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Speaker 1: Football is about the Jimmy's and Joe's, and x'es and o's.

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Speaker 2: Check New York vote. Thank you, Bruce.

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Speaker 1: It's time to get out the chockboard and diagram some plays.

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Speaker 1: Here's what it all starts.

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Speaker 2: Right here, let's play Jamie christ.

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Speaker 1: This is Inside Football with former Colts and NFL coach

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturie.

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Speaker 2: Welcome everybody, another installment here of Vinside Football with Rick

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Speaker 2: Ventury on the Colts Audio Network, Colts dot Com, and

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Speaker 2: the Colts Mobile app. I'm Matt Taylor. Good to be

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Speaker 2: with you, as always, always good to be joined by

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Speaker 2: Rick Ventury, former NFL and Colts coach, nearly thirty years

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Speaker 2: on NFL sidelines under his belt. And this is the

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Speaker 2: Bridge Week, the Bridge Week version of the podcast that

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Speaker 2: week off between the preseason and the regular season, and

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Speaker 2: a lot per usual to get in to the initial

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Speaker 2: fifty three man roster is out, and we'll discuss Rick's

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Speaker 2: offensive and defensive overviews coming out of the preseason and

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Speaker 2: strengths and weaknesses going into the regular season. RV, how

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Speaker 2: you're holding up after the preseason. I know you're chapping

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Speaker 2: up the bit here to get to the regular season,

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Speaker 2: but we still got a couple of days to go here.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, this is this is unfamiliar territory for you and I,

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Speaker 3: I mean we, you know, we're getting used to it

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Speaker 3: now in the last couple of years. But the bridge

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Speaker 3: you talk about is really really different. I think it

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Speaker 3: can help the Colts in one aspect. We'll get into

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Speaker 3: that later, but it is really different. Actually, I'm kind

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Speaker 3: of liking it. I find myself really getting on Jacksonville

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Speaker 3: on that and maybe even Houston. So you know, we'll

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Speaker 3: make good use of the time. I know you're still busy.

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Speaker 3: They find a way to keep you busy no matter what.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. The horse. The horse is in the stable.

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Speaker 2: It's it's hard to get out and get some fresh air.

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Speaker 2: But that's what we want to be doing here between

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Speaker 2: July and February. So, as we said, obviously Rick a

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Speaker 2: lot to get into. Let's lead off with Jonathan Taylor.

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Speaker 2: The facts are he's still with the Colts right. Whatever

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Speaker 2: trade offers the Colts entertain prior to yesterday's four o'clock deadline,

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Speaker 2: they were not sufficient for the team to trade him.

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Speaker 2: They allowed Taylor to seek a trade partner last week

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Speaker 2: gave him a deadline of Tuesday. That was yesterday, NFL

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Speaker 2: cut day to finalize a trade. So he's placed on

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Speaker 2: the reserve pup list while continuing his rehab from offseason

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Speaker 2: surgery on that right ankle that requires a player to

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Speaker 2: miss at least four games with pay. The earliest tailor

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Speaker 2: can return October eighth against the Tennessee Titan, So he

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Speaker 2: will miss the first four games of the season. Those

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Speaker 2: are the hard facts regarding Jonathan Taylor and the Colts

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Speaker 2: going into the regular season. All right, let's start with

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Speaker 2: the initial fifty three man roster that is out. Let's

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Speaker 2: go over that, Rick I mean, I know it's probably

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Speaker 2: gonna change with waiver claims. The Colts sit forth and

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Speaker 2: priority there after those press rosters all around the NFL

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Speaker 2: were set. What stood out to you on the offensive

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Speaker 2: side of the ball, any surprises there with with four receivers,

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Speaker 2: five tight ends, and again we talked about the waiver claims.

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Speaker 2: I would expect at least one waiver claim at wide receiver, Ricka.

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Speaker 2: It's hard to play, it's hard to feel to play

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Speaker 3: Oh, absolutely, Matt, And you know what there's to me

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Speaker 3: I think the four receivers is a bit of a surprise.

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Speaker 2: Then on defense, any roster mechanics or players there making

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Speaker 3: Maybe it's the injury bug. They don't think that he

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Speaker 3: I mean that's just kind of against everything I believe in.

