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Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to the Official Colts Podcast here on

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Speaker 1: a Thursday on the Colts Audio Network on Dacy Valier

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Speaker 1: and the legendary Phil Brupstein Matt Taylor. We're getting you

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Speaker 1: setting ready to go for Colts and Jets Week number eleven,

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Speaker 1: the first of two trips for the Colts to the

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Speaker 1: Big Apple this week, or I should say this year,

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Speaker 1: the Jets first, the Giants in late December. I think

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Speaker 1: that's a week seventeen game that might as well be

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Speaker 1: two hundred years now. There's a lot of things are

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Speaker 1: going on here in Colts Land. First of all, Bill,

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Speaker 1: how are you this week? You're doing all right?

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Speaker 2: I'm doing well? Yourself?

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Speaker 1: Good, doing well? Casey all right, doing great, fantastic, all right.

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Speaker 1: We know Anthony Richardson obviously is feeling much better about things.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about that as the Colts are making

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Speaker 1: the switch back to Anthony Richardson at quarterback. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: talk about the week eleven matchup here we got. I'm

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Speaker 1: calling this the Breaking Point Bowl between the four and

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Speaker 1: six Colts and the three and seven New York Jets.

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Speaker 1: Both teams are desperate for a win. Ad Ni Mitchell

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Speaker 1: is gonna join us here on the podcast today. He's

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Speaker 1: fresh off his best game as a rookie, six catches

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Speaker 1: over seventy yards, so he's gonna join us here on

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Speaker 1: the podcast later on, and then we're gonna wrap up

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Speaker 1: with when I'm calling the playoff Hope Meter. You guys

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Speaker 1: ready for that, I'm gonna put you on the spot.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna see how hot the playoff meter is for

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Speaker 1: the Colts. Okay, all right, yeah, I'll set ready to go.

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Speaker 1: So that's what we're laying out with here as we

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Speaker 1: get ready for this podcast number two. This week here

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Speaker 1: on the OCP, we got a lead off with Anthony

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Speaker 1: Richardson though Bill Earlier this week we got some clarity

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Speaker 1: from Shane stiken when it comes to the process. That's

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Speaker 1: all we heard was the process. Anthony has to stick

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Speaker 1: to the process and go through the process and learn

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Speaker 1: to develop within the process. Obviously, the Colts with that

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Speaker 1: being intentionally vague and Jim Bob Cooter said, we're being

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Speaker 1: vague in the media, not so vague with Anthony Richardson,

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Speaker 1: which you can understand. But this week from Shane Stikeen,

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Speaker 1: when they revealed the news that they're going back to

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Speaker 1: actually is and what that means. What did you take

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Speaker 1: away from the process and how it works, and what

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Speaker 1: they're trying to get more out of when it comes

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Speaker 1: to Anthony Richardson, I think what they're trying to do is,

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Speaker 1: you know, for him to help him develop as a

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Speaker 3: And part of that is your preparation for each week.

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Speaker 3: How you prepare for each week going into that week.

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Speaker 3: It's the game plan, it's looking at film, weightlifting, all

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Speaker 3: those things.

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Speaker 2: What are you doing?

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Speaker 3: What are you how are you absorbing the information that

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Speaker 3: you're getting from the coaches? Do you have a good

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Speaker 3: command of the game plan? Do you have a good

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Speaker 3: this week? So I think those are the things that

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Speaker 3: they want to see Anthony grow in as far as

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Speaker 3: sometimes it takes a little bit longer for other players.

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Speaker 3: So I think that's something that they said they've seen

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Speaker 3: and that he has grown these past two weeks when

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Speaker 3: hopefully he has taken it upon himself to say, hey, look,

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Speaker 3: maybe the coaches are asking you to do as far

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Speaker 3: for our game plan.

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Speaker 2: You have to watch extra film.

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Speaker 3: You have to go out there and make sure that

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Speaker 2: That takes time.

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Speaker 3: It might take extra time outside of the actual team

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Speaker 2: That you have. You have to do it, so you

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Speaker 1: In Casey, the coaching staff the front office just didn't

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Speaker 1: feel like Anthony was doing enough. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: But to Anthony's credit, the last two weeks have been

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Speaker 1: sort of rooted in what's happening behind the scenes. Yesterday

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Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson. The two words that's stuck out to me,

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Speaker 1: and I'm curious as to what your take is on it,

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Speaker 1: but the two words that stuck out to me were

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Speaker 1: Consistency from your quarterback and everything that he does, Consistency

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Speaker 1: on the field, off the field, preparation, leadership in the

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Speaker 1: takes to be the CEO of an NFL franchise, which

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Speaker 1: we know NFL quarterbacks are No.

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Speaker 4: I'm glad you brought those two words up because those

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Speaker 4: And one of the things that I was pretty impressed

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Speaker 5: About everything, you know he talked about.

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Speaker 4: I've really you know, I've started to understand what it

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Speaker 4: to sacrifice whatever it means for the betterment of the team.

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Speaker 4: I've got to I've got to make sure that I'm

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Speaker 4: more consistent on and off the field, because it's not

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Speaker 4: only going to help me as a better quarterback, but

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Speaker 4: as a better person. So it's all coming together, if

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Speaker 4: you will, on what it takes to be a quarterback.

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Speaker 4: This is not at all a stab at saying he

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Speaker 4: wasn't doing any of this. It's just sometimes you have

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Speaker 4: to in some ways be told a little bit more like, hey,

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Speaker 4: hold your into the bargain because you can talk about

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Speaker 4: it at nauseum. It is the hardest position in all

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Speaker 4: of sports, playing quarterback, and you have to be able

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Speaker 4: to You look at an opponent and you say, Okay,

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna go even harder than that quarterback.

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Speaker 5: That's how you become elite.

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Speaker 4: I mean, you saw a guy like Peyton Manning wear

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Speaker 5: So it may be big shoes to fill, but in

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Speaker 4: At that level playing this position, you have to be

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Speaker 4: able to elevate your game. I think part of that

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Speaker 4: He has figured out how to do all of that.

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Speaker 4: I'm sure he was able to take what Joe did

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Speaker 4: I need to find my methods to do all of

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Speaker 4: that preparation because it all matters.

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Speaker 1: You know, the lifestyle of an NFL quarterback, a franchise quarterback,

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Speaker 1: is so demanding. Oh yeah, even in the off season,

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Speaker 1: because everything that you do is so highly scrutinized. And

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Speaker 1: we know this is a three sixty five job. You know,

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Speaker 1: if you're not getting better, you're getting worse. And it's

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Speaker 1: a really hard thing, I think to understand, no excuses,

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Speaker 1: because the standard is the standard, and you have to

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Speaker 1: able to shoulder all of that responsibility. But the fact

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Speaker 1: of the matter is Bill, the guy's twenty two years old,

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Speaker 1: and he's barely twenty two years old. Yes, okay, do

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Speaker 1: you think I'm objectively asking you? I'm not being funny

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Speaker 1: right now. But do you think as a twenty two

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Speaker 3: Not at twenty two. I don't think I would have

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Speaker 3: been to understand all of it. Yes, some of it,

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Speaker 3: maybe all of it. No, it's you are you are

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Speaker 3: the face of the franchise. If when you're drafted that high,

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Speaker 3: takes for this team to get to the level that

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Speaker 3: they wanted to get to. And it's very difficult. And

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Speaker 3: for a twenty two year old to have all that

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Speaker 3: to prepare, how to understand what it takes to be

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Speaker 3: a National Football League quarterback. And it's hard for someone

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Speaker 1: In college games past high school.

