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Speaker 1: Well, hello and welcome to Instant Reaction. I am Casey Valier,

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Speaker 1: joined by Colts Ring of Honor wide receiver Bill Brooks,

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Speaker 1: and we are reacting to a Colts emphatic victory over

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Speaker 1: the Bengals forty one to fourteen in the preseason finale

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Speaker 1: in Cincinnati. We didn't mention the score last week, but

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Speaker 1: it's really hard to not mention the score this week

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Speaker 1: because it seemed like the Colts just kept scoring and scoring.

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Speaker 2: Bill.

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Speaker 1: It was a very well played scoring frenzy for the

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Speaker 1: Colts in that final preseason game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the guys that play today went out there and

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Speaker 3: did a nice job. You know, both Riley Lenntt went

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Speaker 3: out there and then Jason Being went out there and

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Speaker 3: then moved the team down the football field. So they

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Speaker 3: did some nice things out there, and the guys played well.

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Speaker 3: They played well like this game meant something to them,

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Speaker 3: which it did mean something, especially.

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Speaker 3: Backups and a lot of the young guys that are

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Speaker 3: trying to make the team and trying to make it

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Speaker 3: into the National Football League. So it was very important

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Speaker 3: to see those guys go out there play hard, and

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Speaker 3: they did play hard, and that's good to see.

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Speaker 1: Well, I figured on this episode of Instant Reaction, we

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Speaker 1: would kind of highlight some of those guys who took

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Speaker 1: full advantage of those opportunities today, which frankly was a

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Speaker 1: very large group of guys. But then also we'll dive

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Speaker 1: into kind of what Tuesday is going to look like,

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Speaker 1: because that is when they cut the roster from ninety

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Speaker 1: man to fifty three. And then lastly just kind of

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Speaker 1: previewing what the next couple weeks are like, gearing up

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Speaker 1: for that, you know, regular season opener when the Miami

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Speaker 1: Dolphins come to town. So if we're starting with everything

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Speaker 1: I just laid out there, Bill, starting at the top

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Speaker 1: with what we saw in that game against the Bengals

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Speaker 1: really left no doubt forty one to fourteen. That is

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Speaker 1: a big victory, one of the largest outpouring by a

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Speaker 1: Colts team, I think since the sixties in a preseason game,

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Speaker 1: so you know it had some historic value to it

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Speaker 1: from back in the Baltimore days. But starting all of

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Speaker 1: that off, I think it's only fitting to start with

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Speaker 1: Riley Leonard. He got his first start in a preseason

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Speaker 1: and I thought he shined. He had five offensive drives,

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Speaker 1: three of those leading to points, including back to back

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Speaker 1: Riley Leonard was fifteen of twenty for one hundred and

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Speaker 1: eighty nine yards in a touchdown.

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Speaker 2: Bill the rookie from Notre Dame. He really had a

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Speaker 2: great game today.

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Speaker 4: He played well.

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Speaker 3: He went out there and played and you know, one

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Speaker 3: of the things I think I heard in the press conference,

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Speaker 3: he said he tried not to put too much pressure

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Speaker 3: for himself. He want to go out there and just

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Speaker 3: let it all hang out and play like he was

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Speaker 3: back in his backyard. Just go back to his roots

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Speaker 3: and play like he was a young kid again. And

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Speaker 3: that's what you want to do as a player. Yes,

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Speaker 3: this competition and his big time football, the National Football League,

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Speaker 3: but the bottom line is, at the end of the day,

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Speaker 3: is still just a game, and you have to kind

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Speaker 3: out there and have fun, enjoy it, enjoy it with

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Speaker 3: your teammates, and just go out there and try.

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Speaker 4: To make plays and play loose. And he did that.

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Speaker 3: He looked like he did that today making some big plays,

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Speaker 4: If the nine yard touchdowns.

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Speaker 3: It was nice to see him go out there and

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Speaker 3: good time out there.

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Speaker 1: And Bill, when you look at roster mechanics, that's what

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Speaker 1: everything's going to be kind of gearing towards as we

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Speaker 1: head to Tuesday. Typically the Colts keep three quarterbacks on

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Speaker 1: that fifty three men roster. Most recently the last handful

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Speaker 1: of years that has been Sam Ellinger. Sam Ellinger now

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Speaker 1: this Colts team's going to look like, you know, Daniel

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Speaker 2: But if they're you know, a fight to keep three quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: I think Ryley Leonard has done a really good job

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Speaker 1: clearly kind of helping to solidify the reason the Colts

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Speaker 1: job of kind of solidifying that third quarterback spot on

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you did.

