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Speaker 1: Football is about the jimmies and joes and exes and

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Speaker 1: oh's check New York plenty, ain't banker, Bruce. It's time

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Speaker 1: to get out the chopboard and diagram some plays. Here's

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Speaker 1: what all starts right here. That's why jam money, Chris.

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Speaker 1: This is Inside Football with former Colts and NFL coach

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturi. Hi, everybody, welcome to another installment of Inside Football.

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Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor. We're breaking it all down today. We'll

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Speaker 1: talk about the big picture and the exes and os

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Speaker 1: with Rick Venturi, who's got four years, four decades, i

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Speaker 1: should say, of coaching background in major college football in

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Speaker 1: the National Football League and the Colts coming into this

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Speaker 1: game with the New York Giants. They continue to reel.

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Speaker 1: They're now four ten and one, losers of five in

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Speaker 1: a row, eight of their last nine, and with two

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Speaker 1: games remaining in the season. The culture playing for pride

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Speaker 1: in job security coming up in two twenty three, Rick,

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Speaker 1: how goes it today? Heading into a new year? Here? Oh,

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Speaker 1: you know, one, I actually feel very very good, you know,

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Speaker 1: as the recovery gets just gets better every day. Actually,

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Speaker 1: I really feel like myself today. We're trying to get

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Speaker 1: my daughter out this afternoon. But you know, unfortunately Southwest

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Speaker 1: Airlines is four ten and one as well. Yeah, Southwest

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Speaker 1: is going to miss the playoffs too, I think. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: after a great couple of years, they're struggling this weekend.

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Speaker 1: So we have to see how that goes. But I'm

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Speaker 1: I'm really uh, you know, I feel really good. Look

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Speaker 1: forward to this trip here to New York. Yeah, Southwest

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Speaker 1: looking for a new coach in the off season, that's

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Speaker 1: for sure. In all seriousness, the Cults continue, as we

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Speaker 1: all know, to suffer bad losses here late in the season.

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Speaker 1: They fell to the Chargers twenty to three and really

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Speaker 1: didn't feel that close. I mean, it was more lopsided

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Speaker 1: score an offensive touchdown in the game, and in fact, Rick,

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Speaker 1: I mean, if you go back and look at it

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Speaker 1: another sobring reality is the only time the Colts got

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Speaker 1: in the red zone was thanks to a defensive takeaway

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Speaker 1: at the Los Angeles twenty yard line. So what kind

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Speaker 1: of fallout do you have from LA before we talk

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Speaker 1: about the Giants. Yeah, and you know, the amazing thing

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Speaker 1: about the National Football League just just a lesson here

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Speaker 1: in balance because you chronicle that exactly right. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you know, that game what really wasn't hit close, but

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Speaker 1: that offensive woe. I mean, with you know, a whole

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Speaker 1: you score there, you're you know, it's a whole different

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Speaker 1: and you know, they go eighty eight yards and then

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Speaker 1: it's over. I mean, you know, then the sword is broken.

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Speaker 1: But I mean, with all those things you're talking about,

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Speaker 1: it's fourth and it wasn't even fourth and one. It

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Speaker 1: was fourth and inches. But they're in any question about it.

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Speaker 1: This has been a real tough I mean, it's been

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Speaker 1: tough on everybody. I think it's one of the low

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Speaker 1: in the old days, there were no expectations in two

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Speaker 1: being said to me, again, there's three areas of the game, okay,

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Speaker 1: haunt the whole team, not just the offense. But there

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Speaker 1: are three areas to me that are the most important areas.

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Speaker 1: If you if you peel the onion, if you go

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Speaker 1: First of all, red zone offense and red zone defense.

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Speaker 1: Now you know, it isn't surprising to anyone. You know,

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Speaker 1: And this is partially why the New York Giants survive.

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Speaker 1: And you know, when you when you look at Eberfloss's defense,

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Speaker 1: tell me, Rick, every time you get a takeaway, you

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Speaker 1: I would have liked to see him because I do

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Speaker 1: He would bring another element, the NCAA element, as well

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Speaker 1: as the ability to roll out and do things like that.

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Speaker 1: end of seventeen games from a franchise standpoint, I would

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Speaker 1: really like to know exactly what I have of that guy.

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Speaker 1: I'm not quite sure yet, and I'm not for one

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Speaker 1: second trying to say that he's Jalen Earth or Patrick

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Speaker 1: not even your number one guy. I'm not in any

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Speaker 1: not gonna get big plays. Slayton is the one guy

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Speaker 1: that runs a four three eight. You know, he's a

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Speaker 1: guy that can get down the field. So if it's

425
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Speaker 1: something vertical Matt, it's going to go to him. Hodgens

426
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,800
Speaker 1: is the big kind of slant guy. He's a lot

427
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,720
Speaker 1: like putting in. He's a possession you know, they try

428
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,520
Speaker 1: to pry open the slants on third and four to him.

