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Speaker 1: What's up everyone? Welcome into another episode of Instant Reactions

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Speaker 1: presented by Sony here on the Colts Audio Network and

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Speaker 1: on the Colts YouTube page. I'm JJ Stankovitz, joined once

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Speaker 1: again by Colts Ring of Honor wide receiver Bill Brooks

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Speaker 1: to break down the Colt's latest game. Bill, the Colts

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Speaker 1: twenty five to twenty four winners over the New England Patriots.

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Speaker 1: We got to start with the two point conversion call,

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Speaker 1: and when the Colts got down to the two yard

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Speaker 1: line for the second in goal play, you know, there's

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Speaker 1: thirty something seconds to go. And I turned to Amanda

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Speaker 1: Foster's up in the press box with me New England,

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Speaker 1: and I was like, I wonder if Shane goes for

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Speaker 1: two here. But then I kind of backed off that

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Speaker 1: because the Colts ran three plays there, and usually Bill,

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Speaker 1: you'll see coaches. You'll sometimes see coaches say, you know,

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Speaker 1: we had a play in there that we liked, but

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Speaker 1: we just we didn't go for two there because we

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Speaker 1: exhausted all the plays we were going to run down

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Speaker 1: at the goal line. Well, there's not much that you

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Speaker 1: can't exhaust when you have Anthony Richardson as an option

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Speaker 1: to carry the football. So that right there, that is

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Speaker 1: a real asset for the Colts and for Shane Steichen,

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Speaker 1: and I think that led him to say, okay, yeah,

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Speaker 1: we've had to call you know, the first play the

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Speaker 1: Colts ran down there, Bill was Anthony got stopped on it,

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Speaker 1: but it was the same play that he scored the

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Speaker 1: touchdown on and Reid did the three sixty spin. So

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Speaker 1: that same play, they then run the pitch to JT.

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Speaker 1: They hit the touchdown to Pierce, and then they just say,

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Speaker 1: all right, let's call his zone read to Anthony where

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Speaker 1: he's gonna read forty eight, the linebacker to VI. If

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Speaker 1: he stays home, Richardson keeps it. If he crashes down

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Speaker 1: on Richardson, he gives it to Taylor. Taylor probably walks

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Speaker 1: in for a touchdown. But Bill, in that moment, it

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Speaker 1: had to be Anthony Richardson with the football in his hands.

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Speaker 1: And that showed such a faith in this team that

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Speaker 1: starting from Shane stikeen on down that I think Bill

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Speaker 1: can be a potential real spark for this football team

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Speaker 1: going forward.

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Speaker 2: Oh, definitely can be a spark.

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Speaker 3: And as you said, it showed faith in the offense,

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Speaker 3: It showed faith in the young guys playing up front,

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Speaker 3: as you say, the new guys playing up front with Pinter,

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Speaker 3: Lewinski and Gonzalez out there. But then they have the

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Speaker 3: trust and the faith in Anthony to go out and

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Speaker 3: execute the play. And they said all along they weren't

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Speaker 3: going to give up on Anthony. They trusted Anthony. They're

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Speaker 3: going to have faith in Anthony. And it showed on

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Speaker 3: that play right there in regards to putting the ball

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Speaker 3: in Anthony's hands and letting Anthony have an opportunity to

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Speaker 3: go win the game, which he did. And you have

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Speaker 3: an athlete like that out there in the football field,

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Speaker 3: especially at quarterback, that can run and run people over

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Speaker 3: and move pile, you want to give him an opportunity.

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Speaker 3: And I'm sure the players enjoyed that. They felt good

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Speaker 3: about the coach having confidence in them to be able

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Speaker 3: to go out there and win the game.

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Speaker 2: And they did that.

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Speaker 3: They execute the play, win the game, and get back

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Speaker 3: on a plane and come on home.

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Speaker 1: If you look at that play too, Bill quit Nelson

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Speaker 1: pulls from left to right, and I think Matt Gonsalvez

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Speaker 1: might have had a bit of a hand in this.

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Speaker 1: But Shubbs Christian Barmore over like flat on his back,

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Speaker 1: and that helps create this little lane for Richardson where

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Speaker 1: ultimately he's got a linebacker coming from the back from

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Speaker 1: the backside of the play, and then another one coming

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Speaker 1: up front, and you need like two or three defensive

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Speaker 1: linemen to stop Anthony Richardson. Two linebackers aren't going to

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Speaker 1: do it down there on the goal line. And you know,

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Speaker 1: talking to guys in the locker room bill they all said, like,

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Speaker 1: once that play was called, we knew we were going

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Speaker 1: and we know two yards for him. The way that

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Speaker 1: he plays and the way that he can be physical

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Speaker 1: down there, that is it's not easy, but that's a

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Speaker 1: play we feel really confident in. And you know, it's

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Speaker 1: certainly paid off there with the Colts winning the football game.

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Speaker 2: Exactly, it did pay off.

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Speaker 3: And I mean they felt confident because in previous games

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Speaker 3: against the Jets, he got down by the gold line,

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Speaker 2: So the guys know that he.

