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Speaker 5: Welcome to YouTube. Casey Valier, Wide Receiver and the Ring

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Speaker 5: of Honor Bill Brooks. I'm Matt Taylor, the voice of

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Speaker 5: So welcome to YouTube Part two. This week, we're gonna

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Speaker 2: Fellas.

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Speaker 5: We got Colts and Jaguars. You got to make sure

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Speaker 4: Here in the Midwest. I said it, Jaguarars, Jaguarars.

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Speaker 5: Yeahs, you definitely get called out for the wire. But

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Speaker 5: jag Wars the a defending AFC South champs.

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Speaker 5: All right, we've got a confidence meter. We're gonna bust

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Speaker 5: and your confidence meter bill can read strongly confident. Okay,

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Speaker 6: So sure, I feel good about where we are. Yes,

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Speaker 6: And say, Matt absolutely regards of that. And then that

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Speaker 2: No doubt about that. You have to have him running.

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Speaker 6: You suck beat us and destroy it exactly.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think Anthony.

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Speaker 7: he's geared up and really ready for a second second

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Speaker 7: year to be very promising. But that first year, as

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Speaker 7: Matt just said, the first game, first year, there's gonna

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Speaker 7: be a lot of things that he is not prepared for.

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Speaker 7: So I am really bullish on what this defensive line

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Speaker 7: can do to impact the Jags offensive line. Now, interior,

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Speaker 7: They've got some guys that are pretty good players, but

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Speaker 7: I really think their interior is good, but they've got

447
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Speaker 7: to focus on guys like the Forest Buckner and Grover Stewart.

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Speaker 7: I think this is a game where Quitty pay Diewould,

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Speaker 7: Dango Samson like. I really think that that group can

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Speaker 7: really kind of pin their ears back and really get

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Speaker 7: after Trevor Lawrence. And ultimately, when you talk about the Jags,

452
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Speaker 7: it's all the firepower on the outside, but if you

453
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Speaker 7: can get to them in the backfield, it really eliminates

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Speaker 7: kind of why this team is thought of to be

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Speaker 7: the team to beat in this division. So I think

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Speaker 7: this defensive line can have a really good impact on something.

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Speaker 5: Bill, I certainly think they can. I agree with Casey.

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Speaker 5: I think they have the potential. But quite frankly, the

459
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Speaker 5: Colts they need it.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, they have to have it there.

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Speaker 6: You have to have they have to have a pass

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Speaker 6: for us. You know, last year when they played the

463
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Speaker 6: Jaguars here, they got to Trevor Lowns four times. It's

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Speaker 6: back from four times when they played here, even though

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Speaker 6: he was like twenty to twenty two throwing the ball

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Speaker 6: a lot of completions. But I think the defensive line

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Speaker 6: can get some pressure on Trevorlawns. As you said, you know,

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Speaker 6: the left tackle Cam Robinson's out not playing, so Walker

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Speaker 6: littles and substitute for him. Then you have the rookie

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Speaker 6: on the right side. So I think you know you

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Speaker 6: have the ends. You have Ebacom, you have Quitty pay

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Speaker 6: those guys coming in. I think you know Dial they

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Speaker 6: get he gets in there helping the other guys out

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Speaker 6: out and give them a break. They're gonna put some

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Speaker 6: pressure pressure on Trevor Lawrence. Now, Trevor is a good

476
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Speaker 6: quarterback y Yeah, don't get me wrong, very elusive back there.

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Speaker 6: So they're gonna have to stay in the lanes and

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Speaker 6: be take care of the responsibilities and not get out

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Speaker 6: of their responsibilities and give a gap for Trevor Lawrence

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Speaker 6: to run the football. So I think I feel good

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Speaker 6: about that, and I want to feel good about it

482
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Speaker 6: because we also know their weapons outside. They got some

483
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Speaker 6: weapons outside, and then we got we got some young

484
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Speaker 6: you have to help the coverage we have. We have

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Speaker 6: some young dbs back there, so we're gonna have to

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Speaker 6: get pressure on Trevor Lawrence to keep them from making

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Speaker 6: big plays.

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Speaker 5: I mean, how much of that is bringing extra people,

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Speaker 5: you know what I mean? That's something that obviously Gus

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Speaker 5: Bradley doesn't want to do. No, no defensive coordinator wants

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Speaker 5: to do that. I mean, in an ideal, you know,

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Speaker 5: utopia of defensive coordinators, you would love all of your

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Speaker 5: front four players, depending on if you're four to three

494
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Speaker 5: or three four, but you would love your defensive line

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Speaker 5: to be able to generate that you know, organically.

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Speaker 2: But listen, you gotta do what you gotta do.

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Speaker 5: In situational football calls for pressure, no matter how you

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Speaker 5: can generate that.

