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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to the Official Colts Podcast. My

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Speaker 1: name is Jeffrey Gorman, joined by JJ Stankmitz and Latte

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Speaker 1: Lera Overton. Hey, guys, we've got a lot going on today. Okay,

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Speaker 1: it is game week. I just want the excitement level

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Speaker 1: because we've been doing this podcast for a long time

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Speaker 1: now and I'm talking when there's snow on the ground.

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Speaker 1: We're talking about expectations about twenty twenty, now, the upcoming draft,

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Speaker 1: et cetera, et cetera, Jj, where are your nerves? Where

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Speaker 1: are you at this week with the Houston Texans coming

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Speaker 1: into town and it's finally for real buzzing? Yeah, we're buzzing,

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Speaker 1: like buzzing, like like buzzing like.

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Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, no drinking this week, no, no, no, buzzing

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Speaker 2: buzzing is I'm like like, uh bopping around the building?

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Speaker 3: Got you?

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Speaker 2: Okay? Yeah? No no no, no, no no no no no no.

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Speaker 2: We're in season mode now, Jeffrey. Uh no, it's this

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Speaker 2: is so exciting that the Colts open the season with

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Speaker 2: this game. You get that that immediate shot at Houston again.

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Speaker 2: And I had this thought this morning as I was

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Speaker 2: kind of thinking about how was going to do my

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Speaker 2: game preview on Colts dot Com, and it's going to

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Speaker 2: be something along the lines of Since the moment c J.

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Speaker 2: Stroud and the Texans walked off the field at Lucas

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Speaker 2: Oil Stadium as Division champs, the Colts and Texans offseasons

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Speaker 2: have been very different. The Texans have been defined by

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Speaker 2: big splashes, right, Stefan Diggs, Daniel Hunter, those type of guys.

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Speaker 2: The Colts have been defined by continuity. They re signed

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Speaker 2: pretty much all their own and added a couple of guys.

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Speaker 2: But the biggest difference on the field on Sunday will

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Speaker 2: not be Stefan Diggs or Daniel Hunter. It will be

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Speaker 2: Anthony Richardson, who did not play in that game last

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Speaker 2: week last year. So that is where like my brain

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Speaker 2: kind of goes. I was like, all right, the Texans

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Speaker 2: made all these moves and everyone's really excited about what

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Speaker 2: they can do. The Colts are going to have the

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Speaker 2: biggest single player difference on the field from the end

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Speaker 2: of twenty twenty three to the start of twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and all eyes are on ar. I mean, how

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Speaker 1: excited are we for this?

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Speaker 3: Well, I mean so excited in the opportunity to do

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Speaker 3: it at home too. Rite Like you look at this

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Speaker 3: matchup and you're like, we're coming out of the gates,

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Speaker 3: like with an electric matchup within the division, and you

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Speaker 3: just think about getting this at home versus starting out

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Speaker 3: a couple of years in a row. We had to

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Speaker 3: go to Houston first before getting them at home for

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Speaker 3: that second division game or second game against them within

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Speaker 3: the division. And that's huge to me. That's massive when

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Speaker 3: you look back to it's been since twenty thirteen that

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Speaker 3: the Colts won an opener. Ough, how crazy is that?

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Speaker 3: It doesn't sound right, It doesn't like this is the

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Speaker 3: and don't forget.

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry to interrupt. Jim Mersey has said this year

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Speaker 1: he's pissed off when this team doesn't, you know, when

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Speaker 1: they don't open the way they should at home. I mean,

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Speaker 1: this has been a cotton you know for a decade

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Speaker 1: now that it goes the importance of getting this first one.

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Speaker 1: And then obviously with all the bells and whistles of

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Speaker 3: And I asked, I had Shane Stike in and Michael

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Speaker 3: conversation all off season about continuity or you know, re

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Speaker 3: signing your own all of that, but how is this team?

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Speaker 3: What is different about this team? There's got to be

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Speaker 3: something and it's not just you know, ray Kwon Davis

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Speaker 3: about this collective group? He said, There's such a difference

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Speaker 3: and Pitt said, like that loss is something he has

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Speaker 3: They're writing high right as they should. The Colts are

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Speaker 1: Yeah, this is going to be exciting. Want to welcome

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Speaker 1: all of our Colts audio network listeners and our YouTube

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Speaker 1: channel viewers right here again. Le Overton, JJ Stankowitz, I'm

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Speaker 1: Jeffrey Gorman. We've got the Houston preview for you and

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Speaker 1: it's coming up on Thursday. This one is going to

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Speaker 1: be centered on the big overall outlook of the twenty

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Speaker 1: and health is everything. JJ, what's a statline look like

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Speaker 1: for a healthy Anthony Richardson and a successful Colts offense

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Speaker 2: So I think the thing we need to remember here

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Speaker 2: If he has a completion percentage under sixty percent, you're

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Speaker 2: gonna hear, well, you know he's not accurate. That is okay. Actually,

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Speaker 2: here's the thing that I'm looking for, Like the number

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Speaker 2: So that's what I'm going to look at first.

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Speaker 1: Interesting with him, Interesting, Lara, I want to ask you.

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Speaker 2: And he, by the way, he's really good at avoiding sacks.

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Speaker 3: So with that being said, we'd have to bring down right,

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Speaker 1: Look like, Larah in your eyes? Like, well, like just

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Speaker 1: to bring that up that when when you're talking, he's

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Speaker 3: How many carries do you think it's gonna be explosive?

