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Speaker 1: This is the Last Word, the off season Home of

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Speaker 1: the Colts with Jeffrey Gorman and Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 2: Hello again, everyone, and welcome to the Last Word on

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Speaker 2: ninety three, five and one oh seven five the Fan

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Speaker 2: On Jeffrey Gorman joined by Voice and the Colts Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 2: Weekend and week out. We're getting you ready for the

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Speaker 2: upcoming twenty three season. Mate. We are brought to you

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Speaker 2: make every moment more. Coming up, we're gonna discuss what's

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Speaker 2: going on in the OTAs. They're getting deep and thick

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Speaker 2: into Let me think week six on that thing, mate,

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Speaker 2: isn't it yes? Week five or week six when it

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Speaker 2: comes to the OTAs for the Colts.

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Speaker 3: I believe it's week six, first week of OTAs, so

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Speaker 3: a couple more weeks of that and then the mandatory

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Speaker 3: mini camp in mid June, and then it's summer vacation

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Speaker 3: for these guys all the way up until training camps.

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Speaker 3: So we're getting down to the nitty gritty, as they say,

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Speaker 3: of the offseason workout program OTAs in the month of May,

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Speaker 3: Memorial Day weekend, Jeffrey, it's CARB Day. We got players

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Speaker 3: on the field, we got cars on the track. The

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Speaker 3: weather is beautiful. Let's go.

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Speaker 2: Don't forget coming up track side right after this show,

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Speaker 2: Kurk Cavin and Kevin Lee, they're gonna take you of

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Speaker 2: what's going on. We got five hundred miles to talk

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Speaker 2: about on Sunday. But Mayte, let's go for some football first.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna get who you think is gonna win the

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Speaker 2: race later on rather, but we're gonna talk these colts

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Speaker 2: in this OTAs. Okay, the spring workouts are gonna conclude with,

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Speaker 2: like you said, the mandatory mini camp that's coming up

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Speaker 2: in mid June. This is where things really start to

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Speaker 2: ramp up for this football team and Anthony Richardson in particular.

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Speaker 2: They are allowed to do seven on seven drills, nine

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Speaker 2: on seven, and eleven on eleven drills. No live contact though, mate,

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Speaker 2: that's part of the CBA. Don't touch anybody out there

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Speaker 2: protecting me and elbow pads and helmets. They are permitted

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Speaker 2: But what did you take away from this week's ota

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Speaker 3: Hot, Yeah, it was good. It was a good first week.

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Speaker 3: Watch him practice this week and it was kind of,

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Speaker 3: you know, our first chance to see the team perform

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Speaker 3: the closest thing to real football before training camp. Like

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Speaker 3: you said, it was eleven on eleven stuff, seven on seven.

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Speaker 3: Anthony Richardson look good. He got plenty of reps with

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Speaker 3: the first team offense, as did Gardner Minshew, so that's

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Speaker 3: continuing to develop. You heard players this week talk about

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Speaker 3: You know, when he's out there, you can see all

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Speaker 3: the strong arm. It's blatantly obvious. Moiley Cox said this

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Speaker 3: and that's what you want. You want to see the

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Speaker 3: subtle things. And that's why I think Richardson will be

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Speaker 3: good first week of OTA's Jeffrey.

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Speaker 2: It's exciting training camp right around the corner, all Colts

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Speaker 2: ramps back up pretty quick. Mate. And again, we're going

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Speaker 2: because OTA in springtime in five hundred miles the race.

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Speaker 3: Minshew, Yeah, I think that he still is the top

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Speaker 3: Ninety nine catches last year. The last two seasons, Pittman

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Speaker 3: But Pittman is still I think the number one target

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Speaker 2: hear it every season. But seriously, if you're a playmaker,

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Speaker 2: especially in Shane Steiken's offense, he's gonna get you the ball.

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Speaker 2: They're gonna make sure that the ball gets in your hands.

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Speaker 3: Know, and that's a good one. I mean, obviously he's

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Speaker 3: that might lead to Pierce having a bigger season and

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Speaker 2: Need it too. Just like you said, real quick, what

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Speaker 2: about somebody like Michael Stron, Like you know, a big

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Speaker 2: How many how many receivers do you see Stike and

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's a good question. I think six tops.