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Speaker 3: Is athletic enough, he's strong enough, he's big enough, he's

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Speaker 3: fast enough to execute the play, get the tough yards

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Speaker 2: As Shane says, he can do it.

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Speaker 3: He has athletic ability to do it, and he has

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Speaker 3: shown that he can do it. And that's what one

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Speaker 3: of the things to me, I think is a big

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Speaker 3: plus having a quarterback like that, especially in the red

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Speaker 3: zone that can get be that option of him running

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Speaker 3: as well as to run away from somebody to get

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Speaker 3: having that athletic ability and a quarterback is a plus

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Speaker 3: for any offense, and it's a plus for Shanstike and

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Speaker 3: the Colts offense.

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Speaker 1: I want to zoom out on this real quick bill

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Speaker 1: because the stakes of this moment, Like I don't want

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Speaker 1: those to get lost here. The Colts, if they lost

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Speaker 1: this game, their path to making the playoffs is probably insurmountable.

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Speaker 1: But you win this game and you are right there

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Speaker 1: in the AFC playoff picture going to Denver in Week fifteen.

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Speaker 1: So the stakes of this moment are about as big

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Speaker 1: as you get for going for two. This is different

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Speaker 1: than going for two in like week three or week four.

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Speaker 1: This is week thirteen and you're at five and seven,

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Speaker 1: and I just think Bill like that decision by Shane

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Speaker 1: Steichen showed such a feel for the moment, and if

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Speaker 1: it didn't work, he would have got killed. He would

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Speaker 1: have got killed by everyone. But you know what, I

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Speaker 1: would have probably sat up here and said it was

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Speaker 1: the right decision because New England in this game was

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Speaker 1: averaging six point five yards per per play. They were

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Speaker 1: they had moved the ball into the Colts red zone

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Speaker 1: on six of their first seven possessions. And we'll get

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Speaker 1: into the defense a little bit, but the Patriots the

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Speaker 1: points were down because they kept shooting themselves in the

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Speaker 1: Shane realized, look, we got down here, let's go win

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Speaker 1: the game. And while there's a ton of confidence that

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Speaker 1: Anthony's gonna get in, look if he doesn't, I still

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Speaker 1: think this was the right move. You got you you

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Speaker 1: don't leave it up to a coin flip. You don't

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Speaker 1: leave it up to your defense. You leave it up

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Speaker 1: I think he was the most consistent playmaker for the

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Speaker 1: Colts in this game. That to me just showed the

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Speaker 1: right feel. Shane Stikeen rose to the occasion as a

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it took some guts for Shane to make that

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Speaker 3: call to go for the win at that moment, because also,

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Speaker 3: you know what, and I think he had enough information

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Speaker 3: in the football field. The Patriots were moving the ball

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Speaker 3: up and down the field against the Colts. They gained

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Speaker 3: a lot of yards underground through the air. They had

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Speaker 3: four hundred yards offense against the coach defense. So he

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Speaker 3: probably didn't want to take a chance of you know what,

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Speaker 3: the Patriots weren't doing a good job in the red zone.

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Speaker 3: They were, as you said, shoot themselves in a foot

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Speaker 3: not being able to score touchdowns when they got in

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Speaker 1: And I think.

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Speaker 3: Most offensive players. Offensive coaches want the ball in their hands.

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Speaker 3: They want to try to go win it themselves. They

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Speaker 3: don't want to have someone else win it, so to speak,

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Speaker 3: even though the defense is part of the team. But

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Speaker 3: or Pitt's hands, but it would have been in an

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Speaker 3: And that's what they did. They put the ball in

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Speaker 3: Ar's hands. He made the right decision, went there uses

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Speaker 3: athletic ability, got in the end zone. The coaches get

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Speaker 3: a twenty five to twenty four win.

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Speaker 1: So I was thinking about this bill as I was

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Speaker 1: leaving the stadium and twenty eighteen. Let's go all the

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Speaker 1: way back to twenty eighteen, and I'm going to Mike Vrabel,

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Speaker 1: first year head coach of the Tennessee Titans. It's week

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Speaker 1: what is this week six or seven maybe, and they're

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Speaker 1: touchdown to make it twenty to nineteen with thirty one

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Speaker 1: not get it. But after the game he was asked

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Speaker 1: that we made a decision that we're going to be aggressive,

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Speaker 1: and early in the drive, you know he kind of

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Speaker 1: I told the team that we made a decision that

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Speaker 1: we're going to be aggressive. Sometimes when you make this

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Speaker 1: call that Shane Stike and made and it paid off

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Speaker 1: for him right here right Sometimes when you make this call,

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Speaker 1: whether you get it or not, it shows your team.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, coaches, got our back. You remember that? Okay?

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Speaker 1: Remember twenty eighteen two Frank Reich against Yes where he

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Speaker 1: goes for it on fourth down in Colts territory in

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Speaker 1: overtime and it's like, I'm not playing to tie the game.

