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

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Speaker 2: Check New York vote Voto A Baker, Bruce.

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

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Speaker 1: Here's what it all starts right here. That's why Jamney Chris,

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

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturie.

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Speaker 2: After heartbreak, Hotel, the Colts get back to work in

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Speaker 2: week five, getting ready from a monster of a game

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Speaker 2: at Lucas Oil Stadium against the arrivals from Nashville, the

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Speaker 2: Tennessee Titans. The Colts are back inside the AFC South

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Speaker 2: and each of the next two games, and the Colts

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Speaker 2: are looking to make a statement and get back to

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Speaker 2: over five hundred, as they now set at two and

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Speaker 2: two after the overtime loss to the Rams in week

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Speaker 2: number four. That's the setup. Welcome everybody and thanks for

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Speaker 2: joining in here on another installment of Inside Football with

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Speaker 2: Rick Vin Turrey. I'm Matt Taylor joined today as always

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Speaker 2: with Rick, who has three decades on NFL sidelines. Rick,

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Speaker 2: Welcome back, sir. How goes it on this first full

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Speaker 2: week of October? Fall is here?

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Speaker 3: Well, I'll tell you what it's you know, I guess

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Speaker 3: it's going to chill out after today, but no, I'm

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Speaker 3: enjoying everything. You know. Our two last weeks have just

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Speaker 3: been power packed with excitement, highs, lows, everything you could

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Speaker 3: ask for. And it's not even sixty minutes. It's what

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Speaker 3: it's like, one hundred and thirty five minutes in two weeks.

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Speaker 3: I mean, we are getting our money's.

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Speaker 2: Worth, no doubt about that. Yeah, that's why the Colts today,

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Speaker 2: we sit here and take this on Wednesday, the Colts

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Speaker 2: today because of that, holding a walk through today instead

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Speaker 2: of a normal Wednesday practice. As you said, close to

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Speaker 2: one hundred and forty minutes of football the last two games.

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Speaker 2: But we've got a lot to get into today per usual.

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Speaker 2: Let's first put a bow on the first four weeks

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Speaker 2: of the season and talk about that lost to the Rams.

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Speaker 2: And I know, like everybody right Rick, for you, that

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Speaker 2: that game hit you in a lot of different ways.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's kind of like a melting pot of emotions.

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Speaker 2: On the team's performance, getting down twenty three than scoring

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Speaker 2: twenty three, going to overtime than losing in overtime. Just

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Speaker 2: what were your overall takeaways? And again those mixed emotions

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Speaker 2: you have on this team after a game like that

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I went, first of all, you know, with the

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Speaker 3: complete gamut, as you said, the gamut of emotions. I

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Speaker 3: would say the beginning of that, you know, the beginning

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Speaker 3: I didn't see it coming. I was a little shocked

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Speaker 3: the Chesapeake Bay, and we weren't ready. And the Rams,

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Speaker 3: now you know, to their credit, are a phenomenally fast

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Speaker 3: part of it coming. But then there was a tremendous elation.

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Speaker 3: I think that we have a chance, Matt, to really

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Speaker 3: this is just a gigantic battle coming up Sunday. I mean,

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Speaker 3: to tell you, and I'm not saying that they're that good,

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Speaker 3: but I have to tell you, after really studying the film,

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Speaker 3: Tennessee played as well Sunday this Sunday, as they have

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Speaker 3: in ten years, so this looms. This can be another excitement.

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Speaker 2: Before we get into the Tennessee Titans. We all know

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Speaker 2: about the drama off the field and let's stick to

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Speaker 2: the facts though. Jonathan Taylor, that's a big storyline this

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Speaker 2: practice later this week. Again, the Cults are holding a

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Speaker 2: in the week. But when he does come back, what

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I like the way you phrase it, what is

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Speaker 3: I mean, he is battled. I thought in that third

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Speaker 3: can take it sixty five. And I think it does

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Speaker 3: affect the defensive thinking. When you have a great quarterback

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Speaker 3: to stall on Richardson. They're not coming hard. And no

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Speaker 3: matter what the rest of the front is, Matt, no

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Speaker 3: matter what the rest of the front is, that just

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Speaker 3: opens up small gaps. And I think our offensive line,

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Speaker 3: And they're gonna compensate it, and they're gonna play them.

