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Speaker 1: on defense. Last year, Houston gave up nearly twenty seven

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Speaker 1: a game, they were second to last and rushing yards

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Speaker 1: allowed and also in total yards allowed. They only held

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Speaker 1: three opponents to under one hundred yards rushing all season,

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Speaker 1: and Jonathan Taylor ran for combined two eighty eight in

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Speaker 1: two matchups against the Texans. Despite the bad numbers, they've

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Speaker 1: got playmakers on that side of the ball, featuring two

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Speaker 1: really good linebackers, Camu gruge Hill Christian Kirksey. Both those

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Speaker 1: guys had over ninety tackles last season. They drafted two

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Speaker 1: members of the secondary, Jalen Petrie in the second round,

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Speaker 1: Derek Stingley at corner, he's the third overall pick out

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Speaker 1: of LSU, and then upfront Jonathan Grenard. He's an up

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Speaker 1: and coming pass rusher eight sacks last season. And then

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Speaker 1: the former Colts and the former Buffalo Bill is there

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Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes, a Houston native. But this is a unit

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Speaker 1: that's still overseen by Lovey Smith. He doubles as the

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Speaker 1: head coach and the defensive coordinator. Rick, So, what are

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Speaker 1: your must for the Colts offense to take advantage of

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Speaker 1: the Texans on defense going into Game one? Yeah? And

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Speaker 1: I think you have to kind of study Lovey where

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Speaker 1: he was when we played him in Game one and

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Speaker 1: where they ended up in game seventeen and where they

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Speaker 1: are this summer. I've seen an evolution there in coverage.

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Speaker 1: When we played them early, particularly in the fat in

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Speaker 1: the first game, between scheme and lack of talent, they

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Speaker 1: were just an accident waiting to happen. If you remember,

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Speaker 1: we got big play after big play, whether it was

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Speaker 1: the you know, the big play down the middle of

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Speaker 1: the Campbell. We got big passes on them, We got

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Speaker 1: huge runs to Taylor. Their perimeter tackling was awful. They

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Speaker 1: were over simple. You knew exactly what they were in

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Speaker 1: all the time. So but as the season went on,

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Speaker 1: I saw him do things that he hasn't done before,

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Speaker 1: and I think it's made them better, along with their acquisitions.

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Speaker 1: That we talked about their player and that you just

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Speaker 1: talked about player acquisitions, but you know, they're playing a

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Speaker 1: little bit more pressure on first down, usually a single

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Speaker 1: high type of thing. But what they've changed a little

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Speaker 1: the glory days of Tampas, so he knows that defense

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Speaker 1: as well as anyone, but they have matched it a

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Speaker 1: lot more. They play it a lot tighter now. It's

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Speaker 1: not they don't give you those open uncover zones like

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Speaker 1: from him playing a lot more quarters Matt four Cross

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Speaker 1: and a lot of underneath hard matchup where they really

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Speaker 1: hard match receivers coming in. And I think from that standpoint, schematically,

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Speaker 1: you have to work harder. Now you're not going to

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Speaker 1: get the gimmes and the uncovered guys like you used to.

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Speaker 1: And you mentioned the acquisitions just starting in the secondary.

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Speaker 1: I mean, as I said before, Elson is a very

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Speaker 1: solid corner. Stingley was a lottery pick. Petrie is just

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Speaker 1: an outstand He's looked outstanding. He looks like Cross on

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Speaker 1: our team. I mean, they look like two of the

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Speaker 1: best young safeties to come up in years. And they're

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Speaker 1: going to be dueling one another in this opening game.

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Speaker 1: And then you know, picking up some edge guys, you know,

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Speaker 1: And as I said with with Lovey Smith, you're you're

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Speaker 1: gonna play with vision and great effort. And you see

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Speaker 1: head coach is even more and they will get turners.

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Speaker 1: They do get turners. They're like we've been around here,

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Speaker 1: play a lot of vision zone, and when you play

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Speaker 1: a lot of vision zone, you tend to get them.

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Speaker 1: But from a must standpoint being, I would say, number one,

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Speaker 1: we have to do exactly what we can't let them

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Speaker 1: do on first down. We have to pound their front four.

