1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Football is about the jimmies and joes and exes and 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: oh's check New York plenty. Ain't thank you, Bruce. It's 3 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: time to get out the shopboard and diagram some plays. 4 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: Here's what it all starts, right, here's what jam money Chris. 5 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: This is Inside Football with former Colts and NFL coach 6 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: Rick Venturie. The Colts are seven and six, winners of 7 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: three of their last four or seven of their last ten, 8 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: and they're squarely in the playoff mix in the AFC. 9 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: If the playoffs started today, the Colts would be on 10 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: the outside looking in. But there's five weeks left for 11 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: the Colts, four games remaining, and they're on the bye week. 12 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: It's the latest buy in the NFL this season, week 13 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: number fourteen, and the Colts well take it. Try to 14 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: rest up from the home stretch. Welcome everybody to Inside 15 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: Football with Rick Van Terry. Rick, how you doing man? 16 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: How badly do you need to buy? Well? I needed. 17 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: I got to my second bout here with this uh 18 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: this head cold and uh you know you can probably 19 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: hear it in my voice. They're a little bit talking 20 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: through my nose. I'm serviceable. I could play today if 21 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: I ask you. But awfter we do this one, well, 22 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 1: nobody will see me for a while. I was hoping 23 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: to have a good weekend. It may be it may 24 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: be spinning cognito. I'll tell you it's it's going around man. 25 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: I mean, everybody I know has been affected with something 26 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: in terms of a head cold or cough. So get 27 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: through my men, get through it, get rested up, and 28 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: we need you here with the last month of the 29 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: season here for the Colts. Now, I'm interested as we 30 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: start there. As a coach, you've been here before. I 31 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: don't know if you've had a bye week this late 32 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: in the season, in the month of December. It's pretty 33 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 1: crazy how how long the Colts have been going here? 34 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: But how did you want to spend the bye week 35 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: as a coach? What were your main goals and objectives 36 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: without a game that week? Yeah, you know that's pretty interesting, 37 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: and it really does. It really is affected by when 38 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: the bye week is. Who's coming up? How long of 39 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: a season do you have left? I mean, you know, 40 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: when I coached, basically if we had an early season 41 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: by or maybe even a week seven or eight, sometimes 42 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: we would actually have maybe a walkthrough with our veteran guys, 43 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: and what we would do is usually cover something that 44 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: was going to come up in the second half of 45 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 1: the season that we hadn't seen or was, for instance, 46 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 1: a run and shoot team, which was like one in sixteen. 47 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 1: We may go through a walkthrough, and then what we 48 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: used to do in those days is we used to 49 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: work some team periods with our kids that weren't playing 50 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: a lot in games that you know, mostly our special 51 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: teams and backup guys, and they weren't getting a lot 52 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: of team working, so we would kind of hold them 53 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: for a day and then get everybody out of there 54 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: from that standpoint and we would do the major self 55 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: scout and get ready for the next team. I've never 56 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: had won this late. I think it's going to end 57 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: up being wonderful for this team. I don't think we 58 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: could have predicted that early. And it's a different in 59 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: that sense because really the important thing here is recovery, rest, 60 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:09,399 Speaker 1: and get ready. The three rs. It's rest, recover, and 61 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: get ready. There's three prongs here, and so you know, 62 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,839 Speaker 1: I think Frank was right. You know, if you get 63 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: the players through Monday and then kind of get them out, 64 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: get them out, let them, you know, get out talk 65 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: to them about what they've got to do. We can 66 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: get into that, and then I think the next order 67 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: of business for Frank, or if I was coaching, is 68 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: this is really the last chance because we're going into 69 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: a playoff schedule. Do or die maybe the most important 70 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: month in Frank's tenure, to be honest with you, and 71 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: so what I want to do first is I want 72 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: to take care of the business of my own team. 73 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: We've been self scouting, but I want to sit down 74 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: and I want to critically analyze everything that has happened. 75 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: I don't want to do a happy dance after beaton Houston. 76 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: I want to go back to Baltimore. I want to 77 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: go back to Tennessee. I want to go back to Tampa. 78 00:03:57,880 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: I want to look at what made us good in 79 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: those games, what cost us to lose those games. Because 80 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: when you're playing Belichick and some of these guys, they're 81 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: all gonna be revisited. Matt, They're gonna be revisited, and 82 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: you can't sit around and say we're fine, we're great 83 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: with this man. We came out of there, we shut 84 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: these guys out. No no, no, no, let's go back. 85 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: Let's critically analyze everything. That we've done. You know, why 86 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 1: do we have more turnovers in those games and we 87 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: do against bad teams? You know why are we thirtieth 88 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:31,559 Speaker 1: in defense in the fourth quarter? Those are the things 89 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 1: that have to be answered, all those issues that are there. 90 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: I don't care how long it takes. You take care 91 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: of business you have before you can play the other guy. 92 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: And more importantly than the other guy, is you have 93 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: to fix anything that's wrong with your team. Because when 94 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: you're playing good teams and well coached teams, and particularly 95 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: with an eye on the very next opponent, if you 96 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: got an issue, it is gonna be it's gonna be attacked. 97 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 1: I would spend a couple days on that, and then 98 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: I would spend a couple of days on New England. 99 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: And my first two days on New England this week 100 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,799 Speaker 1: would be more what does New England do that is different? 