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Speaker 1: Welcome in, everybody. The Official Cults Podcast is back the

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Speaker 1: Holiday edition here on this Thursday, a handful of days

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Speaker 1: away from Christmas. In Week sixteen of the NFL regular season,

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Speaker 1: the Culture getting ready to take on the Tennessee Titans

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Speaker 1: and hopefully bounce back after a tough loss out west

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Speaker 1: to the Denver Broncos. Here with Casey Valier and Bill Brooks.

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Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor, Billy b. How's your shopping to this point?

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Speaker 2: Uh? Just like a true male, I'm waiting to the

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Speaker 2: last minute, right.

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Speaker 1: So on a scale of one to ten, ten being complete?

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Speaker 1: Where we at?

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 1: Four? Oh yeah, I'm not what I wanted to hear? No, no,

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Speaker 1: it smokes. Now, how many people do you have to

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Speaker 1: contend for here around Christmas?

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Speaker 3: Just?

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Speaker 2: Two?

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Speaker 3: Wow?

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Speaker 1: What? So have you gotten anything? Did you get the

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Speaker 1: wrapping paper? Is that you're four?

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Speaker 2: I've got it?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: What's the four?

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Speaker 3: Like you know?

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Speaker 1: Like you thought about it? Is that way? It's a four?

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Speaker 2: It's I have on a list.

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Speaker 1: Does your wife and daughter do they tell you what

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Speaker 1: they want? Or do you have to think about what

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Speaker 1: they want? How does it go?

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Speaker 4: No, they're pretty they tell me what they want so

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Speaker 4: I can hopefully find it and hopefully it is still available.

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Speaker 1: Now you're in big time trouble. Man. You are a

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Speaker 1: typical male procrastination station over there. What about you, sir.

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Speaker 1: I think I've got the kids, I.

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Speaker 5: Got like three gifts left to do. Everything else I haven't.

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Speaker 5: I haven't wrapped anything, so I'm behind the eight point

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Speaker 5: when that that's a great question to stay of late

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Speaker 5: at night, watch movie through it. I'm at that point

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Speaker 5: now where that's kind of the only option I have.

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Speaker 5: But the gifts have been I would say eighty five

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Speaker 5: percent purchased.

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Speaker 1: How about you, Matt, I'm heading to Target right after

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Speaker 1: we get done here, A zero zero four. I tell

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Speaker 1: you what, my wife, she's an absolute angel. She knows

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Speaker 1: the deal. She knows the footballs, so you know, she

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Speaker 1: she kind of carries the torch for Santa Claus in

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Speaker 1: the month of December. So God, God bless. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure a lot of people out there right now

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Speaker 2: Like, yeah, that's we're in the same boat.

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Speaker 1: The women, the women in our lives, they know what's

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Speaker 1: going on. Thank goodness for them. They do a fantastic job.

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Speaker 1: So we're gonna talk about that with Jalen Jones, by

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Speaker 1: the way, coming up on our podcast here. Jalen played

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Speaker 1: fantastically last time out against the Broncos, for the most part,

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Speaker 1: shut down Courtland Sutton, and he's taken on the torch

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Speaker 1: of trying to shut down most teams top targets and

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Speaker 1: he's done a pretty good job in that. So we're

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Speaker 1: gonna talk to him later on in the podcast. Today.

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Speaker 1: We're also going to talk about the Titans, and we're

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Speaker 1: also gonna begin to look at what's next for the

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Speaker 1: Colts in terms of the playoff odds after dropping that

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Speaker 1: pivotal game against the Broncos last week. So I guess

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Speaker 1: we'll start there. So everybody's got their models now. We

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Speaker 1: talked about this last week with a differing of them,

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Speaker 1: you know, predictions, and you know this team wins, then

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Speaker 1: your percentage goes down to X, Y or z. So

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Speaker 1: most of the models now have the Colts with less

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Speaker 1: than a twenty percent chance of making the playoffs. They're

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Speaker 1: six to eight. Lost that game against the Denver Broncos,

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Speaker 1: but with some other teams losing last week, the odds

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Speaker 1: are actually better than I thought they would be, and

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Speaker 1: the scenario to follow is actually easier to comprehend than

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Speaker 1: I thought it would be following that loss. So essentially,

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Speaker 1: fellas the Colts can still make the playoffs, but they

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Speaker 1: need two really big things to happen, right, A lot

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Speaker 1: of big ifs, but still it's possible. The Colts need

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Speaker 1: to win out. They've got three games remaining. They have

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Speaker 1: the Titans, Giants, and Jaguars in that order. And those

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Speaker 1: three teams are, let's face it, maybe some of the

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Speaker 1: three worst teams in the NFL. They have a combined

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Speaker 1: eight wins on the season here, So the Colts need

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Speaker 1: the Chargers are now the chief competition for the Colts.

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Speaker 1: LA needs to lose at least two of their last

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Speaker 5: Yep, yeah, I mean, I'm with you because I honestly

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Speaker 5: thought it was going to be I mentioned it last

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Speaker 5: going to be following like fifteen detours on how you

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Speaker 5: get there. Ultimately, it all starts tonight. I mean we're

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Speaker 5: taping this here on Thursday. You got Broncos Chargers on

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Speaker 5: Thursday Night football and the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: And you thought after that game against Denver, you'd say,

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Speaker 1: all right, let's go Chargers. Ye, But now it's the

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Speaker 5: It's reversed, and I mean, ultimately, winning three games in

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Speaker 5: a row is hard.

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Speaker 1: We all know that that is.

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Speaker 2: That is it's a feat.

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Speaker 5: Doesn't matter how good of a football team it is.

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Speaker 5: Winning three games in a row is tough in the NFL.