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Speaker 1: Colts wind up losing that game, But I remember, Bill,

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Speaker 1: how that kind of sparked that little run the Colts

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Speaker 1: guy's got our back, like he believes in us, let's

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Speaker 1: go execute for it. Sometimes, Bill, and from your perspective,

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Speaker 1: I want to get this here, is like, as a player,

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Speaker 1: when your coach shows through his actions how much he

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Speaker 1: can that be for a team? How much of a

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Speaker 1: springboard can that be for a team because we were

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Speaker 1: talking about the Colton eighteen. They wanted to make the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel with Tennessee built an incredible program there over

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Speaker 1: his time in Nashville. Sometimes these things do have this

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Speaker 1: longer lasting effect than just on that one siloed play.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean a lot of times what happens is

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Speaker 3: the coaches will say that they have faith in you,

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Speaker 3: they have confidence in you, and we're going to be

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Speaker 3: aggressive and all those things.

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Speaker 2: But for players, they want to see it.

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Speaker 3: They won't believe until they see it or until somehow

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Speaker 3: it was manifested in the play calling a situation in

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Speaker 3: the game. And when a coach actually does it and

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Speaker 3: he shows you that, hey, look I'm going to be aggressive.

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Speaker 3: I believe in you by going forward on fourth down,

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Speaker 3: by going for a win with almost no time left

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Speaker 3: on the clock, and or you could tie the game up.

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Speaker 3: But he has faith in you. Say no, what, we're

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Speaker 3: going to go win this game. Yes, we're going for two. Yes,

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Speaker 3: if we don't get it, more likely we're probably going

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Speaker 3: to lose the game. But I don't believe we're going

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Speaker 3: And Shane showed that he had faith and confidence in

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Speaker 1: I think the point here is the process was there

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Speaker 1: really cool. But let's talk about how the Colts got

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Speaker 1: look this up. Since two thousand and one, that is

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Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly. I mean, you're talking about a nineteen play drive.

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Speaker 3: That that was that is special and for the team

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about the those three fourth down

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Speaker 1: not designed to go to Mo. Mo didn't even think

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Speaker 3: You know when I was playing there was at a

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Speaker 2: I can kind of take it easy.

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Speaker 3: No, everybody running, everybody alert, meaning that you know what,

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Speaker 3: Mo displayed that by just going out doing what he

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Speaker 1: By the way, Bill Anthony Richardson has not been sacked

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Speaker 1: It's it's different than with like Philly and the Tush

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And that's what his athleic ability does for you

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Speaker 1: Well, the last fourth down Colts are the fourth and three,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a play where you know you use you

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Speaker 2: Alec created some separation from his defender.

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Speaker 3: Got the ball, held on to the ball as he

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Speaker 3: went down to the ground, and you know, a nice

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Speaker 3: play call by Shane and good execution by the offense

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Speaker 3: and especially by Ar and Alec for Alec pritting separation

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Speaker 3: and Ar just making.

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Speaker 2: A nice throw to Alec and you know what, it

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Speaker 2: was a big play.

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Speaker 3: They got him, gave him a chance to score a touchdown,

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Speaker 3: and then I'll also gave him a chance to win

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Speaker 3: the football game by them going for two points later.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's suop out a little bit on this

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Speaker 1: offensive game for the Colts, and I want to start

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Speaker 1: with the offensive line bill because from center to right tackle,

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Speaker 1: it was completely different than anything we've seen this year.

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Speaker 1: He got Danny Pinter starting at center, with Ryan Kelly

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Speaker 1: on I R. Tanner BORDERLINI out with the concussion. You

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Speaker 1: make a switch at right guard, Mark Lewinsky's in there.

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Speaker 1: He was signed less than two weeks ago to the

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Speaker 1: practice squad. He gets his first start since the twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty three season he was with the New York Giants.

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Speaker 1: And then at right tackle you get Mack Gonzolvz in there,

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Speaker 1: who had been playing left tackle and place at Bernard Ryman.

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Speaker 1: I thought all three of those guys played really well.

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Speaker 1: I thought Danny Pinter had an awesome football game. Like

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Speaker 1: starting with him, he hasn't played in a he hasn't

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Speaker 1: played an offensive snap since the twenty twenty two season.

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Speaker 1: I thought he played great in this game, especially when

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Speaker 1: it came to some of the run blocking stuff he

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Speaker 1: was able to do. I thought he had a really

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Speaker 1: solid game. And then Mark Lewinsky, Bill, so much credit

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Speaker 1: to him. I mean, he talked to us about like

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Speaker 1: staying in shape, right He's he still lives here, so

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Speaker 1: he's been working out Carmel and he he really tried

470
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Speaker 1: to stay in as good as shape as possible and

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Speaker 1: it showed today on the field. I thought he had

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Speaker 1: a really good game. Again, the Colts are running a

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Speaker 1: lot of stuff behind him and Pinter, which you know,

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Speaker 1: you got Bernard Ryman and Quentin Nelson on the other side.