101 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: What separates them? What haven't we seen? You know, for instance, 102 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: some of their third down packages they're deltas, they're double thinks, 103 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: they use different guys in different spots, and it makes 104 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: it look like there's a lot of defense. What you 105 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: want to be able to do is let's attack that 106 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: right off the bat as a coaching staff, so that 107 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: when we approach our players the next week, we know 108 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: exactly what we're doing. We have all the answers and 109 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: we can simplify it for them. And then, of course, 110 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 1: if you can, if you can get a good day off, 111 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: maybe two days off, which I think you can work 112 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: all that out, you know, then it's great. Let the coaches, 113 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: you know, spend a little time with their families, you know, 114 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: do some things that maybe they they haven't done. I 115 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 1: really like Frank's approach. Frank said something, and I've never 116 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: heard of coach say this before, and I've heard, you know, 117 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: we kind of accept it, but I haven't heard anyway 118 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: to say it as succinctly. And he said, you can't 119 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 1: go on vacation here. And my thought always with the coaches, 120 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: I used to tell them, stay focused, don't get on 121 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 1: the recliner, because you have no you know, when we 122 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 1: come back, it's not like we got a games left. 123 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: We're looking right down the barrel at the ones we 124 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 1: have to beat, and they're gonna be really good. And 125 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: his point is any telling the players the same thing, 126 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: no vacation, because you can't come back and work your 127 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: way in. You come back on Sunday or Monday or 128 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: whenever he's bringing them back. It is full metal jacket 129 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 1: because next Saturday, the eighteenth, that is the game of 130 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 1: the year. We have to have that one. We have 131 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: to have that one because it's AFC. They're good, but 132 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: they are beatable, I think, and we get into this 133 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: next week on New England. But they are beatable, but 134 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 1: they're very good and they're superbly coached. So you know, 135 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 1: that's really the game of the year because we have 136 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: to have that. We have to have that on Saturday night. 137 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: We'll kind of staying along with that. What was your 138 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: approach to the bye week in terms of handling the 139 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 1: players and treating them like men and giving them the freedom, 140 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: but also at the same time kind of holding onto 141 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: that least. Do you try and babysit them and try 142 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: to keep them in town or do you just have 143 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: to let men be men and professional football players be professionals. Well, 144 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: I think you have some advantages here. I was with 145 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 1: teams everywhere as a while that we had men, but 146 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: we also had some prisoners, so I mean we had 147 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: to approach it in different ways with this team, you know, 148 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: I think the Frank's leadership week to week having been 149 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: a player. With his presence, I think when he says something, 150 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: it's important. I think number two and equally, you can't 151 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: make bad guys good guys. And this is where I 152 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: think Ballard comes in. Ballard has basically put a team 153 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: together of guys with high football character, high football responsibility, 154 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: and then because of that, I believe you can treat 155 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: them like men. And I really leave that Also in 156 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: the last two years, since Buckner came in and basically 157 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: Leonard's ascension and now Jonathan and basically Nelson, we have 158 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: some great internal leadership. We have guys in the locker 159 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: room who not you know, not necessarily going to get 160 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: up and make a speech, but they lived their lives 161 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: the way they should and football is really really important 162 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: to them. And I really believe that that rubs off 163 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: on a team. And obviously I also think the good 164 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 1: news is there there isn't a guy in there that 165 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: doesn't know what's on the line here in this next month. 166 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: I mean, this is we're not coming back, like I said, 167 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 1: you know, to have a seven game season. We are 168 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: coming down with our lives on the line. Now. I've 169 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 1: been with teams where we had a couple of ankle bracelets. 170 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: We had to keep those guys in town. I had 171 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: a corner with an ankle bracelet one time. They basically 172 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 1: led them off to play. And the word was that 173 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: Carter could run a He could run a forty four 174 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: or five with an ankle. He was that good man. 175 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: And then oh yeah, and Ship Banks here, you know, 176 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: he had you know who was one of the best players. 177 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 1: He had four sacks against the Cleveland Browns in nineteen 178 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: ninety two. One of the best outside backers him and 179 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: Bickett back in the nineties. But he had a severe 180 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: addiction problem. And but I used, you know, I los 181 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: internal guys. I mean I Sam Clancy and and Tony 182 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: Saragosa where my go to guys in the locker room. 183 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: And you know, I thought nothing of saying, Sam, you 184 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: gotta get him sober to the game. You know, you 185 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: gotta do it. You have to get it. But I 186 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: think the Colts are very well constructed in terms of 187 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: you know, like I said, team responsibility. Well, let's go 188 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: back a week. You know, we're gonna talk about sort 189 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: of We're gonna have Rick do his his state of 190 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: the Union. Here. You're gonna act as the president of 191 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: the of the Cults here standing up at the podium 192 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: and talk about the state of the Union. But before 193 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,719 Speaker 1: we do that, on offense, defense and special teams, U, 194 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: let's go back to last Sunday thirty one to nothing, 195 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: and it really wasn't even that close in Houston. I mean, 196 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: the Texans they're not good. You know, we don't need 197 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,079 Speaker 1: to pile on but they don't have too many weapons 198 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 1: on offense. They only piled up one hundred and forty 199 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: one yards of offense. I know the Colts defense had 200 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: a lot to do with that. Rick, Can you take 201 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: anything away from that Texans win and apply it to 202 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: the final four games coming up for the Colts? Well, 203 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 1: you know, you can always take something away. I don't 204 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: take much away. I would rather focus on those three 205 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: games that I told you about, particularly from a defensive standpoint. 