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Speaker 3: They're always gonna play a man and a half on

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Speaker 3: that edge to him. And so this this gives Jonathan,

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Speaker 3: I think, and and the schemes that we're trying to

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Speaker 3: he's just combat ready. It's not. You know, he's gonna

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Speaker 3: Rick, No, the enigma. The enigma statement is pretty solid today.

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Speaker 2: Matt, All right, then let's bust out the blueprints. Let's

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Speaker 2: the AFC South Up. First, let's talk about the Titans offense.

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Speaker 3: All right.

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Speaker 2: They're putting up only eighteen points per game on average,

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Speaker 2: but twice this season they've ballooned that up to twenty

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Speaker 2: he's a Colts Killer seven career one hundred yard rushing

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Speaker 2: DeAndre Hopkins. He leads the NFL on catches receiving yards,

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Speaker 3: No, that's really a good breakdown. And I think this.

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Speaker 3: I'm a big fan of Tannehill more than most people.

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Speaker 3: I think Ryan Tannehill can beat you at any time.

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Speaker 3: You said it earlier a tremendous accuracy, a better athlete.

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Speaker 3: He moves the chains if he has to, very dangerous

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Speaker 3: We've seen him. I think he had a you know,

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Speaker 3: end as a full back end there, so you know,

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Speaker 3: they'll you know, that's kind of who they are. On

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Speaker 3: first down, they really like to pound you with the run, obviously,

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Speaker 3: and then Tannehill likes the deep play action. Half a

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Speaker 3: boot a lot like the Rams boot half a boot,

433
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Speaker 3: but he's always looking for that shot downfield. He wants

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Speaker 3: that shot on first down. If they get behind an account,

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Speaker 3: they're like most teams get back some run a lot

436
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Speaker 3: of quick throws, you know. And then third down they'll

437
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Speaker 3: play the sticks. If it's third and short, they're gonna

438
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Speaker 3: rub you, they're gonna snag you. If it's third and long,

439
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Speaker 3: he's gonna run those deep daggers in six sixty six's.

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Speaker 3: They really they block the run decently. They really struggle

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Speaker 3: on pass protection. I think their left tackle is a

442
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Speaker 3: high draft pick and Dillard, but he has struggled on

443
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Speaker 3: the blind side. Now they could get Scaroonsky, their first

444
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Speaker 3: round draft choice back at left guard because if he's

445
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Speaker 3: not there, they've just really they've had They've had different

446
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Speaker 3: guys in their rad AND's newman. They have really struggled.

447
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Speaker 3: They're centers of light. I mean their offensive line against

448
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Speaker 3: Cleveland was just an absolute mess when they get behind.

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Speaker 3: So when we look at the defensive blueprint, I mean

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Speaker 3: it's some of it is very obvious. I mean, first

451
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Speaker 3: of all, we have to stop the downhill runs of Henry.

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Speaker 3: I mean you're talking about eighty five eighty five eight

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Speaker 3: five hundred yards in a lifetime four to seven and

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Speaker 3: most importantly seventy nine touchdowns okay, plus one hundred and

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Speaker 3: thirty two catches. This is and then you have the

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Speaker 3: loose play stuff now of spears. So we've got to

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Speaker 3: eliminate that running game or certainly control it. We've got

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Speaker 3: to keep it under four. If we keep it under four,

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Speaker 3: then you have a really good chance because then that

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Speaker 3: also takes away if they're not running. It takes away

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Speaker 3: a lot of Tannehill's play action where he's really good,

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Speaker 3: and we want to form we want to force a

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Speaker 3: one dimensional passing game because of their protection issues. Again,

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Speaker 3: what do we want to do. We want to create

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Speaker 3: disadvantage for Tannehill. I think against this team, you really

466
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Speaker 3: have to penetrate. You can't sit on the line of

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Speaker 3: scrimmage because he's such a downhill force that he'll move

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Speaker 3: the pile. So I think we really have to penetrate. Linebackers,

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Speaker 3: attack quickly and then hold the edge. He's dangerous as

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Speaker 3: his spears on the edge, more dangerous than you would

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Speaker 3: actually think. And both guys can go to the house.

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Speaker 3: So Number one, we've got to take away those runs.

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Speaker 3: Number two, you've got to control tannehial. Tannehill's very accurate.