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Speaker 2: Yes, so hasn't played a lot.

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Speaker 3: So it's a lot And I know I would not

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but you did. You play with a lot of

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Speaker 1: So let's stick with Jim Kelly because he's the franchise quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Example in this case, for you, can you illustrate what

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Speaker 1: all Jim Kelly had to deal with in terms of preparation,

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Speaker 1: because you guys both know, to be a franchise quarterback

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Speaker 1: who you talk to, it's how you talk to him,

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Speaker 1: did Jim Kelly do it? Bill? And how much did

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Speaker 1: it matter? You guys paying attention to what your quarterback

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Speaker 3: It mattered because when I got there and they had

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Speaker 3: but they were there and they welcomed me in, and

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Speaker 3: and you know, say, hey, look this is how we

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Speaker 3: to all the things that we have here. If it's

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Speaker 3: we go play different games. He always included everybody, not

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Speaker 3: And then during the week, I mean, he's in there

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Speaker 3: would do it on his own. But on Friday, we

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Speaker 2: So he did those things to help us, but it

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Speaker 3: So those are the things that I think, you know,

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Speaker 1: But within that, all I hear is attention to detail.

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Speaker 5: We include all of this. And it is a hard thing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, that's assuming you could throw the ball. I

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Speaker 5: Yeah, if you need a ten yard pass anything.

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Speaker 1: That's about it. How much how much do you think

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Speaker 3: I think he does have a better perspective of what

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Speaker 3: Everyone learns differently. Everyone grasp things differently. Some grasp early,

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Speaker 1: Casey, how do you think this is gonna It's a

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Speaker 4: I think it's gonna be a good thing because one

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Speaker 1: Anthony's been the guy no matter what. Right you know,

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Speaker 1: he's not invincible.

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Speaker 5: Up here exactly.

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Speaker 4: So I think that right there, and not necessarily that

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Speaker 4: But when you have just that little bit of doubt,

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Speaker 5: So you start.

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Speaker 4: Seeing that there are consequences for what you do. You

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Speaker 4: I think that little bit of showing him this can

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Speaker 4: So it's one of those things that I think now

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Speaker 5: So I think it's going to be a really good

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm interested in abil to see how this changes decision

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Speaker 1: But it's not just Anthony Richardson, it's the entire coaching

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Speaker 3: I think you will. I think you'll see the things

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Speaker 2: Everyone knows that.

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Speaker 2: Now. Well, his completion.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Lastly, I mean everybody else got to step up. Yes,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think this is a It's been an interesting

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Speaker 4: So that's kind of what I've seen. I've seen the

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Speaker 3: in this league and we want you to be in

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Speaker 3: this league.

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Speaker 2: So he is going to be a process. You know,

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Speaker 2: I'm saying process.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, it's going to be a process for development, right,

442
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Speaker 3: for development. So he's gonna have to continue to do this.

443
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Speaker 3: And this is a thing that doesn't happen just in

444
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Speaker 3: one for one year or two years. This happens throughout

445
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Speaker 3: his career. He's gonna have to do this this whole

446
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Speaker 3: career if he wants to be the quarterback that he

447
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Speaker 3: can be in his national for.

448
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Speaker 1: How much of how much of a better wide receiver

449
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Speaker 1: were you and you're five compared to your two?

450
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Speaker 3: Oh a lot better, a lot better I knew. I

451
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Speaker 3: knew a lot more and there's still a lot more.

452
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Speaker 3: And a lot of that is because of one just

453
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Speaker 3: studying and being around guys, asking questions, being around the coaches,

454
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Speaker 3: asking questions and coaches, and just looking at film, looking

455
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Speaker 3: where I made mistakes, looking where I can get better,

456
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Speaker 3: talk to my coaches about where I can get better.

457
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Speaker 3: And the guy is helping me, so he will be

458
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Speaker 3: better as if he continues this work ethics, so to speak,

459
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Speaker 3: as far as making sure that you know what I'm learning.

460
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Speaker 3: I'm getting better at certain things, he will be better

461
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Speaker 3: as time goes on.

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Speaker 1: Yep. Learning from failure, man, Yes, that's such a big

463
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Speaker 1: part of life. Yeah.

464
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Speaker 2: Question, you don't like it, but it helps you learn fast.

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Speaker 1: I love tapping your former career and all of your experiences. Bill.

466
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Speaker 1: I appreciate you you going down that road and sharing

467
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Speaker 1: some of those stories in Buffalo. All right, let's talk

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Speaker 1: about the playoff, Hope, meter here as we transition from

469
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Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson, I mean the reality of the situation here.

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Speaker 1: Despite all this quarterback stuff, the Colts enter Week eleven

471
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Speaker 1: just a game out of the last playoff spot in

472
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Speaker 1: the AFC behind the Broncos. The Colts have never made

473
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Speaker 1: the playoffs when starting a season four and six or worse,

474
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Speaker 1: so they're trying to buck that trend. But three teams

475
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Speaker 1: made the playoffs last year when starting four in six

476
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Speaker 1: or worse. The Green Bay did it, Tampa Bay did it,

477
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Speaker 1: and the Rams did it. So we're gonna bust out

478
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Speaker 1: what I'm calling here the playoff hope meter. I'm gonna

479
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Speaker 1: give you, guys some specific areas of this team, and

480
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Speaker 1: then you tell me how how viable it is for

481
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Speaker 1: that area to kind of turn things around and have

482
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Speaker 1: the Colts make a playoff push. Here. I'm gonna start

483
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Speaker 1: first with just quite simply the schedule, Because the Colts

484
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Speaker 1: have the easiest remaining strength of schedule in the entire

485
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Speaker 1: conference and the second easiest strength of schedule in the

486
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Speaker 1: entire NFL. The Colts are only gonna play one team

487
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Speaker 1: the rest of the way with a winning record. That's

488
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Speaker 1: gonna be the Lions coming up next week. Outside of that,

489
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Speaker 1: you got a lot of bottom feeders. The Colts are

490
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Speaker 1: three to one against teams currently five hundred or worse,

491
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Speaker 1: and they're one in five against teams who are over

492
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Speaker 1: five hundred right now. So the schedules lining up bill.

493
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Speaker 1: If the Colts can get more consistency overall better play,

494
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Speaker 1: they can take advantage of this schedule. Tell me the

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Speaker 1: playoff hope meter for the Colts schedule. Is it a

496
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Speaker 1: long shot? Is it playoff contending? Or are playoffs gar

497
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Speaker 1: and tea.

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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna say t. I'm gonna say playoff contending.

