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Speaker 1: the podcast started. What's up everyone? This is another episode

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Speaker 1: of the Colts Official Podcast, presented by wind Beat. I'm

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Speaker 1: JJ Stankovitz, joined here by Matt Taylor, Voice of the Colts,

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Speaker 1: and Casey Valier. I'm in the host chair for Jeffrey

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Speaker 1: Gorman this week as we wrap up for our final

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Speaker 1: podcast from Grand Park. Now, that's right, how about that?

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Speaker 1: We're gonna be back on fifty sixth Street to record

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Speaker 1: this thing next week. It's almost When you said final,

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Speaker 1: road show is over. The road show is over. Our last,

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Speaker 1: our last outdoor podcast back to the hot casey how

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Speaker 1: torn down? And that's a real well how many practice

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Speaker 1: for nothing. It was a good answer by Frank Creich.

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Speaker 1: You can check it out the full thing on Coltstock

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Speaker 1: concert hard from camp. If you take ninety guys back

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Speaker 1: good special team or two. Yeah, I mean we saw that,

425
00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:57,080
Speaker 1: you know, running down last week against the Lions. He

426
00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,640
Speaker 1: had six tackles he had to pick. But I think

427
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Speaker 1: over all he's done enough to be a candidate to

428
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Speaker 1: make this team. And also he was on the practice

429
00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,920
Speaker 1: squad last year with the Raiders, so he knows Gus Bradley.

430
00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,520
Speaker 1: He knows this defense a great call. He spent time

431
00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:13,560
Speaker 1: last year between Cincinnati and the Vegas practice squad, so

432
00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,760
Speaker 1: he's got familiarity. And I think more importantly, you know

433
00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,280
Speaker 1: Gus knows him. That might give him a little bit

434
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Speaker 1: of a leg up. But don't count out Marvel. Tell

435
00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:23,959
Speaker 1: but I like thirty eight if you're asking me right now,

436
00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,879
Speaker 1: All right, let's go to some closing arguments before we

437
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Speaker 1: get to the interview with Jim Ersey. Pick, let's pick

438
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,520
Speaker 1: one Cults player that you think deserves long consideration to

439
00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,840
Speaker 1: make the fifty three man roster one week from today.

440
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,560
Speaker 1: Can I go first? So you stand up on the table.

441
00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,359
Speaker 1: Who you got? I am banging the table Sterling Weatherford. Okay,

442
00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:48,280
Speaker 1: this dude, Basey's guy. Well, yeah, it's this fellow resident

443
00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:56,240
Speaker 1: Cicero citizen. Today in practice, he nearly had an interception

444
00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,439
Speaker 1: of Nick Foles. Then he did have an interception of

445
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Speaker 1: Nick Foles. Uh, he's been He's been a lot of

446
00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:07,040
Speaker 1: places in this defense just making plays. He had two

447
00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,800
Speaker 1: blitzes against Detroit where he was kind of lined up

448
00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,360
Speaker 1: mugged up over the the A gap. The first one

449
00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,480
Speaker 1: he kind of did that coffee house splits. The Bobby

450
00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,119
Speaker 1: Ocrica is really good at where you turn. That's what

451
00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,560
Speaker 1: it's called. That's what it's called. I so okay, quick tangent.

452
00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,439
Speaker 1: Bobby o'caaka hit that the sack he had against the

453
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Speaker 1: Titans in Week three last year, where you know, they

454
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Speaker 1: announced you Bobby o'carrika and everyone's like, oh, I mispronounced

455
00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,679
Speaker 1: his name and correct, that's his name. That he hit

456
00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,760
Speaker 1: that on a coffee house splitz, which is sort of

457
00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,720
Speaker 1: where you line up over the A gap and you

458
00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,720
Speaker 1: then you kind of fake the offensive lineman into thinking

459
00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,120
Speaker 1: you're going elsewhere, so you kind of turn your body away.

460
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,040
Speaker 1: You kind of wait a beat, and then the offensive lineman,

461
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,920
Speaker 1: usually it's a guard, kind of slides toward the center

462
00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,360
Speaker 1: or slides toward the tackle, opening up a wide open

463
00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:56,640
Speaker 1: hole for you to just blitz through there and get

464
00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,960
Speaker 1: to the quarterback. Love coffee five sterlinks arling. Weatherford tried

465
00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,640
Speaker 1: one of those, nearly hit home against the lines, did

466
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,879
Speaker 1: a really nice job with it. Then the next one

467
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,159
Speaker 1: he came right through the a gap and he just

468
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,400
Speaker 1: pushed I think it was Justin Jackson, the running back.

469
00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,200
Speaker 1: He pushed him back like five yards. It was really impressive.

470
00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,480
Speaker 1: Two very good pressures for him. And you know, we've

471
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Speaker 1: talked a lot about how there could be some openings

472
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Speaker 1: for undrafted free agents. Him and Jojoe Doman. That two

473
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:26,240
Speaker 1: guys who have had you know, very competitive ten years

474
00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,560
Speaker 1: here in Indianapolis, dating all the way back to OTA's

475
00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:31,240
Speaker 1: when they you know, we started seeing them make some

476
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Speaker 1: plays out there. So I'm gonna stake my claim to him,

477
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,240
Speaker 1: and I wanted to get that out first. He's a

478
00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,679
Speaker 1: great story and he grew up going to Anderson for

479
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,199
Speaker 1: Colts training camp. He was the kid and the reggie

480
00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,800
Speaker 1: Wayne Jersey right looking for autographs after practice. Just a

481
00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,960
Speaker 1: cool story man, local Pro day guy, Top thirty visit guy.

482
00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:52,200
Speaker 1: We need more Hoosiers on the roster without Jack Danny Pinter. Yeah,

483
00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,119
Speaker 1: gotta have one more Indiana guy. So I'm gonna let

484
00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,480
Speaker 1: you go because I think you might take mine. And

485
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Speaker 1: if you do, that's okay. It's very gracious. I was.

486
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,919
Speaker 1: I was between Sterling Weatherford and then I kind of

487
00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,280
Speaker 1: have It's it's like a two headed like I'm banging

488
00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 1: my fist on both Desmond Patman and Michael Strown. I

489
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,840
Speaker 1: think that both of them have enough upside, not for

490
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,200
Speaker 1: one another, but for both of them, both of them

491
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,920
Speaker 1: on this team. So I'm saying I want six receivers

492
00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,119
Speaker 1: and I want those two guys to definitely be and

493
00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,560
Speaker 1: I just I feel like they both have enough upside

494
00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,720
Speaker 1: that they can really be dynamic playmakers. I'm not necessarily

495
00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,280
Speaker 1: saying that's right now, but I think you can start

496
00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,320
Speaker 1: to scratch the surface now. I think what we saw

497
00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:36,480
Speaker 1: out of Desmond Patman last week is something that he consistain.

498
00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:37,920
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's going to go out and have

499
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Speaker 1: five catches for one oh five and a score every week,

500
00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,840
Speaker 1: but I think it's something that we saw that flash

501
00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,119
Speaker 1: last year against Arizona. I mean, that was a huge

502
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,919
Speaker 1: game for him and it was a huge game for

503
00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:48,720
Speaker 1: the team. It was something that they needed and the

504
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,560
Speaker 1: moment wasn't too big. So there's something about Desmond Patman

505
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,240
Speaker 1: that I like. And Mike Strown, I don't know, maybe

506
00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,080
Speaker 1: it's just a story and all of it. I'm always

507
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Speaker 1: just drawn to him and he's a guy that those

508
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,120
Speaker 1: are the two guys for me. I know we said one,

509
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,640
Speaker 1: but those are guys that I'm saying at that position.

510
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,480
Speaker 1: I want both those guys hanging it on the table.

511
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,960
Speaker 1: They are big, big receivers. I'm going with forty three

512
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:15,040
Speaker 1: Trevor Denbo Okay, he's been on specialty, He's played a lot.

513
00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,560
Speaker 1: He was a four team or four year guy at SMU,

514
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:21,199
Speaker 1: and I think you need more core specialists on this

515
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Speaker 1: team because no longer do you have Matt Adams or

516
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Speaker 1: Jordan Glasgow or George Odom. I think it boils down

517
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Speaker 1: to what you do at corner because if he keeps six,

518
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,919
Speaker 1: that might be tough to keep five safeties. But again,

519
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,399
Speaker 1: he's he wouldn't necessarily be a safety on the rock.

