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Speaker 1: Hello again, everyone, and welcome to the Official Post podcast

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Speaker 1: on Jeffrey Gorman Join the week In it we counted

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Speaker 1: by j J. Saxons and le Verti Folk dot Comedy

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Speaker 1: the best media members in the NFL.

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Speaker 2: If you're asking me, these two have the answer.

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Speaker 1: So we've got a lot of stuff to go over

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Speaker 1: right now. But guys, I just want to go in

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Speaker 1: with what's hot, and it's not the Broncos offense right now,

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Speaker 1: we'll get to that. I'm talking about Anthony Richardson the

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Speaker 1: final drive. What did this do to this young man's

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Speaker 1: career for taking steps up of this mantle that he

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Speaker 1: does for a young rookie quarterback? JJ, we saw it

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Speaker 1: out there. I'm gonna start with you. Nineteen plays, eighty

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Speaker 1: yard final drive.

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Speaker 2: We saw it.

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Speaker 1: Wow, what are they gonna do? Are they gonna kick

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Speaker 1: it and go to overtime? No? No, no, Shane Stiken

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Speaker 1: rolls the dice, goes back to his big horse like that.

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Speaker 1: How important was that final three minutes or two minutes

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Speaker 1: of that football game for the growth of Anthony Richardson

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Speaker 1: and his leadership.

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Speaker 2: I think it's it's big for Anthony's growth, but I

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Speaker 2: think it's bigger for how the team views him. It's

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Speaker 2: you can see the belief that those guys have. You

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Speaker 2: can hear the belief. Lera, you're in the locker room too,

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Speaker 2: just like talking to guys about Anthony. Everyone on in

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Speaker 2: that locker room, whether you're on offense, you're on defense,

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Speaker 2: just you can sense that they know, Hey, if it's

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Speaker 2: the fourth quarter and we got a shot to win

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Speaker 2: the game, five is going to go down and give

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Speaker 2: us a chance to do it. And that is such

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Speaker 2: an empowering thing for that locker room. And I wrote

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Speaker 2: this after the game, like this, all offseason, all we

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Speaker 2: heard was that Rams game. That Rams game. You remember

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Speaker 2: that Rams game. Well, now we've had two instances this

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Speaker 2: season in the last three weeks of Anthony being like

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Speaker 2: showing that that Rams game is not a fluke with

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Speaker 2: the Jets, the way he led the Colts down in

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Speaker 2: that game to win that game. And now with the Patriots,

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Speaker 2: this team believes in Anthony Richardson. They trust Anthony Richardson,

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Speaker 2: and that is such an an important thing going into

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Speaker 2: the bye week where you have essentially a four game

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Speaker 3: And then two things you don't have to watch the video.

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Speaker 4: I'm going to say, go to two still frames from

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Speaker 4: that play, one of them being Quentin Nelson celebrating in

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Speaker 4: the end zone as Anthony comes across the goal line

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Speaker 4: right like on that two point conversion shows you everything

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Speaker 4: about how much this team has rallied in support of

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Speaker 4: Anthony Richardson, how ecstatic they are for him, how much

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Speaker 4: they do believe in him. And then the shot of

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Speaker 4: Anthony running over to the sideline and Zire Franklin just

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Speaker 4: looking at him like you're a dog, Like that is

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Speaker 4: talking about dog respect dog right.

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Speaker 3: There in that moment.

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Speaker 4: And one of the things I asked Shane about this

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Speaker 4: week was obviously there's you know, the touchdown passed to

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Speaker 4: Alec Pierce, the two point conversion, but the entire nineteen

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Speaker 4: play drive Like some of that, of course is preparation

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Speaker 4: and film and all of that practice.

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Speaker 3: But there is a degree and this is.

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Speaker 4: Something that Shane confirmed, a degree of that is his

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Speaker 4: innate ability. There are things that Anthony Richardson showed on

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Speaker 4: that drive that you absolutely cannot teach. It is his poise,

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Speaker 4: it's his command, it is his just physicality and ability

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Speaker 4: in what he brings and knows. Those are the type

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Speaker 4: of the performances that you can build from as a

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Speaker 4: player and as a leader in this locker room, and

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Speaker 4: you're gonna go back.

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Speaker 3: You might be down in a game.

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Speaker 4: You can draw upon those experiences and be like, hey,

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Speaker 4: we're not afraid if we need to come back against Denver,

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Speaker 4: if we need to come back in one of these

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Speaker 4: critical games that we have moving forward, Hey we can

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Speaker 4: draw upon this experience, rally together, and we have the

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Speaker 4: confidence and the guy under center to be able to

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Speaker 4: do it. Because that call, Shane Steichen says, that was

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Speaker 4: a gut call, you know, for him to go for

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Speaker 4: in that situation. It was you know, analytics aside, no

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Speaker 4: matter what it says, but there are some analytics that

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Speaker 4: say that that's the way to do it right, that

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Speaker 4: that's the more effective plan of action. But I think

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Speaker 4: in that situation, this was This was Shane looking at

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Speaker 4: the guy who he has and be like, these are

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Speaker 4: the situations that we brought you here for.

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Speaker 2: You're not going to stop him on that play, Like

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Speaker 2: I know, he could have handed it off to Jonathan Taylor.

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Speaker 2: Was his own read, and he's reading to buy the linebacker.

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Speaker 2: If Tavy crashes down, he hands it off to JT.

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Speaker 2: And JT probably walks in for the game winning score.

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Speaker 2: But in that moment, you want you want the ball

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Speaker 2: in Anthony Richardson's hands because at six four two forty four,

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Speaker 2: with his power down there, you're you're not gonna stop him.

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Speaker 2: I I likened it too, like and this is I'm

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Speaker 2: not trying to make this comparison directly, but like, how

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Speaker 2: many times do we see Cam Newton do that in

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Speaker 2: his career where it's like Carolina's got the ball on

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Speaker 2: the one yard line, you know what they're gonna do.

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Speaker 2: You know exactly what they're gonna do. He's gonna run

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Speaker 2: it and you can't stop it. Like that, that just

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Speaker 2: you It doesn't matter what you do as a defense,

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Speaker 2: you're not gonna stop It is such an empowering thing.

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Speaker 2: So when Shane says it was a gut thing, his guts, like,

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Speaker 2: I just give the ball to Anthony. Let Anthony have

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Speaker 2: a chance to go win the game, because he's gonna

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Speaker 2: do it from that down and distance. I mean that

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Speaker 2: that right there. You're You're absolutely right, Laier. That's why

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Speaker 2: you drive to Anthony Richardson.

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Speaker 4: And physical stature and ability aside, it's also his mentality

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Speaker 4: that he will not be denied in those situations.

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Speaker 3: That's a huge part of it.

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Speaker 2: The other thing I want to go back on that

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Speaker 2: drive to the first fourth down, yes, what was it?

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Speaker 3: Three fourth down conversions?

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Speaker 2: Four convergence, but the first one to mo where there

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Speaker 2: is unblocked pressure immediately from Jabrill Peppers. How many times

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Speaker 2: does a quarterback take a sack on that play or

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Speaker 2: he just panics get rid of the ball. The Colts

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Speaker 2: tried to run a man beating mesh concept where you

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Speaker 2: kind of the goal was to have Michael Pittman Junior

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Speaker 2: other side. That doesn't happen. The Patriots zone it up

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Speaker 2: and mesh does not really work against zone. So Anthony's

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Speaker 2: ability to avoid that sack and then roll out to

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Speaker 2: his right there's really no one there and Moe kind

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Speaker 2: of picks it up. He works into space, gets that

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Speaker 2: that completion. Like I watching that Broncos game last night,

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Speaker 2: hard to come back, especially on the road, from taking

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Speaker 2: second eighteen. The crowd's out for blood, the defense is

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Speaker 2: out for blood, and Jameis Winston throws a pick six.