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Speaker 3: As you said, he's sixty four to two lifetime. You

475
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Speaker 3: know he's got and he you know he's got like

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Speaker 3: two three thousand completions. And the other thing that is

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Speaker 3: a little bit misleading about him is he has twenty

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Speaker 3: seven rushing touchdowns. So he's a guy that you know,

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Speaker 3: and I'll say it when we get in there Sunday,

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Speaker 3: be alert for him when that ball crosses the trunny

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Speaker 3: and particularly when it's inside the tent. They have no

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Speaker 3: problem running a designer with a thirty five year old

483
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Speaker 3: men and he'll run an option, he'll run all those

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Speaker 3: kind of things. He's you know, he could be Anthony's grandfather.

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Speaker 3: But he still runs the ball pretty well. And so

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Speaker 3: you know, now, I do think one thing. I think

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Speaker 3: it's part competitor and I think it's part carelessness. At

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Speaker 3: times he will force the ball. If you have really

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Speaker 3: tight coverage and you're not giving him open zones, I

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Speaker 3: think you can get him to turn it over and

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Speaker 3: then turnovers then would become a big factor. You got

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Speaker 3: to take away Hopkins. Hopkins is a strange bird, but

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Speaker 3: a tremendous bird. Eight fifty three catches, seventy one touchdowns,

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Speaker 3: I mean, and what they like to do with him,

495
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Speaker 3: they like to do two things with him. He has

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Speaker 3: no speed whatsoever. He didn't have any speed coming out,

497
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Speaker 3: still doesn't have any and he still caught so many passes.

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Speaker 3: But he knows how to push off. He's tremendous on release.

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Speaker 3: He's really has a little stuttered go move. If you're

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Speaker 3: pressing him a young corner, he'll give him just a

501
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Speaker 3: little stutter shake and bump, there's separation. He pushes off

502
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Speaker 3: more than anybody in history, but gets by with it

503
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Speaker 3: at some point, I say, call it on him, will you?

504
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Speaker 3: But what they like to do is isolate him weak

505
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Speaker 3: a lot of three by one to the right and

506
00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:18,240
Speaker 3: he's all alone to the left. And what they want

507
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Speaker 3: if you're off back there, you know they're going to

508
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Speaker 3: throw a lot of slats underneath you. If you come

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Speaker 3: up and press him, then it's going to be they

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Speaker 3: I mean, Tannehill will not hesitate in any situation to

511
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Speaker 3: throw the fade fifty to fifty to him because that's

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Speaker 3: how he's made a living. And I think what you

513
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Speaker 3: got to be careful with when you're pressing with him.

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Speaker 3: Don't worry about too much contact at the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 3: I mean, normally I'm big on that, but he's a

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Speaker 3: guy that will play off of that. You want one

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Speaker 3: jam and then you want to get on top of

518
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Speaker 3: him and cut him off, so there's not much distance

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Speaker 3: to the sidelines, and if you stay on the high

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Speaker 3: shoulder with him, then you're playing back down to the

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Speaker 3: fifty to fifty ball. If you see what I'm saying,

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Speaker 3: a lot of guys, I want you to jam and

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Speaker 3: kill at the line of scrimmage like a Collins or

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Speaker 3: somebody like that. He's a little bit different because he'll

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Speaker 3: use your contact as almost a jump point. Then the

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Speaker 3: other thing is what they did this week with him,

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Speaker 3: which was a little bit different. They gotten a three

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Speaker 3: man bunch and put him unexpectedly at the point and

529
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Speaker 3: ran a lot of possession stuff inside with him. So

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Speaker 3: at the end of the day, if they need a play, Matt,

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Speaker 3: if they need a passing play, I'm telling you it's

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Speaker 3: going to Hopkins. So no excuse to not take Hopkins

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Speaker 3: away in those situations. And then you know the other guys,

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Speaker 3: as I said, you know Westbrook Slash is really good,

535
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Speaker 3: dirty work, all purpose guy and alert more on the

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Speaker 3: deep ball. Again. Advantage, advantage, advantage. If we get an

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Speaker 3: advantage and stay in advantage, it'll be like Cleveland. Their

538
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Speaker 3: offensive line had is twenty seventh in sacks, Swiss cheese everywhere.

