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Speaker 1: to NFL coach Rick Venturi. Welcome to the week eight

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Speaker 1: installment of Inside Football. Hi everybody, I'm Matt Taylor, and

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Speaker 1: we got a lot to talk about, so we're not

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Speaker 1: back with us forty one years of coaching experience, and

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Speaker 1: we're going to dissect the three three and one Colts

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Speaker 1: But first RV obviously, we need to talk more about

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Speaker 1: the quarterback change. We talked about it on Monday when

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Speaker 1: Has it hit you yet that the cults are benching

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Speaker 1: this point is his father me to live in with

426
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,080
Speaker 1: the Cowboys on this way back win is what they do.

427
00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:26,040
Speaker 1: They get in at three by one either way tight

428
00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,840
Speaker 1: end week or X week McLaren McLaren, and what they

429
00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,639
Speaker 1: do is they look you over. If you play split safeties,

430
00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,679
Speaker 1: they'll go strong. If you leave that guy one on one,

431
00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:40,200
Speaker 1: they're coming back week. It's just almost totally predictable. So

432
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,440
Speaker 1: you know, you just got to know that game plan

433
00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:45,840
Speaker 1: wise going in. I think as far as our defensive must,

434
00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:48,880
Speaker 1: I think this is a game where you just have

435
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,879
Speaker 1: to dominate the front, Matt, and you have to stop

436
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:57,000
Speaker 1: the run cold. You can't do anything that relieves pressure

437
00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,440
Speaker 1: on a new quarterback or an offensive line. It can't

438
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,720
Speaker 1: block the pass. You know. Again they have on the surface,

439
00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,359
Speaker 1: they don't have good run statistics, but they pounded Green

440
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,520
Speaker 1: Bay for one sixty six and that was Gibson and

441
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:17,040
Speaker 1: Robinson and they looked good last week. So again, Number one,

442
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:22,919
Speaker 1: no rushing game whatsoever. Number two, know the receivers, like

443
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 1: I just talked about, know what they're gonna do. What

444
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,760
Speaker 1: he really specializes, just like his father did. They specialized

445
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:35,040
Speaker 1: receivers on what their role is within the offense. You know,

446
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:39,080
Speaker 1: that match up properly, take them away. You know, with

447
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:43,040
Speaker 1: the exception of Dots and Slats Brown, their two best

448
00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:46,320
Speaker 1: receivers are really good. But they're not super fast. They're

449
00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:51,200
Speaker 1: not blazing. So again i'd like Gilmore on McLaren outside,

450
00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:57,359
Speaker 1: and I would like more on the slot on Samuel Again,

451
00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,000
Speaker 1: third and five to eight, when money's on the table,

452
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,840
Speaker 1: get a double on Samuel in that situation, all right,

453
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,439
Speaker 1: Number three, get ahead in account. Assume we do the

454
00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:10,240
Speaker 1: first two. Get ahead in account, and then kill this

455
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,320
Speaker 1: offensive line. I think Charles the right guard number seventy seven,

456
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,880
Speaker 1: I think he's the worst in the league. I think

457
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,199
Speaker 1: if we can get Buckner on him number one, or

458
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:23,280
Speaker 1: then number two, get him on left guard Norwell, I

459
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,399
Speaker 1: don't think either guy can block him. I think both

460
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:31,720
Speaker 1: tackles struggle with speed. So give them athleticism, get them

461
00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:35,040
Speaker 1: up and come in different things athletically. And then their

462
00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:39,560
Speaker 1: center is a guy that has trouble with strength, you know,

463
00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,320
Speaker 1: So let's just have Grover either drive him to Shapiros

464
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,800
Speaker 1: or take him to Monument Circle. Just just drive, you know,

465
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:50,480
Speaker 1: like he did within that Detroit's doing that right, he

466
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 1: is capable of doing that. But you got you gotta

467
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,480
Speaker 1: win those battles, and then number four you gotta win.