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Speaker 2: You know, that's what happens. It's a compounding thing when

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Speaker 2: you take a sack on those drives. Anthony Richardson has

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Speaker 2: not been sacked on his last twenty eight dropacks when

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Speaker 2: he's been under pressure.

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Speaker 3: And it was three backup alignment this past week. Two.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but he played great.

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Speaker 4: I mean Mark Lewinski a guy who obviously has great

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Speaker 4: familiarity with this organization, but he was signed out of

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Speaker 4: the practice squad less than two weeks ago active roster.

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Speaker 3: Right he steps in.

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Speaker 4: You got Danny Pincer playing his first game in you know,

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Unbelievable. But even that, I mean, they're gonna allow pressures.

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Speaker 2: It's gonna happen. You can't have a game where you

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Speaker 2: don't get pressure. That's just not realistic. Anthony's ability to

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Speaker 2: not get sacked on it is now becoming that to

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Speaker 2: me when I think about these fourth quarter drives, that's

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Speaker 2: kind of where I start. He gives you such a

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Speaker 2: because he's not gonna take a sack on those drives.

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Speaker 2: He might have to throw it away, but you know what,

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Speaker 2: you can live to fight another down if it's third

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Speaker 2: and ten versus if it's third and eighteen in those situations.

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Speaker 2: And that's where I start with Richardson, And it's something

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Speaker 2: we knew about him coming into his rookie year. This

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Speaker 2: was on his profile at Florida. He doesn't take a

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Speaker 2: lot of sacks, but seeing it now play out in

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Speaker 2: these clutch moments where he's able to not panic when

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Speaker 2: you got a guy screaming at you, unblocked off the

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Speaker 2: go make a play.

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Speaker 4: Can we go back to Monday's presser with Shane There

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Speaker 4: was a really funny moment in which did you ask him?

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Speaker 4: Someone on the zoom call asked about have you ever

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Speaker 4: been a part of a game winning two point conversion?

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Speaker 4: And he was trying to think back, Jace, you got him.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and look at I was looking at the list

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Speaker 2: because I had it up for five colts. Things that

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Speaker 2: I was writing that day and I'm looking down the

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Speaker 2: game where Mike Vrabel went for two. It was in

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Speaker 2: this whole blow up. Oh Mike Vrabel, What an idiot,

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Speaker 2: What a stupid decision. And it's like, no, he's being

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Speaker 2: hitting Mike Williams for a game winning two point conversion

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Speaker 2: I asked my question to him, and then I was like, hey, Shane, also,

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Speaker 2: I got you, like you were a part of one.

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Speaker 2: And he's like, ah, I can't. I just watched that

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Speaker 2: in those moments, Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Well he said it was.

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Speaker 4: So I talked to him a little bit, We had

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Speaker 4: some fun with it, and he was saying, well, he

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Speaker 4: was trying to think as a play caller if he'd

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Speaker 4: been because he was the quarterbacks coach at that point,

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Speaker 4: so he didn't necessarily call the play, but he did

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Speaker 4: reference that he specifically not only did he watch that play,

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Speaker 4: he sat down and watched that play last week with

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Speaker 2: And look what happened. Just be ready, hey, really quick.

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Speaker 1: You're on the sidelines there, you're watching this drive methodical.

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Speaker 1: But you're there, you can I mean you're with an

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Speaker 1: earshot of Shane talking on his headphone. So did you

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Speaker 1: when did you think both the viewer up in the

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Speaker 1: press backs, Hey, he's going to get in to get out,

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Speaker 1: he says, Hey, spire up the plane. We're losing or

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Speaker 1: we're winning on this play. Like did you know, like

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Speaker 1: even a play before the touchdown went in that you

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Speaker 1: kind of thought Shane Steichland, known as a riverboat gambler

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Speaker 4: I thought as soon as Alec Pierce scored, I was like,

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Speaker 4: you got to go for it, just because they'd moved

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Speaker 4: the Patriots had moved the ball so well and there

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Speaker 4: was enough time and they've got a clutch kicker back

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Speaker 1: At the end of the day, great win obviously, headed

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Speaker 1: I'm starting with you. Twelve to twenty four, two touchdowns

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Speaker 2: You know this needs to pick up.

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Speaker 1: I know we're not gonna run the wheels off this guy,

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Speaker 2: Like the fact that he's going.

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Speaker 1: Back there twenty four times to chuck it up. We've

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Speaker 3: You look at it, they were really well placed.

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Speaker 4: Balls that unfortunately just didn't have the result that you

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Speaker 2: He returned from his two week benching, Anthony Richardson has

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Speaker 2: had seven passes be dropped. According your Pro Football Focus,

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Speaker 1: Okay, Jonathan Taylor from here on out, he's been quiet

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Speaker 2: It's a one game.

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Speaker 1: Season from here on out, in my opinion, the next

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Speaker 2: Am I am off? Am I off base? No? I don't.

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Speaker 2: I don't think so. I think you're you're still gonna

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Speaker 4: I thought we saw good patience though from him in

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Speaker 4: So it's going to be interesting, you know, to see

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Speaker 4: I think for this offense moving forward with a number

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Speaker 2: He had also been you know, starting at left.

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Speaker 3: Tackle right exactly.

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Speaker 2: You guys practiced at the five offensive line position.

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Speaker 3: There you go, which is a credit to Tony in

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Speaker 2: To him too that you know that that's a lot

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Speaker 2: But I was talking to Bernard Ryman about mackenzol was

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Speaker 2: and he's like to play on both sides and to

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Speaker 2: think the Colt's got a real player in McNett. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: We saw it last night. I want to talk about

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Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos game in the importance of that. Yeah, Coot,

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Speaker 2: JJ.

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Speaker 1: My My thing is this Colts fans, listen up. We

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Speaker 1: lose this game in Denver, You've got to hope for

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Speaker 1: a Wizard of Oz type of turnaround with the luck

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Speaker 2: So you want you want to you want to play

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Speaker 2: guess the Bengals. You better be rooting for the Ravens

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Speaker 2: Let's not play that game. No, let's play the game.

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Speaker 2: If we beat the Broncos, then all we have to

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Speaker 2: stretch or or or Jeffrey, we gotta be three games

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Speaker 2: better than the Houston Texas. Oh what don't stretch? Wait

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Speaker 2: wait wait wait wait?

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Speaker 1: If they go one and three from here on out

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Speaker 2: Isn't that stupid? I mean not stupid, but isn't that

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Speaker 4: One thing too to look at for Denver is the

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Speaker 2: Yep, Thursday night.

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Speaker 3: Play at Cincinnati.

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Speaker 2: Yep.

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Speaker 4: You finish up the season at home against Kansas.

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Speaker 2: City and also another team you should be rooting for

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Speaker 2: right now, the Buffalo bill Yeah, Buffalo Belts. You have

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Speaker 3: He can't afford a rest game.

