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

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

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturie. The bye week is over. There's four games left.

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Speaker 1: If the playoffs started today, the Colts would be in

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Speaker 1: the final month of the season. Up next are the

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Speaker 1: New England Patriots, the top seed in the AFC. If

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Speaker 1: the season were to end today, It's a monster game

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Speaker 1: for the Colts, who were a trying to send a message,

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Speaker 1: to their rivals from the Northeast. Welcome everybody to Inside

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Speaker 1: foot Ball here in week number fifteen. I'm Matt Taylor

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Speaker 1: with Rick vent Urry who has twenty seven years of

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Speaker 1: coaching background in the National Football League. RV. What's going on, man?

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Speaker 1: How is that weekend off? Well, that weekend off was

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Speaker 1: And honestly, things couldn't have gone better for our colts,

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Speaker 1: option routes. So that's all that kind of stuff. And

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Speaker 1: then the kid born that he got, you know, from

430
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Speaker 1: San Francisco, who was kind of an under radar free agent,

431
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Speaker 1: is kind of the go to and gadget guy. Kind

432
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Speaker 1: of do a little bit of everything with him. And

433
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Speaker 1: then he takes Harry who was once his number one

434
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Speaker 1: draft pick and he's a crackback guy who thinks would

435
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Speaker 1: be all he does is crackback. And then two good

436
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Speaker 1: tight ends. Now he went out and got Henry and

437
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Speaker 1: Johnny Smith, so he's got two good receivers in there,

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Speaker 1: so that they're kind of back in that sense. And

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00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,399
Speaker 1: so you know, I think, and this is just going

440
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Speaker 1: to be my perception of it, just to get it

441
00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,840
Speaker 1: out there, I think that he'll see our linebackers as

442
00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:42,680
Speaker 1: athletic but not real physical when you run right at him.

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Speaker 1: So I think part of his offense will be to

444
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Speaker 1: get a little bit into those multiple tight ends, try

445
00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,879
Speaker 1: to spread that front, spread that over, create a true bubble,

446
00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,640
Speaker 1: and come right after us. So you know, I think

447
00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,800
Speaker 1: that's going to be critical that we can stop that.

448
00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,960
Speaker 1: And then you know, when he gets into the other offense,

449
00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,040
Speaker 1: the open offense, we have struggled like hell with tight

450
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Speaker 1: ends and slots, So be on alert for that quick

451
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,520
Speaker 1: numbers to numbers game in that regard. Okay, in terms

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Speaker 1: of the must all right, first of all, I think

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Speaker 1: that you absolutely have to stop the heavy phase. In

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Speaker 1: other words, if if he puts those big guys in

455
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Speaker 1: twenty one personnel in big twenty two in there, you

456
00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,239
Speaker 1: can't let them breathe on that. You know, Harris has

457
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Speaker 1: seven hundred forty five, Hees four six four point six,

458
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Speaker 1: Stevenson four twenty nine, So those two guys can hammer you,

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Speaker 1: and you don't want to let them get the edge.

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Speaker 1: It's not like, well, I want to stop the run

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Speaker 1: to force him the pass. I don't think that's the

462
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Speaker 1: philosophy against this team. But what you do want to do,

463
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Speaker 1: you don't want to let them get the edge. There

464
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Speaker 1: because then they can methodically take it to you without

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Speaker 1: putting any pressure on the rookie quarterback at all. So

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Speaker 1: you gotta be ready to handle that big bubble. And

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Speaker 1: you can't pinch and pirate all day long because he'll

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Speaker 1: know that they'll go to the edge in that regard.

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Speaker 1: But number one, okay, stop that running game. Stop that Stevenson,

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Speaker 1: you know, stop Harris. Don't go to sleep on Bolden,

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Speaker 1: particularly on third Down't don't be surprised if we get

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Speaker 1: in blitz. Look and Bill calls some runs on third down,

473
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Speaker 1: particularly like third and four left, so and that's where

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Speaker 1: Bolden is effective. But you know that's number one is basically,

475
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Speaker 1: don't let that running game get going. Don't let them

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Speaker 1: get going downhill because that makes it easy for him.

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Speaker 1: I think number two, this is all involved here is

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Speaker 1: keep the ball in the box. No explosive plays, nothing easy,

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Speaker 1: nothing over the top. I don't think it's a great

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Speaker 1: receiver corps, but nothing easy by mistake or anything like that.