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Speaker 3: Traditionally it's been five sometimes six. So right now you're

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Speaker 3: looking at Pittman, Pierce, Josh Downs as a draft pick,

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Speaker 3: Ashton Doolan, Isaiah Mackenzie. That's five right there. Dolan's gonna

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Speaker 3: for players like Mike Strong, like you said, Ethan Fernie,

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Speaker 3: are still here. He was on the team last year,

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Speaker 3: undrafted free agent out of UCLA last year. The Colts

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Speaker 3: the biggest storyline with the receivers now is it isn't

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Speaker 3: more productive this season with a new offense, a new

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, and the battles have already begune. The OTAs are here.

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Speaker 2: Matt Taylor, Voice of the Colts. I'm Jeffrey Gorman. The

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Speaker 4: I think they're both great for this team. You know,

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Speaker 4: I look at it more as it's just an opportunity

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Speaker 4: offensive side. I know I can bring a lot to

432
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Speaker 4: the table as far as with my speed and my

433
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Speaker 4: ability to catch the ball and be able to get open,

434
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Speaker 4: you know. But with that comes repetition through our practices

435
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Speaker 4: and earned that trust with the you know, new coaching

436
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Speaker 4: staff and stuff like that. But I think I can

437
00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,480
Speaker 4: bring a lot to this team offensively, and I think

438
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Speaker 4: as time will as time goes on and time will tail,

439
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Speaker 4: you know, we're putting the work each the other day

440
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Speaker 4: and it'll bid to show out on Sundays.

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Speaker 3: That's Ashton dealing with us. Going back to Shane Stike

442
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Speaker 3: and new offense, new terminology for the first time since

443
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Speaker 3: you've been to the NFL, right twenty nineteen to last

444
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Speaker 3: year he had the same offense. How difficult is it

445
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Speaker 3: to learn a new NFL playbook for those that will

446
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Speaker 3: never go through.

447
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Speaker 4: That, right, I think, you know, for these with him

448
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Speaker 4: being you know, under you know, with Nick Sirianni, it's

449
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Speaker 4: kind of some of the terminology is kind of different,

450
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Speaker 4: but litle it's the same as well, So there's not

451
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Speaker 4: too much has changed as far as our you know,

452
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Speaker 4: our combinations or or being able to get open and

453
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Speaker 4: stuff like that. But I think I think that playbook

454
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Speaker 4: is kind of in the same realm is what we've

455
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Speaker 4: kind of been a customed to the past couple of years.

456
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Speaker 4: So for me, I think it's just continuing to be

457
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Speaker 4: in the playbooks, thing to play and what's new, what's new,

458
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Speaker 4: knowing what's new and being able to to you know,

459
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Speaker 4: use that to the best of my ability to you know,

460
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Speaker 4: have that step up, step ahead and knowing that, you know,

461
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Speaker 4: it's the stuff we've been doing for the past couple

462
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Speaker 4: of years, so you know, it's still it's still fresh

463
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Speaker 4: because he has a new mindset with you know, with

464
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Speaker 4: the being younger coach. We have different things he builds

465
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Speaker 4: into it, but I think the biggest thing is being

466
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Speaker 4: able to continue to do that at the high level.

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Speaker 3: All right, Ashton dealing with us. First impressions of Anthony Richardson.

468
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Speaker 3: He's been here for about a month. First week of

469
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Speaker 3: OTA's second week of intermixing with the veterans and the rookies.

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Speaker 3: What do you make of the young guys so far?

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Speaker 4: I think he's hitting the right direction. Yeah, I think

472
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Speaker 4: he's been looking good early. You know, he's to get

473
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Speaker 4: the continue to get those reps in and you know,

474
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Speaker 4: with everything you know comes you know, being able to

475
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Speaker 4: be out there, you know, and to actually see it

476
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Speaker 4: live and in motion in practice. And I think he's

477
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Speaker 4: looking real well right now. I think he's going to

478
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Speaker 4: grow into that that road that he will working him

479
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Speaker 4: to go into. And I can know anything to always say,

480
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Speaker 4: you know, this guy's living for him.