429
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Speaker 1: And the guy that really to me probably is the

430
00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:23,719
Speaker 1: best at his position relatively. Is Richie James. I mean

431
00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:27,080
Speaker 1: James again, he's a Google player for most people, but

432
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,520
Speaker 1: he and he's a journeyman. He's been to twenty six

433
00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,520
Speaker 1: schools and twenty seven pro teams. But he is a

434
00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 1: guy that can play that slot and he is there.

435
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,720
Speaker 1: He owns third down, just like we talked about Keenan

436
00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:42,440
Speaker 1: Allen going in last week. Richie James owns third down

437
00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,600
Speaker 1: and he is really he's a classic slot. He can

438
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,679
Speaker 1: run the pivots, the options, and then they'll get him

439
00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:50,920
Speaker 1: in a stack and run a swing what we call

440
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,440
Speaker 1: a switch route down field. I do like Bellinger at

441
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Speaker 1: tight end. I think one of the best things they

442
00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,359
Speaker 1: do is when they put their three wide receivers to

443
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,840
Speaker 1: the field and then they put Bellinger split week as

444
00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,880
Speaker 1: the tight end with Barkley on his side, and run

445
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:11,000
Speaker 1: two man patterns that might be their best personnel matchup

446
00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,040
Speaker 1: back on the back side of that speed trip, because

447
00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:18,520
Speaker 1: particularly most people will they'll over they'll over balance to

448
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:22,560
Speaker 1: that those wide receivers, and Bellinger is pretty pretty good

449
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:26,399
Speaker 1: in terms of those interior hooks, pocos, things like that.

450
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,879
Speaker 1: And then then you have Barkley on the back side

451
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:33,560
Speaker 1: by himself. If you overpivot now their offensive line, there's

452
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:37,680
Speaker 1: a pretty good run blocking team. They really really struggle

453
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:39,720
Speaker 1: on the past. This is a team a lot of

454
00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:43,119
Speaker 1: their statistics when you break them down, their statistics that

455
00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:46,400
Speaker 1: are gained when they're in the advantage. The bad statistics

456
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:50,399
Speaker 1: are stats are this passing game and the sacks given up,

457
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,800
Speaker 1: those are that That's what gets them beat. That's how

458
00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,440
Speaker 1: they lose six is the passing game and the protection

459
00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,880
Speaker 1: and so getting ahead of these guys. And right now, Neil,

460
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,199
Speaker 1: who is you know, a high draft pick. On the

461
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,520
Speaker 1: right tackle, he has been horrendous. He hasn't been able

462
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,040
Speaker 1: to block any athleticism at all on the right side.

463
00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:13,160
Speaker 1: And then over there on the left side between Thomas

464
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:18,439
Speaker 1: and Bridson, they have tremendous trouble with any text game exits.

465
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Speaker 1: Plus in my opinion, I'll get into this in the must.

466
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,480
Speaker 1: I think you can bring a lot of heat from

467
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Speaker 1: that standpoint. So again, really good an advantage, big time

468
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Speaker 1: running game. Struggle on the pass. So let's talk about

469
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Speaker 1: the must. Number one without question. I mean you can

470
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Speaker 1: be Ray Charles to see this. Okay, You've got to

471
00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:43,360
Speaker 1: control Barkley. Okay, he can run it, he can catch it,

472
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:45,960
Speaker 1: and he can he can hit a home run. Again,

473
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,600
Speaker 1: this is JT's clone, no question my mind. So you

474
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:53,800
Speaker 1: have to protect in that front. Seven has got to

475
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:57,000
Speaker 1: win those battles on those inside zones. And then we've

476
00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,920
Speaker 1: got to play with great discipline on the edge because

477
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,720
Speaker 1: he can bounce it. The other thing you have to

478
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,879
Speaker 1: be careful with on Barkley if it's third and five.

479
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,240
Speaker 1: If it's third and five and you get into a

480
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:13,560
Speaker 1: pass rush, look or a blitz, look, that over balances you.

481
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,760
Speaker 1: Dabo is very, very sharp, and they were that way

482
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,320
Speaker 1: at Buffalo. They will audible to a run and that's

483
00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:21,920
Speaker 1: what happened last week when they got the big run.

484
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,720
Speaker 1: They audible to a run against the many a Minnesota

485
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,880
Speaker 1: blitz and it was a touchdown because he's out the gate.