468
00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,040
Speaker 1: In the revsone, they play very, very good in the

469
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,240
Speaker 1: red zone. They are a hard match what we call

470
00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,840
Speaker 1: match four team quarters across the board, and they do

471
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,760
Speaker 1: a real good job on your wide receivers, on your

472
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,720
Speaker 1: two threes, on your two and ones. To the outside.

473
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,040
Speaker 1: Where they're vulnerable even on man coverage is on the

474
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Speaker 1: number three receiver. Just like we hit last week, we

475
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,560
Speaker 1: hit a Paris on what I call a shaver route,

476
00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,159
Speaker 1: the two outside guys come in and he runs to

477
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Speaker 1: the corner. Number three runs to the corner. I've always

478
00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 1: called that a shaver route because they shave the end line.

479
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,119
Speaker 1: And I think that is there along with what we

480
00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 1: call the three nod where you fake like you're going

481
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,040
Speaker 1: to go out and then you come right back in

482
00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:42,200
Speaker 1: the middle because they will undress Number three in their coverage,

483
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,600
Speaker 1: both man and zone. So again you gotta get in

484
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,040
Speaker 1: there and score in the red zone. And I think finally,

485
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:53,280
Speaker 1: you know, mix and pressure Heineke, you know, force him

486
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:58,560
Speaker 1: into bad decisions. His quarterback. His touchdown quarterback rating is

487
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,919
Speaker 1: like twenty two and six team. He will force the

488
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,159
Speaker 1: ball and he does have the ability to throw it

489
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 1: away and get some pits. So you know, he's very

490
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 1: capable of turning into a pumpkin. So let's let's strike

491
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,160
Speaker 1: midnight and turn him into a pumpkin. No doubt about

492
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 1: a good Halloween reference right there. That's Rick Finn Terry.

493
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,040
Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor. This is inside football, all right. Let's

494
00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,520
Speaker 1: switch over to the commanders on defense. That unit gotta

495
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 1: buy former Jaguars head coach Jack del Rio. He's bounced

496
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,360
Speaker 1: around the NFL in recent years. The Commander's giving up

497
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,320
Speaker 1: only twenty two points per game, and they've allowed just

498
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:34,920
Speaker 1: twenty eight points combined in the last two games going

499
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,280
Speaker 1: into this one. The passing defense has been a liability,

500
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:42,280
Speaker 1: especially giving up touchdowns. They've allowed fourteen touchdowns already on

501
00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,320
Speaker 1: the season. But the one area that they are elite

502
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:47,760
Speaker 1: in third down. They ranked number two in the NFL

503
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 1: in that regard. In fact, the other day they held

504
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 1: the Packers to just oh for six for six on

505
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,440
Speaker 1: third down, for one on fourth down and their win

506
00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:00,119
Speaker 1: at home. And as we stated earlier, Jonathan Allen, a

507
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,440
Speaker 1: beast at defensive tackle, ranks first in the NFL among

508
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 1: defensive tackles and quarterback hits since the start of last season,

509
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,080
Speaker 1: and his twenty seven sacks since twenty eighteen fifth most

510
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:15,719
Speaker 1: among defensive tackles in that span. Cole holcom pretty good linebacker.

511
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 1: They like to blitz him on passing downs. The secondary

512
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 1: gets a lot of action. They play a lot of players,

513
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 1: and they primarily play nickel in the secondary most of

514
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 1: the game, again intermixing a lot of different players in

515
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,400
Speaker 1: personnel in the back end. But what else does Sam

516
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,080
Speaker 1: Ellinger and the Colts offense Rick need to know? About

517
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 1: the commander's defense in this game. No, you're right, Jack

518
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 1: Delrio actually got his coaching start with me as my assistant.