520
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,520
Speaker 1: He would be on the roster designationwise, but he would

521
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:44,080
Speaker 1: be that core special team Matthew Slater in New England, right,

522
00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,120
Speaker 1: so wide receiver, but he hasn't had a single catch

523
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Speaker 1: in his career, so easy wide receiver, I don't really

524
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,399
Speaker 1: think so. He's more just a special team So I

525
00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:52,359
Speaker 1: think it kind of depends on where they are. With

526
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Speaker 1: a guy like Rodney Thomas out of Yale, you know

527
00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,080
Speaker 1: how many how many safeties can you keep and can

528
00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,800
Speaker 1: you keep Denbo primarily to be just a special teams guy.

529
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,760
Speaker 1: That to me is going to be interesting because I

530
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,080
Speaker 1: think he's done enough, shown enough coming out of SMU

531
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Speaker 1: that he has at least a candidacy to be on

532
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Speaker 1: this team because of what he could provide both on

533
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,560
Speaker 1: defense if you get in a pinch, but then a

534
00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:16,280
Speaker 1: guy you can trust to go down and make tackles

535
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Speaker 1: on special team. Can I give you a fun fact

536
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:23,680
Speaker 1: about Trevor Dunbo least? Did you watch the Netflix series Cheer? No,

537
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:28,280
Speaker 1: it's very good. It was very good. It was not aware. Yeah,

538
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:33,240
Speaker 1: it's very good. It's all about the Navarro College cheer program,

539
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 1: which is led by a woman named Monica Aldama. She's

540
00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,359
Speaker 1: probably the best cheer coach in the entire world. Okay,

541
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 1: her daughter is engaged to Trevor Denbo. Oh wow, Okay,

542
00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,040
Speaker 1: all right, there we go. There's a nice breaker. I

543
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,879
Speaker 1: love it. So there you go. There's your Trevor Denbo

544
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,880
Speaker 1: fun fact. I haven't even seen that. It's really good. Look,

545
00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,960
Speaker 1: look it's really it's a very good show. It's I thought,

546
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Speaker 1: a really interesting look at how UH college athletes can

547
00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:06,440
Speaker 1: be pushed to their limits. Uh to Garner success. Okay,

548
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,120
Speaker 1: and it is. Uh, it's very good. It's very good.

549
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,120
Speaker 1: You don't have to be into competitive cheerleading to really

550
00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:12,760
Speaker 1: get into it, because as someone who is not into

551
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,440
Speaker 1: competitive cheerleading, I got very invested in the show. I

552
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,439
Speaker 1: wouldn't be shocked if my wife has watched this, so

553
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:18,879
Speaker 1: I might reach out to her and see if she

554
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:20,679
Speaker 1: remembers that name. There are two seasons of it. It's

555
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:22,760
Speaker 1: very good. I would highly reckons the top of the

556
00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 1: pyramid guy. You know, Casey and I were probably basis. Yeah, yeah,

557
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:31,640
Speaker 1: I'm very, very fable flipping. I'm the guy who holds them.

558
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 1: He holds the megaphone to megaphone, that's me. I just

559
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:36,919
Speaker 1: stand on the side. That's not that's not competitive cheerleading.

560
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:38,720
Speaker 1: You're gonna learn a lot when you watch it. Get

561
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:40,280
Speaker 1: back to day, get back to me, Get back to

562
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 1: me when you learn what the phrase on Matt means.

563
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:46,360
Speaker 1: There's no megaphone and competitive cheerleading. All right, let's get

564
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,399
Speaker 1: to let's get to something a little bit better than

565
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 1: this discussion, which is the interviews putting it lightly. You

566
00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:00,159
Speaker 1: can't even hand no, I mean this is a we

567
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:04,440
Speaker 1: can talk about toads and bed better than this or

568
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:13,240
Speaker 1: wallpaper or stamp collecting. Right, you're gonna make it. He's crying. Yeah, well,

569
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,840
Speaker 1: JJ can't talk right now, but Jim Rsey is coming

570
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,640
Speaker 1: up right now. Jeffrey Gorman and I. Hey, we ran

571
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,880
Speaker 1: the gamut with the owner and CEO of the Aadlas Colts.

572
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,399
Speaker 1: JJ's losing his composure over there. No, seriously, great conversation

573
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,200
Speaker 1: coming up right now. Jim Rsey late last week joined

574
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 1: the Gorman and I to talk about his expectations for

575
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Speaker 1: the Colts Matt Ryan and starting the season off strong

576
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,360
Speaker 1: to begin the AFC. South's late there with back to

577
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 1: back games against the Texans and the Jaguars. Take a

578
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:46,840
Speaker 1: listen quick special surprise here after camp. Colts owner Jim

579
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 1: Ersey is here. I know you got to see some

580
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 1: of practice today, but the excitement after Buffalo, I know

581
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,440
Speaker 1: it was a lost but seeing those ones versus them

582
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:58,080
Speaker 1: optimistic this year, obviously starting with the quarterback Matt Ryan, Well,

583
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,960
Speaker 1: no question. First of all, you know we Westfield and

584
00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,280
Speaker 1: I saw the mayor out here and what a great

585
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,240
Speaker 1: job they do for us and for me, it's just

586
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:10,960
Speaker 1: so powerful, you know, to be at training camp, to

587
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 1: be at a scrimmage. I you know, my fifty first season,

588
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,040
Speaker 1: and it just stirs memories, the best memories of my

589
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 1: life being in training camps, going back all the way

590
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 1: with Johnny Unitis, way back in Golden Colorado. But we

591
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,440
Speaker 1: couldn't be more excited. As you mentioned, you know, we

592
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 1: know what we had last year with the best special

593
00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 1: team units in the league. Two block punts, which is

594
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 1: almost unheard of, just overall, great special teams. You know,

595
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,760
Speaker 1: the most takeaways, which is the hardest thing to create

596
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,760
Speaker 1: and gives you the best chance to win because it

597
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:48,800
Speaker 1: change is momentum. And Jonathan Taylor behind you know, such

598
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 1: a great offensive line. So we we really there's so

599
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 1: many things we're trying to just get right so we're

600
00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,920
Speaker 1: the best. For instance, we want Quinton Nelson and Shaquille

601
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 1: Leonard healthy, all the way healthy. I mean, they are

602
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 1: great players, so if they're eighty five percent healthy, they're

603
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,080
Speaker 1: still great. We're trying to get them all the way

604
00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:13,640
Speaker 1: healthy and bring back people. You know, can blackmen come back,

605
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 1: you know, can you know, just different guys that are

606
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 1: overcoming injuries in the second year, guys, you know, Quitty's

607
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:24,360
Speaker 1: gonna make that big jump and we're looking to see

608
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,120
Speaker 1: others do the same thing. But we know it's a

609
00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:31,080
Speaker 1: quarterback centric league. Obviously. You know the other two great

610
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 1: veteran free agents we got um is gonna help us immensely.

611
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,600
Speaker 1: You're talking about Gilmore and and Gotay, no question got

612
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 1: away through a trade for Rocky Sin. But if you

613
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,240
Speaker 1: could talk about those two guys in the impact that

614
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,520
Speaker 1: they're gonna have, you know, I'd sell you they're great players.

615
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: I I you know, Um, just remember so many sacks

616
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:54,040
Speaker 1: we endured from ninety one. You know, just I talked

617
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 1: to we are talking to the locker room after the

618
00:30:56,320 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 1: game in Buffalo and uh and and with Gilmore, Um,

619
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 1: you know, uh, what an outstanding player. He's just accomplished

620
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,120
Speaker 1: so much. And I know he's excited about being here.

621
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: Everyone's so excited about being here. Matt Ryan. It's a

622
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:16,959
Speaker 1: quarterback centric league, so you know how important that is.

623
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 1: But what a leader he is. After the Jacksonville game,

624
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,040
Speaker 1: when he met in my office, Chris Ballard, Frank Riich

625
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 1: and I had on past midnight and we were in

626
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 1: despair and looking at everything we had to do ahead

627
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,920
Speaker 1: of us. You know, we couldn't imagine that everything would

628
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 1: have come together as well as it did. Now we know,

629
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 1: you know, injuries or the thing that are always out there,

630
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 1: you know, um, and so you're trying to manage that

631
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,680
Speaker 1: have depth. And that's what our great scouts do and

632
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 1: all of our coaches, because we try to bring in players,

633
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,760
Speaker 1: um that you don't think maybe well and then you know,

634
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:57,320
Speaker 1: that's how the Jeff Saturdays, the Gary Brackett's, you know,

635
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 1: become just players that are remember forever just being free agents,

636
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,520
Speaker 1: you know, and we're bringing those in two and and

637
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:10,440
Speaker 1: we just we have high expectations, um, in all areas

638
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,120
Speaker 1: of the roster. Um, you know, we we you know,

639
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 1: you have to stop the run and get pressure on

640
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,479
Speaker 1: the pastor. I mean, those are the things you have

641
00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,320
Speaker 1: to do. Um. You know we need more pressure on

642
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 1: the Pastor. There's no question that's central to us, you know,

643
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 1: talking to our new defensive coordinator and everything you talk

644
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,520
Speaker 1: about how much you're gonna blitz, how you're going to

645
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,360
Speaker 1: create pressure, and all the coordinators in the league are

646
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 1: the same thing. Hey, if we can get pressure with four,

647
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 1: I love that, you know, but a lot of times

648
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: you can't. So so I'm really interested, you know, I

649
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,000
Speaker 1: just believe, you know, for instance, when we had our

650
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 1: best game against Tennessee in Tennessee a couple of years ago,

651
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 1: we really got to Tannehill, you know, I mean we

652
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 1: hit him, we hit him, we hit him, we hit them.

