1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Again, we consume the NFL combine on Radio Row. This 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: is day number two. Chris Ballard and Shane Stike in 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: for context purposes, have yet to speak, uh two reporters 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: here at the combine. So as we wait on that 5 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: and talk some more Colts, we do that with long 6 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: time Colts insider the Dean Mike Chapel Fox fifty nine 7 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:27,319 Speaker 1: CBS four, formerly of the Indianapolis Star. He's been with 8 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: the Colts on the beat every year, every day since 9 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty four. Mike, how many combines is this for you? Everyone? 10 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 1: Since eighty seven? So it's funny to talk Radio Row this. 11 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: We did have this what was it? What's radio radio Row? Exactly? 12 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: I can still remember the center piece used to be 13 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: the holiday in Crown Plaza, and in our work area 14 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: was was the lobby and you grand players as it 15 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: came through. We had in ninety eight we got Peyton 16 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: manning up against the bar at at over at the 17 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: Louisiana State Bar. Louisiana State Bar. Yeah, and they were 18 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: like twentys that was it. And and in the next year, 19 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: the next year, we're we're walking into the lobby and 20 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: we're looking for Kaiser Colts make taken and we saw 21 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: a black guy with RB on his shirt and dreads 22 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: and we thought it was Ricky William Yeah, yeah, and 23 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: it was Edren James. He said, he said, I think 24 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: you guys want somebody else. So it's it's changed so 25 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: much and it's it's right now. This is probably the 26 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: third most attended NFL event, behind the super Bowl and 27 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: maybe maybe the Conference champ that was that was nineteen 28 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: ninety eight, I mean, and the grand scheme of things 29 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: that's not that long ago, Mike, I know, the lot 30 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: a lots changed and he got social media now in 31 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: the whole digital landscape of things. But can you since 32 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: you've seen it all, can you pinpoint a year or 33 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: a time where it started to really change and really 34 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: ramp up and morph into what it is now. It's 35 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: hard to really say it. When the last fifteen years, 36 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: maybe I don't know, but more and more reporters and 37 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: people that it got to be this is where you 38 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: have to be. You have to be here, yea. And 39 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: over the last probably ten or twelve years, people have 40 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 1: gotten smart, The league has smarter, and they've had the 41 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: gems and the coaches talk this is at some point 42 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: this is the first access to your coach or your 43 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: GM since you know, the season. Yeah, so you got 44 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: to be here. And the fact that it's here, it's 45 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 1: been great for us, the indie media. And it won't 46 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: be here forever, you know, maybe next next year's a 47 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: last year for sure, and then we'll see. But it's 48 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: just grown. It's over like probably fifteen hundred people show 49 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: up for this combine. So it's great for the city, 50 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 1: great exposure. But if you're anywhere close, you simply have 51 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: to be here because this is the center of the 52 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 1: NFL universe week. I mean, the NFL has made it 53 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: like it's uh for for all thirty two teams. It's 54 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: the state of the Union for every team in the 55 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: off season here and what they want to do. I 56 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: understand the league. I've talked to Jeff Foster about this 57 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: over the last ten years and we've seen the way 58 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: it's grown and that the league wants to maximize it. 59 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: So they want to take it on the road. They 60 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: think they can make this rotation all like they have 61 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: the Draft. Well it's it's apples and oranges. It's not 62 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: even remotely the same thing was the draft. You have 63 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,119 Speaker 1: a big stage it's a party. It's a party. Yeah, 64 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: and here you've got radio road. It's fine, But this 65 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: is about three hundred players, the interviews, but more than that, 66 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: the medicals and all the medical stuff is like ten 67 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: minutes from here. And Jeff Foster said, yeah, you know, 68 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: we could move this to LA and it would work 69 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: if I could move you health right LA in the 70 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: same package deal. Right, So it's it's eventually gonna move 71 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: because that's what the NFL does and what the NFL wants. 72 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: It gets sure, but no one will do this better. 