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Speaker 1: This is Instant Game Reaction, an immediate look back at

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Speaker 1: the Colt's latest game and trying to make it a

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Speaker 1: justment of the ball is by cal Pephany catched it,

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Speaker 1: how he rubbles across the dolde touchdown for two young.

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Speaker 2: Right airing out down Bill down the far sideline looking

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Speaker 2: for say Joel and it's.

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Speaker 3: Intercepted by the Colts.

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Speaker 1: In d Why Now, here's your host, JJ Stankovitz from

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Speaker 1: Colts dot Com.

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Speaker 2: What's up?

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Speaker 1: Everyone?

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Speaker 2: Welcome into another episode of Instant Reaction. Here are the

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Speaker 2: Colts Audio Network. I'm JJ Stankovic, joined every week by

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Speaker 2: Colts Ring of Honor wide receiver Bill Brooks.

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Speaker 1: Bill.

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Speaker 2: Today, we are breaking down the colts thirty four to

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Speaker 2: fourteen loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday at pay

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Speaker 2: Court Stadium in Cincinnati, A game that, you know, Shaneesteiken

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Speaker 2: said in his postgame press conference, it was kind of

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Speaker 2: an avalanche of mistakes and just kind of a you know,

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Speaker 2: one of those games where it just kind of snowballed

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Speaker 2: out of control and all three phases had their issues,

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Speaker 2: had their miscues, and the Colts their four game losing streak.

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Speaker 2: Bill comes to an end on Sunday in Cincinnati.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was said that the streak came to an end.

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Speaker 4: But when you go out and play games and which

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Speaker 4: you make some penalties, yeah, it just it makes it

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Speaker 4: tough to win football games. You know, you had one

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Speaker 4: penalty Cincinnati, I kicked the field goal Tavi and Bryant

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Speaker 4: gets a penalty called against him as far as using

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Speaker 4: leverage to try to block a block the kick, and

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Speaker 4: you know what, that gives them a first down. Then

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Speaker 4: they go and score, and then you get Quentin Nelson

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Speaker 4: gets a penalty holding penalty takes a touchdown away from

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Speaker 4: the team, and you know that hurts them as well.

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Speaker 4: So when you have penalties that hurt you and you

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Speaker 4: make plays and you turn the ball over as well,

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Speaker 4: makes it very difficult to win a football game.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I will say the Colts did. At one point

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Speaker 2: in this game, they did take advantage of a penalty.

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Speaker 2: They had three and out to begin their drive. After

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Speaker 2: that the leverage penalty on Tavi and Bryan, so they

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Speaker 2: go three and out, they're down fourteen. But Trey Hendrickson

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Speaker 2: gets called for roughing the passer. It was a very

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Speaker 2: late hit on Gardner Madge. It was very late, and

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Speaker 2: the Colts turned that into a seventeen play, seventy nine

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Speaker 2: yard drive that ended with the touchdown to Moil Like Cox, yes,

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Speaker 2: but then after it, Matt Gay misses the pat.

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Speaker 2: That's Matt Gay's first PAT miss this season and only

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Speaker 2: his third PAT miss in his last one hundred and

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Speaker 2: twenty seven attempts. So like, maybe that should have been

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Speaker 2: a sign. Okay, some like weird stuff is going on

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Speaker 2: in this game. The Colts then they go tie it.

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Speaker 2: Jake Browning's pass goes off the hand of Tanner Hudson,

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Speaker 2: fourteen to fourteen. Gardner minsho hits Michael Pittman Junior for

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Speaker 2: And now you're thinking, Okay, not the best half, but

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Speaker 2: you know what stayed in the game, and maybe it

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Speaker 2: can be a little bit different coming out of halftime.

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Speaker 2: This didn't build, This wasn't the end of the game,

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Speaker 2: but it it kind of got the ball rolling in

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Speaker 2: the second half. Cincinnati on their second play, Jake Browning

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Speaker 2: Javar Chase for fourteen yards. The next play, Joe Mixon

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Speaker 2: And just like that took the Bengals three minute under

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Speaker 2: the sales bill? Do you feel like just that opening

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Speaker 2: driver since it wasn't just that they scored, it was

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Speaker 4: Exactly that That's what it was. I mean, they got

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Speaker 4: So they go up twenty eight to fourteen right there

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Speaker 4: And I think that was the turning point of the game,

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Speaker 4: but it Cincinnati bounced back. They came back from you know,

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Speaker 3: That pretty much was the game right there.

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Speaker 4: The game was pretty much over at that point, and

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Speaker 4: the Colts just never could rebound from that to go.

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Speaker 2: Up twenty eight to fourteen. Kind Of the way that

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Speaker 2: third passing play of forty or more yards in the game,

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Speaker 2: on defense the entire season, and since he got three

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Speaker 2: and those are both in the first half. One went

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Speaker 2: a gain of forty five And two part question for you, Bill, First, like,

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Speaker 2: how does how does the screen game attack a Colts

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Speaker 2: How does that slow down a pass rush even if

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Speaker 2: you're not calling the screens on those plays.

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Speaker 4: Well, I mean, if you call a screen on the plays,

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Speaker 4: basically what it does is it kind of neutralizes the

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Speaker 3: The quarterbacks don't get.

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Speaker 4: of your mind, especially the defensive linemen, know what, maybe

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Speaker 4: we can't rush through the quarterback as much. We have

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Speaker 4: because those are big, expulsive plays that the Bengals got

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Speaker 3: Aware of that.