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Speaker 1: I think they're front four is more athletic, and even

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Speaker 1: all those rush guys on the edge, they're much more

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Speaker 1: rush guys and athletic guys than they are physical, you know,

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Speaker 1: big stub type players. I mean, I think you can

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Speaker 1: get after them. I think you want to run. They're

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Speaker 1: almost in a four to three all the time over.

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Speaker 1: You want to run in that weak side bubble and

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Speaker 1: pound it and pound it and pound it. But expect

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Speaker 1: them to move. Now, what they do a lot like

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Speaker 1: Eiberflust did here, a lot of jamming with the linemen,

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Speaker 1: a lot of what we call pirates, bringing the ends

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Speaker 1: and tackles down. They'll try to shut off the inside run.

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Speaker 1: So you've got to be able to take what is

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Speaker 1: designed as an inside run, and you have to be

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Speaker 1: ready to bounce it. But I think it's really important

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Speaker 1: you anticipate that movement. But you have to dominate first

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Speaker 1: down and you have to establish the run. And basically

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Speaker 1: you said it too that you know, Gruz Hill and

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Speaker 1: Curtsey are really good stack linebackers. I mean they go

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Speaker 1: to the ball, So you got to get that second

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Speaker 1: level block. That's Petrie, that's gruge Hill, and that's Curtsey.

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Speaker 1: Those are three good players. But again, you've got to

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Speaker 1: win first down on both sides of the ball. Number two, Okay,

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Speaker 1: I think you have to attack their deep perimeter four

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Speaker 1: and the way you do that is with play action.

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Speaker 1: And this is where I think Matt Ryan has to

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Speaker 1: gonna commit seven or eight to the run and they

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Speaker 1: go hard. I mean, Lovey has them going hard. So

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Speaker 1: if you give them a hard run fake, you're gonna

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Speaker 1: you're gonna suck up seven guys. And we did this

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Speaker 1: last year a lot. Now they're better in the secondary,

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Speaker 1: but they're gonna be naked. And what you're gonna do.

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Speaker 1: You want to work down feel deep on the over routes,

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Speaker 1: on the crossing routes, deep field routes on the corners.

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Speaker 1: I Stingley's a rookie. I'm still going after him. But

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Speaker 1: they what happens is there becomes big separation between their

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Speaker 1: front because of the run suck, and then those guys

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Speaker 1: are kind of isolated, big areas, layers of the field

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Speaker 1: in that second level. And so I think, you know

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Speaker 1: you can get the big plays because they're going to

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Speaker 1: fly to the ball now. Number three and if you

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Speaker 1: if you do number one and number two, you won't

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Speaker 1: have to worry so much about three, the more that

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Speaker 1: you control first and second down and keep them out

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Speaker 1: of rushdowns. Where their strength is now is on the edges.

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Speaker 1: I mean, these guys can rush the passer. You you know,

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Speaker 1: as you said Greener, he was their leading guy with

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Speaker 1: eight sacks last year. Jerry has fifty eight career, Addison

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Speaker 1: has sixty seven and the young kid Rashad Green can go.

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Speaker 1: So again. Number three is if you get behind an account,

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Speaker 1: you got to protect the edges because they have good guys.

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Speaker 1: And then you know, Desmond King is a very very

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Speaker 1: good nickel. It's not a good outside corner, but he's

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Speaker 1: a good nickel and they'll bring him off the strong

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Speaker 1: So again, protection, I've been talking about that all summer,

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Speaker 1: both on the edges and on the blitzes. We have

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Speaker 1: to be absolutely flawless on that stuff. And how do

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Speaker 1: you help yourself by running in play action and staying

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Speaker 1: out of that third and long And I think at

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Speaker 1: the end, you know the way you beat these guys.

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Speaker 1: I think you have to create big plays, explosive passes,

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Speaker 1: like I said before, and runs will break their back.

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Speaker 1: And I don't think they're a good perimeter tackling team.

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Speaker 1: If you get guys out in space ball in hand

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Speaker 1: a Pittman hines obviously JT. If you get guys in

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Speaker 1: their perimeter, I've never felt like they tackle. They didn't.