539
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Speaker 3: Gus has to keep blitzing on Dillard to left tackle,

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Speaker 3: give him speed, but then cut it down speed not

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Speaker 3: necessarily speed to power, but speed to crush and get

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Speaker 3: on that edge. Power the center. Scarronsky's not there, then

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Speaker 3: we want to put a really good athlete like Buckner

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Speaker 3: on the left guard and move with them. They really

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Speaker 3: have limited speed, They're not really fast. So this is

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Speaker 3: a team. You know, whenever I got a team that

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Speaker 3: I didn't think could really run, then I was more

548
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Speaker 3: likely to bring more pressure because I didn't fear the

549
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Speaker 3: big play. So I think that's important. And know that

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Speaker 3: Tannehill is not going to be able to hold the

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Speaker 3: ball with this offensive line. So again Front seven dominate

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Speaker 3: for sixty minutes. Again, starting fast. We always talk about

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Speaker 3: starting fast, but I mean, if you look at this

554
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Speaker 3: team and tape, it's everything. Overwhelm them, get the advantage,

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Speaker 3: get him behind the chains, stuff the run, sack the quarterback,

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Speaker 3: and take the ball away. Those three key things.

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Speaker 2: All right, Rick Nterry right there, this is inside Football,

558
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Speaker 2: the blueprints for the Colts to beat the Tennessee Titans.

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Speaker 2: I'm Matt Taylor. All right, let's bust out the defensive

560
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Speaker 2: blueprint and talk about one of those one of the

561
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Speaker 2: best defenses in the NFL. I should say through four games,

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Speaker 2: Tennessee giving up only seventeen and a half points per game.

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Speaker 2: Rick they've held two opponents under sixteen, and they've just

564
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Speaker 2: been elite elite so far and shutting down the run.

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Speaker 2: They've put up ten consecutive games dading back to last

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Speaker 2: season without allowing the opposition to rush for one hundred yards,

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Speaker 2: and the Titans defense has also gone twenty games without

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Speaker 2: allowing a one hundred yard rusher this season, the Titans

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Speaker 2: ranked fourth in the NFL and rushing defense, they lead

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Speaker 2: the NFL with an average of just two point nine

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Speaker 2: yards per carry allowed. So they're really really good up front,

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Speaker 2: and we'll talk about that front seven, and they are

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Speaker 2: really disruptive, just like the Colts. Right, they have thirteen

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Speaker 2: sacks as a defense that ranks tied for seventh. The

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Speaker 2: front seven is loaded. Jeffrey Simmons at defensive tackle, he's

576
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Speaker 2: been a Pro Bowler the last two years. Former Colt

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Speaker 2: Deniko Autrey at defensive end. He's got seven sacks in

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Speaker 2: his first two years down in Tennessee. Harold Landry is

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Speaker 2: back at outside linebacker. He missed all of last season,

580
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Speaker 2: but he's back. He has the fifth most sacks since

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Speaker 2: the Titans moved to Nashville in nineteen ninety nine. And

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Speaker 2: then in the back end, the star of the show there,

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Speaker 2: safety Kevin Byerd. He has twenty seven picks, which leads

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Speaker 2: all NFL safeties and ranked second of the NFL since

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Speaker 2: twenty seventeen. He's got a knack for the ball and

586
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Speaker 2: he can fly it down and cover a lot of

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Speaker 2: space sideline to sideline. So this Rick, I think is

588
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Speaker 2: a really good defense, maybe the best challenge the Colts

589
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Speaker 2: have faced all season.

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Speaker 3: I would say that's absolutely right. I would actually say,

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Speaker 3: you know, and it's again, it's a little bit different

592
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Speaker 3: when they're behind and they're not able to crank up

593
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 3: their third down packages and move Simmons around where they

594
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Speaker 3: have to just play honest but honestly Saturday against Cincinnati.

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Speaker 3: Sunday against Cincinnati, they were just scary good. I mean,

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Speaker 3: they dominated Cincinnati. It was twenty seven to three late

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Speaker 3: in the third quarter. I mean, and you know, in Simmons, again,

598
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Speaker 3: you have that blue chip, ambient guy that has to

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Speaker 3: be accounted for. I think al Shared the linebacker is terrific.

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Speaker 3: I think he's an emerging star. You talked about the

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Speaker 3: safeties we've been playing against Bayern. It seems like for

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Speaker 3: four decades, Hooker as a really good young kid, and

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Speaker 3: then Audrey always says his best game for us for

604
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 3: obvious reasons. So I mean that those are kind of

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Speaker 3: the key guys. But they're so dangerous. I'm not going

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Speaker 3: to get into all the stats you mentioned. Really really good.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's a very it's a very talented team.