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Speaker 2: No shot, You're gonna get some little Mahomes magic. He's

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Speaker 2: probably gonna scramble for forty five yards, gets shoved out

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Speaker 3: Oh, meanwhile, the uh.

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Speaker 2: You want to talk about the Texans, That's.

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Speaker 4: What that's exactly. So they have That's what I just

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Speaker 4: right here, we're hitting our stride. We're playing her best

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Speaker 3: So Houston has the Dolphins at home this weekend. They

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Speaker 4: So, coming out of the by, they're home against the Dolphins.

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Speaker 2: Days after playing the Chiefs on Christmas.

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Speaker 3: And then they finished up with the Tennessee Titans.

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Speaker 2: That's the Tennessee Titans who ended the Jacksonville Jaguars season

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Speaker 2: You know, you know the line from Toy Story where

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Speaker 2: seen Toy Story probably one hundred times in the last to.

438
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Speaker 3: Infinity is beyond and beyond is like, as far we're the.

439
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Speaker 1: Truck, Okay, roll your eyes at me. The likes of

440
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Speaker 1: Bill Brooks, one of the Colts great too. I always

441
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Speaker 1: say this is a must win. He said, no, it's not.

442
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Speaker 2: You're telling me, what's the old Marv Levy line. The

443
00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,040
Speaker 2: only must win was the World War two? Right, right, right?

444
00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:50,920
Speaker 1: But but I'm just saying it's a one game season. Guys,

445
00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,720
Speaker 1: flipped the switch for me, Please flip the switch, Larra.

446
00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,360
Speaker 1: Want to start with you defensively, speaking against these Patriots,

447
00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:59,520
Speaker 1: there was some trending going on. There were some times

448
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Speaker 1: that it was, hey, boys, we need to step up

449
00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:03,680
Speaker 1: right here. I know Taekwon Lewis is back in the mix.

450
00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:04,640
Speaker 2: Colt S ended up.

451
00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,119
Speaker 1: With four sacks on the afternoon stuff, But hey, there

452
00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,480
Speaker 1: was some times that these guys and a young, healthy

453
00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,199
Speaker 1: quarterback who's got talent in Drake May, where are we

454
00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,439
Speaker 1: at with this defense going into what we're talking about

455
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Speaker 1: that you know, must win scenario for the next four weeks.

456
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Speaker 4: Well, I thought you, you know, you gave too much

457
00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:24,200
Speaker 4: to ramondre Stevenson in that situation. They really built heavy

458
00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,120
Speaker 4: momentum off of that, and that created the opportunities for

459
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Speaker 4: Drake May.

460
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Speaker 3: Drake May is gonna be a really good player.

461
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Speaker 4: Yes, yes, he's gonna be a really very good He's

462
00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,399
Speaker 4: gonna be a problem for a lot of teams for

463
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Speaker 4: a long time. It looks like with what they're doing there,

464
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Speaker 4: So he was he was impressive. It was also you

465
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Speaker 4: know some of those plays to Hunter Henry and Austin Hooper.

466
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Speaker 4: There were some situations where it was those you know,

467
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Speaker 4: you would have these drives where the Patriots got into

468
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Speaker 4: the red zone and we're really effective in marching down

469
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Speaker 4: the field, and then the defense was able to make

470
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Speaker 4: some great stands, in particular Desire Franklin breaking up the pass,

471
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Speaker 4: Julian Blackman coming up with it.

472
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Speaker 2: But yeah, also got bailed out by some holding penalty.

473
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Speaker 3: Oh and you're not going to have that with Denver.

474
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Speaker 2: You know, you cannot count on that.

475
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Speaker 3: You cannot count on that.

476
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Speaker 2: Why do you say that? Guys? Why do you say it?

477
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Speaker 1: Because on one side, I got a rookie coach on

478
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Speaker 1: on the other side, I got a twenty year coach

479
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Speaker 1: in Champayton.

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Speaker 2: Is that the main Threa? Yeah, I think that Broncos

481
00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,119
Speaker 2: team is going to be more disciplined and if you

482
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Speaker 2: let them get in the red zone six times, they're

483
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Speaker 2: not going to get in the endzoneable twice.

484
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Speaker 4: So I'm going to go to a note that I

485
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Speaker 4: have from DeForest Buckner from our conversations with him last week.

486
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Speaker 3: And I noted this in.

487
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Speaker 4: The radio broadcast, but there was a quote from DeForest

488
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Speaker 4: in which he talked about that we have played at

489
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Speaker 4: a high level.

490
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Speaker 3: I'm gonna find it really quickly here we go.

491
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Speaker 4: We need to do a better job with consistently playing

492
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Speaker 4: at a high level throughout the entire game. And what

493
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Speaker 4: he was kind of referring to was coming out of

494
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Speaker 4: the Detroit game, there were certain situations that you forced

495
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Speaker 4: them into some third lungs, but then they converted and

496
00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:54,080
Speaker 4: you weren't doing enough in the critical situations. You'd be

497
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Speaker 4: really good frustretch of time, and then you would let

498
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Speaker 4: up and allow them to capitalize in certain situations. So

499
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Speaker 4: for me, this is where like, okay, this is the

500
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Speaker 4: time to do that. As a defense.

501
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Speaker 3: You've had flashes.

502
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Speaker 4: Now you've gotten much healthier, you know, in the last

503
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Speaker 4: few weeks, getting some guys back, So now you have

504
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Speaker 4: to really capitalize on.

505
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Speaker 3: What we're able to do. You're gonna have to come

506
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Speaker 3: up with some takeaways.

507
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Speaker 4: You're gonna have to force Dender into some certain situations

508
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Speaker 4: in which you're able to And this is where I

509
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Speaker 4: noted this with Mate and Rick two.

510
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Speaker 3: When this defense does come up with.

511
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Speaker 4: Takeaway opportunities, you're going to have to capitalize on it

512
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Speaker 4: as an offense. And that's one thing that I think

513
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Speaker 4: we haven't seen quite enough of, is the offense be

514
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Speaker 4: opportunistic when the defense has come up in situations to

515
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Speaker 4: give the football, whether it's you know, takeaways, whether it's

516
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Speaker 4: stops on fourth down. Right, So those are different situations

517
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Speaker 4: that I was looking to in the last few days

518
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Speaker 4: where you're gonna have to be better defensive leave you're

519
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Speaker 4: gonna be able to make a run.

520
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Speaker 2: What worried me is New England had a success rate

521
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Speaker 2: of forty six percent. That was the second highest of

522
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Speaker 2: any team in Week thirteen. This is a Patriots team

523
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Speaker 2: that over the course of the whole season, I can

524
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Speaker 2: pull it up real quick. So they had a forty

525
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Speaker 2: six percent success rate against the Colts this season, their

526
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Speaker 2: success rate is thirty two percent, so they and that's

527
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Speaker 2: twenty second in the NFL, So they they really and

528
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Speaker 2: success rate is like did you get four yards on

529
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Speaker 2: first down? Did you get four yards on second down?

530
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Speaker 2: And then did he convert the third down? You know

531
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Speaker 2: stuff like that. Did you get yardage that set you

532
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Speaker 2: up to get a fresh set of downs, or did

533
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Speaker 2: you just get a first down on a play and

534
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Speaker 2: it was almost at fifty percent. That's not sustainable for

535
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Speaker 2: this defense. The four yard runs that Weremander Stevenson, the

536
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Speaker 2: eight yard runs that they were getting, and then the

537
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Speaker 2: you know, the five yard completions on first down. The

538
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Speaker 2: ja's a lot of yards game there, it is. I mean,

539
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Speaker 2: that's a lot of yards. Now flick the switch.

