1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: Your work week is over. You know that you found 2 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: you're looking for. We'll listen to this kick back and 3 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: get the latest on the Colts in the NFL. This 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: is the Last Word, the Offseason Home of the Colts 5 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: with Jeffrey Gorman and Matt Taylor. Hello, gain, everyone, and 6 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 1: welcome to the Last Word. My name is Jeffrey Gorman. 7 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: I am joined each week by the voice of the Colts, 8 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: Matt Taylor. We're bringing you things from the offseason, getting 9 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 1: ready for a twenty twenty two season that is an 10 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: eternity away. There are playoffs happening, Matt Taylor across the NFL. 11 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: The Colts are not part of of some of the 12 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: passengers on the Colts ship, they're departing and we're starting 13 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 1: right there. Matt Eberflus, Matt Taylor is now the head 14 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: coach of the Chicago Bears. Let's talk about that defense. 15 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: What does that do for no man in charge right now? Yeah, 16 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: I think it's I think it's a big loss for 17 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: the Colts because Matt Eberflus is a great guy, great coach, 18 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: and I mean, listen, you don't get hired to be 19 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: a head coach in the NFL on accidents. So obviously 20 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 1: the Bears see something that the Colts saw as he 21 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: oversaw this defense for the last four years. So the 22 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,559 Speaker 1: Colts did some really good things on defense the last 23 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 1: four seasons. They showed a lot of consistency and developed 24 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: a lot of good players in the core of this 25 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: defense has only known Matti Eberflus as their defensive coordinators. 26 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: So yeah, I would say this is a loss for 27 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: the Colts and something that they're gonna spend a lot 28 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: of time on and thought on in terms of bringing 29 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: somebody else in here that can coach to this standard. 30 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: As odd as this sounds, thank you a great hire 31 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: by Josh McDaniel on Eberflus coming to Indianapolis. That's the 32 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: strange twist of this story. Now, aig A big thank 33 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: you to Chris Ballard, Frank Reich and as well as 34 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: Jim Mersey because Matt they could have run him out 35 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: after McDaniel did his U turn and headed back up northeast, 36 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: but they didn't. They said, hey, we got a quality 37 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: guy here. He's going to do well for this franchise. 38 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: And he came in and did it, I mean three times, 39 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: holding a ponent to top ten marks. In the NFL 40 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: on a defense in the course of four years. That's 41 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: pretty impressive. It's tough to do. There's a lot of 42 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: points going up in this NFL now, no doubt about it, 43 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: and there's some elite quarterbacks, and it's a passing league, 44 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: and you're exactly right that that's something that you need 45 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 1: to be proud of. You know, a top ten scoring 46 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: young kids. I mean, Kenny Moore's under his wing, you 47 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, Darius Leonard. I know he's a 48 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: freak athlete and stuff, but I think it's gonna sting 49 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: a little bit. And I want to ask you anybody 50 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: from the inside looking to take that position or will 51 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: they go outside? I think we're gonna find out. I mean, 52 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: as you said, I mean a big reason why the 53 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 1: scoring defense was as good as it was, it's because 54 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: of the takeaways. Now, to be fair a little bit, 55 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: it's not as if the defense can't get better or 56 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: more consistent and you can't tweak it and try to find, 57 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: you know, some better results in the passing game. Because 58 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: passing defense and slowing down eleague quarterbacks, that was a 59 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: little bit of a recurring issue right the last four years. 60 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,959 Speaker 1: The Colts haven't been a big blitzing team and so 61 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: therefore they relied on the front four pass rush. They 62 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: would have liked more out of their pass rush. And 63 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: then for the second straight season, right We've talked about 64 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: this to Forrest Buckner as you're leading sat getter, which 65 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: is not a great thing, you know, for the overall 66 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: health of the pass rush and getting sacks and things 67 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: like that. And since twenty eighteen, the Colts are last 68 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: in the NFL and completion percentage allowed. They got better 69 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: down the stretch in that regard this past season, but 70 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: as we saw over time, quarterbacks would just get too 71 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: comfortable on the Colts. Versatile tight ends have had some 72 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: big moments on the Colts quarterbacks getting out on the 73 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: perimeter on some design runs or bootlegs. That was troublesome 74 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: at times as well. So it's not as if this 75 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: Colts defense can't get better. It can improve, right, the 76 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: pass rush, slowing down elite quarterbacks, getting stops and crunch 77 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: time in the fourth quarter, those would all be things 78 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: that you point to. But again, Matt did a really 79 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: good job of setting a standard of how the Colts 80 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: defense is gonna play. Getting those turnovers so it's a 81 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: really big moment in time right now for the Colts. 82 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: They've got a solid defense, a lot of core pieces 83 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: in place. We've talked about that. Buckner's here, Leonard's here, 84 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: Kenny Moore at the slot cornerback position, a really solid 85 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: safety duo in the back end with Cary Willis and 86 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: Julian Blackman. Those players are here and they're ready for more. 87 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: So I think this is a really attractive job because 88 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 1: of that. But I think it's a little bit too 89 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: early to tell if the Colts want to promote from 90 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: within or twinker with bringing somebody else in from the 91 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 1: outside who might have a fresh perspective or you know, 92 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: a little bit of a different take on the defense. 