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Speaker 1: You figured I kind of figured coming into the game

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Speaker 1: they're just gonna be heavy going to the left with

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Speaker 1: those two guys. But the Colts trusted Glinsky and Pinter

478
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Speaker 1: and Gonzalveez to block on the right side and were

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Speaker 1: able to not be as predictable as their run game.

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Speaker 1: What did you see out of that group, Bill, And

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Speaker 1: just how impressive is it that Mark Lewinsky and Danny Pinter.

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Speaker 1: I don't lose sight of Danny Pinter in this. We're

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Speaker 1: able to step in after not playing offense in a

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Speaker 1: really long time and playing at the level that we

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Speaker 1: saw out of them in this game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, you know guys that have not played

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Speaker 3: a lot this year. Danny Pinner of course, and it

488
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Speaker 3: hasn't played a lot. Lewinsky has been out of the

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Speaker 3: game and came back just now.

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Speaker 2: So many of those two guys have been playing.

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Speaker 3: And Gozalez makes the transition from left to right after

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Speaker 3: we've been playing left and then all of a sudden

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Speaker 3: plays right.

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Speaker 2: So give those three guys a lot of credit in.

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Speaker 3: For Printer to come in and do what he did

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Speaker 3: as far as not just you know, blocking stuff like that,

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Speaker 3: but snapcount, getting the ball to ar those things people

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Speaker 3: take for granted, but that you know, it takes time,

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Speaker 3: is something that is very important for the start of

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Speaker 3: a play on offense, that the center and the quarterbacks

501
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Speaker 3: have a good exchange, good hikes from the center and

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Speaker 3: in regards to in the shotgun, things like that. So

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Speaker 3: very very good to see that how well Printer played.

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Speaker 3: And then for me Lewinsky out there, I mean, look, yes,

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Speaker 3: he stayed in shape, and that's that's great and everything,

506
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Speaker 3: but working out shape and working out to play football,

507
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Speaker 3: it is not the same as playing football. And for

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Speaker 3: him to come in here and play the way he

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Speaker 3: did that says a lot about him. Give him credit

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Speaker 3: not just from a physical standpoint, but from a mental

511
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Speaker 3: standpoint to be able to go out there and play

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Speaker 3: all those plays for after not playing all year, but

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Speaker 3: just working out and being in shape and being ready

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Speaker 3: to go. Give him a lot of credit. And as

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Speaker 3: I said earlier to me, I think moving from one

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Speaker 3: side to the other, you know, people might think, oh,

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Speaker 3: it's just the same position, just you know, from the

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Speaker 3: left tackle to the right tackle. Talking about Gonzalvez, you

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Speaker 3: know that's not easy thing to do to make that transition,

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Speaker 3: and to do that, you know, last week one side,

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Speaker 3: this week another side.

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Speaker 2: Give him credit.

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Speaker 3: So give that right side of the line a lot

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Speaker 3: of credit for what they did. As far as schools,

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Speaker 3: I want to know how he feels tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: After this game. You played all snaps.

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Speaker 3: On the offensive side of the ball, So I want

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Speaker 3: to see how it feels the next day, because you know,

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Speaker 3: it's a little bit different lifting weights and moving dead

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Speaker 3: weight then going out there moving bodies that are fighting

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Speaker 3: against you and that you have to push down the

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Speaker 3: field or hold hold off from getting to the quarterback.

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Speaker 2: So we'll see how it feels.

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Speaker 3: But give those guys credit for what they did today

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Speaker 3: by going out there playing and making some holes for

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Speaker 3: JT Nar and helping the team win the football game.

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Speaker 1: All Right, Before we continue on this episode of Instant Reaction,

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Speaker 1: All right, Bill, I want to talk a little about

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Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson's decision making over the course of this game.

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Speaker 1: And you know he threw the two picks. The first one.

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Speaker 1: It was a really nice play by Tavia where he

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Speaker 1: kind of sunk into that space. I think Richardson was

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Speaker 1: trying to layer it in and Tovie tips it up

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Speaker 1: in the air winds up getting picked off. You know,

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Speaker 1: maybe a decision where he didn't see the linebacker there,

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Speaker 1: but also you know, a really nice play by Tavai.

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Speaker 1: And then the other one, they kind of run that

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Speaker 1: that pattern to Pierce where Christian Gonzalez, the cornerback, actually

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Speaker 1: said after the game that they ran that same play

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Speaker 1: earlier and he kind of knew he could sink under

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Speaker 1: the route, so he I don't know if he may

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Speaker 1: be baited that throw a little bit, but you know,

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Speaker 1: Richardson makes a throw, Gonzalez sinks under it, and he gets

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Speaker 1: the pick. Those two, you know, Shane Stiken's head after

567
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Speaker 1: the game, he's not really worried about either as a

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Speaker 1: you know, a real negative for Richardson. But I also

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Speaker 1: want to talk about this so early in the third quarter,

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Speaker 1: I made a note of this to go back and

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Speaker 1: watch the the all twenty two of it, and I

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Speaker 1: did right before we started potting here. But it's eleven