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Speaker 6: Well, if they can get pressure just with the four guys,

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Speaker 6: I'm sure he would take that. But you know, I

501
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Speaker 6: think sometimes you might have to send someone extra get

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Speaker 6: just to get to the guy, just to give the

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Speaker 6: guys in the back a little bit of help. And know, hey,

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Speaker 6: give us a little time.

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Speaker 2: Guys. Come on, let's let's get an extra beat everything.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, and that's what you want. You want, you want them.

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Speaker 6: You want the quarter back to either rusher's throw or

508
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Speaker 6: feel a little of pressure. They don't actually have to

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Speaker 6: sack him every time, but they have to put pressure, right,

510
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Speaker 6: get pressure on him, make him throw before the throw,

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Speaker 6: make him throw before he's ready to throw. If he

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Speaker 6: could do that and then DB's can play tight coverage,

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Speaker 6: I think that would be well for the defense of

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Speaker 6: the Colts.

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Speaker 1: All Right.

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Speaker 5: We talked about Anthony Richardson. He's making his regular season debut.

517
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Speaker 5: Obviously that's the storyline. But I think an underrated storyline

518
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Speaker 5: for the first game, with it being the first game,

519
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Speaker 5: is Shane Stiking. Right, he's thirty eight years old. He

520
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Speaker 5: and I are the same age. I'm doing a podcast,

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Speaker 5: he's watching film, right, big difference.

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Speaker 2: I've never felt worse about myself.

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Speaker 5: All right, But at any rate, what I'm saying is

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Speaker 5: I mean Shane Steike and Amy he called it out

525
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Speaker 5: from his introductory press conference. I'm going to be the

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Speaker 5: head coach. I'm gonna call plays. I'm not the offensive coordinator,

527
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Speaker 5: but I'm gonna call the plays. But he's also I

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Speaker 5: mean with with him being a head coach comes with

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Speaker 5: that when to challenge the game management stuff, when to

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Speaker 5: call timeouts, I mean, all of that stuff you have

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Speaker 5: to just it's like playing a game of chess in

532
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Speaker 5: your brain for three and a half hours. And I

533
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Speaker 5: don't think there's anybody more intelligent football wise than Shane

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Speaker 5: Steikin that I've come across. With The guy just beams

535
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Speaker 5: when you ask him a football question. He just goes,

536
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Speaker 5: like the intensity and the tone of his voice just

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Speaker 5: changes when he can talk x's and o's and schematics

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Speaker 5: and things like that. But confidence meter wise, Bill, where

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Speaker 5: are you with Shane Steikin's ability to handle all of

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Speaker 5: the game day responsibilities, call and plays and just managing

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Speaker 5: the game for the first time.

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Speaker 6: I am strongly confident, strong to quite strong strongly confident.

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Speaker 6: And the reason I'm strong and confident that it's not

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Speaker 6: so much that Shane he is smart man, he can

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Speaker 6: handle all of it. But you have to look at it.

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Speaker 6: We have Gus Brawley on defense, who was a former

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Speaker 6: head coach. Point you got Jim Bob Cooter who was

548
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Speaker 6: off was the offensive coordinator and his offensive coordinator. So

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Speaker 6: I'm very confident that, you know, he can delegate some

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Speaker 6: of the stuff out to those individuals other coaches to

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Speaker 6: handle certain things during game day and during the game

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Speaker 6: for him to be able to focus on not just

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Speaker 6: calling plays but also what else is going on. I mean,

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Speaker 6: he can ask these guys quick questions, especially Gus on

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Speaker 6: the defensive side referred to with Jim Bob Cooter on

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Speaker 6: the offensive coordinator as far as that and just just

557
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Speaker 6: make sure that everything's okay and delegate responsibility those guys

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Speaker 6: and those guys can get back with him and communication.

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Speaker 6: So I feel very confident of him being able to

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Speaker 6: handle all the things he needs to handle as a

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Speaker 6: head coach and an offensive coordinator.

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Speaker 4: No, I agree with Bill and I go want to play.

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Speaker 7: When you look at who his mentor is, North Turner,

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Speaker 7: a guy who arguably one of the one of the

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Speaker 7: best head coaches at least of the last you know,

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Speaker 7: fifty years. I mean that's a guy who he handled

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Speaker 7: all of that. So I mean, Philip Rivers gave high

568
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Speaker 7: praise all these guys that are coaches now and top

569
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Speaker 7: of when you think of mentality wise in the NFL,

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Speaker 7: they all beam.

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Speaker 4: When they talk of Shane steike and.

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Speaker 7: Nick Sirianni, all these guys, they all are very very

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Speaker 7: you know, they give high praise to Shane stike And

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Speaker 7: so I don't think this moment is going to be

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Speaker 7: too big for him.

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Speaker 4: I think this is he's kind of destined for this.