653
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:54,960
Speaker 1: And what a great after we had against a team

654
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 1: that we've struggled against for the last four or five

655
00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,360
Speaker 1: years on and often who's won our division. So so

656
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,440
Speaker 1: we know we have to get pressure on the passer

657
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 1: um and uh, you know Matt has to and he

658
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 1: can go out, you know and be a leader, be acord,

659
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,760
Speaker 1: be be that field general. Um. You know, you know

660
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 1: he can't miss you know, t Y in the Raiders game.

661
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, but you can't miss that throw, you know,

662
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 1: I mean, um, And so I just believe that he

663
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:31,040
Speaker 1: won't and that under pressure, Matt plays great. And um,

664
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 1: he's on a mission, like we are to go get

665
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 1: another Lombardi. He almost had his against the Patriots. It

666
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 1: didn't happen. You know, we've had one. We we could

667
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: have had three. You know, you can argue why why

668
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,400
Speaker 1: why didn't you and and and there's many different reasons

669
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 1: you could come up with, but the bottom line is

670
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,560
Speaker 1: in this era, you know, look at the Packers far

671
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 1: to Aaron Rodgers, the Steelers cower, you know, to to

672
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: the new era with with Tomlin, super Bowls, super Bowls,

673
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 1: you know, Denver Elway to the new and that's what

674
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:02,760
Speaker 1: we have to do as a cult organization. Mister Ersay.

675
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,200
Speaker 1: I mean, as you know, football is about so many things.

676
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,279
Speaker 1: It's about xs and os, it's about schematics, but it's

677
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,400
Speaker 1: also about relationships. With Matt Ryan coming in here, it

678
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,799
Speaker 1: looks like he's a guy that's able to bond with

679
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 1: the locker room and guys are gravitating to him. From

680
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 1: your perspective, You've been in the game for so long

681
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:23,560
Speaker 1: and I've seen so many great quarterbacks and great leaders.

682
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:27,640
Speaker 1: How important is Matt Ryan in terms of his relationships

683
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:31,320
Speaker 1: with the guys, with yourself to the success of this team, Well,

684
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 1: it's huge. I mean, I think everyone has an idea

685
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 1: that being a franchise quarterback is about the hardest job

686
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:42,120
Speaker 1: that there is for a number of reasons, and a

687
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:47,200
Speaker 1: lot of it's mental, the weight you carry with your responsibility.

688
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:51,600
Speaker 1: But guys like Peyton Manning, Matt Ryan, Tom Brady, Aaron

689
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:56,880
Speaker 1: they would have been astronauts, Navy seals, you know, those

690
00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:03,439
Speaker 1: sort of individuals the rare individual that are just love

691
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:07,279
Speaker 1: being leaders. And it's tough being a leader because if

692
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 1: there's conflict, if you're a leader, you have to get

693
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:11,600
Speaker 1: in the middle of that and figure out a way

694
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:15,399
Speaker 1: to resolve it. Um, no matter what's going on, as

695
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:19,920
Speaker 1: Peyton did, hear, Um, Matt Ryan has his eyes on everything,

696
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 1: you know, everything and and and that's because as an owner,

697
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 1: he's my partner. I mean, I'm saying, Okay, you know

698
00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:31,680
Speaker 1: you're gonna get whatever the number is, thirty fifty million dollars,

699
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 1: whatever the number is going rate for the great quarterbacks are.

700
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,040
Speaker 1: And you're coming in and you're you're one of my

701
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 1: key partners. You're joining Chris Bowden, Frank Wright and me.

702
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:45,280
Speaker 1: You're the fourth pillar. You need the quarterback and so

703
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 1: you need someone that you partner with that um. You know,

704
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,719
Speaker 1: it's so critical. Bobby Jones said, Every competitive game in

705
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 1: sports is played on a four inch field between your ears,

706
00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:00,719
Speaker 1: you know, and that's where greatness has found. That's when

707
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 1: you look at Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan, or Tom

708
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 1: Brady or Peyton Manning. And when Bill Belichick talks about

709
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,920
Speaker 1: playing against Peyton man he doesn't talk about al He

710
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,799
Speaker 1: throws eighty yards or he runs around because he's four

711
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: to three in the forty. No, it's his brain. I

712
00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 1: have to play chess against that guy, and he seems

713
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,800
Speaker 1: to beat me a lot because he's that smart and prepared.

714
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,440
Speaker 1: So you can't you know, boy, it's a great question

715
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 1: because it takes a special sort of character to play that.

716
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 1: And I think, you know, Andrew was smart enough where

717
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 1: he knew, you know, he got to that point where

718
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,400
Speaker 1: you know, what you know is best for me and

719
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 1: the team. I don't want this, this this weight anymore,

720
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: you know, I don't want it, you know, because it's

721
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:50,440
Speaker 1: a heavyweight. It's a heavyweight, and some people, uh you know,

722
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 1: think they want it and they try to get it,

723
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 1: but they don't understand, you know why they're not succeeding,

724
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: because you know, very few succeed there. You know, any

725
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,560
Speaker 1: time you're going into a league year, you can talk

726
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 1: about maybe four or five quarterbacks, maybe six, you know,

727
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 1: but but but but but they're the great ones for

728
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:11,880
Speaker 1: a reason, and they're the ones that carry their franchise.

729
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 1: You know, I'll just say this, and there's nothing against

730
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:17,880
Speaker 1: you know, any player in our past or anything, but

731
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 1: but you know, great quarterbacks. They went in Jacksonville ten

732
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,800
Speaker 1: out of ten times that last game. Every time would

733
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 1: not great ones, would not allow laws, no way. And

734
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 1: with Matt Ryan, we you had a flip side of that,

735
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:36,279
Speaker 1: you know, And that's that's what Matt Ryan brings. Look

736
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,920
Speaker 1: at when you're a leader, you know, when when you

737
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,360
Speaker 1: do things that that he has to do, when you

738
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 1: do things that coach right have to do. Chris Ballard myself.

739
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 1: You know, it's just like with Chris, you know, I said,

740
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,400
Speaker 1: you know, we have to go in a different direction.

741
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 1: Well who's who's going to play quarterback? You know, how

742
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: are we going to do this? I said, well, you

743
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,040
Speaker 1: know that's exactly why you're so great. You're going to

744
00:37:57,080 --> 00:38:00,040
Speaker 1: figure it out. And he said, thanks a lot. And

745
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 1: he didn't know, but he did because because things changed

746
00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:06,400
Speaker 1: and he waited it to come to him and the

747
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,120
Speaker 1: landscape changed, and that's what happens in life. And then

748
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:11,880
Speaker 1: things happened, many things happened, and all of a sudden,

749
00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 1: you know, Watson talks to Atlanta and cools Matt Ryan's

750
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: heels and Arthur Blank realize he can't. So now he

751
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:24,040
Speaker 1: becomes available, so and we seize our opportunity, and so

752
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:26,359
Speaker 1: we all work so closely together. You know, right when

753
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 1: we were about to get the deal done, Chris and

754
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 1: I talked and you know, I said, I don't worry

755
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:33,360
Speaker 1: about it if it's a three or four. You know,

756
00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:35,520
Speaker 1: we have to sign. We have to get it done.

757
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:39,319
Speaker 1: And and he knew it too, and he did. So

758
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,000
Speaker 1: what a great job by Chris Bout. I can't say enough.

759
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,120
Speaker 1: And of course we have to prove to our fans

760
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:47,240
Speaker 1: why it was a great job, because they want results.