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Speaker 1: And keep that ball cupped on the running game. You know,

482
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Speaker 1: as much as they got credit for last week's game

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Speaker 1: and all that running game, it really it took what

484
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Speaker 1: a seventy yard run a breakout to really score. That's

485
00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,080
Speaker 1: the only touchdown of the game. I mean the rest

486
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Speaker 1: of it was must ball, really, but they broke one out,

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Speaker 1: and I think if you make sure that you keep

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Speaker 1: that ball inside in front, you know, both in the

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Speaker 1: passing game and the running game. And then number three,

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Speaker 1: and this is where eber Fluss has to have this

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Speaker 1: team ready, is you got to adapt quickly. You gotta

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Speaker 1: go from heavy to open, heavy to open quickly. And

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Speaker 1: so in that open triangle and you'll know it by personnel,

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00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,000
Speaker 1: they come in and they open up and now all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden it's spread and it's quick rhythm. You've

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Speaker 1: got to immediately go to a coverage game. You gotta

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Speaker 1: go from heavy owned to coverage. And the biggest thing

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Speaker 1: you gotta do I talked a little bit about Brady

499
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Speaker 1: even though it was a different team, is that these

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Speaker 1: guys in this offense and McDaniels and now back to

501
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Speaker 1: mac Jones, who's at seventy percent because he's efficient. He's

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Speaker 1: an efficient guy, doesn't have a huge arm, but he

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00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 1: can pepper you between the numbers. So your zones have

504
00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,480
Speaker 1: to be tight because he's gonna get rid of it quick.

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Speaker 1: I don't I like playing man to man because I

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00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,439
Speaker 1: don't think they've got great personnel on the outside. But

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00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,600
Speaker 1: you always want somebody ratting in their numbers to numbers,

508
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,440
Speaker 1: but you want tight windows. This kid is very accurate.

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00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,920
Speaker 1: His strength, his smart efficiency and accuracy. Would I want

510
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Speaker 1: to make him do that? I want to make him

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Speaker 1: throw the ball outside the numbers to beat me. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I want him to have to execute, not have anything

513
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Speaker 1: numbers to numbers and throw the ball outside. I think

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Speaker 1: that's really really, you know, really really important and kind

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Speaker 1: of know your receivers. Just like I said before, Number

516
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Speaker 1: four agular is the guy they leave on the weak

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Speaker 1: side if you if you over balance your coverage. He's

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Speaker 1: the guy they kind of isolate and go one on one.

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00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,720
Speaker 1: Born has become the all purpose guy when Harry's in

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00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,200
Speaker 1: the game. He's ad a tight split. You can almost

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Speaker 1: count on it being a toss crack. I mean, you

522
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,160
Speaker 1: just can almost make book on it. And I think

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Speaker 1: the key guy really in their passing game is you

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Speaker 1: know guy most people here I've never heard of this Myers.

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Speaker 1: You know, he's got fifty nine catches and he is

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Speaker 1: that Edelman Welker Troy Brown type of guy. That's you know,

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Speaker 1: as I said, he specializes players. He's in that role

528
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 1: and you've got to be really good on him in third,

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00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,639
Speaker 1: in that short to medium window. That's where he's running

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00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 1: those options and jerk routes and pivots, and along with him,

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Speaker 1: Gon'll go to sleep on Boldin. Boldin can run the

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00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,840
Speaker 1: option route out of the backfield. That's his role. So

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Speaker 1: if you look at Belichick over the years, the guys

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00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,600
Speaker 1: that catch all the balls in that part of the

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Speaker 1: offense are the tight ends. And he's got two good ones,

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Speaker 1: and Henry and John Usmith the slot and Myers and

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00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 1: then Bolden coming out of the bathroom. That's why I've

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Speaker 1: always called it a try and go. It's always those

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Speaker 1: three guys involved. They may get different ways. And then

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Speaker 1: number five is I think we have to get ahead

541
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Speaker 1: of account. Stay ahead of account. Don't get behind an

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Speaker 1: account because then he can pound you and pressure Jones.

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00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 1: We've got to get pressure. We've got to get that

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Speaker 1: front going. That's why you want to be ahead and account,

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Speaker 1: not behind an account. And I know this kid is

546
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Speaker 1: seventy percent. I know all about his efficiency, but he's

547
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Speaker 1: still a rookie. What is our signature. We have to

548
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 1: win with what we're good at, running the ball and

549
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:16,200
Speaker 1: basically getting turnovers, and we have to force the turnovers

550
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,879
Speaker 1: this week against his kid. I know they're very good.

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00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,240
Speaker 1: They're a plus ten world plus thirteen. Let's make that

552
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,919
Speaker 1: three be the difference this week. But those, you know,

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Speaker 1: those are the critical must in my opinion, to stop

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Speaker 1: the Patriot offense. That's Rick vent Terry. This is Inside

555
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,080
Speaker 1: Football breaking down the Colts and the Patriots on Saturday

556
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Speaker 1: night and week number fifteen. Let's talk about the Patriots now.

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Speaker 1: On defense. They are an elite unit on that side

558
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Speaker 1: of the ball. New England boasts the number one scoring

559
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:47,680
Speaker 1: defense fifteen point four points per game, the number three

560
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,920
Speaker 1: total defense, giving up just over three hundred yards per game,

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Speaker 1: and just like the Colts, they've been very opportunistic this season,

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00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:58,480
Speaker 1: twenty six takeaways, second to only Indianapolis. They have a

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Speaker 1: takeaway a nine straight games. They are especially good in

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Speaker 1: the second half. Rick. In their last five games, they've

565
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Speaker 1: allowed only three points past halftime. That's unreal to me.