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Speaker 4: So that's how it affects a pass rush. And when

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Speaker 3: Have some talent and the.

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Speaker 4: Big play makers out there, it makes it difficult first

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Speaker 4: maybe we can't rush the pass as hard as we

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Speaker 2: The Colts got pressure on Jake Browning on eight of

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Speaker 2: was that nullified? Yes, that was the sack that was nullified. Ye,

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Speaker 2: he said, we opened Pandora's box today for sure with

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Speaker 2: the screen game. That was his exact quote, like essentially acknowledging, Okay,

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Speaker 2: teams are going to run this on us now, like

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Speaker 2: got gashed twice. Two screens went for ninety nine yards

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know there, this is a copycat league, and

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Speaker 4: seeing how the Cincinnati Bengals execute those screens and trying

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Speaker 4: down the Coats passed for us, because lately the Colts

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Speaker 4: for opposing offensive So you'll see a lot of teams

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Speaker 4: probably try to mimic what the Cincinnati Bengals did today,

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Speaker 2: Just a real quick thing on the defense before we

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Speaker 2: move on over to the offense. Like it it felt

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Speaker 2: early like since he was getting some push in the

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Speaker 2: in the Bengals average three point five yards per carry.

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Speaker 2: That's like right in line with what the Colts were

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Speaker 2: holding their opponents to before Grover Stewart missed those six

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Speaker 2: come out feeling okay about it, but not great, just

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Speaker 2: even maybe the numbers didn't bear it out. Build a

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Speaker 2: flip side to that, Zach Moss runs thirteen times for

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Speaker 2: under three yards per carry. Does this concern you at all,

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Speaker 2: Well, the Colts are not only in the hunt build,

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Speaker 4: You know, like I said, you're in the hunt. What

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Speaker 4: I mean is you have an opportunity to still do it.

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Speaker 4: But you have to go out there and execute and

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Speaker 4: do it. You have to go out and win these games.

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Speaker 4: You have to win these next four games. You know,

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Speaker 4: definitely win the three AFC games that you have and

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Speaker 4: when if you win those games, that will put you

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Speaker 4: in real, real good position I think, to get into

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Speaker 4: loss to an AFCU Conference opponent.

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Speaker 3: You didn't want that to happen. But you still have

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Speaker 3: a chance.

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Speaker 4: And on this next game on Saturday, come up with

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Speaker 4: the Pittsburgh Steels is going to be a big game.

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Speaker 3: At Lucas Oil Stadium.

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Speaker 4: So it'll be interesting to see how the coat bounce

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Speaker 4: back and and approach this game, and you know what,

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Speaker 4: come out with Hopefully come out with some energy and

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Speaker 4: and you.

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Speaker 3: Know, make the pick.

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Speaker 4: Pittsburgh's steal a struggle a little bit souse. I think

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Speaker 4: offensively they have struggling this year, so the Coasts can

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Speaker 4: jump on them early.

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Speaker 3: Might make it difficult for Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 2: A lot of big games upcoming in the AFC wildcard race,

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Speaker 2: and the Colts are going to be right in the

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Speaker 2: thick of it. It is a very blurry picture right now,

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Speaker 2: one that probably won't come into focus until week eighteen.

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Speaker 2: But tell you what it is, it's better to be

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Speaker 2: in it than not right now.

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Speaker 3: And that's yes, firmly yes.

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Speaker 4: Unfortunately, this today's game wasn't that much fun. But this

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Speaker 4: is a fun time right now when you're talking about

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Speaker 4: having an opportunity to get into the playoffs and be

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Speaker 4: able to play some football and meaningful football in mid

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Speaker 4: January and hopefully later January, but definitely playing some meaningful

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Speaker 4: getting into the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: Just real quick. The Colts didn't have the worst loss

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Speaker 2: of a team in the playoff race. That would be

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Speaker 2: the Houston Texans today, who got blown out thirty to

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Speaker 2: six by the New York Jets, and C J. Stroud

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Speaker 2: left that game. I believe I didn't actually see what

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Speaker 2: the injury was, but I did see sure of the game.

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Speaker 2: See this is also thing like I see the score

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Speaker 2: and I'm like, oh wow, how that happen? But I'm

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Speaker 2: so locked into the Colts game being there covering it

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Speaker 2: that I missed what happened to CJ. Stroud. So you know,

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Speaker 2: I'm sure if you are listening to this, you probably

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Speaker 2: know what happened, So I don't need to tell you.

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Speaker 3: If if you.

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Speaker 2: Didn't, then do like what I'm gonna do when we're

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Speaker 2: done recording, Bill and that is google what happened to CJ. Streuss. Yes,

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Speaker 2: we'll find out. We'll all find out together, all right. Well,

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Speaker 2: that's gonna do it for this episode of Instant Reaction

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Speaker 2: here in the Colts Audio Network. Bill and I will

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Speaker 2: be back next weekend following the Colts Steelers game. We'll

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Speaker 2: figure out if we can do that Saturday night, if

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Speaker 2: we can squeeze that in late Saturday night, or if

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Speaker 2: we're gonna tape that sometime on Sunday. But that will

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Speaker 2: be out for you listeners sometime on Sunday. Anyways. For

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Speaker 2: Bill Brooks, I'm JJ Stankowitz. Thanks so much for listening

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Speaker 2: to this episode of Instant Reaction here on the Colts

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Speaker 2: Audio Network. Talk to you next week after the Colts

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Speaker 2: play the Steelers