73 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: A lot of us thought this was gonna Even Jeff 74 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: thought this was gonna move sooner. But then the league, 75 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: I think they're getting ready to move, and I thought, well, 76 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 1: wait a minute, we're not even remotely ready to do that. 77 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: So it just works here. There's always glitches, but they 78 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: know what's going on here, getting players in and out again, 79 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: three hundred players flying in, do all the interviews and 80 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: in the position drills and medicals. But when you make 81 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: things something so strong and fluid as this, yeah, at 82 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: least just gonna move it. All right, Well, let's talk. 83 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: Let's go back a couple of weeks ago. Again, we're 84 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 1: talking to you right before Shane Styke and head coach 85 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: of the Colts and Chris Ballard, general manager of the 86 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: Cults speak here at the combine. But Mike, when you 87 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: go back and you uh, you know, analyze and break 88 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: down Shane Steyken's opening press conference, what were your initial 89 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: thoughts of the higher and you know what he's gonna 90 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: be asked with doing rebuilding this offense. I think it 91 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: appears to be the right the right higher. We'll see 92 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: it's it's and I've always contended and I'm probably over 93 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: the top with it. The biggest move will be the quarterback. 94 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: It's get the right guy in April. If you have 95 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 1: the right coach and the wrong quarterback, it's not gonna work. 96 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: It's it's just something won't work. But if you have 97 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: an okay coach and the quarterback is the right guy, 98 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: it's gonna work. So and Stiken's got the offensive background 99 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: with the people he's worked with with what the Rivers 100 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: and Herbert and Jalen Hurts, and he's gonna have this 101 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: young guy coming and he's gonna have his hands all over. 102 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: This will be his task to really mold this guy 103 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: in developing. So there was a good hire, very good hire. 104 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: The first impression of him is he was a whip 105 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: puppy that day. He was tired. He was tired. Yeah, 106 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: and we didn't get a lot of emotion from him 107 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: as far as the football stuff. The emotion when he thinked, 108 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 1: you know, three hundred people what seemed like because he 109 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: just taught so many people that helped him get there. 110 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 1: But I think the longer the more we're around him, 111 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: the you know, routinely he'll loosen up. But we'll see you. 112 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: I mean, hopefully it's the right It needs to be 113 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 1: the right. Higher. There's three or four things that have 114 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: to work this offseason. Head coach, quarterback, you know, what 115 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: do you do on your free agency? And left tackle 116 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: on this, that and the other. But yeah, you've got 117 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 1: to get the quarterback and the head coach right. One 118 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 1: of the things in this NFL that we see now 119 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 1: is you can't be patient. It seems like it seems 120 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 1: like you have to have instant success. When you look 121 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 1: at the Colts, you got a new coach and you 122 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: got a new coach and potentially a new quarterback. How 123 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: hard is it to judge if it's not clicking immediately. 124 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: Let's say it's similar to what you saw with Jacksonville 125 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: year one, Trevor Lawrence. They're back in that first overall 126 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: pick last year, yet here they are they made the 127 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: playoffs this year. Where is that line? Oh? There in patience, 128 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: That's what it is. More so with the fan base. 129 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: But I think we've seen with the team and the owner. 130 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: I think the owner is it his wits ends. He's 131 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: told me on on one occasion, I told a lot 132 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: of us they've they've got to quit this this veteran 133 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: quarterback carousel that you just can't grow as an organization 134 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: when it's year to year. Now. They thought Carson Wins 135 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: was gonna be more than one year, they really did. 136 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: And I thought there was a chance of that too, 137 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: and we thought Philip Rivers was going to be at 138 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: least two years. But you just can't make progress by 139 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: changing quarterbacks every year. And that's why now they they've 140 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: got it's always about timing. That's about timing. You know, 141 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: they were awful in ninety seven and who's waiting for him, 142 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: Peyton Manning. They were awful in two and eleven. And 143 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: look what I