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Speaker 3: No doubt about that. And as you know, there's a

482
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Speaker 3: lot of eyeballs on him, a lot of pressure. How

483
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Speaker 3: can a guy like you going into year five, you've

484
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Speaker 3: been with the same franchise since twenty nineteen, how can

485
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Speaker 3: you kind of help take some of that pressure, even

486
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Speaker 3: if it's just for a couple of minutes off of

487
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Speaker 3: him where he can maybe take his mind somewhere else

488
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Speaker 3: other than thinking about being a franchise quarterback.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. I mean, like you said, you know, a lot

490
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Speaker 4: of eyes on him early. So I think the biggest

491
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Speaker 4: thing is being able to let him know that he's

492
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Speaker 4: gonna make mistakes. It's going to happen as part of

493
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Speaker 4: the game. We've all been there before, we all make mistakes.

494
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Speaker 4: Nobody's perfect in this game. So just knowing that he

495
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Speaker 4: can do those mistakes but bounce back. Forget about it.

496
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Speaker 4: Just in the past and the past, let it go,

497
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Speaker 4: move forward, continue to do you know, trust your abilities

498
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Speaker 4: and trust the reason that they brought you here for

499
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Speaker 4: a reason, you know, just trusting itself, and I think

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Speaker 4: with that, you know he'll be able to do whatever

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Speaker 4: it is he wants to do.

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Speaker 3: What do you make of Gardner Minshew talking to him

503
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Speaker 3: a couple of times and getting to know him a

504
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Speaker 3: little bit, seems super chill, down to earth, really easy

505
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Speaker 3: to talk to. But when he's on the field, he's

506
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Speaker 3: a dog. He's a fierce competitor. He's all business. Have

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Speaker 3: you experienced the same thing?

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Speaker 4: Absolutely? I mean, so far being with Gardner, I love

509
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Speaker 4: him as a QB. Yeah, he's a real good dude.

510
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Speaker 4: Like you said, he's down to earth. He's chill when

511
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Speaker 4: he is. When he gets on the field, it's time

512
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Speaker 4: to work. He's a real smart guy. Knows the offense

513
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Speaker 4: through and throughout. So knowing now you know he can

514
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Speaker 4: trust him. You know, he trusts you to be in

515
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Speaker 4: the right spot at the right time. He's gonna make

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Speaker 4: the right raige as well. So I think he's definitely

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Speaker 4: a great addition to this team.

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Speaker 3: It's kind of like a coach on the field too,

519
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Speaker 3: because he does have experience in this offense playing under

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Speaker 3: Shane Stike in the last couple of years. How is

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Speaker 3: he helping you, I guess, speed up the mastery of

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Speaker 3: this playbuck Yeah.

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Speaker 4: So, I mean he, like I said, he's been in

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Speaker 4: this offense for a while too, so he kind of

525
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Speaker 4: knows the ins and outs and you know where a

526
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Speaker 4: boss supposed to be at, you know, against Bay coverage

527
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Speaker 4: and stuff like that. So I think with that it

528
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Speaker 4: helps us as well because now we're able to take

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Speaker 4: that next step and be able to you know, you know,

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Speaker 4: be ahead of the game, you know, just to say

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Speaker 4: the least and be able to find those spots early least.

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Speaker 4: We can build that chemistry early on.

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Speaker 3: All right, for you, last couple of things again, Ashton,

534
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Speaker 3: doing as our guest, what do you see for yourself

535
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Speaker 3: for the rest of this offseason workout program. Where do

536
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Speaker 3: you want to be at the mid point of June

537
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Speaker 3: compared to now in terms of goals and getting better

538
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Speaker 3: all those subtle things that you need going into training camp.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think for me it's being consistent right now,

540
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Speaker 4: just continuing to catch the ball, can be continue to

541
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Speaker 4: be good on my routes, you know, being good in

542
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Speaker 4: the play but you know, no emmys, no no mistakes,

543
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Speaker 4: things like that. But continue to hold myself to a

544
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Speaker 4: highest standard. I know if I hold myself to a

545
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Speaker 4: highest standard, then everybody else will be able to hold

546
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Speaker 4: theirselves as well. You know, it's be able to set

547
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Speaker 4: the right example, you know through my play. For me,

548
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Speaker 4: it's it's continuing to do that and then knowing that

549
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Speaker 4: the coaches will put us where we need to be

550
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Speaker 4: and see fit as you know, where we can grow

551
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Speaker 4: and you know, be the best of our abilities. So

552
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Speaker 4: for me, it's it's just staying on that course, you know,

553
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Speaker 4: trusting myself, trusting my teammates, you know, trusting the process

554
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Speaker 4: we're building.