486
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,160
Speaker 1: So it all, you know, it all starts with Barkley.

487
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,600
Speaker 1: Without Barkley having a big day, they can't go. And

488
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,160
Speaker 1: then I think number two is you got to control

489
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:42,480
Speaker 1: their possession receivers. It is a possession attack. They will

490
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:47,359
Speaker 1: throw more slants, just slant after slant, double slants to

491
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,200
Speaker 1: one side and what I call dragon to the other.

492
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,320
Speaker 1: That means the number two receiver in a flat and

493
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Speaker 1: the outside receiver in a slant. I mean they just,

494
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Speaker 1: you know, because they don't have great speed, they don't

495
00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,800
Speaker 1: have great talent, and they don't have long term protection.

496
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,560
Speaker 1: So there's three step, five step, get that ball out,

497
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 1: you know, try to get it into Hodgens, who's big.

498
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 1: Same way with Slayton. And then on third down again,

499
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,880
Speaker 1: who we gonna go to. I mean, they're gonna get

500
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 1: that ball to Richie James. So if you're gonna have

501
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,160
Speaker 1: a specialized coverage, save it for third down and save

502
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,919
Speaker 1: it for James. Now, I would say in general, you

503
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,600
Speaker 1: want to tell your corners, you want to tell your linebackers.

504
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:29,680
Speaker 1: You want to really defend this team from inside out.

505
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 1: They're gonna try to pry it open. They don't do

506
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,560
Speaker 1: much to the outside of the field or deep Slaton occasionally.

507
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,480
Speaker 1: So what you have to do is, you know, wall

508
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 1: off those slants, wall off that inside passing game, because

509
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:46,480
Speaker 1: that's how they survive. Number three, you got to defend

510
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:50,040
Speaker 1: Jones again. Jones is you know, when I finished the

511
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,960
Speaker 1: Giants film, I knew how good Barkley was. I really

512
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,440
Speaker 1: came away in pressless Jones, and I know that'll surprise

513
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:57,760
Speaker 1: a lot of people. I wasn't a big fan of

514
00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 1: his coming out, but I think they're gonna end up

515
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 1: and been right on that. And you got to defend

516
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:06,520
Speaker 1: him in different areas. You got to defend him with

517
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,680
Speaker 1: the NCAA offense. I mean, he'll run the zone read

518
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,840
Speaker 1: and run it if it's second and long, you know,

519
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 1: he could he'll run a quarterback draw, he'll run a

520
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:21,120
Speaker 1: quarterback sweep at times. And basically where you really got

521
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:22,639
Speaker 1: to be careful and this, you know, this is a

522
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 1: little bit like a poor man's Jalen Hurts in terms

523
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,840
Speaker 1: of their design is when they get into red zone.

524
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Speaker 1: That's where they love to run him. That's where they

525
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,240
Speaker 1: love the quarterback draw, the zone read, you know, the

526
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,240
Speaker 1: rollout to run or pass, you know, and then he's

527
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 1: a very deceptive mover and he'll scramble. He can move

528
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:45,040
Speaker 1: the chains. You know that six hundred and seventeen yards

529
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 1: wrestling is for real. So you know, keep him contained,

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00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:53,560
Speaker 1: keep him very much condensed in the pocket. Absolutely kill

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Speaker 1: their offensive line. And that's my fourth must is you

532
00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,280
Speaker 1: got to get in advantage. This team does not play

533
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,840
Speaker 1: well in a disadvantage on offense, get in the advantage

534
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 1: and kill this offensive line again. Neil is the complete

535
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 1: liability on the right side. And what did I say

536
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 1: about the left side. They can't handle X games. Texas

537
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 1: exits and to me, Matt, I would you know as

538
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 1: soon as I stop Barkley on first down, if I

539
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,720
Speaker 1: get second and long, I'm coming after him. I'm coming

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00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,760
Speaker 1: after him on third down because I tell you what,

541
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,040
Speaker 1: you don't fear this receiver corps. There's not any league

542
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 1: guy there. You chronicle that in. Their offensive line does

543
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,640
Speaker 1: not protect well. And sometimes if you blitz five if

544
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 1: nothing else, you get one on one everywhere, then they

545
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,400
Speaker 1: can't handle that. So I think it's really important to

546
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,120
Speaker 1: know where to rush and then not be afraid to

547
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,240
Speaker 1: blitz in it. Of course, it all starts. It all

548
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,200
Speaker 1: goes back to making sure that Barkley doesn't beat you

549
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:54,960
Speaker 1: on first down. That's Rick Venturi. This is inside Football

550
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,800
Speaker 1: or breaking down the Colts and the Giants week number

551
00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,959
Speaker 1: seventeen and the blueprints. And we moved down to the

552
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,680
Speaker 1: Giants now on defense, and they're gotta buy Don Wink Martindale.

