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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Official Colts Podcast.

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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 1: I was in another day of the week there, but

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Speaker 1: now I'm back here and welcome. Yeah, I'm glad to

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Speaker 1: be back. I'm Jeffrey Gorman. JJ Stankomit's voice of Lucas

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Speaker 1: Taylor is with us here finding them at Mayte Colts

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Speaker 1: on Twitter. Ex Lera Overton is on assignment. Guys. We're

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Speaker 1: going on the football field, but one foot is off

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Speaker 1: the football field always first topic. All right, I'm going

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Speaker 1: to give you a trio, okay, and this trio is

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Speaker 1: as follows Anthony Richardson, Tyresee Halliburton, Caitlyn Clark. My question

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Speaker 5: So may Te did? I can see Mayte's computer. There's

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Speaker 5: a bunch of red here, a lot of research. That's great.

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Speaker 5: I wanted to not really, so it's more than what

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Speaker 5: I did, which was I had this conversation with Lawrence

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Speaker 5: talking about what this trio would look like. And I

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Speaker 5: was like, put these three up against whoever Chicago's gotten,

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Speaker 5: Connor Bdard is the star for the blackhaw Sure.

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Speaker 1: And then he was like, I didn't do hockey. I

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Speaker 5: who else does Chicago have? Okay, you're gonna have Cale Williams,

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Speaker 5: Cody beoutin. No, Cody Bollinger is not it. Ye, you

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Speaker 5: can't take anyone on the White Sox. They've been shut

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Speaker 5: out six times in sixteen games. Oh nice, They're truly awful.

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Speaker 5: The Bulls don't have anyone. The Bulls are terrible. The

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Speaker 1: I just swore them off. Why would I spend thirty

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Speaker 5: Spend my time watching that they're terrible? I can get

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Speaker 5: gonna say they did some research Los Angeles. How about there?

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Speaker 3: Let's go old though, Seah I wrote Yeah, for La,

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Speaker 1: So we have to define what old is. I got

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Speaker 1: Here we go with Joe Burrow. Now that has nothing

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Speaker 3: Well, he's missed one game since twenty twenty and it

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Speaker 3: Right, So you're talking about the durability, the consistency, and

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Speaker 3: So that's why when you have a chance to re

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Speaker 1: That's the force here, Aja this guy. Leadership is one

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Speaker 5: So when I asked Ryan Kelly today about you know,

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Speaker 5: like Buckner's experience playing in the Super Bowl, a game

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Speaker 3: he still wins, and he still wins. I mean, the

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Speaker 1: And he's been here four years. He certainly is.

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Speaker 3: And I also think too, this I think is part

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Speaker 3: So you got eleven rookies from last year's draft class,

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Speaker 3: The next step is here, and again I know him

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Speaker 3: It's time to close games out, get more consistent pass rush.

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Speaker 3: We can't go where we want to go in the

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Speaker 3: There's just too much talent on this defensive side of

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Speaker 3: that's not me speaking for Matt Taylor's Chris, those are

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: That was his message at the end of the season.

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Speaker 1: Play thirteen games.

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Speaker 3: Right, you put all of this together now with Anthony

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Speaker 1: And those veterans in that locker room know it as well.

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Speaker 1: Let's catch up with DeForest right now. Sign the extension

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Speaker 1: right there, JJ Stankovitz earlier today, caught up with the

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Speaker 5: All right, I'm JJ Stankovitz, joined here by Colts defensive

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Speaker 5: tackle DeForest Buckner. DeForest, congratulations on signing a contract extension

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Speaker 5: on Monday with the Colts. Just what does it feel

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Speaker 6: Yeah, appreciate it, JJ, I mean it's it means a lot,

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Speaker 6: And I mean just the it's just a surreal feeling,

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Speaker 2: It means a lot.

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Speaker 5: This whole off season for the Colts has been kind

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it means a lot.

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Speaker 6: You know what I mean, just an organization that believes

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Speaker 5: Man Grove and Buck together again. Yes, I mean that

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Speaker 6: Man, we can continue to get better each and every year.

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Speaker 6: You know, we're competing against each other to make each

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Speaker 2: So I'm just happy to be able to continue that

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Speaker 5: Playing in the NFL, it is not a guarantee you're

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Speaker 6: Man, Just just all the hard work that I continue

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Speaker 2: So and you know, I can't just it's not just me.

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Speaker 5: You're a Hawaii kid. You played your college balled Oregon.

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Speaker 2: The people have been amazing. Yeah, it's just like we

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Speaker 5: It's been a big week for the Buckner family. You

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Speaker 1: So that's great.

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Speaker 2: How did he do? I mean he did He did

436
00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:31,840
Speaker 2: great for his first game.

437
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Speaker 6: You know, I honestly thought he was going to get

438
00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:35,959
Speaker 6: a little shy with everybody all the eyes watching him,

439
00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:37,720
Speaker 6: but uh, he embraced the moment and you know, he

440
00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:38,440
Speaker 6: had a great time.

441
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Speaker 2: So it was a lot of fun.

442
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Speaker 5: I was like talking with you about being a dad

443
00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,720
Speaker 5: because just a quick side story here in February. I

444
00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,159
Speaker 5: took my kids do an indoor play place up in

445
00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,960
Speaker 5: up in Westfield, and they're running around and my son's

446
00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:54,560
Speaker 5: just staring at the dinosaurs set up in one of

447
00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,399
Speaker 5: the party rooms. And here comes to Forest holding like

448
00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,080
Speaker 5: four pizzas and a cooler with drinks, setting up for

449
00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,720
Speaker 5: his kids birthday party. It's so cool seeing the work

450
00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:04,399
Speaker 5: you do on the field, but also the kind of

451
00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,639
Speaker 5: the person you are off the off the field, and

452
00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:07,080
Speaker 5: the kind.

453
00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:07,920
Speaker 1: Of dad you are off the field.

454
00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:08,720
Speaker 2: Appreciate that.

455
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean it's I mean, it's a it's a

456
00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:13,240
Speaker 6: you know, it's a Being a dad is a full

457
00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:17,159
Speaker 6: time job, and honestly, besides football, that's the best job

458
00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:17,680
Speaker 6: I've ever had.

459
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Speaker 2: So I mean, it's it's great.

460
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Speaker 5: INDI's happy to have you here, happy to have you

461
00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,880
Speaker 5: back with the Colts. To Forrest Buckner signing a contract

462
00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:25,960
Speaker 5: extension on Monday, congrats again, man.

463
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Speaker 2: Thank you appreciate it. Go Colts.

464
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Speaker 1: JJ. Give me pull one thing from that interview. Pull

465
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Speaker 1: one thing from that quick interview you had with the

466
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Speaker 1: Forest that said to you, goe this this guy is

467
00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,880
Speaker 1: a different animal. Not only is he fills a room

468
00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,359
Speaker 1: up with his athleticism, and his size and everything like that.