519
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:41,760
Speaker 1: I feel like an old man. All these guys have

520
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:47,440
Speaker 1: been Meyers back in New Orleans. And you know, despite

521
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,960
Speaker 1: pedestrian numbers, with the exception of as you said, third down,

522
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:54,400
Speaker 1: red zone and sacks, the numbers are pedestrian. But this

523
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,280
Speaker 1: is a much better defense than a lot like Kinnessee

524
00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:01,120
Speaker 1: a lot better and they are tough up front. You

525
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 1: don't want to get behind an account because you don't

526
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,760
Speaker 1: want to get into that third and long. Just you

527
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 1: talked about it. Don't get in that third and long

528
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 1: where you can turn Alan and Pain loose inside and

529
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:16,400
Speaker 1: Smith William sweat and Obada outside. No, that's where they're

530
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,880
Speaker 1: really really good. So you got to stay ahead in

531
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Speaker 1: account your right. Hokum is a very very good middle linebacker, underrated.

532
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,240
Speaker 1: Fomer's a solid number one fuller as a solid number

533
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:30,480
Speaker 1: one corner, But they're unsettled at two. I think they'll

534
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,480
Speaker 1: go with Saint Jus. He got it last week against

535
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,560
Speaker 1: the Packers and played decent enough to stay in there.

536
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:42,560
Speaker 1: Now Jack does He doesn't give you a bunch of complexities,

537
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,120
Speaker 1: but he uses a lot of different personnel groupings. And

538
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,040
Speaker 1: so by situation, as you said, they'll play nickel, but

539
00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 1: they play different nickels. Okay, when they're in their regular nickel,

540
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:58,480
Speaker 1: then Wild Goose number thirty seven, they're the all name team.

541
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:02,480
Speaker 1: Wild Goose number thirty seven plays the nickel, you know,

542
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,720
Speaker 1: with Fuller at then in one corner and Saint ju

543
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 1: at the other corner. Now, if it's first down and

544
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,560
Speaker 1: you have your twelve or thirteen personnel in the game,

545
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,720
Speaker 1: then they take their good safety curl number thirty one

546
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,840
Speaker 1: and they play him at the nickel, which I'm going

547
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:22,080
Speaker 1: to refer to as the big nickel because that's really

548
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,640
Speaker 1: now a safety down in there for the run in

549
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,840
Speaker 1: that regard. So again you're gonna see nickel, but you're

550
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:32,720
Speaker 1: gonna see different kinds of nickel depending on the situation.

551
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,840
Speaker 1: And again they play right and left tackle, so either

552
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:40,880
Speaker 1: pain either either pain or on my man, Alan can

553
00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:44,240
Speaker 1: be the nose tackle from that standpoint, and then you're

554
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,880
Speaker 1: exactly right. I mean, you know, Alan is just he's

555
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 1: just a beast. To be honest with you, I could

556
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 1: use other terms, but he is a beast. They are

557
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:57,120
Speaker 1: again very much like Buffalo in terms of their exes

558
00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 1: and os. They they love cover four four cross with

559
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,440
Speaker 1: a lot of matchup hard underneath. They spin the safeties

560
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:08,120
Speaker 1: for the run. They play different kinds of four and

561
00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 1: then their changeup is their man demand free, which they

562
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,760
Speaker 1: always have somebody in the hole to protect on inside routes.

563
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:19,160
Speaker 1: So it's buying large a cover four or cover one.

564
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:23,120
Speaker 1: There's a little three buzz, occasionally a six man pressure,

565
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:27,160
Speaker 1: you know, some Cover three and a little a little

566
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,560
Speaker 1: bit of two man and long yardage and a little

567
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 1: bit of trap, but it's primarily Cover four and cover one.