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Speaker 3: I think they can because I think there are some

500
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Speaker 3: winnable games at the Coats can win coming up, and

501
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Speaker 3: if they can win these games and win certain games,

502
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Speaker 3: they can put them in position to hopefully get a

503
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Speaker 3: wildcard spot. So I think this contending. But they're gonna

504
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Speaker 3: have to play better by far. I mean, we've always talked,

505
00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,760
Speaker 3: we've talked about that. Some of the things that have

506
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Speaker 3: gone on, especially offensively, not moving the ball, not sustaining drives,

507
00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,240
Speaker 3: all those things have been problems for the Coats, But

508
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,439
Speaker 3: they have to play better. If they can do those things,

509
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Speaker 3: they have an opportunity to get into contention of the

510
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Speaker 3: playoffs if they win some of these games.

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Speaker 2: As you said to what the second easiest schedule.

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Speaker 1: Easiest schedule in the AFC AFC Ye, absolutely, yep. So

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Speaker 1: he's easier schedule in the AFC, second second in the league,

514
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Speaker 1: casey where he ats long shot playoff contender or you're

515
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Speaker 1: just gonna book those playoff tickets right now.

516
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Speaker 5: I'm booking them now, all right.

517
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Speaker 4: I think because of you look at the schedule and

518
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Speaker 4: the teams on that schedule. It includes the Jets, who's

519
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Speaker 4: on there on the you know they're right there, borderline

520
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Speaker 4: team looking to try to get a wildcard spot. You

521
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Speaker 4: got the Broncos, who's currently ahead of the Colts. You've

522
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Speaker 4: got a victory over the Dolphins. You got the Patriots

523
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Speaker 4: and that. So all of these teams.

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Speaker 1: That are Jacksonville, Tennessee, Jacksonville, all.

525
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Speaker 4: Of these teams that are it makes it an easy schedule,

526
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Speaker 4: but they're all in the AFC.

527
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Speaker 1: And guess what they're looking at the Colts too, like

528
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Speaker 1: that's the reality, Colts, we should be able to get

529
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Speaker 1: this win.

530
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Speaker 4: But you look at this schedule and so much when

531
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Speaker 4: you look at where a team gonna make the playoffs.

532
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Speaker 4: Conference record is so key. And this schedule if if

533
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Speaker 4: I want to book the tickets, now you take care

534
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Speaker 4: of the schedule. You're gonna get in with these because

535
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Speaker 4: you're gonna knock off these other teams.

536
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Speaker 5: You're gonna have that tie break and you're gonna be in.

537
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Speaker 5: That's what I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: Boom baby, wow wow. But I hope you don't have

539
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Speaker 1: January playing going to the playoffs. I'm with you, listen,

540
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Speaker 1: I'm here for it, no question about it. The Colts

541
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Speaker 1: definitely have to take advantage of it. Their margin of

542
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Speaker 1: air is so slim right now. It is time to

543
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Speaker 1: get on. So let's talk about Anthony Richardson back within

544
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Speaker 1: the context of this offense. Like we said, the offense

545
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Speaker 1: has just two touchdowns and six turnovers in the last

546
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Speaker 1: two weeks. As we said, last week mark the fifth

547
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Speaker 1: straight game for the Colts not scoring over twenty points.

548
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Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson back in now on the season forty four

549
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Speaker 1: fifty seven passer rating, both numbers bill are league low.

550
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Speaker 1: So the Colts offense as it relates to the playoff

551
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Speaker 1: hope meter long shot, they get it figured out. Playoff contending,

552
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Speaker 1: they got a shot or playoff guarantee, which means Richardson

553
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Speaker 1: is really going to elevate his game.

554
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Speaker 3: I must say, ooh, I don't know about guarantee, but

555
00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,359
Speaker 3: I must say playoff contention again.

556
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Speaker 2: Yeah again, because I ie I'm with you.

557
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Speaker 3: Yeah no, because I just think, you know, I think

558
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Speaker 3: they would improve. I think the offense that is going

559
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Speaker 3: to improve. They're going to need to improve. They can't

560
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Speaker 3: turn the ball over at the same rate they have

561
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Speaker 3: been the past.

562
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Speaker 2: Couple of weeks and expect to win football games.

563
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Speaker 3: You have to have mentioned earlier, We've said it all

564
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Speaker 3: the time.

565
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Speaker 2: They have to sustain some drives.

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Speaker 3: They have to be able to sustain to some drives,

567
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Speaker 3: and then when they get into the red zone, score

568
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Speaker 3: score some points. Yeah, you know, you can't get in.

569
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Speaker 3: You have to get into the red zone. Then once

570
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,200
Speaker 3: you get there, score some points. So I think they

571
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,720
Speaker 3: can do it. But if they're going to have to

572
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Speaker 3: turn around and they're gonna have to start it this

573
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Speaker 3: week against the Jets, which I think they can do

574
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Speaker 3: it because the Jets aren't one of.

575
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Speaker 2: Those teams that are really lighting up things.

576
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Speaker 3: From a defensive standpoint, they're pretty good in some aspects,

577
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Speaker 3: but for the most part, I think the Coats can

578
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Speaker 3: go down and score some points and hopefully get a

579
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Speaker 3: win against the Jets.

580
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Speaker 4: All right, case where you at with the Colts, I'm

581
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Speaker 4: with contending on this one with Bill, But my biggest

582
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Speaker 4: thing is with Anthony Richardson. I'm anticipating that run game

583
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Speaker 4: being so key to this team. You kind of touched

584
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Speaker 4: on it earlier, you know, you go a little bit

585
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Speaker 4: more of that NCAA style with Richardson, getting him and

586
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Speaker 4: Jonathan Taylor going. I think that's only going to be

587
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Speaker 4: and you start with this weekend. The Jets are a

588
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Speaker 4: team that struggles against the run, so I think you

589
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Speaker 4: kind of put them behind the eight ball early and

590
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Speaker 4: that's how you're gonna get a victory this weekend. He

591
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Speaker 4: kind of rolled out all the way through, and this

592
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Speaker 4: run game with Taylor and Richardson, I put that up

593
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,679
Speaker 4: against the majority of the teams you're gonna play. So

594
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Speaker 4: that's why I'm going definitely offense.

595
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Speaker 1: That should certainly help things, just the dynamic and the

596
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Speaker 1: presence of Anthony Richardson in that same backfield again with

597
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Speaker 1: Jonathan tam.

598
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Speaker 3: And hopefully in the red zone as well. Yeah, coming

599
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,240
Speaker 3: back there there Comman. I think that's gonna be big

600
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Speaker 3: for the Colts. Give them another option out there that

601
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Speaker 3: the defense has to make sure that they're aware of

602
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Speaker 3: that Anthony is.

603
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Speaker 2: Out there, that it helps the Colts offense.

604
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,440
Speaker 1: All right, last playoff hope meter, here we go. Let's

605
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Speaker 1: talk about the Colts defense turning some things around here

606
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Speaker 1: in the final seven games of the season, because the

607
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Speaker 1: defense is getting takeaways at a much higher clip here lately.