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Speaker 5: So you're hoping the Colts can do that. But then

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Speaker 5: also the Chargers they got to go on the road

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Speaker 5: after tonight they play they host the Broncos, and they

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Speaker 5: have back to back road games, so you hope that

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Speaker 5: they fall tonight and they can one of these next

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Speaker 5: two they can fall, and the Colts can be doing

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Speaker 5: what they want to do and play in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no question about it. All right, So let's talk

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Speaker 1: about big picture here. You know, we can talk about

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Speaker 1: the fallout from the second half against the Broncos, and

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Speaker 1: we can sit here and talk about the self infliction

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Speaker 1: and all the mistakes. We can do that till we're

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Speaker 1: blue in the face. If you're watching or listening to

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Speaker 1: this by now, you've been hit over the head with

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Speaker 1: game recaps and what happened and the double pass and

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Speaker 1: all that stuff. So we don't need to rehash, but

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Speaker 1: let's talk about how we got here, Bill. I mean,

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Speaker 1: this season, the Colts have just one win against a

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Speaker 1: team that's currently in the playoff field. That came all

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Speaker 1: the way back in September. That was the Pittsburgh Steelers

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Speaker 1: by an average of over fifteen points. So what are

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Speaker 1: the biggest things Bill? For you? And you can throw

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Speaker 1: what are the biggest things holding this team back from

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Speaker 4: You know, unfortunately, I think it's a number of things.

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Speaker 4: It's not just one particular thing that's holding the team back.

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Speaker 4: If you go back to the beginning of the season

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Speaker 4: getting enough turnovers yourself, creating turnovers from a defensive standpoint.

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Speaker 2: So those are a combination of things.

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Speaker 4: And then when you're when one side of the ball

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Speaker 4: you're not playing complimentary football, you know. Or then there's

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Speaker 4: the special teams where you know what, they give up

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Speaker 4: combination of things that's happening. Good football teams they overcome

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Speaker 4: it's not playing complimentary football, and that's tough. When you

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Speaker 5: Yeah's that's what my thing is, is the complimentary football.

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Speaker 5: I mean, I think we'd all agree that the defense

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Speaker 5: and you still end up losing by eighteen. So ultimately,

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Speaker 5: it's not being able to you know, on your best day,

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Speaker 5: That's been the biggest thing. I think that's your biggest thing,

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Speaker 5: holding you back to where you ultimately wanted to be

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Speaker 5: this year, and all those things that Bill Minchin it

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Speaker 5: able to play Casey.

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Speaker 1: Hypothetically, let's say that you were gonna do your Christmas

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Speaker 1: Let's say at halftime of the Broncos game. You're watching

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Speaker 1: to Greg and Bill in the postgame show and they're

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Speaker 1: talking about how the Colts lost thirty one to thirteen.

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Speaker 1: How would you have processed that, you know, like you

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Speaker 1: if you didn't follow along, if you didn't know what

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Speaker 1: in the second half, complimentary football just went out the

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Speaker 5: The only thing that I would have been able to

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Speaker 5: been clearly the Broncos offense was able to make high

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Speaker 5: have been. And that's where it also makes it frustrating.

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Speaker 5: That's what makes it so frustrating. Is it wasn't that

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Speaker 5: you know that whole adage of you lose more games

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Speaker 5: I mean, I think that if you were to go

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Speaker 5: ask Sean Payton, there would have been a handful of

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Speaker 5: we have got to figure this out. Yeah, if we

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Speaker 5: are lucky we won this game because of all the

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Speaker 5: very hard to comprehend because ultimately, I think even after

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Speaker 5: the game, you looked at it and you said, how

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Speaker 5: did you lose this game? And not only like it

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Speaker 5: wasn't like you lost it by a field goal, like

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Speaker 5: you lost handily, And that was the biggest issue with it,

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Speaker 1: No question about it. Like you said, giving up less

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Speaker 1: And to be fair, it's not on the quarterback. I mean,

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Speaker 1: with Colts cornerback Jalen Jones and year number two and Jalen,

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Speaker 1: you're fresh off individually a really good performance for the

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Speaker 1: How much do you relish at this point in your career,

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Speaker 6: I think that's the biggest thing. You know, these relationships,

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00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,199
Speaker 6: you know, his lifetime long and you know, when I'm

438
00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:49,120
Speaker 6: done with ball, man, I want people to say great things.

439
00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,159
Speaker 6: So definitely just going out there, you know, playing for

440
00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,760
Speaker 6: the organization and the team and my brothers. Man, that'd

441
00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:54,640
Speaker 6: be the biggest.

442
00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:54,720
Speaker 3: Thing for me.

443
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Speaker 1: Do you have a favorite matchup you've had so far

444
00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,639
Speaker 1: to this point in your career or is there perhaps

445
00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,400
Speaker 1: a guy that you're looking forward to match it up with.

446
00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,200
Speaker 6: I'm about to say, man, whoever's receiver one over there?

447
00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,879
Speaker 6: You know that's I love the matchup every time. So

448
00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,480
Speaker 6: I don't really got a favorite one, but definitely I

449
00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:10,840
Speaker 6: love going out there and competing though.

450
00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,119
Speaker 1: Well, this week it's going to be Calvin Ridley in

451
00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,600
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans top target. What is it about him

452
00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,440
Speaker 1: that makes him unique? He's he got off a little

453
00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,119
Speaker 1: bit of a slow start this season statistically, but in

454
00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:22,800
Speaker 1: the last eight games he's really caught fire.

455
00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,640
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, Man, you watch film Man. You just see

456
00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:26,640
Speaker 3: what he displays. Man.

457
00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:30,760
Speaker 6: You know, just explosive man, explosive guy quickness, you know,

458
00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,320
Speaker 6: route technician man, and you know those are the guys

459
00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:36,200
Speaker 6: you know when you go against them, it's just really

460
00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,119
Speaker 6: being just disciplining your technique. You know, don't try to

461
00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,080
Speaker 6: do something you never did before. You know, just you know,

462
00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:43,960
Speaker 6: just do do do what you've been doing, man, and

463
00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,920
Speaker 6: just being disciplined and understanding what he likes to do. Man,

464
00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:48,879
Speaker 6: just being in the film Man, just looking at it.

