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Speaker 1: We're talking cold San recapping the action, YO sixty two

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Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor with you until seven o'clock tonight and

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Speaker 1: we're talking about the Colts in the loss on Sunday

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Speaker 1: It's a short week this week for the Colts as

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Speaker 1: they traveled to Denver and take on the Broncos. The

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Speaker 1: Colts now set at one two and one on the season.

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Speaker 1: They're winless in the division through three tries, and the

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Speaker 1: Colts are in third place in the AFC South, but

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Speaker 1: only a half game back of the Titans and the

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Speaker 1: Jaguars for first place. The Colts dug themselves a whole

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Speaker 1: early and got down big. The Titans scored points on

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Speaker 1: to a twenty four to three lead to the second quarter. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 1: the Colts have been there before. It marked the third

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Speaker 1: time this season the Colts trailed by as many as

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Speaker 1: seventeen points to a divisional opponent, but the Colts came

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Speaker 1: first downs made by the Titans proved to be the

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Speaker 1: difference down the stretch in the game. The Colts turned

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Speaker 1: fourteen Titans points. The Colts are now minus six on

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Speaker 1: the season in the turnover margin, and they've allowed a

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Speaker 1: league worst forty three points off of turnovers this season.

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Speaker 1: Tennessee won the game primarily because of the turnover battle,

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Speaker 1: and they won the running game. Derrick Henry ran for

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Speaker 1: nine of those yards came in the first half. It

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Speaker 1: was his sixth career one hundred yard game against the Colts. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor ran for only forty two yards for the game.

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Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, and that's going to be monitored this week.

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Speaker 1: On a short week leading into Denver, and as a team,

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Speaker 1: the Colts ran for only thirty eight yards, the lowest

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Speaker 1: The bright spot for the Colts in the game was

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Speaker 1: their tight ends. That unit collectively had one hundred and

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Speaker 1: Mooalley Cox caught a pair of red zone touchdowns, matching

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Speaker 1: The Colts have had tight ends record two touchdown receptions

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Speaker 1: It marks the first time the Colts have done that

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Speaker 1: Venturry and Joe Wrights. The former Colts will be along

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Speaker 1: obviously a really tough one to deal with on Sunday

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Speaker 1: for you when you went back and examined the tape today,

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Speaker 1: Why do you think that position group has been so

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Speaker 1: mix it up. I mean, it's a real bright spot,

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Speaker 1: He's asking loaded question, no doubt, but why has it

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Speaker 1: been so difficult to establish Jonathan Taylor in the running

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Speaker 1: been we've been inconsistent up front, you know, as far

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Speaker 1: As players and coaches, especially coming out after a loss.

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Speaker 1: You're happy for a Thursday night game. Normally you're not

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Speaker 1: because you got an opportunity to try to redeem yourself,

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Speaker 1: all right. Aaron is asking what led to the change

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Speaker 1: we'll play next week. We've got time for help him more.

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Speaker 1: Mcguel is asking, you talked about this earlier, needing more

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Speaker 1: We only have two takeaways so far on defense? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: It's got to be intentional, it's got to be practiced.

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Speaker 1: It's got to be a mindset that we're going to

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Speaker 1: Last one on Denver, the task at hand on Thursday night,

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Speaker 1: they're two and two. They fell to the Raiders thirty

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Speaker 1: In Top five defense, they're really good on defense, They're

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Speaker 1: it's all about Russell Wilson. You know, obviously they got

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Speaker 1: but it's Russell Wilson. You know, the name speaks for

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Speaker 1: That's Frank Reich here on Colts Roundtable Live tonight. Coach.

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Speaker 1: so short week, get out of here and good luck

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Speaker 1: welcome in the fellows. The former Colts Rick Venturi and

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Speaker 1: Joe writes to the program, And boys, I know we've

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Speaker 1: what we call the tale of the Tape. Rick, why

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Speaker 1: if you look at yardage and that's all you look at,

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Speaker 1: then we won the stat sheet. But the r RV's

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Speaker 1: give this to you every week. The big three for me,

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Speaker 1: always more than any other statistic, is three statistics. First

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Speaker 1: and third quarterback rating. And so because I normally say

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Speaker 1: that over time those things determine who's a good team

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Speaker 1: and who isn't. So you know, basically we're not scoring

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Speaker 1: worth a damn. We only scored seventeen. We did hold

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Speaker 1: him to twenty, but you know they won that. The

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Speaker 1: turnover ratio they won three to zip. And the quarterback

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Speaker 1: rating even though Ryan, you know, he may rate a hundred,

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Speaker 1: but the other kid was one hundred and twenty five.