93 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: Names are gonna be down, you know, dancing around, and 94 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 1: you're gonna hear this, that and the other. I'm hey, 95 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: maybe he'll go there, or maybe he'll end up there. 96 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: But as of right now, I don't think they're pinpointing anyone. 97 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 1: I haven't heard through the grape vine or any anything 98 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: that you know, a big Fangio name being tossed around, 99 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: But he's in line to be for other positions are 100 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: out there. We saw Quinn, we saw you know, with 101 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: all these coaching changes going on, and he's gonna try 102 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: and grab some coordinator's Eberfluss. I don't think it's done. 103 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,720 Speaker 1: I don't think it's done. As my point, as far 104 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: as the coaching staff goes, excuse me how the Indianapolis Colts, 105 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: I just don't. I think he's gonna, you know, hand 106 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 1: pick a few assistants that are going to be poached 107 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: out of the cold system somewhere, not just Matt Eberflus, 108 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 1: but others. That's just how the NFL works. Matt, Yeah, 109 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: I think you know, we saw it a report earlier 110 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: today that Dave Borgonzi, the linebackers coach, he might be 111 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: headed to Chicago with Matt Eberflus. And you know, obviously 112 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,559 Speaker 1: he's done a great job developing guys like Darius Leonard 113 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,359 Speaker 1: and Bobby o'kare came in. What a big jump he 114 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: took this past season in his third year in this 115 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: Colts defense. So that would be a big loss as well. 116 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: But hey, anytime you have success, the rest of the 117 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: NFL takes notice and opportunities come and you've got to 118 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 1: replace it. That's why, you know, Frank Riich and Chris 119 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: Ballard always have a short list of candidates in case 120 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: things like this happened. So they're gonna be prepared, They're 121 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: gonna be ready. I don't get caught up. I think 122 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 1: Jeffrey and okay, it has to be a three four 123 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: or four three, right. I don't think that matters nowadays 124 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: because teams are always playing that hybrid defense and you 125 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: know you're in nickel packages and dime packages, you know, 126 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: sixty sixty five percent of the time anyways. But one 127 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: thing we do know, whoever comes in, they're gonna have 128 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,919 Speaker 1: to preach takeaways, end point total. That's what it's all about. 129 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: For Chris Ballard. He talked about that at the end 130 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: of the season. All that matters is do you have 131 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: more points than the other team? And defensive point total? Man, 132 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: that's what it's all about. You gotta turnover machine in 133 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 1: number fifty three and Darius Leonard and I don't mean 134 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: him spitting the ball up, you know what I'm talking 135 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 1: about about him having a knack for knocking the ball 136 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: out or recovering a fumble or a beautiful interception. Who's 137 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: ever coming in has some talent on that side of 138 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: the ball. Matt Taylor but I'm telling you here's what 139 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 1: I'm hearing on this show, which is the last word, 140 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: by the way, right here on ninety three five and 141 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: one or seven five the fan, that's Matt Taylor, voice 142 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 1: of the Colts. Here's what I'm hearing. A lot of loss. 143 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: Oh it'll be a loss of a defensive coordinator, a 144 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: terrible loss to Jacksonville. We had a loss to the Raiders, 145 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: a loss, A lot of losses going on in the 146 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 1: Colts camp. Taylor is what I'm getting at. And I 147 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 1: know one guy who's a little ticked off if you 148 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: follow him on social media, especially Jim Hursay, the Colts owner. 149 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: He's not afraid to let you know what's going on 150 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: on his mind. The other day, we saw this. You 151 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: and I talked about this off the air. He had 152 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: a tweet. It says, you can see clear as day 153 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: in the final eight NFL team playoffs, you need a 154 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: quarterback and an offense who can score thirty or more 155 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: in regulation, and a defense that can hold an opponent 156 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: under thirty. Now this comes after that meeting. Everybody's talking 157 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: about Matt immediately after the Jacksonville Jaguar lost a few 158 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: weeks back, he called Frank Wright and Chris Ballard into 159 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: his office on that Sunday night and said, hey, we 160 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: gotta talk, we gotta go, you know, tell you what's 161 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: going on. I mean, he talked to Mike Chappell from 162 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: Fox fifty nine and CBS four, you know, an exclusive interviewer. 163 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: He just talked that obviously frustration everywhere. Matt, When does 164 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: this change? When does a bid in the negativity and 165 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: the loss quote unquote in the Colts camp? When is 166 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: this going to change? Because there's a lot of people, 167 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: and it starts at the top that are really ticked off, man, 168 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: really really upset the way the season ended. Well, I 169 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: think watching the playoffs, that's that's made it more difficult, right, 170 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: that's made the pill tougher to swallow, because you feel 171 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: like the Colts can compete with anybody. But as we 172 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: all saw, our are seeing, I should say, during these playoffs, right, 173 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: there are a few key pieces away in the passing 174 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: game on offense, and we talked about needing to slow 175 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: some things down on passing defense. Right. I mean, if 176 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: you look at it, last week in the divisional round, 177 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: eight teams left, six of them ranked in the top 178 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: ten in passing right, And of the four teams left 179 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: this weekend, three of those teams rank in the top 180 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: seven in passing now the outlier San Francisco, but even 181 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: they're balanced, right, they're seventh in rushing and twelfth in passing, 182 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: So that there shouldn't be any debate. I think that, 183 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: you know, Jonathan taylor centered offense is good enough to 184 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: lead the Colts into a postseason and make a deep run. 185 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 1: But as we all know, the Colts need more out 186 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: of their passing game to force teams out of crowded boxes, 187 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: which is what they saw down the stretch. If you 188 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: look at the AFC, I mean, it's the best conference 189 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: in the NFL by a mile, and it's stacked Jeffrey 190 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: with great quarterbacks. And they're all young guys, right, Patrick 191 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: Mahomes is twenty six, Josh Allen's twenty five, Joe Burrows 192 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,079 Speaker 1: twenty five. Those quarterbacks, those teams, they're not going to 193 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 1: go anywhere. You know, you also have to have playmakers 194 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: to boost the offense around the quarterbacks. So again, it's 195 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: just been a tough pill to swallow for the Colts. 