553
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 1: You know him very well. The former Ravens defensive coordinator

554
00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 1: his defense rick players are essentially without fixed positions. They

555
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:16,520
Speaker 1: create a lot of opportunities. They're like chess pieces. They

556
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:20,160
Speaker 1: move all around the field freely, different spots. You know,

557
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,760
Speaker 1: it's very aggressive, it's kind of complex. It's tough to interpret.

558
00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,520
Speaker 1: The Giants are twentieth in points allowed twenty two a game,

559
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:31,240
Speaker 1: but they're really good in situational football, third down and

560
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 1: inside the red zone. They've got Pro Bowl defensive lineman

561
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 1: Dexter Lawrence. He's got a team high six and a

562
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 1: half sacks. He's got twenty five quarterback hits, sixty three tackles.

563
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,440
Speaker 1: All of those numbers career highs for him. And they're

564
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:47,040
Speaker 1: relying heavily on Cavon Thibadeau, their rookie first round pick

565
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:51,000
Speaker 1: out of Oregon. He's playing outside linebacker for them. They

566
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 1: also use rookie Micah McFadden out of Indiana. He's their

567
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 1: middle linebacker. And I think they're counting on a Door

568
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 1: Jackson back in this game against the co He suffered

569
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:04,040
Speaker 1: a spraying knee in late November hasn't played since then.

570
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: He's missing the last five games, but I think he's

571
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 1: trending towards being back in this game, um for the

572
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:13,280
Speaker 1: Colts in a clinching situation for them on Sunday. So

573
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:15,600
Speaker 1: when you look at the Giants, as I said, it's

574
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 1: really all about scheme, It's all about mindset. And when

575
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,400
Speaker 1: you play the Giants under Martindale Rick, you better have

576
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 1: a plan. You better be aggressive or else he's gonna

577
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:27,840
Speaker 1: make you pay. There's no doubt about it. I talked

578
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,240
Speaker 1: to my buddy Gruden a lot about this this week

579
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 1: because I studied the film and I was captivated by

580
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 1: a first, confused by it, but then the more you

581
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 1: watch it, you know the reality and the and the

582
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 1: plan does unfold to you. But man, when you first

583
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 1: watch it, they are coming from everywhere and there. They

584
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 1: are unconventional. They do things most teams don't do. Aggressive

585
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,440
Speaker 1: to say the least. Um, I guess the best thing

586
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,200
Speaker 1: I can say is they are they are. They are

587
00:31:56,440 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 1: high volume and heavy heat, high volume and heavy heat,

588
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 1: and uh yeah, I mean this as a warning, but

589
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 1: I mean it. If you're not prepared strategically and toughness wise,

590
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 1: you'll be embarrassed here. You know, they and they're limited

591
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 1: on personality. I mean, this is not a talented team.

592
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:18,080
Speaker 1: We've played a lot more talented teams on defense, but

593
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 1: they are never gonna sit and hope and they're gonna

594
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:22,320
Speaker 1: they're gonna take it to you. And you said it.

595
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:27,040
Speaker 1: They've got those two young edge rushers m Ojillari actually

596
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 1: on one side in Thibodau. He actually Ojulari has five

597
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 1: and a half in Thibodeau three and a half. But

598
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 1: they're twenty two year old kids that are draft picked

599
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:38,480
Speaker 1: on the edge that they really you know, and they'll

600
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: bring them day. But you know, play in play out

601
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 1: again you talked about the big boy Lawrence in the middle.

602
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 1: Like I said, he's wide as a greyhound bus and

603
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 1: you know active when he has to be. So those

604
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 1: those guys are good, you know, in that sense. They

605
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 1: can come and get it. And in some ways though,

606
00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,360
Speaker 1: I think the whole is greater than the parts. Gotta

607
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 1: understand the scheme. You're gonna get a little bit of everything.

608
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 1: You're gonna get the double sinks in their thirty four base.

609
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 1: You'll get some sinks. You're right about McFadden. He's an

610
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 1: inside linebacker, but then he'll be an edge guy. Sometimes

611
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 1: they do lose their identity. You're exactly right, you know,

612
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 1: And it's uh, you know, they'll be all over the place.