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's just I go back to like training

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Speaker 3: It just come on? Like, I know that everyone wants

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Speaker 3: And if you watch the Behind the Colts with Anthony Richardson,

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Speaker 2: Like, oh no, Shane's saying explosive runs and I'm not

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Speaker 3: Right, Well, he didn't say explosive runs. He just said

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Speaker 2: So here's here's where I'm at with Anthony and the

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Speaker 2: but Jalen Hurts in twenty twenty one with Shane Stichen

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Speaker 1: Are those designed or or is that coming off of Hey,

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Speaker 2: It's gonna be probably more designed, okay, which you know

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Speaker 2: But in twenty twenty two he was at eleven rush

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Speaker 2: Anthony last year didn't have a chance to do that

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Speaker 2: I think you might see Richardson be a lot closer

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Speaker 2: that's an increase of three rushing attempts per game. That's

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Speaker 2: an entire seventeen game season. That's a lot. But like

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Speaker 2: Lara said, Shane Stikeen is not shy about if we

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Speaker 2: need to run the football with Anthony, we will do it.

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Speaker 2: And you can't coach scared and you can't play scared.

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Speaker 2: So you may say, really got hurt last year, do

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Speaker 2: we need to limit it? But if you start playing scared,

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Speaker 2: you lose what makes Anthony Richardson such an explosive weapon

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Speaker 3: And look at what I mean. We've talked about this

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Speaker 3: I also think it's going to open up opportunities because

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Speaker 1: Are you guys expecting a fifth overall start in the NFL?

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Speaker 3: It was a little bit different for Anthony right started

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Speaker 2: Qu Yeah, I totally agree, because you you're going to

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Speaker 2: Last year, the the identity on offense became we're going

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Speaker 2: know yet. And I'm so fascinated how Anthony Richardson and

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Speaker 1: All right, Lara, we're gonna find out where we're getting

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Speaker 3: Oh, I mean I think that it's a guy who

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Speaker 3: It's not about how many sacks can I have. I mean, sure,

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Speaker 1: I think I love putting you on the spot. Is

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Speaker 2: Here you go. There have only been five double digit

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Speaker 1: Right now, Hey, we saw eight and a half sacks

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Speaker 2: I I stop talking about sacks though, Okay, here's here's

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Speaker 2: we've talked about pressure rate. So I wrote this last week,

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Speaker 1: How many teams are the bottom eleven pressure rate made

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Speaker 2: By the way, the other thing about pressure rate, because

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Speaker 2: in that game against the Texans, the Colts did not

435
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Speaker 2: get enough pressure on CJ. Stroud late in the game.

436
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Speaker 2: There were too many instances where he it was third

437
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Speaker 2: down and they couldn't get pressure on him and he

438
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Speaker 2: was able to make a play that helped Houston squeak

439
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Speaker 2: out that win. The Colts last year, in the fourth

440
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Speaker 2: quarter and overtime, they had the fourth lowest pressure rate

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Speaker 2: in the NFL, even though they had twenty sacks, which

442
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Speaker 2: was second most in the league. Interesting, no teams at

443
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Speaker 2: the bottom fifteen pressure rate in the fourth quarter or

444
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Speaker 2: overtime made the postseason. So if you're gonna get pressure,

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Speaker 2: you better be getting it late.

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Speaker 1: Certainly not garbage sacks.

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Speaker 2: But no, no, no, no no. It wasn't like they're getting

448
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Speaker 2: a bunch of garbage time sacks, but it was when

449
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Speaker 2: they got pressure they were hitting home. That's great, but

450
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Speaker 2: you gotta consistently get it because a third and seven

451
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Speaker 2: play where CJ. Stroud is a clean pocket, he's got

452
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Speaker 2: a really good chance of picking up that first down.

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Speaker 2: But a third and seven to play where he's got

454
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Speaker 2: someone in his face immediately and he can't go through

455
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Speaker 2: his progressions. You got a shot there to get off

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Speaker 2: the field.

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Speaker 1: Guys, we're over. We are looking at the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: four outlook of a season again. We've got the preview

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Speaker 1: with the Texans coming up on Thursday's official Colts podcast.

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Speaker 1: I want to go to the defensive backfield. We're spitting

461
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Speaker 1: all all over the place today, but overall twenty twenty four,

462
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Speaker 1: seventeen games. Sammy Woomett comes in after some cuts in

463
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Speaker 1: San Francisco. Defensive backfield, Stay there for a minute. What's

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Speaker 1: y'aut look for the defensive backfieldsy Loo.

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Speaker 3: They're gonna be challenged early on, and one of the

466
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Speaker 3: best assets for them is the defensive front. You have

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Speaker 3: to have those guys up front that works in tandem

468
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Speaker 3: right when you're getting pressure up there, gives the guys

469
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Speaker 3: on the back end time to get in position like

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Speaker 3: all of that, right, So I think that you are

471
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Speaker 3: going you're going to be stressed, like you're going to

472
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Speaker 3: be that defensive backfield is going to be stretched early on,

473
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Speaker 3: and they're going to try to test you. You know,

474
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Speaker 3: they're gonna come at you hard early. You know in

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Speaker 3: this game. When you're just talking about week one specifically,

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Speaker 3: I'm not going because I think things can change. Yeah,

477
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Speaker 3: I mean, but so okay, just the first three games

478
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Speaker 3: of this season. But I'm excited for Juji Brent to

479
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Speaker 3: have this opportunity, you know, excited for Jalen Jones and

480
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Speaker 3: you know the guys that are within that group. I

481
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Speaker 3: think that there is a lot on the shoulders of

482
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Speaker 3: Kenny Moore being the leader within that group to bring

483
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Speaker 3: those you know, help bring those safeties along, right, Julian Blackman,

484
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Speaker 3: that's on you to make sure that you have those

485
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Speaker 3: guys back there leveling up to what the expectation has

486
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Speaker 3: to be. Because Chris Ballard is showing a lot of

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Speaker 3: confidence in that group to develop and to show up.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 3: He didn't go out when people speculated they would make

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Speaker 3: a ton of offseason moves. Yes, you just signed Womack,

491
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Speaker 3: that was one, but you didn't, you know, make a

492
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Speaker 3: big swing on you know, somebody who was out there

493
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Speaker 3: in free agency. So you're you're betting on your own

494
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Speaker 3: a little bit, and these guys should feel great about that,

495
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Speaker 3: but like you've got to reciprocate that and let it

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Speaker 3: show on the field.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that you're absolutely right that they're going

498
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Speaker 2: to be tested early because like think about this, if

499
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Speaker 2: you're going into early in the season and you are

500
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Speaker 2: game planning for the Colts, you're probably not You're you're

501
00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,560
Speaker 2: always game planning for perceived weaknesses, right, and you're you're

502
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Speaker 2: not looking at that defensive line as a perceived weakness,

503
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Speaker 2: or you're not looking at the linebackers as a perceived weakness.