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Speaker 7: Like you do all this preparation, you get all this

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Speaker 7: stuff in and it's like, finally I'm where I'm supposed

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Speaker 7: to be. And I think that's where Shane stykeing is.

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Speaker 7: So I am very confident and Shane Stikeen as the

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Speaker 7: head coach and.

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Speaker 2: Does does the head coach need to be the smartest

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Speaker 2: guy in the room in every room? No, No, but.

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Speaker 5: Shane Stikeen is it also helps that yeain, it doesn't

585
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Speaker 5: hurt hurt. He's probably gonna be getting feedback in the

586
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Speaker 5: headset saying like call it time out.

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Speaker 2: He's like why no, and here's why.

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Speaker 5: And like in real time and like oh you're right, yeah,

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Speaker 5: carry on right, So yeah, line line up a field

590
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Speaker 5: goal or whatever.

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Speaker 2: The moment calls for for the Colts right there.

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Speaker 5: So again, Shane steike In makes his regular debut as

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Speaker 5: the head coach of the Colts. Anthony Richardson on Sunday

594
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Speaker 5: is set to become the youngest quarterback in the history

595
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Speaker 5: of the Colts franchise to start a regular season game. Also,

596
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Speaker 5: he will become the third youngest quarterback in the history

597
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Speaker 5: of the National Football League to start a regular season game.

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Speaker 5: He is twenty one years and I think one hundred

599
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Speaker 5: and eleven days old coming up on Sunday, So certainly

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Speaker 5: a lot is on his shoulders. But confidence wise, I

601
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Speaker 5: think we all agree we're right there with him. But

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Speaker 5: Anthony richards In his roommate during training camp and the preseason,

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Speaker 5: that would be Josh Downs. Another rookie on this football team.

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Speaker 5: There are twelve no excuse me, there are ten rookies

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Speaker 5: and twelve second year players on this roster. Kind of

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Speaker 5: a tangent right there, But forty one percent of the

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Speaker 5: Colts roster is made up of first and second year players.

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Speaker 5: All right, how about that for a nugget. Put that

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Speaker 5: in your put that in your audience their YouTube. But anyways,

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Speaker 5: Josh Downs earlier today he joined myself and Bill Brooks

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Speaker 5: to talk about excitement going into the regular season and

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Speaker 5: playing on Sunday against the Jaguars. Joining us fresh off

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Speaker 5: the practice field, rookie wide receiver out of North Carolina

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Speaker 5: going into game number one, I'm flanked by two outstanding

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Speaker 5: wide receivers here, Bill Brooks and the rookie Josh downs

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Speaker 5: with us here on the Official Colts Podcast. Josh, appreciate

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Speaker 5: your time, man, I mean, what is your level of

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Speaker 5: excitement going into this first regular season game in the

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Speaker 5: National Football League? I mean, how much of a dream

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Speaker 5: come true is this going to be for.

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Speaker 2: You on Sunday?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, just like you said, dream come true first and foremost,

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Speaker 8: it's a blessing just to be able to go out there,

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Speaker 8: be healthy, and be able to play with my teammates.

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Speaker 8: So I'm glad to be a part of the organization.

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Speaker 8: I'm ready to kick this thing off for sure.

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Speaker 6: Now it's not only your first game, but it's also

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Speaker 6: Anthony Richard's first game. How exciting are you for both

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Speaker 6: of you guys to play in your first NFL game

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Speaker 6: together at Lucas Oil Stadium.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I feel like a special when a Qban receiver

632
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Speaker 8: come in at the same time, and we're both young

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Speaker 8: guys on the offense, so we're gon we're gonna go

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Speaker 8: in there together. We're gonna have some growing pains, but

635
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Speaker 8: we're gonna make some plays together as well. So I'm

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Speaker 8: excited to get out there with him, ball with him,

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Speaker 8: see how he leads the team and get this thing rolling.

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Speaker 3: So I'm excited for him.

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Speaker 8: He's done a really good job and I'm excited to

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Speaker 8: see him show the world what he can do.

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Speaker 2: Indeed, I mean you talked about it.

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Speaker 5: How how would you describe your relationship with Anthony? You

643
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Speaker 5: guys were roommates together during training camp. There's that great story,

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Speaker 5: you know, you show up together for the rookie mini camp.

645
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Speaker 5: You guys are just hanging out in the parking lot

646
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Speaker 5: throwing the ball back together. How would you describe just

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Speaker 5: how special a bond you guys have already?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I say it's he's a special guy. He's a

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Speaker 8: guy that's dedicated to the game, and I feel like

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Speaker 8: I'm dedicated as well. So when you have two young

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Speaker 8: guys that come in that are really just trying to

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Speaker 8: be great at the game, be as good as possible,

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Speaker 8: I feel like you connect better, just as well as

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Speaker 8: Juju Brents. He's the guy that came with us too.