469
00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:46,119
Speaker 1: But as far as being a dominant I couldn't think

470
00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:48,520
Speaker 1: of the word the dominant interior alignment like he is

471
00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,879
Speaker 1: and going into a veteran status like he has. Just

472
00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:53,760
Speaker 1: give me something. You pulled away from that interview that

473
00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:55,280
Speaker 1: said this cat is just say.

474
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Speaker 5: The whole interview, Well, I want to say this. He's

475
00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,480
Speaker 5: different in that and I asked him this. And he's

476
00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:05,520
Speaker 5: from Hawaii, right, He played college ball at Oregon, then

477
00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,480
Speaker 5: he played for the forty nine ers, So he's always been,

478
00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,480
Speaker 5: you know, on one kind of part of the Pacific coast,

479
00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:13,040
Speaker 5: and then he comes here to Central Indiana, a completely

480
00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,440
Speaker 5: different environment, and he loves it here, his family loves

481
00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,239
Speaker 5: it here. And I kind of filled it in there.

482
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Speaker 5: But like so, I'm at an indoor play place in

483
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Speaker 5: Westfield back in February, and my kids are running around,

484
00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:28,879
Speaker 5: and then all of a sudden, one of my sons

485
00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:30,800
Speaker 5: goes and he's looking at one of the private party

486
00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,480
Speaker 5: rooms that it's all dinosaur themed and he's just kind

487
00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,440
Speaker 5: of staring in there, and I'm like, hey, buddy, it's

488
00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,840
Speaker 5: you know, it's not our room. Looks like someone's about

489
00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:39,320
Speaker 5: to set up for a birthday and I turn around

490
00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:41,720
Speaker 5: and there's DeForest Buckner holding six pizzas and a cooler

491
00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,520
Speaker 5: with drinks, wheeling it in, just going back and forth

492
00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,399
Speaker 5: from his car, setting up for his kids' birthday. And

493
00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:49,399
Speaker 5: you know, I chatted with him for a little bit,

494
00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,800
Speaker 5: but like seeing stuff like that, yeah, we're like, it's

495
00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,320
Speaker 5: not just that DeForest Buckner is a great football player,

496
00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:57,600
Speaker 5: a great leader, but like this, he's a great dad. Yeah,

497
00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:01,040
Speaker 5: and that's really like, that's really inspiration, I think to,

498
00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,960
Speaker 5: you know, someone like myself. I'm sure mate, you can

499
00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,480
Speaker 5: identify too, you know, dads.

500
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Speaker 1: Of little kids.

501
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,760
Speaker 5: Sure, And well, hey, if you know, DeForest Buckner can

502
00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,000
Speaker 5: make time for his kids and he can be the

503
00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:13,800
Speaker 5: kind of dad that he wants to be while still

504
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,720
Speaker 5: playing in the NFL and doing everything that it takes

505
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:17,200
Speaker 5: to play at a high level.

506
00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:18,480
Speaker 1: Like what the hell am I doing?

507
00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:18,800
Speaker 2: Right?

508
00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:22,320
Speaker 5: You know, like it's it even that leadership and that hey,

509
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,960
Speaker 5: follow his example even goes beyond just what the guy

510
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,560
Speaker 5: does for his teammate.

511
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Speaker 1: A special breede obviously watching them coming in from like

512
00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:30,920
Speaker 1: you said, coming out of Oregon, going to San France,

513
00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,320
Speaker 1: then you know, being in the heart of his career, right, here.

514
00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:35,280
Speaker 1: It's amazing. A lot of players were in today, a

515
00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,320
Speaker 1: lot of players caught up with the with a few

516
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Speaker 1: of us. Mate and I, we sat down with Michael

517
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Speaker 1: Pittman Junior and when you brought up to Forrest's kids,

518
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,440
Speaker 1: that's what reminded me. And I said it to Pittman Junior,

519
00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:46,800
Speaker 1: either we've literally watched this cat grow up in front

520
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,399
Speaker 1: of us, and his whole demeanor and his mentality and

521
00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:53,399
Speaker 1: his approach to this game has now changed because he

522
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:54,600
Speaker 1: has two youngins at.

523
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Speaker 3: Home, two youngins, and he's also I think deliberately responsible,

524
00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,520
Speaker 3: if that makes sense. Meal all about the farm and

525
00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,920
Speaker 3: how he got into that and why it's so important

526
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,560
Speaker 3: to him. And you know, he's an outdoors guy. He's

527
00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,879
Speaker 3: an outdoors he dude. He loves to obviously farm and

528
00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,280
Speaker 3: hunt and fish. He just likes to be outside in

529
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Speaker 3: the elements. And I think, again I'm paraphrasing Michael Pittman Junior,

530
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,760
Speaker 3: but all of that just kind of reminds him of

531
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Speaker 3: how special this is. Like I can be able to

532
00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:25,159
Speaker 3: do all this, and I can afford all of this,

533
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,760
Speaker 3: and I'm blessed to do all this stuff because I

534
00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,640
Speaker 3: play football and I've been given the ability to play

535
00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,479
Speaker 3: football at a high level, and with that, it can

536
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:37,919
Speaker 3: be taken away at any time because of the nature

537
00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,359
Speaker 3: of this business, you know, the violent sport that he plays,

538
00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,639
Speaker 3: and I think it just reminds him to get up early,

539
00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,280
Speaker 3: do your work, go through the process, embrace the heart

540
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,800
Speaker 3: if you will. The heart is what makes it special.

541
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Speaker 3: I sound like Jimmy Dugan from The League of the Rown.

542
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,760
Speaker 3: The heart is what makes it great. And I think,

543
00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:59,640
Speaker 3: you know, Michael Pittman Junr. Embraces that and that has

544
00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,000
Speaker 3: gotten him, I think tougher.

545
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Speaker 1: He said it. He's doing chores before he comes to

546
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,280
Speaker 1: this building. Even during the season, he's doing chores when

547
00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,920
Speaker 1: he returns from this building. So I mean, it's amazing

548
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,400
Speaker 1: and I'm glad that he's on the top of having

549
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,120
Speaker 1: a demanding full time job such as this. Yeah, other

550
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,520
Speaker 1: players spoke as well, But one last thing on Pittman Junior.

551
00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,520
Speaker 1: I want to get JJ in on this. I asked

552
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:21,760
Speaker 1: him a question, how can he get better? I'm your

553
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,679
Speaker 1: answer on this? How can he get better with different

554
00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:29,520
Speaker 1: not with different, but with playmakers around him, more playmakers.

555
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,879
Speaker 1: How do you think Michael Pittman Junior becomes better with

556
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,320
Speaker 1: better playmakers around him.

557
00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,120
Speaker 5: I just think Pittman over the last couple of years,

558
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,359
Speaker 5: he's played in a compressed offense totally where twenty twenty two,

559
00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,119
Speaker 5: twenty twenty three, this is not an offense. Sure, right,

560
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,360
Speaker 5: you're playing playing twenty yards within the line of scrimmage.