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00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 1: They play a lot of man to man with all

614
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:27,400
Speaker 1: that blitzing and three deep fire zones a lot because

615
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:30,360
Speaker 1: you know, when you're bringing people, you'll do that. When

616
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,920
Speaker 1: they do go to coverage, it's a it's a one

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00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:36,480
Speaker 1: free or five man, uh you know, rush with one

618
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,640
Speaker 1: jill uh some eight which is quarter quarter a half,

619
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:42,560
Speaker 1: and then they'll play some four you know, an occasionally

620
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 1: some two men if they get at well ahead and account.

621
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Speaker 1: But a lot of ratios nickel dime quarters. I mean,

622
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 1: you got you gotta have the full flip card when

623
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: you're doing this game, because they are you know, they'll

624
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 1: use a lot of different guys. It's it's a little

625
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 1: bit old school like the Patriots, but much more blitzing

626
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 1: per play and a couple of things that he does

627
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 1: more than anybody you will see in the league today,

628
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,719
Speaker 1: and that is zero blitz. Okay, most people will zero

629
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:16,120
Speaker 1: blitz twice a game and only when they're in the

630
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 1: red zone. This guy will blitz you from the time

631
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Speaker 1: we get off that bus and do it till the

632
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,319
Speaker 1: time we get back on it. I mean that's just

633
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,600
Speaker 1: the way they are. I mean they and he will

634
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:28,799
Speaker 1: bring all six guys and play straight up man to man.

635
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: And so you gotta understand that history because you don't

636
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,720
Speaker 1: see much of that. But you know, I think what's

637
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,600
Speaker 1: really important is that we go in there the aggressor

638
00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,000
Speaker 1: and I'll talk to this in the must and make

639
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,719
Speaker 1: them pay. Don't go in there hoping that you're going

640
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,240
Speaker 1: to hang on and do this and that you've got

641
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:48,040
Speaker 1: to get after them. And so here's what I think

642
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,239
Speaker 1: the critical issues are on the MUST. I think number one,

643
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,080
Speaker 1: I think you've got to come out with fast tempo.

644
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,439
Speaker 1: I'm not always big on this because if you don't

645
00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 1: have a really good offering sometimes and you play fast,

646
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,360
Speaker 1: sometimes all you do is give up the ball faster, Okay,

647
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:08,319
Speaker 1: but I think in this case, fast tempo is really important.

648
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:11,560
Speaker 1: Anything you can do to get them on their heels

649
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 1: and to set them back a little bit, attack them

650
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:19,360
Speaker 1: before they attack you. And sometimes when you're going fast

651
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,680
Speaker 1: and you're going no huddle and you're getting out to them,

652
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 1: they will actually splinder down the volume. Okay. Along with that,

653
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 1: if you want to take some of their blitzes away,

654
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:33,040
Speaker 1: if you if you took a percentage of what personnel

655
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:36,360
Speaker 1: groupings they blitz against if you're in twenty two or

656
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,840
Speaker 1: twenty one, which we don't use, but we use twelve

657
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 1: and thirteen, two tight ends, three tight ends. If you

658
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 1: look at that personnel grouping, it's that you can cut

659
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:51,319
Speaker 1: their blitzes almost three quarters. Okay, if you're in three

660
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 1: wide receivers, you may get one hundred percent blitz. If

661
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,080
Speaker 1: you're in two tight ends, you'll probably get twenty five

662
00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 1: percent blitz. So I think sometimes against a win, rather

663
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 1: than being multiple receivers, it's better to be in those

664
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 1: heavier formations because I think it reduces him. So again,

665
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,440
Speaker 1: this isn't the overall answer, but I'm just saying quick

666
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:17,360
Speaker 1: tempo and your heavier formations, and what that does is

667
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:21,080
Speaker 1: at actually reduces some of the blitzing. All right, Number two,

668
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,360
Speaker 1: we've got to be able to run the football, and

669
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 1: we got to be able to run it off tackle

670
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 1: against him. They got those big wide bodies starting with

671
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 1: Lawrence inside. I mean, it does it looks like someone

672
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 1: they're getting at sink. It looks like three greyhound busses

673
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,520
Speaker 1: and then two greyhounds on the outside. Well, you want

674
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 1: to run at the greyhounds, Okay, because it's gonna be

675
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:43,080
Speaker 1: hard to move those big guys and you gotta run.

676
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 1: And I think misdirection hurts him because guys like McFadden,

677
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 1: those linebackers really do as Smith and McFadden, they really

678
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 1: go to the ball. So I think any kind of

679
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,279
Speaker 1: misdirection and when you run to the outside, don't don't

680
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: pitch it. Bounce it started in, bounce it out. And

681
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,160
Speaker 1: I think Ellinger, even if if he's not gonna play,

682
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 1: you're not gonna be the starter, obviously, I think he'd

683
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,880
Speaker 1: be a good changeup. You know, I watch Houston today.

