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Speaker 1: It's the thirty fifth straight year the Combine held in Indianapolis,

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Speaker 1: for joining us earlier. This week at the Combine. We

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Speaker 1: heard a couple of snippets right there, but again, that

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Speaker 1: full interview is available Colts dot Com, the Colts Mobile app,

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Speaker 1: All right. After this quick time out, we're giving you

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Speaker 1: some Combine trivia. We're also opening up the NFL grab bag.

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Speaker 1: We'll discuss the cults proposing changes to the overtime rules

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Speaker 1: and COVID protocols are done. They're gonzo, right, I mean,

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Speaker 1: where's the Hollelujah sound effect in the background that I

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Speaker 1: don't have here at the Combine? Is life back to

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Speaker 1: normal in the NFL? We'll discuss and hash it all

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Speaker 1: out when we come back on the Last Word. Ninety

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Speaker 1: get enough Colts Talk, this is the show for you.

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Speaker 1: This is the Last Word, the offseason home of the

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Speaker 1: Colts from the Power Home Solar Radio Studio. Back here

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Speaker 1: for the final time on the Last Word. Welcome back

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Speaker 1: to the Combine. Matt Taylor along with Casey Valiant case

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Speaker 1: He's in for Jeffrey Gorman. Tonight Last Word is brought

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Speaker 1: to you by fan Duel Casey Last night, we had

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Speaker 1: our first on field testing workouts. Did you see Chris

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Speaker 1: olave I did from Ohio State burning up the drubber there?

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Speaker 1: Pretty man? He looked pretty good. And then another speedster

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Speaker 1: from Baylor. Correct, yes, Taekwon Thornton. He ran a unofficial

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Speaker 1: four to one, which would have given him the record,

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Speaker 1: but then it came out later the official time was

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Speaker 1: four to eight. Why do we have discrepancies between official questions?

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Speaker 1: I have no idea, but have you seen some of

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Speaker 1: the like some of the discrepancies are pretty big, Like

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Speaker 1: olave I want to say it was almost like eight

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Speaker 1: tenths of it's of a second, Like where are these

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Speaker 1: numbers coming from? So I'm with you all right. That

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Speaker 1: the week regarding forty yard dash times. Let's talk about it.

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Speaker 1: Which player holds the NFL Combine all time record for

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Speaker 1: fastest forty yard dash? I do know that one. That

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Speaker 1: is John Ross. That was not too long ago, not

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Speaker 1: too long ago, and he was already one of those

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Speaker 1: guys that was potentially a first round pick. How how

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Speaker 1: much do you think that helped his hype? Oh? I

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Speaker 1: think it was huge. I mean he went the top

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Speaker 1: ten too. I mean, clearly the speed was there, but

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Speaker 1: there were some other issues as he's i think now

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Speaker 1: moved on to Team three, and it was only three

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Speaker 1: or four years ago that had happened. So yeah, yep.

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Speaker 1: Now with the Giants, John Ross, he broke Chris Johnson's

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Speaker 1: record of four two four and the forty yard dash.

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Speaker 1: Johnson did it back in two thousand and eight, but

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Speaker 1: Ross broke it in seventeen at four to two with

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Speaker 1: a run so intense back in the day that he

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Speaker 1: strained his calves. Really at the end of the run. Wow,

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Speaker 1: he was cooking, no doubt about it. Visit the forum

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Speaker 1: and participate in various discussions on the Colts forum credit Union,

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Speaker 1: helping members live their financial dreams. We've got a handful

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Speaker 1: of minutes left, Pacer pregame coming up at six thirty,

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Speaker 1: bottom of the hour, so let's go rapid fire on

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Speaker 1: the NFL grab Bag. It's time for the NFL grab

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Speaker 1: Bag and assortive look at what's going on in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: NFL grab Bag is always brought to you by Meyer,

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Speaker 1: the official supercenter of the Colts and proud sponsors of

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Speaker 1: hundreds of local sports teams across the Midwest. Let's talk

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Speaker 1: about over time this week, because the Colts proposed a

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Speaker 1: revision to the current overtime protocol. It would guarantee casey

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Speaker 1: each team of possession, each team would touch the ball

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Speaker 1: in overtime, which I know for a lot of people

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Speaker 1: that's a big deal. Frank Reich is now on the

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Speaker 1: Competition Committee, so that's where this comes from. And obviously

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Speaker 1: it's going to take at least twenty four of the

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Speaker 1: thirty two owners to vote in favor in order for

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Speaker 1: a change to take off. So that's going to be

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Speaker 1: So what does your gut to do? NFL overtime rules?