206 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: Second half Baltimore, you know, fourth quarter, Tampa. And I'm 207 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: not trying to be negative. I'm trying to make sure 208 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: that we have fixed, you know, on offense, for instance, 209 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: I want to work. I want to look at how 210 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 1: the Jets did a good job of starfing our run, 211 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: how Tampa did. And the reason I say that is 212 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: I know the guy we're gonna play next and anything 213 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: that has been successful against us and we've shown vulnerabilities, 214 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: we're gon we're gonna see it again. Now, what I 215 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: would take out of the game is, well, you know, offensively, 216 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: it was nice to see our big three have two 217 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: hundred and ninety nine yards, you know, Pittman, Heinzen, and Taylor, 218 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:14,839 Speaker 1: those are our marquee three, really guys, and that was good. Defensively, 219 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: I think what I would take away more than the 220 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: results here, here's what I liked a lot, and I 221 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: think this carries over. First of all, I think that 222 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: Kenny Moore's really back to his really high level Pro 223 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: Bowl type play. You know, in the beginning of the year, 224 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 1: you know, he just wasn't quite himself. He's really picked 225 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: that up. I mean, you know, he set the tone 226 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 1: for the game Sunday. You know, as I said Monday 227 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: night on our round table, if he's not a pro bowler, 228 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 1: it's an injustice. So I really like that factor. I 229 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,680 Speaker 1: really like the fact that Carrie Willis is back. I 230 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: know Carrie, you know, kind of works under the radar 231 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: and he isn't the range player that Blackman would be. 232 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: I'd love to have Blackman back, but I don't. But 233 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 1: Carrie gives another guy very much like Kenny on the 234 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: week side of that Nickel. When he comes down, he 235 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 1: gives us a real good run defender. You saw that 236 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: terrific space tackle on the option. You know, he brings 237 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: the blitz and Matt did a really good job. I 238 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,839 Speaker 1: thought of really bringing him a lot in that game. 239 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 1: And he really can cover a tight end. I mean 240 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: he's not so much a wide out, but he can 241 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 1: cover a tight end pretty good, which is really really important. 242 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,959 Speaker 1: So I like those two things. I think that Okareki 243 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: has gotten better. O'karake has gotten better and better every week. 244 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: I think he's really begin to feel comfortable in the middle. 245 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: Every game he plays, you know, whether it's Houston or whoever, 246 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: I think has really made him better. And I would 247 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 1: say the third thing that I like, and this isn't 248 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 1: just Houston. It was very apparent in Houston, but I 249 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 1: think we've been better at this since the Jets is 250 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 1: we're playing a little stickier at the corner. I mean, 251 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: Rose looks fully healthy, and you know, you can dislike 252 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: Rhodes for different things, but he's a good corner. He's 253 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 1: a good corner they can play in this league. Kenny's 254 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: outstanding whether it's inside or outside. And then our two 255 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: young kids are having their moments, you know, y'all. Sin 256 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: has made some plays, He's had a pretty good year. 257 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: Struggle two weeks ago, and I think Rogers just coming on, 258 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, And of course he's always been 259 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: one of my favorites. I said in the in the 260 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: preseason that he'd be my number three, and I'm not 261 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 1: sure he isn't pretty close right now. He's a funny, 262 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 1: funny kid. He doesn't look great at the line of scrimmies, 263 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: but Matt he just gets his hands on balls at 264 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 1: the end. What I liked about it is we were 265 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: much tighter. Now. You know. The key is we weren't 266 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: tight any critical situation against Tampa. We were against Houston. So, 267 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: I mean, I think that's the things that eber Flis 268 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 1: has to work out with those guys. You got to 269 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: play the top guys just as sticky. I mean, you can't. 270 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: You can't back off those guys and let them throw 271 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: underneath you. And that's that's gonna be critical here in 272 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: New England. So yeah, those are the things that I 273 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 1: took out of the game that I think are really 274 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: important to keep going with Rick fin Terry right there, 275 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,680 Speaker 1: this is inside football, and that's sort of the bow 276 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: on the Texans game. As the Colts are seven and 277 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: six on the buy four games left. The Colts right 278 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 1: now are in ninth place in the AFC if the 279 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: playoffs were to start today, So obviously it's good news 280 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: that they don't. The Colts still have some work to do. 281 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: We'll scoreboard watch coming up on Sunday. But let's talk 282 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: about the state of the union on offense, all right. 283 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: So Rick fin Terry's gonna act as potus today. He's 284 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 1: gonna stand up give us the state of things here 285 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: on offense and defense and special teams. So let's go offense, Rick. 286 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: The Colts have scored at least thirty points in seven 287 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: of their last eight. The seven thirty point games this 288 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: season for the Colts, that's their most in a season 289 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: as a franchise since two thousand and nine. Right now, 290 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor is poised to leave the NFL and rushing 291 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: yards and scrimmage yards when it's all said and done. 292 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: He's also going to break Lenny Moore's franchise single season 293 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: touchdown record and either the next game coming up against 294 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: the Patriots or the Cardinals, depending on how things go. 295 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: But what are you confident in with the Colts offense? 296 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: And is there anything that gives you concern going up 297 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 1: against the Patriots and the Cardinals at these next two weeks. No, 298 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: you're not. You're exactly right, and this is this is 299 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: a legitimate top tier offense. There was any question about it, 300 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: and the statistics will bear it out. I mean, if 301 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: you've played the game, if it was dictated today, I mean, 302 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 1: the Colts are number four in point score, you know, 303 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: at what twenty eight five, number eleven in total, number 304 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: eight and third down number one, number one in rushing 305 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: offense per play up to five point one. And I think, 306 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: and I'm going to get into this and then the 307 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: other thing and then I'll break it down, is Carson 308 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: has gently and quietly moved up to number six in 309 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: the QBR. So when you look at those assets, you're 310 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: looking at a team that really has assets. At one time, 311 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 1: we didn't have those kinds of playmakers, even you know, 312 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: even even with the Philip Rivers or at times before that, 313 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: we didn't always have those playmakers. It starts with Taylor. 314 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: Taylor is I think, at this point, the most complete 315 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: player in the National Football League, not the most complete 316 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 1: player on this team or division. I think he's the 317 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: most complete player in the NFL. You talk about asset, 318 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: this guy can bend the pile. You need a third 319 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: and one guy, You need to run through him and 320 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: bend it. He can do it. You want to dive 321 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: over him, he can do it. You run his own play, 322 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 1: He'll slash it at different nine gaps. He can bounce 323 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: the play, make a guy miss, he can hit a 324 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: home run, or he can just punish you in the secondary. 