465
00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,600
Speaker 1: So all right, Well, tennessee their offense, they're making a

466
00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:55,520
Speaker 1: switch at quarterback, going from Will Levis to Mason Rudolph.

467
00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,520
Speaker 1: You saw him briefly for a stint last year. Came

468
00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:01,879
Speaker 1: in relief that Pittsburgh game late in the season. What

469
00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,640
Speaker 1: he came off the bench last week completed eighty percent

470
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,000
Speaker 1: of his passes, right, So he can be surgical, he

471
00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000
Speaker 1: can be accurate. What is about their offense that kind

472
00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:10,840
Speaker 1: of changes with him at quarterback?

473
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Speaker 2: Oh?

474
00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:11,560
Speaker 3: Man?

475
00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,119
Speaker 6: You know, they pretty much run the same things in

476
00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,640
Speaker 6: terms of like concepts in the past game. The only

477
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,720
Speaker 6: thing I'll say that's different is, you know the quarterback runs,

478
00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:22,080
Speaker 6: you know, the difference between him and a wheel, but.

479
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:23,440
Speaker 3: Definitely the same offense.

480
00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,600
Speaker 6: You know, just understanding what they like to do, and

481
00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:27,600
Speaker 6: like he's a vet guy, man, so he understands the

482
00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:29,160
Speaker 6: reason the progression of what he needs to do.

483
00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:30,399
Speaker 3: To, you know, try to put his team in the

484
00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:31,600
Speaker 3: best position to win. All right.

485
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Speaker 1: For you, You're in year number two, You're having a

486
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,040
Speaker 1: terrific season. You've started every game. You know, you had

487
00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,399
Speaker 1: ten starts last year, your top six in the NFL

488
00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:43,119
Speaker 1: and passes defense, you lead the team in that department

489
00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,800
Speaker 1: with twelve of them. I know I've asked you this before,

490
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,919
Speaker 1: but where do you think your stacking performances and really

491
00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,600
Speaker 1: growing and taking those next steps.

492
00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,320
Speaker 3: Man, Just growing, just growing, man.

493
00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,359
Speaker 6: Like I said, you know, I couldn't think the coaches

494
00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,960
Speaker 6: and vets around me, you know anymore, just because I'm

495
00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,280
Speaker 6: I mean, them giving me the little nuggets and just

496
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,600
Speaker 6: understanding you know, the corner position in the NFL.

497
00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:07,640
Speaker 3: Man, definitely, I feel like that's.

498
00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,800
Speaker 6: Been my biggest you know, just how I'm getting better

499
00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:12,880
Speaker 6: and just you know, slowing the game down for myself.

500
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,919
Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, there's no question about that. And you know,

501
00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,679
Speaker 1: again last week, you had a good individual performance. The

502
00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,280
Speaker 1: defense had a great performance. I know you don't. You

503
00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,840
Speaker 1: didn't get to win, but you know, you guys held

504
00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,320
Speaker 1: up your end of the bargain. You know, you held

505
00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,320
Speaker 1: Denver to less than two hundred yards of total offense,

506
00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:30,840
Speaker 1: you had the three interceptions. Where do you think you

507
00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,159
Speaker 1: can build upon that performance in these last three games

508
00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,719
Speaker 1: of the season with you guys still having a mathematical

509
00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:37,879
Speaker 1: chance to make the postseason?

510
00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:41,000
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, just just seeing you know, what we did good,

511
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,000
Speaker 6: the things we did bad, you know, clean those things up,

512
00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:44,640
Speaker 6: but seeing the things we did good and just trying

513
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,159
Speaker 6: to capitalize on those things. And like I said, we

514
00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:49,240
Speaker 6: just comes down to just discipline, execution.

515
00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:49,520
Speaker 1: Man.

516
00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,240
Speaker 3: You know out physically your opponents.

517
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,360
Speaker 6: So definitely, man, these next you know, next three coming up,

518
00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,960
Speaker 6: definitely take you know, one game step out of time.

519
00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,639
Speaker 6: And you know, once we went out, man, you know,

520
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,760
Speaker 6: just last and take care of the rest man, you know,

521
00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:03,960
Speaker 6: try to get a shot at this thing.

522
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,439
Speaker 1: So I like what you said right there when you

523
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,960
Speaker 1: went out, Oh yeah, definitely. Mean does last week just

524
00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,600
Speaker 1: prove that, you know, the lessons are you've got to

525
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,200
Speaker 1: play complimentary football. You know, the defense did their job,

526
00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,879
Speaker 1: but you know there's there's been points in this season

527
00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:20,280
Speaker 1: where the sixty minutes of complimentary football just haven't been

528
00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,200
Speaker 1: there for this team. Is that the lesson here late

529
00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,320
Speaker 1: in the season that you know, no matter what, you

530
00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:26,440
Speaker 1: guys have to be on your p's and q's, despite

531
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,240
Speaker 1: you know, the opponents and despite what's at stake here

532
00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,000
Speaker 1: to claim what what you can get done.

533
00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,480
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, definitely definitely. I just feel like, you know,

534
00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:35,320
Speaker 6: we put this whole thing together. Man, I feel like

535
00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,399
Speaker 6: we could be anybody in the league. I mean you

536
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,600
Speaker 6: see the games throughout the year, man, most of the

537
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,840
Speaker 6: games been you know, one scoring things like that. Sure,

538
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,520
Speaker 6: So definitely just seeing you know, the talent on this

539
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,240
Speaker 6: team and you know, the gritting these guys, man, just

540
00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:49,560
Speaker 6: coming all together. Like I said, like when we win

541
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,200
Speaker 6: these next three, man, try to get a shot at

542
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:53,560
Speaker 6: this thing, you know, make a run for it.

543
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,680
Speaker 1: So yeah, all right, well you've got a new face

544
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,360
Speaker 1: plus a plus an old face back in the cornerback

545
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:02,280
Speaker 1: and round. Oh yeah, this weekgated to return is Juju Brents.