561
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,600
Speaker 5: For the most part, you get a guy like Anthony Richardson,

562
00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,040
Speaker 5: get a guy like Jonathan Taylor, hopefully that maybe unlocks

563
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,560
Speaker 5: something in Alec Pearce. But then for Michael Pittman Junior,

564
00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:58,440
Speaker 5: that's a guy I think he has more down the

565
00:24:58,480 --> 00:24:59,160
Speaker 5: field ability.

566
00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:00,320
Speaker 1: Saw.

567
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,119
Speaker 5: I mean, like the plays that are stuck in my

568
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,760
Speaker 5: head about with Pittman are that game against San Francisco

569
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,640
Speaker 5: in the rain where he goes up and he mosses

570
00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:08,040
Speaker 5: that guy.

571
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Speaker 1: Yeah, for was that a touchdown? I think, yeah, yeah,

572
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:12,359
Speaker 1: to kill him that act.

573
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,280
Speaker 5: Yeah, the first game against Baltimore he played where he

574
00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,280
Speaker 5: did that helmet came the second game, well no, no,

575
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,440
Speaker 5: that was the first game in twenty twenty one. The

576
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,439
Speaker 5: second game in Baltimore where the helmet comes off. Like Michael,

577
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,800
Speaker 5: you see him playing, He's so physical, but he hasn't

578
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,440
Speaker 5: had a ton of opportunities to show that because this

579
00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,880
Speaker 5: isn't an offense that's just kind of you know, gets

580
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,639
Speaker 5: the ball to him more than ten fifteen yards down

581
00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:37,440
Speaker 5: the field. You look at his numbers last year, he

582
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 5: led the NFL and catches on RPOs and it like

583
00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,960
Speaker 5: wasn't even close. He was like seven or eight ahead

584
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,440
Speaker 5: of I think Zay Flowers who was number two. Like

585
00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,520
Speaker 5: all it was was just it was RPO slant, RPO slant,

586
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,320
Speaker 5: RPO slant, which he's really good at. But I think

587
00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:53,720
Speaker 5: there's more that we haven't seen, Like you said, Jeffrey,

588
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:54,440
Speaker 5: with those playmakers.

589
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Speaker 3: Well, I think Anthony Richardson coming back is going to

590
00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,040
Speaker 3: be just it's gonna be enormous for everybody. But I

591
00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,280
Speaker 3: really think with Michael Pittman Junior, and he talked about

592
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,440
Speaker 3: it today Jeffrey, that when he first broke into the

593
00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,520
Speaker 3: league in twenty twenty, he was playing more on the outside,

594
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:08,960
Speaker 3: but because of the nature of the quarterbacks and style

595
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,520
Speaker 3: offense that they were kind of forced to play out

596
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:15,200
Speaker 3: of necessity, he came more inside, more of a slot guy.

597
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,240
Speaker 3: And we kind of joke but not really like he's

598
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,399
Speaker 3: a wide receiver but he's also a tight end. I mean,

599
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,920
Speaker 3: I still think he's going to dominate and make his

600
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,120
Speaker 3: hay in the middle of the field.

601
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Speaker 1: Between the numbers. But I do agree with you.

602
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,360
Speaker 3: That's not to say they can't scheme him up more

603
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,360
Speaker 3: on the outside. And what he said today that's so encouraging,

604
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,480
Speaker 3: and you know it's I didn't really think about it

605
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,720
Speaker 3: in his terms, but he's so right. There's going to

606
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,880
Speaker 3: be more scramble opportunities in this offense with Anthony Richardson

607
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,720
Speaker 3: just getting out of the pocket and making plays. We

608
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,640
Speaker 3: saw that with Carson Wentz a couple of years ago

609
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,760
Speaker 3: on just hey, backyard football. Time to go down the field,

610
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,200
Speaker 3: high point the ball. Michael Pittman Junior can do that

611
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,280
Speaker 3: along with Alec Pierce. I think inevitably you're going to

612
00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:00,320
Speaker 3: see way more explosivity from this offense, and I think

613
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 3: it's going to come from everybody, just because of the

614
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,000
Speaker 3: way Anthony Richardson is going to play and the things

615
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,720
Speaker 3: that he's going to bring to this offense that no

616
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 3: disrespect Gardner Minshew couldn't couldn't allowed Double Jay.

617
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 1: Do we get any update on Anthony where we're at

618
00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:14,240
Speaker 1: with as far as far as where he is in

619
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Speaker 1: rehab and you know, the next couple of weeks of

620
00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,040
Speaker 1: where we're at as far as on field stuff, it's

621
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Speaker 1: coming up.

622
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Speaker 5: Yeah, an encouraging update from Shane Sticking today. You know

623
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:25,199
Speaker 5: he's progressing well. You know, they still might hold him

624
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,240
Speaker 5: back a little bit when you get into OTAs just

625
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:31,080
Speaker 5: because they there's no reason to push it. And you know,

626
00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:32,920
Speaker 5: the cults have been very clear that they are going

627
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,120
Speaker 5: to follow the advice of the doctors to the letter

628
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,239
Speaker 5: of the law. It's it's not like he doesn't need

629
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,399
Speaker 5: to be ahead of schedule. Has been kind of the

630
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,879
Speaker 5: mantra about him. But I think just even getting him

631
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,639
Speaker 5: in back in the building for these meetings that are

632
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 5: taking place now we're right now in phase one of

633
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,800
Speaker 5: OTA's You can't do any on field work with coaches.

634
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,320
Speaker 5: It's just strength and conditioning and meetings. But those meetings

635
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,719
Speaker 5: of just hey let's let's refresh some stuff. Let's refresh

636
00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:00,479
Speaker 5: the offense for you now that hey, you're back as

637
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,119
Speaker 5: QB one, there's no you're not playing, so you know,

638
00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,280
Speaker 5: take a you know, take a back seat. But you know,

639
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:09,080
Speaker 5: this is Gardner minshew show to run right right now,

640
00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 5: It's back to being his show to run and just

641
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,440
Speaker 5: the refreshers to get that base back for him. This

642
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,040
Speaker 5: is a really important stretch for Anthony Richardson in the

643
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 5: next three four, five weeks before the Colts and even

644
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,200
Speaker 5: get back on the practice field.

645
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,840
Speaker 1: Well, he's chomping at the bit as they say, mate,

646
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,520
Speaker 1: we saw. We'll get to you with Zaire Franklin in

647
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,200
Speaker 1: a minute. But Ryan Kelly, the old war the old warhorse,

648
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,080
Speaker 1: the centerman up there. Love it. I mean he's talking.

649
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 1: What did he have to say to the media today

650
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 1: as far as this offensive line coming back in Tech?

651
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Speaker 3: Well, he was actually the one guy I didn't get

652
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Speaker 3: to see today just we were doing Pittman so didn't

653
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Speaker 3: cross pads with him. So I'm looking forward to going

654
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Speaker 3: back and hearing that conversation.

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Speaker 1: Let me try it again, JJ. Yeah, well we were

656
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Speaker 1: in with Michael Pittman Jr. Paraphrase. What did Rhino have

657
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Speaker 1: to say?