540
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Speaker 1: We're going into an offense led by Sean Payton Lera

541
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Speaker 1: and you know they're offensively speaking, they're much higher fire

542
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Speaker 1: power than the Patriots. That's a concern right now with

543
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Speaker 1: this defense. And I know what the Forest is talking about,

544
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Speaker 1: and I know those defense you know, well, we're starting

545
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Speaker 1: with Denver, every every receiver in Denver six 'y five.

546
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Speaker 2: It seems like, yeah, right, guys, we gotta pick this up.

547
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Speaker 1: And I want to ask you both, like coach me

548
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Speaker 1: up here, guys, we can't give up almost five hundred

549
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Speaker 1: yards in the next couple of games the next couple

550
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Speaker 1: of weeks to high power to low powered offenses. We

551
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Speaker 1: saw the Patriots do it. What's the biggest concern right

552
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:27,200
Speaker 1: there to the backfield? Is it pressure on the front side.

553
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Speaker 1: I'm just saying we got to flip the switch.

554
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Speaker 2: Gus Bradley, I think it's just tying everything in together,

555
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,320
Speaker 2: like like Kenny Moore kind of talked about it yesterday,

556
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Speaker 2: where it's just sort of like we just got to

557
00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:41,360
Speaker 2: get like everyone a little more cohesive, a little more together,

558
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,879
Speaker 2: a little a little more camaraderie, is what he said.

559
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Speaker 2: And like you see plays where the dean line gets

560
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Speaker 2: pressure but then the balls out quick. Yeah, and it

561
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Speaker 2: doesn't matter that laotu a lot to beat the guy

562
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Speaker 2: in front of him. It doesn't matter that you drew

563
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,520
Speaker 2: up this great blitz that worked because the balls out

564
00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,440
Speaker 2: quick and you know, you're able to hit an easy

565
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Speaker 2: access throw. Or there are plays where you don't get

566
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Speaker 2: pressure and the defensive backs have to cover for you know,

567
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:06,720
Speaker 2: a little bit too long and you're able to pick

568
00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,360
Speaker 2: out a guy who's open and find that the run

569
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Speaker 2: game stuff, you know, the Colt said, for the most part,

570
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,840
Speaker 2: fix their run defense after those first two weeks, and

571
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Speaker 2: then it pops right back up here with the two

572
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Speaker 2: hundred yards. So it's kind of everything together. I don't

573
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Speaker 2: know if there's one aspect of this defense that you're like,

574
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:25,920
Speaker 2: that's got to be better, that's got to be better.

575
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Speaker 2: That's the key to it. I think it's just everything

576
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,600
Speaker 2: collectively coming out of the buy, every player on that

577
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,600
Speaker 2: defense looking themselves in the mirror and saying, how can

578
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,640
Speaker 2: I be better? That something Zire Franklin kind of talked

579
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Speaker 2: about like he's he said after the game, Look, if

580
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Speaker 2: five is gonna play like that, we got to be better. Yes,

581
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Speaker 2: And I think that's the message of that whole team.

582
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Speaker 4: I think part of it is, like you know, tackling,

583
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,000
Speaker 4: You've got to stop people when you get to them.

584
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Speaker 3: I felt like against the Patriots.

585
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,760
Speaker 4: You saw guys get to them and then they were

586
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Speaker 4: able to break free from the defenders in a number

587
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Speaker 4: of different situations.

588
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Speaker 3: I think you've got to go back a little bit

589
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Speaker 3: to what worked.

590
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Speaker 4: And it's you know, I mean different offense, different team,

591
00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:02,919
Speaker 4: but how effective you early in that Jets game like

592
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,320
Speaker 4: that was awesome, Like you put them back in their

593
00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:07,480
Speaker 4: heels early in the game. I think that that's a

594
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Speaker 4: similar type of script as to what you would like

595
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Speaker 4: to see in order to go into Denver and be

596
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Speaker 4: successful is avoid letting bo Nicks find that rhythm early on,

597
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,160
Speaker 4: you know, try to stall them and make them really

598
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Speaker 4: have to earn it.

599
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Speaker 3: Offensively, But yeah, it's gonna be a tough one can.

600
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Speaker 1: Make that switch JJ and here, let me just set

601
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Speaker 1: a scenario.

602
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Speaker 2: There are enough veterans here and Gus Bradley's been around

603
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Speaker 2: for long enough that they can let it.

604
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Speaker 1: Let me set a scenario for you. Like I said,

605
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Speaker 1: you can't give up those chunk yards. Just just playoff football

606
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Speaker 1: in my eyes, last month of the season, just playoff football.

607
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,400
Speaker 1: You've got the fire offensive firepower of the Broncos and

608
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw in the Jacksonville Jaguars there, depending on

609
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,360
Speaker 1: the health of Trevor Lawrence. As you know, guys, he's

610
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Speaker 1: been a slayer of the Colts going twenty four of twenty.

611
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Speaker 2: Six for you know, he's one of those guys. But

612
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Speaker 2: but I'm saying, like the Titans just put up thirty two.

613
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and the Texas I understand it's like that, But

614
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Speaker 1: I'm saying like we need to have a playoff type

615
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Speaker 1: of a stat sheet from here on out. And it

616
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Speaker 1: starts with these Broncos and sewn and who is the

617
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:01,760
Speaker 1: wizardry of him?

618
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Speaker 2: Offensively? Like that? Are you concerned?

619
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Speaker 1: And and is that a flip of the switch, like

620
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Speaker 1: you know, Tony Dungee did with Rob Morris kits for

621
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Speaker 1: old Colts fans when he placed a linebacker and there

622
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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, different linebacker and they started

623
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Speaker 1: playing well JJ. I'm just saying, four hundred plus yards

624
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Speaker 1: of offense from the next four weeks on a consistent

625
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:18,760
Speaker 1: basis isn't gonna get.

626
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Speaker 2: Us where we want to. No, it's not. And I

627
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:22,800
Speaker 2: do think back to Lara's point, though, you want to

628
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,840
Speaker 2: see more complimentary football. You want to see, Hey, the

629
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Speaker 2: offense goes down and they score a touchdown, defense get

630
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Speaker 2: a three and out, or you know, and then defense

631
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Speaker 2: gets a three and out. Hey, offense go down and

632
00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:35,520
Speaker 2: score again, build a two score lead. The Colts have

633
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,520
Speaker 2: barely operated with two score leads this year. It feels

634
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Speaker 2: like the last time they had one was I guess

635
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,760
Speaker 2: they had it against the Jets and then New York

636
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,479
Speaker 2: got back into that game. But before that it might

637
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,480
Speaker 2: have been like Pittsburgh. I mean, it's been a while

638
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Speaker 2: and the Colts have not played with a lot of

639
00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,080
Speaker 2: those two score leads that happen when your offense scores,

640
00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,360
Speaker 2: your defense gets to stop. Your offense scores, defense gets

641
00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,200
Speaker 2: to stop, and you kind of build on it. It's kind

642
00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,480
Speaker 2: of been offense scores, the defense allows to score. Yeah,

643
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,840
Speaker 2: and then offense gets a three and out. Defense gets

644
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,400
Speaker 2: a three and out. Offense can't really pick it up,

645
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,680
Speaker 2: you know it. It just hasn't been cohesive. The mesh

646
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:10,760
Speaker 2: needs to happen, right, it does that, and that's how

647
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,840
Speaker 2: you win playoff type games in December. I'm just a

648
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 2: guy in the upper deck. Hold on for a second.