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Speaker 1: He was one hundred and thirty four nine at the half.

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Speaker 1: So to me, the the RV three vitals, you know

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Speaker 1: we are we are consistently losing other than one game,

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Speaker 1: and so you know that's got to change. And particularly

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Speaker 1: the ball security. I mean, Ryan can't fumble every time

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Speaker 1: he gets hit. I mean that is ridiculous. Nine fumbles.

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Speaker 1: I mean it just seems like every time that pocket

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Speaker 1: collapses on him, the ball comes out, and that can't happen,

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Speaker 1: no doubt about it. Hey, celebrate Monday nine football with

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Speaker 1: that's the tail of the tape. Here on Colts Roundtable

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Speaker 1: back tonight here on Colts Roundtable Live. We're going into

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Speaker 1: a segment right now called simply What's the Deal? Because

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Speaker 1: the Colts are four games in and they have yet

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Speaker 1: to play a complete game, complimentary football in all three phases.

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Speaker 1: So let's take a look at some key areas that

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Speaker 1: keep plaguing the Colts here on What's the Deal. So

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Speaker 1: we'll talk more about the slow starts. Rick, you alluded

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Speaker 1: to it on the last segment, but another slow start

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Speaker 1: for the Colts. They trailed twenty four to three in

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Speaker 1: the second quarter. The Titans scored points on all of

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Speaker 1: their first four drives, and it marked the third straight

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Speaker 1: contest against a divisional team where the Colts have trailed

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Speaker 1: by at least seventeen points. The Colts have been outscored

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Speaker 1: sixty five to twenty three in the first half of

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Speaker 1: this season, including twenty seven to ten in the first quarter.

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Speaker 1: They've also been outscored sixty four to sixteen in the

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Speaker 1: first half of their last four games against the division

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Speaker 1: When you factor in Week eighteen last year in Jacksonville. So, Joe,

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Speaker 1: I'll let you go first on this one, the Colts

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Speaker 1: getting down early against their division rivals, who on paper

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Speaker 1: they are, you know, they have a superior team over

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Speaker 1: in terms of you look at the betting lines and

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Speaker 1: things like that. I know the game's not played on paper,

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Speaker 1: but these slow starts and getting down big early, Joe,

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Speaker 1: what is the deal? Well, I think one it comes

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Speaker 1: down to lack of urgency on offense, and it comes

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Speaker 1: down to turning the ball over. I mean, if you

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Speaker 1: go back to the game, Tennessee scored on a thirty

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Speaker 1: two yard drive after that first fumble by Matt Ryan,

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Speaker 1: and they scored on a twenty eight yard drive after

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Speaker 1: the interception. Now that interception was a bit of a

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Speaker 1: fluke play, you know, Tart actually Quintin Nelson was doing

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Speaker 1: a good job of trying to finish him. When he

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Speaker 1: put his hands up, he barely got a paw on it,

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Speaker 1: and it just kind of fell down to his lap

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Speaker 1: like he was laying on the ground in a feather,

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Speaker 1: just kept coming down. But the reality is our defense

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Speaker 1: hold them to ten points outside of those two drives

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Speaker 1: was really impressively. He only gave up thirty eight total

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Speaker 1: yards in the second half. I mean, that's incredible, but

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Speaker 1: we're turning the ball over, so you know, Quintin Nelson

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Speaker 1: gets beat. That happens again. You got to have your

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Speaker 1: five stars play like five. But Autry put a nice

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Speaker 1: outside swim move on him, got an edge. There's a

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Speaker 1: big difference between taking the sack there and putting it

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Speaker 1: away fifty yards downfield with Hawk who has proven to

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Speaker 1: be a pretty good weapon, and giving up the ball.

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Speaker 1: And I think to Coach's point, that ball security issue

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Speaker 1: with Matt Ryan not holding on to it. I mean

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Speaker 1: nine fumbles in four games. I mean he's on pace

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Speaker 1: to set an NFL record, which you absolutely cannot do.

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Speaker 1: And I think the short fields, that's the difference between

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Speaker 1: maybe seven and three, that's the difference between them putting

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Speaker 1: the ball back and all of a sudden we're up

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Speaker 1: seven to three or at seven to seven, but instead

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Speaker 1: it's fourteen to three, twenty one to three, and the

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Speaker 1: game got out of there. So I really just go

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Speaker 1: back to that ball security. We got to get that better.