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Speaker 5: I just think it was interesting hearing from him about

659
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Speaker 5: how rare it is to bring back the same and

660
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Speaker 5: the starting offensive line, and he made mention of like

661
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Speaker 5: it's not just that that's starting five, but it's like

662
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Speaker 5: the whole room. You know, Dandy Pinter's back, you know

663
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Speaker 5: a lot of the backups. Blake Freelan's back guys like that,

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Speaker 5: and I think that just speaks to you know, he

665
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Speaker 5: he talked even about how Tony Soprano Junior kind of

666
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 5: goes to bat for these guys, and but look at

667
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,640
Speaker 5: this offensive line. There's nowhere that you're sitting there and

668
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Speaker 5: being like, got to make an improvement there, you know,

669
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Speaker 5: front of the official podcast, are our guy Will Fries

670
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Speaker 5: like the season he had. You're not thinking about what,

671
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Speaker 5: you know, replacing Will Fries. You're thinking about, Holy Cole,

672
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Speaker 5: this guy's gonna be a free agent after this year.

673
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Speaker 5: We got to think about, you know, maybe after the

674
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Speaker 5: season retaining this right. So that that's a such an

675
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Speaker 5: impressive thing given where this line was a year ago

676
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Speaker 5: and all the questions about it of really you're bringing

677
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Speaker 5: back the same starting five, and now it's like you're

678
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Speaker 5: really bringing back the same starting five. It is a

679
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Speaker 5: completely different tone with this line.

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Speaker 1: A lot more information will become op over the next

681
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Speaker 1: couple weeks. Colts dot com always has the latest JJ's latest.

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Speaker 3: Go ahead, mate, No you mentioned Zaire Franklin. I just

683
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Speaker 3: wanted to interject one thing. I mean, I was really

684
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Speaker 3: floored with his comments in a good way and he's right,

685
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Speaker 3: I mean, I want just a win. I've been doing

686
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Speaker 3: this now for I mean, I've been covering this team

687
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Speaker 3: for almost two decades, and I've been working for the

688
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Speaker 3: team for fourteen seasons now. I've never seen anything like

689
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Speaker 3: what you talked about JJ twenty two starters coming back.

690
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Speaker 3: I've never seen all eleven guys on either side of

691
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Speaker 3: the ball all return. And Zaire Franklin spoke on that today.

692
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Speaker 3: Is like for some of these guys, like with Kenny

693
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Speaker 3: Moore and Zaire Franklin, we've been playing together now for

694
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Speaker 3: for seven years. And you look at this free agency

695
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 3: window this offseason that the Colts have that they're under

696
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Speaker 3: right now. You got Franklin back, Kenny Moore back, Julian Blackman,

697
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:58,440
Speaker 3: Zire excuse me, DeForest Buckner, Stuart Grover Stewart. So everybody's

698
00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:02,880
Speaker 3: under the same window, the same time frame. And when

699
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 3: when DeForest got here, some of these guys were kind

700
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Speaker 3: of young, up and coming, a lot of potential. Now

701
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 3: that potential has been realized, and again there's just too

702
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,840
Speaker 3: much talent on this defense for it not to be elite.

703
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 3: And so you look at it, everybody's under the same

704
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:21,040
Speaker 3: window of contract time is now, and that's what Zire

705
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Speaker 3: Franklin said. We can't we can't leave here and have

706
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Speaker 3: nothing to show for it. We have to have something

707
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Speaker 3: tangible to represent in terms of our time together here

708
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 3: because there's too much continuity and there's too much talent

709
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Speaker 3: on that side of the.

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Speaker 1: Ball not for it to be I think sizable.

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Speaker 3: And that's what's exciting when when you talk about Zaire

712
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Speaker 3: Franklin and he is I think just the the unquestioned

713
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Speaker 3: leader on this team.

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Speaker 1: We've talked about that before in the past.

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of leaders in that locker room, but

716
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Speaker 3: I think I think Zaire Franklin is it. I think

717
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Speaker 3: he's the guy. And so year number three under Gus Bradley,

718
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Speaker 3: I think he's sending the message that and I think

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Speaker 3: it's good. I think it's a it's a good sense

720
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Speaker 3: of urgency to have starting in April that hey, when

721
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Speaker 3: we come out for training.

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Speaker 1: Camp, we need to be good and we need we

723
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Speaker 1: need to be good right freaking away. Right.

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Speaker 5: You know what I was thinking about it as Zee

725
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 5: was saying that, YE was like, Okay, the drafts in

726
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,640
Speaker 5: what eight days nine days from Whenever you listen to this,

727
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 5: the colts are going to add players who are going

728
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 5: to compete to start, but no one in that draft

729
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:21,640
Speaker 5: class is just going to be like, all right, here

730
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Speaker 5: you go, just roll the ball out. You're the starter

731
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Speaker 5: because you're bringing back literally everyone who started for you

732
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Speaker 5: last year. So that's going to create, I think, really

733
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Speaker 5: great opportunities for these rookies to come in. Hey, here's

734
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Speaker 5: what the standard is, go compete to it. And if

735
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Speaker 5: you're the fifteenth pick, the forty sixth pick, the eighty

736
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Speaker 5: second pick, whatever it might be, you're going to have

737
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Speaker 5: to compete with guys who have been here. It's not

738
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 5: and we signed this mercenary for you know, one year,

739
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 5: three million, and it's pretty easy to unseat this guy.

740
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Speaker 5: It's guys who have equity in this building, guys who

741
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,520
Speaker 5: have strong relationships with their teammates that now that's those

742
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Speaker 5: are the guys you're gonna have to beat out, and

743
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Speaker 5: I think that makes everyone better.

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Speaker 1: When you get into training camp, best players will play. Hey,

745
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 1: coming up, we're gonna talk with Anthony Costin's o'lira and Overton,

746
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,040
Speaker 1: who's not here today. Caught up with him just a

747
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Speaker 1: couple of days ago. The superhero from the West Coast

748
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Speaker 1: Anthony Costanzo great interview. Yeah, he's a good I listened

749
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Speaker 1: to the whole thing. This is a great end and

750
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Speaker 1: he's a good dude. And I really do think he's

751
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Speaker 1: going to be in Hollywood one day. I'm not saying

752
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 1: he's not now, but I mean, I seriously think he

753
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,840
Speaker 1: could do a Hollywood movie as a superhero. Anthony Costin's

754
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 1: on the bay looks like one. He does look like

755
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Speaker 1: one for starters, but his whole mentality has changed and everything,

756
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Speaker 1: and you can find that out. That's coming up in

757
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,320
Speaker 1: a minute. But one question, and it's a tough one

758
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Speaker 1: because I'm playing the devil's advocate in this chair and

759
00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:35,920
Speaker 1: I'm reading online and I'm hearing what I'm hearing about

760
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,760
Speaker 1: the draft and everything coming up. Mayte mentioned it earlier. JJ.

761
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Speaker 1: I'm going to start with you. Two consecutive seasons twenty

762
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Speaker 1: eighth defensively and giving up points, two consecutive seasons twenty eighth.