684
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 1: Houston uses double quarterback system the whole game. I mean

685
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:14,080
Speaker 1: it's fifty fifty. They got two quarterbacks, So don't tell

686
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 1: me it can't be done. And I'd like to see

687
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,200
Speaker 1: Ellener in there because I think what he could do

688
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:22,879
Speaker 1: as a changeup shortyard is different things. Is he could

689
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 1: freeze their defense a little bit and get on that edge.

690
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,719
Speaker 1: But you're gonna have to get on the edge. Now,

691
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,200
Speaker 1: number three, you got to block what I call the

692
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 1: cats and dogs. What do I mean by cats and dogs, Well,

693
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 1: cats are when you get an outside press or it's

694
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,799
Speaker 1: just what we call cats. Over the years, that's like

695
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 1: bringing the nickel off the edge or the safety or

696
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 1: the weak side corner or sometime Wink has brought both corners.

697
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 1: So you whenever you're gonna run the edge, you've got

698
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 1: to have somebody that is accounting for somebody coming off

699
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 1: the edge. You don't run into an open side think

700
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 1: you're gonna get it, because somebody's gonna show up. And

701
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,759
Speaker 1: then dogs they come more on second down, and that

702
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:08,200
Speaker 1: that's bringing Smith and McFadden up inside, you know, and

703
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:10,879
Speaker 1: basically what he does on early downs with these these

704
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 1: are nuisance dogs. They're not they're not pass blitz as.

705
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:17,120
Speaker 1: They're there to disrupt your run and to disrupt your

706
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:20,359
Speaker 1: play actions. So be very alert for those caps because

707
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,759
Speaker 1: all he's trying to do is hit you and get

708
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 1: you back into disadvantage. Okay. Number four, this is when

709
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,320
Speaker 1: we get in a meet in Podatas. He got to

710
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 1: protect the edges. Thibodeaux and you know Ojulari are arriving.

711
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,320
Speaker 1: I mean they're coming, and so you know, be alert

712
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 1: for those guys off the edge. Be alert to help

713
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 1: our tackles, our tackles struggle against good people. We know

714
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:48,719
Speaker 1: that a nauseum okay, and they're gonna blitz you to death,

715
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:52,880
Speaker 1: so as important as anything, and we have just struggled.

716
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 1: I mean, every time somebody blitzes against us, when I'm

717
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:58,799
Speaker 1: watching that game from upstairs, my first thought is here

718
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:01,319
Speaker 1: comes the sack. Myself thought is I hope it's not

719
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:03,959
Speaker 1: going to be a fumble because we do not pick

720
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 1: it up. And this is a dangerous game, you know.

721
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 1: And that's why getting ahead and account and being on

722
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,239
Speaker 1: top of them and not letting them get into that

723
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:18,359
Speaker 1: third and ten because they are gonna come in. Our blitz, coordination, receivers, breakouts,

724
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:23,760
Speaker 1: you know, every identification, quarterback, get rid of it. Everything

725
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 1: has to be there. And then this is number five.

726
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 1: This is a little bit of a critical This is

727
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 1: a bonus must, okay, And I've seen people do this.

728
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 1: We've done it to him. One thing at times. What

729
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:37,879
Speaker 1: you'd like to do is you'd like to play off

730
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,360
Speaker 1: his strength to get big plays for your offense because

731
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:45,400
Speaker 1: if you get into an empty set, he's old school.

732
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 1: We used to do this. I don't see this very

733
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:50,360
Speaker 1: much anymore. Belichick does it, but the old school guys

734
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,719
Speaker 1: do it. But if you get into a spread, he

735
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 1: has a code system, okay, of which and he'll change

736
00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:00,120
Speaker 1: the code during the game like we used to He

737
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 1: does a lot what we used to call code red,

738
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,800
Speaker 1: and that means if you get into a spread, whatever

739
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:07,759
Speaker 1: defense was called, you go you check that. We used

740
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,680
Speaker 1: to call it sleep, check sleep, and that checks to

741
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:14,400
Speaker 1: a zero blitz. Again, it's an audible, it's basically an audible,

742
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,440
Speaker 1: and he does a lot of that. Or sometimes the

743
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,719
Speaker 1: audible is saw which they come off the edge. But regardless,

744
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:24,360
Speaker 1: the idea, the concept is if you spread him, he

745
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,880
Speaker 1: ain't gonna sit there and cover. He's gonna bring everybody