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Speaker 3: It's not just schematically good, which I think they are,

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Speaker 3: but they're very talented. Now up front, i'd say they're

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Speaker 3: They're moderately complex upfront. In their base defense, they're just

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Speaker 3: like almost everyone in the NFL. They play a lot

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Speaker 3: of over, you know, with Simmons to the tight end side,

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Speaker 3: and they do that also in sub Now they like

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Speaker 3: to mix the bear, and a lot of teams are

615
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 3: gonna play bear against Anthony because they think they can

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Speaker 3: cover the inside with three guys, freeze, freezing, run with

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Speaker 3: the outside backers and inside backers. So we will always

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Speaker 3: see an inordinate amount of bear on early downs. They

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Speaker 3: still play a lot of single high like everybody else,

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Speaker 3: the eight man front, the the cover threes, the cover sixes,

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Speaker 3: which is weak weak side role, the ones, which is

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Speaker 3: man free, and then they their mix is cover four,

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Speaker 3: the quarters and the quarter quarter half. They also on

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Speaker 3: first down like to bring a lot of fires. Okay,

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00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,520
Speaker 3: they like to bring McCrary or Buyer, just one or

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Speaker 3: the other off the edge, almost like a nuisance. And

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Speaker 3: sometimes it's Hooker again. They like those fires from the

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Speaker 3: edge on first down to disrupt you. You know, as

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Speaker 3: they get into longer yardage like second and long, then

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Speaker 3: it's more of a mix of quarters, cover eight, a

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Speaker 3: little bit of Manda man in that situation, a little

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Speaker 3: bit more preventative type defenses. And then when they get

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00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 3: in third down, they get in there what i'd call

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Speaker 3: the NASCAR package, and that's where they're very at their best.

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Speaker 3: You have Landry and Key on the edges who are

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Speaker 3: really good edge rushers. I mean remember Landry has like

637
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:56,320
Speaker 3: thirty one career sacks and Key basically I think has fourteen.

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Speaker 3: But then inside is where they're really danger. You know,

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Speaker 3: you got Simmons with twenty four and a half career,

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00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 3: You've got archery. Believe it or not, he's snuck up

641
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:09,399
Speaker 3: now he's got forty nine career sacks. So when they

642
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 3: get in that front, you know, when they're third and

643
00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 3: long and they're humming there. That's a handful. And then

644
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 3: they do two other things that I've noticed, and they

645
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,960
Speaker 3: really came up because of advantage. On Sunday, they played

646
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 3: a five man NASCAR and they put Simmons in the middle.

647
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 3: He put it right on the nose and they cut

648
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,640
Speaker 3: everybody up, so the only help you could get would

649
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:36,080
Speaker 3: be out of the backfield, and they got a big

650
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 3: hit with him on that. They got in some overshifted

651
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:44,440
Speaker 3: four man line where they mugged up with al Sheard

652
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,480
Speaker 3: and they ended up with again Simmons on the nose tackle.

653
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:51,399
Speaker 3: He got a sack on that. And then they get

654
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:55,240
Speaker 3: in their delta three man and then they use Landry

655
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:57,319
Speaker 3: up and down the line of scrimmage and he's as

656
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 3: you always hear me referred to as the spinner. So

657
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:04,520
Speaker 3: the problem is not only talent there, but if you

658
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 3: get them, if you get that third and long, you

659
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 3: not only get talent, but you get volume and you

660
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 3: got real matchup issues. So you know, you just you

661
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,319
Speaker 3: got to know that going in. And then if they're

662
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:18,840
Speaker 3: struggling now like against Cleveland, if they're struggling to stop you,

663
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 3: then you're going to get bear and pressure every down. Okay,

664
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,120
Speaker 3: in terms of the blueprint, and I realize that their

665
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 3: run defense stats are overwhelming. I mean there's no question

666
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:33,360
Speaker 3: about it. But I still think that you have to

667
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:36,879
Speaker 3: pound the ball some because I think you must keep

668
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,399
Speaker 3: this team honest. I don't think you want to play

669
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:43,480
Speaker 3: one dimensional because if you play one dimensional, then they're

670
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,560
Speaker 3: going to get all their packages and they're going to

671
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 3: have the advantage. I think you can run at Landry