196 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: You miss the playoffs, and then if you watch the playoffs, 197 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: it's clear what's needed to go on a deep run 198 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: here in twenty twenty two. And you missed some draft choices. 199 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: You're not talking about Matt Taylor. That's a one in 200 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 1: the three for mister Carson Wentz. So they will not 201 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: be sitting in the first round this residing draft. You know. 202 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: It's uh, that's what we're looking at. So there's a 203 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: lot of stuff to be handled, and obviously at a 204 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: coordinator position, we're gonna find out more about the Colts 205 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: and what Frank Wright and Chris Ballard want to do. Um, 206 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 1: you know in that department again, tip of the hat 207 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: to Matt Eberflush Matt. I used to joke with him 208 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: when before the season started, when we just got back 209 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: from training camp and he came and talked to us, 210 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: and I said, what are you going to make the jump? 211 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: He knew exactly what I was talking about. Um, you know, 212 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: the off the air, what are you gonna make the jump? 213 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,079 Speaker 1: You do? It was just a matter of time. Absolutely. Yeah. 214 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: He's like, hey, I thought I had a shot last 215 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: year at it, and you know it didn't work out. 216 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: So I'm looking forward to role in this year and 217 00:09:57,640 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: we'll see what happens and exactly that happened. I mean 218 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: Aberflus now a head coach in the NFL. He's Matt Taylor. 219 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: I'm Jeffrey Gorman. This is the Last Word on ninety 220 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: three five and one oh seven five The Fan. Solomon Wilcox, 221 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 1: our buddy from Sirius XM. He's an NFL insider, former player, 222 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: great guy, friend of the show. Like I said, played 223 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: for the Bengals. Well, they are in the AFC title 224 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: game on Sunday. We're gonna get his thoughts on the 225 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: season that wrapped up four or that haven't wrapped up 226 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: rather for his Bengals, but how they wrapped up for us. 227 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: Matt Taylor, he's gonna talk to us after this. The 228 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: Last Word ninety three five and one oh seven five 229 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: The Fan. This is your weekly fix on Colts football, 230 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: The Last Word with Jeffrey Gorman and Matt Taylor from 231 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 1: the Power Home Solo Radio Studio. 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I'm Jeffrey Gorman, 241 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: Matt Taylor, Voice of the Colts. Here we are talking 242 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 1: weekend football. We're gonna preview what's going on in the 243 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: NFL playoffs in a little bit. But first, but first, 244 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: our buddy Solomon Wilcox. He is football all the time. 245 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: Matt Taylor. I wasn't able to be there, but you were. 246 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: Earlier this week, Voice of the Colts sat down with 247 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: the former Bengal safety and Sirius XM NFL insider, Solomon Wilcox. 248 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: They started talking about the spectacular action we've seen in 249 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: these NFL playoffs, to the point of this is the 250 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: best show in town. Yeah. I think it shows you 251 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: that our game is alive and well, you know, we've 252 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: got so many young quarterbacks too, right that are coming 253 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 1: coming up and capturing our imagination. Whether it's justin Herbert, 254 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: whether it's a you know, a Joe Burrow obviously with 255 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals, us to name a few, but then 256 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 1: shoot Josh Allen the job that he's doing to be 257 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: able to go toe to toe and battle Patrick Mahomes, 258 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: who's still a young gun himself. And this guy already 259 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 1: has helped this team to win six division titles. They're 260 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: now hosting their fourth consecutive AFC title game. So the 261 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: Chiefs are becoming that dynasty that we saw under a 262 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: young Tom Brady with the pagency. You get the sense 263 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:28,719 Speaker 1: that Mahomes and Andy Reid are building something special and 264 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: for whatever reason, they're not going away anytime soon, no 265 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: doubt about. And did you ever think leaving thirteen seconds 266 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: on the clock up by a field goal that would 267 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:40,679 Speaker 1: be too much time? I mean, did you ever think 268 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: that that would be enough time for any quarterback? I did. 269 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 1: I can tell you the Bengals play that same Kansas 270 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: City Chiefs team at Paul Brown Stadium week seventeen, and 271 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: Zach Taylor, the head coach of the Bengals, you know, 272 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: he was caught trying to figure out how do I 273 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: score but not lead time? And I could see him 274 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: working it out in the ends were getting up sick 275 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: because they just wanted him to score, right Gaylor. You know, 276 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: they weren't getting the fact that he was trying to 277 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: accomplish two things at once. And that's exactly what they 278 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: were able to do. They were able to score while 279 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: at the same time not leaving Patrick Mahomes no no 280 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: time on the clock. I've always said the best defense 281 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 1: against Patrick Mahomes is to leave him standing on the 282 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: sideline next to Andy Reid. That's the only way