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Speaker 1: And they've outscored their opponents by ninety points in the

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Speaker 1: second half this season, which is a big trademark. Under

568
00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:18,360
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick when it comes to halftime adjustments on that

569
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Speaker 1: side of the ball. J. C. Jackson seven picks second

570
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 1: in the NFL this season, twenty four picks since twenty eighteen,

571
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Speaker 1: that's the most in the league in that span. And

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Speaker 1: upfront they rely on free agent pickup Matt Judon twelve

573
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Speaker 1: and a half sacks, third most in the NFL as

574
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Speaker 1: of right now, twenty five quarterback hits. What else stands

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Speaker 1: out about the Patriots on defense? A very physical unit

576
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Speaker 1: heading into this game. Yeah, there's no question about it.

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Speaker 1: When you're when you're number one in the league in

578
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Speaker 1: points and it's it's minimum, it's impressive. And you mentioned

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Speaker 1: something that just brought me back, honest to god, that

580
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 1: has brought me back to nineteen ninety four and ninety

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Speaker 1: five way back win. But one of one of Bill's

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Speaker 1: strengths you talk about, you know, getting stingy in at

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Speaker 1: second half. One of the things that I always was

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Speaker 1: impressed with then is he would let you call the

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Speaker 1: game as the coordinator, whether it's saving or myself, he

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Speaker 1: would let you call the game. But somewhere early in

587
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:19,520
Speaker 1: that game, sometimes first quarter, sometimes second quarter, definitely by halftime,

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00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 1: he would come up to you when there was a

589
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Speaker 1: break and he would say this is the way he

590
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,720
Speaker 1: would say it. He would say this is it, meaning

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00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 1: this is it today, this is who they are today.

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Speaker 1: So we've had the game plan, this is what we

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Speaker 1: were went in with, but this is what you need

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00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,680
Speaker 1: to do now. He was really good at kind of

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Speaker 1: dissecting that. And you know he does that on offense

596
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,360
Speaker 1: with McDaniels too. You can see him having those power

597
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 1: ows at certain times and then you see the emphasis change.

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Speaker 1: And I always said that was one of his strength

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00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,840
Speaker 1: was adaptability, and that's one of the things you've got

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Speaker 1: to be ready to do on offense. You're exactly right.

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Speaker 1: It's back to the three four in terms of the

602
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 1: three man three down lineman very similar to Tampa uh,

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00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,320
Speaker 1: you know, with Judon on one side on the edge

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00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,880
Speaker 1: and Vanoy on the other side, and then it's it's

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00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:15,360
Speaker 1: high Smith and Bentley inside in their three four operation. Now,

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Speaker 1: I would say this, when they're in the three four,

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00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:21,240
Speaker 1: it's kind of a two gapping. Sometimes they'll shade inside

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00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 1: with the ends, but Bentley is the guy. Bentley is

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Speaker 1: the best run player they got. I mean he will

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Speaker 1: attack the run. So when you're running the football. You've

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Speaker 1: gotta get your hat on Bentley. He is the best

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Speaker 1: run player there. Obviously, the best pass rusher is Judon

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Speaker 1: and he can be on either side. He could be

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Speaker 1: on the right or the left. Uh. He's basically I

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00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,000
Speaker 1: call him the will in their defense with van Oy

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Speaker 1: the Sam, but he in Nicol situations will be and

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00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:55,160
Speaker 1: he will always be the edge guy. You're exactly right.

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Speaker 1: The other guy that makes him go is Jackson. Jackson

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Speaker 1: is a guy it's really come from, you know, undrafted

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00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,280
Speaker 1: free agent, I mean seriously, and he's come to be

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Speaker 1: a premier guy. You know, as you said, seven interceptions

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00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 1: and seventeen passes defended. You know, so you know he's

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Speaker 1: gonna be the guy that he's gonna match. You know,

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Speaker 1: in my opinion, it'll be Pittman. I mean I he

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00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,600
Speaker 1: will match, you know Pittman. One on one Bill had

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Speaker 1: a comment about him last week, and you know Bill said,

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00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 1: in essence, he said, you know, if you lay, if

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00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 1: you let garbage land out on the field, Jackson will

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Speaker 1: pick it up. You know. In other words, he gets

630
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,320
Speaker 1: his hands on balls, bumbles all that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 1: He's kind of he's kind of there there to Leonard

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Speaker 1: in terms of just getting it out, getting balls and

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00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 1: things like that. So those are critical guys. And then

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Speaker 1: I think two guys that kind of go unnoticed as

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00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 1: Dugger the safety and Phillips who's the safety. And sometimes

636
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 1: those guys are multi purpose guys, and it gives them

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00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 1: the volume you see them and what I call a

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00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 1: double sink a lot like Campbell play and and you know,

639
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:05,440
Speaker 1: sometimes that's Dugger up there, sometimes that's Phillips, sometimes it's

640
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:08,640
Speaker 1: Dugger on the edge. And what that does to you

641
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:13,120
Speaker 1: with all these um you know, hybrid players like Benoy

642
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,120
Speaker 1: and and you know, like Highsmith and Dugger and Phillips,

643
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 1: it allows them to give you a lot of looks

644
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,080
Speaker 1: and play you differently from week to week. You know.

645
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 1: You know, sometimes they'll be in a you know, you

646
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,160
Speaker 1: think it's a nickel, but it's a three safety defense.