763
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Speaker 1: Everybody wants playmakers bring in this guy for Anthony Richardson,

764
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Speaker 1: get this other trade up, the next four first rounders

765
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Speaker 1: to go get this guy. Not so fast, guys, defensively speaking,

766
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Speaker 1: you're not shocked and we talked about the cornerback position

767
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,560
Speaker 1: and edge and whatnot. But are you really shocked if

768
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Speaker 1: Chris Ballard sticks at fifteen and takes a defensive player

769
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Speaker 1: strictly based on those two stats that I gave you

770
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Speaker 1: earlier from the last two years.

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Speaker 5: No, I mean absolutely, that would be a very reasonable

772
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Speaker 5: thing to do when you're looking at your team and

773
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Speaker 5: you're saying, where can we add talent? Where can we

774
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 5: add competition? And okay, yeah, this defense did keep everyone

775
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:29,399
Speaker 5: from last year, But okay, that doesn't mean you can't

776
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,800
Speaker 5: just stay the same. You don't want to nurse you

777
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:33,440
Speaker 5: to set in. You want to be Okay, let's go

778
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 5: get everyone better, and if we need to jolt a

779
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,880
Speaker 5: room by adding someone to it, let's go do it.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think if you're looking position.

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Speaker 5: Wise, I don't think you say anythings off the table,

782
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,960
Speaker 5: even though you did just commit a lot to defensive tackle,

783
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 5: say with Buckner Stewart, Raekwon Davis, maybe that would be

784
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,359
Speaker 5: a surprise. But also, if a guy's sitting there at

785
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Speaker 5: fifteen and you think this guy's next Aaron Donald, why

786
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 5: wouldn't you take him? You know, so there's that that

787
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 5: would absolutely be a path for the Colts. But Shane

788
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:08,160
Speaker 5: Styken talked about it today. I thought this is a

789
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 5: really good answer. He got asked, like, you're an offensive guide.

790
00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,279
Speaker 5: You have to almost fight the urge to pound the

791
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 5: table for offensive guys in the draft room. And he goes, yeah,

792
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 5: that's a good you know, yeah, but I just want

793
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,320
Speaker 5: a guy who's gonna help us win. And at fifteen

794
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 5: you have a chance to make to get a difference maker,

795
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 5: especially if there are four, maybe five quarterbacks that are

796
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 5: off the board.

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00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,759
Speaker 1: That means you're picking tenth right exactly, you don't.

798
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Speaker 5: Hey, for the first time in twelve years, you don't

799
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 5: need that guy. Sure, so that's great. So let's let

800
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,920
Speaker 5: that that is something that then hopefully leads to a

801
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,400
Speaker 5: player who maybe is higher up in the way that

802
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 5: you stack it coming to you at fifteen.

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00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 1: Now, Mayta's turn. Now may tasts turn. The reason I'm

804
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,520
Speaker 1: saying that is, hey, offensive league, you know this points

805
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:54,880
Speaker 1: what's he going to do to me? No, I'm not

806
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,319
Speaker 1: saying I'm going to bring a couple of curve balls.

807
00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,200
Speaker 1: I know I just had a couple of curveballs. So Mayte,

808
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 1: I'm saying it's an offensively you look at what they've done.

809
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 1: You know, I was gonna say Kansas City, but boy,

810
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 1: he Spagnola had that defense roll in last year. But

811
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:10,359
Speaker 1: I'm saying, are you shocked if the chips fall where

812
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 1: they may and they say, hey, defense is where we're

813
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 1: going with our first pick.

814
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,480
Speaker 3: Well, no, not at all, And it's it's all coupling

815
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 3: what JJ said too. But I just think too, like

816
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:21,560
Speaker 3: you look at the general consensus of the draft, there

817
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,680
Speaker 3: is going to be inevitably so many offensive players that

818
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 3: go in the top ten, and you're going to be

819
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 3: pushed those elite, top defensive players are going to be there.

820
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 3: So then you have to kind of ask yourself, this

821
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:34,600
Speaker 3: is draft one on one. I mean, it's certainly more

822
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:37,279
Speaker 3: complicated than I'm making it out to be. But then

823
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 3: you have to ask yourself what's the better play here?

824
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,759
Speaker 3: Because we are bringing back so many starters, so we

825
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:46,800
Speaker 3: don't have like immediate glaring needs per se, but you

826
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 3: do want the right depth. But you have to start

827
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:51,840
Speaker 3: asking yourself what's a better play for us. Do we

828
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,160
Speaker 3: want to draft the first or second best corner or

829
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Speaker 3: defensive end, or do we want to get the fourth

830
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:01,640
Speaker 3: or fifth best wide receiver? Knowing that the talent pool

831
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,439
Speaker 3: at wide out is always so deep.

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Speaker 1: We can get a playmaker.

833
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 3: I mean, Josh Allens is the perfect example. We can

834
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 3: get an instant playmaker contributor at wide receiver made or

835
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,880
Speaker 3: maybe later in the draft, while knowing that the you know,

836
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:18,160
Speaker 3: the cornerback depth isn't as ample, if you will, So

837
00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 3: that's when the trade up, trade back discussions always come

838
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,799
Speaker 3: into play. But it's gonna be fascinating. I don't think

839
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 3: he can go wrong, to be honest with you.

840
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Speaker 1: Right right, I'm with you on that. At fifteen, I

841
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 1: don't think he can go wrong. I would start another conversation,

842
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,359
Speaker 1: but we're gonna get to Anthony costinso because JJ will

843
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:35,320
Speaker 1: do it next week. There's a lot of offensive tackles

844
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:38,320
Speaker 1: that are stinking good football players in this draft. And

845
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 1: I'm saying a lot of good players are going to

846
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,360
Speaker 1: be available at Braydon Smith's coming up in free agency.

847
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,960
Speaker 1: That's right, that's right. And young Bernard Ryman obviously doing

848
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:46,719
Speaker 1: well over the first course of his two years. But

849
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:48,799
Speaker 1: you know, who knows what happens, so a lot more

850
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,959
Speaker 1: will be answered. But speaking of offensive tackles, the great

851
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,279
Speaker 1: the big Man, and he was a stalwart here for

852
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:56,879
Speaker 1: a lot of years in this Colts offense. I'm telling

853
00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 1: you Anthony Costanzo has changed. Obviously, he's dropped a lot

854
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:01,239
Speaker 1: of weight, move kind of out to the West Coast.

855
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,359
Speaker 1: But he's a different, little bit of a different cat

856
00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 1: these days that he's not putting the bottom on on Sundays.

857
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:08,960
Speaker 1: Enjoy Well, we welcome in one of the all time

858
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Speaker 1: greats to wear the horseshoe, the left tackle. I tell

859
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 1: you what, when Anthony Costanzo was in the building, that's

860
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:16,880
Speaker 1: all we had to say. If he's in the building,

861
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,080
Speaker 1: he's starting. Hello. This is a man that did not

862
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 1: miss football games from high school to college to professional

863
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Speaker 1: You if you were eligible to play, you were playing,

864
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:29,560
Speaker 1: and obviously with a long career here in Indianapolis at

865
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,719
Speaker 1: the left tackle position. The first question is the obvious one.