672
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:53,320
Speaker 3: wherever he is, whether he's the sam in base or

673
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,080
Speaker 3: whether he's the end in nickel. I think he's a

674
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,239
Speaker 3: really good rusher, but I've never considered him a physical

675
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:03,000
Speaker 3: run player. So as a general rule, I want to direct,

676
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 3: even if I have some check with me where I'm

677
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 3: running at Landry, I would also consider because he likes

678
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,880
Speaker 3: to be on the open side away from Autrey, shift

679
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,600
Speaker 3: in the tight end, and then pound in at them

680
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:19,480
Speaker 3: as well. If they play over all day, then you

681
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 3: want to pound open away from Simmons and into that bubble,

682
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,480
Speaker 3: and you know you want to either pound it or

683
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,319
Speaker 3: what we call ce block, block down with Nelson and

684
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 3: pull around with Kelly if he's available and you want

685
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 3: to pound in there, but I think it's really and

686
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:39,600
Speaker 3: then the advantage we now have is with our sensational

687
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,840
Speaker 3: movement quarterback, we want to keep them off balance with

688
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 3: the zone reads the and the zone keeps and the

689
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 3: designers to the edge. So you have kind of a

690
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:52,080
Speaker 3: two fold power inside and you have a designer runs

691
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,880
Speaker 3: with your quarterback outside. But I think it is so

692
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:58,799
Speaker 3: important to keep them off balance, even if we're not

693
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 3: super successful, Matt, if you follow what I'm saying, and

694
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:04,560
Speaker 3: just even if we're not super successful, I think it's

695
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:08,800
Speaker 3: really important to keep it going even with some RPOs.

696
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 3: All right, number two, I'm going to talk about protection. Now.

697
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,680
Speaker 3: There's no doubt we have to control the speed edges

698
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:19,880
Speaker 3: Landry and Key and sometimes Weaver will come in for Key,

699
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:23,439
Speaker 3: but you must we've got just like I said last

700
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:25,520
Speaker 3: week against Donald and I think we gave it a

701
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 3: good effort. We have to protect the inside against Simmons,

702
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:30,920
Speaker 3: I mean, and again he's going to be in a

703
00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 3: lot of different spots and Autrey when those two guys

704
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:38,440
Speaker 3: are inside together, I don't know of a better pass

705
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 3: rushing duo in the league. So I always say there's

706
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 3: got to be We've got to have some kind of

707
00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,319
Speaker 3: triangle effect in there, whether it's to keep it back

708
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:49,960
Speaker 3: in there till very late and make sure that he

709
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:54,400
Speaker 3: can clean up anything that happens any mismatch, because if

710
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:58,759
Speaker 3: they get the advantage, they are flat imposing. Okay, get

711
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,840
Speaker 3: help in there. Again, they're gonna move Simmons around, So

712
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,319
Speaker 3: don't let it be a surprise. The difference in him

713
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 3: and Donald. Donald counts really on that quickness off the

714
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:13,160
Speaker 3: ball inside. Now, he gave us some speed to power

715
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 3: on the kid last week, but he's more of a

716
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 3: quick speed and swim rusher. Simmons a little bit different.

717
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 3: He's like a big piercing almost like an suv. He's

718
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,760
Speaker 3: coming at you, but he can turn on the last

719
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 3: five steps to the quarterback. He's different in that sense. Again,

720
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:32,920
Speaker 3: you know, just as threatening. There's seventh in sacks and

721
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 3: they're seventh on third down. So you know those are

722
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,799
Speaker 3: the areas you really don't want to be. Okay, I

723
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:42,800
Speaker 3: still think that we have to clean up our blitz control.

724
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 3: It was better last week, but people look at that

725
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:49,359
Speaker 3: Baltimore game, you know, they look at some things that

726
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:53,200
Speaker 3: have hit us off the edges with perimeter blitzes, and

727
00:40:53,239 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 3: they've got guys to do it. They can get up

728
00:40:55,640 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 3: and mug and they've got blitzers. You know that. Myers McCrary.

729
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:02,560
Speaker 3: I like the nickel coming off the edge. They can

730
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 3: flame off the edge, and I think Al Share again

731
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:09,799
Speaker 3: as a really good blitzer. Number two at linebacker. I

732
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:11,799
Speaker 3: think number four. And this is where you got to

733
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:14,560
Speaker 3: beat them. Okay, I talk about what not to do.