you 283 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: can stop that guy from scoring, because once he steps 284 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: on the field, it's liked out and I think the 285 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 1: Bills found out why. Unfortunately they did, no doubt about that. 286 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: That's Solomon Wilcot's NFL analysts for Sirius XM and the 287 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: NFL Network. And again, you played with the Bengals for 288 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 1: four seasons, including the nineteen eighty eight season, the last 289 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 1: time the Bengals played in the AFC title Game. You 290 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: guys would go on to play in the Super Bowl 291 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: that year. You still live in Cincinnati, Solomon, and before 292 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: this year it had been three decades between playoff wins 293 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: for the Bengals. I'm a big Cincinnati Reds fan, and 294 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: we know about the last few decades of under five 295 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: hundred baseball in Cincinnati. The Bearcats just made the college 296 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: football playoff, the Bengals are rolling. What's it like in 297 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: the town right now of Cincinnati? And how much did 298 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: the city those fans need this from a sports perspective, 299 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: They needed it, you know, Listen, it's been tough times 300 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: all around our country, right, living and working and trying 301 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: to manage through a global pandemic. And then when they 302 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: decided to play the games and let fans in, which 303 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: we didn't do one year ago, right, and even got 304 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: the college football season Underwayne Yeah, the U see Bearcats 305 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: beating the Notre Dame fighting ires. A lot of Catholics 306 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: in this town who love Notre Dame. They revere kind 307 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: of the fighting ires of Notre Dame. And then for 308 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: the for the Bearcats to beat them, it was nirvana. 309 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, you just like utopia. And then for 310 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: the Bengals and Joe Burrows so quickly do what he's done, unexpectedly, 311 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: and he has brought a kind of swagger, a confidence 312 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: to the city and to the team that no one 313 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: saw coming. It's it's not cocky, it's just a real 314 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: slice of American humble, you know, hard working young man 315 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: who's from the state of Ohio, right, grew up over 316 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: there in Athens, and he comes to Cincinnati. The people 317 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: here relate to him very well, and he relates to 318 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: the people here very well. They recognize him as one 319 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: of their own. And then for him to come and 320 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: speak the way that he has, saying that, hey, get 321 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: used to this. This is the standard. Now we're gonna 322 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: be doing this every year from here on out, That's 323 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: what he's saying. And by god, he went out and 324 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: won the game against the number one seed in the AFC. Yeah, 325 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: everyone is just on cloud nine and no one, and 326 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: I could tell no one expected to be one game 327 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: away from potentially going back to the super Bowl, no 328 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: doubt about that. I mean again, let's stay on bro 329 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: because you followed him with the Bengals from day one. 330 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: Everybody thought he was going to be good. But with him, 331 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: specifically Solomon, how much further along is he in year 332 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: two compared to where you thought he would be at 333 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: this point. And I knew he was gonna be great. 334 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 1: I can tell you right now. I put my hand 335 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: on stat because I said it, then I'll say it again. 336 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: He came out of the program where he ran a 337 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: lot of pro concepts. He had to manage the protections, 338 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 1: he had to manage the hot reads, had to manage 339 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: time on the clock. We saw him playing in one 340 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: big game after another, went down murderers, row through the 341 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: SEC and then beating Clemson. I mean he was. He 342 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: showed that he was the number one rated quarterback against 343 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: pressure against the blitz, and he's done that again this year. 344 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: He's been sack more than any other quarterback, but yet 345 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: he's completed a higher percentage of passes than any other 346 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: quarterback during the twenty twenty one season. He's pushed the 347 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: ball down the field and yards propasitive more than any 348 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 1: other quarterback this season, and he has the highest quarterback 349 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: rating of any other quarterback during the twenty twenty one season. 350 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: So a lot of the things that he's doing, it's 351 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 1: not surprising me, other than the fact that his leadership 352 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 1: and how quickly he's been able to lead and get 353 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 1: it all turned around. This is an organization that ended 354 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: with the first overall picked in twenty twenty for a 355 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: reason because they were the worst team in the league, 356 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: and now they're one of the best teams in the league, 357 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,400 Speaker 1: and he hasn't even played in a full thirty two 358 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:31,360 Speaker 1: games yet in the regular season, so that has surprised 359 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,880 Speaker 1: me how quickly he's been able to lift the franchise 360 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 1: to places where they have not been in a very 361 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:41,679 Speaker 1: long time. That's Salomon Wilcott's former NFL safety with the 362 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: Bengals NFL Network in Sirius XMI, you talked about the 363 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: offensive line and the Bengals allowing nine sacks in Tennessee 364 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: still winning the game. A majority of that pressure, though, 365 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 1: came from the inside and when Burrows hanging out of 366 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: the ball for well over two seconds trying to make 367 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: a play. But how much does that Bengals offensive line 368 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: were you in the AFC title game coming up on 369 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: Sunday in Kansas City. It worries me a great deal, Matt, 370 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 1: There's no doubt, simply because and it worried me going 371 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 1: against the Titans. I didn't think we could block Jeffrey Simmons, 372 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: and I was right. He got three of their nine sacks. 