866
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 1: Do you miss the grind of the day to day

867
00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:36,319
Speaker 1: of this league? Where you're at in your life now?

868
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,800
Speaker 7: Yeah, you know the one thing that I met I

869
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,480
Speaker 7: mean no, the grind of the day to day. I

870
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,520
Speaker 7: loved practice. I loved you know, the getting getting an

871
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:48,879
Speaker 7: opportunity to get better every day, being around the guys.

872
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 7: I miss the guys more than anything. You know, just

873
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,920
Speaker 7: kind of having those guys to go through things with

874
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,920
Speaker 7: every day, seeing people, you know, just being around a

875
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:57,680
Speaker 7: group of people who are going through the same stuff

876
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,200
Speaker 7: you are, you know, every hour of the day. That's

877
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:03,400
Speaker 7: probably what I missed the absolute most. Yeah, and I

878
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:07,040
Speaker 7: always love practice. What I don't miss is that that

879
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 7: overarching stress of what's gonna happen on game day. You know,

880
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 7: if I get beat for a sack, that's going to

881
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,719
Speaker 7: be very bad for me. And the family name on

882
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 7: the back of my jersey and the team name on

883
00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 7: the front of my jersey. So yeah, let's you know,

884
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 7: it's like that the overarching stress I don't miss. But yeah,

885
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 7: that day to day grind. I actually really really enjoyed you.

886
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 4: Were a pillar, it has been described of this organization

887
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:32,760
Speaker 4: of the roster. Of course in your time here.

888
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:34,279
Speaker 8: It's always so good to get you back.

889
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:35,400
Speaker 4: I got the note that you were going to be

890
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 4: in town, and I was like, clear the schedule to

891
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:39,880
Speaker 4: get ac back here. What brings you back to Indiana

892
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:41,480
Speaker 4: because you're in California for the most part.

893
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 7: Now, Yeah, So my brother actually last year was like

894
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 7: we got to see the eclipse in totality, like this

895
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,239
Speaker 7: is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I'm like, yeah, absolutely,

896
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:52,479
Speaker 7: And he was talking about going to Texas or something.

897
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,239
Speaker 7: And then I saw the path and I'm like, it

898
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:56,880
Speaker 7: goes right through Indianapolis. Let's go to Indianapolis. I got

899
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 7: people to see, I got, you know, I wanted to

900
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:01,279
Speaker 7: stop by the Colt facility. So ultimately the purpose for

901
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:03,440
Speaker 7: the trip out here was the eclipse. But I get

902
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:04,800
Speaker 7: to see a lot of friends, and I get to

903
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:06,319
Speaker 7: come around this building and see a bunch of people

904
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 7: that I haven't seen in a while too.

905
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:09,799
Speaker 4: In the opportunities because you don't get many to come

906
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:12,080
Speaker 4: back into the building. You've been back to some games

907
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 4: here there. Who are the people that you're like, I

908
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:17,200
Speaker 4: gotta go see anytime that you are around the building

909
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:18,320
Speaker 4: or you know, at the stadium.

910
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:19,719
Speaker 1: Jeff Gorman is number one.

911
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 7: I mean, it's really all the support staff, everybody who's

912
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:25,640
Speaker 7: still here that that was here when I was here,

913
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:28,279
Speaker 7: you know, in the equipment room, in the training room,

914
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:32,080
Speaker 7: in the weight room, and DT. You know, DT has

915
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:35,359
Speaker 7: been here since, you know, since I first got drafted here.

916
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:37,200
Speaker 7: I'm going to go see the guys in the back

917
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 7: the o'gle see Ballard and see the crew back there.

918
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,480
Speaker 7: It's really anybody who's here who was here when I

919
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 7: was here was a big part of my life. So

920
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:49,279
Speaker 7: it's like if they were here, then I want to

921
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 7: see them because they've had a big impact in my life.

922
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,520
Speaker 1: Anthony, you had to replace what you brought for over

923
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 1: a decade to this game and to me to even

924
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,120
Speaker 1: see you on Tuesdays your day off and stuff. You

925
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,800
Speaker 1: were ticked off, I mean because you were sore and

926
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 1: you've got to get ready for the Wednesday and then

927
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 1: you got to get ready for the Thursday and put

928
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 1: it back up on. How do you replace that in

929
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:09,759
Speaker 1: your life? Because that's a that's as I call it,

930
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,759
Speaker 1: it's a it's a violent car crash, barroom once a week,

931
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 1: big old fight Donnybrook. And now that's not in your life.

932
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,640
Speaker 1: How do you kind of take that sort of intensity

933
00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:19,759
Speaker 1: you have and shift it now after your career?

934
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:24,319
Speaker 7: It's hardball. So football, you know, is a violent game,

935
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 7: and it's a game where you get to kind of

936
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 7: express that violence in a safe spot. So I definitely

937
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 7: miss that. You know, that's something you can't do as

938
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 7: a normal person, Like it's just illegal, Like you can't

939
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,360
Speaker 7: do it, so just hav to tame that back. I

940
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 7: still work out really hard. I basically live my life

941
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,279
Speaker 7: as if it's a permanent off season now, so it's

942
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:45,280
Speaker 7: not like I'm just kind of like kind of getting

943
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:47,920
Speaker 7: away from everything. I've created a schedule that is basically

944
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:49,800
Speaker 7: the same schedule that I would have adhered to in

945
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:51,719
Speaker 7: the off season. It's just that now I don't have

946
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 7: a season to prepare for.

947
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:54,319
Speaker 1: So are you in the best shape of your life

948
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:56,520
Speaker 1: right now? Yeah? You know I would.

949
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:58,520
Speaker 7: I would say I'm pretty close to it. If not,

950
00:41:58,719 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 7: I mean just I think when I was playing, it's

951
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 7: a different shape. So right now I'm probably in the best,

952
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:08,680
Speaker 7: like you know, physical condition when I was playing, you know,

953
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:10,880
Speaker 7: I would say that that would be the best shape,

954
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:14,360
Speaker 7: despite my actual shape not being as good then my

955
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:17,440
Speaker 7: you know, ability to play football and be as strong

956
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:19,399
Speaker 7: and as flexible. I was probably the best shape ever.

957
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 7: But I'm feeling good now, I'll tell you that much.

958
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:22,520
Speaker 7: My joints still a lot better.

959
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:24,759
Speaker 1: That's for looking good to Anthony look good too.

960
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 4: I remember when you announced your retirement and you joked

961
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:29,759
Speaker 4: that one of the things you look forward to was

962
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 4: just not having to eat so much like the caloric

963
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 4: intake to maintain that was a lot.

964
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:36,320
Speaker 8: It was daunting.