647
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: I mean, you have to look at it now. To me,

648
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:32,680
Speaker 1: the important thing is that you simplify it. Don't worry

649
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:36,200
Speaker 1: so much about the personnel makeup. It's gonna be either

650
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:39,840
Speaker 1: thirty four, it's gonna be some kind of over which

651
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 1: I call overload. I think it will see that and

652
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: then you know it's gonna be that double sink like Tampa.

653
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 1: So you know, I mean, those are the critical things.

654
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,480
Speaker 1: Then when you get the third down, you got to

655
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,280
Speaker 1: be very alert. They like a lot of what I

656
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 1: call delta, a lot of thirty two with you know,

657
00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 1: in that situation, they'll you know, they'll have a high

658
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 1: Smith and Vanoy inside of him. Highsmith is normally the rusher,

659
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 1: but they'll bring them both. They like a lot of

660
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:10,240
Speaker 1: third down. They like I call it the illusion of blitzing.

661
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,120
Speaker 1: They'll get in the double sugar, they'll get in at

662
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:17,239
Speaker 1: three two. They'll bring they'll bring those two linebackers, but

663
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:19,879
Speaker 1: then they'll drop guys out. They'll drop guys out because

664
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,319
Speaker 1: those outside guys are outside backers, so they can they

665
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:26,239
Speaker 1: can rush you and play a normal zone. So you

666
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,760
Speaker 1: got to you gotta understand a lot of their blitzing

667
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,759
Speaker 1: is an illusion. Now what isn't an illusion? And you

668
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 1: gotta be ready for One thing Bill has always had

669
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,040
Speaker 1: and I got it from him, used it in New Orleans,

670
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,759
Speaker 1: is he has a system of audibles versus spread. He

671
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 1: has a system of playing spread. So if you get

672
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 1: in spread, don't be surprised if you don't get a

673
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 1: zero blitz. He calls it rain and sleep early in

674
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:53,120
Speaker 1: the game, and that's a that that can be an audible.

675
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,160
Speaker 1: It's also a call. And the one thing they'll do

676
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 1: if the game's on the line and they're and they're

677
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,360
Speaker 1: particularly around that red zone. Uh, you know, Bill's not

678
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: gonna fit there and cover. He's gonna come after you.

679
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: So you know you gotta be ready for that. Okay.

680
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,880
Speaker 1: You know when when I look at him, you know,

681
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 1: I think the two key issues, I think there's there, well,

682
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:18,400
Speaker 1: there's three key issues. Handle the volume without without getting

683
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 1: overly nervous about it. I think he'll give you two looks,

684
00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:25,320
Speaker 1: three looks to stop the run. Okay. I think he'll

685
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,719
Speaker 1: give you the thirty four, which looks with the four

686
00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:30,400
Speaker 1: man line, I mean with the three man line and

687
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,719
Speaker 1: four linebackers. And I think he'll play it straight up

688
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,760
Speaker 1: or he'll shade inside. Then he'll go to the double

689
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,879
Speaker 1: sink like Tampa. Bring those guys down, cover it up,

690
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,240
Speaker 1: let those linebackers run, bring dugger up to the box,

691
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 1: you know, and try to stop the run. And then

692
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,560
Speaker 1: a defense that he will bring from the path. And

693
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:51,399
Speaker 1: this I know him. He loves what we call an

694
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,399
Speaker 1: overloaded four three he'll put the extra linemen in there,

695
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,839
Speaker 1: and he'll overload you to the tight end and then

696
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:00,320
Speaker 1: let put the linebackers a week and drive that safety.

697
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 1: We call it three buzz down in there. So if

698
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 1: I'm getting ready for him, I'm working against those three things,

699
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,239
Speaker 1: then a couple other things. You know. At the end

700
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,240
Speaker 1: of the day, he's going to try to get Jude

701
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:13,840
Speaker 1: On matched on On Fisher. Fisher's boat is taking some

702
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,600
Speaker 1: water and basically he struggled with some of those guys.

703
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,560
Speaker 1: He's going to try to create that matchup. You know,

704
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,359
Speaker 1: I believe that he will play a lot more man

705
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 1: against us. I don't think he'll overly respect our receivers.

706
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 1: He'll stick Jackson onto Pittman, uh, you know, and go

707
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:33,239
Speaker 1: from there. So I think, you know, those are key

708
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:36,279
Speaker 1: issues look for in the game. Uh. And I know

709
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,040
Speaker 1: what he's gonna do. I know what I know. The

710
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:41,239
Speaker 1: discussion he had Sunday, he had the defensive staff in

711
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 1: there on Sunday. He had his big yellow pad with

712
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,759
Speaker 1: about five thousand things on it and red pencil and

713
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,279
Speaker 1: he and he told them this. He told him this.

714
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 1: He said, one, number one Taylor cannot beat us. Number two.

715
00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,080
Speaker 1: Get he will say, get Pittman on third down in

716
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 1: number three, don't let one scramble, And then he'll say,

717
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,320
Speaker 1: and I don't want to have this discussion on Sunday, okay,

718
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 1: which means you go in as a defense with staff

719
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,279
Speaker 1: and you better try to get that done. So you know,

720
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,040
Speaker 1: this may be a game, it may or not be.