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Speaker 1: But overall, too much lack of urgency, I think, too

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Speaker 1: much casual, like, oh, we'll get him back, We're done

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Speaker 1: digging ourselves in hole. We can't do that. We want

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Speaker 1: to win some of these football games, no doubt about that.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's go to losing the turnover battle, because

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Speaker 1: through four games the Colts have a minus six in

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Speaker 1: the turnover margin. And as you said earlier, Joe, I

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Speaker 1: think it was you. The Colts have never finished to

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Speaker 1: see season with a negative turnover margin under Frank Reich.

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Speaker 1: Three more turnovers on Sunday. And to make matters worse,

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Speaker 1: Matt Ryan has fumbled nine times on the season. That's

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Speaker 1: a pace that puts him way ahead of the NFL

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Speaker 1: record of twenty three fumbles in a year set previously

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Speaker 1: by Carry Collins and Dante Colepepper. And the Colts have

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Speaker 1: allowed I think this is the most damning part of it.

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Speaker 1: The Colts have allowed forty three points off of turnovers

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Speaker 1: so far this year. That is last in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: and it's last by a wide margin. It's ten more

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Speaker 1: than the next team on that list. New Orleans has

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Speaker 1: has allowed thirty three points off of turnovers so far

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Speaker 1: this year. So the Colts rick not only losing the

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Speaker 1: turnover battle, but losing it pretty decisively on a week

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Speaker 1: to week basis. Well what's the deal with that? Well,

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Speaker 1: it's really all It's really all about the fumbles, and

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Speaker 1: the inordinate amount of fumbles, of course, is on the quarterback. Now,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think you know from that standpoint, I

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Speaker 1: think these bad starts, you know, to me, I do

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Speaker 1: look at it from a coaching standpoint, and I do

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Speaker 1: think that in the opponents that we face, particularly the

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Speaker 1: ones that know us, have put up really good game

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Speaker 1: plans early and they've done things to create advantage for themselves.

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Speaker 1: The first thing they've done is they've totally shut down

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Speaker 1: the runt. I mean, Jonathan Taylor averages two one in

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Speaker 1: this game. I mean, we're starting to rave if he

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Speaker 1: gets fifty, okay, And so what's happened is we're looking

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Speaker 1: at a lot of second in twelves. We're looking at

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Speaker 1: a lot of third and longs, and so in those opportunities,

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Speaker 1: what those teams that know us know is if waken

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Speaker 1: shut down Taylor on first down and we overrun him

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Speaker 1: on first down, if they shut that down, then stunts

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Speaker 1: and whats have just killed us. Our offensive line is

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Speaker 1: so underachieving right now. And I'm talking about Nelson Kelly

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Speaker 1: and Braydon Smith, everybody wants to pick on the two weaknesses. Well,

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Speaker 1: we know their weaknesses, but the top three guys aren't

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Speaker 1: doing it damn thing either, to be honest with it.

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Speaker 1: Not moving anybody, they're not protecting anybody, and so when

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Speaker 1: you get in those long yarded situations, you're vulnerable to

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Speaker 1: that pressure. In those sacks fifteen sacks and twelve fumbles,

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Speaker 1: and most of those are coming early in the game. Really,

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Speaker 1: that's first of all that's creating the turnover problem. And

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Speaker 1: then on defense, I disagree with you guys to some point. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's a great second half, but they get ninety nine

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Speaker 1: yards rushing by their tailback who you know is going

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Speaker 1: to run it. In the first half. They're one hundred

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Speaker 1: and thirty four point nine passer rating. Mills had one

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Speaker 1: hundred and twenty nine at the end of the first half,

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Speaker 1: which means your past percentage against other than Kansas City

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Speaker 1: is so bad. You're not having a chance to get

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Speaker 1: your hands on the ball. Then when you get behind,

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Speaker 1: when you get behind like we are sixty eight to six,

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Speaker 1: teams take the air out of the ball. One of

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Speaker 1: the reasons that you're playing better than this sec and

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Speaker 1: half his teams are trying not to lose it with

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Speaker 1: a twenty point lead, with a three score advantage, and

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Speaker 1: they're running, and they're throwing screens and they're taking care

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Speaker 1: of the ball and you're not. When you're behind. You

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Speaker 1: check how many turnovers you're gonna get when you're playing

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Speaker 1: from behind. When you're playing from ahead and you can

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Speaker 1: rush the passer like we did against Kansas City and

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Speaker 1: you can harass the guy, then you get turnovers. But

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Speaker 1: playing from behind, let me tell you from experience, it's very,

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Speaker 1: very difficult. Now, that's an outstanding point. Yeah, most of

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Speaker 1: your turnovers throughout the course of his season come when