734
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:16,239
Speaker 3: Now where you got to beat them. You've got to

735
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:18,640
Speaker 3: beat the corners on first down. This is you know,

736
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:23,880
Speaker 3: they're not bad, they're solid, Murphy bunkting Fulton even Avery.

737
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:27,280
Speaker 3: They're not bad, but they're also not the ambient players

738
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,880
Speaker 3: that they have every place else, and they're more certainly

739
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:35,440
Speaker 3: predictable on first down. On first down, it's more single

740
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 3: high and that four read that everybody's playing that quarters

741
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:41,719
Speaker 3: read where the corners back off and they can either

742
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:45,400
Speaker 3: jump up or they can go back. But they isolate

743
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 3: the corners, and I think you just have to go

744
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 3: after them deep. They're solid. They all grab they'll get pi's,

745
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:55,040
Speaker 3: so go after it. I mean, hit it or get

746
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,799
Speaker 3: a pi. If you get all fours and two's, get

747
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,920
Speaker 3: a lot of flats and get inside receivers on the safety.

748
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 3: You know, like if you get in a stack and

749
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:06,799
Speaker 3: you run one receiver to the flat that brings that

750
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:09,279
Speaker 3: corner right now. And now you take a kid like

751
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:11,800
Speaker 3: downs and you isolate him, giving me to the post

752
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:14,760
Speaker 3: of the corner. We call a poco on the safety,

753
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:19,200
Speaker 3: and then we have the mismatch. I personally would go

754
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 3: with a lot of formation to our left, in other words,

755
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:26,280
Speaker 3: strong left, and I would work on their right corner

756
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:29,320
Speaker 3: and their strong side, the right corner is fuller. I

757
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,440
Speaker 3: would rather work on him, I think, than Murphy Bunny.

758
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:35,160
Speaker 3: But I want him on the strong side, Matt. Now,

759
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 3: the reason for that is they never close the strong side.

760
00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 3: They will roll weak, but they never roll strong, particularly

761
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 3: on first down. So again I would go a lot

762
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 3: of formation week I mean to the left, and I

763
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:53,120
Speaker 3: would go after Fulton, and then occasionally I'd go formation right.

764
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 3: But I would work differently. I'd work down the scene

765
00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 3: and I would work in the corner versus kind of

766
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:02,799
Speaker 3: the roll side. But again again be ready for that.

767
00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:06,680
Speaker 3: You got to attack the corners. There's no doubt about it.

768
00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 3: And I think we can do that, and I think

769
00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:10,960
Speaker 3: we have to do that. I think it's gonna be

770
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 3: really tough sledding against that inside nine. So I mean

771
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:19,120
Speaker 3: that's where we got to go again. Number five, kind

772
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:22,280
Speaker 3: of the reverse of the defense. We have to start

773
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 3: fast and get the scoring advantage. If you can get

774
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:30,279
Speaker 3: this terrific defense, as you say, if you get them

775
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:33,560
Speaker 3: on their heels, then they lose a the rush package.

776
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:37,760
Speaker 3: It nullifies Simmons' ability to move in the end field.

777
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 3: Goals are great, but we've got to think, you know,

778
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:43,880
Speaker 3: twenty four to twenty seven points a game to be

779
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 3: a playoff contender.

780
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 2: All right, well done? Right there the blueprints from rick

781
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,719
Speaker 2: Vin Turrey and this is going to be an awesome game.

782
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:53,320
Speaker 2: I just think this is going to be an awesome

783
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 2: matchup on Sunday. Rick I fully anticipate this game going

784
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,880
Speaker 2: down to the wire, just like most of the Colts

785
00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:03,960
Speaker 2: and Titans games do. And even though this is Week five,

786
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:06,520
Speaker 2: I just think this is such an important game for

787
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:09,960
Speaker 2: the Colts. It's a home game. They've lost five straight games,

788
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:13,960
Speaker 2: the Titans four straight games to Tennessee in Indianapolis. It's

789
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,120
Speaker 2: time to put all that stuff to bed, right, you know,

790
00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:18,600
Speaker 2: the fan base is getting niche a little bit. The

791
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:21,920
Speaker 2: Titans represent the most consistent team in the division here

792
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:24,680
Speaker 2: as of late. Every game comes down to the wire.

793
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:28,880
Speaker 2: The Titans are masters of winning close games under Mike Vrabel.