649
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,159
Speaker 1: We have three of the top five tacklers in the

650
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,600
Speaker 1: National Football League in Nick cross E j speedens Ire Franklin.

651
00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 2: Is it still top five after last week? Let me

652
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:25,840
Speaker 2: pull it up real quick.

653
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Speaker 1: Well, I'll cover my bases a top ten. These three

654
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Speaker 1: guys in the top ten, Learra, is that a concern?

655
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 1: These are great football players that it'd start on any team.

656
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,120
Speaker 2: I'm not saying there the top four.

657
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 1: By the way, three of the top four. Is that

658
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,280
Speaker 1: a direct thing of time of possession? These guys aren't

659
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 1: leading leaving the field? Yes? Or is this like, hey,

660
00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,879
Speaker 1: I know they're damn good football players, but guys, we

661
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 1: have three in the top four.

662
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:47,240
Speaker 3: Right, I think that?

663
00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 4: I mean, yeah, you want to see that be a

664
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,480
Speaker 4: little more distributed throughout right, It's it's you've got a

665
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 4: couple of guys who are that kind of all.

666
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,919
Speaker 3: Feasting in those situations. I think you want to.

667
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 4: Get more of that pressure up front because you're getting

668
00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:00,359
Speaker 4: too deep into your defense for a lot of these situations.

669
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,199
Speaker 4: You know, where those guys are making the stops right

670
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,439
Speaker 4: to your last line of defense back there, so be

671
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,480
Speaker 4: more effective kind of at the line of scrimmage.

672
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,280
Speaker 3: Right up there in the trenches is a factory.

673
00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:10,960
Speaker 2: The Colts have also faced more plays than any team

674
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,400
Speaker 2: in the NFL eight hundred and seventy three. The next

675
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 2: highest is Denver at eight hundred and forty three. So

676
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,000
Speaker 2: we're talking about we're talking about a lot of plays

677
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:20,600
Speaker 2: the Colts defense has been on the field for and

678
00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 2: those guys have to make the plays. Yeah, you know,

679
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:25,840
Speaker 2: I don't I don't want to diminish that you've got

680
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,639
Speaker 2: three guys with over one hundred and fifteen tackles, But

681
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,400
Speaker 2: at some point, like you, you would like to just hey,

682
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,360
Speaker 2: maybe we don't have to make ten tackles on this drive.

683
00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,920
Speaker 2: We just get off the field on you know, third down,

684
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 2: or we don't have to make a bunch of tackles

685
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 2: because the offense that we're facing us to throw it

686
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,160
Speaker 2: a bunch now because we have a two score lead,

687
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:45,240
Speaker 2: you know something like.

688
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,760
Speaker 1: That, right right, Well, guys, this bye week is gonna come,

689
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 1: I mean for both of both of you guys as

690
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,600
Speaker 1: well as this football team. If you can give me

691
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,160
Speaker 1: your thoughts on how important a bye week is late

692
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 1: in the year where we're at right now? Do you

693
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 1: like the timing of this? Obviously it's here and now,

694
00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 1: so we're like, thank goodness, but could we have used

695
00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:00,720
Speaker 1: it six?

696
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,680
Speaker 3: Oh my god? I think yeah.

697
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 4: I mean because when you look at a lot of

698
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,880
Speaker 4: other teams, you at least got like a Thursday night game.

699
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 2: Every other team that does a Week six by had

700
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 2: a Thursday night game except for the Colts.

701
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,640
Speaker 1: Every other team that had a Week six by.

702
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,640
Speaker 2: No, sorry that does a Week fourteen by had a

703
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:22,240
Speaker 2: Thursday night game. So that would be That would be

704
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 2: the Ravens, Texans, Patriots, Broncos, and Commanders all played on

705
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,360
Speaker 2: Thursday night, so they had that little mini by to

706
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:32,760
Speaker 2: get a little bit of rest. You do a little

707
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,120
Speaker 2: bit extra self, scout. Colts have not had that. It's

708
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 2: been every Sunday for the last thirteen weeks. Well, it's

709
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 2: your schedule this week? What does Shane do with his players?

710
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 4: Talk to him about that for Culture sixty this week,

711
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 4: he gave guys the entire week off. So now that

712
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 4: means that there are no meetings anything like that. Guys

713
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,360
Speaker 4: have been in the building, they're getting treatment, they're doing

714
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 4: certain things. And also while they have been given the

715
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,840
Speaker 4: command to obviously rest, you know, enjoy some more in

716
00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:02,200
Speaker 4: a get away if maybe that's what you want to do,

717
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,720
Speaker 4: you're also to a degree staying you know, a little

718
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:06,800
Speaker 4: bit locked in. You still want to be you know,

719
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 4: staying up on things, refreshing yourself, going back and looking

720
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 4: things over. So, yes, it is a week away, but

721
00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 4: it is not a week completely off. You're still gonna

722
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,280
Speaker 4: stay on top of a lot of those type of things.

723
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:19,960
Speaker 4: I know that some of the guys you know, got

724
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,840
Speaker 4: out of town, which is always good to have a

725
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,640
Speaker 4: change of scenery, whether it's you go someplace warm, uh

726
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 4: to just kind of kick back for two or three days,

727
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,600
Speaker 4: or you go and you visit family, whatever you need

728
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 4: to do. This is a recharge completely for this team

729
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,600
Speaker 4: because you know the stakes that they are. You've had

730
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 4: to fight so hard to put yourself in a position

731
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,719
Speaker 4: to play meaningful football easy this year, You've had no

732
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:43,320
Speaker 4: easy wins.

733
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:44,400
Speaker 3: You've not been able to breathe.

734
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 4: This is so needed. But then also, don't do anything to,

735
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:49,959
Speaker 4: you know, be a detriment to how hard you've had

736
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 4: to work to get to this point.

737
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 1: All right, guys, let's have some fun a little bit.

738
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:54,720
Speaker 2: It's getting towards the end of the year.

739
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,960
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl and all Pro voting. You'll come out Pro Bowl.

740
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:58,920
Speaker 1: Let's just stick the Pro Bowl right now. Obviously the

741
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 1: writers aren't the ones, but we're loaded. We talked about,

742
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 1: you know, three of the top four tacklers in this league.

743
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 2: Where the horseshoe.

744
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 1: I'm saying, like this, is it too early to talk

745
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 1: about some Pro Bowl nominations from this roster and who

746
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 1: you would like to see and why?

747
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 2: All right, but let's start with Zira Franklin. He should

748
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:18,880
Speaker 2: have been in the Pro Bowl last year, isn't He

749
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:21,320
Speaker 2: might break his own tackle record again. I think he

750
00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 2: needs forty four fitting. Yeah, he'll get that. I think

751
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 2: he should be there. I think Quentin Nelson should absolutely

752
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 2: be back in that discussion. Really yeah. I think Bernard

753
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 2: Raymans had a really good season. I don't know if

754
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,239
Speaker 2: he'll get there because he missed some time. But like

755
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 2: I would, I would put Bernie up against a lot

756
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 2: of left tackles in the AFC. Let's see who else?

757
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 2: Who else should we talk about here?