504
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Speaker 2: So you're gonna those guys are going to be challenged

505
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Speaker 2: right off the gate by Houston, which by the way,

506
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Speaker 2: has three really really good wide receivers. I mean, and

507
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Speaker 2: you're looking at Nico Collins as your ex like if

508
00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,439
Speaker 2: he's going up against Juju Brents quite a bit in

509
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Speaker 2: this game. Juju's got to come to play. You're looking

510
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Speaker 2: at Tank Dell playing a lot on the Tank Dell

511
00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,320
Speaker 2: is a great outside receiver. I think people just sort

512
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Speaker 2: of thinkas an injury right coming off an injury, but

513
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Speaker 2: he's maybe small, undersized, he's a he's kind of like

514
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Speaker 2: t Y Hilton type size, what he can do on

515
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Speaker 2: the outside. And then by the way, they got Steffan

516
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Speaker 2: Diggs now too, who can play in the slot, who

517
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Speaker 2: can play outside, he can play everywhere. It's gonna be

518
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Speaker 2: it's gonna be a challenge for those guys. But if

519
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Speaker 2: you can come out of this game, like right off

520
00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,399
Speaker 2: the bat, I think those guys, if we get to

521
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Speaker 2: the end of this game against Houston and those guys

522
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 2: all competed and they had their moments and they played generally,

523
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Speaker 2: you come out feeling like they played well. That can

524
00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:15,480
Speaker 2: be such a springboard of confidence for those guys to say, hey,

525
00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,439
Speaker 2: we did it, because they've done it in the past.

526
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Speaker 2: We've seen Juju Brns have a great game against the

527
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Speaker 2: Las Vegas Raiders. We've seen Jalen Jones have his moments.

528
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Speaker 2: You got to do it consistently. But I think starting

529
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Speaker 2: strong for these guys is so important.

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Speaker 3: Brentson Baltimore last year that I'm like, like, I am

531
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Speaker 3: putting this out there. I'm going to say, I think

532
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Speaker 3: Juju BRNT comes up with a takeaway Week one against them.

533
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Speaker 3: I just put that out there and I manifesting it.

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Speaker 2: But I mean, look that I think lair. The way

535
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Speaker 2: that you put that was perfect. Of like Chris Ballard

536
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Speaker 2: has shown his faith, the Colts have shown their faith

537
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Speaker 2: in these guys. They need to go reward it. And

538
00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,240
Speaker 2: because this is your opportunity. This is everyone's opportunity in

539
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Speaker 2: that defensive backfield, whether it's Juju b 's, Jalen Jones,

540
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Speaker 2: Nick Cross, this is your shot to cement your spot

541
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Speaker 2: in the NFL of who you're going to be as

542
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Speaker 2: a player, how long you're going to play. This is

543
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Speaker 2: a great opportunity for all them. They've shown their flashes

544
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Speaker 2: of talent. This isn't blind faith that the Colts have

545
00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,719
Speaker 2: in these guys. They've shown their moments. Now it's time

546
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Speaker 2: to go earn it.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about some role players, some guys.

548
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Speaker 1: Obviously the stars are all there, but I want to

549
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Speaker 1: talk about some role players, the most important guys. Maybe

550
00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,600
Speaker 1: not the biggest stars, sometimes aren't the biggest role players,

551
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Speaker 1: but overall, looking at this twenty twenty four season, who

552
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Speaker 1: do you like, Yello that you're keeping your eye on?

553
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Speaker 3: So who do we like or who are is most important?

554
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Speaker 1: Well?

555
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Speaker 2: The most important role players?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, backup, running backs? What are you doing behind Jonathan Taylor.

557
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Speaker 3: I like, look look at how critical Zach Moss's play

558
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Speaker 3: was last year. Look at who you had Week one

559
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Speaker 3: last year without Jonathan Taylor out there on the field.

560
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Speaker 3: To me, what are you doing behind JT to reinforce

561
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Speaker 3: your ability, your availability, the versatility of this run game

562
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Speaker 3: with who is behind him?

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Speaker 2: I mean you need you need to and Tray Sermon.

564
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Speaker 3: Gave you good play last year. Like you know, you're

565
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Speaker 3: excited for what he brings theirs. You know with Goodson,

566
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Speaker 3: Tyler Goodson had a great preseason. How does that translate

567
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Speaker 3: over how are you utilizing him? To me, that's what

568
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Speaker 3: it is because you know Jonathan, you know and what

569
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Speaker 3: he's able to do. You know what he's gonna give

570
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Speaker 3: you when he's on the field. But you also have

571
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Speaker 3: to give yourself somewhere to go in the instance is

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Speaker 3: what he is not out there taking some Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I mean Jonathan Taylor in twenty twenty one and three

574
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Speaker 2: hundred and thirty two rushing attempts that led the NFL.

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Speaker 2: That is that's a high number. That is putting a

576
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Speaker 2: lot on your running back. Now, Anthony Richardson can take

577
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Speaker 2: some of that off of him, but you're gonna have

578
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Speaker 2: snaps where you're going to need Trace Sermon on the field.