965
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:39,879
Speaker 7: It's like I would say, of anything in my life,

966
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:42,320
Speaker 7: that is like the biggest change. The fact that I

967
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,840
Speaker 7: enjoy eating food again has been such a positive you

968
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:49,759
Speaker 7: change in my life from in retirement. It's it's like

969
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 7: I can't express how much different it is, Like the

970
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 7: fact that when I eat, it's something I look forward

971
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,640
Speaker 7: to and like if I if I get a little

972
00:42:57,640 --> 00:43:00,120
Speaker 7: bit over stuffed, it's like, oh, you know, like that

973
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,879
Speaker 7: was great, rather than just constantly living in a state

974
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 7: of like being overstuffed because I have to constantly maintain

975
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:08,360
Speaker 7: that weight because I'm naturally not a huge guy, Like

976
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,560
Speaker 7: I'm not one of these guys who has to keep

977
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:12,560
Speaker 7: his weight down. I always had to keep it up.

978
00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:15,200
Speaker 7: So yeah, it's really nice to be able to enjoy

979
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:15,719
Speaker 7: food again.

980
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:17,719
Speaker 4: When you first moved out to California, I know you

981
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:19,880
Speaker 4: were doing a whole lot of biking, obviously taking advantage

982
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:20,280
Speaker 4: of the scenery.

983
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:21,799
Speaker 8: What's keeping you active right now?

984
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:23,440
Speaker 1: I still bike, I still.

985
00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:23,759
Speaker 2: Go to the gym.

986
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 1: I go on a lot of walks. We've got a

987
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:26,959
Speaker 1: dog that I walk.

988
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:32,160
Speaker 7: And actually I took up snowboarding as a hobby because

989
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 7: I always wanted to, but I was never going to

990
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:37,520
Speaker 7: because if I got injured snowboarding that would be very

991
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 7: bad for a lot of reasons. So once I retired,

992
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:42,120
Speaker 7: I was able to take it up. And I love

993
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 7: getting up on the mountain and just kind of flying down.

994
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:45,560
Speaker 7: It's a lot of fun.

995
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:47,560
Speaker 1: Hey, before we talk, some of your teammates that are

996
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:51,840
Speaker 1: getting some awards recently when you came here. When you

997
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:53,880
Speaker 1: signed here with the Colts, the family still own that

998
00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:57,400
Speaker 1: restaurant yep in Illinois. It's no longer there. But I

999
00:43:57,520 --> 00:43:59,239
Speaker 1: have to get back to cooking because we would talk

1000
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:00,760
Speaker 1: when you were playing, like, Hey, what are you cooking

1001
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:03,399
Speaker 1: this week? Is cooking still a big part of your life? Yeah,

1002
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:03,879
Speaker 1: it's huge.

1003
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 7: I mean I've really gotten into into meal planning, like

1004
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:12,160
Speaker 7: just because cooking every meal every day gets a little daunting.

1005
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:16,200
Speaker 7: But when you get I again part of my structure.

1006
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:18,919
Speaker 7: I truly live my life structured as if I'm still

1007
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:21,080
Speaker 7: a football player. At the beginning of the week, I

1008
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:24,879
Speaker 7: literally write out Monday through Sunday and I have every

1009
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:26,680
Speaker 7: every meal that I'm going to eat, so when I

1010
00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:28,560
Speaker 7: go to the grocery store, I know the exact amount

1011
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:30,680
Speaker 7: of groceries I need to get. I'm a very structured

1012
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:32,920
Speaker 7: person and it's really nice and you know, you work

1013
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:34,440
Speaker 7: in like, oh, I'll be going to a restaurant for

1014
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:37,040
Speaker 7: this meal and for this meal. Sometimes when friends are like, hey,

1015
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:38,160
Speaker 7: you want to go out to eat, I'm like, ah,

1016
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:40,239
Speaker 7: doesn't fit into the schedule.

1017
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:41,320
Speaker 2: But I guess.

1018
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,560
Speaker 7: I guess that I can move things around. So yeah,

1019
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,080
Speaker 7: it's just you know, finding kind of living in that

1020
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:50,920
Speaker 7: same structured world of that I lived in with football,

1021
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:52,880
Speaker 7: but just now the structure just comes from me, like

1022
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:57,000
Speaker 7: like a weirdo instead of from an external source. Yeah.

1023
00:44:57,480 --> 00:44:59,160
Speaker 8: Well, Jeffrey mentioned you.

1024
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 4: We're going to talk to you about one of your teammates,

1025
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:04,439
Speaker 4: h Dwight Freeny and the fact he's going into Campton

1026
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:06,919
Speaker 4: going in the Hall of Fame later this year, coming

1027
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 4: in as a rookie. Can you describe for someone what

1028
00:45:10,719 --> 00:45:13,200
Speaker 4: that assignment was like going into training camp when you

1029
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:15,319
Speaker 4: had to face off not just that guy, but then

1030
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:17,640
Speaker 4: the opposite side. You knew it was mathis coming from there.

1031
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:21,279
Speaker 7: Yeah, there's I think I could just say that in

1032
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:24,600
Speaker 7: one story that sticks in my mind, which was after

1033
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:26,960
Speaker 7: my first practice. You know, I was a first round

1034
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:29,400
Speaker 7: pick coming in the NFL, and after my first practice,

1035
00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:31,520
Speaker 7: maybe my first two practices, maybe maybe it was my

1036
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:34,080
Speaker 7: first practice in pads. I remember calling my dad and

1037
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:37,719
Speaker 7: just being like, I am the worst tackle in the

1038
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:40,640
Speaker 7: history of the NFL. I cannot play in this league

1039
00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 7: because I just got I was just getting abused in

1040
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:47,680
Speaker 7: practice by Freanie and Mathis And you know, I don't

1041
00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:49,640
Speaker 7: think I go to mom, I don't think I blocked

1042
00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:53,520
Speaker 7: Dwight Freenye once this entire practice, and I remember him

1043
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:55,160
Speaker 7: saying like, I don't think too many people do.

1044
00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:57,480
Speaker 1: And for his career.

1045
00:45:57,560 --> 00:46:01,000
Speaker 7: I mean, actually, to this day, Ijelana, who I got

1046
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:04,319
Speaker 7: drafted with, will send me like YouTube videos and they're

1047
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:07,120
Speaker 7: usually Dwight Freey against you know, some of the biggest

1048
00:46:07,239 --> 00:46:10,320
Speaker 7: names to ever play left tackle, and he's abusing everybody

1049
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:12,680
Speaker 7: he played against. And like, I'm like, I'm not sure

1050
00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 7: he got blocked cleanly once in his entire career, like

1051
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:18,759
Speaker 7: he was. He truly was that good, and he made

1052
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,120
Speaker 7: me a lot better. I'm not sure I made him

1053
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 7: better at that point in both of our careers, but

1054
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 7: I like to think that I did. But yeah, he

1055
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:27,600
Speaker 7: he deserves. He deserves to go into Camton.

1056
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:30,400
Speaker 1: For sure, wonderful. Obviously the stories from you know your

1057
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:32,800
Speaker 1: offensive line and you know the guys that come in

1058
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:36,000
Speaker 1: come out, and you were a stalwart here your love

1059
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:38,400
Speaker 1: for this game. Did it carry over till after your careers?

