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Speaker 1: Hey, Colts fans, I'm JJ Stankobitzen. Welcome into another episode

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Speaker 1: of The Colt Show in Indianapolis Colts podcast. Really fun

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Speaker 1: here on The Colts Show by defensive tackle Grover Stewart Grove.

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Speaker 2: How's it going, Man going?

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Speaker 1: Good?

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Speaker 3: Man Field great out here, had a great day of

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Speaker 3: practice today. Man, can't ask for nothing better.

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Speaker 1: We're just talking like, feels great. You're from Georgia. It's like,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, heat index is like one hundred ten.

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Speaker 1: You're like, oh, it feels great out here. I'm like

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Speaker 2: You're used to.

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Speaker 3: This, man, we got this little breeze, so it feels

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Speaker 1: That feels like about eighty y? What number campus is

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Speaker 2: Now?

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Speaker 3: It's like nine?

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Speaker 2: What is?

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Speaker 1: What's something that you've learned like from Camp number one

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Speaker 1: number nine that you can be Like I wish I

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Speaker 1: knew that when I was younger, and this has like

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Speaker 3: I'll say, the main thing is taking care of your body. Man,

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Speaker 3: Like I used to hate like the cold tub and

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Speaker 1: Is that like you have to learn to like like

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Speaker 3: It help you. Yeah, because I the cold tup, Like

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Speaker 1: Okay, are you one of those people who's like very

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Speaker 2: Though, how long do you usually last into nothing?

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Speaker 3: And I'm like, you got to get that norm in. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Then what's something else that you've maybe learned about, just

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Speaker 3: The biggest thing, I'll say, they knowing what you could

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Speaker 3: So like that's like my biggest thing I can say.

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Speaker 1: I saw some of the videos you posted on Instagram.

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Speaker 1: Are you training in like the sand where you've got

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So like my trying to be really consistent on

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Speaker 1: So you're you're one of I think it's looked it

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Speaker 1: we just kind of talked about the recovery stuff. But

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Speaker 3: You tell them? I'll tell them soaking the tub and sleep,

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Speaker 3: was saying like for different guys, like you could change

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Speaker 2: So sleep. I mean, that's something that it seems like

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Speaker 1: Like a twenty three year old, your body probably recover

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Speaker 3: So like me, I'm a night out, so like the lads,

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Speaker 1: What about your diet, Like what have you learned about

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Speaker 3: Yeah, sometimes I'd be like, man, I would take me

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Speaker 1: You can't be like that seems exhausting to be on

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Speaker 3: But yeah, like once you get your bout of used

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Speaker 3: it sometimes, like I'll squeeze a break in there, but

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Speaker 3: I have to be like in a mood for red a. Yeah, yeah, yes, sir.

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Speaker 2: I look this up.

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Speaker 1: So pro football focused tracks tackles for loss and no game.

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Speaker 2: And I saw that, I was like, that's just the

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Speaker 1: When like people talk to you about stats as a

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Speaker 3: Uh, they bring up stats all the time too. Me

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Speaker 3: Like people say, uh, yeah, we gotta get your sets,

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Speaker 1: I watched a couple of those tackles for no loss

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Speaker 1: last year you had won against Houston week eight where

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Speaker 1: they were kind of like slanting the run to your

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Speaker 1: ran him in too, Joe Mixon, Like you just like

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Speaker 2: What does that feel like to be like to do

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Speaker 3: Situation, many feel great, man, knowing that you could just

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Speaker 3: my whole mindset. When I'm out there, I might have

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Speaker 3: beat you all the way up to the third play

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Speaker 2: Is that your favorite part about playing football?

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Speaker 3: Yes, sir, I love it. Be real aggressive man and

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Speaker 1: It's control aggression where you can do it and it's legal.

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Speaker 3: That kind as a sack for me in a time

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Speaker 1: Yes, sir, What what is playing with the Forrest Buckner

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Speaker 3: First of all, I want to say the Forest Buttner

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Speaker 1: Does it still resonate in the locker room? Like he

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Speaker 3: I love lu louis a straight for it guy. He

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Speaker 3: he was like, hey, gro we can't have that, or

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I know, I saw in a quarterback. He gets

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Speaker 3: He just like mess with the guys and stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: Man, Why is it important that he holds everyone accountable

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Speaker 3: Oh man, it's very important because shoot, you don't want

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Speaker 1: Right off the field, I saw you hosted a like

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Speaker 3: Oh? Man, So I did that because I know, like

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Speaker 3: just want to provide it for them and like show

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Speaker 1: So how important is that, like for you to show

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we had a couple guys, but I would say

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Speaker 2: What are you doing? What are you thinking about in

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Speaker 3: So me, man, I'm an outdoor guy. So like when

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Speaker 2: When you cut your grass?