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Speaker 2: You're gonna have snaps, or you need Tyler Goodson on

580
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Speaker 2: the field. Maybe Evan Hall gets brought up from the

581
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Speaker 2: practice squad. You're gonna need those guys because it's hard

582
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Speaker 2: to expect a running back in the NFL to carry

583
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Speaker 2: over three hundred times in a season. It's hard. So

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Speaker 2: you're gonna have carries. You're gonna and I mean, look,

585
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Speaker 2: if JT does have to miss it game, who steps

586
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,399
Speaker 2: in there? I totally committee Maybe yeah, I mean it

587
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,439
Speaker 2: could be by committee, but I think you'd like to

588
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,440
Speaker 2: have what you had in Zach Moss last year. Obviously,

589
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,280
Speaker 2: Zach Moss got a great opportunity in Sincy, so he's

590
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Speaker 2: not back, but that sort of comfort of, hey, look,

591
00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,400
Speaker 2: we want to have JT out there for all seventeen games.

592
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Speaker 2: We'd love to give them the ball three hundred times.

593
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Speaker 2: But if we need someone to step in, the level

594
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Speaker 2: of play is going to still be good enough that

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Speaker 2: we can win two things.

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Speaker 3: It's also just a change of pace, right, Zach Moss

597
00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:33,280
Speaker 3: gave you a change of pace when he was out

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Speaker 3: there versus Jonathan Taylor, and that was really good. With

599
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Speaker 3: what you were able to do, right, I think that

600
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,879
Speaker 3: that's something that you're not asking them to do the

601
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,359
Speaker 3: same things. I think that was very valuable for Shane

602
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 3: to be able to just keep defenses like back in

603
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Speaker 3: their heels a little bit right where you've got something

604
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Speaker 3: different that you're able to kind of plug in there

605
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,679
Speaker 3: when JT's taking and breathe different situations like this is

606
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Speaker 3: ideal for good eye or for sermon, whatever it is.

607
00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,960
Speaker 3: If your philosophy is throw to score, run to win,

608
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Speaker 3: and you've got to be able to do that with

609
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Speaker 3: more than.

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Speaker 2: Just a R and JO And also you need, you know,

611
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,159
Speaker 2: you might need a third down back correct right where

612
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,240
Speaker 2: you need someone to come in and hey, we're gonna

613
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:10,560
Speaker 2: give JT a breather, but we need the pass protection

614
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Speaker 2: to be on point.

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Speaker 1: Anything on Leonard Fournette, I heard he came in for

616
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,639
Speaker 1: a cup of coffee in a visit. Recently.

617
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Speaker 2: We signed we signed up a big fellow coming in here.

618
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Speaker 2: We signed David Long junior cornerback from that that group

619
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Speaker 2: that was reported, So nothing on that currently currently. All right,

620
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,680
Speaker 2: so my guy, my important role player, same thing back

621
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Speaker 2: up on offense, it's Blake Freeland and Mackinzalvas as the

622
00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 2: backup tackles. Yeah, you know, the Colts needed Blake Freeland

623
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Speaker 2: to start seven games at right tackle and two games

624
00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:42,520
Speaker 2: at left tackle last year, and offensive line is a

625
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:46,480
Speaker 2: weak link system. We saw teams go at Blake Freeland

626
00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 2: last year and he had some some tough assignments. I

627
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,400
Speaker 2: mean the Rams when he was in that game, they

628
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 2: were lining Aaron Donald up over him because they're like, well,

629
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Speaker 2: we got to go with the rookie, Let's see what

630
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,160
Speaker 2: he can do. You have Miles Garrett lining up over him,

631
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 2: tj Y Cameron Jordan, like he got thrown into the

632
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 2: fire last year. Can he be your swing tackle again?

633
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 2: Does Macknzalvez eat into that? Does Macknsalvez compete there? But

634
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 2: if you need someone to come in at tackle, that

635
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 2: is a spot where teams are going to just go

636
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 2: right at you. So can either of those guys hold

637
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 2: up and play good football? If something happens to Bernard

638
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 2: Ryman or Braden Smith those two guys I'm looking at

639
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 2: because I mean, you hope, obviously you get thirty four

640
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,240
Speaker 2: starts out of your starting tackle and Smith and Ryman

641
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 2: because they're really good players. But if they have to

642
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 2: miss a game or two and you got a critical

643
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 2: opponent coming up, big game. Can those guys play winning

644
00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 2: football and keep the level of your offensive line where

645
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:48,720
Speaker 2: it needs to be. And by the way, like Blake

646
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,200
Speaker 2: Freeland had some moments last year, he had some good games.

647
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,480
Speaker 2: You turn on that the Jags game last year, he

648
00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:57,479
Speaker 2: actually had a pretty good game at right tackle. But

649
00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,440
Speaker 2: there you know, if they need to step in, are

650
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 2: they going to be at the level that they need

651
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,720
Speaker 2: to be at. I think that offensive line room is

652
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,719
Speaker 2: so good for young guys, Like it's talking to Mackensolvus

653
00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:11,800
Speaker 2: or Tannerborderleini about this in the preseason, that the vets

654
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 2: in that room set such a high standard and then

655
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,840
Speaker 2: they help the young guys beat it. Tony Sparano does

656
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,560
Speaker 2: a great job with those guys. There's talent in there.

657
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 2: There's absolutely talent in there. But I'm gonna be looking

658
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,320
Speaker 2: at those guys if they need to come in as

659
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:24,520
Speaker 2: really important role players.

660
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 1: I love the role player. And you guys got me thinking, Leara,

661
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 1: you started it with this and you followed it up

662
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:32,680
Speaker 1: with that. Linebackers. I'm just saying linebackers. You go from

663
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,280
Speaker 1: Zaire Franklin. You go from EJ. Speed and if there's

664
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,560
Speaker 1: a game or two that's missed right there, does this

665
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,120
Speaker 1: defense the way that it's set up by Gus Bradley

666
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,560
Speaker 1: still indicate that there will be success for somebody filling

667
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,360
Speaker 1: in as far as the tackling machine, Zaiir or Franklin.