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Speaker 8: So I feel like me and A are being roommates

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Speaker 8: and coming in together.

657
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Speaker 3: It's helped us grow a lot.

658
00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,159
Speaker 8: And I feel like on the field, I mean, if

659
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,560
Speaker 8: I mess up or he messes up, it's all love.

660
00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,159
Speaker 8: It's like, I mean, it's gonna happen. But we make

661
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 8: some plays as well. So we're growing a lot of relationship.

662
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,720
Speaker 8: He's becoming even more of a good friend of me,

663
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,080
Speaker 8: and I'm excited for these next few years.

664
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:10,639
Speaker 2: How what kind of a roommate is he?

665
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 3: He's clean, he's a cleaner. That's the best part. But

666
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:18,520
Speaker 3: now he don't snore either. That's surprising.

667
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 8: He's not like I'm like, he's about six five big.

668
00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,879
Speaker 8: I'm like, I'm like, dangn he probably snored, but I

669
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,439
Speaker 8: didn't hear one. I hear one time he snores, So

670
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 8: I was like, man, like you even more.

671
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,199
Speaker 2: Now you guys are like the odd couple. So you're

672
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:33,200
Speaker 2: the you're the messy guy.

673
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,199
Speaker 3: Then huh No, I ain't gonna say I'm messy, but

674
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:37,040
Speaker 3: he was. He's very clean?

675
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,800
Speaker 6: Is he kind of overclean? Mean you know this, I.

676
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 3: Say he's not. He's not a neat for you, but

677
00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 3: he definitely kept his side clean.

678
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 2: That's good.

679
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, that was good. That's good.

680
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,000
Speaker 6: Good. Now we talked about you know, Anthony's a big guy.

681
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 6: We talked about big guys, and sometimes you're playing in

682
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,719
Speaker 6: the slot, you have to run routes against linebackers. When

683
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 6: you run those routes against linebackers, what is your mentality

684
00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,800
Speaker 6: going in to the middle running routes against those big guys.

685
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,080
Speaker 8: Yeah, so, just like you said, they're big, so first

686
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 8: and foremost, I don't want them to get their hands.

687
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:06,760
Speaker 6: Out of there, so I try.

688
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 3: To avoid them.

689
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:10,040
Speaker 8: But also I feel like no linebacker really or really

690
00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,280
Speaker 8: any safety can beat me out of a break on

691
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,480
Speaker 8: one step or stay with me with my quickness and speed.

692
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 8: So for me, just deceiving them a little bit with

693
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,520
Speaker 8: oyes and then being more athletic than them at the

694
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,440
Speaker 8: same time. So just different plays called. When I know

695
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:24,960
Speaker 8: I get a matchup with a linebacker, I know I

696
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 8: need to win because that's what they brought me here for.

697
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,640
Speaker 8: So when I get those chances, I just try to

698
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:30,360
Speaker 8: take advantage of it.

699
00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 5: Josh Downs is with US rookie wide receiver at a

700
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:36,120
Speaker 5: North Carolina going into your first game on Sunday against

701
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,520
Speaker 5: the Jaguars, What for you is the biggest difference jumping

702
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,240
Speaker 5: up a level going from I mean, I know it's

703
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:43,920
Speaker 5: major college football, right, it's Power five at North Carolina.

704
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:44,840
Speaker 2: But have you.

705
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:48,240
Speaker 5: Experienced a jump up and level in terms of speed

706
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,000
Speaker 5: or physicality yet?

707
00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:54,560
Speaker 8: Yeah, I'd say the players are stronger, they're they're better,

708
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 8: and the game moves faster, a lot more coverages being disguised.

709
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 8: They don't just give the way at the snap like

710
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 8: a lot of teams did in college. But I say,

711
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:04,840
Speaker 8: at the end of the day's football, so you can

712
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 8: adjust to it. But of course I have some growing

713
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:11,320
Speaker 8: pains just because it's it's so much more detailed, even

714
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,200
Speaker 8: on the offensive side than college. You have to be

715
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 8: a lot more detailed with splits, depth on routes and

716
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 8: stuff like that. So I feel like just it's a

717
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,000
Speaker 8: whole lot more detailed and a whole lot more tedious,

718
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 8: like watching tape and running routes and all that, and

719
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:26,520
Speaker 8: it was in college.

720
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 3: But I like that. I'm glad. I'm glad that I

721
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:30,719
Speaker 3: can be perfectionist at my craft.

722
00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:32,600
Speaker 5: Well, what's your job now, right, And that's just twenty

723
00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 5: four to seven, not that it wasn't in college. But

724
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 5: you don't have class, right, you don't have you don't

725
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 5: got a three page paper due on Monday.

726
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,120
Speaker 3: Morning exactly, you know what I mean, that's the best part.