721
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,799
Speaker 1: I don't think I don't think they're is talented, even

722
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,400
Speaker 1: though they're similar to Tampa. I don't think they're is

723
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,640
Speaker 1: talented on defense. I think you can be a little

724
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:25,280
Speaker 1: bit more patient running the ball than we were against Tampa.

725
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 1: And then at the same time, though you know others,

726
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,400
Speaker 1: you know, guys like Doyle, guy's like Hilton, God's like

727
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 1: Duel and you know Pascal, others have to have be

728
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 1: ready to have big time games in this game. It's

729
00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,319
Speaker 1: just simple that way. So you know, when I talk

730
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 1: about you know, when I talk about the must against

731
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,919
Speaker 1: their defense, the first thing I say is, I think

732
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,200
Speaker 1: we have to make them prove they can stop Taylor.

733
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 1: I you know, I don't think, as I said, I

734
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 1: think they'll play us like Tampa. I don't think they're

735
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:59,200
Speaker 1: as good as Tampa in the front seven. So I

736
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 1: think we can be a little bit more patient. I

737
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,680
Speaker 1: don't want to run it into the wall of China,

738
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 1: but I think a little bit more patient. I think

739
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 1: we need to check with me run you know, which

740
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:11,760
Speaker 1: which are not our pos, but check with me runs

741
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,560
Speaker 1: at times which you know, if it's three to four

742
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 1: you want to you want to run right inside, If

743
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: it's double sink you want to go off tackle the outside,

744
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 1: and if it's an over you want to come week.

745
00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:24,600
Speaker 1: It's it's kind of simple that way, and I think

746
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 1: that's how you keep smart runs going against them, and again,

747
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 1: don't be discouraged. You know, if they make some plays early,

748
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,520
Speaker 1: stay keep a little patient against them. You know, at

749
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 1: the end of the day they have not that you know,

750
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:41,360
Speaker 1: they're nineteenth in rush defense, so you know, listen, I

751
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:45,280
Speaker 1: wouldn't put them in the same level as Tampa. Now strategically,

752
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:49,000
Speaker 1: I would study Tampa and I would study the Jets,

753
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:52,840
Speaker 1: because those two teams probably did the best team, the

754
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:56,400
Speaker 1: best job of stuff in our running game and taken

755
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:59,520
Speaker 1: Taylor away. So you know, in a sense, I think

756
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,880
Speaker 1: that's you know, that's exactly what you have to do. Okay,

757
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:06,440
Speaker 1: all right, number two, Okay, number two, I think you

758
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:09,280
Speaker 1: really want to attack their corners on first down, because

759
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,400
Speaker 1: no matter what that front is, there's gonna be a

760
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:17,280
Speaker 1: bunch of single high coverage on that first down, whether

761
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,239
Speaker 1: it be man to man or cover three, there's gonna

762
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:22,879
Speaker 1: be a bunch of single high and you know, I

763
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,240
Speaker 1: think you can get after those corners. You know, again,

764
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:30,279
Speaker 1: I think Jackson will match Pittan And I think the

765
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 1: biggest key this week. I think a guy that needs

766
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: to come in and have one of his vintage games

767
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 1: is Hilton because I think Mills on the other side

768
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 1: is if they have a liability, I think it's on

769
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 1: the other side, and I expect that. I think Hilton.

770
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 1: Hilton has looked good the last two weeks. I want

771
00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 1: him to come out with a week's rest and have

772
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 1: a great game as well as throwing the ball inside.

773
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,160
Speaker 1: So I think you got to attack that on first down.

774
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:57,240
Speaker 1: A number three. You got to make sure that Judon

775
00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:00,440
Speaker 1: is protected. I mean, this guy is an elite rush

776
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:03,120
Speaker 1: in the league, no question about that. An elite guy

777
00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 1: with twelve and a half sacks. You know, we know

778
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 1: we've had some problems, particularly on the left side, but

779
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,880
Speaker 1: he's dangerous on either side. So you know, at the

780
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:13,480
Speaker 1: end of the day. We don't want to come back

781
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 1: and say, well, Judean had a big game on us.

782
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:18,920
Speaker 1: He's good. No, we know he's good going in, So

783
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:22,319
Speaker 1: let's make sure that we have schematically we take care

784
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:24,799
Speaker 1: of him. If it means chipping him, if it means

785
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:27,640
Speaker 1: putting the tight end over there, whatever. But I don't

786
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:30,920
Speaker 1: think you want him to ruin the game. Number three.

787
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 1: I think you got to really or number four really

788
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,400
Speaker 1: be ready for a sticky Man demand game. One of

789
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 1: the things he likes to do is, you know, this

790
00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:40,799
Speaker 1: is the extreme part of it, is commit the eight.

791
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 1: Commit the eight and sticky Man demand with a good matchup.

792
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 1: And I think it's really important that we're ready to

793
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:51,480
Speaker 1: win Man demand, that we can get in our stacks

794
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:54,359
Speaker 1: and our bunches and our crossing routes. And the one

795
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 1: thing I would do, I would line up Pittman in

796
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:02,000
Speaker 1: a stack a lot and make Jackson play him through traffic.