668
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,480
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. I'm looking at those guys

669
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,840
Speaker 1: in the back end. Knock on wood wherever it is,

670
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 1: stay on the field, both of you. But that's what

671
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 1: I'm saying. I know Zayer's an all. You know, it's

672
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 1: you know, top one hundred in the league and everything,

673
00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 1: but hopefully not on what everybody stays home and those

674
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:01,000
Speaker 1: backup guys when they do get in there have that

675
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 1: same sort of energy and are all over the place defensively.

676
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:05,960
Speaker 3: I mean, this is when I'm looking for J. C. Carlis, Like,

677
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,160
Speaker 3: I mean, this is That's what I was looking at you, Like,

678
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 3: that's your Mazoo guy, right, Like I have had my

679
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:12,960
Speaker 3: eyes on him, like since they came in for rookie

680
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 3: Mini Camp. I think that he he is a guy

681
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 3: who's really interesting, you know, within that group or in

682
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 3: certain situations where you know he steps in again like

683
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,960
Speaker 3: Zaire is like the Iron Man. Like I don't want

684
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:25,840
Speaker 3: to jinx him at all, but like that man's.

685
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 2: Almost played in Carolina, I know last year and a

686
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 2: week pretty easy. It crushed him to not play, but

687
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,640
Speaker 2: he came. He came really close. He did to playing

688
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 2: in that game when he was he was real banged up.

689
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,280
Speaker 3: I would I seriously think that if you didn't have

690
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 3: the Germany game after that, knowing the travel and the

691
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 3: toll that's kind of involved in that, Like, I think

692
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 3: it may have been a different situation. Was also, I

693
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 3: think he went into it knowing it was a very

694
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 3: winnable game, like with the people that you had and

695
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 3: they were equipped, Like if he needed to play, he

696
00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:54,400
Speaker 3: would happen.

697
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:55,240
Speaker 2: But he still came close.

698
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:56,280
Speaker 3: He still came really close.

699
00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: Hey, time for a game show. You know. I like

700
00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:59,760
Speaker 1: playing games, you know, and I did want to help

701
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 1: you start before my career is done. I want to

702
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 1: do a little what if game with you. Let's go

703
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 1: to the what if game? You ready for this, I'm

704
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,320
Speaker 1: gonna start with you. The Cults will win the af

705
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,800
Speaker 1: cel AFC South if.

706
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:14,960
Speaker 2: Two things happen. One Anthony Richardson plays all seventeen games

707
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,720
Speaker 2: and two the Colts have a I'm going to talk

708
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 2: about it again. The Colts are top ten in pressure rate.

709
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 1: Pressure rate is your big baby.

710
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,200
Speaker 2: That's my big that's my big baby this year.

711
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:25,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, I like that.

712
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 2: If the Colts consistently get pressure on opposing quarterbacks and

713
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 2: Anthony Richardson plays all seventeen games, this team's gonna have

714
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:33,880
Speaker 2: a real shot to win.

715
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,200
Speaker 1: In the first five minutes of this podcast, week in

716
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 1: and week out, I want pressure rate from the previous week. Sure,

717
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,240
Speaker 1: can we just lay that out there. It's like a

718
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 1: little appetizer, a little buffet before we start.

719
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Speaker 2: Maybe get a little little stinger in there, little queen,

720
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,320
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, coming in? Yeah?

721
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,520
Speaker 1: Anything. No, I want the pressure right stats each week.

722
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: If we can get them. What do you think, l

723
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 1: what do you think? Same question to you. The Cults

724
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 1: will win the AFC South.

725
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:56,800
Speaker 3: If you win eleven games.

726
00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 1: Eleven? Okay, however you do a.

727
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,080
Speaker 2: Lot of people think think the Texans are going to

728
00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 2: win twelve or more. But okay, but so let's talk

729
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 2: about the Texans.

730
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 3: You also have I mean, look at the schedule. You

731
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 3: have to I mean, I understand when you look at

732
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 3: what they did last year, you have a tougher schedule

733
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:12,800
Speaker 3: in twenty twenty a.

734
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 2: First place schedule, which means, by the way, so the

735
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:18,720
Speaker 2: biggest difference there is. And look, anything can happen in

736
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 2: a season. It's hard to project this out, but Houston

737
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:25,080
Speaker 2: gets Dallas in the NFC East and the Colts get

738
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 2: the Giants. So and look, the Giants have some talent,

739
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,440
Speaker 2: they're good, the good team, good coach and Brian Dable.

740
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:33,480
Speaker 2: There are people picking the Giants to have the number

741
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,560
Speaker 2: one overall pick. No one's picking the Cowboys to have

742
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 2: the number one oulra pick next year.

743
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 1: Some people are picking those Cowboys for the Super Bowl

744
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 1: this year. I mean, that's how talented they're. The Colts

745
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:47,240
Speaker 1: win the AFC South, if what are you thinking, Well,

746
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 1: I'm thinking I like what you said with the eleven,

747
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 1: but I think they to win the AFC South. I

748
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:57,080
Speaker 1: think it's gonna take I think it'll take twelve. I

749
00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,640
Speaker 1: just got a feeling I think it'll take twelve. You know,

750
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 1: we're not talking about the Jaguars and the success that

751
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence's career could have or does he take a

752
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:07,320
Speaker 1: nose dive for one year.

753
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:09,279
Speaker 2: He's gonna sneakly be a lot better this year is

754
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:09,760
Speaker 2: the Titans.

755
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 1: Titans.

756
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 2: Titans hadded a lot of talent the SAFT season.

757
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:15,200
Speaker 1: That those quarterbacks starts for Levos, big coaching change there,

758
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: you know, the big culture chant. You're right, it's gonna

759
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:19,399
Speaker 1: be a tough one. I don't care where they're playing,

760
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,520
Speaker 1: when we're playing, what the records are, throw them out

761
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: because the Tennessee Titans come here, we go down there.