546
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,440
Speaker 1: He got banged up all the way back in week one,

547
00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,159
Speaker 1: which seems like forever ago with that knee injury. But

548
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,439
Speaker 1: he's been working his tail out, tail off trying to

549
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,679
Speaker 1: get back, you know, rehabbing and trying to make a difference.

550
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,800
Speaker 1: These last couple of games, you've noticed him working out

551
00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:19,480
Speaker 1: kind of in the shadows. What's his grind, been trying

552
00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:21,320
Speaker 1: to get back and trying to fight his way back

553
00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:21,920
Speaker 1: on this roster.

554
00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:22,440
Speaker 2: Man.

555
00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,119
Speaker 6: You know, I don't think people understand how hard of

556
00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:29,719
Speaker 6: a worker Juju really is, man. I mean, I mean

557
00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:31,280
Speaker 6: he's a guy that comes in day in and day

558
00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,919
Speaker 6: out and just he does everything right, man. And so

559
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,160
Speaker 6: just seeing him just work to you know, what he wants, man,

560
00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,720
Speaker 6: and just having him back in his defense, man, I

561
00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:42,240
Speaker 6: mean it brings a guy's joy.

562
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Speaker 1: Man.

563
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:44,480
Speaker 6: I mean, he's our brother. You know, this is a

564
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,359
Speaker 6: guy that goes on the field and everybody sees it.

565
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:49,720
Speaker 6: Just the physicality, you know how, the passion that he

566
00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,600
Speaker 6: plays with. I mean, that's that's somebody that you always needed,

567
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,480
Speaker 6: you know, on your team. So it's always you know,

568
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:55,080
Speaker 6: good at you.

569
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you guys are pretty close. I mean you're

570
00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,479
Speaker 1: the same same draft class. I mean, can you can

571
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,080
Speaker 1: you speak to that relationship? You know how it's personally

572
00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:03,880
Speaker 1: good for you to see him back with the team.

573
00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:04,240
Speaker 3: Man.

574
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,159
Speaker 6: I mean, like I say, he's my brother, man, I

575
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,280
Speaker 6: mean we when I you know, first guy here man

576
00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,600
Speaker 6: learning that you know Juju. You know he's from Indianapolis,

577
00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,359
Speaker 6: so I'm asking him like you know, food spots, you know,

578
00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:17,359
Speaker 6: traffic patterns.

579
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:17,920
Speaker 3: Traffic.

580
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,440
Speaker 6: Just definitely just you know, just having having a brother

581
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,119
Speaker 6: like that is you know, always good. You know, it's

582
00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,399
Speaker 6: a lifelong relationship like I said, And yeah, you know,

583
00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:26,320
Speaker 6: he's just a good person.

584
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:26,560
Speaker 3: Man.

585
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,159
Speaker 6: You know I met him at the combine. He was

586
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,560
Speaker 6: chopping up there and stuff like that. So I always

587
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:32,920
Speaker 6: been someone that I've seen as a friend.

588
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:34,359
Speaker 3: Definitely, Yeah, no doubt about that.

589
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,000
Speaker 1: All right. For you In this team, first home game

590
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,639
Speaker 1: in about a month, it's going to be a wide out.

591
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,440
Speaker 1: I'm always interested in talking to the defensive guys because

592
00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,040
Speaker 1: you just played in Denver and when the Colts had

593
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,240
Speaker 1: the ball, it was nuts, really really loud Lucas Oil Stadium.

594
00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:50,560
Speaker 1: When you guys are on defense and the other team

595
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 1: has the ball, it's nuts. How different is it for

596
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:57,439
Speaker 1: you to be on the field home games versus road games,

597
00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:59,640
Speaker 1: because I mean it's it's drastic in terms of crowd

598
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,159
Speaker 1: noise and what you're trying to compute and how you're

599
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 1: trying to communicate out there.

600
00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,720
Speaker 6: I was about to say, so I'm gonna start with

601
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,959
Speaker 6: the away games. First, away games, it's it's definitely when

602
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,200
Speaker 6: those things were. As a defense, you got to bring

603
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,160
Speaker 6: our own juice, definitely.

604
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:14,679
Speaker 3: Just because it's so quiet. It's quiet.

605
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,240
Speaker 6: You know, they're trying to be quiet for the offense,

606
00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,199
Speaker 6: you know, let them get the communications and chicks and

607
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,960
Speaker 6: things like that. For defense, we're trying to disrupt everything,

608
00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,520
Speaker 6: you know what I'm saying. So that's that's for the

609
00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,320
Speaker 6: away games. Then for the home games, I mean, we

610
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:27,159
Speaker 6: still have to bring our own juice on the field.

611
00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,600
Speaker 6: But I feel like when you have a home crowd,

612
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,600
Speaker 6: especially like Lucas Old and coach fans. I mean it

613
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,359
Speaker 6: makes it really easy to get the offense off track

614
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,719
Speaker 6: because I mean you've seen games, you know, offense have

615
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:42,160
Speaker 6: called timeouts, you know, they didn't fall started or something

616
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,720
Speaker 6: just because of the crowd news and so just having

617
00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:46,680
Speaker 6: you know, you know, Lucas Ol behind you on the

618
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,680
Speaker 6: field on home games, man, I mean it, I mean

619
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,280
Speaker 6: it makes it easy for us, man. And definitely, you know,

620
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,520
Speaker 6: it's a great atmosphere, you know, great to be playing,

621
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:56,679
Speaker 6: you know, in that stadium with the fans, so you know,

622
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 6: we love it every time.

623
00:26:57,720 --> 00:26:59,680
Speaker 1: Is it tougher to communicate though at home?

624
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,199
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, definitely, especially in the back end, which is

625
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:03,919
Speaker 6: weird to say, Yeah, in the back end.

626
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,480
Speaker 3: I was about to say it's definitely.

627
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 6: It's sometimes hard just because but you know that's why

628
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,280
Speaker 6: during practice man, you know, we get the communication checks down.