797
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 1: If you know what I'm saying, don't let just don't

798
00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: line him up there and let Jackson come up, you know,

799
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 1: and do a number on him, you know, make him,

800
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:13,760
Speaker 1: make him have to play through traffic in that sense,

801
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 1: and then you know, handle the third down volume. It

802
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:20,560
Speaker 1: isn't anything you haven't seen, you know, and they're pretty predictable.

803
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,360
Speaker 1: On short yardage situations, it's gonna be a lot of

804
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:25,560
Speaker 1: man or what I call free Mabel, which is a

805
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 1: zone but like man, you know. And then they're gonna

806
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:30,840
Speaker 1: give you a lot of that three two stuff, um

807
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 1: you know where they you know, in that double sugar,

808
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 1: and they're gonna bring those inside guys, particularly Highsmith a

809
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,919
Speaker 1: lot and then Highsmith and Vanoy that bring those guys

810
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:42,280
Speaker 1: a lot, you know. But at the end of the day,

811
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:45,160
Speaker 1: it isn't a lot of all out blitzing. It's it's

812
00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:48,400
Speaker 1: illusionary type blitzing they bring I call it, you know,

813
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,400
Speaker 1: I call it uh bluff and blitz and blitz and

814
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 1: blitz and drop. And you'll see a lot of that.

815
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,880
Speaker 1: And again alert if you're in spread, alert that sleep,

816
00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 1: call alert that audible to audible to to blitz. I

817
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,680
Speaker 1: always thought one of the good things against him was

818
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:07,280
Speaker 1: to line up and spread, let him call the audible

819
00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 1: and then bring them back in and have a run

820
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,399
Speaker 1: or something call it gashes it. But I mean those

821
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:14,680
Speaker 1: those really are there are the key things as I

822
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:17,440
Speaker 1: see him. Well, like you said, everybody thinks the Patriots

823
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 1: are gonna sell out and take away Jonathan Taylor right,

824
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,879
Speaker 1: twenty eight can't beat us. That's the motto of Bill

825
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:25,279
Speaker 1: Belichick when he meets with the staff this week. And

826
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 1: you talk about how the defensive line is gonna shade

827
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,920
Speaker 1: to the strength of the Colts offense. Right, move the

828
00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:33,840
Speaker 1: defensive line when they have four defensive linemen in the

829
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 1: game to the tight inside. So with that said, do

830
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 1: you think this is gonna be another steady dose of RPOs?

831
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 1: Is this a high rpo game just like we saw

832
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,719
Speaker 1: about three weeks ago against Tampa. Well, you know, I

833
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:46,880
Speaker 1: would rather it be more of a fixed game, to

834
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:49,600
Speaker 1: be honest with you, fixed calls, and I would I

835
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 1: would rather be check with me runs because what's gonna happen.

836
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: Here's what's gonna happen if we go to a big

837
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,360
Speaker 1: rpo game. You know, and I can I can almost

838
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 1: say this for any team, much less Patriots. If you

839
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:04,400
Speaker 1: if you call ten RPOs on first down, it'll be

840
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:07,480
Speaker 1: ten passes. So you know by doing that, you know,

841
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,280
Speaker 1: you know, if you if you want to be critical

842
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:13,000
Speaker 1: in the in the Tampa Bay, which I'm not, you

843
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:15,200
Speaker 1: know me, I'm not on that. I'm not on that wagon.

844
00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:17,919
Speaker 1: I thought it was undue criticism on Frank. But if

845
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:21,879
Speaker 1: you want to be strategically critical, you say, if I

846
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:24,319
Speaker 1: want to keep Taylor going, and I want to be

847
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 1: more patient against the Patriots than I was against Tampa,

848
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 1: then I want more call check with me runs, not

849
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:34,839
Speaker 1: run to a pass. If you follow what I'm saying, like,

850
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:37,400
Speaker 1: I think you can check with me based on the

851
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:39,719
Speaker 1: front and have the best run call. But you have

852
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:41,520
Speaker 1: to check with me. I mean, if they're if they're

853
00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:43,360
Speaker 1: in a double sake, you don't want to be running

854
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:46,200
Speaker 1: an inside zone. You want to be running an outside

855
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:48,560
Speaker 1: zone or a toss. So what you want is a

856
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 1: little package of runs so that Taylor stays in the

857
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:55,319
Speaker 1: game for you, you follow what I'm saying, If you

858
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 1: go RPO all day, you're gonna throw the ball every

859
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:00,600
Speaker 1: day and then you're gonna you know, you know, are

860
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:03,640
Speaker 1: you good enough? You know it wasn't successful in Campa.