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Speaker 3: Right now, what did you say?

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Speaker 4: You say, no emms, no emmy so no, no mental errors,

557
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Speaker 4: no missing okay, yeah, so no, no minus race, the

558
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Speaker 4: all pluses all across the bora.

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Speaker 3: I call those my bads. No, no, my bads. I

560
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Speaker 3: had a lot of my bads back in the day, right,

561
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Speaker 3: I was raising my hand my bad right, Uh, fantastic stuff.

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Speaker 3: As far as the rest of summer, once h mini

563
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Speaker 3: camp is over, how do you how do you balance summer?

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Speaker 3: Because it's such a such a grind, as you know,

565
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Speaker 3: once you report to training camp, it's on for the

566
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Speaker 3: next seven to eight months. It's on. You don't really

567
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Speaker 3: get a whole lot of time to yourself. But at

568
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Speaker 3: the same time, you got to come in sharp, you

569
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Speaker 3: got to come in mentally prepared, physically, in shape, all

570
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Speaker 3: the conditioning. So how do you balance those five weeks

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Speaker 3: after mini camp.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the biggest part is knowing that, you know,

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Speaker 4: we make it a month and a half or so long,

574
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Speaker 4: but at the same time where you know we're still

575
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Speaker 4: locked into We've got training camp in a month and

576
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Speaker 4: a half. So with that, you know, if anything, you

577
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Speaker 4: take a break in a couple of weeks, you know

578
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Speaker 4: you're out of shape. So for me, it's it's it's

579
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Speaker 4: staying in shape, you know, staying in the gym, staying

580
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Speaker 4: on the track, whatever it is to stay in shape.

581
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Speaker 4: Knowing that you know that that training campage is a

582
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Speaker 4: month and half away and the season gets going, you know,

583
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Speaker 4: it's it's full steam ahead from there. So I think

584
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Speaker 4: the biggest thing about it is, you know, staying in

585
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Speaker 4: the weight room, stay on top of the playbook, you know,

586
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Speaker 4: stay on top of my body, make sure my body

587
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Speaker 4: is in the perfect shape it can be, so when

588
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Speaker 4: it's time to get you know, to train, can't We're

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Speaker 4: ready to go. Fools team.

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Speaker 3: That's the offseason Workout Program Report with Ashton Doolan, who

591
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Speaker 3: has zero emmys across the board. My friend, thanks so

592
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Speaker 3: much for the time. Always appreciate you and enjoy that

593
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Speaker 3: rest of that summer coming up you.

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Speaker 2: As well, Mayte. You know what I like about dueling,

595
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Speaker 2: and we've seen it all through as long as we've

596
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Speaker 2: been in the NFL. Players that are very very quiet,

597
00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:24,159
Speaker 2: very quiet, don't say much. They just shut up and

598
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Speaker 2: show up, you know what I'm saying. But you get

599
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Speaker 2: these guys in their fifth year, like Ashton Doolan, he

600
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Speaker 2: was that guy, but not anymore. I mean he's out.

601
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Speaker 2: You know he speaks now. You can see his demeanor

602
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Speaker 2: in the locker room. You can see that players drift

603
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Speaker 2: towards him as a veteran. I like that sort of stuff.

604
00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:39,520
Speaker 2: You watch these stories year in and year out.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean coming from where he came from, undrafted

606
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Speaker 3: free agent Jeffrey out of Malone University which is in Canton, Ohio.

607
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Speaker 3: And fun fact, they actually they used to play their

608
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Speaker 3: home games at the Hall of Fame Stadium. They obviously

609
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Speaker 3: do not have a college football program any longer. It

610
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Speaker 3: doesn't matter where you come from, where you played, what level,

611
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Speaker 3: what division, what conference, None of that matters. Jeffrey. If

612
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Speaker 3: you can play, the NFL will find you. These scouts

613
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Speaker 3: are that good, like an Anthony Richardson. Anthony Richardson was

614
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Speaker 3: the fourth overall pick in the draft. Anthony Richardson and

615
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Speaker 3: Ashton Dolon are on the same field and they're in

616
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Speaker 3: the same league on the same team, right, So if

617
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Speaker 3: you can play, just get there, baby, Just get to

618
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Speaker 3: the league and then whatever happens after that is up

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Speaker 3: to you. And good on Ashton doing because the Colts

620
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Speaker 3: prioritized him big time. He signed a two year deal

621
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Speaker 3: early on in free agency. I think that was the

622
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Speaker 3: first week of free agency. So they prioritized him, locked

623
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Speaker 3: him up for two years because of what he can

624
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Speaker 3: do on offense and certainly what he can do on

625
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Speaker 3: special teams. And excited for all that he can do.