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Speaker 2: They had they door, but yeah, six defensive tackles initially

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Speaker 3: To me, I know, he's a tremendous combined warrior. But

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Speaker 2: Question about that. So all eyes were on Anthony Richardson

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Speaker 2: Once we signed off in the preseason, you said that

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Speaker 3: Well, you know, when you really look at it like

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Speaker 3: all the big deep throws, you know, were impressive, But

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Speaker 3: and that's what I mean by loose play. Look at

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Speaker 3: time he makes an impossible throw it's ruled incomplete. But

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Speaker 3: back to the first series that we didn't look very good.

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Speaker 3: But on a third and fifteen he gained sixteen yards,

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Speaker 3: But I see I see the Big four being pretty good.

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Speaker 3: There not yet. I'm really not yet. I'll be honest

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Speaker 3: I think he has more talent than he knows. I

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Speaker 3: think he's got to just go on instinct sometime and

430
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:58,639
Speaker 3: give a second move and don't overthink it. Ebucon, I

431
00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,399
Speaker 3: haven't seen it. I just really and truly haven't seen it.

432
00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:05,359
Speaker 3: The two guys that I think really are important and

433
00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,320
Speaker 3: two guys have to play a lot, and they have

434
00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:11,240
Speaker 3: to play in passing situations, with the exception of Buckner,

435
00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,959
Speaker 3: to me, the two best rushers on this team now

436
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,760
Speaker 3: they you know, is is obviously Taekwon Lewis. I think

437
00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,240
Speaker 3: Taekwon has more production than any of them per play

438
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:23,880
Speaker 3: if it were not for injury, and he looks ready

439
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,760
Speaker 3: to go at least it's spots second and third down,

440
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,879
Speaker 3: and I think he's really our best ed rusher if

441
00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,200
Speaker 3: you want to know the truth. And that'll probably shock people,

442
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,639
Speaker 3: but I believe he's our best edge rusher. And then

443
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,159
Speaker 3: the other guy that has done a good job and

444
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,520
Speaker 3: his flash. Now most of it has been against the

445
00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:44,359
Speaker 3: Vitalis squads. But the guy that looks good to me

446
00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:49,040
Speaker 3: on the inside is is Odengbo. So you know, if

447
00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,440
Speaker 3: I were if you ask the question, which I know

448
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:55,359
Speaker 3: you will, what is your restaurant to me, it's Quitty

449
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,639
Speaker 3: on one side and turn him loose and tell him

450
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Speaker 3: to quit thinking. And Lewis on the other side, Taekwan

451
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,679
Speaker 3: on the other side, probably our right side, and then

452
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,280
Speaker 3: inside Buckner and Dial. That's how that's how I every

453
00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,040
Speaker 3: second and long, every third down, those guys are in

454
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Speaker 3: the game in my book, if you want to, if

455
00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:15,639
Speaker 3: you want to know the truth, and that's that's just

456
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:19,200
Speaker 3: how I see it. And again our first unit when

457
00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,399
Speaker 3: you really think about it, when when do you remember pressure?

458
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,760
Speaker 3: So far, all our pressure has come with our second team,

459
00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,120
Speaker 3: you know, against second team players. But I do think

460
00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:34,600
Speaker 3: that Lewis and O'dengbo, I think they can make an impact.

461
00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,800
Speaker 2: All right, let's go in the secondary that that cornerback room,

462
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:39,879
Speaker 2: that's I mean, obviously a lot of eyeballs are going

463
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,080
Speaker 2: to be on that just considering the newness there, and

464
00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,760
Speaker 2: you know, guys taking on bigger roles with Dallas Flowers

465
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Speaker 2: and Darryl Baker Junior complimenting Kenny Moore in the slot.

466
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Speaker 2: And as you chronicled, they saw some elite receivers in

467
00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:56,639
Speaker 2: Philly last week in practice, they didn't look overmatched per

468
00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,479
Speaker 2: se in terms of getting outclassed and guys going up

469
00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,320
Speaker 2: and just blowing past them in terms of speed right

470
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 2: they were in. They were in good spots to make plays.