727
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,080
Speaker 8: I'm not trying to worry about a paper being due

728
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,160
Speaker 8: like before the game, Like, dang, I got a five

729
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 8: page doing two days.

730
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 3: So I'm glad.

731
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:51,880
Speaker 2: I can't celebrate this win too much.

732
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 6: Now your mind's free not to worry. Aboudy. I want

733
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:56,960
Speaker 6: to talk about you know, you talking about making that jump.

734
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 6: For me making that jump, my problem was the bumping

735
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 6: had issues at bumper run. How have you adjusted to

736
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,080
Speaker 6: that going from college to the pros? Deal with the

737
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 6: bumper run here at the NFL.

738
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:11,000
Speaker 8: Level, Yeah, the physicality, I would say I've dealt with

739
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 8: it pretty good. I mean I go against Kenny Moore

740
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:14,560
Speaker 8: every day, so he's one of the best in the

741
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,200
Speaker 8: league at it, so it's helping me a lot. But

742
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,760
Speaker 8: I'd say that just being more physical back as well,

743
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,320
Speaker 8: not letting them dictate when the hand is gonna be

744
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,800
Speaker 8: put on you sometimes you dictate as well, and then

745
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,320
Speaker 8: just working on hands as well, like getting dudes off

746
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 8: of you. Because a lot of the dvs they gonna

747
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:31,960
Speaker 8: be bigger than me. So there'll be a few that

748
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:33,960
Speaker 8: are probably five nine to five to ten, but a

749
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 8: lot of them are going to be bigger than me.

750
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:36,800
Speaker 6: So and try to ride you down the field.

751
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, So gotta be quicker than them off the release,

752
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,760
Speaker 8: stack them, and then just be physical as well and

753
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:44,479
Speaker 8: use my quickness.

754
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:46,720
Speaker 2: All right, Bill knows this about me. I love nuggets.

755
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 2: All right.

756
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 5: So you caught eighty one percent of your targets last

757
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:51,880
Speaker 5: season in college football.

758
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 2: That was the best.

759
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 5: Among all players with at least seventy targets on offense.

760
00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 2: Last season.

761
00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 5: You had over ninety catches at North Carolina last year.

762
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 5: You just seem to have like this great feel for

763
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 5: the game. I mean, you're what one twenty two years old.

764
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 5: Where where does that come from being such a young guy.

765
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 8: Yeah, i'd say, well, God given ability, of course, can't

766
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:13,920
Speaker 8: deny that.

767
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 3: But also, I mean grew up around the game.

768
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 8: My dad played in the league a few years so

769
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,600
Speaker 8: I used to play running back some and then used

770
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 8: to play defense as well, so I played both sides

771
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,240
Speaker 8: of the ball, and I grew up just football football football.

772
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 8: My uncle played in the League about eleven years too. Yeah,

773
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 8: so just being around the game a lot. It kind

774
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,200
Speaker 8: of just was around me all the time, so I

775
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,320
Speaker 8: learned it more. And my dad he used to get

776
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 8: on me like if I wouldn't see things when I

777
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 8: was younger, he'd be like, you don't see this, and

778
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,360
Speaker 8: I'm like, I'm like nah, But now like it clicks

779
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 8: started clicking for me. Yeah, so it kind of helped

780
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 8: me out that. And then, like I said, just God

781
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 8: giving ability some and then tape and then a lot

782
00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 8: of work for sure.

783
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,160
Speaker 6: Now you mentioned your dad. Now I know you know

784
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 6: your dad's a coach. Now if I were to ask

785
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:03,959
Speaker 6: your dad if he came in here right now, I'm

786
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 6: asking your dad, what's the thing that Josh needs improved

787
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,040
Speaker 6: on the most? What will you tell you or tell us?

788
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 8: Oh, I know he's gonna say contact balance. After I

789
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 8: get hit, he wants me to break a few more tackles.

790
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:17,840
Speaker 8: That's that's what he gonna say. And then he's a

791
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:19,600
Speaker 8: track guy too, so he's always.

792
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,040
Speaker 3: Big on keeping the speed up, keeping the explosiveness up.

793
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 8: So yeah, i'd say i'd say contact balance is the

794
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 8: main thing he gonna say for me. And then I'm

795
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,560
Speaker 8: not slow or nothing, but he just wants me to

796
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 8: always keep my speed up just because I mean, it's

797
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 8: crucial about the position.

798
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,000
Speaker 6: Now, piggyback off that, what will you say is the

799
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:38,560
Speaker 6: thing that you need to improve on the most?

800
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 8: For me, I feel like just the little things just

801
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 8: just flocking in, like like I said, like on the

802
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 8: different splits, different yard depths, just just continuously just being

803
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,280
Speaker 8: a perfectionist at the craft and just learning diving in

804
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 8: the film each and every day. So those little mistakes

805
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 8: you make going from college to the league don't happen.