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Speaker 1: They're a little bit better now, but I still don't

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Speaker 1: think they tackle well. And then at the end of

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Speaker 1: the day, all security, hang onto the football. Treasure that football.

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Speaker 1: The only way their defensive survives in the long run

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Speaker 1: is with turnovers. So hang on to that stuff and

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Speaker 1: hang onto that football and win the game. It is Rickman, Cherry,

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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor right there, part of the Colts Radio Network

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Speaker 1: Voice of the Colts Matt Taylor, quick conversation right here

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Speaker 1: with somebody that figures to be large productivity wise in

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Speaker 1: the grand scheme of this Colts offense this season. It's

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Speaker 1: Naheem Hines. Matt, what's your excitement level? I mean, how

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Speaker 1: Waiting all off season for it? Like you said, we

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Speaker 1: This is the moment we all live for. You know,

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Speaker 1: Can you put into words just how how much further

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Speaker 1: with bad for the rookies and newer guys here, because

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Speaker 1: I first got here. And uh, that just goes with

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Speaker 1: you know, a coach being here, our fifth ye, our

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Speaker 1: play caller and offense cording, and everybody being here familiar

641
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Speaker 1: with the system. So we're much farther along, got a

642
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Speaker 1: great quarterback, and we're really ready and excited to go

643
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Speaker 1: the next year. You talk about the core of this team,

644
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,680
Speaker 1: it's been together for a long time. I mean JT's

645
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 1: going into year three, you're going into year five. You

646
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,560
Speaker 1: know some of these other guys Michael Pittman Junior year three,

647
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 1: Paris is back. You've got to have a healthy confidence

648
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 1: about you going into this season. Yeah, the sky is

649
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Speaker 1: the limit, and you know we have us window opportunity

650
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 1: and our team has been together for a while, so

651
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 1: we got to make the most of it. You know,

652
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 1: teams don't stay together along so especially all offense or defense.

653
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Speaker 1: So you know we're gonna make the most of it.

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00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 1: We don't know when that time comes and we'll all

655
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Speaker 1: be apart. But uh, for you know the next few years,

656
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 1: it looks really good for us. The future is Brian,

657
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,239
Speaker 1: you know, with Matt at quarterback, I think we can

658
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Speaker 1: eat and take us wherever we want to go. What

659
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Speaker 1: are your overall observations of this Texans defense? Kind of

660
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,759
Speaker 1: the same defense, but a little bit different. Changes, some

661
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,239
Speaker 1: things up scheme wise, and some new players over there too. Yeah,

662
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,760
Speaker 1: they got some great new players in the secondary. Obviously,

663
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 1: Stingley is a great guy watching them in college, and

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Speaker 1: they have they have, they've gotten better in the secondary,

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Speaker 1: and really other than that, outside secondary, they're a very

666
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:41,840
Speaker 1: very athletic team. They're they're linebackers, go downhill, they're rarely reactive,

667
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 1: very extinctive. They have really good pass rushers, and uh,

668
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:46,439
Speaker 1: like I said, they have a really really athletic team.

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Speaker 1: So you know, we got to make sure we trust

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Speaker 1: our fundamentals because the athletic team, you know how it

671
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,359
Speaker 1: is when you have athletic guys, they're hard to control.

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Speaker 1: So we gotta make sure we trust our fundamentals and

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Speaker 1: technique athletic guy too. For those that don't know, what's

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Speaker 1: a normal day like for you in practice in meetings

675
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Speaker 1: because you're having to note two different positions now wide

676
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Speaker 1: receiver and running back. Number days, A lot of thinking

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Speaker 1: and a lot of running and I catch some punts

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00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,959
Speaker 1: in there. But uh yeah, exactly, yeah, I think really

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00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 1: for me, just it's really just going in there and

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Speaker 1: every day for me, it's a day where I have

681
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Speaker 1: to focus because I don't know where I'm at and

682
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Speaker 1: based on the play, I could be two or three

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Speaker 1: different spots. So really just going out there and focusing

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Speaker 1: and then after that going out on the field applying

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Speaker 1: that and I get my conditioning in because I've been

686
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Speaker 1: running a lot. What are you expecting on Sunday in

687
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Speaker 1: terms of energy, right, I mean, I know they're coming

688
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 1: off a four and thirteen season, but that's a really

689
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,839
Speaker 1: difficult place to play. It's going to be sold out, right,

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Speaker 1: It's a it's a it's I would think that it is.