629
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:13,400
Speaker 3: We have hand signals and things like that.

630
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,880
Speaker 6: But definitely trying to yell it, especially if I'm trying

631
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,120
Speaker 6: to talk to like you know, Sam across the field

632
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:19,440
Speaker 6: or Kenny across the field.

633
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,520
Speaker 3: And yeah, we just got to look at each other

634
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:22,399
Speaker 3: and just give each other.

635
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 6: That look like okay, we on like just because you know,

636
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 6: it's so loud in that stadium, man, So it's always

637
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 6: great to be like in that stadium and just you

638
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 6: know here, you know, Lucas.

639
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 3: Old just rocking.

640
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:36,200
Speaker 1: And that's where probably playing with guys for multiple games, weeks,

641
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:37,280
Speaker 1: multiple years helps.

642
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:38,840
Speaker 3: Definitely like that.

643
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,439
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, I mean when I first got here, you know,

644
00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:45,119
Speaker 6: my rookie season, just seeing the way Kenny and JB

645
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,480
Speaker 6: could just look at each other and no, like like

646
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,560
Speaker 6: just no, like they look at each other and it's

647
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 6: just like, oh yeah, we're on asking them.

648
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:55,320
Speaker 3: What are y'allan about?

649
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:56,679
Speaker 1: What does that mean?

650
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:57,840
Speaker 3: But then the end up making a play.

651
00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,000
Speaker 6: It's like that's crazy, But you know they've been together

652
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,040
Speaker 6: for so long, and you know that's that's kind of

653
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,399
Speaker 6: you know relationship bill that you know, we're you know,

654
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 6: creating the back end with me and Sam being just

655
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:07,879
Speaker 6: new comers to the defense.

656
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Speaker 1: Yeah all right, last one, let's go off the field.

657
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Speaker 3: All right.

658
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Speaker 1: How how tough is it to be a professional football

659
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:17,760
Speaker 1: player around the holidays? You're balancing a lot, you got

660
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,600
Speaker 1: a busy schedule plus plus everything else.

661
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Speaker 6: Right, Oh yeah, definitely about to say so for at

662
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Speaker 6: least I mean for most of the guys you know,

663
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:29,040
Speaker 6: family's coming in, you know, this week, so uh, you know,

664
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,960
Speaker 6: everybody's like, okay, we should all just meet up here

665
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,919
Speaker 6: because we know, you know, he can't come home, so

666
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,880
Speaker 6: we all gonna be together. So I mean, probably just

667
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,560
Speaker 6: trying to get everybody up and just having a house

668
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,760
Speaker 6: full of people. Yeah, it's probably like one of the

669
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Speaker 6: main things. But I mean it's always good though, just

670
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 6: to you know, be around you know, good folks, family

671
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:48,360
Speaker 6: and things like that.

672
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Speaker 3: I mean we're gone year around. I there, you.

673
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,280
Speaker 6: Got the season and the off season, you're training and

674
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,400
Speaker 6: stuff like that, and it's just you're never around family

675
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Speaker 6: that much like it used to be. So just having that,

676
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 6: i mean range you kind of like kind of back

677
00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 6: to reality, even though this is our reality.

678
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Speaker 1: So yeah, you got your shopping done?

679
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,160
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, definitely. You got to get the family right,

680
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,080
Speaker 3: all right, got to get the family well done. Yeah,

681
00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 3: got impressed.

682
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Speaker 6: I was about to say you got to get the

683
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Speaker 6: family right becaus of the Christmas shopping. Man, you know,

684
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 6: just you know, it's just it's just one of those

685
00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 6: things where you know, you got Thanksgiving and Christmas, it's

686
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,239
Speaker 6: just a whole it's a world of you know, just

687
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:24,480
Speaker 6: given thanks just because I mean, those are your people.

688
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 3: In your corner, you know, got to take care of.

689
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:27,720
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm about to say, these are people in your corner.

690
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:29,840
Speaker 6: These are people that you know, do right or wrong.

691
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,840
Speaker 6: You know they got that, they got your back, you know,

692
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Speaker 6: do anything. So having I'm about to say, definitely just

693
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,560
Speaker 6: having that man. I mean, you know, I love you

694
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 6: found what they are. So definitely just having those people

695
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Speaker 6: around you, man. I mean, it's always great to.

696
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Speaker 1: I've got to hit Target after this. I got some

697
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:46,840
Speaker 1: late night shopping to do.

698
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Speaker 3: Right there. That's one of the good ones right there.

699
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Speaker 1: That's Jalen Jones, second year cornerback for the Indianapolis Colts.

700
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Speaker 1: Jalen really appreciate the time and all the best against Tennessee.

701
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 3: Thank you.

702
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 1: I love that guy. We talked to Jalen Jones in

703
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,080
Speaker 1: the locker room every single week. He your really good stuff.

704
00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:04,240
Speaker 1: He's a really thoughtful, mature guy. He's only twenty two

705
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 1: years old. After that conversation, we sat and talked for

706
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Speaker 1: another five to ten minutes about he's getting married coming

707
00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,200
Speaker 1: up in the off season, getting married in June. So

708
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:15,480
Speaker 1: every you know, Tuesday in the off season, his day off,

709
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 1: he's on zoom calls with the wedding planners and the taterers,

710
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 1: you know, trying to make sure they get it right.

711
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 1: You know, he knows the deal is important. I know

712
00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:27,760
Speaker 1: his fiance's taking charge rightfully. So it's her big day.

713
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,520
Speaker 1: So he's along for the ride. Yeah, but he's doing

714
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Speaker 1: his part. And hey, listen, if you do it right,

715
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 1: you only get married once, right, So he's trying to

716
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Speaker 1: make it a big day for him. So congratulations to

717
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Speaker 1: him on that coming up next summer. But also congratulations

718
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:45,400
Speaker 1: fantastic sophomore campaign for Jalen Jones. All right, let's talk

719
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,920
Speaker 1: about the Titans to close out. The Colts beat him

720
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 1: back in Week six, which is forever ago, back in October.