always remember is in two thou eleven 144 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: they were two and fourteen and three and thirteen whatever 145 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: it was, and and they get injured like well, the 146 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: next year the Chiefs had the same record and then 147 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: got the first pick and all if there's a left tackle. Yeah, right, 148 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: So so it's you. It's got to be the right 149 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: time in the right place. And this is the right 150 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: time in the right place. You've got a top four pick, 151 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: it might be a higher pick, and you've got at 152 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: least three quarterbacks that most analysts believe our franchise type quarterbacks. Now, 153 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: one of the things we were talking about in August, 154 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: you're watching this team at camp and it's this team 155 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: should win the South. So you look at it where 156 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: they are now we see, you know, four twelve and one, 157 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: but a lot of that roster is still here. So 158 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: how far off is this team when you look at 159 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: you know, where they are right now? I guess it 160 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,680 Speaker 1: depends on when you say how far off to be 161 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: a playoff team? Not that far off? Go back and 162 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: look what where they were four twelve and one. And 163 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: if you change, I mean with the people they had. 164 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: Should have beaten Houston in the final game, should have 165 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 1: beaten Pittsburgh, should have beaten Philly, should have beaten Minnesota 166 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,839 Speaker 1: and Dallas, and well you're in the game until four. 167 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 1: You're not getting blown up right, correct, And while that 168 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: would have really painted a better picture of the team, 169 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: you'd have still bit you to miss the playoffs. And 170 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: you've been picking, I don't know, in the middle of 171 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: the pack. If you're gonna be bad, just be bad 172 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: and get a top four pick. But I don't think 173 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: they're that far away if you get the right quarterback, 174 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: because again, you've got a good defense, a playoff defense. 175 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 1: You've got some talented offense. We'll see what they do. 176 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,839 Speaker 1: The offensive lines got to play better. It's just that 177 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: was the demise of everything. No one foresaw the offensive 178 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: line regressing. Now we all questioned left tackle and we 179 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: questioned right guard, and those game good fruition. But you've 180 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: got one of the top two running backs in the league. 181 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 1: You've got Michael Pittman wherever you rank, kim Ale Pierce 182 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: showed things. You got a young tight ends, get the 183 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: right quarterback, and you give yourself a chance. Now, Chap, 184 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 1: I want to talk about you know what looks like 185 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: all indications point to Gus Bradley being back. So this 186 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: defense is going to enlarge part look very similar. What 187 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: can a healthy Shaquille Leonard if if all of that, 188 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: what can he add to this defense that I think, 189 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: by all accounts, played pretty well last year. I wouldn't 190 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:10,439 Speaker 1: say they were great, but they definitely weren't at the 191 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: bottom of the barrel playmaking. I mean, as good as 192 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: the defense was last year, it was never getting takeaways. 193 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 1: And what did Shack have two years ago? Eleven, twelve, thirteen. 194 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: How Ever, you want to add it up? And that's 195 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 1: one thing that I'm hoping that the Chris clears up 196 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: today is where is Shack? He's three He's three or 197 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,839 Speaker 1: four months out of surgery, which is about the timeline 198 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: and when he had surgery last year and was cleared 199 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: to practice. So you should you need to know, you 200 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: need you need to know for a lot of things. 201 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,079 Speaker 1: You need to know shacks status and do you try 202 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: to bring back Okayaka? Do you you're sortly going to 203 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: try to re back ej Speed? But I like the defense. 