626
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Speaker 3: Stay healthy this year, have quarterback stability, I think he

627
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Speaker 3: might be in store for a bigger year. Last year

628
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Speaker 3: two hundred and seven yards receiving. I think he's capable

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Speaker 3: of a lot more than that.

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Speaker 2: Like you said, folks, bring that with you to the

631
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Speaker 2: barbecue or the race this weekend. Where did Ashton Dooland

632
00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,160
Speaker 2: go to school? Okay, they all have people scratching your head.

633
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 2: That's Matt Taylor telling you right there. Malone University down

634
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 2: in Canton, Ohio, You can also download the weekly official

635
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 2: Colts podcast if you want, and we're featuring in the

636
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Speaker 2: latest news, analysis, insight, and interviews regarding your Colts. This

637
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Speaker 2: week we talked about the early quarterback battle between Anthony

638
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Speaker 2: Richardson and Gardner and I'll say that again, may Te

639
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Speaker 2: the quarterback battle between Anthony Richardson and Gardner. Minshew, it's

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Speaker 2: a thing, Hey, one thing I got to talk to

641
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Speaker 2: these people about on the line. Listen to me. It's great.

642
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 2: You gotta listen to it. Behind the Pads podcast it continues.

643
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Speaker 2: Take a listen. It's the offseason podcast series with Colts

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Speaker 2: players where they're The only rule is this may Te

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Speaker 2: no football talk, nothing, no first downs, no how do

646
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Speaker 2: you anything. It's all about off the field. And this

647
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Speaker 2: week talk to wide receiver Michael Pittman Junior, who discussed

648
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Speaker 2: his love for the outdoors and learning from his dad,

649
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,639
Speaker 2: who also played in the NFL. Michael Pittman Senior. What

650
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Speaker 2: a rolling ball of butcher knives. He was a running back.

651
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Speaker 2: Check all that out right now in Colts dot Com,

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Speaker 2: the Coach Mobile app, and the Colts Audio Network. Anywhere

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654
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Speaker 2: We're gonna give you the Forum Credit Union question of

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Speaker 2: the week regarding the Indianapolis five hundred and we're gonna

656
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Speaker 2: get into the NFL, making some changes this week to

657
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Speaker 2: the kickoff and flexing their muscle on Thursday Night Football.

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Speaker 2: Matt Taylor votes of the Colts. I'm Jeffrey Gorman. This

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Speaker 2: is the last Word. We're coming back here on ninety

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Speaker 2: three five and one oh seven five the fan.

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Speaker 3: Ken get enough football. You're in the right place.

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Speaker 1: This is the off season radio home of the Indianapolis Colts.

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Speaker 1: The Last Word with Jeffrey Gorman and Matt Taylor from

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Speaker 1: the Indiana Union Construction Industry Radio Studio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back, mate, It's almost here. It is almost here.

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Speaker 2: Five hundred miles. Goal left and goal out fast always

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00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 2: sound go left and do it as fast as you can. Right,

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Speaker 2: sound like times or whatever it is.

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Speaker 3: Do you sound like a You sound like a pit

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Speaker 3: strategy right there? You calling the race for like Ryan

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Speaker 3: Hunter Ray. I love it.

