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Speaker 1: This is the Colts Free Agent Tracker, a look at

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Speaker 1: some key in house free agents this offseason in the

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Speaker 1: Indiana Union Construction Industry Radio studio. Here's the voice of

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Speaker 1: the Colts, Matt Taylor. Hey, welcome back the Free Agent

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Speaker 1: Tracker podcasts returns. I'm Matt Taylor, Bill Brooks, Casey Valier

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Speaker 1: along in studio as well. This is our offseason in

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Speaker 1: house look at the in house free agents, if you will,

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Speaker 1: for the Indianapolis called seventeen of them either restricted unrestricted

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Speaker 1: free agents for the Colts. And it's it's here, I

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Speaker 1: mean free agency starts next Wednesday, the legal tampering period,

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Speaker 1: which sounds silly to say, yeah, we always I don't

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Speaker 1: understand this with that that begins on Monday. And so

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Speaker 1: far on our Free Agent Tracker series, we've taken a

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Speaker 1: hard look at Ashton Dewan, Bobby Okaka, Dennis Kelly, Matt Prior,

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Speaker 1: Taekwon Lewis, bin Banigu, Paris Campbell, Matt Hall, Chase McLoughlin,

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Speaker 1: Brandon Facing, and Rodney mcclown. Later on this week we're

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Speaker 1: gonna take a look at EJ. Speed. But today Fellas,

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Speaker 1: it's all about the past Rush here it's about the

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Speaker 1: defensive end. It's coming off the edge. It's defensive end

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Speaker 1: unique and ghakway. Bill. You're ready to roll, my friend,

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Speaker 1: I'm ready to roll. Excited about free agencies. See what happens.

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Speaker 1: This is a fun time of the year to see

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Speaker 1: some movement going on out there in the National Football League.

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Speaker 1: They all started with the combine. It's past week, but

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Speaker 1: free agency is big, you know, Casey, once the Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl is over, you feel like, Okay, there's time to decompress. No,

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Speaker 1: it's time to kind of get ready gradually for the

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Speaker 1: upcoming season. Boom, here's the combine. Here's free agency. I mean,

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Speaker 1: we saw it on Monday. We're taping this on Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: right before free agency. We saw him Monday, a slew

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Speaker 1: of moves. Derek Carr, We had the Geno Smith move.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the NFL laughs at everything and everybody when

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Speaker 1: they think it's just gonna slow down. That's what I

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Speaker 1: always think about all the other professional sports, like their offseason,

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Speaker 1: they go away, like like we live here in Indiana

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Speaker 1: and I'm a Pacers fan, but when the Pacers season

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Speaker 1: is over, Honestly, I don't don't hear much about the

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Speaker 1: Pacers for a couple of months in the NFL. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it is top of mind always, as Matt mention, I mean,

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Speaker 1: we see after the combine, you've got a free agent

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Speaker 1: signing and Derek Carr extensions are handed out. You're looking

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Speaker 1: at casualties, all these guys that are getting released. I mean,

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Speaker 1: just look at what's going on in the Colts Division

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Speaker 1: here with the Titans. I mean they've released four guys

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Speaker 1: and then now there's rumor they're shit, They're they're shopping

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Speaker 1: Derek Henry. I mean, this is a crazy time and

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Speaker 1: the Lou Lou League year hasn't even started yet, so

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Speaker 1: that is it is a fun time for twenty two

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Speaker 1: because the first weekend of the NCAA tournament is so

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Speaker 1: awesome for these reasons. But then you always have one

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Speaker 1: eye on your phone with breaking news with free agency

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Speaker 1: and everything, so you can't really fully enjoy it because

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Speaker 1: you never know when you're gonna be yanked back into

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Speaker 1: you know, having to study a new player. Right you

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Speaker 1: almost be joining the fold there. You almost need that

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Speaker 1: fifth screen because you have the games games on four channels,

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Speaker 1: and you gotta have that other street for the NFL action.

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Speaker 1: and lasting phone screen. Dude, exactly terrible, but you laugh,

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Speaker 1: but it's kind of that's the reality of it. All. Right,

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Speaker 1: let's break down unique in Goackway here heading into free agency.

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Speaker 1: As we've talked about, this is one of the more

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Speaker 1: you know, marquee free agents that the Colts have in

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Speaker 1: terms of making a decision on. So last year, we

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Speaker 1: all know about the trade for in Goackway right there

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Speaker 1: Colts traded cornerback rock you scene to the Raiders in

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Speaker 1: exchange for in Goackway. Last year had a team high

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Speaker 1: nine and a half sacks that ranked second on the team,

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Speaker 1: So Bill, I'll start with you, how do you view

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Speaker 1: So I kind of expected that from Unique. I think

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Speaker 1: You know, Casey, going back to those nine and a

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Speaker 1: very impactful. Is that criticism fair? I think it's warranted,

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Speaker 1: but I don't know if it's entirely fair. Now, Matt,

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Speaker 1: he can wreck our offense. But also at times you know, yes,

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Speaker 1: times he's doing other things to help other guys, you know,

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Speaker 1: So it's not always the numbers all the time. It's

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Speaker 1: that is this system that is the coach that unique

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Speaker 1: Colts afford to lose that much consistency despite when and

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Speaker 1: and that is pretty key. Yeah. Reliable veteran status right there,

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Speaker 1: Reliable veteran production. Great stuff, Casey Valley, Bill Brooks the

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Speaker 1: as we said, things really start to ramp up next Monday,

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Speaker 1: to the new league year in NFL free agency, and

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Speaker 1: we've got your covered. We've had you covered this entire time.

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Speaker 1: We got one more to go, EJ. Speed. Later on

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Speaker 1: this week the Cults in Linebacker hitting free agency for

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