721
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,360
Speaker 1: Colts won that game twenty to seventeen. They're looking for

722
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 1: the season sweep Tennessee though, making the switch at quarterback.

723
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Speaker 1: They're benching Will Levis to bring and Mason Rudolph. Levis

724
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,120
Speaker 1: has thrown twelve picks. He's thrown a career high, or

725
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 1: I should say a season high four pick six is ye,

726
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 1: that's the most in the NFL. Rudolph's got four starts,

727
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 1: including a couple of that have led to wins for Tennessee.

728
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,160
Speaker 1: Rudolph has actually started once against the Colts. That was

729
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:23,560
Speaker 1: back in twenty nineteen when he's with the Pittsburgh Steelers. So, casey,

730
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,959
Speaker 1: who are the Titans now? They are three and eleven,

731
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 1: they've lost three straight games, and it looks like Will

732
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Speaker 1: Levis is not the franchise quarterback in Nashville.

733
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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's kind of the way the arrow is pointing

734
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:39,440
Speaker 5: on Will Levis. And it's interesting when this comment I'm

735
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 5: about to say comes out, because I think what Mason

736
00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:45,440
Speaker 5: Rudolph is going to give them it's more stability in

737
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:50,920
Speaker 5: that consistent pocket passer from a quarterback. So you know

738
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Speaker 5: what I mean with Will Levis. You have the opportunity

739
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 5: for the highlight plays. He's going to get stuff done

740
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 5: with his legs. But clearly he's been very turnover prone.

741
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Speaker 5: I'm not saying Mason Rudolph isn't going to throw the

742
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:02,600
Speaker 5: ball where it's not supposed to be. I feel like

743
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:04,640
Speaker 5: it's just going to be a lot more. You know,

744
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 5: he's gonna know where the ball needs to go. He's

745
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:11,600
Speaker 5: okay to take the layups and all of that. Sometimes

746
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 5: it's not fun, it's it's not what you know. Every

747
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 5: team wants to, but it's a really good recipe. He

748
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 5: stay on the field, stay on the field, and that's

749
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Speaker 5: been you know, when you look at this Colts team,

750
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:22,640
Speaker 5: that's one of the areas we've talked about all year

751
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 5: is the time of possession for opponents and that's kind

752
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 5: of what Mason Rudolph does really well.

753
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Speaker 1: You know it.

754
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 5: You know, he gets you into third and manageable and

755
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 5: that's what he's going to offer. So you look at

756
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 5: this three and eleven Titans team, it's it's it's interesting

757
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:39,080
Speaker 5: to look at the statistics, especially defensively, because they're giving

758
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 5: up a lot of points. I don't know necessarily if

759
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 5: that falls all on the defense. You talk about the

760
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Speaker 5: turnovers they're putting in tough situations. So the defense is

761
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 5: really really talented and they've put together a lot of

762
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,840
Speaker 5: really good numbers. And now with Mason Rudolph, you've got

763
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Speaker 5: a little bit more of that, you know, pocket passer.

764
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Speaker 5: You feel a little bit more comfortable in him getting

765
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Speaker 5: the football where it's supposed to be. So it's it's

766
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Speaker 5: one of the those things we always say, especially with

767
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Speaker 5: a visional opponent, you throw the records out the window.

768
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Speaker 5: But I think you really have to look at this

769
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Speaker 5: team not as a three and eleven team, but kind

770
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Speaker 5: of more as a Titans team with a handful of

771
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Speaker 5: weapons that can beat you.

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Speaker 1: There's no question about that. I mean, they've got they

773
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Speaker 1: got three wins for crying out, run aloud. So they're

774
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Speaker 1: beating people. They're beating somebody, right, and they have NFL

775
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 1: players on either side of the ball. Here's a really nerdy,

776
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,640
Speaker 1: like what are you gonna do with this kind of stat?

777
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Speaker 1: But that's where I live. Okay, he does. Mason Rudolph

778
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Speaker 1: comes in. I found this fascinating, Like I'm just looking

779
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Speaker 1: at the box score. So he comes in the middle

780
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Speaker 1: of the third quarter last week for Will Levis. But

781
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Speaker 1: he throws. He still throws twenty six passes. He completes

782
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:42,720
Speaker 1: eighty percent of his passes. That is the fifth highest

783
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Speaker 1: completion percentage in an NFL game by a quarterback who

784
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Speaker 1: comes in off of the bench since nineteen fifty. Wow. Okay, right,

785
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 1: so I don't know what you're supposed to do with that,

786
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 1: but yeah, the bullpen he came man threw a couple

787
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Speaker 1: of scoreless you know. So Mason Rudolph is a very

788
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna This is gonna sound like we're downplaying him,

789
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 1: but he's a very serviceable one hundred quarterback, been in

790
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 1: the league for twenty eight since twenty eighteen, and he's

791
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 1: been that long or been in the NFL that long

792
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,840
Speaker 1: for a reason. But what does it say Bill about

793
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:20,400
Speaker 1: where the Titans are at right now? This offseason is

794
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,920
Speaker 1: gonna be fascinating down in Nashville, the music city. They're

795
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,840
Speaker 1: gonna have to change their tune at quarterback because it

796
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:28,440
Speaker 1: sounds like Will Levis is very much in the crosshairs

797
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 1: of not being the guy that can depend on and

798
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:33,880
Speaker 1: grow around here going forward.

799
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, you know, well with Will Levis.

800
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Speaker 4: You know, going into this year, they were hoping that

801
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 4: they found their quarterback and that he can make that

802
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 4: jump to play in the National Football League, and unfortunately,

803
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:46,799
Speaker 4: you know, he's been one of those quarterbacks to turn

804
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:48,800
Speaker 4: the ball over quite a bit and it's not playing

805
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 4: well and just probably taking too many chances just out there.