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Speaker 3: I think you did a nice job going out there

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Speaker 3: playing and doing what he needed to do to show

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Speaker 3: the coaches that you know, he can play in the games.

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Speaker 3: He can go out there and move the offense down

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Speaker 3: the football field. So he did some nice things out there.

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Speaker 3: And then one of the good things about to me

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Speaker 3: Bean are very mobile quarterbacks. All of them can run,

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Speaker 3: think that's good for an offense knowing that, hey, look

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Speaker 3: if someone does get nicked up and you put someone

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Speaker 3: else in there, you don't have to change the whole

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Speaker 3: So it's very important that the guys have a quarterback

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Speaker 4: If it's run the.

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Speaker 4: So I think that's a good thing.

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Speaker 3: And Riley Lenitt just went out there, had fun, did

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Speaker 3: a nice job. And I think having quarterbacks like that

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Speaker 1: Now, a couple of those guys that really helped in

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Speaker 1: He had a great day, six catches for one hundred

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Speaker 1: They give you that versatility playing offense and their key

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Speaker 2: But I would say that Owen and then Treadwell once again.

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Speaker 1: Treadwell did the same thing last year, had a really

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Speaker 1: nice preseason, made it really really tough on these staff

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Speaker 1: both those guys really put their best foot forward here

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Speaker 1: really think twice when they mention your name on whether

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what you want to do, especially young guys,

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Speaker 3: you know what this guy can play. He can play

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Speaker 3: he can return punts, he can return and kicks. Today

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Speaker 3: maybe the part return that he caught in the end

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Speaker 3: So he did a lot of nice things out there.

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Speaker 3: So happy for him what he's done. He's done that

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Speaker 1: Now with Owen, you know before we I want to

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Speaker 1: But with Owen, this is an undrafted rookie free agent

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Speaker 1: in some ways, I'm sure a bit of a surprise

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Speaker 1: Now and it was a small school in the MAC

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Speaker 1: but still over twelve hundred yards receiving in this past year.

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Speaker 1: But I mentioned there with Lakwan Treadwell, he's entering his

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Speaker 1: tenth season in the NFL. He spent last year with

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Speaker 1: the Colts practice squad, was activated for two games.

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Speaker 2: But he's kind of that guy. He's the vet.

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Speaker 1: He's earned the trust of the coaching staff, a great

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Speaker 1: because there are guys from one to fifty three, and

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Speaker 1: then you add in the sixteen man practice squad. There

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Speaker 1: are all kinds of different ages and whatever in that groom.

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Speaker 1: But having a guy who is in his tenth season

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Speaker 4: But for right now, treadwell. What he does.

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Speaker 1: those guys that is you know, got a nice little

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm sure he's hoping for that call on Tuesday

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Speaker 3: to be a part of this team because you know what,

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Speaker 4: That's what the Coats have gone in the gone in

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Speaker 3: As you said, Casey, we know what the Forest Buckle's

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Speaker 4: But after that, you want to.

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Speaker 3: Make sure you have guys they're in the middle that

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Speaker 3: teams down. And then when it's called upon for them

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Speaker 3: to make a pass rush to get rushed to get

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Speaker 3: the pressure on the quarterback, they can do it as well.

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Speaker 3: Because you're gonna want your top line guys, especially in

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Speaker 3: Those top line guys that can't play all those players,

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Speaker 3: they're gonna get worn down by the end of the game.

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Speaker 3: So you're gonna need guys that are the backups to

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Speaker 3: come in and relieve those guys some so they help

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Speaker 3: the end of the game. So guy like Eric Johnson

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Speaker 3: You're gonna need guys like that to produce when they

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Speaker 3: go out there and you have to make a play. Yes,

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Speaker 3: you might not start the game, so you're not called

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Speaker 3: a starter. But when you're in that play, whatever play

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Speaker 3: may be, play fifteen, play twenty five, whatever it is,

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Speaker 3: to play like a starter. You have to go out

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Speaker 3: there and make plays. So whenever those guys get in

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Speaker 3: the game, they have to play big and make plays

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Speaker 3: for the team because that's only gonna help the team

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Speaker 3: out to hope reach their goals.

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Speaker 1: Now, a couple of things here to close here, Bill,

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Speaker 1: We know Tuesday is roster cuts. From you, you've been

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Speaker 1: a guy who you've had friends cut. You know how

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Speaker 1: difficult it is. How is it from one of the

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Speaker 1: guys who you know your time you were safe on

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Speaker 1: that bubble. I know at one point you weren't, but

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Speaker 1: there are times where you were pretty safe. How is

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Speaker 1: it for those guys who know this locker room is

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Speaker 3: Well, for the guys that are you know they're gonna

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Speaker 3: guys that they have build a relationship with and are

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Speaker 3: close with that they're gonna that's gonna leave.