761
00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:49,000
Speaker 1: And I'm with him and it will happen because he

762
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 1: has a characteristics of the Manning and the Brady that

763
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,239
Speaker 1: you talked about in the leadership qualities. Jim. I can't

764
00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 1: wait to watch this team. I know the first game

765
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 1: to you was always important, get the w and the

766
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:58,440
Speaker 1: books on our care if you're on the road or

767
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,719
Speaker 1: at home. So I know, Houston, and you're conveying that

768
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 1: message to your team. But I know you got to

769
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 1: go right now. And I just want to ask you

770
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,840
Speaker 1: about September the ninth, the Jim Mersay Collection, the kickoff

771
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:10,440
Speaker 1: concert that is held at Lucas Oil Stadium, and Wilson

772
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,319
Speaker 1: from Heart will be there. Buddy Guy is there. You

773
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:14,880
Speaker 1: and your band will be there as well. I know

774
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:17,799
Speaker 1: you're passionate about football, but you're also passionate about music

775
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:21,160
Speaker 1: and celebrating the city of Indianapolis. Well, no question, And

776
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 1: obviously September eleventh, we're really gearing up for that game.

777
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 1: I promised Chris and Frank and Pete word I wouldn't

778
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 1: talk about too much because in the past it hasn't worked.

779
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:34,239
Speaker 1: So I'm just saying we're going to be prepared to

780
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:37,000
Speaker 1: go to and play our best in Houston, and we

781
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 1: want to get it done, no question. But the great

782
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:43,480
Speaker 1: thing about September ninth is this is an iconic event.

783
00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:46,680
Speaker 1: It's coming together in such a large way. It's free

784
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:49,719
Speaker 1: to all fans, and what they get to see is

785
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 1: just remarkable. The greatest museum in the world, which includes

786
00:39:54,360 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 1: cults never seen by Peyton Manning, Tony Dungee, John Nitis

787
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 1: um go down the long career list, includes things in

788
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 1: sports like Jackie Robinson's home run bat and Muhammad Ali's

789
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:13,400
Speaker 1: shoes against you know, the thrilling Manila against um U

790
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: Joe Frasier rope and then the rope, and it includes,

791
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:21,239
Speaker 1: you know, such an iconic mix of things. So it's

792
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 1: remarkable and this night, and we're gonna have some surprises

793
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:27,839
Speaker 1: for people, I think, you know, we we always have

794
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:31,440
Speaker 1: something up our sleeve, but what's already out there is remarkable.

795
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: You know, we're gonna have all of this museum free

796
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:40,440
Speaker 1: to the public to see at Lucas Oil Plaza, and

797
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:43,960
Speaker 1: then the fans will be able to fill the stadium. UM,

798
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:47,799
Speaker 1: whatever whatever they amount of the field and stands, you know,

799
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:50,600
Speaker 1: whether it's fifty thousand and seventy thousand and thirty thousand,

800
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 1: whatever the number is, and it's going to be quite

801
00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:57,920
Speaker 1: a night and opening concert, a celebration of Indianapolis, of music,

802
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 1: of opening the season. No sports Eder and James will

803
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,800
Speaker 1: be there. Um. He's been part of our traveling tour.

804
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:08,959
Speaker 1: Now this is the seventh city after coming out of Chicago. UM.

805
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:13,560
Speaker 1: The show's very expansive and it's incredible and and so

806
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 1: you know, we couldn't be more excited. I think the

807
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 1: fans are really going to enjoy it, enjoy it, you know. UM,

808
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:23,200
Speaker 1: you know, you know it's on me. You know, I'm

809
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:27,960
Speaker 1: buying the drinks, I'm buying the popcorn because the way

810
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 1: I look at it is, you know, to our fans.

811
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,239
Speaker 1: Is you know this is a service work. I don't

812
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,439
Speaker 1: need your money. Okay, keep your money, you know, let

813
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:38,759
Speaker 1: us do this. Come in for free. You don't have

814
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,520
Speaker 1: to pay a hundred dollars or whatever you pay, you

815
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 1: know for a concert ticket. Come on in because as

816
00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:48,320
Speaker 1: the Colts and as a family, as the Rsay family feels,

817
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 1: you know, we want to be able to do this.

818
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:53,399
Speaker 1: Save that one hundred dollars for a mortgage payment, save

819
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: it for whatever. I don't need that money, you know,

820
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 1: Come on in and and and let's enjoy this as

821
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:02,560
Speaker 1: a community for three and so you have to register though,

822
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:06,479
Speaker 1: um so please register. Yeah. All the information available coats

823
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 1: dot com and jammersy collection dot com as well as

824
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:12,240
Speaker 1: mister it's very able to register. I don't know, Peters,

825
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 1: if I can do it. Hey, I think I could

826
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 1: do it. I could do it. Anybody could do it.

827
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:19,759
Speaker 1: Or just ask your eight year old daughters. They'll do

828
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:22,000
Speaker 1: it for you in about three seconds. Jim, I so

829
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 1: appreciate the time. I know this season game means a

830
00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:25,839
Speaker 1: lot in this season means a lot. In September ninth,

831
00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:27,480
Speaker 1: that is coming up right around the corner again. More

832
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:30,600
Speaker 1: information at the jammersy collection dot com. Best of luck,

833
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,480
Speaker 1: We love talking to you, hope to catch up with

834
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:34,920
Speaker 1: you throughout the year. Well, thanks so much. And to

835
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:37,719
Speaker 1: our fans, and uh, that's the number one thing we're

836
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:40,879
Speaker 1: always thinking about, um, is our fans, because without them,

837
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,360
Speaker 1: we don't have a game nothing. And you know, you know,

838
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 1: the concert Friday night is based on on that fan

839
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 1: supported energy. You know, our games at home starting September

840
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:54,000
Speaker 1: eleventh is based on the fans. And we really appreciate

841
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 1: you and everything we do try to show that appreciation

842
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 1: towards our fans, UM, and how much you mean to us, UM,

843
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:04,919
Speaker 1: And we couldn't be more excited. We have the best

844
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:09,480
Speaker 1: fans in the world. And and they're orderly too, that's right.

845
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:11,160
Speaker 1: And by the way, a block of them asked me

846
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:13,440
Speaker 1: if you're going to cover a Dylan song maybe September night.

847
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:15,280
Speaker 1: I say, hey, that's not up to me in the settlet,

848
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,759
Speaker 1: so hopefully you do a Dylan song. Well definitely, so

849
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:20,320
Speaker 1: I you know, we have some tricks up our sleeve

850
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 1: with special guests potentially, even I can't say anything about that.

851
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:27,400
Speaker 1: Well you know, you know, I don't want to start rumors, uh,

852
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:30,279
Speaker 1: but you know, it's gonna be so exciting, you know,

853
00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,879
Speaker 1: as is Rim songs being played from Mike Mills from

854
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:37,560
Speaker 1: Rim and and and Wilson covering Zeppelin and Buddy Guy

855
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:41,280
Speaker 1: and Kitty Wayne Shephard really you know, bringing authentic sounds

856
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:43,279
Speaker 1: they get the way back in our musical history. So

857
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:46,440
Speaker 1: it's gonna be so special. And and I think the

858
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:49,839
Speaker 1: fans are gonna see and having a chance to see

859
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:53,319
Speaker 1: this museum, you know, having a chance it's so eclectic

860
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:56,680
Speaker 1: and iconic. Um, I think you know, it'll be really

861
00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,520
Speaker 1: a great moment of joy for everyone to celebrate together

862
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:02,200
Speaker 1: in the you heard it, man, So we couldn't be

863
00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:04,839
Speaker 1: more excited. And like you said, you know, maybe this

864
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:08,400
Speaker 1: becomes a tradition sure where the Colts have a kickoff concert.

865
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:11,160
Speaker 1: Of course we'll be playing Thursday night to start the season,

866
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:14,560
Speaker 1: and we'll be excited about that as a league. But

867
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,680
Speaker 1: then Friday, you know everyone's getting ready and Saturday, so

868
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:19,480
Speaker 1: you're not gonna want to miss it. You know, we're

869
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:22,680
Speaker 1: gonna have some current players there, there's a brief break

870
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:24,960
Speaker 1: in their schedule, you know before they head out, and

871
00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:28,960
Speaker 1: hopefully we're gonna get some some key guys there, and uh,

872
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:32,640
Speaker 1: certainly pass guys like Edgrin, James and others and um,

873
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:35,640
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be special HBO. Hard Knox is going

874
00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:38,920
Speaker 1: to be out there different film cruising. Wait a second,

875
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:41,440
Speaker 1: Knox is doing this. Yeah, we you know, we have

876
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:43,920
Speaker 1: a lot going on. A Hollywood film is filming some

877
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:46,960
Speaker 1: of it for the Whisper Network, which is just in

878
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,600
Speaker 1: filming now. And so it's that kind of night there.