806
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,920
Speaker 4: And he is very he's talented from an athletic standpoint

807
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,600
Speaker 4: as far as running himself. But I think they're looking

808
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,799
Speaker 4: for someone that's gonna be give them some stability back

809
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 4: there in regards to being a little bit more consistent

810
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 4: as far as getting the ball out, hitting the players,

811
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Speaker 4: and watching Mason Mudolf play against Cincinnati, you know, he

812
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:12,879
Speaker 4: took what the Bengals gave him. You know, it didn't

813
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:14,800
Speaker 4: do anything fancy or anything like that. Took what the

814
00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:17,160
Speaker 4: Bengals gave him. A lot of passes over the middle,

815
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 4: a lot of passes to tight end Conkwo and the

816
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:22,479
Speaker 4: backs out of the field, out of the back field

817
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 4: a couple of times. So I think Mason Mudoff is

818
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,200
Speaker 4: gonna give him someone that they can have some stability

819
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,879
Speaker 4: back there and that they can possibly move the ball

820
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 4: down the field. So that's what they're looking for. So

821
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 4: I think probably this offseason, you know, you might see

822
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 4: Titans in the market four quarterback.

823
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, listen to be fair, if there's a Titans

824
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 1: fan watching this or listening to this, they're probably saying, well,

825
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,600
Speaker 1: it's kind of like the Colts. They've bench Anthony Richardson too.

826
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:49,360
Speaker 1: He just goes to show that, Hey, even if you

827
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,719
Speaker 1: draft a quarterback in the top two rounds were in

828
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Speaker 1: the case of the Colts, you draft a guy in

829
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:57,400
Speaker 1: the top five, it takes time. It takes time to develop,

830
00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:00,840
Speaker 1: and it's the hardest position in sports for a reason,

831
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Speaker 1: all right, So I'm not saying that the Titans are

832
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:04,799
Speaker 1: going to give up on Will Levis, but benching a

833
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 1: guy this late in the season certainly adds some speculation

834
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 1: and it raises some question marks there. Casey, you brought

835
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:15,840
Speaker 1: up the point total allowed. It's been really kind of

836
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 1: it's been wonky. It's been wonky, it's been confusing, it's

837
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 1: kind of complicated, and I think you did a good

838
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 1: job of describing the lack of complimentary football going on

839
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,719
Speaker 1: down in Nashville, with all the turnovers they've had, the

840
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:33,080
Speaker 1: points allowed off of turnovers, the pick sixes and stuff

841
00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: like that that lead directly to points correct for the opposition.

842
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:42,360
Speaker 1: But Tennessee is number two dose number two in total

843
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:46,200
Speaker 1: yards allowed on defense, a three and eleven team ranked

844
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 1: second in the NFL in total defense wild stats, but

845
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:56,359
Speaker 1: they are twenty ninth in points allowed, giving up over

846
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: twenty seven points per game. You did a good job

847
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 1: of mapping it out, but it's still on the surface,

848
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 1: crazy discrepancy in stats and disparity on how you can

849
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,800
Speaker 1: be so good in some things and so bad in others.

850
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,840
Speaker 1: And red zone too, they're not so good or a

851
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:12,839
Speaker 1: red zone. They're giving up a lot of touchdowns, set

852
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:13,719
Speaker 1: of field goals inside the.

853
00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:15,839
Speaker 5: Twent and that's kind of the other aside to this.

854
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 5: You can talk about the turnovers, you can talk about

855
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,879
Speaker 5: the pick sixes, but it's also red zone. We all

856
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,360
Speaker 5: know how important red zone defense, red zone offense is

857
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,640
Speaker 5: and that is an area where they do struggle. But

858
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 5: it is wild to think, I mean, and maybe it

859
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 5: may also be a direct correlation with you know, they're

860
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 5: being put in short fields so there's not as many

861
00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,240
Speaker 5: yards to get too. So I mean, there's all kinds

862
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,960
Speaker 5: of things that play into this. But I think when

863
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 5: you kind of you take it all away and you

864
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 5: look at this roster, you look at the way this

865
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 5: defense is played, I do think that there is a

866
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:48,719
Speaker 5: lot of talent and they have played really good football,

867
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:51,279
Speaker 5: especially in the passing game. And I think it all

868
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 5: starts up front. They've got a front four that is

869
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,920
Speaker 5: I mean, they are elite. That front four is very

870
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,360
Speaker 5: very good. It starts with Jeffrey Simmons. We all know

871
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:02,239
Speaker 5: about Harold Landry. I think I called him earlier in

872
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,840
Speaker 5: the year probably one of NFL's best kept secrets, just

873
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 5: because he plays with the Titans. You don't see him,

874
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,400
Speaker 5: but I mean typically you can chalk it up to

875
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:10,840
Speaker 5: him having double digit sacks.

876
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:11,800
Speaker 1: It's just what he does.

877
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,440
Speaker 5: And so upfront, they're creating the pressure. They're getting the

878
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:19,719
Speaker 5: sack totals. It's forcing teams to be a little bit more.

879
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 5: You're throwing to the target, maybe a little art sooner

880
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,160
Speaker 5: than you want to be, and therefore it impacts the

881
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 5: passing game. So yes, it is kind of hard to

882
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,600
Speaker 5: kind of put your finger on why the numbers are

883
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:33,320
Speaker 5: so skewed. With the lack of yards and the points.

884
00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 5: I think it falls probably both of them should be

885
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 5: more in the middle, if you will. But I think

886
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 5: it's definitely a much more serviceable defense than what the

887
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 5: points say. But I don't know necessarily if the yardage

888
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:49,480
Speaker 5: is also right there to say this is the second

889
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:51,640
Speaker 5: best pat I mean, I think, yeah, all the numbers

890
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 5: are a little skewed. I think they're probably more right

891
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:57,040
Speaker 5: in the middle of the line. What these numbers would say, all.

892
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,560
Speaker 1: Right, to close out Fellas Obviously, the Denver game week,

893
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,319
Speaker 1: you know, very disappointing. We all know what it meant.