325 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: He's devastating coming out of the backfield. You get him 326 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: in space and the screen. There's guys making business decisions 327 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: on him. And he's a complete, unselfish leader. So you start, 328 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: you know with perhaps and I have no trouble name 329 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: in it, but I think the best offensive player in 330 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: the National Football League right behind your quarterback. That's a 331 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: pretty good starting spot. Okay, five point one a rush. 332 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: You know, he's breaking every record. He's gonna break Lenny 333 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: Moore for goodness sakes, another Hall of Fame single season record. 334 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,199 Speaker 1: He gonna shatter the books. Before it's all over and 335 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,880 Speaker 1: everybody knows that, and everybody knows they have to stop him. 336 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:31,920 Speaker 1: I know Bill Belichick will tell his staff on Monday night, 337 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: we cannot let that those guys beat us, and he 338 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: may go to an extreme that gets him killed somewhere else. 339 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: But I'm just saying you start with that. In my 340 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: confidence level number two, I have a really high confidence 341 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 1: level in Wentz. You know, Wentz was number one in 342 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: QBR in twenty seventeen, you know, and then he drifted. 343 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: He was the biggest drop of anybody history. I think 344 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: he went to twenty four or twenty seven in two 345 00:17:56,119 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 1: thousand and twenty, and he's up to six now. Mean 346 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: that's that's the help of a lot closer to one 347 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,959 Speaker 1: than it is twenty four. And the neat thing about it, 348 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: he's had seven games seven games this season over one 349 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 1: hundred quarterback rating, which puts him number two in the league. 350 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 1: And this guy, this guy's another guy that can do 351 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 1: it all. And I knew that when we drafted him. 352 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: I just wasn't sure if he was broken or if 353 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: he could be fixed after that devastation last year with 354 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:27,239 Speaker 1: that team. But basically, he can and always has been 355 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: able to do it. All. I mean, the bee, he's 356 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: got the big arm. The deep ball is back for 357 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 1: the coat. It's so nice to know you haven't. And 358 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 1: so if you want to stop Taylor, okay, stop Taylor, 359 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,159 Speaker 1: but you better have somebody that can go deep because 360 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: they can throw the deep ball. Okay, because they got 361 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 1: a guy that can and will throw it. You got 362 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: a guy that is accurate, who can put the zip 363 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: on the ball. If the outcut is tight, he can 364 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: drill it. You see, you've got a guy that's a 365 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: really good athlete. You can run plays, which we have 366 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: design plays in the red zone. But morely, how many 367 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,359 Speaker 1: times last week it was a third and eleven in 368 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:05,959 Speaker 1: a critical drive and they and they don't and he 369 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: gets away from it and gains fifteen yards. I mean, 370 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: so he beats you in a million different ways. He 371 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: obviously the players really relate to him. They see him 372 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,400 Speaker 1: as a leader. He's really great at the line of scrimmage. 373 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 1: So you know what they used to say, if you're 374 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: gonna be good, be good down the middle. Well, we 375 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: got a quarterback sitting behind a pretty dog on good 376 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: center with the best player in football behind him, So 377 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: we ain't bad down the middle. And then number three, 378 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,719 Speaker 1: you know, has been the emergence of Pittman. I mean, 379 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: Pittman is now he's right right at number ten, so 380 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:45,120 Speaker 1: he's he's becoming a top ten guy in receptions and yardage. 381 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 1: He's right there ten and eleven. And then most importantly, 382 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: he's number three. Now. Pittman is actually number three on 383 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 1: third down with seventeen catch conversions. So you know, so 384 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:00,360 Speaker 1: you're you're looking at You're looking at three very very 385 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 1: special players right now that cause the defense to have 386 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 1: to defend them. Okay, add to that an offensive line 387 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 1: who can really block the run. And the guy you 388 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: got to add to that because he's really playing his 389 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:18,880 Speaker 1: tail I was playing. It was good at football as 390 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: he ever has in a very solid career in as 391 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: jackdaw Jack is blocking the edge, he's blocking the whams, 392 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 1: he's blocking what I call the raps where he comes 393 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 1: back underneath. He's catching the ball when he's open. I mean, 394 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: he's doing all those things. The right side of our 395 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: offensive line. Smitty is playing, you know, after coming back 396 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 1: from the injury and struggling a little bit, he and 397 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: Glowinsky running running, was are just just taking it to 398 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,479 Speaker 1: another level. So you know, I think the other thing 399 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: I like, and then I'll get into concerns. But the 400 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: other thing I like is we are really running with 401 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: offensive versatility. It's not just his own running game anymore, 402 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: because I think that was hurting us early and I 403 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: think that can be stopped. You have to be careful 404 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: with that as good as Jonathan is, because guys can 405 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 1: put extra guys and shoot the gaps on those zones 406 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 1: and they can get it. But what I like is 407 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: we're running the zones, of course, but we're running toss cracks. 408 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 1: The whams were big for us, both Jack and even 409 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 1: Ali Cox had a good block on the one. You know, 410 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: for him, you're seeing the speed, you know, the speed sweep. 411 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: And I really like it with Hines. All of a sudden, 412 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 1: Hines and Taylor in there together and they're packing it 413 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 1: inside to get Taylor. Here comes Hines out the edge 414 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: or Hines on a screen pass. You know. I love 415 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: that combination. I've said that from day one. You know, 416 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 1: a little bit of Whilecat hurts him, it was a 417 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 1: walk in, you know, I mean, you know, all those 418 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 1: kinds of things. I think it's really important when you're 419 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 1: gonna be run centric that you really do have the 420 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: versatility on that, and I really do like what's going 421 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: on there, and so, you know, I think that's really critical. Now. 422 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,159 Speaker 1: I think what you have to be, what you have 423 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,719 Speaker 1: to be careful of, Okay, or I won't say it's concerns, 424 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 1: but things that I think are really really that we 425 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,639 Speaker 1: have to look at. Okay, first of all, we haven't 426 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 1: had We're not a turnover team. We lead the National 427 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: Football League, we're number one in differential, but in those 428 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: critical losses to good teams, we have had some turnover 429 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,200 Speaker 1: we got. You know, we gotta say. That's why I like, 430 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 1: you know, looking at those really good teams, because that's 431 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,640 Speaker 1: really the test if we're going to beat these next three, 432 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 1: because they're gonna be pretty good teams. Um. You know, 433 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: I think that's really critical that we look at that 434 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: and we make sure that we're good there. I think, 435 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: and people ask this question to us on the roundtable 436 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: all the time. Who will step up and be the others? 