608
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Speaker 1: They've got five takeaways in the last two games. They've

609
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,760
Speaker 1: stolen the ball at least twice in five of the

610
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Speaker 1: last seven, and the takeaway total on the year now

611
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Speaker 1: ranks six in the NFL. They're number one and fumble recoveries,

612
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Speaker 1: but they're still not getting off the field consistently. Like

613
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Speaker 1: you talked about, Bill, the third down rate for the

614
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Speaker 1: Colts ranks twenty seventh on defense and Nerdy at their

615
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,720
Speaker 1: three and out rate. They're three and out percentage, which

616
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Speaker 1: is the percentage of time the Colts defense is forcing

617
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Speaker 1: the opposing offense off the field in three and out

618
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 1: drives fourteen percent, very very low. That ranks thirty first,

619
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Speaker 1: or in other words, second to last. So time of

620
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,879
Speaker 1: possession really really big. The time of possession for the

621
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Speaker 1: Colts this year. They're on the field defensively on the

622
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Speaker 1: field averaging thirty four minutes per game of defensive time

623
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Speaker 1: on the field. That is really, really high, and you

624
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Speaker 1: can't ask your defense to be on the field that

625
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,960
Speaker 1: long without wearing down. So Casey, I'm beginning with you first,

626
00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:43,000
Speaker 1: the playoff Hope meter for the defense long shot, playoff

627
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Speaker 1: contender or playoff garntee.

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Speaker 5: I want to go really due.

629
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Speaker 4: But I'm gonna go contender, and I think it's all

630
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Speaker 4: encompassing on what Anthony Richardson and this Jonathan Taylor run offense.

631
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Speaker 4: Kind of getting back to that, you talk about time possession,

632
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,280
Speaker 4: I think we'd all agree that the Colts defense has

633
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,360
Speaker 4: really done a really good job the last handful of weeks. Yeah,

634
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,880
Speaker 4: but late in games, when you talk about those being

635
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,440
Speaker 4: on the field for the thirty second, thirty third, thirty

636
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,800
Speaker 4: fourth minute, you're starting to see that kind of get

637
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:20,160
Speaker 4: that wear on them. So it all I think time

638
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 4: of possession is so key with this team because if

639
00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:28,080
Speaker 4: you can get the offense sustaining drives and the defense

640
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,600
Speaker 4: getting off the field. I trust this defense. You know,

641
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,400
Speaker 4: if they're on the field for twenty eight minutes. I

642
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,640
Speaker 4: think that's twenty eight really good minutes of football. So

643
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Speaker 4: I'm gonna go contender, borderline guaranty.

644
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 1: You know where the guarantee came from. Right, it's Bill Billy,

645
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,760
Speaker 1: the kid from the Green Mile. Oh yeah, you're right, Early, Yeah,

646
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,920
Speaker 1: the the whatever you want to call it, the cell

647
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,280
Speaker 1: not as cell mate. What am I trying to think of?

648
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Speaker 1: The guard the offense? Yes, yes, on duty. You know

649
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 1: they come in. Billy Kidd says you can walk in

650
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 1: on your feet, but you're gonna leave on your back.

651
00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 1: Old Billy Kidd'll guard to you that, right, will guarantee

652
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:02,600
Speaker 1: you that.

653
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Speaker 5: It's like a seven and a half hour.

654
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Speaker 2: Very.

655
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Speaker 1: We're at the defense build, I'm gonna say playoff.

656
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Speaker 3: I'm gonna agree with Casey there, and I think you

657
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 3: know what, they've been getting some turnovers, they create some

658
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,280
Speaker 3: turnovers the defense has and they need to continue to

659
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Speaker 3: do that. But I don't know if you can do

660
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,640
Speaker 3: that every game. And so it's gonna be important for

661
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,200
Speaker 3: them to, as case you said, get off the field

662
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:26,960
Speaker 3: on third down, make some stops on third down, get

663
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 3: the ball back to the offense, get off the field,

664
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Speaker 3: and that way not only gives the ball back to

665
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Speaker 3: the offense, but it gives you some rest from a

666
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Speaker 3: defensive standpoint, so you can, hopefully in the fourth quarter

667
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 3: be a little fresher than you have been in the past.

668
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 3: We just make some plays and get them off the field.

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Speaker 3: So a lot's going to depend on not just getting turnovers,

670
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Speaker 3: but getting off the field from a defensive standpoint. So

671
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Speaker 3: I'm gonna say, can playoff contender lay offender?

672
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Speaker 1: I like where your meter is, right down the middle.

673
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,960
Speaker 1: That's a nice, little comfortable seventy degrees inside the Bill

674
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Speaker 1: Brook's house right there. They're not too high.

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Speaker 2: Six nine sixty nine sixty nine.

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Speaker 1: A yeah, it's supposed to heat up a little bit, yes,

677
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,840
Speaker 1: Bill Brooks, Casey Valley, that's the playoff meter. I like

678
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: it right there. I'm Matt Taylor. I'm telling you somebody

679
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 1: who's gonna be making plays on Sunday, guaranteed, that's gonna

680
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Speaker 1: be ad Ni Mitchell. He was a good sport with

681
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Speaker 1: us earlier today on the Official Colts Podcast. Check it

682
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Speaker 1: out right now our conversation with the Colts rookie wide receiver.

683
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Speaker 1: All right, joined now by a rookie wide receiver for

684
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Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts A D. Mitchell fresh off his best

685
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Speaker 1: game in a Colts uniform six catches over seventy yards

686
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,240
Speaker 1: A D. My Man, First off, congratulations on that big game.

687
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 1: What are some things that went into your big production?

688
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 6: Just regular routine every day, making sure I get the

689
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,600
Speaker 6: right amount of balls, called film watch things like that,

690
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,640
Speaker 6: And I mean I wouldn't necessarily call it a big

691
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,280
Speaker 6: game pretty much, just a regular day in the office

692
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,440
Speaker 6: for just different type of opportunities, no question about that.

693
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Speaker 1: Now. So along with that, you played a seasoned highest snaps.

694
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 1: I think you played ninety four percent of the snaps.

695
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 1: How much did the snap count and getting in the

696
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 1: field of the game, how much did that help just

697
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,760
Speaker 1: the comfort level that you had last Sunday for sure?

698
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:17,000
Speaker 6: I mean it definitely helps a lot, you know, just

699
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 6: to kind of get the feel of the game, feel

700
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,360
Speaker 6: of the floor of the game. And it's a lot

701
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,280
Speaker 6: better than coming in one playing coming out the next play.

702
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 6: So you know, I can kind of, you know, use

703
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 6: use different plays where I know I'm not getting the ball,

704
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 6: probably run blocking versus man on corner. All I got

705
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 6: to do is run off. So at that point I'm

706
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 6: just working on the release, trying to set up different

707
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 6: moves in different routes. So it's it definitely helps when

708
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 6: the receiver can you know, kind of feel the game out.

709
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,320
Speaker 1: Sure, no question about has that been the hardest part

710
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 1: about your rookie season in terms of getting the overall

711
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 1: feel for the speed and the intensity of this game,

712
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 1: because prior to last week you weren't playing you know,

713
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 1: close to one hundred percent of the snaps. Now that

714
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Speaker 1: you were, and now that you did, what was the

715
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Speaker 1: biggest difference in.