373 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 1: I do think we'll do a little bit better job 374 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: against the Chiefs. While I respect Chris Jones, I don't 375 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: think their pass rush is as good, even though I 376 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: think they can be particularly with the crowd noise there 377 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 1: at Arrowhead Stadium. But what Joe Burrows showed you that 378 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 1: he's an outlier. He can overcome the lack of good 379 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: pass protection and still function and run the offense. This 380 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 1: is rarely seen now, particularly for a young quarterback. And 381 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 1: I think I tell us some people said the difference 382 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: between he and Justin Herbert, for instance, who is phenomenal 383 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 1: in his own right now, I think probably more talented, 384 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 1: But Joe Burrows more like Tom Brady. He's got ice 385 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: water running through his veins. The guy, the more you 386 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: hit him, the more he's gonna get back up, dust 387 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 1: himself off, and he's determined to beat up. And Herbert 388 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 1: is not that way. Not there are a lot of 389 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 1: quarterbacks that aren't that way. The more they get hit, 390 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 1: the more they're looking for the exit. They're chucking and ducking. 391 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: Brett Farb was the kind of guy that if he 392 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 1: got his jersey dirty, he knew he was in for 393 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 1: a fight. And you better know you're in for a fight. 394 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:23,959 Speaker 1: He was not running very easily. That's who Joe Burrow is. 395 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 1: He expects to play a tough, physical game. He would 396 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 1: have it no other way. Most quarterbacks aren't wired that way. 397 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,920 Speaker 1: This guy is. So if they're not able to protect him, 398 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: he's gonna find a way. That's the Joe Burrow that 399 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 1: we've come to know and love in a short time 400 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: he's been leading the Bengals. Solomon. If you take a 401 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 1: step back a little bit, and we kind of talked 402 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 1: about this earlier in this interview, and we talked about 403 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 1: earlier on our show, But if you look back a 404 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,400 Speaker 1: little bit, Joe Burrow, as you said, twenty five years old. 405 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: Mahomes is twenty six. Josh Allen's only twenty five. These 406 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,719 Speaker 1: teams and those quarterbacks, they aren't going anywhere. So what 407 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: is that mean for the rest of the AFC? What 408 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: does that mean for a team like the Colts. We're 409 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 1: trying to break down that door and take that next 410 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: step starting next season. I mean, he's the coach. Better 411 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,959 Speaker 1: go find themselves a guy man, and we you know, 412 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: we thought Wentz was that guy, but even coach Frank 413 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 1: Rice said, look, in order for this team to go 414 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: where we want to go, this is what Carson Wentz 415 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: is gonna have to do. The Carson's got to do it. 416 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,199 Speaker 1: And I don't know how long you wait on the 417 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: quarterback when the other fifty two guys are ready to go. 418 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 1: I mean, Jonathan Taylor is ready to go okay, the 419 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: Forest Bucking is ready to go okay. Darius Leonard and 420 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: Quintin Nelson, these guys are Ryan Kelly and ready to go. 421 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: You can't sit and waste another sixteen game regular season 422 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 1: of those guys putting in the count of effort and 423 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: we're all playing around the quarterback position waiting for him 424 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: to lead. It's it's tough. They're in a tough spot 425 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 1: because it's not like they're they're past those early years 426 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: and Quinn Nelson and Darius Leonard were rookies. You had time. 427 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: No time's up. Now you gotta go now right Because 428 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: I can tell you right now, the Colts can compete 429 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: with the Chiefs. The coach can compete with any team 430 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: in this league. We've seen them. They beat the Patriots, 431 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: they beat some of the best teams in the league. 432 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: You know they're ready. This team is ready. I think 433 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 1: they're well coach. I think they're well ran. I think 434 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 1: they're will stock. From a personnel perspective, they just needs 435 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 1: a quarterback realize it and can play. I do believe 436 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: Carson Wins had skill set. Now he has to show 437 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: the mindset and temperament of a champion. I think everybody 438 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,719 Speaker 1: agrees with you, Salomon. Salomon Wilcox is our guests, by 439 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: the way, But what is your belief in him? What's 440 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: your belief in Wins that he can take that next step, 441 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: become more consistent and compliment the running game with Jonathan Taylor. 442 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 1: She might believe has nothing to do with it, because 443 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: I can tell you right now there's been times and 444 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: I believed in him and he came through. There's been 445 00:21:57,880 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: times I believed an him and he didn't come through. 446 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: If my belief has something to do with it, he'd 447 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: be winning championships for you right now because I thought, 448 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:07,439 Speaker 1: I really thought this was the year he was going 449 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,199 Speaker 1: to do it under Frank Wright. So I think the 450 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: answer has to be and even the better question is 451 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: how do they manage this? Right? Did they give up 452 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,199 Speaker 1: on them? Now? They can keep him for one more 453 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:20,879 Speaker 1: year and then they can get they have an out 454 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: when this contract after twenty twenty two, and I think 455 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: the money that they're paying for him this year is 456 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: negligible orfore starting quarterback. But I do believe you got 457 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: to bring in some competition. How do you gotta believe 458 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: you gotta have someone who's who's saying, look, he don't 459 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: get it done, Coach, I got you, and and and 460 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 1: if Carson wentz sort of chase under that kind of competition, 461 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 1: then he's showing you who he is, if you're really 462 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 1: worth your soul. Jimmy Garoppolo, they went out drafted this kid, 463 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 1: Jimmy g still giving his best, still playing to be 464 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: the guy. That's what you soon or later. All of 465 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 1: us got to work to compete to keep our jobs 466 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,360 Speaker 1: in life right, or to keep our place, our position. 