762
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:24,359
Speaker 1: It's gonna be you.

763
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 2: Know there, they're gonna be. They're gonna be better than

764
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:28,440
Speaker 2: people think. I think a lot of people are just

765
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,960
Speaker 2: writing them off as they're gonna finish last in the South.

766
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,880
Speaker 2: And I go six and eleven, five and twelve, like,

767
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 2: it's not just bringing in Brian Callahan, it's bringing in

768
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,040
Speaker 2: Bill Callahan that offensive line that I was two first

769
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,719
Speaker 2: round picks on it and Scarronsky and Latham, right, and

770
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:42,720
Speaker 2: they got Calvin Ridley.

771
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:46,560
Speaker 3: Now does anybody else just immediately go to the oh

772
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 3: my god, Tommy boy, like, oh Tommy calls like, I

773
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:52,319
Speaker 3: don't know, I just kind of went that way.

774
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,560
Speaker 1: Oh of course. One of my one of the best.

775
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:58,160
Speaker 3: Quotable movies that's that's out there. Sorry to take this off, No, you're.

776
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:00,719
Speaker 1: Not we're still playing my game show. Anthony Richardson will

777
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:05,439
Speaker 1: have an encouraging year two. Interesting word, encouraging year two.

778
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 1: If and and I'm not just gonna say this, you

779
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:09,000
Speaker 1: can't say, play seventeen games.

780
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:12,800
Speaker 3: Yep, oh, I would say that's it. No, I was

781
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:15,840
Speaker 3: gonna say I'm getting I'm like, I would say, you know,

782
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:18,720
Speaker 3: ten plus, I'm saying ten plus ten plus.

783
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 1: If he gets enough starts, we're going to see what

784
00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 1: he's Yeah.

785
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 2: I think it's you see that development that we talked

786
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:27,200
Speaker 2: about in the third and fourth quarters of the season,

787
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,680
Speaker 2: that you see as the season goes on, when you

788
00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 2: get to November and December, that it's like you have

789
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:38,880
Speaker 2: you have something here in the quarterback coach pairing of

790
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:40,840
Speaker 2: Anthony Richardson and Shane Steichen. When you get to the

791
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 2: end of this year and you're like, we got it

792
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 2: that and and you'll know it when you see it.

793
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,960
Speaker 2: And I think you would feel that if the last

794
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 2: eight games of the year you start to see the

795
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 2: ascent really take off for Anthony Richardson, I love it.

796
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,200
Speaker 1: Let's go how about this one last one? Leatu lato

797
00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 1: will leatu latu rather excuse me, will win defensive Rookie

798
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 1: of the Year. We kind of covered this earlier, but

799
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:04,360
Speaker 1: is it gonna take double digits and they're going to

800
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 1: give him the chip or what? Well?

801
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,000
Speaker 2: So Will Anderson Junior won it last year with seven

802
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,320
Speaker 2: and half. He didn't have the most sacks, didn't have

803
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 2: the most sacks.

804
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:15,399
Speaker 3: And fourth most sacks, but he was a pressures fails.

805
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 2: Yes, yep, and his pressure rate was really high.

806
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: That's it.

807
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:19,640
Speaker 2: And you again, that's another guy. You turn on the

808
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:21,239
Speaker 2: tape and you're like, yep, that's the defensive road.

809
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 3: He's hurt right now?

810
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 2: Interesting Will Anderson Junior? Well, so couple, I mean just

811
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:28,799
Speaker 2: used to have some injury things.

812
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,240
Speaker 3: They might have a problem Houston.

813
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:31,319
Speaker 2: Get it?

814
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 1: Uh, that's good one.

815
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:36,399
Speaker 2: The two guys to keep an eye on this week

816
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,840
Speaker 2: for the Colts would be Matt Gay, who's dealing with

817
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:42,400
Speaker 2: a groin injury, per Shanesteichen, the Colts science spencer Strader

818
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 2: to their practice squad, and then Josh Downs. What's what

819
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:46,759
Speaker 2: is he going to look like when we get that

820
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 2: first injury report on Wednesday.

821
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,360
Speaker 3: I would love for Josh to play. And I was

822
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:54,440
Speaker 3: thinking about this this morning. I could see a situation

823
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,400
Speaker 3: much like the New England game last year in which

824
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 3: he goes, I can give you ten to fifteen.

825
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:01,800
Speaker 2: You know, he gives you what he gave you against

826
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:03,080
Speaker 2: New England. Does that diving catch?

827
00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:03,359
Speaker 1: Great?

828
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 2: Sign me up.

829
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,239
Speaker 3: That's my thing is that we saw that last year

830
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,759
Speaker 3: in his ability to do that, and obviously you want

831
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,880
Speaker 3: to protect his long term health throughout the season. That

832
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 3: durability that's there, but the toughness that is in a

833
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 3: Josh Downs I can totally see this being something where

834
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 3: if he's just working his way back in a little bit,

835
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:24,040
Speaker 3: maybe he's limited. In practice, there is a situation in

836
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 3: which there is a specific Josh Downs package at your disposal.

837
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:31,239
Speaker 2: And by the way, the Colts wide receiver depth is

838
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,759
Speaker 2: way better, yeah, right now than it was when the

839
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,120
Speaker 2: Colts got on that plane to Germany with oh God,

840
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,320
Speaker 2: who knows how many plays Josh down.

841
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:40,480
Speaker 1: Night one day. Okay, we're wrapping up here, guys. I

842
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,719
Speaker 1: want to bring up something we have not talked about.

843
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,239
Speaker 1: We're out looking sort of for this twenty twenty four

844
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 1: season as a whole, right there, But I want to

845
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:51,880
Speaker 1: ask you both before we say goodbye, the importance of

846
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 1: the maturation of Shane Steichen and the reason I'm saying

847
00:37:56,600 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 1: this is I do feel Lara watching the great go

848
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 1: through here, like the Jim Caldwells and of course the

849
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:06,320
Speaker 1: Tony Dunge's and stuff, when men get behind their leader

850
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:09,120
Speaker 1: and they are all dialed in on the same page

851
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:11,239
Speaker 1: and says, come out here and do this, trust me,

852
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 1: you'll have success. And I think we're getting that with Shane.