758
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 3: Quin Nelson?

759
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, I got the other side of the ball. Buck

760
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 2: Buck always should be you know, since he missed time,

761
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 2: he's probably a little a little up against it, right call.

762
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:57,320
Speaker 4: I would love at some point broke Grover's start to

763
00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:59,320
Speaker 4: get the nod that he deserves in the Pro Bowl.

764
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:03,080
Speaker 2: Like, it's gonna be tough because the run defense is now,

765
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 2: But like, I don't know what, like the Colts on

766
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,720
Speaker 2: off stats are with Grover Stewart on the field versus

767
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,200
Speaker 2: off field. But I bet when he's on the field

768
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 2: it's pretty good. So yeah, I mean he should. It's just,

769
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 2: you know, it comes down to sacks. And there's so

770
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,920
Speaker 2: many good dtackles in the NFL, and we know how

771
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 2: good Grove is. We know he would be, you know,

772
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:24,440
Speaker 2: deserving of that. But when you've got Quinn Williams and

773
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,479
Speaker 2: Chris Jones and you know, all these star defensive tackles,

774
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 2: especially in the AFC, especially one on his own team,

775
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 2: you know, it's probably gonna be a little tough for him.

776
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 2: How about Rego. Is he in a discussion?

777
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 3: Interesting, I don't know. I don't know much.

778
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,800
Speaker 2: About you know, I haven't looked into the rest of

779
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,240
Speaker 2: the punters in the NFL. That's that's a laten seas,

780
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 2: that is a lateness. See. Okay, all right, hold on,

781
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 2: let's let's do this right here. He's gonna draw it up.

782
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,840
Speaker 2: This is why we got our computers in front of us, Jeffrey.

783
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 2: Let's see qualifying leaders. Let's go to punting. All right,

784
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 2: net punting, Ava Ridge. Rego is eighth, but he has

785
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 2: twenty two inside the twenty that's seventh. Let's see touchbacks.

786
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 2: Four touchbacks, not that many. That's pretty good. Yeah. Sure,

787
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:16,040
Speaker 2: he's right in the mix. Yeah, put him in the mix.

788
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:17,960
Speaker 2: He's in the mix. Okay, Hego's in the mix. He

789
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 2: we can definitively say Rigo Sanchez is seven a good year,

790
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 2: right right?

791
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, okay, Well we just uh, we're gonna find

792
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 1: out who who happens to go to the Pro Bowl.

793
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 1: Obviously it's not in Hawaii anymore. But I just wanted

794
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,320
Speaker 1: to talk about this bye week, the importance of it

795
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,800
Speaker 1: for the team, which we touched on and Shane Sykeen

796
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: and guys getting away from football.

797
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 2: How about you two? How about you too?

798
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,080
Speaker 1: And the reason I say that is you had a

799
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,120
Speaker 1: nice weekend. I heard before we went on the air

800
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,200
Speaker 1: here we talked about the great tradition of going to

801
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,680
Speaker 1: Churchill Downs in Louisville at the day after Thanksgiving.

802
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:48,960
Speaker 2: That's awesome, that's incredible.

803
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,040
Speaker 1: But you know, time to get away in this week.

804
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,040
Speaker 1: Obviously we're working here, but we will have a shorter

805
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 1: week and stuff like that. Guys, your bye week plans

806
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 1: that you're as important as his football team.

807
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 2: You're covering them all right. So here, here's what like.

808
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 2: Whenever I explain my job to other people, you know,

809
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:05,200
Speaker 2: they're like, oh, it's so much fun. That's it's cool

810
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:07,200
Speaker 2: you do that. It's like it's still a job, but

811
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 2: it consumes you. Like it's this constant thought. I am

812
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 2: constantly thinking about the Colts in the NFL, and just like,

813
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 2: how can I talk about this? How can I write

814
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,120
Speaker 2: about this? How can we you know? What does this mean?

815
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 2: What does that mean? And I'm still because I I

816
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 2: like it. I'm still going to watch football Thursday night.

817
00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 2: It's a great game this week Packers and Lions. Sunday Night,

818
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 2: Chiefs Chargers gonna be some good games this week. But

819
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:36,920
Speaker 2: like I'm just I just need to take like a

820
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 2: mental break from thinking about football for a little bit.

821
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,840
Speaker 2: That's how That's how I'm gonna recharge. On top of that,

822
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna have many opportunities to think about football

823
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,240
Speaker 2: because it is Henry and Charlie's fifth birthday.

824
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,480
Speaker 1: Follow Betsy's lead on that, you please. Yeah, she's a

825
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,160
Speaker 1: good bye week, you know, leader of stuff. Kind of

826
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 1: leads you along a little bit.

827
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:00,759
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, you know, well, well you know, I'm I'm

828
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 2: a willing participant, of course, but you zoned in on

829
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,680
Speaker 2: football for you know, twenty weeks out of there, like

830
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,080
Speaker 2: right now, you're getting a break offs. Yeah, it'd be fun,

831
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,360
Speaker 2: it'll be it'll be fun. We're gonna do a little

832
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 2: like Ninja Zone party people over at the house and

833
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,320
Speaker 2: then got breakfast with Santa on Sunday. So that's a

834
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:20,120
Speaker 2: big deal. Got to tell the big guy who who

835
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,359
Speaker 2: we want for our Pacers jerseys that we're gonna get

836
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 2: this year. Yeah, so that's gonna be key. See a

837
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 2: guy delivers on that exciting give me some with you

838
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,479
Speaker 2: and talker. I know it's something. Something's got to be happening.

839
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 4: I'm actually gonna be at the Big Ten championship game.

840
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,440
Speaker 4: I'm going back to Lucas Oil STANDI.

841
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:37,839
Speaker 2: I gotta take a break from football. I'm just gonna

842
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 2: go to a football game. Honestly, no, sounds sounds like fun. Yeah,

843
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 2: that is fun. I know. I initially, what's the secondary

844
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 2: market looking like like our Oregon fans traveling? I don't know.

845
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:48,840
Speaker 2: I don't know.

846
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 3: That's a great I have not I'm not really.

847
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 2: Any direct flights from Portland to Indy. Actually there are.

848
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,719
Speaker 4: Some actually if you're willing, if you're willing to go

849
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,879
Speaker 4: to get the Alaska Airlines note to you ducks out there,

850
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 4: Yes there are some. There are some flights direct from

851
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:09,719
Speaker 4: Portland to Indianapolis. Yeah, secondary market, that's really interesting. But

852
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:11,719
Speaker 4: also when I made these plans, I was like, all right,

853
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:13,759
Speaker 4: I'm gonna will the Hoosiers into it, you know.

854
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 3: So I was really think it was gonna happen.

855
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:16,759
Speaker 2: Might be a good thing. They didn't make it.

856
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:19,800
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's all gonna play out the way that it should.

857
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:21,399
Speaker 3: But yeah, very excited to be there.

858
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:25,160
Speaker 4: We have like I'm sure we'll probably do something like

859
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 4: Friday night, maybe go grab dinner and just hang. But

860
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 4: I have some friends coming in town to cover the

861
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:33,879
Speaker 4: game as well, who I don't often get to see

862
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 4: because they're all West Coast based, so they're coming in

863
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,080
Speaker 4: and so get looking forward to catching up with it

864
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:40,759
Speaker 4: with some of those friends as well, maybe do a

865
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 4: little Christmas shopping.