471
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Speaker 2: But you got to tip your cap to those elite

472
00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 2: receivers like you just talked about in Smith and aj Brown.

473
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Speaker 2: They just went up and made plays. But for the

474
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Speaker 2: most of you know, most of camp, it was Flowers

475
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,800
Speaker 2: and Baker looking pretty consistent with that in mind, though,

476
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,399
Speaker 2: I mean, you're talking about two guys that you know,

477
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,920
Speaker 2: Flowers played a little bit towards the end of last year.

478
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Speaker 2: Darryl Baker Junior is going to get his first start

479
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Speaker 2: of any kind coming up in week number one. At

480
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Speaker 2: least we think that's going to be the case. Did

481
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Speaker 2: the Colts need to do anything schematically to help those

482
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Speaker 2: young corners early on in the season to make sure

483
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Speaker 2: those guys have success.

484
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you defined it extremely well. I think

485
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:46,480
Speaker 3: those two guys probably have competed and have played as well.

486
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:50,040
Speaker 3: You know, when everybody went into the season, myself included

487
00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 3: with the cornerback as a question mark, and I still

488
00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,080
Speaker 3: have it because until we you know, until we play

489
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Speaker 3: on the tenth for real, for sixty minutes, we're not

490
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Speaker 3: going to know. Least kids are both undrafted free agents

491
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,200
Speaker 3: with almost no experience. Uh, both of them have talent

492
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,199
Speaker 3: though both of them are fast. Both of them are

493
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:12,080
Speaker 3: identical in forties in four four three, when they can run,

494
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,680
Speaker 3: they will both really compete. I think Flower scares me

495
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:18,720
Speaker 3: a little, and he, you know, he got ragged a

496
00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,800
Speaker 3: lot in those joint practices. You know, he's a little grabby.

497
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,639
Speaker 3: I don't think, I don't think it's terminal again, but

498
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,560
Speaker 3: he bothers me a little bit. But he and Baker,

499
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:31,359
Speaker 3: you know, have you know, they haven't shown necessarily the

500
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:35,320
Speaker 3: liability that we were worried about. And they're far ahead

501
00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:39,280
Speaker 3: of those rookies. Those rookies because of injuries and different things,

502
00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,080
Speaker 3: they're they're just a long way away. And I you know,

503
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,720
Speaker 3: the more I love Jones, but I think he's really

504
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,920
Speaker 3: more of a special teams. Guy, I really I don't

505
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,879
Speaker 3: know about brems, but right now, when you when you

506
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,840
Speaker 3: get in your nickel defense, it's it's gonna be baker,

507
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,160
Speaker 3: you know, and it's gonna be flowers on the outside. Now,

508
00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,199
Speaker 3: your question, I think is vital because really, so far

509
00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 3: in Gus Bradley's tenure, he does nothing to help the

510
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,960
Speaker 3: corners zero. And that is a concern of mine because

511
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,679
Speaker 3: when you get against the elite guys and you let

512
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,320
Speaker 3: him outside all day long on an AJ Brown or

513
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,639
Speaker 3: a DeVante Smith, and we'll see that. We'll see that

514
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:17,440
Speaker 3: all year long. It's not They're not gonna be the

515
00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 3: only team Jacksonville has good receivers. I mean, they're gonna

516
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,119
Speaker 3: be vulnerable. They're gonna give up some plays if you

517
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 3: don't help them. So you got to help them in

518
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,840
Speaker 3: two waves, Matt. There's two ways to help them. One

519
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:34,320
Speaker 3: is pressure. Okay, well there's three ways. Number one is

520
00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 3: I would play a lot of press with those guys,

521
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:39,399
Speaker 3: because what the press does is it takes away the

522
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,400
Speaker 3: quick release throws. In other words, you just can't take

523
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,600
Speaker 3: three steps or five steps and boom that ball is

524
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,560
Speaker 3: out before anybody can get there. When you press, you

525
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:52,240
Speaker 3: make the quarterback now set and go through his present,

526
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Speaker 3: you know, go through his progression and that buys your

527
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,680
Speaker 3: rush one step number two, I think you have to

528
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,800
Speaker 3: press sure you know, if you can't, if you don't,

529
00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:07,240
Speaker 3: you know, organically or talent wise, have the pass rushers

530
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:09,640
Speaker 3: to make a difference. Then you got to bring people.