853
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,279
Speaker 1: And to see the maturation of his experience as that

854
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 1: head coach, whether it's throwing the challenge flag or whether

855
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,359
Speaker 1: it's the way he's calling an offense. I can't wait

856
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,719
Speaker 1: for this because that year one to year two jump

857
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,360
Speaker 1: in anything in professional sports is a big one.

858
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,839
Speaker 3: And he's just so direct, like the expectations are very

859
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:35,359
Speaker 3: clear with you know, how he operates, what the expectations are,

860
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 3: what he feels this team is comp capable of the

861
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,799
Speaker 3: position he's going to put them in, you know, to

862
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,120
Speaker 3: be in a position to win week in and week out.

863
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 3: I think all of that has been reinforced. And I

864
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:51,239
Speaker 3: asked Pitt about this a while back and I was like,

865
00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:52,520
Speaker 3: you know, what's the difference, and he's like, you know,

866
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,319
Speaker 3: Shane hasn't changed. And Shane's so even you guys, right,

867
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,680
Speaker 3: like so steady, like through everything he went through as

868
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,319
Speaker 3: a rookie head coach, everything kind of was throwing and

869
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 3: came his way, but like he was the same person

870
00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 3: every single day, Like it was like, all right, this

871
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:07,360
Speaker 3: is what do I have to work with. This is

872
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 3: how we're gonna make it work. This is what we're

873
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 3: gonna do this week. So I think guys really respect

874
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:15,440
Speaker 3: that about Shane. But it goes back to that whole

875
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:19,040
Speaker 3: chemistry thing, like the just and this is something that

876
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,839
Speaker 3: pitts that he knows all of us even better, Like,

877
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:25,240
Speaker 3: you know, he knew us then, but now he really

878
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 3: knows us. And you've had all of this time to

879
00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:31,280
Speaker 3: just spend around each other, and like that is something

880
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,839
Speaker 3: that really great teams have.

881
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 2: I mean, you think about last year where you're putting

882
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:40,600
Speaker 2: a staff together, You're you know, ironing out your pillars

883
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:44,640
Speaker 2: and your your expectations for the team. You're setting a

884
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:47,920
Speaker 2: tone from the top. There's a lot of stuff. I mean,

885
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,759
Speaker 2: like like he probably didn't sleep at all last year, right,

886
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 2: he's sleeping on the you know, his couch in his office.

887
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:56,719
Speaker 2: And now everyone who's back, which by the way, is

888
00:39:56,800 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 2: most of the team. As we talked about understands exis

889
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,520
Speaker 2: exactly what he's all about. And you buy into it

890
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 2: last year because he's your coach, he's your leader. You

891
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:08,800
Speaker 2: buy into him. Now you buy into it not just

892
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 2: because he's your coach and your leader, but because you

893
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 2: believe that he is putting you in the best positions

894
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:18,240
Speaker 2: to succeed. And I love talking to defensive guys about

895
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:21,399
Speaker 2: Shane because he's you know, he's the offensive guru. He's

896
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,719
Speaker 2: the guy who's calling the plays. But I asked EJ.

897
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:27,319
Speaker 2: Speed about Stichen, like, hey, you know what, what does

898
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:31,439
Speaker 2: he do that empowers you as players? And he told me, quote,

899
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,080
Speaker 2: he's very confident in what he asks of us. He's

900
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:36,279
Speaker 2: very confident in the players that he's got. And I

901
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:38,239
Speaker 2: think ninety percent of the game is going on the

902
00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:41,279
Speaker 2: field to have confidence. So if you've got a confident coach,

903
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,440
Speaker 2: someone you know is confidence in you, it means a lot.

904
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:47,080
Speaker 2: And like for players that that's everything. If your coach

905
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:50,480
Speaker 2: is direct and demanding but confident that you can do it,

906
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:56,000
Speaker 2: that matters so much for this team. And everyone knows

907
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:59,279
Speaker 2: exactly the expectations. Some Ryan Kelly brought up to me

908
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,960
Speaker 2: is that there's no you know what it is, but

909
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:07,000
Speaker 2: also that everyone, all these coaches from Shane on down,

910
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 2: believe you can do it, and that is so empowering

911
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,880
Speaker 2: for these guys to go out there, like you always

912
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,759
Speaker 2: wonder sometimes like why do teams that have all this

913
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,840
Speaker 2: talent perceived talent fall short? And why do teams that

914
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 2: maybe don't have as much perceived talent succeed?

915
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:23,240
Speaker 1: Leadership?

916
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:26,360
Speaker 2: Leadership that's where it starts, and the Colts have a really,

917
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:27,600
Speaker 2: really damn good leader.

918
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 1: Well said both of you. Well said, let me get

919
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,399
Speaker 1: this read out of the way here really quick, because

920
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 1: we are going to talk some local football in a minute.

921
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 1: I know you're fired up about that. Coming up on

922
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:38,560
Speaker 1: the Colts Audio Network this week, We've got Inside Football

923
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,360
Speaker 1: with Rick Venturi on Wednesday. Another episode of the Official

924
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 1: Colts Podcast, like we said, is Thursday, previewing that Texans game,

925
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:48,280
Speaker 1: Matt Taylor, Bill Brooks, Casey Vale, Two Minute Drill on Friday,

926
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:50,360
Speaker 1: and All the last Minute you need news that you

927
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,359
Speaker 1: need is on Colts dot Com. You hear from these

928
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:56,040
Speaker 1: two at Larra Overton, at JJ Stankoviitz on Twitter x

929
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:59,239
Speaker 1: and after Sunday's game, Jj and Bill Brooks will break

930
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:02,279
Speaker 1: down a week one on Instant Reaction Rate review and

931
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:06,120
Speaker 1: subscribe to us here on the Colts Audio Network. Before

932
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: we say goodbye, congratulations to you and your hoogiers and

933
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:13,160
Speaker 1: your man Kurt Signetti getting a one er start for for.