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Speaker 3: And like people like you cut your own grass? I say, yeah,

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Speaker 1: That's amazing professional lawnmower and a heck of a football player.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for joining us here in the pod.

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Speaker 1: Yes sir, all right, Thanks again to Grover Stewart for

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Speaker 2: This has been a competitive camp.

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Speaker 1: I think every team probably feels that way, but you're

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Speaker 2: Is going to be.

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Speaker 1: It's a process and there is a lot of evaluation

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Speaker 2: Been like overwhelmingly one guy ahead.

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Speaker 1: I think there have been more good days than bad

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Speaker 1: throughout the competition, which is encouraging.

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Speaker 2: So we'll just kind of see where it goes.

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Speaker 1: You know, maybe next week's pod will be talking about

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Speaker 1: the Colts have a starting quarterback. Maybe in two weeks

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Speaker 1: I will, maybe in three weeks I will, and maybe

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Speaker 1: we won't even know until I announce whoever's coming out

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Speaker 1: of the tunnel on game day against the Miami Dolphins.

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Speaker 1: But we'll see on that front kind of where it goes.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to the Colt Show mailbag. Excited

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Speaker 1: for this question because this one came from my guy, George.

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Speaker 1: George Egator from London, from the UK. You can follow

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Speaker 1: him at George on Sports on Twitter on Instagram. Great

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Speaker 1: follow good dude, I've been on his show a couple

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Speaker 1: of times. One of the foremost Colts fans in Europe

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Speaker 1: and a guy who's actually you know, he's a brilliant

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Speaker 1: football mind. So really excited to get his question. So,

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Speaker 1: George Wrights, given what you've seen in and around the

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Speaker 1: building and on the field speaking to players, coaches and management,

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Speaker 1: are offseason moves and draft picks, and knowing how important

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Speaker 1: this season is given our recent history, here we go.

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Speaker 1: Here's the question, with your cards fully on the table.

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Speaker 1: If everyone remains healthy A little too late for that, unfortunately.

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Speaker 1: If everyone remains healthy, what's your genuine thought on where

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Speaker 1: the Colts are at as a team and based on that,

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Speaker 1: what is your minimum expectation this season?

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Speaker 2: All right?

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Speaker 1: This is good because I think sometimes we get bogged

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Speaker 1: down in the weeds of like the day to day

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Speaker 1: minutia of training camp and like who a better day

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Speaker 1: in the quarterback competition?

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Speaker 2: Who did what?

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Speaker 1: And Adi Mitchell at another like three touchdowns in practice

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Speaker 1: or whatever it might be. I think this team just

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Speaker 1: based on based on what I've seen and just what

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Speaker 1: I feel about this roster. I think this team's baseline,

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Speaker 1: like my minum minimum expectation is that this team is

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Speaker 1: gonna be playing important football in December, whether that means

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Speaker 1: they're playing for the division, they're playing for a wild card.

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Speaker 1: I think this team because I just I don't see

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Speaker 1: glaring holes on this team. And I think you look,

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Speaker 1: you could look at the team over the last couple

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Speaker 1: of years and you know, Okay, maybe cornerback was a

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Speaker 1: deficiency last year, maybe there's some issues at other you know,

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Speaker 1: certain positions over the last.

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Speaker 2: Couple of years. I don't see that.

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Speaker 1: I think it really is you look at across this team,

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Speaker 1: there is depth. There are good players at every position,

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Speaker 1: and there's not a guy who You're like, I have

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Speaker 1: a ton of questions about what this guy is going

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Speaker 1: to be, where he's gonna fit, how he's going to perform,

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Speaker 1: because it is a lot of known quantities, and then

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Speaker 1: high draft picks, So you know, you got known quantities

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Speaker 1: on defense, like you know, the defensive backfield, a lot

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Speaker 1: of veterans there, Zire Franklin, and at linebacker, the defensive

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Speaker 1: line is like all known quantities except for you maybe

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Speaker 1: can you get more out of Layatu lat too, j

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Speaker 1: t Twey Moloio.

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Speaker 2: Those are two really high draft picks.

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Speaker 1: And then on offense, you know you've got maybe some

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Speaker 1: questions at right garden center just because you haven't seen

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Speaker 1: a ton of Macansolves at right guard, you haven't seen

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Speaker 1: a ton of Tanner Borderlini at center. I think both

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Speaker 1: those guys have what it takes, and certainly they were

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Speaker 1: higher draft picks guys expect who when the Colts drafted

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Speaker 1: them in twenty twenty four, they were expected to eventually

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Speaker 1: start Bordolini. By the way, he shout out to Teresa Bordolinio,

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Speaker 1: a loyal listener of The Colt Show podcast. She was

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Speaker 1: nice enough to say hi the other day at practice,

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Speaker 1: but you know, I think you know.