716
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Speaker 6: That just really just getting a feel for the dB

717
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:08,240
Speaker 6: how they play right, you know, just picking up on

718
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 6: Tennessee's you know, picking up on kind of when the

719
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 6: when they're going to a certain coverage, when they're trying

720
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,720
Speaker 6: to disguise a look, things like that. It's a lot

721
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:20,080
Speaker 6: easier than kind of looking from the sideline on because

722
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,720
Speaker 6: you know, anybody could say what they would do in

723
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 6: the situation until they actually put in the fire. So yeah,

724
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Speaker 6: it just it just helped a whole lot more.

725
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Speaker 1: You know, Michael Pittman Junior might be coming back this week,

726
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:33,640
Speaker 1: we'll see, right and dealing with that nagging back injury.

727
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 1: But what what has he meant to your overall growth

728
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,320
Speaker 1: and acclamation to the NFL.

729
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 6: Oh Pitt has just been a great VET. Like I remember,

730
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Speaker 6: I think in training camp I talked about him in

731
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Speaker 6: the interview and I kind of gassed him up a

732
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,560
Speaker 6: little bit. I thought he was like a six year vet,

733
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Speaker 6: Like just the way he carries himself, like you think

734
00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 6: that he'd been in the league a very, very long time.

735
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 6: And that's just credit to him. You know, he's just

736
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:05,840
Speaker 6: just the whole time I've been here, he just took

737
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 6: me under his wings, showed me the ropes, and you know,

738
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 6: he's he's been been very important in my process.

739
00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,840
Speaker 1: You know, along with that your position coach and Reggie

740
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,520
Speaker 1: Wayne facts. You know, how much has he helping you

741
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 1: study the game? Right? Sometimes guys need to learn how

742
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 1: to watch film? What what are some things you need

743
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,920
Speaker 1: to look at when you watch film and the subtle

744
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,400
Speaker 1: nuances of getting ready for a game. How much has

745
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: he helped in that regard? I mean a lot.

746
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 6: You know, everybody likes to think that they got to

747
00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:39,279
Speaker 6: figure it out. So now he's definitely helped me what

748
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 6: really aught to receive it? As far as just you know,

749
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 6: not just watching one guy when you're looking at him

750
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 6: but kind of looking for signals picking up on tennessees.

751
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:50,400
Speaker 6: You know, how do they play stacks, how do they

752
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:53,320
Speaker 6: play bunches, how do they play verse zone? How do

753
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:57,319
Speaker 6: they play versus zone match? And just a lot of

754
00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:01,040
Speaker 6: different things that that defenses do you know you can

755
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,239
Speaker 6: pick up on it instead of you know, your first

756
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 6: time seeing it on Sunday question.

757
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,160
Speaker 1: I mean everything you just said right there just blows

758
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 1: I think the average fans mine because I mean a

759
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:12,919
Speaker 1: lot of people just think how you play receiver. Here's

760
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 1: the route you're running, this play and you go out

761
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 1: and run it. Man, you've got a lot to compartmentalize

762
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 1: and computing a short amount of time based on what

763
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:19,840
Speaker 1: you just said.

764
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,279
Speaker 6: Right, So, yeah, quarterbacks got way harder.

765
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,440
Speaker 1: Than this, well way, but you have to you have

766
00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:28,360
Speaker 1: to take a lot of things into consideration too. Within that,

767
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,839
Speaker 1: it's just been such a fun season to watch you

768
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 1: grow and develop. Earlier in the season, you said, hey,

769
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,000
Speaker 1: I've been putting too much hot sauce on some of

770
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 1: these routes. What kind of condiments are you putting on

771
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:40,840
Speaker 1: them now? Based on how things have slowed down a

772
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:41,239
Speaker 1: little bit.

773
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:44,400
Speaker 6: Far, You know, sometimes it just depends on the route,

774
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 6: you know, just going from double moves to regular outs.

775
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,360
Speaker 6: You know what I'm saying, That just allows me to

776
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 6: just be regular, just be a normal guy, just be myself, right,

777
00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 6: you know. I mean the double moves fine, but you

778
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:02,239
Speaker 6: know out all the time, all right?

779
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 1: To switch a quarterback now, going from from Joe Flacco

780
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:09,319
Speaker 1: back to Anthony Richardson as a wide receiver, how does

781
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 1: a quarterback change and so many of them in such

782
00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 1: a short amount of time, How does that most impact you?

783
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:19,640
Speaker 6: I mean, to be honest, it does, but I mean

784
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:22,680
Speaker 6: it kind of doesn't. You know, at the end of

785
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 6: the day, somebody gonna be back there, somebody gonna throw

786
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 6: the ball, and it's up to us to make a

787
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:32,280
Speaker 6: play once it comes. But as far as Ar goes,

788
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,799
Speaker 6: you know, he definitely has a different play style than

789
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 6: pretty much every other quarterback I've ever played with and

790
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 6: really witnessed, to be honest, So you know just what

791
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 6: he brings to the game as far as running, throwing,

792
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 6: just everything like he's He's definitely not gonna be brought

793
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,840
Speaker 6: down by the first man. I've learned that over the

794
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 6: over the time. So uh, now, he could definitely extend

795
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:00,680
Speaker 6: plays with his legs and his arms. So you know

796
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:02,440
Speaker 6: it's gonna be fun to have him back out there.

797
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 2: I'm happy for him.

798
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 1: That just means for you, the play is never over

799
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,359
Speaker 1: with Anthony Richard much. You've got to be on top

800
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,960
Speaker 1: of that pretty much pretty much. Now for you personally,

801
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:12,920
Speaker 1: I know a big part of your life. You've got

802
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 1: a three year old daughter, all right, she's a huge

803
00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:18,200
Speaker 1: part of you know you coming out here every single

804
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:20,279
Speaker 1: day and giving it your all. What what what does

805
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 1: she mean to you? And how much do you play

806
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:24,880
Speaker 1: this game for her and of her honor? So to speak?

807
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,400
Speaker 6: Man, she mean the world to me.

808
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:29,400
Speaker 1: You know.

809
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 6: It's just every time I all the time I spend

810
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 6: with her, I just look at her.

811
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 1: And be like, man, like this is why you do

812
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:37,080
Speaker 1: it that?

813
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:41,279
Speaker 6: And also like that's me just looking at her just

814
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 6: the way she moves around, just how just how she is.

815
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 6: I'm like, man, that's a that's a mini me right there.

816
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:53,439
Speaker 6: So you know, I just man, I can't even really

817
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 6: put everything in the words, but like that's my that's

818
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 6: my girl, right yeah, Like that's my first love. I'm

819
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:04,919
Speaker 6: her first love. That gonna forget that, Yeah, but man,

820
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:09,799
Speaker 6: now that's she's helped me grow so much more as

821
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 6: a person, and you know that kind of leads to

822
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 6: growing as a player. But you know, I feel like

823
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 6: everything starts with her when it comes to me.

824
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:20,360
Speaker 1: Does she understand I mean, I know she's probably a

825
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,960
Speaker 1: little bit too young, but does she understand what what

826
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:25,440
Speaker 1: dad does and how special it is that you're playing

827
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 1: for the Indianapolis Colts.