934
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 3: Illiam, my guy Jeff Brahm in the University of Louisville

935
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:18,759
Speaker 3: as well off to one to know start shut out

936
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,359
Speaker 3: or Austin P. Excuse me, Austin P. And in week

937
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,160
Speaker 3: one they got a big one against Jacksonville State.

938
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:24,680
Speaker 2: So go cards, go cars.

939
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, okay, I know we love you and Matt Taylor.

940
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 2: I mean, Lara's all on the zoom badwagon now I

941
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 2: am yeah. You know, got JC Carlies showing up down

942
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:36,840
Speaker 2: there at coult Hoodie and uh we got the student

943
00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:39,879
Speaker 2: section blasting mister Bright's side, Like what else could you watch?

944
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,319
Speaker 3: I don't know, Like I yes, now I'm I have

945
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:44,279
Speaker 3: to go. I now I have to find a trip

946
00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:45,280
Speaker 3: to Columbia, Missouri.

947
00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:48,360
Speaker 1: Where does that start? Because Michigan football does that at

948
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,600
Speaker 1: the Big House, like everyone does it? Well, who's like

949
00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:51,879
Speaker 1: the first like to play?

950
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 2: It wasn't the Zoo.

951
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 1: It wasn't Miszoo play bright Side.

952
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:56,359
Speaker 2: They do well though Zoo was the first Homecoming though,

953
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:58,720
Speaker 2: that's what we got. They do it, well, we invented homecoming.

954
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:03,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's for another show. What Maszoo did? Yeah? Nah?

955
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 1: And by the way, Chase Daniel friend of the show,

956
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:06,160
Speaker 1: will he be ba.

957
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:07,839
Speaker 2: Front of the pod? Yeah, well we'll try to get

958
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:08,319
Speaker 2: him back on.

959
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 3: He was great, great, Aga, Can I sing mister Bright's

960
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:13,360
Speaker 3: Side Adam a Zoo game with Chase Daniel?

961
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:17,319
Speaker 2: Okay, that's how we get you on the bandwagon. All right,

962
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 2: Well I'll start a group text Chase, do.

963
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,200
Speaker 1: You want to try? It? Started the fourth over here

964
00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:23,319
Speaker 1: on Sunday, Lucas Oil. Let's go down on the field now,

965
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:24,520
Speaker 1: Larra Overton singing.

966
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:26,960
Speaker 3: Shout out to Willie made Us who always plays mister

967
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:29,480
Speaker 3: bright Side pregame for me actually at the stadium, that's

968
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,759
Speaker 3: my that's my walkout song there, like.

969
00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:33,480
Speaker 2: Whenever I'm at the gym, by the way, and I'll

970
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:37,239
Speaker 2: hear like songs playing and I'm just like, that's the

971
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,680
Speaker 2: song that we played before kickoffs or oh, that's the

972
00:43:39,719 --> 00:43:41,319
Speaker 2: song that we play at this break like I have

973
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:43,360
Speaker 2: it all down in my head.

974
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Speaker 1: That's great, that's great. Hey, it's coming up one o'clock

975
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:49,000
Speaker 1: kickoff against the Texans is on Sunday. You'll hear JJ

976
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:53,719
Speaker 1: over the loud booming Voice of God microphone and speakers

977
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 1: that is there a great job keeping up Ello. You're

978
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:57,959
Speaker 1: gonna be on the sidelines doing your game. We're gonna

979
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:00,279
Speaker 1: see a lot of you before the game leading up

980
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:02,800
Speaker 1: to Sunday and obviously after the game as well. Colts

981
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:05,239
Speaker 1: dot Com has the latest information. I want to thank

982
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 1: you Connor for doing this. Folks, we're gonna wrap this

983
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:09,920
Speaker 1: up start this season out. Want to know it's important

984
00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,920
Speaker 1: get that home victory. And of course the AFC South,

985
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:16,440
Speaker 1: you know, is so huge getting that first one underneath

986
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:18,160
Speaker 1: your belt because they kind of count as two in

987
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:21,760
Speaker 1: my opinion, always have. But anyway to the Houston Texans players,

988
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:23,440
Speaker 1: if you're coming here and do have some time to

989
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 1: look around the city, there's a canal downtown that we

990
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:29,920
Speaker 1: have and you can rent some bikes, and god, we

991
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:32,800
Speaker 1: have Newfield Gardens, which is part of the Indianapolis Museum

992
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 1: of Arts. It's so fun. There's a walking tour down

993
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 1: in the midsection Meridian that you can do look at

994
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 1: some old houses. There's so many fun things to do here.

995
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:43,279
Speaker 1: Why don't you come in the day early and maybe

996
00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:46,000
Speaker 1: we'll see over at Top Golf or something for Lara

997
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:49,800
Speaker 1: Overton at JJ whatever. I'm just saying, there's a whole

998
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:51,879
Speaker 1: hell of a lot of fun things to do here

999
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:54,920
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis Houston and we can't wait to see you

1000
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,719
Speaker 1: down here in about four days. Maybe come a day

1001
00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:00,760
Speaker 1: early and we'll personally give you a tour around the city.

1002
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:02,759
Speaker 1: And by the way, we'll be talking to you after

1003
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Speaker 1: kickoff on Sunday as well. I'm Jeffrey Gorman, JJ's think

1004
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:09,400
Speaker 1: of it's Learra Overton the Official Coats Podcast again. On Thursday.

1005
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:11,239
Speaker 1: You're going to see the preview and we will talk

1006
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:12,439
Speaker 1: to you next week