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Speaker 1: fifty one in the third quarter. The Colts have the

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Speaker 1: ball in the Patriots forty six yard line and the

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Speaker 1: cults are kind of run this funky play action to

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Speaker 1: trace surr that looks like it's designed to get Pittman

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Speaker 1: on a kind of like maybe like a sale concept

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Speaker 1: here with Pittman and Ady Mitchell running kind of deep

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Speaker 1: routes down field. There's nothing there, but so Richardson steps

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Speaker 1: up in the pocket to avoid some pressure and he's

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Speaker 1: like right over the like the face of Patriot pat

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Speaker 1: at midfield, and he looks like he's gonna just like

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Speaker 1: chuck it down field, but he pulls it back. He

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Speaker 1: realizes nothing's there, and he takes off and scrambles for

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Speaker 1: a first down. The thing with Anthony Richardson, Bill, he doesn't.

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Speaker 1: He's not wired to just take off and scramble. He

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Speaker 1: wants to throw down field. But sometimes that does lead

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Speaker 1: to your low percentage throws that are, you know, difficult

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Speaker 1: to complete. And in this instance, there were two pass

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Speaker 1: catchers surrounded by five defenders and he just said, nope,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna tuck it in and I'm gonna run it.

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Speaker 1: I thought that decision right there was one that I

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Speaker 1: was like, okay, that that showed some confident, that showed

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Speaker 1: some poise. And that showed I thought, just good decision making.

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Speaker 1: Riai threw those two picks, But there were other moments

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Speaker 1: in this game where he made good decisions with the football.

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Speaker 1: He made safe decisions with the football that then wound

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Speaker 1: up being plus plays for this offense.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he's learning.

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Speaker 3: I mean just the more he has an opportunity to play,

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Speaker 3: the more opportunities he has to see different things in

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Speaker 3: film study as well as actual live game reps.

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Speaker 2: The more he learns and the more comfortable he's getting.

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Speaker 3: And you know what, he knows that he can pull

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Speaker 3: the ball down to run to make some first downs

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Speaker 3: and there's not anything wrong with that as long as

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Speaker 3: he's you know, safe and not going to get hurt.

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Speaker 3: When he can get down and avoid contact, do it.

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Speaker 2: And he did that, And.

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Speaker 3: Those are the things that you want to see in

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Speaker 3: a young quarterback as as he continues to develop.

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Speaker 2: And I think you're seeing that with Anthony.

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Speaker 3: He's learning right now that Okay, it's not it's not

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Speaker 3: a bad thing to go down after I get a

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Speaker 3: first down to be.

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Speaker 2: Able to play the next play and hopefully continue to drive.

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Speaker 3: I don't have to always run over people to try

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Speaker 3: to get a big play, and you know, I know

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Speaker 3: my teammates respect me for what I do out in

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Speaker 3: the football field.

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Speaker 2: I don't have to prove anything to them.

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Speaker 3: And you know, if he has that mentality going forward,

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Speaker 3: as far as being safe making smart decisions, you know,

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Speaker 3: there's no telling what he can do because to me,

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Speaker 3: as far as playing quarterback, to me, that's one of

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Speaker 3: the most important things is making smart decisions. It's not

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Speaker 3: making the big wow plays. Those plays will come if

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Speaker 3: you make smart decisions. You just have to pick your

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Speaker 3: times when they do come. But if he continues to

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Speaker 3: grow like that by making smart decisions, all those big

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Speaker 3: players are going to start to come and you'll see

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Speaker 3: that moving forward.

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Speaker 1: I also want to make sure we don't lose sight

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Speaker 1: that you know, Josh Downs didn't play in this game,

635
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Speaker 1: didn't have Ashton Doolin, a guy who's been a reliable

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Speaker 1: depth piece in that wide receiver room. You know, Downs

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Speaker 1: being you know, maybe Anthony Richardson's favorite target since he

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Speaker 1: arrived in Indianapolis. So you know, you don't want to

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Speaker 1: lose sight that the Colts were undermanned in this game

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Speaker 1: in terms of their pass catchers. But I kind of

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Speaker 1: wrote this as Anthony Richards had another like box score

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Speaker 1: warshock test, where like, if if all you're looking at

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Speaker 1: is the box score, you're gonna be like, all right,

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Speaker 1: twelve to twenty four, one hundred yards, two picks, you know,

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Speaker 1: is he really all that good? But I think there

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Speaker 1: were some drops in there. There were some throws he

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Speaker 1: made that you know, were really good throws that you know,

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Speaker 1: guys for whatever reason were not able to make a

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Speaker 1: play on the ball that he had. He had his

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Speaker 1: moments in this game, certainly, but there were there was

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Speaker 1: a lot of good on that tape. And I took

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Speaker 1: note of this Bill that since he returned from his benching,

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Speaker 1: Anthony Richards, when not pressured, has the highest Pro Football

654
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 1: focused passing grade of any quarterback in the NFL. So again,

655
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,840
Speaker 1: take it for what it's worth. You know, PF half

656
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:13,320
Speaker 1: grades are not gospel, but that kind of matches the

657
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 1: eye test, Bill, Like, when he's got a clean pocket,

658
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,160
Speaker 1: he's accurate, he's making good decisions, and he's putting the

659
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 1: ball in a place where his guys can go make

660
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 1: a play.