437 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 1: Who will be the guys that can win games for 438 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:55,159 Speaker 1: us if somebody comes up with a plan to stop 439 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 1: Taylor and Tittenan, which is possible, and then who are 440 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 1: going to be the guy? Personally? I think that Hilton. 441 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,159 Speaker 1: I think he's ready to go. I think if we 442 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 1: can get him, like for instance, on Mills from New England, 443 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 1: that number two corner. I think he's one of the 444 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: guy Jack's doing his job, you know. The other guy 445 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: that I'd like to see more of, and I don't 446 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: know what's holding him back is dueling. But I would 447 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 1: say that in terms of my concern, somebody's gonna have 448 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 1: to do that because when we play the guy next week, 449 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: he is going to attempt I'm not saying he can 450 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 1: do it, but he will go to an extreme to 451 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: stop our stop guys, no question about that. I think 452 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,200 Speaker 1: that the the other thing, and I'll just say this, 453 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 1: and he's been really good, but I think you always 454 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:46,400 Speaker 1: a little concerned that Frank keeps um that he keeps 455 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: went on the reservation in other words, you know, just 456 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 1: he's the guy that wants to win a game with 457 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: every play, and in some of those games that are big, 458 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 1: big games, make sure that he stays within himself and 459 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 1: he doesn't give one up just by trying to make 460 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 1: a play. I know, you know, I go back to Tennessee. 461 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: That's why I like to go back to that one 462 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: on that and make sure we're good there. I am 463 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 1: concerned on and this is a legit concern of mine. 464 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: I am concerned about Fisher Okay, on the left side. 465 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 1: I think he's struggling. And basically we're gonna be looking 466 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,640 Speaker 1: at Judeon with twelve and a half sacks, come right 467 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 1: back with Chris Jones the next week from Arizona. So 468 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: we are going to be looking down the barrel at 469 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: top tier rush guys. So I think as a staff, 470 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 1: we have to understand that we have to make sure 471 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: we're protected there. And the other guy that struggles he 472 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: played is Gwinsky. Blocks the run really well, but he 473 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: really struggles on protection. He gets driven back into the 474 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:48,160 Speaker 1: quarterback a lot. So I think those two things are critical. 475 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: And then I would add I'm gonna add this because 476 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: it's kind of come up the last two weeks. It 477 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 1: obviously came up against Tampa and Frank to me, took 478 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 1: a ton of undue criticism. Undue criticism, but he took it, 479 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 1: and we have to look at it now. This is 480 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: what I mean by this. Let's say that you're you know, 481 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,360 Speaker 1: let's let's give the Jets credit. For instance, Let's let's 482 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: give camp a credit in the first half at least 483 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 1: for stopping the running game. Well, you agree with me, right, 484 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: I mean they stopped the running game. We can say 485 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: is they didn't, but they did, and they did it schematically. 486 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 1: I can talk about all that, but I'm not talking 487 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: about that right now. Now. My question or my my 488 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,480 Speaker 1: not concern. But I think it's a decision that Frank 489 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 1: has to make right now. Okay, is who are we 490 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: in now in that situation? Are you gonna be Tennessee 491 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: that just keeps running the ball and running the ball 492 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:45,159 Speaker 1: and running the ball regardless which to me, which to 493 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: me can be stubborn, okay, and you see where they're 494 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: going right now, okay? Or you can go the other 495 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: way and you can pass every down, which you know, 496 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 1: which the Campa would do they throw seventy percent of 497 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: the time. Or you can be like New England. You 498 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: go about fifty fifty and you keep working it. But 499 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: I think what really is important is we know what 500 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: the identity is of the team when we go into 501 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 1: the game, But what is going to be our identity 502 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: if somebody stuffs us, you know, basically like Tampa did 503 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,399 Speaker 1: in the first half, and even the Jets did at 504 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,640 Speaker 1: times on the running game. I really think that's critical, 505 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: just okay, who are we going to be? What are 506 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: we gonna do? And I think it's misleading that we 507 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 1: did so well against Houston. That's why I don't like 508 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,880 Speaker 1: to take much out of Houston, because we stayed stubborn 509 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,959 Speaker 1: because they're awful, right, you know what I'm saying. Defense 510 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 1: afforded the cults that opportunity a little and exactly right, 511 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 1: and they were and and that's exactly Texas Texas Texans 512 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: work on a score of Christmas, I don't know if 513 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,399 Speaker 1: they'd scored during Christmas, to be honest with you, I mean, 514 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: we had to have eleven guys fall down for them 515 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: to score. So they knew that they could keep running 516 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 1: and they know that they would eventually just wear them down. 517 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 1: But I see, I don't think that that result is 518 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 1: exactly what we're looking for. You follow on saying absolutely, 519 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 1: you have to have the answer because you're gonna have 520 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: some peaks and valleys against these really good teams and 521 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: you can't and you're not gonna come back on Monday 522 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 1: and say I wish I would have done this, if 523 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 1: you follow what I'm saying. But I'm very confident in 524 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 1: the offense. I like it. You know, obviously I talked 525 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,360 Speaker 1: about why I liked it. They're early, you know, We've 526 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: We've got three guys that right now are playing like 527 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 1: premier guys in the league, and I actually believe we 528 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:28,239 Speaker 1: have we have enough others to play in to win. 529 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: That's Rick fin Terry. This is inside football, and that's 530 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: the state of the union, if you will, for the 531 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: Colts on the buy on offense. So let's switch over 532 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: to defense, because obviously that unit at times they've given 533 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 1: up the yards, they've given up points, but the one 534 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: constant has been takeaways. After thirteen games, the Colts leave 535 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: the NFL and takeaways with twenty nine that have at 536 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,440 Speaker 1: least two takeaways in ten games on the season number one, 537 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 1: and FUMBL recoveries with fourteen, number four, and picks with fifteen. 538 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,679 Speaker 1: Kenny Moore, as you said earlier, leads the the Colts 539 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 1: in that department with four interceptions. But as we said, 540 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: the Colts are going to face off against probably two 541 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,399 Speaker 1: of the best offenses in the NFL the next two weeks. 