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Speaker 1: I mean, given the fact that it's week one and

692
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Speaker 1: optimism and you know that fan base they love to

693
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,880
Speaker 1: hate the Colts. What are you expecting coming up on Sunday?

694
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 1: It's a visional game. I'm expecting a hot song environment

695
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 1: this Week one everybody's excited for football, and the NRG

696
00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:51,920
Speaker 1: is a great place to play. It's a great stadium, great,

697
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,640
Speaker 1: great you know venue. So I'm expecting them to bring them,

698
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,600
Speaker 1: bring the heat. And uh, you know, it's Texas. You

699
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:58,920
Speaker 1: know Texas, it's the South. They live their football, So

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Speaker 1: I'm expecting them to come down there and hit us.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I remember talking to you. You You probably don't

702
00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:05,360
Speaker 1: remember this, but I remember talking to you your rookie

703
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 1: season going into the playoffs, and you had back then

704
00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 1: incredible perspective. You said, not every year, you know, do

705
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Speaker 1: you make the playoffs. Everybody would like to get in

706
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Speaker 1: the playoffs, and you don't know how long your career

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Speaker 1: is gonna go and if you're ever going to get back.

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Speaker 1: With that said, missing the playoffs last year and having

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Speaker 1: the wisdom that you did even back then four years ago,

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Speaker 1: I mean, how much motivation has that given you going

711
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 1: into this season? Very motivating. It's funny you even bring

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Speaker 1: up what I said four years ago, because that's the

713
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Speaker 1: last time I won a playoff game and it was there,

714
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Speaker 1: so that was four years ago. So I think just

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Speaker 1: with a perspective and just you know, like saying that

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Speaker 1: four years ago, release. Seeing how things have worked out

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00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 1: in the past four years have been very interesting, but

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Speaker 1: it's very motivating because you know, we've had teams and

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Speaker 1: we can see it, so we have, but every year

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Speaker 1: we've had a roster to do what we were supposed

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Speaker 1: to do. In some years we didn't do it. So

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00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:51,960
Speaker 1: this year just makes you more motivated to go out

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Speaker 1: there and make sure you do everything on your partner

724
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:55,919
Speaker 1: to make sure you're not the reason we don't reach

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00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 1: our goals because we look, we're looking at this team

726
00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:59,759
Speaker 1: right now just like we looked at other teams, and

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Speaker 1: we have a playoff we have. We have a team

728
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Speaker 1: that can win the Championship, we have a team that

729
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl. We have a team that can

730
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,399
Speaker 1: win playoff games. But what are we going to do

731
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Speaker 1: to make sure that we solidify ourselves one of those

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Speaker 1: teams we made into the playoffs as opposed to one

733
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Speaker 1: of those two teams who didn't. And that's what we're

734
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:15,480
Speaker 1: really working on. What are you getting from Matt Ryan

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00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 1: this week? I mean it was talked about that the

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Speaker 1: pressure that he may or may not feel coming over

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00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 1: from a new system, new team for the first time

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Speaker 1: in fourteen years. How can you kind of help him

739
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,280
Speaker 1: ease that pressure if he if he is indeed feeling

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Speaker 1: that going into this game. Well about to say if

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Speaker 1: he's feeling pressure, I mean, I guess I see why

742
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,799
Speaker 1: we call him atty Ice. So he's been real calm

743
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,560
Speaker 1: and collected, and he hasn't changed this week any different

744
00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:40,359
Speaker 1: than last, the last month, a few months actually, so

745
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 1: uh really with him, he's making sure like he's really

746
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,279
Speaker 1: doubt into the game plan. He was doubt into the

747
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 1: game plan earlier this week, even last week. So with

748
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:48,640
Speaker 1: Amy's telling us where we need to be, He's telling

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Speaker 1: us things that we need to see, and there might

750
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 1: be some things that we've missed, Like there's a couple

751
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 1: of things I've missed that I didn't even realize that

752
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 1: he's told me to walk through. So I know he's

753
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,719
Speaker 1: locked into the game plan he's gonna because I'm excited