828
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:30,720
Speaker 6: Yeah, she she kind of knows, kind of anytime she sees,

829
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,719
Speaker 6: you know, we'll be on the couch watching watching some

830
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 6: Sunday night football Monday night, and she'll.

831
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:41,040
Speaker 1: Be like, you're not out there. That's what I do.

832
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:45,200
Speaker 6: What I do, So, you know, she she definitely understands. Yea,

833
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 6: and she she's always excited. She'd be more pumped up

834
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:54,600
Speaker 6: to me to go out there Sunday. So yeah, how.

835
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:56,560
Speaker 1: Does she How does she experience game day? Does she

836
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,400
Speaker 1: come to watch the games?

837
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:01,040
Speaker 6: She be turned up. She got like a little window

838
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:03,759
Speaker 6: turning up though you know about end of the game

839
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,520
Speaker 6: she knocked out, Oh I bet so so by the way, yeah,

840
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,839
Speaker 6: point yeah, that little window should be tired though.

841
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,319
Speaker 1: I love it so well A d Man, Congratulations on

842
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:15,319
Speaker 1: a great rookie season to this point. All the best

843
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 1: going forward and good luck against the Jets. Appreciate special

844
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 1: thanks again right there to a d Mitchell rookie wide

845
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:23,479
Speaker 1: receiver for the Colts. Again, he's coming off his most

846
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 1: prolific game with the Colts and the Colts uniform six

847
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 1: catches over seventy yards. I cannot wait for him to

848
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 1: taste the end zone for the first time in his

849
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:34,799
Speaker 1: NFL career. I'm sure he's going to be dedicating to

850
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,279
Speaker 1: that to his daughter, with a three year old daughter

851
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,840
Speaker 1: that he talked about there towards the end of that interview.

852
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:42,440
Speaker 1: So we really appreciate him, you know, shedding some life

853
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:44,480
Speaker 1: on our light, I should say, on what life is

854
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,920
Speaker 1: like outside of football. It's it's great to be a dad.

855
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:50,560
Speaker 1: It's great to be you know, come home and put

856
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 1: things into perspective and you know, watch watch his daughter.

857
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:55,359
Speaker 1: I'm sure look up at the screen and say, there's

858
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 1: dad on DV and cool, just not being able to

859
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 1: understand the magnitude how special that. But she will grow

860
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,520
Speaker 1: into that for sure. All right, Bill Brooks, Casey Valley

861
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,280
Speaker 1: back on Matt Taylor. We're closing out here talking about

862
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 1: jet fuel. The Jets have been running out of that

863
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 1: fuel here as of late I'm telling you now, they're

864
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 1: three and seven. They've lost six of their last seven

865
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:18,920
Speaker 1: and Bill, they were just slacked by the Arizona Cardinals

866
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,799
Speaker 1: thirty one to six last time out. And this just

867
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:28,040
Speaker 1: continues to be, unfortunately for that fan base, another season

868
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 1: of misery for them. They're headed for their fourteenth straight

869
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 1: season in which they have missed out on the playoffs.

870
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:40,520
Speaker 1: That's the longest active streak in major North American professional sports.

871
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 1: Let me say that again, fourteen. This could be fourteen

872
00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,760
Speaker 1: straight seasons if they don't turn it around of missing

873
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,319
Speaker 1: out in the playoffs. The last time the Jets made

874
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:53,200
Speaker 1: the playoffs, they came into Lucas Oil Stadium and beat

875
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:55,880
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts in the wild card round. That was

876
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning's final game in a Colts uniform. That's how

877
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:00,319
Speaker 1: long it's been.

878
00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:00,640
Speaker 5: Wow.

879
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:04,360
Speaker 1: They made the AFC Championship Game with Mark Sanchez, Rex

880
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 1: Ryan bart Scott was that the year was he I think.

881
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:14,360
Speaker 5: Can't wait?

882
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,680
Speaker 1: But where where are the Jets right now? Bill? How

883
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,200
Speaker 1: do you put things into perspective? Because at the beginning

884
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 1: of this season, a lot of people said, Hey, Rodgers

885
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:25,799
Speaker 1: is coming back, that Achilles is healed. Uh, they're going

886
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 1: to win the AFC East and they might even dethrone

887
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 1: the Chiefs to make it to the Super Bowl. None

888
00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:31,279
Speaker 1: of that's happened so far.

889
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:32,280
Speaker 2: No, it hasn't happened.

890
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:35,239
Speaker 3: And you know, with getting Amon Rodgers two years ago,

891
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:36,920
Speaker 3: they thought they were going to, hey, get to the

892
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:40,080
Speaker 3: playoffs then, but unfortunately got hurt. Now this year, they

893
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:43,080
Speaker 3: figured he comes back, he's healthy, we have some weapons

894
00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:45,239
Speaker 3: out there. From an offensive standpoint, we can move the

895
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:48,120
Speaker 3: ball down the field. We get de Fronte Adams in

896
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,799
Speaker 3: and hopefully they thought that, you know, with solid they're

897
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 3: the coach, that we can make the hay and get

898
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:54,360
Speaker 3: to the playoffs.

899
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:55,800
Speaker 2: But it just hasn't happened.

900
00:41:55,920 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 3: I mean, they just haven't looked good from a offensive standpoint,

901
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 3: trying to move the ball there in the middle of

902
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,440
Speaker 3: a pack of every stat pretty much. Yeah, as far

903
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,680
Speaker 3: as from an offensive standpoint. So it's unfortunate for them,

904
00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 3: But I'm sure they put a lot of a lot

905
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:11,960
Speaker 3: of hope into Aaron Rodgers, but it just has not

906
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,879
Speaker 3: come through. And you know, they they want to play better,

907
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:17,239
Speaker 3: but it's just not And then last week's game was

908
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 3: just it was sad to see that they played and

909
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:21,440
Speaker 3: it looked like, I hate to say, it looked like

910
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:22,959
Speaker 3: they gave up during that game.

911
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 2: So I think they'll I think they will bounce back.

912
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 1: I think what's the dynamic there After you go through

913
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:29,839
Speaker 1: a game like that, you come back just even more.

914
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:32,439
Speaker 3: I think I think they will be poed, and I think,

915
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 3: you know, you'll have some veterans like Aaron Rodgers. You

916
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,560
Speaker 3: know they will step up and make some statements to

917
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:41,359
Speaker 3: the team and to the guys playing there that they

918
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:44,360
Speaker 3: have to step up their game, and especially going back home.

919
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:46,479
Speaker 3: They don't want to play like that at home because

920
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 3: you know New York fans.

921
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:48,640
Speaker 2: Will they will let them hear it.

922
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,120
Speaker 3: I think they'll let them hear if they know that

923
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:53,120
Speaker 3: they're stinking up the joint. So I think they're going

924
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:55,360
Speaker 3: to be ready to play. They don't. They were embarrassed

925
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,239
Speaker 3: last week, and I think they're going to want to

926
00:42:57,360 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 3: change that and play well this week.

927
00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 1: All right, Casey takes on this sluggish offense and Aaron Rodgers.