806
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,960
Speaker 8: They're going to happen because of course I'm young. But yeah,

807
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 8: I feel like for me, it's just the little things.

808
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,240
Speaker 8: Just just keep dotting across on my t's dot NASA.

809
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 5: All right, last couple of things with Josh Downs, our

810
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:13,279
Speaker 5: guest rookie wide receiver going into game number one. The Jaguars.

811
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,759
Speaker 5: On defense, they return a boatload of players from last year,

812
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 5: the defending AFC South champions. When you watch film on them,

813
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 5: what stands out to you? How much more sophisticated on

814
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:26,799
Speaker 5: defense would you say they are compared to what you're

815
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:29,160
Speaker 5: used to seeing there in the ACC.

816
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,840
Speaker 8: I mean, they got they got world class players of course,

817
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,279
Speaker 8: So that's one thing. They swarm the football a lot,

818
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,279
Speaker 8: see that on film. And they got a lot of

819
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,160
Speaker 8: athletes in the secondary to play man and man coverage,

820
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 8: play a lot of different coverages. So of course they're

821
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,319
Speaker 8: better than the teams I was playing in college. Sure,

822
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 8: but yeah, they're a good group back there. They got

823
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,000
Speaker 8: a good group up front as well. I'm excited to

824
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 8: go out there and compete to see how I stack

825
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,240
Speaker 8: up with them and go make some plays.

826
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:55,680
Speaker 3: So it's gonna be a fun game.

827
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:57,680
Speaker 6: Now, you're coached by one of the better receivers in

828
00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:03,440
Speaker 6: the National Football League history and read you him Now, Uh,

829
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,120
Speaker 6: what nuggets have to give you about going into this

830
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:08,920
Speaker 6: first game in your NFL career.

831
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 8: Yeah, i'd say so Coach Reggie, he's a little hard

832
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 8: on me too. He expects a lot out of me.

833
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 8: So as of going into the game.

834
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 6: You don't have to go away secrets.

835
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 8: But yeah, i'd say like for me, he's uh, he's

836
00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,440
Speaker 8: so he's tedious on my on my routes a lot,

837
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,400
Speaker 8: and on the film, on the tape of practice and stuff.

838
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:32,040
Speaker 8: So for me with him, I'm I'm asking him what

839
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:33,799
Speaker 8: he would do in this scenario what he would do

840
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,759
Speaker 8: in that scenario, because, like you said, he's one of

841
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 8: the greats.

842
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:36,759
Speaker 3: He's done it.

843
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,880
Speaker 8: So for me taking those taking those knowledge, that knowledge

844
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:42,799
Speaker 8: he has, and having a guy that already been there

845
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 8: and done that, I like being able to ask those

846
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 8: questions and have a legit respect for it because he

847
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:50,400
Speaker 8: really did it. So I'm like, what would you have

848
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 8: done in this scenario when he lines up outside and

849
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 8: you know you got this type of route, and see

850
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 8: what his input is and then be like, Okay, try

851
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,640
Speaker 8: to implement it, see if it works, and then maybe

852
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 8: try to throw my own thing on it. But yeah,

853
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 8: coach Reggie has been there for me since since day one.

854
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,759
Speaker 8: Helps me a lot whenever I need somebody's there.

855
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:07,839
Speaker 6: He has a wealth of knowledge. Pick it all, pick

856
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 6: it all.

857
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 2: Impressive guys.

858
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,879
Speaker 5: Oppressive guy right here, Josh downs last one game number one.

859
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,479
Speaker 2: I understand that. But do you have a pregame ritual yet?

860
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 8: So I try to take some of the stuff I

861
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 8: did in college up here. So before the game, every

862
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:26,359
Speaker 8: time I get to the stadium, drop my bags off,

863
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 8: I walk the field, and I go pray in the

864
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 8: corner of the end zone for about five minutes.

865
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 3: Pray come back in the locker room.

866
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 8: And then the one thing I always do before the game,

867
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 8: I listen to Power by Kanye West, and yeah, gives

868
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 8: me chill.

869
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:43,240
Speaker 2: And I'm just now, are we talking like right before

870
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:44,240
Speaker 2: the game or.

871
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:48,319
Speaker 8: I'm talking about before we before we run out bring

872
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:49,760
Speaker 8: it up as a team and run out the tunnel.

873
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:51,160
Speaker 2: There, well timed.

874
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 3: No one man should have all that power. I'm okay,

875
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Speaker 3: I'm like, hey, I feel.

876
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Speaker 5: It now, that's gonna be all what do you think

877
00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 5: that's gonna be like? As you take the field, you

878
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,879
Speaker 5: run out of the tunnel wearing the blue, you got

879
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:05,319
Speaker 5: the horseshoe in the side of your helmet, sixty five

880
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,360
Speaker 5: thousand people going nuts?