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Speaker 2: You look at tight end. You got Tyler Warren.

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Speaker 1: There a guy who was fourteen overall pick who has

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Speaker 1: looked awesome in training camp wide receiver. That might be

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Speaker 1: the deepest group on the team if you look at

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Speaker 1: just some of the talent there. Ady Mitchell continues to

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Speaker 1: have a really good training camp. Running back looks deep

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Speaker 1: and then the question is going to come down to quarterback,

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Speaker 1: right what do the Colts get out of either Daniel

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Speaker 1: Jones or Anthony Richardson. To me that the answer to

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Speaker 1: that question is where the ceiling of this team is.

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Speaker 1: I think the floor of this team, to go back

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Speaker 1: to George's question about the minimum expectation, I think the

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Speaker 1: floor of this team is that they're going to be competitive.

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Speaker 1: They're going to be a competitive team that is going

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Speaker 1: to be in the hunt for the playoffs come December.

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Speaker 1: The question then is what do they get out of

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Speaker 1: the quarterback and how much can that elevate this team

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Speaker 1: to potentially be competing to win the division for the

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Speaker 1: first time in over a decade, to make the playoffs

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Speaker 1: for the first time since twenty twenty. That is where

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Speaker 1: it's going to reside. And I think that might not

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Speaker 1: sound like a super hot take or anything or like, oh,

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Speaker 1: obviously it comes down to the quarterback.

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Speaker 2: It's the NFL.

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Speaker 1: But I think if you look around the rest of

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Speaker 1: this roster, this is a really good roster, and I

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Speaker 1: don't have a lot of questions about positions on this

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Speaker 1: team of like a, how's this guy really going to do?

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Speaker 1: I think I see a lot of good players on

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Speaker 1: this team and not a lot of players who are

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Speaker 1: You're coming into the year sort of worried about what

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Speaker 1: they're going to do. And then it's going to come

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Speaker 1: down a quarterback. So that's sort of the baseline expectation.

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Speaker 1: I think, you know, to George's point, competing for the

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Speaker 1: playoffs in December, and then we'll kind of see where

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Speaker 1: it can go beyond that. The AFC South, I mean,

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Speaker 1: look like two other just quick thoughts here. The AFC South,

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Speaker 1: the winner of it hasn't won more than ten games

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Speaker 1: in a couple of years now. I can't remember. The

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Speaker 1: I think would probably have been the Titans when they

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Speaker 1: last won it, which I think was in twenty two.

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Speaker 1: Was that the Jags and twenty whatever it was. The

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Speaker 1: Titans are the last team to have more than ten

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Speaker 1: wins and win this division and for all the questions

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Speaker 1: we might have about the Colts and what the season

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Speaker 1: is going to look like over the last two years.

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Speaker 1: So Shane Steichen is a head coach, and with all

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Speaker 1: the instability this team has had at quarterback, Shane Stiken's

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Speaker 1: a five hundred coach.

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Speaker 2: That is impressive.

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Speaker 1: With everything that's gone on with this team, this team

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Speaker 1: has been competitive. They have been you know, forcing me

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Speaker 1: to do Karnaky videos in December about like here's how

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Speaker 1: the Colts can make the playoffs because they're still in it.

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Speaker 1: This is a team that I don't see bottoming out

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Speaker 1: in a way that you know sometimes you look up

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Speaker 1: in a culture twenty fifth in preseason power rankings like

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Speaker 1: I don't see that.

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Speaker 2: I really don't.

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Speaker 1: I think just from what we've seen out of Shane

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Speaker 1: Stikeen as a coach of this team, with the roster

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Speaker 1: they have, I don't think this team bottoms out. I

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Speaker 1: think they are competitive, and again that ceiling is going

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Speaker 1: to be determined by what five or seventeen brings to

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Speaker 1: this offense.

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Speaker 2: So, George, thanks to your question.

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Speaker 1: You can submit your question for the Colt Show mail

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Speaker 1: Bag at Colts dot com. Slash mail bag dropping into

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Speaker 1: YouTube comments here. George sent me a DM on Instagram

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Speaker 1: with that one. You can do that as well, or

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Speaker 1: get me on x on social media. All right, that's

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Speaker 1: gonna do it for this episode of The Colt Show

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Speaker 1: podcast number to rate, review, and subscribe to us on

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Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts, on YouTube, on Spotify, wherever you get your pots.

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Speaker 1: I'll be back next week with another episode and another

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Speaker 1: guest coming on here to talk about the Colts.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk to you then. So long