568
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,640
Speaker 1: This team, again is tough in three areas. Third down,

569
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,080
Speaker 1: number two in the league red zone, top ten and

570
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 1: they can rush the pass or top ten. Now as

571
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:48,720
Speaker 1: far as the must and again I think it's kind

572
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 1: of the reverse of our defense. We must win first

573
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,760
Speaker 1: down and we must stay ahead of the count, and

574
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,560
Speaker 1: you do that different ways. I think you have to

575
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,520
Speaker 1: have smart runs. You got to be able to run

576
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,560
Speaker 1: the ball at them. Now what I mean by smart runs,

577
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 1: because those tackles are interchangeable. You want to run some

578
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 1: powers to the tight side where you double the three

579
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 1: regardless of who it is, whether it's pain or whether

580
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,719
Speaker 1: it's Alan. Now, when you run back to the bubble

581
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:17,640
Speaker 1: against this team, instead of just running zone back there

582
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,800
Speaker 1: and let Alan get in your backfield, like Grover dust

583
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,920
Speaker 1: to us, do what I call c blocking, block the

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00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 1: guard down on him and pull Kelly around so they

585
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,760
Speaker 1: exchange so you don't give him the advantage of running

586
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 1: down the line. That's what I mean by smart runs. Also,

587
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,280
Speaker 1: take your tight ends, two tight ends to one side

588
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,959
Speaker 1: at times, shift him over like Jacksonville did to us,

589
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 1: make them run that nickel over and then hit right where,

590
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,840
Speaker 1: right where that new strength is reverse quickly early in

591
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:52,480
Speaker 1: the game to slow down their flow. Now, the one

592
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 1: big changeup that he uses if you're running the ball,

593
00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,880
Speaker 1: he will put a five man front in the game

594
00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,600
Speaker 1: and run the double sink that everybody you know. It's

595
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 1: the defense of the year. And what they do they substitute.

596
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 1: They put five guys five guys down, and then they

597
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 1: either have two linebackers and four backs or they go

598
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:13,200
Speaker 1: five one five, depending on the situation. But that's if

599
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 1: you're if you're gashing them on the run or you're

600
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 1: hurting them, you're going to see that thing right away.

601
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 1: So I think that's that's number one. Number two is

602
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 1: you gotta get those two interior guys blocked. It's just

603
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,760
Speaker 1: like you know, it's like last week we talked about it.

604
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 1: You gotta get Simmons blocked, you gotta get you gotta

605
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,239
Speaker 1: get Archery blocked. And you know when you don't do it,

606
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 1: we pay the consequences. And it's the same thing with

607
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 1: these two guys with Alan and in Pain, they have

608
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 1: seven and a half sacks combine. It's a dynamic twosome

609
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 1: on third down. And basically they are a power rush team.

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00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 1: Even on the outside with Sweat and Smith Williams, they

611
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 1: are they like to power you. They're big guys that

612
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:59,200
Speaker 1: can physically crush the pocket. But when they look at

613
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 1: our film, you know that they're gonna bring that fifth guy.

614
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: They're gonna bring Hokum in there, just like the Titans,

615
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,719
Speaker 1: you know, bring along all day. And then when they

616
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 1: do that, Matt, they're gonna twist because they know they

617
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,880
Speaker 1: got you one on one, bring in five and so

618
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,680
Speaker 1: you're gonna see Texas and Tom's and inside twists. So

619
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 1: we have to be alert for that. And again, if

620
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,759
Speaker 1: we get in a disadvantage, if we have to take

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Speaker 1: the sack, do not turn it over. Number three, attack

622
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:31,600
Speaker 1: their two corner. I think Fuller is pretty solid. I

623
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 1: want to go after Saint Jules number twenty five. He

624
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 1: was the nickel because they had so much trouble at

625
00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,560
Speaker 1: the two corner, they made him the two corner. I

626
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,239
Speaker 1: think you can go after him. And what I want

627
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:47,240
Speaker 1: to do is isolate him outside with Pierce nobody else.

628
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:51,320
Speaker 1: I want Pierce on him like we did in Jacksonville

629
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Speaker 1: against Griffith, and I want to take my shots. I

630
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,680
Speaker 1: want to get after him in the deep part of

631
00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,799
Speaker 1: the field one on one and take my shots and

632
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 1: take enough of them. If I if I hit two

633
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:06,319
Speaker 1: shots out of seven throws, that's fourteen points right there.