661
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 2: Yeah.

662
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 3: I mean, I think from the beginning of the year,

663
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 3: we've said that if we see consistent growth, a progression

664
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:33,080
Speaker 3: going up. I think we all would be happy about

665
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 3: what Anthony Richison has done and where he's come from

666
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:39,560
Speaker 3: to where he's going. And I think now once he

667
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 3: came back from his benching, we've seen growth and how

668
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 3: he's played out there in the football field, some of

669
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,600
Speaker 3: the things that he's done out there in the football field,

670
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:49,720
Speaker 3: and that's what you want to see. So that to me,

671
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,720
Speaker 3: those are the positive things. Now in this last stretch

672
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:54,960
Speaker 3: of games, these four games, you want to continue to

673
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 3: see that growth as far as him, you know, playing

674
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 3: good football, making good decison out there and doing the

675
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,600
Speaker 3: things that he can do and the things that he

676
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 3: does well out in.

677
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 2: The football field.

678
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 3: So if we could continue to see that, then you

679
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,719
Speaker 3: know you would say, okay, yes, Anthony's making growth. Now

680
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,919
Speaker 3: we need to continue to see it going into next year.

681
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 3: And you know what, that's what you want to see.

682
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:18,960
Speaker 3: You want to see growth. Now, he might have a

683
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,399
Speaker 3: dip down where you know, he might not play as

684
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 3: well or might not play as well we think he

685
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,359
Speaker 3: should play. But as long as he's making growth, as

686
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,320
Speaker 3: long as he's working at it, he will get better,

687
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:35,280
Speaker 3: believe me. And once he fully reaches his potential, NFL

688
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 3: needs to watch out because I mean, to me, his talent,

689
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:43,239
Speaker 3: his physical gifts are unbelievable, and you match that up

690
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:46,360
Speaker 3: with him having a better feel for the game and

691
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 3: understanding the game with some experience, watch out. I mean

692
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,360
Speaker 3: pretty much it might not be anything he couldn't do

693
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 3: out there in the football field. We know he can

694
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 3: throw the ball sixty yards. We know he can outrun people,

695
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 3: we know he can run out over people. So as

696
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 3: a quarterback he will give your offense so many opportunities

697
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,759
Speaker 3: do different things out there in the football field that

698
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,239
Speaker 3: it should give you an advantage.

699
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 1: I mean, look, the if the trend line, like you said, Bill,

700
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 1: there might be there might be one that comes down,

701
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 1: you know, a game that isn't a down one. But

702
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,520
Speaker 1: if the tread line is pointing up at the end

703
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:21,960
Speaker 1: of the season, you're gonna feel really good about where

704
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 1: this franchise is going to stand going into twenty twenty five.

705
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:26,920
Speaker 1: Obviously you want to try to make the playoffs this year,

706
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:28,920
Speaker 1: but I mean, look that if you come out of

707
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,480
Speaker 1: the season feeling good about Anthony Richardson and like, all right,

708
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,279
Speaker 1: we got our guy, that is a That's that's the

709
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,520
Speaker 1: feeling you want and I kind of want to flip

710
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:39,360
Speaker 1: it over to the defense now, Bill because talking to

711
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 1: Sire Franklin after the game, like he looked me like

712
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,360
Speaker 1: dead in the eye. I asked him this question of

713
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 1: just like, you know, like I brought up something he

714
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,840
Speaker 1: said earlier about Anthony where he was like, you know,

715
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:54,960
Speaker 1: I can if you show me that you can come

716
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:56,759
Speaker 1: fight in a game that you know, hey, if we

717
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 1: need to get in a brawl, I can trust you

718
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,400
Speaker 1: to be on my side and a dark alley and

719
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 1: all that. And you know, I was like, did this

720
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:06,720
Speaker 1: game kind of like encapsulate that for him? And Zaire

721
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:10,640
Speaker 1: told me, you know, quote, he's a dog when he

722
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 1: got one like that at the quarterback position. It's not

723
00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:15,200
Speaker 1: all different ways. It ain't just running. It's a mentality.

724
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 1: When you got one at quarterback, you got a shot.

725
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 1: And then he kind of like pauses and he looks

726
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 1: at me like just dead in the eyes, and he goes,

727
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:26,279
Speaker 1: we got a shot. These guys on defense see it.

728
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:30,600
Speaker 1: They believe in it, and I think that they also

729
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 1: recognize this is something Zia. Franklin also said that they

730
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 1: got to raise their level of play. Zire said, quote,

731
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,360
Speaker 1: if five is gonna play like that. We got to

732
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,840
Speaker 1: be better than this. In regard to their defensive effort

733
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:44,920
Speaker 1: in this game, I think they all see it. They

734
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,400
Speaker 1: all see Anthony Richardson laid it on the line, and

735
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:50,479
Speaker 1: they all want to raise their level of play after

736
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:51,720
Speaker 1: what they put on the field today.