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Speaker 1: the other team is in duress. And the Colts just

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Speaker 1: haven't had the lead so far this year. All right,

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Speaker 1: this one is juicy. So I'm going to give you

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Speaker 1: both a chance to get after this one. Joe, I'll

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Speaker 1: start with you, because the running game on Sunday finished

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Speaker 1: with only thirty eight yards, the fewest by a Colts

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Speaker 1: team since Week twelve of the twenty fifteen season against

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Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. So four games in the Colts

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Speaker 1: opponents actually have more rushing yards than the Colts, and

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor only has one one hundred yard rushing game

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Speaker 1: and just isn't getting that same push not only from

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Speaker 1: himself but from the offensive line as last year. So

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Speaker 1: Joe Colts running game through four games, as we look

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Speaker 1: at at what's the deal, What is the deal upfront?

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Speaker 1: Why can the Colts just not run the ball as

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Speaker 1: efficiently as they have in the past. I think it's

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Speaker 1: a combination of a few factors. One, we're not getting

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Speaker 1: the push we need at the point of attack, meaning

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Speaker 1: you know, if you and I are blocking each other

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Speaker 1: and there's a line right in the middle of us,

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Speaker 1: we're not pushing our guy across the line. They're pushing

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Speaker 1: us across the line. And that's kind of been across

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Speaker 1: the board all five guys. I think two our tight

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Speaker 1: ends are really struggling in the run game. I mentioned

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Speaker 1: that first play the game earlier. We run a wham play,

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Speaker 1: a play that's been successful, and Granson goes too high

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Speaker 1: on Simmons. I mean, that's a man. You know, you

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Speaker 1: might got to think about cutting that guy going low

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Speaker 1: on him. He literally just stood him up with his

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Speaker 1: left hand, tackle the running back with his right hand,

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Speaker 1: and there's a TfL right there. And you know, later

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Speaker 1: in the game, they try to similar play with Moali.

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Speaker 1: You know, he got chopped down, and so the running game.

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Speaker 1: I think three. You know, if you think about last year,

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Speaker 1: you know, Carson Wentz despite some of his faults, you know,

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Speaker 1: he was a threat with his legs and so some

641
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 1: of these run pos, some of these zone reads, some

642
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Speaker 1: of these plays, the defense had to account for him differently,

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Speaker 1: if that makes sense, because he was a threat to

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Speaker 1: fake it up the middle to Taylor if the end

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Speaker 1: crashes down, pulled around and run around the edge. You know,

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Speaker 1: we don't have that threat necessarily with Matt Ryan. And

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Speaker 1: I think four combination of maybe defense is not being

648
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Speaker 1: scared of our wide receivers down the field. What you're

649
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Speaker 1: happening is condensed boxes, meaning they have extra guys in

650
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,480
Speaker 1: their Coach always talks about the double sink, which we

651
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 1: struggle because we don't have a tight end that can

652
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,959
Speaker 1: run just an old school fullback lead play and then

653
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 1: they're just creeping their linebackers up. I mean fifty one long.

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Speaker 1: You know, he was firing his gun as soon as

655
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 1: the snap was you know, I mean it looked like

656
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Speaker 1: third fourth grade football where they say, hey, you just

657
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 1: get in there, get in the backfield. Wrexham Havoc and

658
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:53,000
Speaker 1: we'll take our chances in the past game. And I

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00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 1: think teams have continued to play us tighter and tighter.

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Speaker 1: And I think the last thing is the Colts are

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Speaker 1: known nationally as one of the best offensive lines. So

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Speaker 1: you're a team, you're a young d lineman, you're a

663
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Speaker 1: guy trying to make a name for yourself. You want

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Speaker 1: to go against Kelly, you want to go against Nelson,

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Speaker 1: you want to go against Braden Smith, some of the

666
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Speaker 1: highest paid guys in the league. And honestly, I think

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Speaker 1: that just defensive overall intensity up front and the front

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Speaker 1: seven has been better than the Colts the first four games.

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Speaker 1: And you might say that that last key that I

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Speaker 1: shared that might be the most important one. Yeah, And

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Speaker 1: for me, you know, I'll always give you the coaching perspective.