531
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Speaker 3: You got to bring five and six. You got to

532
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,480
Speaker 3: affect the quarterbacks so he's not in rhythm and that

533
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,200
Speaker 3: helps you quarter your cornerbacks indirectly. And we've got a

534
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:23,800
Speaker 3: couple black men in EJ. Speed. My goodness, they're really

535
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,119
Speaker 3: potential blitzers that can impact it. I mean I watched

536
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,359
Speaker 3: those guys are fast and explosively and big, and so

537
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,000
Speaker 3: I mean I think he has to expand that. And

538
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:35,920
Speaker 3: then the third thing he has to expand is you

539
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,880
Speaker 3: got to play more split safety coverage. If your if

540
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:42,040
Speaker 3: your corners are young and inexperienced, you just I mean,

541
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 3: it's suicide to leave him out there in a single

542
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 3: high all day. And so you know, it's it's incumbent

543
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:51,280
Speaker 3: on Bradley to do some things defensively to help those guys.

544
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:55,000
Speaker 2: It's Rick Venturi. This is inside football. A breakdown offensively

545
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,800
Speaker 2: and defensively for the Colts going into the regular season,

546
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Speaker 2: Let's talk about strengths and weaknesses on both sides of

547
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 2: the ball. To kind of wrap up here. Rank these

548
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 2: positions by strength down to weakness, and why within the

549
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 2: offensive side. All right, so I'll give you I'll give

550
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:15,520
Speaker 2: you a quarterback, running back, rick wide receiver, offensive line,

551
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,440
Speaker 2: and tight end. Rank those positions in order from strength

552
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 2: to weakness. On offense going into the regular season.

553
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,760
Speaker 3: Well, I'd say number one is quarterback. Even though he's

554
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,240
Speaker 3: a rookie, and even though he's gonna have bumps in

555
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 3: the road, he is the only guy to me on

556
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:37,680
Speaker 3: that offensive unit that is an ambient player. He is

557
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:42,800
Speaker 3: the only guy that has the talent for me as

558
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:46,960
Speaker 3: a defensive coordinator on Tuesday night that I have to scheme.

559
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,280
Speaker 3: You know, is he going to have some struggles. Yeah,

560
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,720
Speaker 3: because he's young, we've already chronicled you know what he

561
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 3: has to get better on. But in some ways, this

562
00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 3: is Richardson and the Pips, and you have to you

563
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,880
Speaker 3: have to rate him number one. I would say number two.

564
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:07,920
Speaker 3: If our offensive line stays healthy, we have four guys

565
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 3: and we'll have a plug in at guard, but we

566
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 3: have four guys who are talented and if coached, well,

567
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 3: you know, our top tiers. I think you have and

568
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 3: I'm not saying he'll be that way, but talent wise,

569
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:22,920
Speaker 3: you have a top tier quarterback, and I think you

570
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,560
Speaker 3: have a top tier four to five offensive lineman. You know.

571
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,440
Speaker 3: After that, I would say third, I think your tight

572
00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,120
Speaker 3: end group is solid. I think you have a lot

573
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 3: of different kinds of guys. I don't know, you know,

574
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 3: I don't know if you have I don't I know.

575
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 3: You don't have a complete, you know, superstar there. You

576
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,720
Speaker 3: don't have a Kelsey, you don't have one guy that

577
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,520
Speaker 3: can do it all. You kind of have a committee.

578
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:51,240
Speaker 3: I think Ogu Tree would come the closest, but you know,

579
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 3: he's just coming off that severe injury. You know, showed

580
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,600
Speaker 3: some life late. I think I think you have a

581
00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,000
Speaker 3: bunch of good guys and a really good young kid

582
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 3: in Mallory. But I would say, right now, if you've

583
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,520
Speaker 3: rated them on one to ten with ten being high,

584
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 3: I think you have a lot of sixes in that room.

585
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,960
Speaker 3: And then right now I really worry about the receiver position.

586
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:16,360
Speaker 3: I'm not you know, I was more optimistic a year ago.