542 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 1: So what gives you confidence about the Colts defense heading 543 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 1: into the final four games? And then what still gives 544 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: you pause about that unit in the last month or so. Here, Well, 545 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: I'll tell you the one thing I do like, and 546 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 1: it's a little bit padded. We tend to have we 547 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,120 Speaker 1: tend to have great statistics, I mean against the bad team, 548 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:30,880 Speaker 1: a shout out, I mean one hundred and forty yards, 549 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: and then it's just the opposite against the good team. 550 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 1: So I sometimes I don't know where the overall stat 551 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 1: matters on defense, but I do know that after thirteen weeks, okay, 552 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 1: after thirteen games, we are number ten in terms of 553 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 1: fewest points given up, which is twenty one eight. And 554 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: that's that's playoff bound. If you're if you're in that 555 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 1: top ten in uh, you know, in points giving up, 556 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: all the artis in the world doesn't really matter. That 557 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: means you can, you know, you can stop them in 558 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 1: that situation. You know, we're moving up on the past 559 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 1: defense a little bit, you know, But in the end, 560 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 1: in the end, this defense is salvaged by one through 561 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: thing and one thing alone, and thank goodness, no one 562 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: does it better. And that's the turnovers. You talk about, 563 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: twenty nine turnovers, you know, way on top of the league, 564 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 1: way on top of the league, and because of those turnovers. 565 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 1: We survived. We've survived, you know, bad games at times, 566 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 1: a ton of yardage. A guy told me when I 567 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: first came into National Football League, and then we were 568 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 1: in New Orleans in two thousand and we were getting 569 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: a ton of turnovers. In two thousand, we were giving 570 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 1: up yards, and then we were winning. We turned it around. 571 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 1: We went from a three and thirteen to eleven and 572 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 1: five that season, but we were we were really taking 573 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: the ball away. And a guy said to me one time, 574 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,720 Speaker 1: he goes, Rick, don't worry so much about all those yards, 575 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: because for every turnover that you get, you take a 576 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: hundred yards off that thing. You know, there is some 577 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: truth to that, you know, no matter what. And we've 578 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 1: got turnover players. Kenny's back, Leonards in the class by himself. 579 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 1: We got a lot of guys that can get it out. 580 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 1: Matt emphasizes going to the ball so much that if 581 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: that ball does come out, you know, if there's garbage underground, 582 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: we're gonna have guys there to pick it up. I 583 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 1: think we are. We're gonna have garbage, We're gonna have 584 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: guys to pick it up. So I mean, I don't 585 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 1: think there's any question. Without the turnovers, I don't know 586 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: where we'd be. I'll be really honest with you, I 587 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: really don't. But the fact is they're there. They're legitimate. 588 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 1: You know. I scoffed in the first couple of weeks 589 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 1: when they talked about forty hell forties forties is there's 590 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,400 Speaker 1: a real possibility. And the neat thing if you can 591 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: get forty, we will be in the playoff. We will 592 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 1: be playing mid January, so you know, I mean, it's 593 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 1: it's all in front of us. I do like the 594 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 1: fact that I think Kenny Moore's back really on top 595 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 1: of his game. I thought that obviously I talked about 596 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: with us before. I think that's a big, you know 597 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 1: big get him back in there. He brings toughness in that. 598 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 1: And then I would say the biggest thing that I 599 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: took out a Sunday and like I say, Matt, I 600 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 1: hope it's not a tease. I've been back and forth 601 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 1: on this, but I have always believed that Tooreys are 602 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 1: best Adge Rusher, that he has more talent, and that's 603 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: not to take anything away from Quitty. I think Quitty 604 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 1: can find it, but Toure has the fastest four steps 605 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 1: on the edge of anybody on the team. He can 606 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 1: get around you. He's got one good counter move. He 607 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 1: had two sacks and affected the third, and all of 608 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 1: them were beating people. None of them were like fall 609 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: off sacks. None of them were you know, garbage coverage sacks. 610 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:44,440 Speaker 1: I mean, beat people off the edge, and he was 611 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,520 Speaker 1: in your backfield, And that could just be so much, 612 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: that could be so critical to us. And then the 613 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 1: other thing that I think I like and I just 614 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 1: hope we do it. We're on and off against good teams. 615 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,520 Speaker 1: We're not always this way on good teams. But I 616 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 1: like the fact that he's pressuring more more five man rush, 617 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:06,560 Speaker 1: more six man rush, and our corners are playing stickier, 618 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 1: and I want that to continue. If we play stickier, 619 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 1: our pass rush will improve. So I think those are 620 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 1: the pluses. You know. The things that are concerning are 621 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:21,680 Speaker 1: things that are always concerning around here because we have 622 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: a history of it. You know, I think we broke 623 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 1: the code a little bit at Buffalo. I don't know 624 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: how good Buffalo really is. I'm really beginning to believe 625 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:34,040 Speaker 1: they're the most overrated team in football. But you know, still, 626 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:37,000 Speaker 1: they've got a quarterback that can make plays. But the 627 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:41,840 Speaker 1: number one concern is their overall past defense versus good quarterbacks. 628 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,080 Speaker 1: That's the critical thing. And man, you are going to 629 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,560 Speaker 1: play good quarterbacks. Not not that Matt Jones is special, 630 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 1: but their system makes him good. Their system makes him good. 631 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,520 Speaker 1: He's not Brady. They can't do. You know, if it 632 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 1: was Brady coming in here, I guarantee you they'd be 633 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 1: one opposite from what they were Monday night. They'd come in, 634 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: play action, spread every down. They'd go from running five 635 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,040 Speaker 1: hundred players to passing five hundred players. But I don't 636 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,920 Speaker 1: think they trust him that much, so I think they'll 637 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 1: be more balanced. But in terms of my concern, it's 638 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,040 Speaker 1: that and it's still and that's why I want them 639 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 1: to really dissect those three games I talked about Tennessee, 640 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 1: Baltimore and Tampa. I want them to take apart defensively 641 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:30,760 Speaker 1: those second halves and established exactly. And don't you know, 642 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:33,760 Speaker 1: don't let anybody be offended when I when I tell 643 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: the corner coach that you've got to do a better 644 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 1: job here, do a better job. You know, this is 645 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 1: this is the great teams and staff. Do not get 646 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: offended by this criticism. We're only trying to get better, 647 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,479 Speaker 1: but we cannot. We've got to eliminate that number thirty 648 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:53,160 Speaker 1: in fourth quarter points given up. That is there. It's reality. 