894
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:05,960
Speaker 1: You know, the playoff odds took a hit. What kind

895
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 1: of bounce back performance. Do you think we'll see out

896
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,279
Speaker 1: of the Colts, because again, the playoff odds are still there.

897
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:12,879
Speaker 1: Are they as good as they were a week ago

898
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,239
Speaker 1: when we sat here on Thursday? No, of course not.

899
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,560
Speaker 1: But they're still there. Three games left, still have something

900
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:21,400
Speaker 1: to play for. And it's not like Tennessee three and eleven.

901
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a layup. All right. There are no

902
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:28,080
Speaker 1: homecoming games in the NFL. And remember Week six, you know,

903
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:31,800
Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson didn't play, DeForest Buckner didn't play, Jonathan Taylor

904
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,840
Speaker 1: didn't play, so it's a different Colts team. But in

905
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 1: saying that, you know, the Colts needed a fourth quarter,

906
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:41,239
Speaker 1: big time comeback to win that football game. They had

907
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 1: to outscore Tennessee ten to nothing in the fourth quarter

908
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,360
Speaker 1: to win that game by three points. So this is

909
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 1: not going to be a layup. This is not one

910
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:49,279
Speaker 1: of those things you show up and you got the

911
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,399
Speaker 1: home crowd, you got the winner wide out and all

912
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 1: that stuff, and it's just an automatic win.

913
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:53,719
Speaker 2: No, it's not.

914
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,160
Speaker 4: It's a division opponent. You gotta play a division opponent.

915
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 4: They're gonna come in wanting to win, you know what,

916
00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:01,160
Speaker 4: they want to try to sol speak savage their season

917
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:02,759
Speaker 4: as far as the Tennessee Titans. So they're gonna be

918
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,600
Speaker 4: ready to play. And I believe the Cult will bounce

919
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:08,439
Speaker 4: back from the game last week against Denver, And I think,

920
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,560
Speaker 4: you know what, when they go out there, they're professionals,

921
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 4: the athletes, the competitors.

922
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:12,799
Speaker 2: You want to win.

923
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:16,120
Speaker 4: I don't care if you're playing, uh, the game Trouble

924
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 4: or you're playing Monopoly.

925
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:19,360
Speaker 2: Or whatever the.

926
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 4: Exactly, whatever your whatever you're playing. If you're an if

927
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:27,800
Speaker 4: you're an athlete, you're a competitor.

928
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 2: You want to win the twister.

929
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:31,800
Speaker 4: And yeah, it doesn't matter whatever whatever game you're playing

930
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:35,240
Speaker 4: out I believe them going out there at Lucas Oil

931
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:37,719
Speaker 4: Stadium at home, they're going want to play well, and

932
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:39,560
Speaker 4: I think they're going to bounce back and just say,

933
00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 4: you have to forget about what's going on outside of

934
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:46,240
Speaker 4: Lucas Oil Stadium for those three hours and just concentrate

935
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,840
Speaker 4: on your game. You can't worry about what happens in

936
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:52,480
Speaker 4: other games. Just focus on your assignment and your task

937
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 4: as far as an athlete is concerned for this team,

938
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:58,080
Speaker 4: and then play each game like that. Then after the

939
00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:01,439
Speaker 4: season is over, you see where and then hopefully maybe

940
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:03,920
Speaker 4: you're in the playoffs, but if not, you're still giving

941
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,799
Speaker 4: a hundred percent as a comparitor. You're doing it for

942
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,239
Speaker 4: your teammates, and you're doing it for the organization, and

943
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:10,640
Speaker 4: you're doing it for yourself as well.

944
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:12,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, win these final three games and you go over

945
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 1: five hundred. I think there's something big that you said

946
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:16,520
Speaker 1: for that as well. Right, you can still get to

947
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:19,879
Speaker 1: nine and eight and you know, hopefully it translates into

948
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,399
Speaker 1: getting some help around the AFC. You get yourself into

949
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:25,719
Speaker 1: the playoffs. But I do think that's important. Win these

950
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:28,759
Speaker 1: final three games, all very winnable, all against teams who

951
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: are well under five hundred. Take advantage of the schedule,

952
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 1: get yourself a nine to eight record, and just see

953
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: where the chips fall. All right, what time is the

954
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:37,879
Speaker 1: Trouble Tournament coming up on Friday night?

955
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 2: Ah?

956
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:44,160
Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe order pizza. I'll bring some chips

957
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 1: in caso. Yeah you go, All right? Where are your

958
00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:53,560
Speaker 1: guys white? Coming up on someday? The Winter wide out

959
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,919
Speaker 1: Colts and Titans gonna be a fantastic game. First home

960
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,400
Speaker 1: game for the Colts in about a month, believe it

961
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,320
Speaker 1: or not, last home game before Christmas, So hopefully everybody's

962
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 1: got their shopping done before Sunday. Bill, we know that's

963
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:08,919
Speaker 1: not the case for you. You are sol my friend.

964
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,319
Speaker 1: You're gonna have to figure that one out, all right.

965
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,359
Speaker 1: So good luck to everybody out there with all your

966
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 1: Santa Elves, and hopefully you get everything done by the

967
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 1: twenty fifth. We know will be in really good shape

968
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Speaker 1: here and we'll be talking to you next week previewing

969
00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 1: Colts and Giants. But until then, we have Colts and

970
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,879
Speaker 1: Titans in week sixteen at Lucas Oil Stadium for Bill

971
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Speaker 1: Brooks Casey Valley. I'm Matt Taylor. As always, thank you

972
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Speaker 1: for watching, thank you for listening. Connor back in the

973
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:35,239
Speaker 1: behind the camera here on the ones and twos gave

974
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Speaker 1: us the big time thumbs up. We appreciate you as well.

975
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Speaker 1: Have a great holiday season everybody, and we'll talk to

976
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Speaker 1: you next week right here on the Official Colts Podcast.