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Speaker 1: And I've been saying this for a month and Joe

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Speaker 1: and I concur on this. I'm going to talk about

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Speaker 1: some things that he and I actually talked in the

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Speaker 1: pregame show. We actually talked in the pregame show. So

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Speaker 1: this isn't this isn't Monday Morning quarterbacking. But we are

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Speaker 1: we are stubborn right now. We're running zone, zone, zone,

678
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:47,320
Speaker 1: and we're running it against teams that play under, teams

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00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 1: that play double sink. And basically what they're doing is

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00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 1: they're pointing that inside three. They're pointing, like Joe said,

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Speaker 1: they're man handle us inside. We're not. If nothing else,

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Speaker 1: they're getting stalemates inside they're not. They're not getting any

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Speaker 1: We're not getting any movement. And then what you do

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Speaker 1: when you play a team that only runs zone, no risk, direction,

685
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Speaker 1: no leads, then you tell your linebackers you shoot A,

686
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Speaker 1: you shoot b right now. And that's what Joe was saying.

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Speaker 1: And we got they got great games, you know out

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Speaker 1: of their two linebackers, you know, basically be even Cole

689
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 1: stepped in there and played really good. Fifty one was terrific,

690
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,840
Speaker 1: and he was terrific against us last year. But there

691
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,040
Speaker 1: we're so vanilla with the running game. I mean, we

692
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:33,040
Speaker 1: were not. We can't run whams very well anymore because

693
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Speaker 1: as Joe said, we don't have the tight ends. But

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Speaker 1: we have got to get somebody if we're gonna unless

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Speaker 1: we're gonna throw the ball every down from base offense,

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Speaker 1: we've got to get somebody in there that can run

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Speaker 1: leads in the off to alcohol. Now trust me on this.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna see it again Thursday night, over and over.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if Granson can't do it, maybe maybe you

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Speaker 1: take a guy like EJ. Speed and do it. I

701
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 1: don't care who does it. But you can't keep playing

702
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Speaker 1: this way. You can't get at you know, you can't

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00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 1: get what you're not getting out of one of the

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00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: best runners in the league. And then Joe and I

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Speaker 1: talked about this in the pre in the pregame show,

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Speaker 1: and you saw it. You saw they did a great

707
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Speaker 1: job Tennessee of getting the ball in space early to

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Speaker 1: Henry with a Sway screen and a week Side screen,

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Speaker 1: and what that did was totally loosen the defense. And

710
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 1: then they started running the leads from I formation or

711
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:32,399
Speaker 1: bringing the tight end and running from I formation leads.

712
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:36,120
Speaker 1: They just impale Leonard on that second drive running right

713
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Speaker 1: in the bubble. And if you you got to be

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Speaker 1: able to do that and if and that's why to

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Speaker 1: me I was I was thinking we would be doing

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Speaker 1: the same thing screen to Taylor Sway screen quick screen

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Speaker 1: and make screens an extension of your running game, especially

718
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Speaker 1: when you don't have that blocking fullback or refuse to

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Speaker 1: try to develop one because that's critical and be honest

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Speaker 1: with you. The way Ryan plays back there, the way

721
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 1: he gives the ball up on fumbles, We're going to

722
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:09,720
Speaker 1: be in big trouble if we keep ending up second

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Speaker 1: and twelve because they're gonna they're gonna attack that offensive

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Speaker 1: line with blitzes and with stunts there, and it's gonna

725
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:19,799
Speaker 1: be long days. All right. That's a segment called What's

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00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,359
Speaker 1: the Deal? Good stuff, good breakdown right there from Rick

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Speaker 1: Venturry and Joe Wright, Tim Matt Taylor. I wish we

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Speaker 1: had better content to talk about, but good breakdown. Nonetheless.

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Speaker 1: Joe how much better was our offensive line with Will

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Speaker 1: Fries at Guard compared to Danny pinter Well. I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: say the overall O line was better, but I did

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Speaker 1: think Fries did a decent job. You know, you think

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Speaker 1: his first start, he's going up against Simmons, who's one

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Speaker 1: of the best defensive lineman in the game, and I

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Speaker 1: thought Fries did okay. He had a couple of plays

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Speaker 1: I'm sure he'd like to have back, but for his

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Speaker 1: first start, I was actually, you know, pretty proud of

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Speaker 1: his effort. I thought he finished hard. I thought he

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00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,799
Speaker 1: played really hard. And I think i'd give him another

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Speaker 1: chance to play a few more games because I think

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00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,239
Speaker 1: he's a bigger body type than pinter Is. He's got

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Speaker 1: longer arms, a little bit range here, and so I

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Speaker 1: definitely would roll with him, you know, give him a

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Speaker 1: couple of games and see how it goes. You know

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Speaker 1: what's interesting to me. You know, we've talked about the

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Speaker 1: O line as a whole needing more production. But over

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Speaker 1: at left tackle, you know, with Ryman being active for