587
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,520
Speaker 3: Tell you the truth, It's almost amazing that our personnel

588
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:21,800
Speaker 3: group can be in place for as long as they

589
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 3: have and really only have four receivers in one who

590
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 3: you claimed off the waiver wires. So you know that

591
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 3: group has really got to step up here in the

592
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 3: next two weeks. Running back right now, we don't have

593
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,800
Speaker 3: to belabor Jonathan. He would have been another ambient. He

594
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,760
Speaker 3: would have been the second ambient that you worry about.

595
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 3: But in the end, you know, if Moss is healthy,

596
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 3: That's why I'm really interested here in this off week,

597
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 3: this bridge week, if they can get him back healthy

598
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 3: for the opener. I do think in this style of play,

599
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:56,360
Speaker 3: in the new style the NCAA type of play, you know,

600
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 3: I think you'll be able to patch it. You've seen

601
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 3: a little bit of slack by these guys with running

602
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 3: back by committee. You don't you obviously don't have a

603
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:06,960
Speaker 3: superstar there, but I don't know that the day of

604
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 3: the superstar isn't gone all right.

605
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 2: Then, Strengths and weaknesses on defense top to bottom. This

606
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 2: one's a little bit, you know simpler. Let's just go

607
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 2: three different layers of the defense defensive line, linebacker, and secondary.

608
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 2: Rank those three position groups from strength to weakness if

609
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 2: you want. I don't think there is a weakness within

610
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,760
Speaker 2: that defense, but the top strengths, if you will rank

611
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,840
Speaker 2: those on the defensive side of the ball, Well, if Shaq.

612
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:37,280
Speaker 3: Can play, Yeah, if Shack can play, and of course

613
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,200
Speaker 3: that's a big if, and I would see even if

614
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 3: he doesn't, I would still rank our starting linebacker crew

615
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 3: because in seventy percent of the game you're only playing two,

616
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,760
Speaker 3: you're not playing three. I rank that as number one.

617
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:56,520
Speaker 3: I think speed, Franklin and Shack, you know, are really

618
00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:00,520
Speaker 3: I think they're really ballers. I think they can really

619
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:06,880
Speaker 3: really make a difference. I really do. I think our safeties.

620
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:10,120
Speaker 3: I think the combination of black men being back. I

621
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 3: just I think blackman can do it all. I really do.

622
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 3: And Thomas and now Cross is coming. I wouldn't be

623
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 3: surprised that Cross doesn't push Thomas now that he's comfortable.

624
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:22,440
Speaker 3: I mean, I've seen a totally different guy in Cross.

625
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:27,760
Speaker 3: So I think linebacker, safety and Nickel with Kenny. I'm

626
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 3: going to put that together for you, Matt, because that's

627
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,120
Speaker 3: kind of an inside core. And then if you add,

628
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 3: if you add Buckner and Stewart, I would say that

629
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 3: kind of the interior core of our defense is really good. Mike.

630
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 3: The questions that remain with me on September tenth is

631
00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:52,160
Speaker 3: do we have enough edge rush or will Bradley bring it?

632
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 3: And can our corners hold up week after week against

633
00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:00,840
Speaker 3: top tier players in that system? If you fellow, I

634
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 3: think I went around about there, but you know, I

635
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 3: think you know what I'm talking about.

636
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, indeed, absolutely. Now, you know, we hear all the

637
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 2: time Rick about you know, we're just not going to know.

638
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 2: We're really not going to have the full picture. We're

639
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,799
Speaker 2: not going to have like a clear understanding. We say

640
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 2: it every year, and I think last year we all

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Speaker 2: the the free agent signings and a good draft and

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Speaker 2: all of that. Obviously everybody was pretty high on the team,

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Speaker 2: and then you know, no one really saw four twelve

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Speaker 2: and one coming after a really good training camp and

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Speaker 2: offseason and things like that. So everybody says all the time,

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Speaker 2: we're really not going to know until September tenth. We're

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Speaker 2: not going to know until Week one against the Jaguars.

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Speaker 2: What are you most looking forward to finding out about

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Speaker 2: this cult team in Week one?

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Speaker 3: Well, first of all, I'm really happy that you referred

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Speaker 3: to last year because I drank the kool aid also,

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Speaker 3: and I learned a lesson that I should have known.