879
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:53,120
Speaker 1: There's so much going on, and really for me, it's

880
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:56,200
Speaker 1: incredible because you know we're gonna get down in there

881
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 1: and Peter Berg's doing a documentary director the great director

882
00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 1: of Own Survivor and many others. But but but you know,

883
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,719
Speaker 1: you know, and being home, you have a chance to

884
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 1: sit in our locker room, you know, and I soak

885
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:10,840
Speaker 1: up that locker room. I remember seeing Edgar and James

886
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:13,520
Speaker 1: and Marvin Harrison and Peyton Mann together walk out of

887
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:16,960
Speaker 1: that locker room two decades ago. You know, it's etched

888
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,040
Speaker 1: in my mind, you know, And in the locker room,

889
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 1: you know, it's so special. So you know, we're sitting

890
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:24,839
Speaker 1: in that locker room. Yet there we go, you know

891
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:28,719
Speaker 1: often and to do this show which blends you know,

892
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 1: what people in this country love so much. You know,

893
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:35,319
Speaker 1: that great musical celebration together and you know, being able

894
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:38,960
Speaker 1: to celebrate NFL football. Um, and of course many of

895
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:42,880
Speaker 1: these iconic things from you know, you know Abraham Lincoln's

896
00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:46,200
Speaker 1: pocket knife to to JFK's rocking chair to the list

897
00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:48,640
Speaker 1: goes on and on, you know. Um, so we couldn't

898
00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:51,239
Speaker 1: be more excited. I know our fans are. You know,

899
00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:53,120
Speaker 1: it's like, you know, one of the last nights of

900
00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:57,640
Speaker 1: summer to Friday night. Um. Like I said, concessions around

901
00:45:57,719 --> 00:46:01,880
Speaker 1: me and everything is on me and the Colts and

902
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:04,040
Speaker 1: we just want to do that for our It will

903
00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:05,919
Speaker 1: be a hell of a night. Jim Rsey is throwing

904
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:08,719
Speaker 1: a party on September ninth, and you are invited more

905
00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:11,360
Speaker 1: information at Colts dot com and the Jim Rsey Collection

906
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:13,000
Speaker 1: dot com. I know you're a busy man. I so

907
00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:15,080
Speaker 1: appreciate you sitting down for a few minutes. Can't wait

908
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:19,520
Speaker 1: to see on September ninth, but more importantly go Colds party. Well,

909
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 1: I mean, aren't you going to mention also the Emmy

910
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:26,279
Speaker 1: that our crew has won. I mean, this is a

911
00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: Emmy decorated crew, so we're very proud of you guys,

912
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:33,880
Speaker 1: and and uh, you know, we take a lot of

913
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:37,200
Speaker 1: pride in knowing the excellence you guys deliver because we're

914
00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:39,720
Speaker 1: only as good as every single one of us working together.

915
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,040
Speaker 1: So well, you know, when the ball goes in the air,

916
00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:45,200
Speaker 1: we're all together teaming up, and we couldn't do it

917
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:48,000
Speaker 1: without everyone that that has to do their job, and

918
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:50,520
Speaker 1: you guys do it so well. So thanks so much,

919
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:53,120
Speaker 1: so much. That's the boss man right there, Jim Ursey,

920
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:56,040
Speaker 1: don't forget September ninth. More information on colts dot com.

921
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:57,640
Speaker 1: Best well luck this year. We'll see you all right.

922
00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 1: Thank you, guys. All right, thanks again Toolts owner and

923
00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:04,000
Speaker 1: CEO Jim Rsey for sitting down with us here on

924
00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:07,319
Speaker 1: the Official Cults Podcast presented by wind Bat. I'm fired

925
00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:09,120
Speaker 1: up to go to that Jim Rsey collection of going

926
00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 1: to be so cool it I mean they could legitimately have.

927
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:15,439
Speaker 1: I mean it's free, yeah, I think about it's free

928
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:19,200
Speaker 1: on Friday night can Soil Stadium. All the great band members,

929
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 1: all the special guests, the cold stuff, plus the collection.

930
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,680
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm saying there's there might be forty to

931
00:47:24,719 --> 00:47:27,080
Speaker 1: fifty thousand people there. I hope, I hope, so there

932
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:29,919
Speaker 1: should be. I would I got. I got my roso

933
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,759
Speaker 1: at Saint almost for before it long it advanced. Get

934
00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:35,919
Speaker 1: this guy right there again. Hey, if the tickets are free,

935
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:37,520
Speaker 1: we might us a little splurge on us a little.

936
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:39,359
Speaker 1: It's a really good point. I mean yeah, I mean

937
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:41,480
Speaker 1: you're seeing something that you would probably pay one hundred

938
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:43,719
Speaker 1: bucks at exactly. So that's a great cool place it

939
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:46,799
Speaker 1: with steak. All right, let's go to that's the best

940
00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:48,600
Speaker 1: thing you'd replace it with steak. Let's go to the

941
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 1: mail bag. Here, here's the mail It never films and

942
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:59,040
Speaker 1: mixed me want on my tail, but it comes all right.

943
00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:02,320
Speaker 1: Our question and we had a lot of questions actually

944
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:05,120
Speaker 1: about some veterans who could be brought in on waivers

945
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:08,000
Speaker 1: to sharp depth on the roster, a certain positions we're

946
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,719
Speaker 1: looking at next week. But I got this one a lot,

947
00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:13,799
Speaker 1: and I keep getting this one and this I'm going

948
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 1: to pick the one from at David Flowers twenty four

949
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,880
Speaker 1: on Twitter. Any word on t Y Hilton or the

950
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:23,320
Speaker 1: possibly possibility of signing a veteran wide receiver, so right now.

951
00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:26,160
Speaker 1: The last we heard was at the start of training camp,

952
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 1: where Chris Ballard said the door is not closed on

953
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:30,840
Speaker 1: t Y Hilton. But now we're at the end of

954
00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:34,319
Speaker 1: training camp and I think you've seen quite a bit

955
00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:36,400
Speaker 1: of competition at that position. You've had kind of what

956
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:40,800
Speaker 1: we've talked about, those four guys emerge, you know, Pittman,

957
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:44,560
Speaker 1: Paris Campbell, Alec Pierce, Ashton Duel and those four guys

958
00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:48,719
Speaker 1: are kind of the core of that room. And now

959
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:51,520
Speaker 1: we're talking about can you keep six with the way

960
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:54,600
Speaker 1: that Strawn and Patman are playing. So never say never,

961
00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:56,920
Speaker 1: But I don't get the impression that the Colts are

962
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:01,759
Speaker 1: needing to bring in a veteran in wide receiver right now.

963
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:03,719
Speaker 1: Do you guys kind of agree with that assessment? I

964
00:49:03,719 --> 00:49:07,080
Speaker 1: mean I do. I mean, especially after the first game

965
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:09,719
Speaker 1: in Buffalo. I always thought, let's get through the first

966
00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:12,359
Speaker 1: couple of weeks of the preseason or training camp, get

967
00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:15,080
Speaker 1: to that first preseason game, and then that'll kind of

968
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:17,320
Speaker 1: tell us where we are with the sense of urgency

969
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:19,440
Speaker 1: to go out and sign a veteran wide receiver. So

970
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:22,160
Speaker 1: now that that has come and gone, and the fact

971
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:24,960
Speaker 1: that we've played a second preseason game and oh, by

972
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:27,560
Speaker 1: the way, we've got Strawn for forty five yards in

973
00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:31,080
Speaker 1: a touchdown. Patman goes over one hundred yards and a touchdown.

974
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:35,520
Speaker 1: Big playability there. They're both healthy, they're both coming on strong.

975
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,000
Speaker 1: You know, I don't want to speak for Chris Ballard

976
00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:39,960
Speaker 1: because we just don't know. I mean, unless he was

977
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:42,879
Speaker 1: sitting here right next to us telling us definitively what's

978
00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:45,800
Speaker 1: going to happen. I think if it was going to happen,

979
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:49,000
Speaker 1: it would have happened by now. That being said, I'll

980
00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:51,040
Speaker 1: kind of hedge my bed a little bit and say,

981
00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:54,440
Speaker 1: t Y Hilton is still in town. His son plays

982
00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:57,919
Speaker 1: for Zionsville. He's a star receiver, just made a play

983
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:01,040
Speaker 1: last week in Week one, the double overtime game winning

984
00:50:01,239 --> 00:50:04,800
Speaker 1: touchdown in the end zone against Pike. So he's still around.

985
00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:08,040
Speaker 1: And you know, for what it's worth from a marketing standpoint,

986
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:10,440
Speaker 1: you know, people always tweet me the same thing. I'm

987
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:12,920
Speaker 1: sure they tweet you guys. They send me pictures of

988
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:15,120
Speaker 1: t Y still on the side of the building it

989
00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:18,359
Speaker 1: so I get it. But as of right now, I

990
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:22,239
Speaker 1: think the culture leading that they like, and they've been

991
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:25,399
Speaker 1: bullish all off season long. They've said this, dating back

992
00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:28,680
Speaker 1: to the combine. We like the guys that we think

993
00:50:28,719 --> 00:50:32,160
Speaker 1: are capable of taking the next step, while the next

994
00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:34,719
Speaker 1: step is the regular season, and we'll see kind of

995
00:50:34,719 --> 00:50:36,520
Speaker 1: where we are after the first three or four games.