634
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:08,920
Speaker 1: So you don't have to be high percentage. Let's just

635
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,279
Speaker 1: go after them. Throw it where we can get it

636
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,719
Speaker 1: and they can't get it. Then I think you can

637
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 1: throw underneath their coverage. I think you know they play

638
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: fairly soft on first down at the corner position. They're

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Speaker 1: naked at the corner, so I think you can throw

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Speaker 1: underneath them. And then you have to have what I

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Speaker 1: call your four beaters cover four beaters deep, which are

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Speaker 1: double posts the scissors where you run the z out

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Speaker 1: and post the slot to the corner. That kind of

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Speaker 1: screws up the corners, and then you run layers on them,

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Speaker 1: and then I think you can work them underneath. Number

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Speaker 1: four must work them underneath because most of their coverage.

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Speaker 1: If you think about this, when you're playing four deep

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Speaker 1: across the board or man free, that's really four guys

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Speaker 1: and then you have a bunch of linebackers underneath linebackers

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Speaker 1: and dimes and there's really only usually three guys oversimplify it.

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Speaker 1: So a lot of your underneath routes, your options, what

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Speaker 1: I call your jerk routes, all those things that go underneath.

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Speaker 1: And then play action and bring guys underneath bootlegs you know,

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Speaker 1: particularly now with Sam bootlegs, and bring guys across where

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Speaker 1: you get those linebackers move, and now you go, I

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Speaker 1: think that is really bigger than ever. And then when

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Speaker 1: you get what we want to do, we want to

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Speaker 1: be in a crusade to get third down in one

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Speaker 1: to five. That's where you want to be. You don't

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Speaker 1: want to be third and nine where you got to

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Speaker 1: take time. We have to have a lot of protection

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Speaker 1: if we go third and three to four all day now,

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Speaker 1: we can run rollouts, we can run boots and they're

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Speaker 1: going to be in heavy man to man covers. We

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Speaker 1: can run all those crossing things that we do really

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Speaker 1: well and get the ball to Pittman. So again, be

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Speaker 1: ready to go. And then I would say this too,

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Speaker 1: now that we have Sam at quarterback. If it's third

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Speaker 1: and long, they like to play two man, which is

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Speaker 1: that means they take everybody takes a man and they

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Speaker 1: play double high safeties behind it. They take away your

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Speaker 1: inside crossing routes and everything and try to rush with four.

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Speaker 1: The problem is if you have a running quarterback and

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Speaker 1: he sees that coverage the first crack he sees, he

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Speaker 1: can take it and run it. And and that's important

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Speaker 1: because that's a hard coverage to throw into. It's a

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Speaker 1: stuff you coverage. But the downside is when I was

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Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator, it was scary to play against terrific

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Speaker 1: athletes at quarterbacks. So again, Sam, don't be afraid to

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Speaker 1: use your legs. I mean, I think you'll do it instinctively.

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Speaker 1: I don't think I have to tell you that because

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Speaker 1: we've seen it. So I mean, I think that's critical.

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Speaker 1: And again that's what we have to do. You know,

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Speaker 1: at the end of the day, my big three when

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00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:51,799
Speaker 1: I evaluate a team is points giving up, QBR and

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Speaker 1: turnover ratio. And honestly, we should win this game. I meant,

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Speaker 1: Washington is nineteenth in points given up at twenty two

688
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Speaker 1: five their QBR. It's only one game, but it's basically

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Speaker 1: that way thirty nine nine and their turnover ratio is

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Speaker 1: minus five number thirty one. So again, there are a

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Speaker 1: lot of reasons that we should, you know, get on

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Speaker 1: top in this game. Yeah, two teams in a similar boat, right, three,

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Speaker 1: three and one, three and four. Although the Colts lost

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Speaker 1: last week, Washington coming into this game back to back wins,

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Speaker 1: and to close out, let's let's keep it simple. Let's

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Speaker 1: talk about that record because it's it's not indicative of

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Speaker 1: the Colts talent. There's no doubt about that. There is

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00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 1: too much talent and too much pride on this team,

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Speaker 1: to be quite frank with you, for this team to

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Speaker 1: be sitting where they're at and now they're making a

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Speaker 1: drastic change at quarterback. But you are what your record

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Speaker 1: says you are. You know that old Bill Parcels line.