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Speaker 2: I'd love it. It's coming up and don't forget track

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Speaker 2: side with Kirk Kevin and Kevin Lee coming up right

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Speaker 2: of the Indianapolis Colts, proud sponsor of hundreds of local

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Speaker 2: sports teams across the Midwest. Let's go to the Forum

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Speaker 2: Credit Union. Question of the week, Mayte, listen up. It's

681
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Speaker 2: a good one because we got race talk and football

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Speaker 2: talk here at the same question. In two thousand and seven,

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Speaker 2: the Colts quarterback Peyton Manning acted as the honorary starter

684
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 2: of the Indy five hundred, waved the green flag to

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Speaker 2: begin the race. This year, Indiana native and actor Adam Driver,

686
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Speaker 2: he'll be waving the flag now, may Te. The question is,

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Speaker 2: who are the last five honorary starters of the Indy

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Speaker 2: five hundred. We're talking no sports after Manning and stuff

689
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Speaker 2: like that. These are all entertainment. There's no sport figures

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Speaker 2: up here. So I'm gonna let you have a crack at.

691
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Speaker 2: Oh my god, you can go all the way back

692
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Speaker 2: to twenty sixteen through last year twenty twenty two. What

693
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Speaker 2: do you think?

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Speaker 3: Oh, I know, wasn't wasn't there a movie coming out

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Speaker 3: with Christian Bale and Matt Damon together and they were

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Speaker 3: they waved the flag together.

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Speaker 2: One year did that was nineteen? That was nineteen, Matt Damon?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, last year the guy from Top Gun. Yeah, okay,

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Speaker 3: all right, I would not have year before that.

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Speaker 2: I don't think you're gonna get it. I don't know

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Speaker 2: what the show he was on, but this guy named

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Speaker 2: Melo vent Emilia. It's either the last of us or

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Speaker 2: the best of us or something on NBC.

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Speaker 3: Oh, this is us, this is us.

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Speaker 2: He you watch this show. You cried every week, is.

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Speaker 3: What I understand.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, twenty twenty mayte nothing happened, COVID the pandemic shut

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Speaker 2: it down. Chris Hemsworth in twenty eighteen, who is that thor.

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Speaker 3: Oh Man, you're asking the wrong guy. Yeah, he's Marvel. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: he's a Marvel series.

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Speaker 2: He's a superhero. He's chiseled too. I know. I'm twenty

712
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 2: seventeen Jake Jillenhall actor and twenty sixteen Chris Pine. So

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Speaker 2: a bunch of actors are up there the last five

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Speaker 2: years before Manning did.

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Speaker 3: It and never would have got any of those.

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Speaker 2: When are you going up there to wave that stick? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I know what are we doing. I need to be

718
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Speaker 3: driving the test car. I mean are letting people in

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Speaker 3: the front door there on sixteen in Georgetown. Come on,

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Speaker 3: Doug Bolls, give me something to do here.

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Speaker 2: It'd be like another forty years to you do it.

722
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:26,960
Speaker 2: You can't even get up climb up the ladder to.

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Speaker 3: Wave that thing.

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Speaker 2: No, it'll be fun, though, it'll be fun. There's a

725
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Speaker 2: lot going on. And obviously with this year, with this year,

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Speaker 2: Adam Driver, who's a great actor in Indiana native went

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Speaker 2: to school here as well.

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Speaker 3: That'll be a lot of fun, no doubt about it. Yeah,

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00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:41,960
Speaker 3: he's a U Indie guy. I did not realize that

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Speaker 3: graduated from the University of Indianapolis from up north. I

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Speaker 3: think I heard from Mishawaka. Yeah. Man, Yeah, it doesn't

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Speaker 3: matter where you come from. If you like you said, if.

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Speaker 2: You can buy, you yeah.

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Speaker 3: If you can play, if you can act, you you're

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Speaker 3: in it.

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Speaker 2: Let's go find you. Visit forum credit Union fan forum

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Speaker 2: post a topic, participate in discussions regarding your colts. Forum

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Speaker 2: credit Union helping members live their financial dreams. The owners

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Speaker 2: meetings went down the past couple of days maytay a

741
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Speaker 2: few days ago. Rather, they ended in Minnesota. Flexing some muscle,

742
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:20,200
Speaker 2: the NFL owners approved a modified resolution that allows for

743
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Speaker 2: flexing of Thursday night football games late in the season

744
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 2: to offer more attractive matchups. I mean, I like the

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00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 2: idea of it. It's gonna be in effect this season

746
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Speaker 2: on a trial basis alone. They're gonna see if it

747
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:34,680
Speaker 2: works or not. The flex scheduling is gonna apply for

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Speaker 2: games in the weeks thirteen through seventeen, and any scheduling

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Speaker 2: changes they must be made twenty eight days in advance,