996
00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:39,120
Speaker 1: I think that's the biggest thing, is we see Yeah.

997
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:41,160
Speaker 1: I mean, it seems like year in year out, there's

998
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:44,120
Speaker 1: always one position group that you always look at and say,

999
00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:46,520
Speaker 1: I feel like they should have done something else, And

1000
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:48,719
Speaker 1: I feel like this year it's been wide receiver. They

1001
00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:51,600
Speaker 1: have been bullish on it, but to this point, I

1002
00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:55,120
Speaker 1: think everything they've said has been correct. I think the

1003
00:50:55,239 --> 00:50:58,319
Speaker 1: media contingents about here every day watching we would all

1004
00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:00,399
Speaker 1: agree that there's a handful of guys you go, wow,

1005
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:03,040
Speaker 1: he's made some flash plays, and we're talking about to

1006
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:05,560
Speaker 1: Michael Harris, you know these guys that are fighting for

1007
00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:08,440
Speaker 1: those final couple spots because those four guys, I mean,

1008
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:10,960
Speaker 1: there have been days where it's like Pittman one today,

1009
00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:14,120
Speaker 1: Campbell one today, Pierce one today, Dulan one today, and

1010
00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:16,719
Speaker 1: it's been interchanging. So that's one of the things I think.

1011
00:51:16,719 --> 00:51:19,279
Speaker 1: Get the top four, you're definitely set. So when it

1012
00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:22,840
Speaker 1: comes to adding a veteran wide receiver, I almost I

1013
00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:25,320
Speaker 1: almost think you lean towards no because you're just gonna

1014
00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:27,839
Speaker 1: break up kind of the thing you got going right,

1015
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:30,480
Speaker 1: now I think, you know, who knows, maybe week, you know,

1016
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:32,600
Speaker 1: a handful of weeks ending you're kind of looking okay,

1017
00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:34,480
Speaker 1: maybe it's not as strong, that's why you do it.

1018
00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:37,000
Speaker 1: But I think right now I almost want to say

1019
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:39,560
Speaker 1: I'm not you know, like Chris is not here, so

1020
00:51:39,760 --> 00:51:41,719
Speaker 1: we have no idea what he's thinking. But he might

1021
00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:44,480
Speaker 1: be sitting up there going ha ha, see you let

1022
00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:46,960
Speaker 1: me do my thing and look at what's happening. That's

1023
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:48,879
Speaker 1: what he kept saying, was like, let's let this thing,

1024
00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:51,040
Speaker 1: just let it play out. And we're watching it play out,

1025
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:53,480
Speaker 1: and it's it's looking like he's right, he's right. One

1026
00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:57,600
Speaker 1: other note here, I asked Reggie Wayne on Monday what

1027
00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:01,400
Speaker 1: he has learned about Michael Pittman Junior now that he

1028
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:03,279
Speaker 1: didn't know when he took the job. I thought his

1029
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:06,359
Speaker 1: answer was really interesting, and he said, it's leadership. It's

1030
00:52:06,440 --> 00:52:10,759
Speaker 1: he's got that leadership quality to him. And as he's saying,

1031
00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:13,680
Speaker 1: as he's talking about it and going on about how

1032
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:16,759
Speaker 1: you know, really solid a leader, Michael Pittman is I'm thinking,

1033
00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:19,279
Speaker 1: you know, look at if you're you're concerned with this room,

1034
00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:22,120
Speaker 1: is that it's too young and there's not that you

1035
00:52:22,120 --> 00:52:24,120
Speaker 1: know that guy who stepped up into the leadership or

1036
00:52:24,239 --> 00:52:27,399
Speaker 1: the t Y Hilton is vacated by not being here, Well,

1037
00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:29,919
Speaker 1: guy's been Michael Pittman Junior. And that's not to say

1038
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:33,880
Speaker 1: that the Colts might need someone like t Y Hilton

1039
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:37,720
Speaker 1: or t Y Hilton himself during the season, but right now,

1040
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:40,520
Speaker 1: if you don't, if you have a good leader in

1041
00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:44,160
Speaker 1: that room and Michael Pittman Junior, that sort of takes

1042
00:52:44,160 --> 00:52:46,520
Speaker 1: away part of why you might need to go get

1043
00:52:46,560 --> 00:52:49,040
Speaker 1: t Y Hilton. So again, I think I think we're

1044
00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:52,799
Speaker 1: talking about need here. Do you know, do you want

1045
00:52:52,840 --> 00:52:55,359
Speaker 1: to get better in every aspect of the roster? Absolutely,

1046
00:52:55,480 --> 00:52:59,200
Speaker 1: But again, let's let this thing play out and it'll

1047
00:52:59,239 --> 00:53:01,239
Speaker 1: continue to play out once you get into the regular season.

1048
00:53:01,320 --> 00:53:04,160
Speaker 1: But right now, if you were talking about again letting

1049
00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:05,799
Speaker 1: it play out, I think it's played out pretty well

1050
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:08,400
Speaker 1: at that point. I don't think it's a leadership problem

1051
00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:10,279
Speaker 1: because I think you bring up a great point there

1052
00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:12,880
Speaker 1: with Michael Pittman Jr. And the fact that you have

1053
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:16,239
Speaker 1: Reggie Wayne now leading that position group as the wide

1054
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:19,400
Speaker 1: receiver coach. So I don't think it's a leadership issue.

1055
00:53:19,440 --> 00:53:21,480
Speaker 1: Like if you're bringing t Y Hilton. It's not because

1056
00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:25,640
Speaker 1: the room needs guidance, right, It's just to me, it's

1057
00:53:25,640 --> 00:53:30,040
Speaker 1: just playmaking. It's it's veteran experience, you know, guy that

1058
00:53:30,080 --> 00:53:32,200
Speaker 1: you can trust to go get you. You know, four

1059
00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:34,600
Speaker 1: or five catches a game for forty fifty yards and

1060
00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:38,000
Speaker 1: maybe a touchdown and make some contested catches in big moments.

1061
00:53:38,440 --> 00:53:40,839
Speaker 1: That I think is what you're looking for more so

1062
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:43,880
Speaker 1: than the leadership. I don't know your void of leadership

1063
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:47,560
Speaker 1: because you've got Pittman who's in year three, Paris Campbell

1064
00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:50,200
Speaker 1: is only played in fifteen games, so on and so forth.

1065
00:53:50,239 --> 00:53:52,279
Speaker 1: I think you've got that. I think you've established a

1066
00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:54,800
Speaker 1: good culture here. It's just to me, it's all about

1067
00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:57,719
Speaker 1: production on the field more than anything else. Let's go

1068
00:53:57,719 --> 00:53:59,239
Speaker 1: to the random thought of the week before we wrap

1069
00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:01,799
Speaker 1: up this podcast. What you got all right? Today's a

1070
00:54:01,880 --> 00:54:03,960
Speaker 1: random thought of the week. We can be short, we

1071
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:06,680
Speaker 1: can be sweet, because I think I know where you

1072
00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:09,000
Speaker 1: guys are going with this. But guys, have you ever

1073
00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:13,520
Speaker 1: noticed there's a difference between how we act and interact

1074
00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:17,640
Speaker 1: on different vehicles or vessels. So when you're on when

1075
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:19,879
Speaker 1: you're on a boat, okay, when you're on a boat,

1076
00:54:19,920 --> 00:54:22,560
Speaker 1: everybody's in a good mood. Like you ever cross another

1077
00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:25,400
Speaker 1: boat going a different direction and you waved everybody on

1078
00:54:25,440 --> 00:54:27,120
Speaker 1: the boat. How are you doing? Yeah, you're on a

1079
00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:29,759
Speaker 1: boat too. Life is good. You know I'm on a boat.

1080
00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:31,680
Speaker 1: You're on a boat. What's up? Man? Like your boat?