737
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,560
Speaker 3: Oh yes, I definitely want to raise their level of

738
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,160
Speaker 3: play opt in a football field. And you know, for

739
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 3: any player, the thing that you want your teammates. You

740
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,920
Speaker 3: want your teammates to respect you and trust you. And

741
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 3: the only way they're going to do that you have

742
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 3: to go out there and earn it and show them

743
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,279
Speaker 3: that you know what, you can make the plays or

744
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 3: that you're doing the things that the coaches have asked

745
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 3: you to do and you're being successful at it.

746
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 2: And them is.

747
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 3: Seeing Anthony go out there and make plays and him

748
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:24,040
Speaker 3: doing the things out there that you know what a

749
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 3: lot of the players can't do. In regards to other

750
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:30,400
Speaker 3: quarterbacks on different teams, you know what, they know that

751
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,319
Speaker 3: Anthony is special and when he can give you an

752
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,440
Speaker 3: opportunity to win football games, you yourself want to go

753
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:37,719
Speaker 3: out there and say, you know what, I have to

754
00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 3: do my part. I can't let Anthony down. I can't

755
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 3: left the Inneapolis coach down. I can't left my teammates down.

756
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:46,919
Speaker 3: Every teammate there, you want to let them know that, hey,

757
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,440
Speaker 3: I'm there for you and I'm going to do everything

758
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,719
Speaker 3: I can to help win a football game. So those

759
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 3: guys know that. So they know now that, you know what,

760
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,719
Speaker 3: with Anthony out there, they have an opportunity to win

761
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 3: football games. They just need to keep it closed and

762
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,319
Speaker 3: the unit, as far as the defense, they want to

763
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 3: do their part. They want to go out there and

764
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:06,839
Speaker 3: do their partor as far as you know what, we

765
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:07,760
Speaker 3: need to stop people.

766
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,759
Speaker 2: We need to slow people down. We need to get

767
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:10,480
Speaker 2: the ball.

768
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:13,040
Speaker 3: Back to our offense so they can have opportunities go

769
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:14,920
Speaker 3: down there and score some points.

770
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,000
Speaker 2: But you know what, defense.

771
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:21,120
Speaker 3: Today they had that bend, don't break type of mentality.

772
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,399
Speaker 2: Where they give up a lot of yards. But they

773
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 2: were tough in the red zone, you know.

774
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,600
Speaker 3: And you know part of that was because New England

775
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 3: shot themselves in the foot, but part also was the

776
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,359
Speaker 3: Coast defense making plays when they needed to black them's

777
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,279
Speaker 3: interception there was a big play in the red zone. So,

778
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:39,440
Speaker 3: you know what, they need to continue to make those plays.

779
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 3: But hopefully they can do a little bit better, especially

780
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 3: against the run. Slow down the run of other teams

781
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:46,879
Speaker 3: and stop them from moving the ball down the field.

782
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, Bill, I think you know, Ben don't break is

783
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:51,719
Speaker 1: a good way to put it. Because the Colts were

784
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:53,920
Speaker 1: good in the red zone in this game. Now, granted

785
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 1: they got some assistance from the Patriots getting a ton

786
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 1: of US penalties when they got down inside the twenty.

787
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:03,959
Speaker 1: But the thing that was was kind of concerning to me, Bill,

788
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,040
Speaker 1: is the Patriots ran fifty four plays on early downs,

789
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 1: so first or second down, and they gained five or

790
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,799
Speaker 1: more yards on those plays on thirty one of them.

791
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:15,719
Speaker 1: So that's well more than half that that right there

792
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: is is gonna be a that's a tough way to

793
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:21,879
Speaker 1: play defense. If New England is you know which they did.

794
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 1: They consistently were getting these efficient or explosive gains on

795
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 1: early downs. The New England had six runs of ten

796
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,440
Speaker 1: or more yards on first or second down. That that

797
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:34,120
Speaker 1: right there, that that's not going to cut it. That

798
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 1: was almost like a throwback to early in the season. Yes,

799
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:39,839
Speaker 1: you know, Houston is able to run on the Colts,

800
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 1: and then Green Bay was they also passes of fifteen

801
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,759
Speaker 1: or more yards on first or second down. So that

802
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,080
Speaker 1: that right there, that just that made it really difficult

803
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 1: for the Colts to sustain anything. And like I mentioned

804
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,200
Speaker 1: earlier in this podcast, Build New England made it into

805
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: the red zone on six of their first seven possessions

806
00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 1: in this game. That right there, if you are playing

807
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,439
Speaker 1: a better football team, they're going to make you pay

808
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:05,080
Speaker 1: more than the Patriots were able to make the Colts

809
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 1: pay in this game today.

810
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:09,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, they're going to convert on more than just what

811
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:12,200
Speaker 3: the Patriots converted on in the red zone, what they were.