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Speaker 2: which is the thing that I'm scratching my head on

751
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 2: because you don't know what kind of twenty eight days

752
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Speaker 2: later if those games are gonna matter. If you know,

753
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 2: a month, month to month in the NFL means a lot,

754
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 2: so they can only you can only flex two games

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00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,840
Speaker 2: in a single season, may tain. No team's going to

756
00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 2: be subjected to a Thursday Night flex more than once,

757
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,480
Speaker 2: and no team will be allowed to play more than

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00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:04,400
Speaker 2: two Thursday night football games in a single season. And

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Speaker 2: as of right now, the coachs don't have a Thursday

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Speaker 2: night game may take. Do you like this move? Is

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Speaker 2: this all about making sure that Bezos and Amazon Prime

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Speaker 2: has a good product to distribute on Thursday night. Is

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Speaker 2: that what this is about.

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Speaker 3: I mean yeah, probably, Yeah, so, I mean that's right, Yeah, probably.

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Speaker 3: But I'm with you on the twenty eight days thing,

766
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Speaker 3: because one team might be hot and you might look

767
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Speaker 3: at the schedule and say, well this, you know, this

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Speaker 3: team is more attractive than Seattle versus Dallas. You know,

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Speaker 3: make replace one of those games with a team that's

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Speaker 3: hot at the moment, and then a month later you're

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Speaker 3: stuck back with a you know, an unseexy matchup based

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Speaker 3: on you know, injuries, maybe the starting quarterback is out,

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Speaker 3: and then it's it's less attractive. So I'm sure the

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Speaker 3: players and coaches do not like the move. I mean,

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00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 3: in fact, I know they do not like it. You know,

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00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,080
Speaker 3: like look at the players like on the Chiefs or

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00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 3: the Bengals or the Cowboys, Eagles, Bills, etc. I'm sure

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Speaker 3: they're not jazzed up to play on Thursday Night Football

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00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:08,320
Speaker 3: multiple times because they are the marquee teams that would

780
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 3: probably be subjected to this. I wouldn't expect the NFL

781
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 3: to flex games just because now they can on Thursday

782
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Speaker 3: Night Football because they've already had that ability to do

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00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,680
Speaker 3: that on Sunday night, and the NFL has averaged fewer

784
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Speaker 3: than two Flex games per year on Sunday Night football.

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Speaker 3: But as we said, this is all about keeping Amazon happy.

786
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Speaker 3: They paid big money for Thursday night football. Yep, keep

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Speaker 3: partners happy. That's the biggest variable here. And so with

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Speaker 3: that in mind, I think this is probably here to stay.

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Speaker 2: Okay, another rule change, get this, and not many are

790
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:45,640
Speaker 2: happy about this, especially in the special teams world. Mayte

791
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,600
Speaker 2: you can have a fair catch on a kickoff wherever

792
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:50,960
Speaker 2: you want to, as long as it's at the twenty

793
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,280
Speaker 2: five yard line or in front of that rather, because

794
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:56,319
Speaker 2: if you fair catch on a kickoff at the ten,

795
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,759
Speaker 2: you're gonna get the ball at the twenty five yard line.

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00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,399
Speaker 2: And don't forget a lot of special teams coaches who

797
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,640
Speaker 2: do not like this rule. They were placed their place kicking,

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00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:06,920
Speaker 2: if you will, kind of on a pooch kick to

799
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 2: let the land at the five yard line, the ten

800
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,319
Speaker 2: yard line, the twelve yard line, and get some big

801
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 2: guys that normally don't run the football back on it.

802
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 2: So now that's all gone for not all you have

803
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 2: to do is raise your hand anywhere before the twenty

804
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:21,880
Speaker 2: five yard line and call that fair cash on a

805
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 2: kickoff and you got the ball just like, just like

806
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:25,880
Speaker 2: they kicked it out of the end zone.

807
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,920
Speaker 3: In that regard, I think the kickoff is becoming more

808
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 3: and more of a ceremonial play. And I get why,

809
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:33,680
Speaker 3: you know, is it gonna disappear?

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00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:34,120
Speaker 2: Mate?