467 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: It's not guaranteed to us, not to queath to us 468 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: through some certain special circumstances that it's going to be 469 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 1: forever right. And so it'd be okay if Garthon Wins 470 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 1: had to go out and earn it a little bit. 471 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 1: You know, I don't know that he's earned the right 472 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: to come back saying it's my job and my job only, 473 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 1: and I don't have to compete for him. I don't. 474 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,439 Speaker 1: I'm not so sure he's earned that right, but he 475 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: has earned the right to be able to come back 476 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 1: to compete for it. No doubt about that. I think 477 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 1: a lot of people are on their head agreeing with 478 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 1: you on that. That's Solomon Wilcott's former NFL and Bengals safety. 479 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: You see him on the NFL network and hear him 480 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: on Serious XM. Final couple of things, because the Colts 481 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,199 Speaker 1: were a very physical team this year. They relied on 482 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor as he merged as one of the best 483 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: players in the NFL this season. But as we're seeing 484 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: here in these NFL playoffs, Solomon, you know, you look 485 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,639 Speaker 1: at the Bills, the Chiefs, the Bengals. They're throwing the 486 00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: ball all over the place, and a lot of that 487 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: obviously to do with great quarterback play. But but philosophically, 488 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:06,440 Speaker 1: can you win in the playoffs with the identity that 489 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 1: the Colts want to have on offense and that that'd 490 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: be a run first team if you will? Absolutely? Absolutely. 491 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: People don't realize that the forty nine is are run 492 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,159 Speaker 1: first team. And they went to the Super Bowl a 493 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: couple of years ago. All they were one they were 494 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 1: one completion away from beating the Chiefs. If Jimmy Garoppolo 495 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 1: can hit um, you know, hit Emmanuel Sanders, Right, the 496 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 1: forty nine ers are still in it. They are run 497 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: first team the Rams. Believe it or not, it's the 498 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: same offense because Sean mcvain learns from the Shanahans when 499 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:41,160 Speaker 1: they were with the Washington football team. They're run first offense. 500 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,880 Speaker 1: Everything comes off the run. It's play action shots down 501 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: the field. Right, they're run first offense. Packers summarily of 502 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: course with with with Rogers, you're gonna play it maybe 503 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,360 Speaker 1: a little bit different. Titans became the number one seed. 504 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: You know, they are run first offense. They didn't lose 505 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: because they are run first. They because the quarterbacks started 506 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 1: throwing the interceptions. His first pass of the game was intercepted, 507 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:09,400 Speaker 1: his last pass and the game was intercepted. Okay, so yeah, 508 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 1: you can still win being a run first. You're just 509 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 1: gonna have to have versutill it. I mean, you're gonna 510 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: so the later your quarterback is going to have to 511 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: make play. So no, I don't think the coach need 512 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 1: to change by design what they do. They just need 513 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: a player, particularly the quarterback position, as we said, who 514 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,680 Speaker 1: can execute the design of what they currently do. Solomon 515 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 1: willcotts with us. All right, Solomon, put you on the 516 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:34,679 Speaker 1: hot seat before I let you go, who do you 517 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: like in the Super Bowl? Who's playing for the AFC, 518 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: Who's playing for the NFC? A couple of Sundays from now, 519 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: do you know? My heart's telling me the Bengals are 520 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: going to be able to beat the Chiefs again because 521 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 1: they did beat them week seventeen. But my head tells 522 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,160 Speaker 1: me it'll probably be the Chiefs, considering they're playing at 523 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: home and they're used to playing this game four straight years. 524 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: I think they're going back to the Super Bowl, and 525 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: I think they'll be playing the Ramps. Listen the forty 526 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:03,719 Speaker 1: nine beating the Rams six straight times, including twice this season, 527 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 1: So I think the Rams are ready. I think I 528 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 1: do believe that defense with Aaron Donald and Von Miller, 529 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: I think they're ready. Jimmy G's not one hundred percent 530 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: of healthy, and I think he's taken them rather far. 531 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 1: It took the special teams to pull the Niners out 532 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: of that game against the Green Bay Packers, and Jimmy 533 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 1: G didn't make enough plays. But it just goes to 534 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 1: show you get defensive. Special teams can do it. But 535 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 1: I don't think it'll get it done against the Rams. 536 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 1: So I'm thinking Chiefs and Rams are going to be 537 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 1: meeting in La Rams play in their home stadium. Salomon 538 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:40,479 Speaker 1: Wilcott's former NFL safety, former Bengal He's on the NFL 539 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 1: network as an analyst in Sirius xm NFL Insider Salomon. 