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00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 1: for him to go out there and lead us. What

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00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 1: are some things, last thing, What are some things about

756
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,839
Speaker 1: him that make you a better player? His poise, it's

757
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:05,399
Speaker 1: always great. We have a guy in the center who's

758
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 1: poise if something bad happened, to something good happens. He

759
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,319
Speaker 1: doesn't get too higher too though. He may yell a

760
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:11,239
Speaker 1: little bit, but uh, it's great to have a guy

761
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 1: who has poison. You know, there's a guy out there

762
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 1: who would who you know, will trust you, and he

763
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:16,839
Speaker 1: trust all of us. He trusts us to make our

764
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:18,640
Speaker 1: jobs and we trust him to do what he's supposed

765
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:20,160
Speaker 1: to do with his job. So I think that's the

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00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 1: biggest thing. I think his poise and obviously his accuracy

767
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,719
Speaker 1: is great too, but having a guy who is composed

768
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:27,400
Speaker 1: at all times is amazing. I mean you can you

769
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:29,799
Speaker 1: can notice the accuracy. I mean when he says this

770
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 1: play this route. I need to go front shoulder, back shoulder.

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00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:34,760
Speaker 1: He might complete a pass, but he's still mattered himself

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Speaker 1: that he didn't put it in the right spot so

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Speaker 1: that a guy like you could get more. Yeah. Actually

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Speaker 1: there's been times or you know, I called him on

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Speaker 1: my backpad and uh like, dang him, I got to

776
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:43,719
Speaker 1: be better, and I'm like, dude, like, you know, he

777
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:45,320
Speaker 1: got a first down. I got a first down. I

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00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:46,480
Speaker 1: mean I didn't have to slow down. It was an

779
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:49,560
Speaker 1: easy catch. But uh, that's that's what makes him special.

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00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,279
Speaker 1: That's what makes him great. That's what makes him Matt Ryan,

781
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 1: because with him, it doesn't matter, Everything matters, and with

782
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:56,359
Speaker 1: him everything will always matter. So if he says he's

783
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:57,880
Speaker 1: gonna do something, he will do it. And if he doesn't,

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00:38:57,880 --> 00:38:59,440
Speaker 1: he will be the first person, not a coach, not

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Speaker 1: another player, he will be the first person'd be like,

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Speaker 1: that's my bad. That's that's also really cool. That's Nae Hines,

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Speaker 1: good luck. Coming up on Sunday, Nwi hinds Matt Taylor

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Speaker 1: is follows Lovey Smith. Smith, I should say, is the

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Speaker 1: fifth head coach in Texans history. Can you name the

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Speaker 1: other four. Here's the answer. Dom Caper's, Gary Kubiak, Bill O'Brien,

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Speaker 1: and David Culley. David Culley was for one year this

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Speaker 1: past year in twenty twenty one. O'Brien was there from

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Speaker 1: fourteen through twenty. Gary Kubiak six to thirteen. Caper's got

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Speaker 1: it all started there with the Texans from O two

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Speaker 1: to oh five. That's your former Credit Union Question of

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Speaker 1: the week Matt Taylor and rookie Joe Joe Doman come

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Speaker 1: at your right now. Matt Jojoe. First of all, congratulations.

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Speaker 1: What's it like so far from your standpoint being inside

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Speaker 1: an NFL locker room. I mean, it's just football. It's

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Speaker 1: just it's grown man football, which is really exciting. I'm

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00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 1: excited for this challenge. I'm excited to help do my job,

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Speaker 1: to help my team win, and to just be a

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Speaker 1: part of this is ultimately just a blessing in and

816
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:47,880
Speaker 1: of itself. So just taking in every moment, being present

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Speaker 1: for it and putting my best foot forward. You found

818
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Speaker 1: out that you were you were going to make this team,

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Speaker 1: You're on the roster. What emotions did you have? This

820
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:58,080
Speaker 1: is what you put in on the work for so

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Speaker 1: it felt very natural. It felt like this is what

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Speaker 1: I've been, you know, working for visualizing, manifesting for more

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Speaker 1: than just this offseason, So for it to come into

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Speaker 1: fruition is it was just really humbling and it was