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Speaker 3: I think it's becoming more of an endangered play, And

812
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 3: I get why players and special teams coordinators don't want

813
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,400
Speaker 3: this in the game. It kind of takes away some

814
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,240
Speaker 3: of the strategy, It takes away some of the nuance

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Speaker 3: and the texture of the game. But the NFL has

816
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,839
Speaker 3: been tweaking the kickoff the last couple of years in

817
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:55,240
Speaker 3: order to make it a safer play because of concussion data.

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Speaker 3: So I think teams that are confident in their special

819
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Speaker 3: teams ability will use squip kicks to combat this so

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00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 3: that teams can't fair catch it. But I think in

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00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:09,320
Speaker 3: the end, for the most part, fans aren't gonna mind.

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00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 3: I don't think fans are really gonna care. I mean,

823
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 3: I can only speak for myself. I mean, if someone

824
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 3: puts their hand up and signals for a fair catch,

825
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 3: I don't think anybody's gonna lose their minds over it.

826
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 3: I know I'm not. And in reality, the average return

827
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,440
Speaker 3: on kicks fielded outside of the end zone last season

828
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:27,919
Speaker 3: went to the twenty four yard line, and the fair

829
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 3: catch gives a team to the twenty five yard line,

830
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 3: so it's really like half a yard to yard different.

831
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Speaker 3: So I think it's just another step in the NFL

832
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 3: making the game safer, and maybe another step in the NFL,

833
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 3: you know, taking the kickoff and making it more of

834
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,680
Speaker 3: an endangered species. And I know people hate to hear that,

835
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,200
Speaker 3: but that's kind of where I think we're going inevitably

836
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,280
Speaker 3: until the NFL can come up with a really safe

837
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Speaker 3: compromise to make the kickoff, you know, not as dangerous

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Speaker 3: as a normal offensive or defensive play.

839
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Speaker 2: Mayte you said a mouthful there. I think what you're

840
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:04,320
Speaker 2: going to see a lot of squib kicks on kickoffs.

841
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,800
Speaker 2: Once it hits the ground, it's a live ball, don't forget,

842
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:09,799
Speaker 2: so you know, there's no fair catches when the ball

843
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 2: is bounding, you know, a grounder right in front of

844
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 2: your feet. So I think you're going to see a

845
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 2: lot of that. But again, what the NFL is hoping

846
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,480
Speaker 2: to try to do is drop concussions on kickoffs by

847
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,239
Speaker 2: fifteen percent. We'll find out next year at this time

848
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,759
Speaker 2: if it worked or not. Okay Mayte Coming up, we

849
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 2: have Kurk Cavin and Kevin Lee tracksideing after that, Beyond

850
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 2: the Bricks with Mike Thompson and Jake Query, four men

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00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 2: that know a lot about this upcoming race. Who do

852
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:33,720
Speaker 2: you like, mate, Who's your winner?

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00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,120
Speaker 3: I'm going with my heart. I want to see Tony

854
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 3: Kanan and his last ride and the last dance. I

855
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 3: want to see him cross the bricks first. That would

856
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:44,359
Speaker 3: be an epic story, great storyline, great guy. I think

857
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 3: everybody around here in Central Indiana would go nuts over

858
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 3: it because of you know what he has meant to

859
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:51,720
Speaker 3: the series, and you know the way that he treats

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Speaker 3: and talks about the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. That's who I'm

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Speaker 3: rooting for. So I've got no insider information on who's

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Speaker 3: got the best chance to win. I'm just with my

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Speaker 3: heart and Tony Kahan. I want to see it happen.

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Speaker 2: I've got inside information, and who's.

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Speaker 3: Coming home, Matones and your pencils ready.

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Speaker 2: Eddie Carpenter is going to be drinking the whole milk

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Speaker 2: after five hundred miles. Once again, ed Carpenter is my

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Speaker 2: choice to win the five hundred mile race. It's a

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Speaker 2: it's a Disney story. If he doesn't, may take the

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Speaker 2: hometown kid sticking around and winning the most prestigious race.

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Speaker 2: I got Eddie Carpenter again.

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Speaker 3: Good luck to him, the hometown hero. I'd be off

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Speaker 3: for that as well.

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Speaker 2: All Right, here we go. Enjoy what's coming up because

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Speaker 2: it is the best in the business worldwide. Track side

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Speaker 2: with Kirk Cabin and Kevin Lee, this is the last word.

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Speaker 2: Ninety three five one oh seven five. The fans