
Speaker 2: being creative with the offensive players, if it was personnel,

1011
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 2: if it was plays, the trust he has and the players,

1012
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:04,759
Speaker 2: the trust the players have in him, and just the

1013
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:07,880
Speaker 2: fight that the players have. I've really enjoyed seeing that

1014
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:09,680
Speaker 2: out there in the football field and how they've played

1015
00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:13,960
Speaker 2: and and just just battled. As a player, I would

1016
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:18,120
Speaker 2: be disappointed if didn't make the playoffs, if didn't get there,

1017
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 2: because you have an opportunity, and this is all you want.

1018
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:23,360
Speaker 2: You want the opportunity. You want to take advantage of

1019
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:26,000
Speaker 2: the opportunity. So I'm sure those guys, you know what

1020
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 2: they're they're they're just thinking about playing this game and

1021
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:31,560
Speaker 2: winning this game. So as a player, if if it

1022
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:34,200
Speaker 2: don't make the playoffs, I would be disappointed, But I

1023
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:41,480
Speaker 2: am definitely definitely pleased and enthusiastic excited about the future

1024
00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 2: and what the guys have done this year and how

1025
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:45,480
Speaker 2: they've played and how hard they've played.

1026
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:48,279
Speaker 1: Question for both of you, then we'll wrap up. How

1027
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:51,520
Speaker 1: much does it matter that this? I mean, I know

1028
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:54,000
Speaker 1: you've got veteran pieces, right, I know you've got Buckner

1029
00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:57,799
Speaker 1: and Franklin, and you know Quentin Nelson, Ryan Kelly, these

1030
00:44:57,800 --> 00:44:59,520
Speaker 1: are all guys that have been here a long time.

1031
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 1: But the most part, this is a young football team

1032
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:06,640
Speaker 1: and You're gonna have a lot of building pieces next

1033
00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:11,360
Speaker 1: year that are getting their first taste of meaningful football.

1034
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:14,480
Speaker 1: How important is it, Casey, that you know, guys like

1035
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,839
Speaker 1: Josh Downs and Alec Pierce, who's a young player, so

1036
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:20,560
Speaker 1: on and so forth, that this group of young players

1037
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:24,319
Speaker 1: gets a taste of playoff football, because that's what this is.

1038
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:27,200
Speaker 1: This is a playoff game on Saturday night. How important

1039
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:29,480
Speaker 1: is it that this got this group of young players

1040
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 1: gets a taste of this at this early stage of

1041
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:36,000
Speaker 1: their careers going forward to hopefully be part of this

1042
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:37,000
Speaker 1: on an annual basis.

1043
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:39,440
Speaker 3: Now, I can't speak to this of actually playing like

1044
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:41,759
Speaker 3: Bill can, so I know your your interest might be

1045
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:44,440
Speaker 3: a little different, but I think it's huge because just

1046
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:46,839
Speaker 3: to get a taste of the intensity, all of it,

1047
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:50,960
Speaker 3: like all that goes into just the preparation for this week.

1048
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:53,440
Speaker 3: I think you get an idea of, Okay, this is

1049
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:57,120
Speaker 3: what this feels like. And you have that baseline of Okay,

1050
00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:00,279
Speaker 3: this is this is how I prepare for this. And

1051
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:02,720
Speaker 3: you know, you look at a guy like DeForest Buckner

1052
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:05,879
Speaker 3: who has played in a Super Bowl. You know he's

1053
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:08,239
Speaker 3: been on a team that like last year, you're out

1054
00:46:08,239 --> 00:46:10,279
Speaker 3: of the playoff mix, so he has seen the ups

1055
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:13,600
Speaker 3: and the downs. So being able to take pick his

1056
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,479
Speaker 3: brain about how you prepare for certain things. I think

1057
00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:19,120
Speaker 3: all of that is so important. But I think also

1058
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:23,920
Speaker 3: just from a mental standpoint, being able to see success

1059
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:28,120
Speaker 3: every confidence, it's so important, especially in the game of football,

1060
00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:32,480
Speaker 3: like momentum, it's not it's not a it's real. And

1061
00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:35,200
Speaker 3: so being able to see that the hard work you're

1062
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:38,279
Speaker 3: putting in is paying off and you're you're shutting up

1063
00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:41,400
Speaker 3: the doubters that that they essentially wrote you off beginning

1064
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,399
Speaker 3: before the year, and you go out there, you do

1065
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:45,640
Speaker 3: the work, you put in the time, and you're seeing

1066
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:47,000
Speaker 3: those benefits happen.