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Speaker 1: But what is your level of optimism that this change

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Speaker 1: at QB at the top. Rick will galvanize the Colts

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Speaker 1: inside the lock room and inspire them to make a

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Speaker 1: push with ten games to play, after digging themselves into

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Speaker 1: this hole to start the season. Well, I think it

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Speaker 1: certainly can give us some juice. I think anytime you

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Speaker 1: make a change like this, you're telling your team, we're

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Speaker 1: going to find every option, every possibility we can to win.

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Speaker 1: We're not sitting on this, We're not sitting on failure.

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Speaker 1: And so I think in that respect, it's it's inspirational

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Speaker 1: to some degree. Now, it's only going to last as

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Speaker 1: long as you perform. That's that's number one. I do believe.

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Speaker 1: I'm with you. I believe this, and I don't think

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Speaker 1: you know, I've never been a Homer in that sense.

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00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,040
Speaker 1: I've been an analyst. You know. I think we're better

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Speaker 1: than we've played. But the capability has to be determined

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Speaker 1: by all three phases playing Well. This can't just be

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Speaker 1: Sam here. This has got to be defense, another really

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Speaker 1: good game, special team's great game. Everybody has to pick

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Speaker 1: up their play. From the top of our franchise to

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Speaker 1: the bottom. You know, it hasn't been good enough, and

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Speaker 1: I think the change certainly will help it. I think

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Speaker 1: the only way you do this though, really, and I

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Speaker 1: talked a little bit about it a minute ago, is

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Speaker 1: this is about staying in the process and when you're

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Speaker 1: in this situation. To me, it's living in not weekly compartments,

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Speaker 1: day to day compartments. Whereas you win every day as

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Speaker 1: it comes, like today is Wednesday. It's important for the

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Speaker 1: close throughout and win Wednesday on the practice field in

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Speaker 1: the meeting rooms. Same way with Thursday, same way with Friday,

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Speaker 1: and then you carry it into Sunday. This now is

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Speaker 1: about winning one game, and the Commanders are our super

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Speaker 1: Bowl to me, with ten games to go, the ladder

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Speaker 1: to win the division title and to get into playoffs

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Speaker 1: is still there, but the ladder is climbed one step

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Speaker 1: at a time, and only one step. Sunday is our step,

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Speaker 1: no doubt about it. One step at a time, baby,

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Speaker 1: That's that's how you get back into this thing. One

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Speaker 1: opportunity at a time, one day at a time. That's

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Speaker 1: great breakdown As always from Rick Venturi. My man really

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Speaker 1: appreciate the blueprints and the knowledge. Like I said before,

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Speaker 1: I think I said this on Monday, Nobody ever accused

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00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:12,399
Speaker 1: the Colts of being dull, right, they might not they

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00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 1: might not be where they want to be, but they're

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Speaker 1: interesting as hell and you and you break it down,

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Speaker 1: I should say every week here on the podcast. Absolutely

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Speaker 1: and you know what, you know, give them credit for cahonies.

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Speaker 1: I mean it's it's an unknown. We're going with an unknown,

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00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:28,319
Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it. But rather than sit and

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00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 1: say this status quo is gonna do it, you know,

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Speaker 1: more of the same. No, no, no, no, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: change it. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work, but

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Speaker 1: let's go get it, no doubt. All right, my friend,

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Speaker 1: have a great rest of the week. We'll see you

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Speaker 1: on Sunday Colts Commanders and the Sam Ellinger Show. I'm

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Speaker 1: eager to see it. I'm excited for it. Me too,

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00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:48,480
Speaker 1: me too, mad I will be too. That's awesome, Rick

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Speaker 1: Venturi right there, and that'll do it for Inside Football

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