1081
00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:35,040
Speaker 1: In the car on the road, we freaking hate each other,

1082
00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:37,600
Speaker 1: like we we give each other the bird, We hank

1083
00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:40,040
Speaker 1: at each other. He comes over anyway, I got this

1084
00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:43,040
Speaker 1: left front tires in my lane like this much? Hey, buddy,

1085
00:54:43,239 --> 00:54:46,400
Speaker 1: why are we so different on boats compared to in

1086
00:54:46,440 --> 00:54:48,960
Speaker 1: the car in terms of our demeanor and our hatred

1087
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:52,719
Speaker 1: for one another? It's easy, deep, it's easy. When you're

1088
00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:53,920
Speaker 1: in a car. You don't want to be in a

1089
00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:56,400
Speaker 1: car unless you're Darius Leonard or Shaquille Leonard, and you

1090
00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:58,959
Speaker 1: know you owned every kind of classic car, sometimes double,

1091
00:54:59,080 --> 00:55:02,040
Speaker 1: sometimes triples. You you you want, you like to be in

1092
00:55:02,080 --> 00:55:04,759
Speaker 1: a car if that's you. Otherwise you're driving to them,

1093
00:55:04,840 --> 00:55:06,680
Speaker 1: you're driving to a a grocery store and you're like, book,

1094
00:55:06,719 --> 00:55:08,839
Speaker 1: give me out a stupid carr And then you get

1095
00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:11,239
Speaker 1: a guy. I live in Carmel, so of course I

1096
00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:14,040
Speaker 1: go through seven thousand roundabouts to go get to the store,

1097
00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:16,239
Speaker 1: and you know, you get the one person in the

1098
00:55:16,320 --> 00:55:18,680
Speaker 1: roundabout who doesn't know what he's doing, and it's like,

1099
00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:25,480
Speaker 1: here's a guy from the south side. Oh, I'm driving

1100
00:55:25,520 --> 00:55:31,000
Speaker 1: behind Matt Taylor. Learn how to drive. Get I just

1101
00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:33,720
Speaker 1: want to get to the store and buy all this stuff.

1102
00:55:33,719 --> 00:55:36,160
Speaker 1: You don't have to stop, sir. It's a yield. Whereas

1103
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:38,640
Speaker 1: in a boat, you're like, you're right, You're like, hey,

1104
00:55:38,680 --> 00:55:41,080
Speaker 1: I'm on a boat. You're on a boat too, King,

1105
00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:43,799
Speaker 1: we're having a great time. Yeah, because we're on a

1106
00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:45,279
Speaker 1: boat and you're in a car and you're like, I'm

1107
00:55:45,320 --> 00:55:47,000
Speaker 1: not having a great time. That's a good point. I

1108
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:49,080
Speaker 1: didn't think about it from just the aspect of you

1109
00:55:49,080 --> 00:55:51,040
Speaker 1: don't want to be in the car, and that's probably it.

1110
00:55:51,080 --> 00:55:53,359
Speaker 1: I didn't even think about that. That's that's definitely it.

1111
00:55:53,400 --> 00:55:55,319
Speaker 1: You just don't want to be there. And even when

1112
00:55:55,360 --> 00:55:57,640
Speaker 1: you are in the car and you're like we're going somewhere,

1113
00:55:57,640 --> 00:55:59,560
Speaker 1: it's like you want to get there faster. So if

1114
00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:02,600
Speaker 1: somebody's impeding on you getting there, yeah, that's that's gotta

1115
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:05,360
Speaker 1: be what it is. You have road rage, Oh it's

1116
00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:10,360
Speaker 1: bade no. So because I grew up driving on the highways,

1117
00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:13,440
Speaker 1: of Chicago. Like nothing phases me on the road. Like

1118
00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:15,480
Speaker 1: you're drive in Chicago on the Dan Ryan, Like I'm

1119
00:56:15,560 --> 00:56:18,640
Speaker 1: sure folks listening to this podcast of driven up sixty

1120
00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:20,839
Speaker 1: five to get into Chicago and you're on the Dan

1121
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:23,879
Speaker 1: Ryan going, you know, you're going past Guaranteed Right Field

1122
00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:25,520
Speaker 1: where the White Sox play, and you have people just

1123
00:56:25,560 --> 00:56:29,040
Speaker 1: cutting you off. They're going ninety five. And to me,

1124
00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:31,440
Speaker 1: that's like tip of the hat. Respect. Yeah, but that's

1125
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:34,000
Speaker 1: I grew up driving in that environment. So I'm like

1126
00:56:34,080 --> 00:56:36,560
Speaker 1: not phased by that. But my wife grew up here

1127
00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:41,479
Speaker 1: and she's just like this TABRONI here's cutting me off,

1128
00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:43,480
Speaker 1: and I'm like, yeah, it's you know, that's what happens.

1129
00:56:43,640 --> 00:56:46,560
Speaker 1: That's life on the highway up in Chicago. Mine's getting

1130
00:56:46,560 --> 00:56:48,640
Speaker 1: bad where my kids are there, They're like they're doing

1131
00:56:48,680 --> 00:56:51,359
Speaker 1: the same thing. Like our big thing. This guy in

1132
00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:55,040
Speaker 1: our neighborhood. It's a twenty five mile hour speedlom in

1133
00:56:55,040 --> 00:56:57,120
Speaker 1: our neighborhood. And I don't know what it is about

1134
00:56:57,160 --> 00:57:01,040
Speaker 1: the road that we live on. Guys and they'll do

1135
00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:04,320
Speaker 1: thirty to forty and we're I love to be outside,

1136
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:07,279
Speaker 1: especially when you know when it's like this, I'm I'm like,

1137
00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:09,759
Speaker 1: drop whatever you get going on inside, because we're going out.

1138
00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:11,719
Speaker 1: Like I'm I'm not a I don't like to sit,

1139
00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:14,839
Speaker 1: so we're outside often and I'm I'm always I'm like,

1140
00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:16,800
Speaker 1: I'm that get off your lawn guy. You know. I

1141
00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:19,480
Speaker 1: see a guy flying and I'm like, no doubt, neighborhood,

1142
00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:21,120
Speaker 1: I'll wave them down. It's to the point now where

1143
00:57:21,120 --> 00:57:23,880
Speaker 1: my kids, it doesn't it doesn't matter how fast the

1144
00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:27,120
Speaker 1: car is going. Now, if they drive by. Both both

1145
00:57:27,160 --> 00:57:28,840
Speaker 1: of my boys, I've got a four year old and

1146
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:31,160
Speaker 1: a two year old, they turn and they just yell

1147
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:34,600
Speaker 1: slow down, dude. It doesn't matter how fast they're going.

1148
00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:37,400
Speaker 1: They both will turn. So that's that's where it's gotten

1149
00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:39,600
Speaker 1: where Now my kids are in on this. You know,

1150
00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:41,840
Speaker 1: road rage if you will. I try to, you know,

1151
00:57:41,880 --> 00:57:44,200
Speaker 1: I try to give most people to benefit the doubt,

1152
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:46,240
Speaker 1: but there are certain times that I just have see

1153
00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:48,640
Speaker 1: my biggest my biggest I don't think I have road rage.

1154
00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:51,320
Speaker 1: I think I'm pretty I'm a defensive driver probably for

1155
00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:54,880
Speaker 1: the most part. Okay, but what my biggest pet peeve is,

1156
00:57:54,920 --> 00:57:58,160
Speaker 1: I'm a big believer in the flow of traffic. I've driven,

1157
00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:01,360
Speaker 1: I've driven four sixty five every day probably of my

1158
00:58:01,400 --> 00:58:05,040
Speaker 1: adult life. So there is something called the flow of traffic.

1159
00:58:05,080 --> 00:58:08,440
Speaker 1: If you're in the left lane. Usually the flow of traffic,

1160
00:58:08,440 --> 00:58:11,919
Speaker 1: if it's a normal day, is somewhere between seventy and

1161
00:58:12,520 --> 00:58:16,640
Speaker 1: well sixty five and seventy. Okay. So there's me, there's

1162
00:58:16,680 --> 00:58:18,520
Speaker 1: the person in front of me, and the person in

1163
00:58:18,560 --> 00:58:20,720
Speaker 1: front of them, and we're all just going through the

1164
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:23,320
Speaker 1: flow of traffic. The guy behind me, all of a

1165
00:58:23,360 --> 00:58:27,920
Speaker 1: sudden wants to go faster, and I'm going with the

1166
00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:30,960
Speaker 1: flow of traffic, so he will pass me on the

1167
00:58:31,080 --> 00:58:34,280
Speaker 1: right and then cut me off and slam on his

1168
00:58:34,360 --> 00:58:37,720
Speaker 1: brakes because he wanted to be one car in front

1169
00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:41,200
Speaker 1: of me. Meanwhile, sir, we're all going at the flow

1170
00:58:41,240 --> 00:58:44,160
Speaker 1: at the rate of speed. You're gonna get there. You

1171
00:58:44,200 --> 00:58:45,920
Speaker 1: and I are going to get there at the exact

1172
00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:48,400
Speaker 1: same time. If we're going to the same place, we're

1173
00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:51,280
Speaker 1: going to arrive at our destination the exact same time.