861
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:05,960
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't say never do it, but you

862
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,279
Speaker 1: know I'd rather I'd rather go in there and call

863
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 1: my players. You know, both run and pass, you'll get

864
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:14,319
Speaker 1: a very good look problem early. You'll get a very

865
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:16,480
Speaker 1: good look at what he wants to do within that

866
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:20,120
Speaker 1: first quarter. All right, coaching layer to this game, right,

867
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:24,520
Speaker 1: We've got Matt Eberflus against Josh McDaniels, and we all

868
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:27,360
Speaker 1: know the history there, McDaniels leaving the Colts of the Altar,

869
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:32,399
Speaker 1: having already put three different assistant coaches in place with

870
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:35,880
Speaker 1: the Colts, including Matt Eberflus, and they're gonna match wits

871
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:39,359
Speaker 1: on Saturday. So Rick, I know both guys have sort

872
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:41,760
Speaker 1: of downplayed it, and they're saying the right things inside

873
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:44,520
Speaker 1: the media. I understand that, but I like to talk

874
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 1: to you about these types of things because you've lived

875
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:50,520
Speaker 1: these things. Don't tell me this is not something that

876
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:53,160
Speaker 1: Matt Eberflus is not thinking about this week. How much

877
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:56,680
Speaker 1: extra motivation is there this week for coach Eberflus in

878
00:44:56,680 --> 00:45:00,080
Speaker 1: this game against the Patriots and Josh McDaniels on Saturday. Well,

879
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:02,680
Speaker 1: I've always I've always said to you, Yeah, I've never

880
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:05,640
Speaker 1: shied away from this one because and maybe I was

881
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 1: emotional in my life that whenever you have an attachment,

882
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:13,600
Speaker 1: whether it's good or whether it was bad. I mean,

883
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:16,959
Speaker 1: both of those guys want to have their best foot

884
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:20,160
Speaker 1: forward this week McDaniels wants it against us because he's

885
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:22,520
Speaker 1: taking a lot of heat for it, and you know,

886
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:25,040
Speaker 1: you know that Matt wants it on the other side

887
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:29,040
Speaker 1: of the ball. What's gonna be interesting to me is

888
00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:33,080
Speaker 1: is that you know, Matt can come up and normally

889
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 1: can come up with a good plan for a heavy

890
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:40,120
Speaker 1: running game. Okay, you know it's not it's not perfect.

891
00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:42,680
Speaker 1: We haven't been quite as good this year, but if

892
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:47,000
Speaker 1: you look historically, his strength has been coming up with

893
00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:52,000
Speaker 1: a good plan when I call heavy runs, when you

894
00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:54,960
Speaker 1: know teams are on those multiple tight ends, we have

895
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:58,600
Speaker 1: normally been very strong there and I think they know that.

896
00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:02,879
Speaker 1: So to what's going to be more interesting is when

897
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:05,440
Speaker 1: they go wide open, how do we handle it? And

898
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:08,439
Speaker 1: how good is the quarterback? You got what I'm saying.

899
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 1: I mean right now, he's a very solid effishent guy

900
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:14,440
Speaker 1: playing very well, you know, but he's still a rookie.

901
00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:16,960
Speaker 1: I mean this was you know, they ran that offense

902
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:19,440
Speaker 1: with Tom Brady for twenty years, so you know this

903
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 1: is this is one we're gonna look at and we're

904
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:25,080
Speaker 1: gonna see it, and I think Matt will come up

905
00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:29,160
Speaker 1: with a solid plan against that heavy stuff that our

906
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:33,319
Speaker 1: Waterloo against good teams now against good teams in the

907
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:35,919
Speaker 1: last not just this year, but over the course of time,

908
00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:40,480
Speaker 1: have been accurate passers and accurate passing games. So you

909
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:43,719
Speaker 1: know that's and so to me. You know, Bill is

910
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:46,400
Speaker 1: a student of history. He watches you over four years,

911
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:48,880
Speaker 1: not just one game. I'm going to be interested to

912
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:50,640
Speaker 1: see that phase of it. But as far as the

913
00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 1: emotional aspect of it, oh my god, those guys are

914
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:56,040
Speaker 1: going to be good. But the other thing is just

915
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:59,160
Speaker 1: everything's at stake here. I mean, we're we're sitting here

916
00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:02,960
Speaker 1: in the last month seed and now the sixth seed.

917
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:05,319
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, everything in the world is on

918
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:08,160
Speaker 1: top of it. You know, I don't know. You don't,

919
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:11,399
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know what rivalry means. But they're

920
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:14,160
Speaker 1: certainly as bad blood there. So I mean, it gets

921
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:16,160
Speaker 1: as good as it can get, no doubt about it.

922
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:19,120
Speaker 1: I can't wait, dude, this is gonna be a fantastic game.

923
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:22,480
Speaker 1: I mean, like you said, Saturday night primetime, most people

924
00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:25,240
Speaker 1: have Sunday off, the tailgating is gonna be in full force.

925
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,719
Speaker 1: And it's the Patriots. I mean, eighth straight losses to

926
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,400
Speaker 1: New England. You know that that rubs the fan base

927
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:34,680
Speaker 1: the wrong way. I know the Colts players themselves, most

928
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:36,839
Speaker 1: of them haven't been here all that long, so that's

929
00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:39,160
Speaker 1: ancient history to them. They've had nothing to do with that.