204 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: I like what Gus has done. And if Gus is back, 205 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: which all signs point to that, and I've written that 206 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: from what we've heard, is does that mean you try 207 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: to resign Janakin Goquay exactly. That's where I was going 208 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: to impacts. And I tell you one thing that I 209 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: don't think we should dismiss when you start throwing around 210 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: things on trades. For the first pick, what if Chicago 211 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: would prefer a veteran player along with picks and sea 212 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: of another pick? Yeah, what if they would like the 213 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: Forest Bucker? You know, boy, I'd hate to give him 214 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 1: up because he's one of your few playmakers. But again, 215 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:25,959 Speaker 1: I do almost whatever it takes to get that first 216 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 1: pick or second pick. And Kennymore, I mean, Kenny Moore 217 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:32,199 Speaker 1: really didn't fit here. He was great with flus so 218 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: so many moving parts. But I agree with you. This 219 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: defense was playoff caliber until it simply wore down. Yeah, 220 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: and it misses its some defensive ends and Taekwon Lewis 221 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 1: and then it just wore down from trying to carry 222 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: an offense. So I liked the defense, but there will 223 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 1: be changes. Well, let's stay right there, Chap. You talked 224 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: about Unique and Goackway and some of these in house 225 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: free agents. Who are the in house guys that you 226 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: would really prioritize this offseason, Guys that you really need 227 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: to think long and hard about bringing back Chase mccoins, 228 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:07,959 Speaker 1: and to me, that's a no brainer because he's only 229 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: going to cost you a couple million dollars. Paris Campbell. 230 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: I mean again, you look at the roster the way 231 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: it is right now, which will be greatly different later. 232 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: But the only two veteran guys are Pittman and Alec Pierce. 233 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 1: Everybody else are just sort of guys. So I think 234 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: Paris Campbell showed you enough when he stayed healthy that 235 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: he could be a very viable number three. And this 236 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 1: is in an offense that just couldn't throw the ball 237 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 1: very efficiently down the field, especially in Gockway. I'm probably Kenny, 238 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: not Ken anymore, but EJ. Speed. There's three or four 239 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: guys that I think they really need to look at. 240 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: But what's important is how much time has Shane Stikeen 241 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,079 Speaker 1: had to look at these players and how much will 242 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: he Maybe he has to really rely on Gus Bradley 243 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:01,199 Speaker 1: and Chris Ballard to say to the guys, yes that 244 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: we want, but can't we afford because they've they've got 245 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 1: some room under the cap, but not as much as 246 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,079 Speaker 1: as you need. I can see some things that you 247 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,719 Speaker 1: know they're gonna we haven't talked about it. Aren't they 248 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: going to release Matt Ryan and Nick Foles? You pick 249 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: up seventeen million dollars by releasing Matt Ryan, So there's 250 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,439 Speaker 1: things they can do. I like where this roster is, 251 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 1: but boy, it doesn't need help. Well, I mean staying 252 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: right there. When you look at where this team ended 253 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: up four twelve and one, nobody wants to be there. 254 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: When you're four to twelve and one, you have holes. 255 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: There's areas you need to address. Quarterback is definitely one 256 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: that's people have talked about for sure. But when you 257 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 1: look at this team, where is the biggest hole, Where 258 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: is the biggest area of need they need to address? 259 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: And most likely, if you're going to get that quarterback, 260 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,199 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to do that prior to the draft 261 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: because your draft capital may not be there as we 262 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: sit here today. Receiver, they've got two guys that you 263 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 1: can say, yeah, I can see us winning with these guys, 264 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: but you need what four Yeah anyway, and a young 265 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: guy uh tied into I think they're okay there. They 266 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: need a blocking tight end. They really really missed Jack Doyle. 267 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: Offensive line. Do we believe that Bernhard Ryman is the 268 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: guy at left tackle. I don't know, you know, unlike 269 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: you know last year they didn't have any competition from 270 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: Matt Pryor at left tackle. So even if you think 271 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: Ryman is the guy, bring in a veteran guy to 272 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: push him. And if he and if Ryman wins, that 273 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: guy's your swing tackle. You need a wreck guard, h corner. 