794
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 2: They've won sixteen games since twenty eighteen decided by three

795
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:36,680
Speaker 2: points or less. That's the most in the NFL in

796
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:39,680
Speaker 2: that span. Again, it goes back to what I said earlier,

797
00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 2: the Titans, they just have this culture of physicality and

798
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:47,400
Speaker 2: toughness and grind you down and just make more plays

799
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:49,440
Speaker 2: in crunch time. Rick, I think it's time for the

800
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 2: Colts to out tighten the Titans for a change in

801
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:52,480
Speaker 2: this game.

802
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 3: I love it and I'm just so excited. You could

803
00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:58,640
Speaker 3: probably just feel it here on the airwaves, you know,

804
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:02,680
Speaker 3: after their performance last week and really good performance by

805
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:05,120
Speaker 3: us in the first four weeks. I just think it's

806
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:08,840
Speaker 3: a terrific match up this Sunday if you're just a fan.

807
00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:11,560
Speaker 3: I mean, they did find their identity and they're going

808
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:14,200
Speaker 3: to be riding high. The two and two is probably

809
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:17,600
Speaker 3: unexpected by both teams. On a positive, you know, they

810
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:20,040
Speaker 3: played great at times, We've played great at times and

811
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:24,200
Speaker 3: we both struggle. I mean again, early advantage is gonna

812
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:27,520
Speaker 3: be big. It's a Titanic battle as you said, and

813
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 3: it'll But you know what, no matter what I say,

814
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:33,400
Speaker 3: it'll still come down to crunch time. Stop Henry control,

815
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:37,960
Speaker 3: Tannehill Hopkins. Be aggressive against their defense, don't let Simmons

816
00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:42,320
Speaker 3: ruin it, meet their corners, battle and win up front.

817
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:45,520
Speaker 3: And this is our formula. We didn't do that last

818
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 3: week on defense. Battle and win up front and win

819
00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:52,319
Speaker 3: the turnover battle. This is the game of the year.

820
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:55,839
Speaker 3: As you just said, divisional rival who have owned us.

821
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:59,600
Speaker 3: And this should be a neighborhood street fight right here.

822
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:05,160
Speaker 3: The meek will definitely not inherit the earth. Meek will

823
00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 3: not inherit luke the soil earth. So get your big

824
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:12,960
Speaker 3: pants on, big boy pants on, and no the game.

825
00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:14,840
Speaker 3: I always tell my players when you get in a

826
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:18,280
Speaker 3: game like this, this game defines you as a warrior

827
00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:21,920
Speaker 3: and actually as a man. And this is no country

828
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,920
Speaker 3: for week men. This today on Sunday. You know I

829
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:28,400
Speaker 3: say this, Own your performance and own the division.

830
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:31,399
Speaker 2: I love when we can reference the Bible, I do.

831
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:34,439
Speaker 2: I love when we can bring in some parables right there,

832
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:38,440
Speaker 2: Rick Ventury, that's another installment of Inside Football. We're going

833
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:41,680
Speaker 2: old Testament today on the full breakdown of the Titans

834
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:44,239
Speaker 2: coming to town in week number five, Rick, you were

835
00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:46,880
Speaker 2: spot on per usual. My man. Can't wait for this

836
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:49,800
Speaker 2: game on Sunday, another AFC South test for the Colts.

837
00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:52,160
Speaker 2: Have a great rest of your weekend. We'll see in

838
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:53,640
Speaker 2: the booth bright and early on Sunday.

839
00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 3: All right, I'm seeing the yard man.

840
00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:58,560
Speaker 2: You got it, Rick Venturry right there, and we will

841
00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 2: do it again next week when the Colts stay inside

842
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:05,600
Speaker 2: the AFC South, another divisional test against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

843
00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:08,400
Speaker 2: But that's then. This is now Colts and Titans at

844
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:11,520
Speaker 2: Lucas Oil Stadium coming up on Sunday. Keep it locked

845
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:13,760
Speaker 2: in here on the Colts Audio Network for the rest

846
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 2: of the week for everything you need to know on

847
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:18,840
Speaker 2: this matchup between the Colts and the Titans. And we

848
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:22,040
Speaker 2: will talk to you next Wednesday here on Inside Football

849
00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:24,640
Speaker 2: with Rick Venturrey on the Colts Audio Network.

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Speaker 1: So long,