649 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:56,280 Speaker 1: It means that we have to get a good team. 650 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,280 Speaker 1: I mean we're not. You didn't get paid to beat Houston. 651 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: You get paid to beat the Patriots this week. And 652 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 1: you've got to be able to play defense at crunch time. 653 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,400 Speaker 1: I think the four man rush has got to improve. 654 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,640 Speaker 1: This is where I think Turey could make such a difference. 655 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,560 Speaker 1: We know Buckner can do it. I think with Quitty 656 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,239 Speaker 1: they just got to turn him loose more. I think 657 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:22,320 Speaker 1: he starts to get into that power rush mode and 658 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,439 Speaker 1: you know that that works just so many times really 659 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,759 Speaker 1: in a national football because you're always dealing with big 660 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,320 Speaker 1: tackles hard to run over them. And I think he 661 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:34,080 Speaker 1: does have the speed, but he's not used to utilizing 662 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:38,399 Speaker 1: that first. But I think if Turey would come in there, 663 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:40,520 Speaker 1: and then I think we have to be created much 664 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:42,879 Speaker 1: more created with Buckner. I think we've got to find 665 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:46,960 Speaker 1: spots to rush Buckner and to make sure that he 666 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:50,920 Speaker 1: gets on their worst defender and is covered adjacently so 667 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:54,439 Speaker 1: nobody is doubling him. And I think sometimes the three 668 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:58,360 Speaker 1: two will do that just moving people around. But again 669 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,879 Speaker 1: I think Turey could be this shot in the arm. 670 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: And then I think number four is we have had 671 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,319 Speaker 1: edge problems all season long. If you want to, I mean, 672 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 1: you can look at him. You can document it. Even 673 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:11,560 Speaker 1: the first play of the game that Kenny makes a 674 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: great interception. They were in a bootleg and the quarterbacks 675 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:18,800 Speaker 1: out there with nobody. Leonard finally comes out of the 676 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 1: second level, but but nobody's really there, and so you know, 677 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,439 Speaker 1: I think, you know, we gotta have that. We gotta 678 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,200 Speaker 1: be able to rush the passer. We got Jones, we 679 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 1: got and we got to have what I call rush plans. 680 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 1: Every quarterback is different. You're gonna see Jones, He's he's 681 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:38,200 Speaker 1: a better athlete than Tom, but he's gonna run the 682 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:41,960 Speaker 1: Tom's system, so he's gonna be more drop back variety. 683 00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:44,640 Speaker 1: Then you're gonna go with you know, just an absolute 684 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:48,360 Speaker 1: tremendous threat in Murray. And then one of your favorites 685 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,720 Speaker 1: and my favorites is car coming in from the Raiders. 686 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,600 Speaker 1: So you've got three quarterbacks and you have to have 687 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:57,400 Speaker 1: really good plans both coverages and rush against them. Ye 688 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,920 Speaker 1: all right, as we close out, let's let's go special teams, 689 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,400 Speaker 1: and you know, you talk about things that you like 690 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,000 Speaker 1: and things that are concerning. I don't think you can 691 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:09,480 Speaker 1: talk about anything that's concerning here because Michael Badgeley, I know, 692 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:11,880 Speaker 1: he missed his first kick of any kind in a 693 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,279 Speaker 1: Cults uniform last week, but Frank Reich said he's not 694 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:17,719 Speaker 1: concerned and it'll be Badgley again continuing on at that 695 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,279 Speaker 1: position after the buy. The Colts have three players that 696 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:23,800 Speaker 1: rank in the top ten and special teams tackles in 697 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:27,000 Speaker 1: the NFL. They've got Ashton Dulan who leads the NFL 698 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:29,880 Speaker 1: and special team stops, and then you have George Odom 699 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:33,360 Speaker 1: and EJ. Speed. Rigo Sanchez continues to be a field 700 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,320 Speaker 1: position weapon, one of the best directional punters in the 701 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:39,760 Speaker 1: game that have two special teams touchdowns on the season, 702 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,919 Speaker 1: including a block punt for a score against Jacksonville. What's 703 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 1: not the like about special teams for the Colts? Rick, No, 704 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,760 Speaker 1: It's it's just it's really the highlight. It's it's probably 705 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:52,839 Speaker 1: the best operation that I've seen from top tay out. 706 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:55,440 Speaker 1: We were pretty dog gone good at Cleveland with Scotty 707 00:36:55,520 --> 00:37:00,399 Speaker 1: O'Brien in Bill Belichick and the Patriots have been really good. 708 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,399 Speaker 1: That's where Bubba Fentron came from, played their coach. There, 709 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:07,680 Speaker 1: you see, you see the same kind of approach. I 710 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:10,759 Speaker 1: think it's a credit one to Ballard. I think first 711 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,400 Speaker 1: of all, and I've we've talked about this before, but 712 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:18,120 Speaker 1: Ballard his success on the third day of the draft 713 00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:22,480 Speaker 1: and his success in undrafted free agents, and all I 714 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,040 Speaker 1: gotta do is mentioned him. You know, we can talk 715 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:29,919 Speaker 1: about Franklin Speed, Dulin, Glasgow, owed Um. All those guys 716 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,640 Speaker 1: are either you know, they're either third day guys or 717 00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:36,040 Speaker 1: they're undrafted free agent and every one of them is 718 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:40,359 Speaker 1: basically a Pro Bowl special teams guys. So the team 719 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:45,600 Speaker 1: is constructed the way Chris drafts. It really is conducive 720 00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:49,160 Speaker 1: to really good special teams because he has really been 721 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:52,880 Speaker 1: successful on that last round, on that last day and 722 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:56,800 Speaker 1: that free agency. I think Bubba is really he's coached 723 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 1: and played for the best in the business. He's carried 724 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 1: it with him. I think he gets a team ready 725 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:08,000 Speaker 1: emotionally and tactically. Sanchez is the best weapon. I mean, 726 00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 1: I would love to have Sanchez. I'd pay half his 727 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:12,920 Speaker 1: salary as a defensive coordinator because the two things that 728 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:16,879 Speaker 1: are your best friend as a defensive coordinator is time 729 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:20,080 Speaker 1: of possession. I think we had watched forty one minutes 730 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:23,120 Speaker 1: the other day forty two minutes time of possession and 731 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:27,000 Speaker 1: inside the twenty kicking, because when you're doing that, you 732 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,239 Speaker 1: know you're not giving them the ball very much. And 733 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:32,200 Speaker 1: when you are given to him, it's inside your twenty. 