746
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,279
Speaker 1: and he's gonna play zero covers. So the corners have

747
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:32,120
Speaker 1: zero no help. And remember I think the corners are

748
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:34,880
Speaker 1: the liability on the team. You know, you know, he

749
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,360
Speaker 1: may get the one guy back, like you said, but

750
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:41,360
Speaker 1: Moreau's gonna play a lot, Flot's gonna play a lot. Jackson,

751
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,279
Speaker 1: I've never been that high on him anyway. And McLeod,

752
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,560
Speaker 1: they're their liabilities and they get strung out. But here's

753
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:49,239
Speaker 1: my point, here's what you want to do. You want

754
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 1: to get in spread, Let him go on ahead and

755
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,359
Speaker 1: make that check and then you take your tight end

756
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,239
Speaker 1: in your back and they come right back in on

757
00:40:57,360 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 1: the edge. Okay, they shift right back in the edge.

758
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,880
Speaker 1: So what you've done is you've given the illusion of

759
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:06,280
Speaker 1: five man protection and you've gone to seven man protection.

760
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,879
Speaker 1: And now just tear them a new one right now

761
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:11,880
Speaker 1: with your white house. Just go and get them. And

762
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,839
Speaker 1: in some respects, what you're saying, what I'm saying is

763
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:18,080
Speaker 1: get in your zero blitz. I'm gonna gash you right now.

764
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 1: So you know it's easy to stay on paper. But

765
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:24,279
Speaker 1: I think that's the plan. That's Rick Venturi. Those are

766
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,399
Speaker 1: his blueprints. And the must for the Colts to play

767
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:30,319
Speaker 1: spoiler on Sunday against the New York Giants is they're

768
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:32,759
Speaker 1: trying to clinch a playoff spot for the first time

769
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,880
Speaker 1: in six years and to close out Rick two games

770
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 1: to play for the Colts. We know for them heading

771
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:41,319
Speaker 1: into this game, nothing's at stake in terms of playoff implications.

772
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:45,400
Speaker 1: We know this team shortly is going to look way different.

773
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:48,480
Speaker 1: It's going to be a completely different roster next spring.

774
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,400
Speaker 1: Major changes are coming in the offseason. It's going to

775
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 1: start with the head coaching search. As soon as the

776
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:56,919
Speaker 1: Gun goes off against the Houston Texans and a couple

777
00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:59,799
Speaker 1: of Sundays, what would you say to this team. What

778
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,400
Speaker 1: would you message to this team to close out the

779
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,360
Speaker 1: season starting in Week seventeen with a chance again to

780
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 1: play spoiler in the Big Apple. Well, I don't think

781
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:12,240
Speaker 1: there's any question. I'm going to challenge their manhood. I'm

782
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:16,400
Speaker 1: going to challenge their their quality as men, their quality

783
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:19,279
Speaker 1: as football ethic. You know, we've talked about what a

784
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:21,200
Speaker 1: great locker room we've had. They've done a lot of

785
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:24,239
Speaker 1: talking about not quitting. Okay, here it is. You know,

786
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 1: you guys got essentially essentially, you have seven days left

787
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:32,160
Speaker 1: in this season to make something happen and to change

788
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:34,839
Speaker 1: some narratives, and in the end, I just say this,

789
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,840
Speaker 1: just suck it up. Guys, don't make one excuse. I

790
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:40,440
Speaker 1: don't want to hear one excuse from a coach. I

791
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:42,319
Speaker 1: don't want to hear it from a player. I don't

792
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:46,320
Speaker 1: even want to hear a subtle excuse. Okay, no question

793
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:49,920
Speaker 1: in my mind on that. I think I say this,

794
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:53,600
Speaker 1: get your act together. This is the best coach team

795
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:57,080
Speaker 1: in the NFL. But that's good news and badness because

796
00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:59,640
Speaker 1: what I'm going to tell them is they're the best

797
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:02,560
Speaker 1: coach team in the NFL. And what it really tells

798
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:05,000
Speaker 1: you is they're really not that good a team. They're

799
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:08,480
Speaker 1: eight six and one, but they've overachieved to get it.

800
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:10,960
Speaker 1: So the good news for the Giants is they've got

801
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 1: a good coaching staff. The bad news is there really

802
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:18,840
Speaker 1: on the cliff. They are totally limited talent wise, and

803
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:21,839
Speaker 1: as you said, and really after the great start there

804
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:24,960
Speaker 1: really are reeling at one four and one in the

805
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:28,520
Speaker 1: latest run. So you know, I always say this to them. Listen,

806
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:32,799
Speaker 1: no one is gonna pick your butt up but you

807
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:35,520
Speaker 1: and I always you know, I do believe and I

808
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:37,880
Speaker 1: believe this. I don't care if it's football, whatever it is.