866
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 3: On Sunday, I had this I think to.

867
00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 2: Speak on a West coast coming in for this. I

868
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:47,919
Speaker 2: had this thought on Saturday. I was watching a little

869
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 2: of the Notre Dame USC game and it was like

870
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,839
Speaker 2: CBS Big ten and I was like, if you screenshoted

871
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 2: this to me and sent it to me ten years ago,

872
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:57,960
Speaker 2: i'd be like, Wow, Notre Dame finally took the plunge. Yeah,

873
00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 2: finally in the big ten. And I was like, no,

874
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:01,640
Speaker 2: it's actually us. What's happening?

875
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:03,360
Speaker 3: What is I don't I know? I was.

876
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 4: I was kind of confused when I saw that too,

877
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 4: because I think it was like Jenny Dell was doing

878
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 4: the interviews.

879
00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:10,200
Speaker 3: And I was like, wait, hold on, CBS a big ten, and.

880
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,719
Speaker 2: Wait, CBS is a big ten. That's already yes, disorienting

881
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 2: for me.

882
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's Marcus Freeman and I'm like, I'm really

883
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:17,359
Speaker 3: perplexed here.

884
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 2: So all right, guys, well that's our bye week.

885
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:21,600
Speaker 1: It's a little hit and run of a show today

886
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,600
Speaker 1: because we got to have some R and R for

887
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:25,800
Speaker 1: this football team and as well as the media members

888
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,520
Speaker 1: that are covering this team. But it's going to be

889
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:30,560
Speaker 1: picking up in full one hundred mile an hour next

890
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 1: Monday when these guys get back into the building. And

891
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 1: I've said it before, and you can disagree with me

892
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 1: or not, it's a one game season from here on out.

893
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,279
Speaker 1: Each week this is a do or die game. This

894
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:42,040
Speaker 1: is the season making game for the Colts. If it

895
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,360
Speaker 1: does happen, they get the victory down there, they continue

896
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:46,880
Speaker 1: to trud john against some not great football teams, but

897
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,759
Speaker 1: always interesting facing the division opponents that are coming up.

898
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 1: So fingers are cross. Colts dot Com has the latest.

899
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:54,359
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a little bear this week, a little

900
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 1: bearer than usual this week.

901
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,440
Speaker 2: Jay, Yeah, I mean we got you know, I got

902
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:01,320
Speaker 2: a playoff scenarios story. Not gonna be day if you

903
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,760
Speaker 2: if you didn't read five Colts Things that's up on Mondays,

904
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 2: that's got some meaty stuff in it. Wednesday, I'm gonna

905
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 2: have a little look at what's coming up on the

906
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:10,600
Speaker 2: bye week and then Thursday is when we kind of

907
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 2: close up shop, close up shop for a minute. Stuff.

908
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a fun run watching number five and

909
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:17,400
Speaker 1: the Colts do what they have to do.

910
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,759
Speaker 2: We've seen one other thing to kind of put a

911
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,640
Speaker 2: cap on this. Whether the Colts make the playoffs or

912
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 2: not this year, this is great experience for Anthony Richardson

913
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 2: playing in a game when it when he goes to Denver,

914
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 2: playing in a game with those implications, that is going

915
00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 2: to be great experience. He is going to be a

916
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 2: better football player for that game. The Colts win, whether

917
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,360
Speaker 2: they lose it, He's going to be better for a

918
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:42,960
Speaker 2: pressure packed stretch run.

919
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:45,200
Speaker 1: He hasn't had what's on the line as deep as

920
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:48,440
Speaker 1: this game is in his career six and six. I mean,

921
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:51,880
Speaker 1: you know you're you're talking about playoffs in the NFL.

922
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 1: That is a big deal to just make the playoffs.

923
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,280
Speaker 1: So this this is going to be a very important

924
00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:01,319
Speaker 1: stretch for his overall development over the next five ten

925
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 1: years as an NFL player, and this game could be

926
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:05,440
Speaker 1: the start of that thing right here against the Broncos.

927
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 1: I know you're looking forward to it. Knock on wood

928
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,239
Speaker 1: wherever it is around here, tap tap tap, It's not

929
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:12,400
Speaker 1: eight feet of snow when you guys are traveling there.

930
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,640
Speaker 1: And hopefully we saw the game last night. It was

931
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:17,319
Speaker 1: like thirty five degrees and no snow anywhere. So I'm

932
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 1: not going on wood again on that. I hope it goes,

933
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 1: but I want to play a little thing with these two.

934
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 1: You get to know him a little bit better. And

935
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,319
Speaker 1: this bye week is a perfect and I call this one.

936
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:25,880
Speaker 1: You guys have no idea what I'm talking about, but

937
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:26,319
Speaker 1: don't worry.

938
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 2: It's not scary.

939
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,480
Speaker 1: I would say, that's kind of your answer, all right,

940
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:32,840
Speaker 1: like this, and I'm gonna start with Learra Overton.

941
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:33,240
Speaker 2: First.

942
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,880
Speaker 1: These are all football topics sort of okay, and remember

943
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 1: you would answer that with I would say, okay, is

944
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:44,960
Speaker 1: Kurt Signetti the best football coach in the history.

945
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 2: Of the Hoosier Spicy? This is good? Is he the best?

946
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 2: Is here?

947
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,240
Speaker 3: People say Lee Corso has something.

948
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 2: To say why. I don't want to debate it, but

949
00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 2: I'm saying, like.

950
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:03,240
Speaker 4: It's one season. That's a legacy off of one season.

951
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 2: That's true.

952
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 1: I've been having this discussion last two days, obviously with

953
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:07,319
Speaker 1: Matt Taylor Boyce.

954
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:08,359
Speaker 2: The golts. Yeah, you know him.

955
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,320
Speaker 1: He flies his IU flags and everything. He says, absolutely

956
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:13,200
Speaker 1: without question, what this man has done in one year,

957
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 1: put him in a position to rank his highest five,

958
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: put him in the college football playoffs.

959
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,040
Speaker 2: He loves he loves Corso. I was Mallory and everything.

960
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 2: He said.

961
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 1: This guy is head and shoulders above and has done

962
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,200
Speaker 1: it in one year. And I'm like, whoa, I'm scratching

963
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:25,520
Speaker 1: my head a little bit. I go, I'm gonna ask

964
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:26,239
Speaker 1: l on that one.

965
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,040
Speaker 4: Yeah, what, like, I mean those this guy's like, of

966
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 4: course I had the Rose Bowl team, Like, I mean,

967
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:34,080
Speaker 4: come on, like, yeah, I don't.

968
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:40,040
Speaker 3: Not so fast, my friend, Yeah it is Yeah.

969
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 2: Do a little Corso wave here was great. That was great.

970
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 2: Not so fast, my friend, that is awesome. Yeah, we've

971
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,080
Speaker 2: reached this part of the podcast. Let's go that was funny.

972
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,480
Speaker 1: Okay, h let's go to Well we went to uh,

973
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:54,759
Speaker 1: we're almost done here. So we went to Lara and IU.

974
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 1: Let's go to Missoo.

975
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:57,839
Speaker 2: Who is the finest, the best.

976
00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:01,440
Speaker 1: There is no better football player in the history of

977
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:02,400
Speaker 1: Missoo football.

978
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:10,320
Speaker 2: Who is that man? Daniel Well Kellen Winslow, Ellen Winslow Senior.