1174
00:58:51,320 --> 00:58:55,680
Speaker 1: If you just go with the flow of traffic. That

1175
00:58:55,800 --> 00:59:00,360
Speaker 1: is a very sixty five year old answer. But I

1176
00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:03,080
Speaker 1: typically see you say your defensive I'm one of those

1177
00:59:03,120 --> 00:59:05,960
Speaker 1: guys that I'll probably drive four sixty five. I'm in

1178
00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:08,800
Speaker 1: you know, probably the middle right lane and I'm doing,

1179
00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:11,320
Speaker 1: you know, fifty seven, So you're going to speed lift.

1180
00:59:11,400 --> 00:59:13,479
Speaker 1: I'm going to speed limit and I but the people

1181
00:59:13,520 --> 00:59:15,120
Speaker 1: that get behind me and ride me, I'm like, dude,

1182
00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:17,120
Speaker 1: you got two lanes the left of you can go

1183
00:59:17,160 --> 00:59:20,320
Speaker 1: over there? Yeah, come over here lane. Yeah, I'm over there.

1184
00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:22,720
Speaker 1: I mean I probably have a thirty minute drive on

1185
00:59:22,720 --> 00:59:26,040
Speaker 1: four sixty five every day on average. That happens to

1186
00:59:26,080 --> 00:59:28,560
Speaker 1: me twice at twice a trip. Yeah, where someone will

1187
00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:30,720
Speaker 1: speed up and pass me on the right, get over

1188
00:59:30,760 --> 00:59:32,800
Speaker 1: to the left, slam on the brakes because the person

1189
00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:35,120
Speaker 1: in front of them is going with the speed of traffic.

1190
00:59:36,080 --> 00:59:38,080
Speaker 1: There we go, There we go. It's not a boat,

1191
00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:39,760
Speaker 1: And if it was a boat, you'd be like, hey,

1192
00:59:42,080 --> 00:59:46,560
Speaker 1: what are you drinking? What's up? Yeah's good. Next week

1193
00:59:46,560 --> 00:59:48,880
Speaker 1: on the podcast, we should do what's your boat? Beard's choice?

1194
00:59:48,920 --> 00:59:51,080
Speaker 1: There you go. I like a lot of That's what

1195
00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:53,640
Speaker 1: they say. The road. It's the one thing we all share, yeah,

1196
00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:55,440
Speaker 1: and the one thing we all hate. All right, Well,

1197
00:59:55,480 --> 00:59:57,919
Speaker 1: we didn't hate this podcast. This was good. It's coming

1198
00:59:57,960 --> 00:59:59,840
Speaker 1: up this week on the Colts Audio Network. Don't Forget

1199
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Speaker 1: Daily updates Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on ninety three five

1200
01:00:03,120 --> 01:00:04,800
Speaker 1: and one oh seven five of the Fan and the

1201
01:00:04,840 --> 01:00:08,320
Speaker 1: Colts Audio Network. Inside Football with Rick vent Terry will

1202
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:11,400
Speaker 1: drop on Wednesday with a recap of Colts camp to

1203
01:00:11,440 --> 01:00:14,440
Speaker 1: this point. Who his favorite roster bubble players are. I

1204
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:18,280
Speaker 1: cannot wait to hear who coach thinks are his favorite

1205
01:00:18,360 --> 01:00:20,280
Speaker 1: roster bubble players because he is out here every day

1206
01:00:20,280 --> 01:00:24,240
Speaker 1: taking meticulous notes. Ye yes, on this camp, chats with

1207
01:00:24,280 --> 01:00:27,000
Speaker 1: Colts players every day after practice. You guys sat down

1208
01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:29,200
Speaker 1: with tight end Moiley Cox today. That'll be coming out

1209
01:00:29,240 --> 01:00:32,120
Speaker 1: at some point here soon. Friday Colts Happy Hour with

1210
01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:35,240
Speaker 1: JMV featuring Frank Reich and players heading into the final

1211
01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:39,320
Speaker 1: preseason game against the Buccaneers Sunday, Colt's Instant Reaction with

1212
01:00:39,360 --> 01:00:42,600
Speaker 1: myself and Bill Brooks will be back. And by the way, guys,

1213
01:00:42,600 --> 01:00:44,720
Speaker 1: if anyone's going to the game Saturday and you hear

1214
01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:47,840
Speaker 1: a new voice on the PA system, it's you. It

1215
01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:51,680
Speaker 1: is JJ. Yeah. I'm getting I'm getting a full game in.

1216
01:00:52,040 --> 01:00:54,960
Speaker 1: Can you give us a third down? I know I'm

1217
01:00:54,960 --> 01:00:56,800
Speaker 1: putting you on the spot. Yeah, yeah, I can. I

1218
01:00:56,840 --> 01:00:58,000
Speaker 1: can give it to you. Can I give a little

1219
01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:02,040
Speaker 1: background of why this is happening first, So Uh. Saturday,

1220
01:01:02,120 --> 01:01:05,240
Speaker 1: during the game. Uh, Mike Jansen, the great play by

1221
01:01:05,840 --> 01:01:07,919
Speaker 1: stadium PA announcer has been doing it for twenty five

1222
01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:10,680
Speaker 1: years here in Indianapolis, started to lose his voice a

1223
01:01:10,720 --> 01:01:15,760
Speaker 1: little bit and are you talking about Yeah? And I

1224
01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:21,640
Speaker 1: volunteered to step in. Um. Thank you to the trust

1225
01:01:21,680 --> 01:01:24,400
Speaker 1: of my boss, Dave Nickerbocker, the help of folks like

1226
01:01:24,480 --> 01:01:26,960
Speaker 1: Mike Stevens and Caroline Lee, and of course Mike Jansen

1227
01:01:27,040 --> 01:01:29,560
Speaker 1: himself for talking to me through doing stadium PA for

1228
01:01:29,600 --> 01:01:31,880
Speaker 1: the first time in my life during the second half

1229
01:01:32,360 --> 01:01:34,000
Speaker 1: of the game against the way he never did, like

1230
01:01:34,040 --> 01:01:39,360
Speaker 1: a middle school volleyball game, NFL game. Here you go, quick, JJ.

1231
01:01:39,720 --> 01:01:41,959
Speaker 1: We're about to go into the locker room post game

1232
01:01:42,000 --> 01:01:44,520
Speaker 1: and JJ comes down and he is on a high.

1233
01:01:44,560 --> 01:01:46,600
Speaker 1: He's like he like looks at me. He's like, dude,

1234
01:01:46,640 --> 01:01:48,760
Speaker 1: I just did PA for the second half of the game.

1235
01:01:48,920 --> 01:01:51,560
Speaker 1: And honestly, where where we are on radio, I got

1236
01:01:51,640 --> 01:01:54,280
Speaker 1: headphones on. All I hear is Matt, I can't hear anything,

1237
01:01:54,320 --> 01:01:55,920
Speaker 1: so I had no I was just like, wait a minute,

1238
01:01:55,920 --> 01:01:58,120
Speaker 1: you did what well? I can tell such a high

1239
01:01:58,200 --> 01:02:00,480
Speaker 1: so well done, by the way. Yeah, during during a game,

1240
01:02:00,520 --> 01:02:03,160
Speaker 1: I don't pay much attention to the JumboTron or the

1241
01:02:03,240 --> 01:02:06,959
Speaker 1: PA no offense right to Mike or yourself or anybody else.

1242
01:02:07,320 --> 01:02:09,360
Speaker 1: There's just a lot going on. But I think the

1243
01:02:09,360 --> 01:02:11,880
Speaker 1: biggest compliment I can give you is, I did not

1244
01:02:12,040 --> 01:02:14,320
Speaker 1: know that was you exactly. That's what I was to say.

1245
01:02:14,520 --> 01:02:16,080
Speaker 1: Did not know that it was I didn't know it

1246
01:02:16,120 --> 01:02:19,040
Speaker 1: was anyone other than Mike. Yep, great, Yeah it was.

1247
01:02:19,520 --> 01:02:21,960
Speaker 1: It was a lot of fun, and I'm gonna get

1248
01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:24,480
Speaker 1: to do it again and get an actual week to

1249
01:02:24,560 --> 01:02:27,560
Speaker 1: prepare for it. Jansen's gonna be back. Don't worry, guys. Uh,

1250
01:02:27,680 --> 01:02:30,439
Speaker 1: this is not a permanent thing, but um, in case

1251
01:02:30,520 --> 01:02:32,760
Speaker 1: this ever happens again, gonna get a little bit of,

1252
01:02:33,320 --> 01:02:37,840
Speaker 1: you know, actual practice in so you know, for for instance,

1253
01:02:37,920 --> 01:02:41,120
Speaker 1: if the uh, you know, let's say it's Blaine Gabbert

1254
01:02:41,160 --> 01:02:44,880
Speaker 1: completes a pass to Scotty Miller past complete number eleven,

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