881
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:08,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, what do you think that's gonna be like?

882
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 1: Like?

883
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:12,360
Speaker 5: Is that an adrenaline feeling you think you've ever experienced before?

884
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 8: No, I mean I haven't experienced it. I love it

885
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:19,239
Speaker 8: in the pre preseason, but not the not the real thing.

886
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,800
Speaker 8: So I say it's gonna be It's gonna be a

887
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,879
Speaker 8: surreal moment right when I do it. But then it's

888
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:25,799
Speaker 8: time to go play, and then I can't be caught

889
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,440
Speaker 8: up in a lot of emotion. Yeah, I can't be

890
00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 8: caught up in the oh look at the stadium. I

891
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:32,000
Speaker 8: got ourn be caught up in the I got a

892
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 8: man to beat every play and I got a job

893
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:34,279
Speaker 8: to do.

894
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:35,640
Speaker 3: So that's what I'm looking forward to.

895
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 2: Well man, thank you so much for the time.

896
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 5: Really appreciate Josh Downs right there, rookie wide receiver looking

897
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 5: to make a big impact for the Colts right out

898
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 5: of the gate on Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

899
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:47,920
Speaker 2: Josh, thanks so much. Continued success and best of luck.

900
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,200
Speaker 3: Yes, sir, appreciate it again.

901
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:53,280
Speaker 5: That's Josh Downs, the rookie wide receiver out of North Carolina,

902
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 5: joining us here on the Official Colts Podcast. We're back

903
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,200
Speaker 5: wrapping it up with Casey Valier, Bill Brooksi, Matt Taylor.

904
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,560
Speaker 5: You know, it's fun Josh Downs. Obviously, he's been here

905
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 5: what four months since the draft. There's no one on

906
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 5: this Colts roster that has been here all nine years

907
00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 5: since the Colts last won a Week one regular season

908
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:14,120
Speaker 5: games since twenty thirteen.

909
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 2: You know.

910
00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:18,279
Speaker 5: The funny also nugget on that is Anthony Richardson was

911
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 5: what seven years away from being a graduate of high

912
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,400
Speaker 5: school the last time the Colts, Oh boy won a

913
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 5: Week one regular season game, so that puts everything into perspective.

914
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:30,200
Speaker 5: But I know it's just one game out of eighteen

915
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,319
Speaker 5: and they all count the same. But Bill put on,

916
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 5: you know, put your former wide receiver cleats back on.

917
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 5: What would it mean to finally yeah, there you go,

918
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 5: looking good? Some nikes there. But what would it mean

919
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,799
Speaker 5: to finally break this streak and it just get off

920
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 5: to a good start. Because you go back to last year,

921
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 5: five of the first seven games in twenty twenty two,

922
00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 5: we're against the AFC South.

923
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:53,359
Speaker 2: We all remember how those went.

924
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:56,120
Speaker 5: I mean, the season was basically an uphill battle after

925
00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:59,520
Speaker 5: Week seven when you got swept by the Tennessee Titans.

926
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 5: That second game against against Tennessee. This year kind of

927
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,560
Speaker 5: the same thing right Week one out of the gate

928
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:08,160
Speaker 5: against Jacksonville, Week two at Houston. I mean, what would

929
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 5: it mean to finally get off to a good start

930
00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 5: and to help yourself tremendously in the division after what

931
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:14,520
Speaker 5: happened last year?

932
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 6: I mean, you always want to go off to a

933
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 6: good card. Of course, you want to win, but it

934
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 6: just bring means so much to the guys as far

935
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:24,320
Speaker 6: as Okay, all the work we put in from minicamp,

936
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:28,400
Speaker 6: OTA's training camp, all stuff we've done, we've got something

937
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 6: to show for right now.

938
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 2: And you can also point to listen, this moment's not

939
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 2: too big for our rookie heads, for our rookie quarter quarterback.

940
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 6: And for the guys that came here, the new guys here.

941
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 6: We got off to a great start and it just

942
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 6: makes you feel better. It makes you feel good and

943
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 6: give you some confidence going into the next week going

944
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 6: against another AFC South opponent. So I think winning the game,

945
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 6: winning this game, getting off to a good start, will

946
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,319
Speaker 6: go a long way with this team. Now is at

947
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:55,840
Speaker 6: the end of the season. No, it's not the end

948
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 6: of if it doesn't happen, but believe me, it makes

949
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,080
Speaker 6: things a lot better. You feel a lot better going

950
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:04,080
Speaker 6: into that next week against Houston. Having a winner your

951
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 6: case would also.

952
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 5: Set the tone like AFC South champions from from Jacksonville.

953
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:11,160
Speaker 2: Who cares? That was last year? Right? Last year's last year?