809
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 1: There comes a time in each man's life where you

810
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:45,520
Speaker 1: gotta just simply draw the line in the sand. And

811
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:48,440
Speaker 1: this is that moment. You know, I mean, more than

812
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:51,879
Speaker 1: anything else. On Monday morning, you got to be able

813
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:55,799
Speaker 1: to look yourself in that mirror and say I did this.

814
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,280
Speaker 1: I love it. Yeah, hard truth right there. Great message,

815
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:01,840
Speaker 1: pretty simple, either put up or shut up, despite the

816
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,799
Speaker 1: fact that you know you're not playing for playoffs, and

817
00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:07,520
Speaker 1: you know right now it's just all about playing for yourself,

818
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:10,239
Speaker 1: playing for job security. There in twenty twenty three, my

819
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:14,000
Speaker 1: friend Rick has always really really appreciate the time and

820
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,920
Speaker 1: the insight breaking down the Colts. What he got planned

821
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,160
Speaker 1: on New Year's Eve? You going out? You're gonna get

822
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 1: nuts or what? Well? You know, I thought we'd get

823
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:26,279
Speaker 1: together and get ready to that game tomorrow. You know,

824
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 1: it just it just hit Miss Sherry. She said to

825
00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:30,480
Speaker 1: me yesterday, She said, you know we're not going to

826
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:33,920
Speaker 1: begether on New Year's Eve? Right right? You know, welcome

827
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:38,640
Speaker 1: back to the NFL. Absolutely not, you know, but you

828
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:40,919
Speaker 1: know what, what better way to spend it in New York?

829
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:42,840
Speaker 1: If you're gonna, you know, if you can what's that

830
00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:44,399
Speaker 1: old saying. If I can do it there, I can

831
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 1: do it anywhere. Had a boy, had a boy. I mean,

832
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:50,439
Speaker 1: let's go like that. Let's go and and honest to God,

833
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:53,000
Speaker 1: I really mean what I say is I give them

834
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 1: a lot of credit for, you know, carving out in

835
00:44:56,520 --> 00:45:00,719
Speaker 1: my opinion and overachieving eight six and one. Yeah, but

836
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:03,319
Speaker 1: that also makes them very, very vulnerable. I mean they're

837
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 1: not a you know, this is not a team that

838
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:08,560
Speaker 1: like Philadelphia that can come in and bring their B

839
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:10,799
Speaker 1: game and win, you know. I mean, the Giants have

840
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:14,680
Speaker 1: to do everything right, and I think the most important

841
00:45:14,719 --> 00:45:17,239
Speaker 1: thing is to be ready early because I don't think

842
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:19,920
Speaker 1: they play good from disadvantage. I think you know, and

843
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 1: we just seldom ever do it. But if we could ever,

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Speaker 1: this is a team. If we jump on, I think

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Speaker 1: they will really struggle on offense. All right, we'll see

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Speaker 1: what happens. We'll see how it all in faults coming

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Speaker 1: up on Sunday, Rick gets some rest, get ready for

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Speaker 1: travel on Saturday, New Year's even, New York, and get

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Speaker 1: As always, appreciate the time and the insight, and we'll

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Speaker 1: talk to you soon, my friend. I'll look forward to

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Speaker 1: the trip man. All right, Rick vent Terry right there,

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Speaker 1: as always fantastic job breaking it all down on Inside Football.

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Speaker 1: That's all the time we've got today on this week's podcast.

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Speaker 1: We'll have more blueprints of course next week Week eighteen,

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Speaker 1: Colts and Texans wrapping it up. That's round number two.

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Speaker 1: It seems like forever ago these two teams played back

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Speaker 1: in Week number one. Certainly everything was different back then

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Speaker 1: season finale. But we'll break down the Texans Part two

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Speaker 1: coming up next Wednesday, and as always, we've got you

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Speaker 1: content on Colts dot Com and the Colts Mobile app

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Speaker 1: Podcast which dropped yesterday, and then coming up tomorrow on Friday,

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Speaker 1: we'll have Colts Happy Are with JMB. That's also going

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Speaker 1: to air course on the radio on ninety three five

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Speaker 1: and one oh seven five the fan for Rick vent Terry.

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Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor. We'll talk to you on Sunday Colts

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Speaker 1: and Giants Week number seventeen. Until then, all the Colts

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Speaker 1: content you can handle right here on the Colts Audio Network.

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Speaker 1: So long,