734 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:36,240 Speaker 1: And as I said last week, first and ninety seven's 735 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,840 Speaker 1: that's where you want them, buddy, because they're going to 736 00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,560 Speaker 1: screw it up before it's all over. So there really 737 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:45,160 Speaker 1: isn't much not to like. I don't I think the drop, 738 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:49,160 Speaker 1: although Hines does have that in his history. I mean, 739 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:50,880 Speaker 1: if you want to pick and choose a little bit. 740 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:53,160 Speaker 1: But I thought last week, boy he was out to 741 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,800 Speaker 1: rectify himself. He was just reckless catching a ball and 742 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,879 Speaker 1: running into into a wall as anybody I've ever seen. 743 00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:02,760 Speaker 1: I'm not really concerned about that. Uh, you know, basually, 744 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:06,280 Speaker 1: we just don't know enough about you know, place kickers 745 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,480 Speaker 1: tend to be really good until they're not. You know 746 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,960 Speaker 1: it just and the and the thing about it now 747 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,919 Speaker 1: is this is pressure. Now, This is every every kick, 748 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,600 Speaker 1: every kick coming up this uh, this last month is 749 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,080 Speaker 1: you know, it's basically a super Bowl kick, so you 750 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,320 Speaker 1: know that's critical. I do like him. I think you 751 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,239 Speaker 1: just missed the other day. But I mean, if there's 752 00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:31,439 Speaker 1: any worry to me, really, it's probably that a little 753 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,719 Speaker 1: bit only because I you know, when you come off 754 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:37,839 Speaker 1: a miss, you know, it's just a little unnerving, that's all. Ye. 755 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,000 Speaker 1: All right, Rick closing out here, I'm gonna put you 756 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:41,759 Speaker 1: on the spot. I'm gonna put you on the spot. 757 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,440 Speaker 1: I want you to call your shot because you have 758 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 1: a good feel for this team. Obviously you look at 759 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,320 Speaker 1: the matchups coming up and in the last month or so, 760 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,040 Speaker 1: with four games to play, call your shot. Here. Is 761 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:54,759 Speaker 1: it your expectation that the Colts make the playoffs? Yeah, 762 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,600 Speaker 1: I think we win ten. I've always said from the 763 00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:02,200 Speaker 1: beginning that we win ten. We're in obviously eleven. If 764 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,839 Speaker 1: you ran the table, there's no doubt. But I think 765 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:10,080 Speaker 1: I think we win ten. I know we beat Jacksonville. 766 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:13,440 Speaker 1: We beat Jacksonville. Frank does not lose to Jacksonville this 767 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:17,040 Speaker 1: time around. That's a win. I think we should beat 768 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:19,400 Speaker 1: the Raiders. Not going to be easy, not going to 769 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:22,600 Speaker 1: be a kate walk. They can come here and give 770 00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:25,879 Speaker 1: you all you want. They may be continuing their death 771 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,359 Speaker 1: slide by the time they get here, but you take 772 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,440 Speaker 1: nothing for granted. With the GUYLI car absolutely nothing for 773 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:34,000 Speaker 1: granted because he can have those good days. But I 774 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,600 Speaker 1: think we I know, I don't think we are the 775 00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:41,440 Speaker 1: better football team than the Raiders. So I think it 776 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:44,640 Speaker 1: is it is a win versus Jacksondale, and it's a 777 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,719 Speaker 1: should win against the Raiders that leaves two to go. 778 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:51,320 Speaker 1: And that's why I think the best shot. And I 779 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:55,839 Speaker 1: don't know enough about Arizona. I'll know a lot more 780 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,800 Speaker 1: by the weekend because I'll start on them tomorrow. But 781 00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:01,279 Speaker 1: the Patriots, to me, is the game of the year. 782 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,279 Speaker 1: The Patriots are a good team, but they're really not 783 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,320 Speaker 1: a great team. There had a comeback season, they have 784 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:11,480 Speaker 1: a real good record. Bill has done one of his 785 00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:16,440 Speaker 1: best coaching jobs ever. But I would say that systematically 786 00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:20,480 Speaker 1: and the whole of their team is greater than the parts. 787 00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:22,520 Speaker 1: Now that makes them good week in and week out, 788 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,720 Speaker 1: but it also means that we can play toe to total. 789 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,359 Speaker 1: This is not a team that we go in there 790 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:32,000 Speaker 1: and we you know we're overmatched. We are not overmatched 791 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,800 Speaker 1: in the least against the Patriots. We just we have 792 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,440 Speaker 1: to go in there and you have to play smart 793 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:41,160 Speaker 1: for sixty minutes, not beat yourself, and you have to 794 00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:43,279 Speaker 1: beat them up. It really you gotta be physical. We 795 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:46,160 Speaker 1: gotta be the more physical team. But that's the one 796 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:49,279 Speaker 1: I think that we have to get and that we 797 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:52,520 Speaker 1: can get. I just don't know. Arizona looks to me 798 00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,359 Speaker 1: like the most talented team in the National Football leagu 799 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,200 Speaker 1: And I'm not giving up on the game. I just 800 00:41:57,480 --> 00:41:59,520 Speaker 1: don't know as much about them yet. I'll have a 801 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:03,560 Speaker 1: much better view, like I said, by the time we 802 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:06,720 Speaker 1: get there. But I feel like that we can definitely 803 00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:10,759 Speaker 1: win three out of four. That's Rick van Urry, fantastic 804 00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:13,560 Speaker 1: job as always, and we're picking your brain even on 805 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:15,600 Speaker 1: a bye week when the Colts don't play. Coach, how 806 00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:17,200 Speaker 1: you spending the next couple of days. You're trying to 807 00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:21,680 Speaker 1: get right here or you I've had this reoccurring cold 808 00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:24,320 Speaker 1: the whole time this season. I think I went like 809 00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,239 Speaker 1: I think I went like forty one years and Coach, 810 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:28,800 Speaker 1: you can never had a cold all of a sudden. 811 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:31,359 Speaker 1: I'm doing broadcasting with you, and I got calls every 812 00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,680 Speaker 1: other damn Wick, I don't know, but you know no, 813 00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,359 Speaker 1: I actually the bye week comes good for me because 814 00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,800 Speaker 1: I really just a little bit under the weather. But 815 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,880 Speaker 1: I'll be fine, and hopefully I wake up tomorrow without 816 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,360 Speaker 1: a stopped up nose and at sixty and if I 817 00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:47,320 Speaker 1: can get on that motorcycle, if going to the psychiatrist 818 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:51,400 Speaker 1: that makes me feel better, I totally get it. Man, 819 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,680 Speaker 1: decompress and get away a little bit and clear that head. 820 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,680 Speaker 1: Rest up, my friend. Four games. Laugh. If you thought 821 00:42:57,719 --> 00:43:02,239 Speaker 1: the Buccaneers game was nuts, just Saturday night, no work 822 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:05,520 Speaker 1: on Sunday for a lot of folks. Primetime the Patriots. 823 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:08,239 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick a lot writing on that game. For the 824 00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:10,719 Speaker 1: Colts in the midst of a playoff race. It's gonna 825 00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:14,200 Speaker 1: be insane. It is just gonna be insane. You know. 826 00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:17,160 Speaker 1: This is what we're so. We're in this business to 827 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,960 Speaker 1: cover games like this. If you're a football player or coach, 828 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,120 Speaker 1: this is what you signed up for. I mean, if 829 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:26,080 Speaker 1: you're a fan, this is what you signed up for. 830 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:29,399 Speaker 1: It just doesn't get better than though. Absolutely all right, Rick, 831 00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:31,520 Speaker 1: talk to you next week. I appreciate the time, man, 832 00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:33,799 Speaker 1: have a great rest of the bye weekend. We'll talk 833 00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,200 Speaker 1: you about the Patriots coming up next week on Wednesday 834 00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:38,920 Speaker 1: when we do the podcast. All right, partner, I'll talk 835 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:40,520 Speaker 1: to you. Have a good weekend. You got a Rick 836 00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:43,200 Speaker 1: vent Terry right there. I'm Matt Taylor and that's the 837 00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:46,560 Speaker 1: bye week edition of Inside Football again. We're breaking down 838 00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:49,920 Speaker 1: the Pats and full detail next week. Until then, have 839 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:53,040 Speaker 1: a great weekend and joy football without the Colts and 840 00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:55,360 Speaker 1: thanks for listening here on the Colts Audio Network.