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Speaker 3: And in this podcast, I think I have my a

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Speaker 3: little bit more of my best Belichick saban, a little

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Speaker 3: bit more of a really unfiltered critical analysis, not to

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Speaker 3: get personal, but just to really give to you and

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Speaker 3: to the fans what a critical coach's view is that

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Speaker 3: at this moment. Also, I like to make the point

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Speaker 3: John Madden always said, and I always loved it. He

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Speaker 3: always said that there are four levels of NFL play,

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Speaker 3: particularly from an intensity standpoint. Level one is the preseason.

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Speaker 3: Level two is the regular season. Level three is December

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Speaker 3: football course. Level four is the playoffs. So we're gonna

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Speaker 3: step up a level. I mean, there's we're gonna step

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Speaker 3: up a level of intensity. We're gonna step up a

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Speaker 3: level of sophistication, particularly for Anthony going in there, and

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Speaker 3: we're playing a really top tier football team. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I've already done a lot of Jacksonville. I thought in

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Speaker 3: that last preseason game they played everybody. I thought they

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Speaker 3: destroyed the Dolphins. You know, I'm not saying. I mean

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Speaker 3: they were nine and eight. So I'm not corn them,

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Speaker 3: but they're they're a team that you know, the system works.

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Speaker 3: You have five six bad years, you're going to get

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Speaker 3: a lot of lottery picks. And you know, if you

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Speaker 3: do it right and you get the right quarterback, which

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Speaker 3: it looks like they have, then you're going to be

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Speaker 3: a pretty dog on good team. So again, let's what

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Speaker 3: I say you. You won't know until you get in

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Speaker 3: there live. I think the emotional advantage is actually with us.

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Speaker 3: We'll get into this next week. But I actually think

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Speaker 3: that the open, you know, the opener, I think there's

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Speaker 3: much more pressure on the Jaguars. All of a sudden,

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Speaker 3: they go from being the hunter to the hunted. That's

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Speaker 3: not easy necessarily, right, And really we're a low expectation

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Speaker 3: team unless we put a target on our own back.

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Speaker 3: So I can't you know, I can't wait till the

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Speaker 3: tenth and it's gonna be a little bit like a

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Speaker 3: box of chocolates. We won't know what we have until

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Speaker 3: we get out there on the loose soil field that day.

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Speaker 2: I hat some I'm sorry, lives like a box of chocolates.

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Speaker 2: I hate those look like comfortable shoes that it's Rick

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Speaker 2: vent Urry that's another loaded podcast this week, and we are,

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Speaker 2: as we said, we're a week away from breaking down

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Speaker 2: the Colts blueprints for success against the Jacksonville Jaguars in

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Speaker 2: week number one. I guess, Rick, I'm just gonna hit

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Speaker 2: the fast forward button completely. It's finally here, all right.

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Speaker 2: I'm just saying it's here. After nine months, We're finally here.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna get some answers to the Colts moves in

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Speaker 2: the offseason. That's the best part of all of this,

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Speaker 2: now that you know, I'm saying we're in the month

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Speaker 2: of September, even though we're not, I'm saying we're here.

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Speaker 2: We finally made it, and so really looking forward to

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Speaker 2: it as it all kind of starts in the next

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Speaker 2: couple of days. Rick, always love our time together per usual.

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Speaker 2: Enjoy the weekend coming up, and be safe on that

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Speaker 2: motorcycle and we'll talk to you next week. Man, have

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Speaker 2: a great weekend.

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Speaker 3: Coming all right, Matt, we'll be in there. We'll be

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Speaker 3: in that booth on the tenth. I can't wait.

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Speaker 2: You got it, You got it, Rick vn Turry Right there,

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Speaker 2: I'm Matt Taylor, and that'll do it for this episode

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Speaker 2: of Inside Football. The bridge week from the preseason to

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Speaker 2: the regular season and again. We'll do it again next

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Speaker 2: Wednesday for real, breaking down on the Jacksonville Jaguars on

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Speaker 2: Inside Football with Rick Van Turry right here on the

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Speaker 2: Colts Audio Network.

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Speaker 1: So long,