825
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:16,719
Speaker 1: thankful or you know, the guy is listening. You know,

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Speaker 1: whatever you put your mind to, you can accomplish. And

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Speaker 1: this was just a testament to all those things. And

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Speaker 1: it's by no means how I arrived. But I definitely

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Speaker 1: think it's healthy to take a second and just acknowledge

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Speaker 1: where you are. Like you said, you still have a

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Speaker 1: long journey ahead of you and you still have much

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Speaker 1: to prove. But do you feel like to this point

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Speaker 1: you have proved some doubters wrong? You know, you proof

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Speaker 1: some people going undrafted, right, I know you wanted to

835
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Speaker 1: get drafted, but here you are, You're on an NFL team.

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Speaker 1: Do you feel like you're playing with a little bit

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Speaker 1: of a chip on your shoulder? I always play with

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Speaker 1: ship with him on my shoulder. I'm just a competitive dude.

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Speaker 1: It ain't about everyone outside of the lines. Like I'm

840
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:55,600
Speaker 1: competitive because I love to win, and it's I don't

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Speaker 1: play any harder or any any lesser anymore because outside

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00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:04,400
Speaker 1: voices like I think that's what you know separates me

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00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 1: from potentially other people is I'm locked into this game,

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Speaker 1: and if you ain't affecting this game, you're not affecting me.

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Speaker 1: Where do you feel like you've grown the most as

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Speaker 1: a player from Let's go back to the start of

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00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:17,040
Speaker 1: training camp, from the start of camp in late July

848
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Speaker 1: until now, where do you think you've improved? Honestly? Just

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Speaker 1: I mean everything you have to do. Everything you do

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Speaker 1: has to be efficient mentally, physically out on that field

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Speaker 1: and off the field. So I think I just move

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Speaker 1: with more efficiency. I mean, I mean optimizing every second

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Speaker 1: of every day. Because somebody's doing something somewhere to get

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Speaker 1: a leg up on you, what are you doing to

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Speaker 1: do the same for them? You know what I mean?

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Speaker 1: So I would just say overall, I'm just I'm just

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Speaker 1: optimizing everything that I do on and off the field,

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Speaker 1: just putting everything that I am towards my work. In

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Speaker 1: the preseason, you were flying around making a lot of

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Speaker 1: plays both on defense and on special teams. But let's

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Speaker 1: start on defense. What is it about this Bradley's scheme

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Speaker 1: that kind of fits you as a player. It's uh,

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Speaker 1: let's just find the ball, which is which is football

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Speaker 1: in and of itself. But I mean Gus Gus and

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Speaker 1: the staff gets us ready. They they go over the

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Speaker 1: assets and liabilities and we always know, you know, what

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Speaker 1: we're probably gonna get and what specific things can can

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Speaker 1: hurt us in certain coverages. And that's always nice as

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Speaker 1: a player because you know, the offense hasn't throwing the

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Speaker 1: ball to you, so you gotta anticipate what they're doing,

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Speaker 1: what they're thinking, why they're lined up certain ways, what

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Speaker 1: route concepts in gap schemes you know, defeat certain defenses.

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Speaker 1: And they do an outstanding job of getting us ready

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Speaker 1: for that. What about some of the help from the

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Speaker 1: older guys, Bobby O'karek, Shaquille Leonard, How are those guys helping?

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Speaker 1: And you know with Shaquille, even though he's not on

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Speaker 1: the field, how has he kind of helped you grow

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Speaker 1: as a young guy. Yeah, I mean the older linebackers

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Speaker 1: have been just tremendous leaders for this young guys. I

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Speaker 1: mean we had four hundred drafted guys for OTAs, so

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Speaker 1: they really they really just led by example, you know,

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Speaker 1: Z and Bobby for the majority of camp, not only

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Speaker 1: are the vocal leaders for the entire defense. But in

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Speaker 1: the linebacker room, like are telling us, you know, getting

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Speaker 1: us right, telling us what we need to be thinking.