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Speaker 1: the game, coming back from that ankle injury, I'll be

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Speaker 1: interested to see, you know, in Thursday, depending on his health,

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Speaker 1: but in the future, does he get more snaps there

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Speaker 1: at left tackle, because I think that's a case where

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00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,239
Speaker 1: clearly his upside is higher, and you know, you can

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Speaker 1: make the argument, well, even if he's a rook and

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00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: he's gonna roll with the punches a little bit, maybe

782
00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 1: make some mistakes, let's roll with a guy that we

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Speaker 1: think be our left tackle the future. So keep an

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Speaker 1: eye on left tackle. I'll be interested to see if

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Speaker 1: over the coming weeks they potentially make a change or

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Speaker 1: at a minimum get him back where he's rotating in

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Speaker 1: and playing you know, half the game, etc. And then

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Speaker 1: see how it goes. All right, let's go to Paul's question.

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Speaker 1: This is not a good question, but you know, well,

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Speaker 1: we'll still bring it up. Paul's asking he says, I'm

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00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,320
Speaker 1: not trying to be funny, but he says, are we

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Speaker 1: the worst team in the AFC South? Rick, what do

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Speaker 1: you think? Well, Paul, I'll tell you what I looked

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Speaker 1: at your question. I thought it was really a tough

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Speaker 1: one to answer. I will say this though, you know,

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Speaker 1: if we if we win Thursday night and everybody loses,

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Speaker 1: as far as I know, we'll be in first place

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Speaker 1: in the division. That is correct, you know, you know,

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Speaker 1: thank God for the AFC South. It is the gift

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Speaker 1: that keeps on giving. I would have to say in

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00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:54,759
Speaker 1: the first month it would be between US and Texans,

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00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:58,480
Speaker 1: who have really played the worst, and we appropriately we

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Speaker 1: played to a twenty twenty tie. I've watched all four teams,

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Speaker 1: and I think, as I said in my opening there,

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Speaker 1: when our opening takes on the game, I think what

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Speaker 1: sickened me the most is I don't think we're the

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Speaker 1: worst team in the league. I don't even think we're

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Speaker 1: close to it. But in many respects we are playing

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Speaker 1: down to it. And I can't. I can't deny that,

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Speaker 1: you know, I really can't. I think it can be fixed.

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Speaker 1: I think we can get certainly a ton better. You know,

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Speaker 1: when I look at the division, Paul, what I do

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Speaker 1: see is this, and I've looked at every team, obviously

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Speaker 1: in detail because we've played them all. Now is I

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Speaker 1: honestly believe, and I know they lost to a tough

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00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 1: Philly team, I honestly believe that Jacksonville is the best

817
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 1: team on both sides of the ball, top to bottom totally.

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Speaker 1: They're well coached now their quarterback is really on it.

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Speaker 1: But they have a lot of talent. They got a

820
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Speaker 1: lot of talent on offense, a lot of talent on defense.

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Speaker 1: They don't have the experience, you know, to to over

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Speaker 1: the seventeen Sundays like Tennessee does. But I think that

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Speaker 1: they're the best roster and actually the best team I

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Speaker 1: think Tennessee is. I don't I think the win it

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Speaker 1: just it just absolutely galls me. I just don't think

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Speaker 1: Tennessee is a really good football team. I think they

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Speaker 1: do a lot of things well. Like I said, they

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Speaker 1: stay true to themselves, They're consistent. I think the fact

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Speaker 1: that they've had continuity at quarterback for five years elevates

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Speaker 1: them beyond us slightly, you know, as I think Tannehill

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Speaker 1: has about five and one versus US Matt something like that.

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Speaker 1: I think he's five and one. And I really do

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Speaker 1: believe this, and I hate to say it. It was

834
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Speaker 1: always the signature that I never wanted. I just think

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Speaker 1: they're more physical than we are. I really do. I

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Speaker 1: think it's a it's a program issue top to bottom. Uh,

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Speaker 1: they're the more physical team. But you know, I think

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Speaker 1: we could, you know, we could be the worst team

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Speaker 1: in a division. We could be the best team in

840
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:06,080
Speaker 1: a division. Like I said, right now, we are terrific

841
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 1: and terrible in the same sixty minutes. So you know

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00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 1: what we got to do is we had to find

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00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:15,120
Speaker 1: more terrific. Yeah, Ryan Tannehill five and one against the

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Speaker 1: Colts as the quarterback of the Tennessee Titans. He took

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Speaker 1: over in twenty nineteen. All Right, one last question, Joe,

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Speaker 1: you can tackle this one before we close out. West

847
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Speaker 1: is asking on the mail bag. Are we capable of

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Speaker 1: making a push with this team similar to the twenty

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Speaker 1: eighteen season or the twenty twenty one season. Capable? Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: but we got to get some things figured out. And

851
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,840
Speaker 1: again we've talked about it all show, but it's that important,

852
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,239
Speaker 1: the turnover issue. You're minus three yesterday, we lose the game.