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Speaker 4: It's gonna be tough for him. It's gonna be tough

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Speaker 4: for those guys.

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Speaker 3: It's not easy to have, say, a close friend to

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Speaker 3: leave and has to go somewhere else and you're not

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Speaker 3: or whatever, and you hope that they get picked up

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Speaker 3: by someoneus. But it's tough for those guys to see

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Speaker 3: a friend leave. Now for the guys that you know

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Speaker 3: unfortunately that might not make it, Uh, it's tough for

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Speaker 3: them as well, because you know they don't know if

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Speaker 3: they're gonna get another chance or not, and then hope

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Speaker 3: they it is one of those things. They hope they

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Speaker 3: get another chance, but they don't know, and there's a

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Speaker 3: lot of uncertain during that time period. So it's very

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Speaker 3: difficult for those guys and thinking that hey, maybe I'll

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Speaker 3: get a chance, maybe I won't.

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Speaker 4: I'm not sure, And for them to have to leave,

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Speaker 4: it's not easy.

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Speaker 3: And you just hope you get a phone call from

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Speaker 3: your agent saying, hey, this other team wants to come

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Speaker 3: and give you a tryout, So come on in and

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Speaker 3: try out.

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Speaker 4: But it's going to be difficult.

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Speaker 3: But you know right now, between now and then, I

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Speaker 3: I'm here. I'm not playing right now. Don't worry about it.

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Speaker 3: If you've done all you can. You went out there

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Speaker 3: and gave everything you had on the football field, the

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Speaker 3: meeting room, weight room, out there in the practice field.

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Speaker 3: There's nothing you could do about it. Now it's in

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Speaker 3: the coach's hands and make a decision. Just hope the

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Speaker 3: best and hopefully that you're on the team after Tuesday,

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Speaker 3: and you can now prepare that way and just enjoy

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Speaker 3: these next couple of days and just have fun.

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Speaker 1: Now the Colts will have a little bit of a

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Speaker 1: break before the regular season starts. They'll host to Miami

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Speaker 1: Dolphins on Semptember seventh, which is three Sundays from tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: So we've talked about that importance of getting off to

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Speaker 1: a fast start, having a home graining a home game.

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Speaker 2: To start as a really good way to do that.

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Speaker 1: So how important are these next couple of weeks is

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Speaker 1: to begin the game plan for the Dolphins.

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Speaker 4: It's going to be very important.

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Speaker 3: You want to start your preparation as early as possible

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Speaker 3: to get ready for the Miami Dolphins because you want

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Speaker 3: to get off to a good start. And right now

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Speaker 3: it's all about the regular season. Now getting ready for

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Speaker 3: the regular season. After the rosters have been set. It's

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Speaker 3: about preparing whatever it takes a pair to play the

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Speaker 3: Miami Dolphins for the first regular season home game, and

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Speaker 3: that's all that mass right now to these guys that

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Speaker 3: are going to be on the team. Focus on that

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Speaker 3: and let's get off to a good start, because you

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Speaker 3: want to get off to a good start.

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Speaker 4: You know, you don't want to wait.

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Speaker 3: Till the end of the season to say, oh, we

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Speaker 3: need to win these games to get into the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: Give yourself a little cushion. Yes, you want to play

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Speaker 3: well at the end of the season. So you want

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Speaker 3: to hopefully play well so you can get into the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: And we're going into the playoffs. You are all playing well,

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Speaker 3: but you want to get off to a good start

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Speaker 3: and start fast and hopefully the coach can do that

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Speaker 3: this year against Miami Dolphins. Start off fast at home,

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Speaker 3: get that first AFC win, get that first home when

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Speaker 3: in a long time as far as the beginning of

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Speaker 3: the regular season, and that will go a long ways

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Speaker 3: for those Colts.

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Speaker 2: Well, that's gonna do it.

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Speaker 1: For instant reaction following the preseason finale where the Colts

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Speaker 1: defeat the Bengals in Cincinnati forty one, p.

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Speaker 2: Fourteen.

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Speaker 1: As I mentioned and Bill talked about the cut, the

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Speaker 1: team will cut the roster down to fifty three players

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Speaker 1: on Tuesday. You can follow us on Colts dot com

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Speaker 1: and all of the Colts social channels for all that

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Speaker 1: information when it happens.

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Speaker 2: But for Bill Brooks, I'm Casey Value.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining us on Instant Reaction

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Speaker 1: part of the Indianapolis Colts podcast. We will talk to

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Speaker 1: you next following that Week one matchup between the Colts

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Speaker 1: and Adults.

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