979
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:12,279
Speaker 2: We're gonna be the case. I see. I'm trying to

980
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 2: think back, Like, let's get some of the old guys

981
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:17,040
Speaker 2: in there. That's a good old guy to get though. Jeremy,

982
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:22,200
Speaker 2: Jeremy Macklin. Okay, Jeremy Macklin. Really good player, Philly, we

983
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:26,800
Speaker 2: remember him. I mean from just being in college. You

984
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,759
Speaker 2: got Brad Smith. Brad Smith was a good NFL player too.

985
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:32,840
Speaker 2: Michael Sam had a year, Michael Sam was a defensive

986
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 2: Player of the Year. Really good football player. Sheldon Richardson,

987
00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 2: you remember him. Yeah, he's a Massoo guy. But it's

988
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 2: Chase Daniel.

989
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,279
Speaker 1: Okay, Lara, the same thing to you. I was a

990
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 1: hes final, Lara, who's that? Who's the best player to

991
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:47,440
Speaker 1: ever wear?

992
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 2: Are you?

993
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:48,720
Speaker 1: Colors football?

994
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:52,200
Speaker 3: Antoine Randall?

995
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:54,759
Speaker 2: L there's I mean, I didn't throw that one in there.

996
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 3: Trent Green's in there.

997
00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:01,600
Speaker 4: I don't know, Like, but uh, what if Thompson, Anthony

998
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,759
Speaker 4: Thompsons you're probably thinking of Yeah, I mean, like I'm

999
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,879
Speaker 4: thinking from from my viewing of IU football, I'm gonna

1000
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 4: go Anton Randall, well like that in my era of.

1001
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:12,960
Speaker 2: That love it all right? Tough one for JJ because

1002
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:14,879
Speaker 2: you used to cover the program. Finally, we really leave

1003
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:15,360
Speaker 2: with you with this.

1004
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:19,560
Speaker 1: Who is the finest football player to ever wear the

1005
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:20,839
Speaker 1: golden colors of Notre Dame.

1006
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:22,840
Speaker 2: Yeah all right, So I'm gonna be biased here because

1007
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 2: I covered him, but it's not Zach Martin.

1008
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:27,359
Speaker 1: Zach Martin just a dominant player.

1009
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:30,239
Speaker 2: Hall of famer. Yeah, hall of famer. Guy's awesome. He's

1010
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 2: such a good football player. He's such a technician. Like

1011
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,800
Speaker 2: also also the fact that Notre Dame went from the

1012
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 2: hold on Yeah, okay, what he got?

1013
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 1: What you compare him to fifty six? Compare him to.

1014
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 2: Fifty now, Quentin Nelson's gonna be a really good football player.

1015
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 2: I know that the course of his whole career. Zach

1016
00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:47,680
Speaker 2: Martin's been doing it for a decade and he is

1017
00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:49,919
Speaker 2: a walk in first ballot Hall of Famer in mind. Okay,

1018
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:51,879
Speaker 2: so that's good one. That's that's what Nelson might get there,

1019
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,600
Speaker 2: Yeah he might, he might. I also like from the

1020
00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:56,640
Speaker 2: time I covered them, I throw Harrison Smith in there.

1021
00:42:57,320 --> 00:42:58,960
Speaker 2: He was awesome. He's another guy should be a Hall

1022
00:42:58,960 --> 00:42:59,280
Speaker 2: of Famer.

1023
00:42:59,360 --> 00:42:59,640
Speaker 1: He is.

1024
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 2: Just a guy who was like awesome to watch play.

1025
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,160
Speaker 2: When I covered Notre Dame. Is will Fuller remember him?

1026
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:07,280
Speaker 2: He was awesome? He was so much fun. He's youngster's

1027
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 2: got to remember the like s of Timmy Brown, who

1028
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 2: was back there and doing things. Yeah, I mean like

1029
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:13,200
Speaker 2: you got you know, you can go all the way

1030
00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:15,600
Speaker 2: back all the Heisman winners. You know, I covered Mantiteo.

1031
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:19,759
Speaker 2: He was great there. That true. Also, I think about

1032
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:21,120
Speaker 2: this all the time, and I thought about it last

1033
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,840
Speaker 2: night when I was watching the Broncos game. Is that

1034
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:29,520
Speaker 2: you could having a NFL Like when I covered Notre Dame.

1035
00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:34,200
Speaker 2: You could go left tackle Ronnie Stanley, left guard Quinton Nelson.

1036
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:38,399
Speaker 2: Center would be Nick Martin, Fisher's guy, Zach Martin's brother

1037
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:40,440
Speaker 2: who was the second round pick of the Texans, really

1038
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:44,120
Speaker 2: good football player. You could go right guard Zach Martin.

1039
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 2: And you could go right tackle Mike McGlinchey. Oh mcginch

1040
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:50,120
Speaker 2: played last night. McGlinchey the best offensive line in the NFL.

1041
00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:50,719
Speaker 2: At is that right?

1042
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:51,040
Speaker 1: It is?

1043
00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:53,279
Speaker 2: He is the best offensive line in the NFL in

1044
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:55,920
Speaker 2: like twenty nineteen, twenty twenty, right, And it's like not

1045
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,640
Speaker 2: even close. I love it. I love it all right.

1046
00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:00,800
Speaker 2: She's just been around great offensive This is what you

1047
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:01,719
Speaker 2: get in the bye week.

1048
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:03,719
Speaker 1: We're talking about offense and vives of Notre Dame and

1049
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 1: greatest football players in IU history. Lara, I appreciate the time.

1050
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 1: Go get yourself a rest, sleep in.

1051
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:10,759
Speaker 2: You have the same thing with you, JJ.

1052
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:13,319
Speaker 3: I'll probably did a couple of workout classes together.

1053
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:17,560
Speaker 2: There. You're Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Yeah, J, there's no sleeping.

1054
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,160
Speaker 2: Happy birthday boys. All right, we're gonna do this.

1055
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:22,719
Speaker 1: Check out Colts dot com and always on Twitter X

1056
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:26,640
Speaker 1: at Lara Overton, at JJ Stankovitz, I'm Jeffrey Gorman, Avia.

1057
00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:28,239
Speaker 1: Thank you for your help man, and thank you for

1058
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,239
Speaker 1: being a audience of one. Yet again, you guys keep

1059
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:33,799
Speaker 1: us rolling on. All the information you need is at

1060
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:37,160
Speaker 1: Colts dot Common again at JJ Stankovitz at Larah Overton. Folks,

1061
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:38,600
Speaker 1: it's down to the wire time.

1062
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:39,640
Speaker 2: It is one game.

1063
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:41,959
Speaker 1: Season in my opinion, and it starts with the Denver

1064
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:43,560
Speaker 1: Broncos in a little over a week from now.

1065
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:45,279
Speaker 2: So we're gonna get you pumped up and ready for that.

1066
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:47,800
Speaker 2: And this team led by Anthony Richardson.

1067
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:51,560
Speaker 1: Let's shock the world. Four game season less, let's roll

1068
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:53,719
Speaker 1: the table and get in there. Knock on wood, we

1069
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:56,040
Speaker 1: can still win this division. I know I'm talking crazy

1070
00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,880
Speaker 1: right now, but it's the NFL, and crazier things have happened.

1071
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:00,840
Speaker 2: Thanks for your help, guys appreciate it. We'll talk to

1072
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 2: you later, hmm.