540 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,439 Speaker 1: Where can we see you again and hear you again 541 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,640 Speaker 1: the rest of these NFL playoffs? Well, you can check 542 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 1: me out every morning on sirius X NFL Radio where 543 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,640 Speaker 1: I'm i host the Monday through Friday seven to ten 544 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,639 Speaker 1: a m. Eastern Time the Opening Drive on Sirius X 545 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: and Minifil Radio. You also, wherever you find your podcast, 546 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: you can find me on the Belief in Bengals podcast 547 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 1: b L e a V on the Belief Podcast Network, 548 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts. Myself and Adam pac 549 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: Man Jones, we got just got done wrapping up and 550 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 1: recording talking about the divisional round game and the win 551 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 1: over the Titans and the expected conference championship against the 552 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,959 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. And you can always follow me at 553 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 1: Solomon's Wisdom on Twitter. So I appreciate you having me 554 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 1: on Man. Absolutely great follow great insight as always Solomon 555 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 1: Walcot's outstanding. Thanks as always for the time Solomon and 556 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 1: continued success. My friend, you're the best. Take care, well done, 557 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: Mattey Solomon Wilcots. We thank you, don't forget. You can 558 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: listen to him all weekend on Sirius XM. And what 559 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: a weekend it is to do that with these NFL 560 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 1: playoffs coming to conference championships, which we are going to 561 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,679 Speaker 1: talk about right after this. Also, we're gonna get you 562 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,440 Speaker 1: caught up on a little Jonathan Taylor info in our 563 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 1: Forum Credit Union Question of the Week, The Last Word, 564 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 1: Matt Taylor, Voice of the Colts. My name is Gorman. 565 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: We're back after this. We talk Colts football every Friday. 566 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: I'm the Last Word, the Offseason Home of the Colts 567 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 1: with Jeffrey Gorman and Matt Taylor. Welcome back to the 568 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 1: Last Word ninety three five and one oh seven five 569 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 1: the Fan. My name is Jeffrey gored Man, Matt Taylor, 570 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: Voice of the Colts is here, and may Taylor's talk 571 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,479 Speaker 1: a little Forum Credit Union question of the week. If 572 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,679 Speaker 1: you're driving around tom right now, are you're listening in 573 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: your kitchen, put your thinking caps on and try to 574 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: get this one, all right, because I already know the answer. 575 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: I feel smart every week, all right, may tell you. 576 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,960 Speaker 1: So here we go. Always feel smart. You have this 577 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: smug added to whenever you ask me these questions, Bro, 578 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 1: do you not get it? I've been doing Alex Trebek 579 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: on the show for years, like no idea until you 580 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 1: tell me what the answer is, and then I give 581 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: the answer like I've known it my whole life. Are 582 00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: you ready? Jonathan Taylor's gay More jersey from the twenty 583 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: twenty one season is getting its own display at the 584 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, to commemorate 585 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: a season in which he became the youngest player ever 586 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 1: to top two thousand yards from scrimmage and to score 587 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 1: twenty total touchdowns. Taylor became just a fourth cold to 588 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: lead the NFL in rushing for a single season. Give 589 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: me the other three. I can do this. Yeah, I 590 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: can do this. I mean we oh, you can't be 591 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: you were we weren't even thought of our parents were 592 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: young when one when one guy had it wasn't even 593 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: a thousand yards. This was all we talked about in 594 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 1: the last you know, month of the season. Is Jonathan 595 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: Taylor crept towards this accomplishment. So it was Edgar and 596 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: James who I think did it twice in ninety nine 597 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: and two thousand, correct, Eric, Eric Dickerson, don't ask me 598 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 1: the year, and then eighty eight and then Alan Emichi 599 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 1: the Baltimore accomplished that. Yeah, you gotta be in your 600 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 1: seventies to remember, you know, sending Emichi at me, but 601 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 1: with a great player and somebody nobody wanted to tackle 602 00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 1: back in the day. But he ran for nine hundred 603 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: and sixty one rushing yards in nineteen fifty five. Jonathan 604 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 1: Taylor going into Pro Football Hall of Fame at least 605 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 1: as Jersey is. 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That's 615 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: why Meyer is proud support and sponsor Local sports throughout 616 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 1: Indiana because when we support the home team, we all win. 617 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: We got Kansas City favored by seven over the Bengals. 618 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,680 Speaker 1: It's a kickoff at three pm on Sunday. May take 619 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,240 Speaker 1: go to your gut. Who's winning this thing? And why 620 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: my gut is saying it's it's Kansas City. After that 621 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 1: performs we saw last week, you know, they put me 622 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,480 Speaker 1: to shame when I said they were not as explosive 623 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,720 Speaker 1: as they have been in years past. They shut me 624 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 1: up pretty much for me. But I'm going I'm going 625 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: with my heart here. I've been going with my heart 626 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 1: these entire playoffs with the Cincinnati Bengals. So they are 627 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 1: going to the super Bowl with Joe Burrow. How about 628 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, by the way earlier this week saying that 629 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: it gets way louder in the SEC than in any 630 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: of these NFL stadium arrowheads, A little bit of a 631 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 1: different animal. Yeah, I mean, I'm just excited to see 632 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 1: how the Bengals respond if they do find themselves in 633 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 1: any adversity early on in that game. But my heart 634 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 1: is saying Cincinnati. My gut is saying Kansas City. But 635 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 1: I'm going with my heart. That's gonna overrule everything else. Okay, 636 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 1: fair enough. I like Mahomes and the Chiefs to wax them, 637 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 1: and it's just too big of a You know, I 638 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,959 Speaker 1: love Joe Burrow swagger and he's got weapons everywhere. It's 639 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 1: just not his time, you know what I'm talking About's 640 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,080 Speaker 1: just not his time. Matt Just you're gonna be there. 