812
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:15,560
Speaker 2: Two for six total, I think the Patriots were, So

813
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,799
Speaker 2: they're going to convert on more than that.

814
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,799
Speaker 3: And the good teams, you know, they're going to take

815
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:23,000
Speaker 3: advantage of you giving them opportunities to get.

816
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:26,120
Speaker 2: Down the field and you know, then them making.

817
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 3: Big players on first and second down, and then once

818
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:32,680
Speaker 3: they get in the red zone, convert those opportunities to touchdowns,

819
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,279
Speaker 3: not just field goals. So that's why I was talking

820
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,720
Speaker 3: about the Coats are going to have to hopefully get better,

821
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:43,080
Speaker 3: especially in the middle of the field between the twenties,

822
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:45,960
Speaker 3: slow teams down, keep them from moving the ball down

823
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,520
Speaker 3: the field, keeping them from possessing the ball again. The

824
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:53,160
Speaker 3: Coast loves the time possession battle again today, and that's

825
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 3: to me, it's going to be a big thing moving forward.

826
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 3: They're going to have to have to find the ways

827
00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,799
Speaker 3: to get off the field. From a defensive standpoint, They're going.

828
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:03,160
Speaker 2: To find a way to slow these teams down.

829
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 3: And you know what is great that the Colts were

830
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,239
Speaker 3: stout in the red zone, but they're going to have

831
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 3: to be a little bit better between the twenties to

832
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:15,760
Speaker 3: play against these better teams that will move the ball

833
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:17,560
Speaker 3: and once they get in the red zone, they will

834
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:20,960
Speaker 3: convert those players into touchdowns and not just field goals.

835
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, Drake may completes eighty percent of his passes in

836
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:26,399
Speaker 1: this game, Billy goes twenty four or thirty for two

837
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,960
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty eight yards. He scrambled five times for

838
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,840
Speaker 1: fifty nine yards. Forty one of those came on a

839
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:36,239
Speaker 1: scramble in the first half. He's a good player, Drag.

840
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:38,800
Speaker 1: I think Treks a really good player in this league.

841
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:43,359
Speaker 1: But allowing an eighty percent completion percentage, that's that's not

842
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,200
Speaker 1: something the Colts want to do and want to, you know,

843
00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:48,560
Speaker 1: continue to make a habit of especially when you get

844
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 1: you know, a guy like Bo Knicks coming up in

845
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,760
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks, who is a very accurate quarterback

846
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 1: who's going to have a high completion percentage. You want

847
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,600
Speaker 1: to be able to keep that as low as you can.

848
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:01,960
Speaker 1: The thing that's sort of worry Mead Bill is watching

849
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:04,279
Speaker 1: this game and having seen a little bit of the Broncos,

850
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,279
Speaker 1: was that the way New England is able to play

851
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:09,200
Speaker 1: offense almost kind of felt like a blueprint for how

852
00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 1: Denver could play it against the Colts. Outside of than Denver,

853
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,720
Speaker 1: you would expect to be better in the red zone.

854
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:18,160
Speaker 1: So certainly some stuff for the Colts to clean up

855
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:20,239
Speaker 1: going into that game in Denver. That's going to mean

856
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,200
Speaker 1: a lot for the AFC playoff race.

857
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's got I mean a lot.

858
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:25,879
Speaker 3: I would look at as the one good thing is

859
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:29,040
Speaker 3: the coast of going into that bye week, so they

860
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,280
Speaker 3: have time to look at a lot of different things

861
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 3: to see how they can change some things up to

862
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:36,440
Speaker 3: hopefully maybe put a few new wrinkles there on defense

863
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:40,280
Speaker 3: in regards to do something that the Broncos haven't seen, maybe.

864
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:41,960
Speaker 2: They'll hopefully helped them out.

865
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:45,279
Speaker 3: So we'll see what happens moving forward in this next

866
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 3: week for the coasts. Then bye week and yes they

867
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,640
Speaker 3: will get some rest, but you know, we'll see what

868
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:52,480
Speaker 3: the coaches come up with some different wrinkles in the

869
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:55,759
Speaker 3: game plan to help them against Denver. But they have

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Speaker 2: They will take advantage of it.

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Speaker 3: And usually what happens is, yes, you know, if you've

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Speaker 3: been doing this all along all season, eventually is going

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Speaker 2: So that's why I say.

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Speaker 3: The Coats need to make sure they take care of

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Speaker 3: this stuff right away and try to find a way

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Speaker 3: to be better between the twenties and then of course,

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Speaker 3: you know, if they can be as good as they

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Speaker 2: But have to try to slow the teams down.

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Speaker 3: And if teams want to run the ball, we have

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Speaker 3: to find a way to stop them run so that

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Speaker 3: you know what they you make the team one dimensional,

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Speaker 3: then hopefully you get them off the field and get

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Speaker 2: To your offense.

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Speaker 3: So it's gonna be important for the defense to, you know,

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Speaker 3: come up with something different to stop these teams and

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Speaker 1: our listeners and viewers every step of the way. Here

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