928
00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:05,839
Speaker 1: They have one of the worst statistical offenses in the

929
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:09,799
Speaker 1: NFL twenty six then yards and points, putting up only

930
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 1: seventeen points per game. They've scored twenty four or fewer

931
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:15,960
Speaker 1: in every game on the season. They're the only team

932
00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 1: not to score north of twenty five in a game

933
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:22,560
Speaker 1: this season. Rogers himself, he's never been three and seven

934
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:25,480
Speaker 1: so record wise and involved in a team, this is

935
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:28,759
Speaker 1: his worst start to his NFL career. We're talking twenty

936
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,600
Speaker 1: years in the NFL. Now. Last week he had just

937
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty one passing yards on thirty five attempts.

938
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:39,400
Speaker 1: He's never had that few yards with that many attempts

939
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 1: in his career. But they have studs, right, They've got

940
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:44,960
Speaker 1: Garrett Wilson and Devonte Adams and Breice Halls are really

941
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 1: good running back in a good pass catching weapon out

942
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:49,839
Speaker 1: of the backfield. Why does this offense s think so far?

943
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 4: That's a great question because a couple of years ago

944
00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:56,080
Speaker 4: was offensive line related. They fixed the offensive line. Then

945
00:43:56,080 --> 00:44:00,560
Speaker 4: they realized that Zach Wilson wasn't the quarterback. So that's

946
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:03,319
Speaker 4: why they make the move for Aaron Rodgers. And you

947
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:05,480
Speaker 4: have all these weapons. You talk about Breese Hall, you

948
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:08,640
Speaker 4: trade for DeVante Adams mid season. Garrett Wilson's probably one

949
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:12,520
Speaker 4: of the you know, probably top ten, and I mean

950
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:14,440
Speaker 4: he's one of those young guys up and coming. So

951
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,960
Speaker 4: it's hard to fathom and I don't want to I

952
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:19,839
Speaker 4: don't want to be the guy that says this. But

953
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:24,400
Speaker 4: age is undefeated. Aaron Rodgers the oldest player in the NFL,

954
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:27,920
Speaker 4: and maybe he's just starting to look old. He doesn't

955
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 4: have what he had.

956
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:32,839
Speaker 5: In Green Bay. I mean, he was an MVP just I.

957
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:35,200
Speaker 4: Think four years ago, three years ago, something like that.

958
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,359
Speaker 4: But coming off of an achilles, I think all of that,

959
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:42,480
Speaker 4: the age coming off an injury, he's not trying to

960
00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:45,319
Speaker 4: push the football down the field. So there's just a

961
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:48,680
Speaker 4: lot that goes into it. And it's strange because everybody

962
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 4: just thought, well, Aaron Rodgers is going to be Aaron Rodgers.

963
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 4: You don't have to worry about that. You give him

964
00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:56,080
Speaker 4: his you know, Devonte Adams, who has such a connection

965
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:58,319
Speaker 4: with it's gonna be seamless, just.

966
00:44:58,239 --> 00:44:58,920
Speaker 5: Hasn't been that.

967
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:01,440
Speaker 4: And it is shocking because when you look at this

968
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:04,400
Speaker 4: team on paper, I mean, Aaron Rodgers, a first ballot

969
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:06,080
Speaker 4: Hall of Famer, DeVante Adams is going to be a

970
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:08,640
Speaker 4: Hall of Famer. Garrett Wilson if he keeps on this track,

971
00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:09,520
Speaker 4: he's probably.

972
00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:10,680
Speaker 1: Going to be a All Pro guy.

973
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:12,839
Speaker 4: You've got I mean and Breese Hall is an All

974
00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:15,640
Speaker 4: Pro running back. You've got a pretty good offensive line.

975
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:17,520
Speaker 4: I mean, a couple of those guys are Pro bowlers.

976
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:20,279
Speaker 4: So it is shocking because on paper they should be

977
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:23,240
Speaker 4: much better than what they are. It just hasn't worked.

978
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:25,480
Speaker 1: And the Colts have to make sure they keep it.

979
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:29,239
Speaker 1: Oh absolutely, you keep yet this. This can't be you know,

980
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:31,320
Speaker 1: the rectified game against this Colts team.

981
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:32,279
Speaker 2: And you have to jump on them early.

982
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 3: You want to jump on him earlier so they start thinking,

983
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 3: oh man, here'll we go again, and then you get

984
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:40,000
Speaker 3: their fans going against them, and that's what you want.

985
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:41,480
Speaker 3: So if the Coats can jump on them early, I

986
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:43,160
Speaker 3: think that would be very helpful for the coach.

987
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,759
Speaker 4: I mean, and in some ways make them one dimensional

988
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:48,640
Speaker 4: because we talk about how dynamic Breece Hall is. You

989
00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:50,759
Speaker 4: talked about as a pass catching back. He's great in

990
00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:52,560
Speaker 4: the pass game. They can't run the ball at all.

991
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:54,800
Speaker 4: But you don't want him to run the football because

992
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:57,759
Speaker 4: he's capable. They just don't have the opportunity because of

993
00:45:58,000 --> 00:45:59,439
Speaker 4: being behind in years.

994
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:02,160
Speaker 1: And yeah, they're averaging only eighty six rushing yards per

995
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:05,239
Speaker 1: game thirtieth Yeah, yeah, exactly, and that's led to them

996
00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:08,000
Speaker 1: being number one in the NFL and pass attempts. Yes, yeah,

997
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:12,239
Speaker 1: they're putting a lot of responsibility and workload on a

998
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:14,920
Speaker 1: forty year old quarterback there and Aaron Rodgers. All right,

999
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:17,720
Speaker 1: let's close out with the defense. Last week, the Jets

1000
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:20,640
Speaker 1: allowed the Cardinals to score on each of their first

1001
00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:24,359
Speaker 1: five offensive drives. The Jets had ten days to get

1002
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:26,720
Speaker 1: ready for this game, but they still gave up thirty

1003
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:30,040
Speaker 1: one points. Kyler Murray out in the desert, twenty two

1004
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:33,000
Speaker 1: of twenty four passing for two sixty six and a

1005
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:37,239
Speaker 1: passing touchdown, also at a franchise record of seventeen completed

1006
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:40,480
Speaker 1: passes in a row. So you talk about a bill.

1007
00:46:40,520 --> 00:46:42,400
Speaker 1: They just they didn't look like they were ready to play.

1008
00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 1: But Robert Sala get gets fired and gets let go

1009
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:50,239
Speaker 1: a defensive guy. So that now means Jeff Ulbrick is in.

1010
00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: He's the defensive coordinator, now being the head coach, but

1011
00:46:53,239 --> 00:46:56,120
Speaker 1: still calling the play, still overseeing the defense. He's got

1012
00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:58,839
Speaker 1: a lot on his plate. It just it hasn't been

1013
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:02,600
Speaker 1: the same the Jets since Robert Sala got fired, Allowing

1014
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 1: twenty six points, three hundred and fifty yards per game,

1015
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:08,879
Speaker 1: They've only forced one turnover in the last five games

1016
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:11,319
Speaker 1: in this stretch without Sala as the head coach. But

1017
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:14,400
Speaker 1: here's the caveat, And this is going to sound really dorky,

1018
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:17,359
Speaker 1: but here's the caveat. Despite all of that, they still

1019
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:20,080
Speaker 1: have really good players household names on that side of

1020
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:22,879
Speaker 1: the ball. But New York has allowed twelve points per

1021
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:27,000
Speaker 1: game at home this season. That's the best in the NFL.