641 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: We got we got years to watch you perform, but 642 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: just not this year. All right, let's go to the 643 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 1: six thirty kickoff. The forty nine Ers. Nobody had him here, 644 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 1: Let's be honest. Jimmy Garoppolo leading no Stafford and the Rams. 645 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 1: Rams are favored by three and a half. Who do 646 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: you like, Mattie og Yeah, I I like the Rams 647 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,280 Speaker 1: in this game. But the crazy thing is the forty 648 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 1: nine Ers have beaten the Rams six straight times. It's 649 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 1: a little bit inexplicable, but I think the Rams at 650 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: home get the job done. Although when you talk about 651 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: home field advantage, I'm not so sure if it's going 652 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: to be there, because I don't know if you saw 653 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 1: this earlier this week, vivid Seats right, the third party 654 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 1: ticketing broker vivid Seats projects sixty five percent of the 655 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 1: fans at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday to 656 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 1: be forty nine Ers fans, Oh lord, because right, I mean, 657 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: it kind of makes sense when you think about it. 658 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 1: The Rams are still somewhat new to LA. I mean, 659 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 1: if you're under the age of forty five out in 660 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,520 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, you probably you probably grew up a forty 661 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 1: nine Ers fan because there was no football in your 662 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: city for decades, so you either rooted for the forty 663 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 1: nine Ers or the package of the Cowboys or whoever. 664 00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 1: And plus San Francisco to LA, that's a doable drive 665 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 1: in the car. So there's gonna be a lot of 666 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,920 Speaker 1: forty nine Ers fans in the stands. Even though it's 667 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,440 Speaker 1: a it's a home game technically for the Rams. Stan 668 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: Cronkey obviously the move back to Los Angeles for the 669 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 1: Rams it cost a boatload, and this is what he 670 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: has to deal with as owner of the Rams. I 671 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:19,160 Speaker 1: have a home playoff game, a championship game in my 672 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,720 Speaker 1: own barn. It's the reason why I bought this team 673 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 1: and took him to Los Angeles. And now you're telling 674 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,640 Speaker 1: me it's sixty forty forty nine Ers fans. No way, 675 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:31,520 Speaker 1: I mean, that's a huge failure, the last team failure. 676 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:33,080 Speaker 1: I mean, when these two teams played each other in 677 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 1: the regular season in Los Angeles, Matthew Stafford said he 678 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 1: had to go to a silent count to get the playoff. 679 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,520 Speaker 1: Oh my god, that is just I'm just talking, matt. 680 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: You know, you want to have a you know, an 681 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,360 Speaker 1: assemblance order in your own house, you know what I mean. 682 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 1: And it's like, hey, it's gonna be a tough place 683 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,400 Speaker 1: to win. Not there, my god. Sixty forty Ben Roethlisberger, 684 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,239 Speaker 1: whether you love him, whether you hate him, you have 685 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: to respect what the guy's done in one place his 686 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 1: whole career. We'll remember the tackle of Nick Harper for 687 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 1: years to come around here, one of the best assembled 688 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:06,600 Speaker 1: Colts teams ever, losing a playoff game at home wide right, Ben, 689 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:08,719 Speaker 1: I will always be remembered in my eyes, matt as 690 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:12,800 Speaker 1: making an open field, fifty yard line, one handed tackle 691 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,799 Speaker 1: on Nick Harper after a Jerome Bettis fumble that I 692 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,040 Speaker 1: thought he was going to take the whole to the house. Yeah, 693 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:21,080 Speaker 1: I mean eighteen years in the NFL, I mean for me, 694 00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,720 Speaker 1: Ben will go down as a part of that golden 695 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,239 Speaker 1: age of NFL football. For me, I mean I know 696 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 1: that's different for other people, but that's when I was 697 00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:31,239 Speaker 1: in high school and college and watching every week just 698 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,919 Speaker 1: as a hardcore fan, and you could book it every 699 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 1: year Brady Manning, Roethlisberger, those guys in the AFC title Game. 700 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,680 Speaker 1: One of those quarterbacks are oftentimes two of those quarterbacks 701 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:43,879 Speaker 1: in the AFC Title Game. I mean, if you look 702 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,800 Speaker 1: at his resume, never a part of a losing team. 703 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,600 Speaker 1: Fifth and wins all time among quarterbacks, fifth and passing 704 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 1: yards all time, and one of twelve starting quarterbacks to 705 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 1: win multiple Super Bowl titles. As you said, love him 706 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,360 Speaker 1: or hate him, you gotta respect him because he truly 707 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 1: is one of the best quarterbacks to ever play this game. 708 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:05,400 Speaker 1: He gets the praise and the accolades and everything that 709 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:09,439 Speaker 1: he finally deserves when he's done. Because Matt he wasn't 710 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,640 Speaker 1: mentioned with the Mannings and the Bradies, you know what 711 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,520 Speaker 1: I'm saying, and the Breezes. He was never mentioned in 712 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:18,920 Speaker 1: that handful of quarterbacks who were successful in the NFL. 713 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,400 Speaker 1: Don't forget that. He was always the guy looking up 714 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,720 Speaker 1: at those guys. Yet he's got a couple of Super 715 00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:27,440 Speaker 1: Bowl titles and hill Waltzon as a first team Hall 716 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,799 Speaker 1: of Famer. I mean, sure fire first ballot Hall of Famer, 717 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:33,640 Speaker 1: there's no doubt. Absolutely, and so it's not to your point. 718 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,400 Speaker 1: It's not where you start, it's where you finish. And 719 00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:38,719 Speaker 1: there's no debating where he finished. And he's going to 720 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,680 Speaker 1: have his busting Canton for all eternity. I mean, that's 721 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:43,720 Speaker 1: what it boils down to. Hey, it's a last word 722 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:45,920 Speaker 1: right here on ninety three five and one oh seven five, 723 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,799 Speaker 1: Mattie Och I appreciate the time and the help and 724 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,440 Speaker 1: the discussion. We're gonna keep it going through the playoffs 725 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,960 Speaker 1: and through the Super Bowl naturally, and also find out 726 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,120 Speaker 1: what's going on offseason in Coltsville. We will bring it 727 00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:59,239 Speaker 1: to you. We can also do that on colts dot 728 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,960 Speaker 1: com forget to download the Colts app. It's the last 729 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,000 Speaker 1: Word on ninety three five and one oh seven five 730 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,400 Speaker 1: The Fan for Matt Taylor, the Voice of the Colts. 731 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,600 Speaker 1: My name is Gore Man. Coming up next ESPN Radio 732 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 1: a little Spain and Fits, and then after that our 733 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,799 Speaker 1: pacers are at the Oka City Thunder. We'll talk to 734 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:22,879 Speaker 1: you next week. You know, Chas Chats, I'm just doing 735 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:39,000 Speaker 1: big in the city stands