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Speaker 1: You know is are adding coaching points on top of

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Speaker 1: the coaching points. And when you get that player perspective,

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Speaker 1: it can make the world of a difference because we're

889
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Speaker 1: the ones in the helmets out there, So that that

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00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:29,040
Speaker 1: helpful hand from those guys have been incredible to I

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Speaker 1: mean all of our growth and you saw the undrafted

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Speaker 1: guys playing in the preseason, we were flying around that.

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Speaker 1: I mean, some of that goes to show the leadership

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Speaker 1: in that room. Has the speed of the game. Has

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Speaker 1: there been a notice on your standpoint as far as

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Speaker 1: that goes from playing in the Big ten to the NFL,

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Speaker 1: Was it a noticeable difference? Yeah, yes, and no. I

898
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Speaker 1: mean there's just no weak links out there. The threshold

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Speaker 1: for weak links has absolutely been raised. So it's just

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Speaker 1: like you got to be on your p's and ques

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Speaker 1: every player else you're gonna be taking advantage of and

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Speaker 1: special teams. There is no exception to that. So which

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Speaker 1: is fun, Like, I mean, every single play, I gotta

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Speaker 1: go out there. I get to go out there and

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Speaker 1: play with my hair on fire, knowing that like my

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Speaker 1: my manhood, my livelihood, and my team are on the

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Speaker 1: line here, which is it's exhilarating. Love that right, my manhood.

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Speaker 1: That's awesome right there, exhilarating From Joe Joe Gold's Happy

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Speaker 1: Hour ninety three five one on seven five The Fan,

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Speaker 1: shall return high school football Game of the Week, brought

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Speaker 1: to you by Carrex. Top of the Hour, it's Brendan King,

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Speaker 1: Jim Lees. You're chomping at the bit to get after

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Speaker 1: Avon and Brownsburg tonight. We haven't for you. Top of

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Speaker 1: the Hour, ninety five one seven five The Fande. We're

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Speaker 1: talking all things cold. So I'm the Colts Happy Hour

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Speaker 1: heading into the weekend. On ninety three five and one

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Speaker 1: oh seven five The Fan. Hey, welcome back. I gotta

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Speaker 1: thank Johnson here at the Mucky Duck. I've had an

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Speaker 1: outstanding time. Thank you bud Light, Thank you Zinc around here.

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Speaker 1: We're just getting started scratching the surface and one's going

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Speaker 1: to be a fantastic twenty twenty two on bud Light

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Speaker 1: Blue Fridays. This reminder too, Buffalo Wild Wings for me

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Speaker 1: coming up on Monday, my show and that Coults reaction

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Speaker 1: pair of Chiefs Colts tickets for you. God to see

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Speaker 1: a bud light at Buffalo Wild Wings downtown on Monday.

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Speaker 1: Hope to see you there. Another reminder, we're out on

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Speaker 1: Sunday morning ten am. We're over a Bottle Works for

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Speaker 1: the official Colts Viewing Party. We will be there myself

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Speaker 1: and Bill Brooks, the former Colts wide Receiver. We will

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Speaker 1: give to you the Colts pregame Huddle. The Gore Man

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Speaker 1: is going to be on the road in Houston, but

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Speaker 1: we'll be at Bottle Works with you again for the

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Speaker 1: official Colts Viewing party at Bottle Works that is coming

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Speaker 1: up on Sunday, and I'll start things up with Bill

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Speaker 1: at ten am. Were at Bottleworks. Dev Man, outstanding time today,

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Speaker 1: Well done out of you. It's great to see everybody here.

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Speaker 1: Olivia did an outstanding job. Music Mac. I'll talk to

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Speaker 1: you tomorrow night of the JMV takeover. Great to see

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Speaker 1: Bill here. Olivia did a great job at work and

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Speaker 1: stuff here. Kyle, you to Mark back there. It's the

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Speaker 1: job well done out of you as well. Again tomorrow

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Speaker 1: night b one oh five point seven the JMV takeover

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Speaker 1: six until midnight. I'm gonna crank that thing up for

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Speaker 1: you all request style again from six until midnight. Up

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Speaker 1: next Brendan King and Jim Leisure. It is the high

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Speaker 1: school football game of the Week, brought to you by

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Speaker 1: car x Avon and Brownsburg. That is next on ninety

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Speaker 1: three five and one oh seven five. The fan enjoy

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Speaker 1: the game