930
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:42,279
Speaker 1: But you know, four games decided by twenty points, two

931
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:45,319
Speaker 1: games decided by thirty points in this stretch. Uh, you

932
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 1: know it's this is really I think in terms of football,

933
00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:51,879
Speaker 1: Christmas come early because of the rivalry and what this

934
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:53,719
Speaker 1: game means for the Colts. I know it's a big

935
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:56,279
Speaker 1: game for the Patriots, but the Colts need a win

936
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, despite who the opponent is.

937
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:00,759
Speaker 1: But it's gonna be extra s to get a win

938
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:03,759
Speaker 1: against the Patriots, potentially coming up on Saturday night. Yeah,

939
00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:06,680
Speaker 1: this is this is playoff survival for us, There's no

940
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 1: question about it. I think it's very winnable. As I

941
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:13,480
Speaker 1: said earlier in discussion, I think their whole is greater

942
00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:16,239
Speaker 1: than the parts, and that makes them both good and

943
00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:19,919
Speaker 1: both vulnerable. I don't think it's a great Patriot team.

944
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:24,200
Speaker 1: I think it's a team that's playing very well, superbly coached,

945
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:28,400
Speaker 1: playing efficiently. I always say this play the man, play,

946
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,680
Speaker 1: not the myth. Play the man, not the myth. And

947
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:34,400
Speaker 1: in that sense, I believe the Colts are the better team,

948
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,040
Speaker 1: you know, I think, and I think Frank has said

949
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:40,959
Speaker 1: it very very well. You're it's always about the next week,

950
00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:43,480
Speaker 1: but this is the top seed, whether you want to

951
00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:46,320
Speaker 1: use rivalry or not, this is the number one seed,

952
00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:49,359
Speaker 1: you know, and you know, I think more than anything else,

953
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:52,480
Speaker 1: and this is just my pride, and Frank has actually

954
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:55,360
Speaker 1: said it in his own way. This is the test

955
00:48:55,480 --> 00:48:59,120
Speaker 1: to this week and next week is are the are

956
00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:02,920
Speaker 1: the two twenty one and Colts the best in mediocre

957
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:06,960
Speaker 1: class like in auto racing? Are they the best in mediocre?

958
00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:10,440
Speaker 1: Or are you the best in football? Are you the

959
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:13,279
Speaker 1: team that can win in big time football? Yep? And

960
00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:16,560
Speaker 1: that's where you define yourself this week and next week

961
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:19,719
Speaker 1: and this week especially this you know, worry about next week,

962
00:49:19,840 --> 00:49:22,720
Speaker 1: next week, this is the one. This is the AFC

963
00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:25,680
Speaker 1: battle right here. I couldn't agree with you more well said,

964
00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:28,319
Speaker 1: and I've said that in a different way for a

965
00:49:28,360 --> 00:49:30,080
Speaker 1: lot of the season. When you go back to those

966
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:33,080
Speaker 1: disappointing losses that the Colts had when they're up by

967
00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:35,839
Speaker 1: double figures and couldn't close those games out. We'll see

968
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:38,400
Speaker 1: if they can rectify that in these next two weeks

969
00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:41,759
Speaker 1: against some pretty elite competition in New England and Arizona.

970
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:44,000
Speaker 1: It's gonna be an awesome game. I think the entire

971
00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:46,359
Speaker 1: country is going to get a good treat coming up

972
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:48,440
Speaker 1: on Saturday night. That's why they move the game to

973
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:52,520
Speaker 1: primetime on a Saturday in week number fifteen. Fantastic breakdown

974
00:49:52,560 --> 00:49:54,640
Speaker 1: as always. Rick, We'll see you on Saturday night and

975
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,680
Speaker 1: rest that voice and be well and let's go. Man,

976
00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:00,000
Speaker 1: this is it. I want you to rest that voice

977
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:03,560
Speaker 1: because I want to hear a lot of I nd wise,

978
00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:06,479
Speaker 1: I'll tell you that on Saturday night. I can't wait,

979
00:50:06,520 --> 00:50:09,759
Speaker 1: so we will. We will both be punked and I

980
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:11,560
Speaker 1: won't be able to talk before the game. But that's

981
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:13,839
Speaker 1: all right, don't talk one. I know you usually go

982
00:50:13,960 --> 00:50:16,200
Speaker 1: mute before a big game, and I respect that. You

983
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:18,439
Speaker 1: get in the zone just like your old coaching days,

984
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:21,279
Speaker 1: and you've got you've got your process. I've got mine.

985
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:25,200
Speaker 1: So it's awesome, all right, Okay, part you got it?

986
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:27,600
Speaker 1: Rick vent Terry. Right there, I'm Matt Taylor, and that's

987
00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:30,320
Speaker 1: the best breakdown of the Patriots you're gonna find anywhere.

988
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:32,560
Speaker 1: Heading into a monster game here late in the season,

989
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:35,480
Speaker 1: We're back at it next week talking about the Cardinals,

990
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:38,080
Speaker 1: but until then, enjoy the rest of your weekend. We'll

991
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:40,760
Speaker 1: talk to you on Saturday night on the radio Colts

992
00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:43,560
Speaker 1: and Patriots. And this has been inside Football here on

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Speaker 1: Colts dot com and the Colts Mobile app.