1022
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:30,120
Speaker 1: The Colts are only scoring nineteen points per game on

1023
00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:33,560
Speaker 1: the road this season. That's twenty first in the NFL.

1024
00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:38,040
Speaker 1: So whin and more specifically, where this game is being

1025
00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:41,160
Speaker 1: played does give you pause for concern and that defense

1026
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:43,319
Speaker 1: can figure it out. And they do thrive at home

1027
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:46,120
Speaker 1: for whatever reason, playing much better at MetLife Stadium.

1028
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:47,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, they new thrive at home.

1029
00:47:47,719 --> 00:47:51,279
Speaker 3: And they coming back home after being embarrassed previous week,

1030
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:52,600
Speaker 3: so they're going to be ready to play.

1031
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:52,759
Speaker 5: No.

1032
00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:56,919
Speaker 3: Like I said before, the stats are middle of the road,

1033
00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:59,400
Speaker 3: but they are a good pass defense.

1034
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:01,320
Speaker 2: They do a good job in the pass defense.

1035
00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:03,360
Speaker 3: I think they're like second or third in pass defense

1036
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:05,920
Speaker 3: as far as far as yards.

1037
00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:07,600
Speaker 2: Giving up uh in the passing game.

1038
00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:09,560
Speaker 3: So it's gonna be something that the Coats have to

1039
00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:12,600
Speaker 3: make sure they keep an eye on. But also they

1040
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:14,560
Speaker 3: have they have other good players. You know, they have

1041
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:18,919
Speaker 3: good players Quincy Williams out there. They have Kent Quinnen Wins. Yeah,

1042
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:21,400
Speaker 3: they winning Williams out there, and they have Sauce Gardner

1043
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:23,799
Speaker 3: out there. As far as you know, he's been in

1044
00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:26,399
Speaker 3: the league. He's his first two years in the league.

1045
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:28,960
Speaker 3: He's played well. I put up some numbers there. So

1046
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:31,839
Speaker 3: it's not like the Coats are going against a team

1047
00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:33,680
Speaker 3: that they don't have any buy out there. Those have

1048
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:35,920
Speaker 3: They have good defenders out there, So it's gonna be

1049
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:37,840
Speaker 3: something that the Coats have to be aware of. But

1050
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:41,480
Speaker 3: I think having Anthony Richardson back there and having JT

1051
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:43,000
Speaker 3: back there, I think that's going to help them a

1052
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:45,319
Speaker 3: lot as far as how they can scheme up some

1053
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:47,600
Speaker 3: things and keep the defense off balance, no.

1054
00:48:47,719 --> 00:48:50,040
Speaker 1: Question about it, all right, fellas, that's going to wrap

1055
00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:52,960
Speaker 1: it up here. Any final thoughts because I think again,

1056
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:55,640
Speaker 1: I think this is a really fascinating game for the

1057
00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:57,840
Speaker 1: Colts to see where they're at, how they're going to respond.

1058
00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:00,319
Speaker 1: You know, a lot of news and a lot of

1059
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:02,960
Speaker 1: moving and shaking these last two weeks. I'm just really

1060
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:05,520
Speaker 1: eager to see what kind of team we get and

1061
00:49:05,560 --> 00:49:09,480
Speaker 1: do we have a renewed and revived spirit about this

1062
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 1: team as we go into the last month and a

1063
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:14,200
Speaker 1: half of the season. Like, like we said, the schedule

1064
00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:16,239
Speaker 1: kind of opens up. I think guys know that in

1065
00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:19,000
Speaker 1: the back of their mind Anthony Richardson comes back, the

1066
00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:24,520
Speaker 1: team is backing him, both emotionally, spiritually verbally. I'm just

1067
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:26,840
Speaker 1: excited to see what kind of performance we get in

1068
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:28,280
Speaker 1: the Big Apple coming up on Sunday.

1069
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:29,200
Speaker 2: It'll be interesting.

1070
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:32,040
Speaker 3: I think that what you'll probably get a team that's

1071
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:34,799
Speaker 3: very emotionally high out there. But you know what, the

1072
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:37,279
Speaker 3: team that's emotionally high at times, you're gonna have to

1073
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:37,880
Speaker 3: learn how.

1074
00:49:37,719 --> 00:49:39,759
Speaker 2: To deal with the ebbs and flow of a game.

1075
00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:41,560
Speaker 3: You know, they're gonna have the emotionally high and they're

1076
00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:43,279
Speaker 3: gonna be players that go against you, but you have

1077
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:45,440
Speaker 3: to be able to deal with that and understand that.

1078
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:47,320
Speaker 3: And then if they could bounce back from those things,

1079
00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:48,960
Speaker 3: I think that will help the team out a lot.

1080
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:49,239
Speaker 5: Yeah.

1081
00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:52,600
Speaker 1: Just what subtle changes in tweaks we see on offense too, Yeah.

1082
00:49:52,520 --> 00:49:54,319
Speaker 4: I think you're gonna see a lot more of the

1083
00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:58,040
Speaker 4: what you saw in twenty twenty three of Anthony Richardson,

1084
00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:00,920
Speaker 4: you know, getting him out in space and utilizing his

1085
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Speaker 4: for this dis opponent because it's a team as Bill mentioned,

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Speaker 4: I mean they are really really good, fresh ass. But

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Speaker 4: and they've got a great rush as well. I mean

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Speaker 4: you look at Will McDonald, Hassan ridd At, Quinn Williams.

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Speaker 4: They've got a really good front. So, you know, utilizing

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Speaker 5: Game is going to be very very key.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely all right, fist bumps can't reach you. Well done,

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Speaker 1: right there, Bill Brooks, Casey Valley, I'm Matt Taylor. Fist

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Speaker 1: bumped to Eva behind the camera. There there you rock

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Speaker 1: it out, Rock it out big one on Sunday. Both

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Speaker 1: trying to make sure that they are that team. Indeed,

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Speaker 1: coming up around four o'clock when the game's over. In

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Speaker 1: Week eleven, Colts and Jets at Metlive Stadium, and we

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Speaker 1: look forward to it on Sunday. You can listen to

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Speaker 1: it on the home of the Colts on our flat

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Speaker 1: ship stations in Indianapolis ninety three five one oh seven

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Speaker 1: five The Fan and ninety seven to one Hank FM.

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Speaker 1: And we're gonna do it again next Thursday, breaking down

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Speaker 1: Colts and Lions a week from today. But until then,

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Speaker 1: have a great rest of your week, enjoy the weekend,

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Speaker 1: Go Colts on Sunday, and thanks for listening and watching

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Speaker 1: here on the Colts Audio Network and on YouTube. So

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Speaker 1: long