954
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:12,560
Speaker 2: This year is this year parody?

955
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,560
Speaker 5: In the NFL, you always see a team jump up four, five,

956
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,400
Speaker 5: six wins every year that missed the playoffs the year before.

957
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:19,800
Speaker 7: That is literally was about to say, is parody in

958
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 7: the NFL. I mean year in, year out, it's all

959
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:22,560
Speaker 7: doesn't matter.

960
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:23,759
Speaker 4: I mean, there is it.

961
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:25,799
Speaker 7: You look at the playoff teams from last year, You're

962
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,239
Speaker 7: gonna look at the playoffs teams this year and.

963
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:30,200
Speaker 2: Go, wow, that drastic last year there were seven new teams.

964
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:31,880
Speaker 4: I mean, that is what happens when it comes home.

965
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:35,279
Speaker 7: So biggest thing you think about it it's divisional game

966
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:38,600
Speaker 7: at home. That's what you want to win. Those are

967
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,799
Speaker 7: those are the games you circle those. I remember when

968
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 7: when t Y was here, his big saying is it

969
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 7: means double. And that is every every week when it

970
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,600
Speaker 7: was an AFC South opponent, you go in and you

971
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:50,919
Speaker 7: hear t Y just talking about it means double, means double.

972
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,360
Speaker 7: And that's something that has always resonated for me. And

973
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:56,560
Speaker 7: it's just so important because these guys understand the easiest

974
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:57,239
Speaker 7: way to get into.

975
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,760
Speaker 4: The playoffs win you're the division and it starts.

976
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,640
Speaker 7: There's nothing better than to go in as a team

977
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 7: who nationally this team, everybody's looking to this colts team.

978
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:08,359
Speaker 7: It's a rebuild, no expectations, they're not going to win

979
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 7: any games. So you have that, you kind of got

980
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,359
Speaker 7: that chip on your shoulder. I know that that's what

981
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,279
Speaker 7: these professional athletes say thrive for having a chip put

982
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,480
Speaker 7: on their shoulder, and this one it's a huge chip.

983
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:19,719
Speaker 7: Because you have that, you got the guys who you're

984
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 7: the hunter. You're trying to hunt these guys, the Jags

985
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 7: are the team to beat. So you've got a great

986
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,239
Speaker 7: opportunity with one. As I mentioned earlier, you know, the

987
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:30,960
Speaker 7: sample size of what you have put together on tape

988
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 7: is not very much of the Jags. As far as

989
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:34,959
Speaker 7: prep goes, there's going to be a lot they haven't seen.

990
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:36,759
Speaker 7: You're going to go out and prove all of that

991
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 7: against the team who you're trying to beat at home.

992
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,799
Speaker 7: I think it's a great It all really comes to

993
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 7: a put on Sunday that I'm really excited for this

994
00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:45,320
Speaker 7: game on Sunday.

995
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 5: I have no idea what to expect from the Colts offense,

996
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:48,799
Speaker 5: and that's the way they've wanted it.

997
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,840
Speaker 2: I want it's an entire time. And so from that standpoint,

998
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 2: I know I've used this bad analogy. This is like.

999
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:57,359
Speaker 5: Christmas morning, man, Let's unwrap it all, Let's see what

1000
00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 5: we got. Let's see Well that wasn't on my list,

1001
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:02,200
Speaker 5: but that's all. Yeah, I didn't even know that existed.

1002
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:04,319
Speaker 5: I want to see Josh Downs going in motion. I

1003
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:06,320
Speaker 5: want to see screens, I want to see deep balls.

1004
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:08,800
Speaker 5: I think we're going to see everything coming up on Sunday.

1005
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,359
Speaker 5: And so we are sitting here. We're sick and tired

1006
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 5: of talking about it.

1007
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:12,479
Speaker 2: All right.

1008
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,719
Speaker 5: We have diagnosed this thing every way possible for the

1009
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:18,240
Speaker 5: last nine months, since the end of the last season.

1010
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:19,280
Speaker 2: Here for the Colts.

1011
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:22,080
Speaker 5: So hope you enjoyed our Thursday edition of the Official

1012
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:24,760
Speaker 5: Colts Podcast, brought to you by win Bet. The Thursday

1013
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,959
Speaker 5: crew with you every single week here, Casey Valier, Bill

1014
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,400
Speaker 5: Brooks in the Ring of Honor. I'm Matt Taylor, and

1015
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:33,400
Speaker 5: we'll talk to you on Sunday Colts and Jaguars on

1016
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,839
Speaker 5: the Bell Tire Radio Network and you can watch it

1017
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 5: on Fox until next week. A double dose of the

1018
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Speaker 5: Official Colts Podcast on Tuesday and Thursday here on the

1019
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 5: Colts Audio Network and YouTube.

1020
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Speaker 2: So long, everybody,