1067
00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:48,760
Speaker 4: I think that is what is so important.

1068
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:51,480
Speaker 2: I agree. I mean it's it's it's very important that

1069
00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:56,399
Speaker 2: these guys get an opportunity to experience this where it's

1070
00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:59,960
Speaker 2: the intensity has ratchet up a little bit for this game,

1071
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 2: this game the Texans that you know what, Okay, this

1072
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:04,759
Speaker 2: is how you prepare, This is how you get ready

1073
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:06,439
Speaker 2: for the game. This is things are going to happen.

1074
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:08,600
Speaker 2: This is what you're going to experience. Okay, you go

1075
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:09,919
Speaker 2: out there and play the game. These are the things

1076
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:13,120
Speaker 2: you experienced during the game and to put those in

1077
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:15,160
Speaker 2: your memory bank and keep those things in your memory

1078
00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:18,120
Speaker 2: bank for a future time when your career goes on,

1079
00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:20,359
Speaker 2: you have other games like this, big games like this.

1080
00:47:20,719 --> 00:47:23,000
Speaker 2: It's very important for those guys to get that. So

1081
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:25,960
Speaker 2: when other big games come they can call, they can

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Speaker 2: recall that and use that for the for their benefits.

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Speaker 2: So the games, the intensity changes a little bit, you know,

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Speaker 2: the regular season, and then the playoff intensity change a

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Speaker 2: little bit. And this is as close to the playoff

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Speaker 2: game as you're going to get. You win in your end,

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Speaker 2: or if you lose, you go home. So there's no

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Speaker 2: in between.

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Speaker 1: Want to go there.

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Speaker 4: There with.

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Speaker 1: What's this?

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Speaker 2: We're gonna leave that alone right now. I would say that,

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Speaker 2: cause bring it up. I want to even bring it up.

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Speaker 2: We'll leave it.

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Speaker 1: We'll just leave it. We all know what is understood.

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Speaker 1: Not be City is gonna be high on Saturday night.

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Speaker 1: Lucas Oil Stadium is gonna be going bonkers. I know,

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Speaker 1: Touchdown Town is gonna be on fire, just like it

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Speaker 1: always has been all year long. You better you might

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Speaker 1: want to bundle up there. It's gonna be a little

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Speaker 1: chilly on Saturday night.

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Speaker 2: That's all right, hopefully all looks hopefully.

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Speaker 3: Starting the sun setting yeah baby.

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Speaker 1: Primetime game. By the way, that's something we didn't mention

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Speaker 1: that this is gonna be the first primetime game for

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Speaker 1: both of these teams in twenty twenty three, and for

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Speaker 1: the Houston Texans, the first time they play outside of

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Speaker 1: the one o'clock Eastern Sunday afternoon windows. So they go

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Speaker 1: from nobody seeing them to everybody. All right, we got

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Speaker 1: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, let's go. Let's see what you got.

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Speaker 1: Cee J. Stroud, Colts and Texans. It's gonna be fun

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Speaker 1: eight to fifteen Eastern time at Lucas Oil Stadium, and

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Speaker 1: we cannot wait, cannot wait to bring it to you

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Speaker 1: on Radio, Casey Valie on Countdown to kick Off, Bill

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Speaker 1: Brooks and Gang on the Colts pregame Huddle, and we

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Speaker 1: are just so excited, and we can't thank you enough

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Speaker 1: for tuning us in all season long here on the

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Speaker 1: Official Colts Podcast, brought to you by Win Las Vegas.

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Speaker 1: We hope we're doing it again next week talking about

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Speaker 1: the Colts in the playoffs, but first things first, got

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Speaker 1: to win against the Texans on Saturday night. Thanks again

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Speaker 1: for watching everybody on YouTube, and for dialing us in

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Speaker 1: here on the Colts Audio Network, and we will talk

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Speaker 1: to you soon. Go Colts