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Speaker 1: Do they change this offseason for next season? My guts

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Speaker 1: says yes. But when I've listened to my gut in

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Speaker 1: years past with these types of rule changes, they don't happen.

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Speaker 1: So it's I'm optimistic, but it's still one of those

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Speaker 1: things that I'm not really sure because it's it's crazy

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Speaker 1: they were still here talking about this because this overtime thing,

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Speaker 1: you know, maybe it hasn't happened that year that was

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Speaker 1: a huge thing, but it has been something. Cults got

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Speaker 1: burned by this in Baltimore, absolutely right. Baltimore won the toss,

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Speaker 1: went down the field score to touch to my game

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Speaker 1: over Colby Blues, and we saw it in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: I mean, arguably one of the best games of the

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Speaker 1: year was that Bill's Chiefs game and a one of

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Speaker 1: the best games that yeah fault, that I've ever seen.

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Speaker 1: And that's part of why this is a hot topic.

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Speaker 1: But I'm optimistic that it will change. But you know,

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Speaker 1: we'll have to see, all Right. This week, the NFL

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Speaker 1: and the nfl PA, they announced together the league is

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Speaker 1: suspending joint COVID nineteen protocols, effective immediately. So that means

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Speaker 1: no more masks, no more close contacting, no more connects

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Speaker 1: on chips, no more GPS devices. My big question is, though,

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Speaker 1: the media covers the NFL. Are we going back inside

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Speaker 1: the locker room with these players? Now? That's a great

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Speaker 1: question because I think you and I would agree that

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Speaker 1: There were a handful of things from Anicius distance point. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: there were definitely some positives you can take from it,

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Speaker 1: but also there is something to be said to kind

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Speaker 1: of go back to the old style of you hanging

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Speaker 1: by a guy at his locker to get yours. I mean,

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Speaker 1: so I'm interested to see what that means. I love

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Speaker 1: the idea of going back to somewhat of normalcy. I

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Speaker 1: know that we keep using that word of normal, but

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Speaker 1: the fact that all of this is dropping is great

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Speaker 1: because also it means, you know, clearly from a health

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Speaker 1: standpoint that we've kind of got a good grasp on

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Speaker 1: keeping everybody healthy, which is also a good thing too.

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Speaker 1: So I am really looking forward, you know, kind of

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Speaker 1: seeing what the new normal is going to be. I agree.

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Speaker 1: I agree. We'll see what the NFL does as far

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Speaker 1: as that goes. I know most of our audience doesn't care,

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Speaker 1: but this is how you understand who these players are exactly.

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Speaker 1: This is how you get your coverage, this is how

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Speaker 1: It's one of those things that I've always said, like,

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Speaker 1: and never once was I in the same room. He

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Speaker 1: mean never, So it's wild to think that a guy

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Speaker 1: probably with Carson Wentz right exactly. Yeah. So well, we'll

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Speaker 1: see what happens at quarterback next year. Let's see if

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Speaker 1: you can interact face to face with the Colts quarterback

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two. Case we're up against a great

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Speaker 1: job tonight, have a great weekend, great job all week

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Speaker 1: here at the Combine. Thanks man, had fun. We'll talk

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Speaker 1: to you next week, Casey Valley. I'm Matt Taylor, Casey

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Speaker 1: and for Jeffrey Gorman. Tonight again. Check out all of

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Speaker 1: our stuff on Colts dot Com, the podcast, the videos,

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Speaker 1: tons of interviews with National Riders, draft insiders, analysts that

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Speaker 1: cover the NFL. We were loaded Colts dot Com, Colts

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Speaker 1: Mobile app, and the Colts Audio Network. We got to

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Speaker 1: run the Pacers, our next Pacers and Pistons. Enjoy the

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Speaker 1: weather out there this weekend, everybody, and we will talk

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Speaker 1: to you next Friday Night, you're on the last word

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Speaker 1: on ninety three five and one oh seven five to fan,

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Speaker 1: I'm to do myself. I'm