274 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: They're gonna need some corners. So again, defensive end. If 275 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: you don't bring in got Way back, you need a 276 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: defensive end. You can't go with Dio and Quitty as 277 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: your main guys. And I didn't mention free agents Tae 278 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: Kwon Lewis. I would bring Taekwon Lows back. He won't 279 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: cost you much because of the injury. But again, I 280 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: like the roster, but there are there are holes, and 281 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: that's why it's gonna be an incumbent upon Ballard maybe 282 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: to be more aggressive than he's been free agent wise, 283 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: not the major contracts, but they get guys that you say, yeah, 284 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: I can see this guy, he's done it before. We 285 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: paid a little bit more. They've never paid for for 286 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: a wide receiver. Yeah. What's the biggest contract was Funches? Yeah? Yeah, 287 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: and the collar bone right one week one yeah, he played. Yeah, 288 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: but they just if you're if you're going to invest 289 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: in the running in the quarterback, which they are, you've 290 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: gotta have your left tackle and you've got to have 291 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: you got a running back, then you've got to have 292 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: receivers to compliment him or it's not gonna work. Yeah, 293 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: no doubt about that last one for me, Chapman, We'll 294 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 1: cut you. Louise get ready for Shane Steke and Chris 295 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: Baller talking a little bit later on today here at 296 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: the NFL combine. Let's stay on the up and up 297 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: all right, level your level of optimism, what are what 298 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: are some things that give you confidence and hope that 299 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: Shane Styken is gonna work out. They're gonna get the 300 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: quarterback right, and there's still enough building pieces and foundational units, 301 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 1: if you will, for the Colts to make a run 302 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: of getting back into the playoffs as early as next season. 303 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe it's blind face, but I think the offense 304 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: will line plays better because it really can't play much 305 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: worse than it did. I think that Quentin comes back 306 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: and plays well. Brad Smith played pretty well most of 307 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: the year, had a few glitches. Ryan Kelly's got to 308 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: play better if he's still here and you know he 309 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 1: could be let go for cap purposes. But if the 310 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: line comes back and come play, Okay, you've got some 311 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: pieces that tied end, you got some pieces at receiver. 312 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: You got Jonathan Taylor, he's still an elite running back. 313 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: And oh, by the way, where they extend him while 314 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: they extend Michael Pittman. So so that's why I say 315 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: there's pieces in place. But boy, it starts. It starts 316 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: with the offensive line. Give the quarterback. I go back 317 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: to two thousand and two when Houston remember their first 318 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: draft with David Carr and they beat the football out 319 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: of him. Yeah, and then closer to here and Andrew 320 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: Luck where they never did a good job of protecting him. 321 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: If you're gonna invest that, if you're gonna invest the 322 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: next ten years in a quarterback, give him a chance 323 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 1: to succeed. Yeah, And I think they have that right. 324 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 1: I think they have those foundational pieces in place. But 325 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: there's no doubt half to play better need more chemistry 326 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 1: up front. We'll see what the Colts do with the 327 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 1: rest of their coaching staff on the offensive side of 328 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 1: the football and try to make it work. Mike Chappell 329 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: Colts Insider, Fox fifty nine, CBS four. I can't thank 330 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:20,920 Speaker 1: you enough. And I also tell you all this time, 331 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: and I'm half joking, half not, but you're You're never 332 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: allowed to retire. You're just not truly, You're just not. 333 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Like you're stuck with this in US forever 334 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: a couple more years. I figure, as long as long 335 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: as the pay checks keep keep clearing it at the 336 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 1: TV station. And I enjoy doing it, yep. I want 337 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:42,439 Speaker 1: to do this because I'm also Hall of Fame, and 338 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 1: I want to get videen for sure. I think that's 339 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: two years. Yeah, gotta get Reggie in yep. But yeah, 340 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: I enjoy doing it. And if you if you enjoy 341 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: doing it and they pay you to do it, why 342 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 1: would you, Honestly, I know, I tell you this all 343 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: the time, Like I'll sit there and I'll you know, 344 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,400 Speaker 1: I'm a doorc I read everything right, I consume, I read, 345 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: I organize quite frankly. I steal from from Mike Chaplin. 346 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,919 Speaker 1: I steal more from Mike Chappell than anybody. Yeah, if you, 347 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: if you listen to our pregame show as you do, Mike, 348 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: there's a lot of stuff yells according to Mike Chappell, 349 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: the culture averaging data Dot of D, that's just it, man, 350 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: I appreciate you stopping by, and best of luck with 351 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:18,360 Speaker 1: all the covers the rest of the way here. Man, 352 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: appreciate it. Stay in touch.