853
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,919
Speaker 1: We're minus three to Jacksonville, we lose the game. We're

854
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,840
Speaker 1: positive against Casey, we win the ball game. We're minus

855
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Speaker 1: one against Texans and we tied him. And again just uncharacteristic.

856
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:54,919
Speaker 1: You know, I had a coach that played with the Colts.

857
00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:56,400
Speaker 1: You know, several years ago we used to say, when

858
00:41:56,440 --> 00:42:00,239
Speaker 1: you carry that football, you carry this team in your hands, ay,

859
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 1: this city in your hands, you carry the state of

860
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: Indiana in your hands. And it's that important. And then

861
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Speaker 1: also on the other side, we're not taking the ball

862
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:10,200
Speaker 1: away at nearly the same rate. I know part of

863
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 1: that as Leonard being out. You know, we'll see what

864
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:15,760
Speaker 1: happens with his injury. But we only have three takeaways

865
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Speaker 1: through three games. Through four games. Bottom line, you're not

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Speaker 1: going to win in the NFL with that turnover differential.

867
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Speaker 1: So you think eighteen, we're one and five, we go

868
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Speaker 1: to the playoffs. Last year start oh and three. By

869
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,279
Speaker 1: early December, I'd argue we were playing as good as

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Speaker 1: anybody in the NFL, and you know you just needed

871
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Speaker 1: one win your last two and we know that debacle.

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Speaker 1: But Frank has been here before, This team has been

873
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:38,320
Speaker 1: here before. When their backs against the wall, it's almost

874
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:42,680
Speaker 1: like subconsciously psychologically they like putting themselves in that situation.

875
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Speaker 1: But guess what, boys, we're here now and there's no

876
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 1: margin for air. And when you think about our next

877
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Speaker 1: fourmat you think about Jacksonville and Tennessee repeat games, you

878
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:54,919
Speaker 1: got to win both those. You think about at Denver,

879
00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:58,200
Speaker 1: you think about Washington at home. In reality, this next

880
00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:00,440
Speaker 1: quarter of the season, I know, coaches all he's divided

881
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:03,160
Speaker 1: up into quarters. You really got to go three and four,

882
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:05,439
Speaker 1: or sorry, three and one at worse, in these next

883
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 1: four games to put yourself back in a position when

884
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:11,919
Speaker 1: you're above five hundred and you're realistically in the mix

885
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,280
Speaker 1: as the calendar turns in November and December. Hey, Colts

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Speaker 1: look at the AFC South standings after four, and we'll

890
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 1: preview Thursday Nights game in week five against the Broncos

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Speaker 1: in Google Play. So the AFC south through four, the

906
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:20,840
Speaker 1: Jaguars two and two. They lost to the Eagles on

907
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,759
Speaker 1: Sunday twenty nine to twenty one. The Titans two and two.

908
00:44:24,239 --> 00:44:28,560
Speaker 1: The Colts are one two and one. The Texans are

909
00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:31,720
Speaker 1: winless as well, and they lost to the Chargers thirty

910
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:34,480
Speaker 1: four to twenty four. So the Texans, I should says

911
00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:38,800
Speaker 1: double back. They are O three and one through four games.

912
00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:41,839
Speaker 1: Rick and Joe, your final thoughts on the Titans game

913
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:43,759
Speaker 1: and a look ahead to the challenge in week number

914
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Speaker 1: five against the Broncos on a short week, kind of

915
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:48,479
Speaker 1: a blessing, Joe, You've been there as a player coming

916
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:51,600
Speaker 1: off a tough loss, having to regroup and refocus very quickly,

917
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:54,520
Speaker 1: getting ready for Thursday night football in a short week,

918
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:57,680
Speaker 1: Almost like a blessing in disguise, you know, psychologically or

919
00:44:57,760 --> 00:45:00,480
Speaker 1: mentally going into a short game. There no question when

920
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:01,759
Speaker 1: you lay an egg like that, you want to get

921
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:03,160
Speaker 1: out on the field as soon as you can. And

922
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 1: we always talk about Matt the twenty four hour rule.

923
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 1: The reality is a Thursday game is about a twenty

924
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:09,759
Speaker 1: four minute rule. You go home and last night you

925
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:11,920
Speaker 1: already start turning your mind to Denver. You won't even

926
00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:14,640
Speaker 1: watch the film on Tennessee because it's that important to

927
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:16,520
Speaker 1: put the game playing in and go and believe it

928
00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:19,000
Speaker 1: or not. I mean, about seventy two hours from now,

929
00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:20,839
Speaker 1: the team's gonna be warming up out there in Mile

930
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 1: High in Denver, and so you got to put it

931
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,799
Speaker 1: behind you quickly turn the page. You honestly can't spend

932
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 1: any emotional energy on Tennessee anymore. It's full systems, go

933
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:32,000
Speaker 1: getting the game playing Dan down. How can we beat

934
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:34,839
Speaker 1: Denver and get ourselves back on the right track. Coach,

935
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:37,359
Speaker 1: what are you thinking when you look ahead to Denver

936
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:39,239
Speaker 1: and watching the film? I know you have keys we

937
00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:42,240
Speaker 1: got to do to beat those guys. Yeah, I actually

938
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 1: just finished the Las Vegas game from yesterday, Joel. This

939
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 1: is this is a very winnable game. They're a beatable team.

940
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:52,600
Speaker 1: You know, they're tough in the mountains. When they play

941
00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:57,320
Speaker 1: up in the in the highs, they're they're they're very good. Basically,

942
00:45:57,560 --> 00:46:00,279
Speaker 1: what this team is is this built on defense. They're

943
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:03,760
Speaker 1: fifth in the league as of this minute in giving

944
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:06,799
Speaker 1: up scores they can be very very good. They're very

945
00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:10,520
Speaker 1: very active up front, play a lot of double sink,

946
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:13,720
Speaker 1: a lot of five man front stuff. And they're twenty

947
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:17,400
Speaker 1: ninth in on scoring offense. So again they've been built

948
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:21,040
Speaker 1: on defense, really good on defense, really struggled on offense.

949
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:24,920
Speaker 1: Got a little bit better on offense this week. Obviously

950
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:28,279
Speaker 1: a couple of players to be alert for. Sudden is

951
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: the guy, the big guy, kind of a pitman type

952
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:35,719
Speaker 1: only bigger, big receiver for Wilson. Wilson still can throw

953
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,000
Speaker 1: that deep ball, he can throw it all over the yard,

954
00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:41,960
Speaker 1: and he's still even at his age, has really good athleticism.

955
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:45,440
Speaker 1: He can add lib and make plays. And then it's

956
00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:48,800
Speaker 1: Chubb on defense. It's actually Chubb and Gregory, but Gregory

957
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: was carried off the other edge rusher because those two

958
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:56,280
Speaker 1: guys are really a handful and they're very fast inside.

959
00:46:56,400 --> 00:47:01,719
Speaker 1: So again, real good defense, superior your defense, and struggling

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Speaker 1: on offense. So that's what we have to take advantage with.

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Speaker 1: Maybe we crank up Lindsay with j T hurt and

962
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Speaker 1: maybe crank up Lindsay against the whole team. Yeah, we'll

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Speaker 1: find out. Jonathan Taylor is sort of questionable. If you

964
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Speaker 1: will designationwise going into Thursday's game. We'll have more on

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00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:20,320
Speaker 1: that as the week progresses. Getting ready for the Broncos

966
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Speaker 1: on a short week, fllas always appreciate the time on

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Speaker 1: a short week for you guys as well, because I

968
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Speaker 1: know you're getting ready for the game from a broadcast standpoint,

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Speaker 1: from a preparation perspective, So my thanks to you guys.

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Speaker 1: Also my thanks to everybody who participated and tweeted in

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Speaker 1: their questions for Frank Reich and Rick and Joe, and

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Speaker 1: we'll have plenty more on the Colts all week long.

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Speaker 1: Colts Daily updates Tuesday and Wednesday. The Colts Official podcast

974
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Speaker 1: will drop tomorrow, Inside Football with Rick that's going to

975
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Speaker 1: move to Friday following the game on Thursday night, and

976
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Speaker 1: Know Your Foe on Wednesday, and player interviews all week

977
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Speaker 1: long as the Colts get ready and try to bounce

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Speaker 1: back in week number five. Check all of that out

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Speaker 1: on Colts dot Com, the Colt Small lapp, and the

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Speaker 1: it's ESPN Radio and we will talk to you a

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Speaker 1: week from tonight as the Colts getting ready for the

983
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Speaker 1: Broncos on Thursday, Night Football. Another installment of Colts Roundtable

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