1060
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:40,399
Speaker 1: I'm talking about Sundays. Do you sit down and watch

1061
00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,520
Speaker 1: football or do you watch colts football? Specifically Colts football

1062
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:45,960
Speaker 1: is on my big screen. That is the that is

1063
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:47,880
Speaker 1: the number one that I've gotten and that I've got

1064
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:50,400
Speaker 1: all the other games on my iPad or on my computer,

1065
00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:52,560
Speaker 1: so I've got all the other games. When the Colts

1066
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:54,680
Speaker 1: are on a commercial, I'll watch the other games, or

1067
00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:57,880
Speaker 1: the Colts are my number one. Sometimes I'll turn off

1068
00:46:57,920 --> 00:46:59,719
Speaker 1: all the other games if it if it's getting a

1069
00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:03,680
Speaker 1: little heated, But I watch every play. I actually just

1070
00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:06,120
Speaker 1: saw Bernard Ryman, Oh here we go, and I saw

1071
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:07,880
Speaker 1: him in the in the hallway, and I'm like, hey,

1072
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:10,000
Speaker 1: if you ever gonna hit any questions, feel free to

1073
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:12,480
Speaker 1: ask me because I watch every single play that you

1074
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:15,520
Speaker 1: play and I know exactly what happens. So yeah, I

1075
00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:18,920
Speaker 1: definitely watch. I still watch the offensive line position specifically

1076
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:22,720
Speaker 1: as an art form, because I really appreciate the different

1077
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:24,400
Speaker 1: things that guys are able to do and kind of

1078
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:27,400
Speaker 1: what goes into it, obviously because it was my entire life. Hey,

1079
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:30,960
Speaker 1: Jim Rsay, if you're listening, this consultant here should should

1080
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:32,360
Speaker 1: be on the payroll if he's going to do some

1081
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:35,320
Speaker 1: left tackle instructions for a young guy like Bernard Ryman.

1082
00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:37,080
Speaker 1: That's what I was going to do. You watch you

1083
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:39,880
Speaker 1: watch footwork specifically? Are you watching a play as a

1084
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:41,680
Speaker 1: fan or are you watching that as you know, a

1085
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 1: ten plus year offensive tackle.

1086
00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:44,800
Speaker 7: I mean, I watch it as an offensive tackle like

1087
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:47,719
Speaker 7: I watch. Yeah, I don't know what's going on. I

1088
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:49,400
Speaker 7: don't know where the ball is. I don't watch the

1089
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 7: ball when I'm playing. When I'm watching football, I watched

1090
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:55,160
Speaker 7: the line play and yeah, and I still really enjoy it.

1091
00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:57,880
Speaker 7: I watch it like it's film basically, because that's the

1092
00:47:57,960 --> 00:47:59,800
Speaker 7: only one. I mean, that's how I've watched football for

1093
00:47:59,880 --> 00:48:01,879
Speaker 7: as long as you know, I can remember, as it's

1094
00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:04,400
Speaker 7: basically been filmed. So that's what I still watch, and

1095
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:07,879
Speaker 7: I love it. I mean I really, on Sundays from

1096
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:09,520
Speaker 7: morning till night, I'm watching football.

1097
00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:12,480
Speaker 4: Awesome there, and when you played, that was such a

1098
00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:16,239
Speaker 4: unit of excellence with the guys who you were lining

1099
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:19,239
Speaker 4: up next to each and every Sunday. What strides did

1100
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:22,719
Speaker 4: you see in particular from that group last season under

1101
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:25,719
Speaker 4: the guidance of Tony Sperano junior second year with a

1102
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:26,720
Speaker 4: guy like Bernard Ryman.

1103
00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:30,239
Speaker 7: Yeah, well, Bernard made huge strides. I mean union his

1104
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:32,520
Speaker 7: first year, from his first game to the last game,

1105
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:35,239
Speaker 7: you know, he's he's gonna be a stud for a

1106
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:37,040
Speaker 7: long time. People are gonna forget about me real quick,

1107
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:40,840
Speaker 7: which is ideals. As a lover of the Colts, I

1108
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:43,320
Speaker 7: want them to forget about me because Bernard is playing

1109
00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:45,520
Speaker 7: at the level that he is. And I think last

1110
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:48,719
Speaker 7: year the huge strides they made as a unit were

1111
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:51,399
Speaker 7: when everybody was healthy, which is huge. I mean, people

1112
00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:54,279
Speaker 7: need to realize how huge it is when all the

1113
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:57,600
Speaker 7: linemen are healthy and even when they're not nicked up,

1114
00:48:57,640 --> 00:48:59,160
Speaker 7: Like if you can get a fully healthy if you

1115
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:01,759
Speaker 7: get those five guys who play offensive line for the

1116
00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 7: Colts fully healthy for a full season, I mean they're

1117
00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:06,359
Speaker 7: going to be dominant. And I think last year they

1118
00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:08,680
Speaker 7: did a really good job just being in Unison in

1119
00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:11,759
Speaker 7: their past protection, you could tell that coach Berano did

1120
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:14,600
Speaker 7: a nice job with them, making sure everybody knew what

1121
00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:16,719
Speaker 7: to expect out of the guy next to them, so

1122
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:18,400
Speaker 7: that when they were blocking, they were blocking as a

1123
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:21,239
Speaker 7: unit instead of five individuals. And I think they did

1124
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:21,920
Speaker 7: a real nice job.

1125
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:24,600
Speaker 4: Of the guys who you played with in this organization,

1126
00:49:24,719 --> 00:49:26,120
Speaker 4: who do you talk with the most? Who do you

1127
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:26,920
Speaker 4: keep in touch with most?

1128
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:29,600
Speaker 7: Still I'm actually leaving tomorrow to go visit Mewhort, I

1129
00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:31,440
Speaker 7: would say I probably talked to him the most. You know,

1130
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:34,080
Speaker 7: he and I played next to each other for a

1131
00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:37,000
Speaker 7: good chunk of time. Yeah, I mean a lot of

1132
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:38,800
Speaker 7: the linemen I played with we still keep in touch with.

1133
00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:40,560
Speaker 7: You know, Joe Wright, I still talk with. I'm actually

1134
00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:43,920
Speaker 7: having dinner with all the linemen who are here currently tonight.

1135
00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:44,439
Speaker 2: So nice.

1136
00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:45,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's get a camera on that.

1137
00:49:46,080 --> 00:49:51,040
Speaker 7: Yeah, out of my personal life, Gorman, you know the rules?

1138
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:55,040
Speaker 1: What was that one? That one memory of yours that

1139
00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:57,239
Speaker 1: sits at the mountain top of your career here in

1140
00:49:57,320 --> 00:49:59,920
Speaker 1: the NFL, when either you're walking off the field or

1141
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:01,919
Speaker 1: you're in the locker room or leaving with your family

1142
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:04,000
Speaker 1: after the game, where you said it doesn't get any

1143
00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:04,440
Speaker 1: better than this.

1144
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:06,719
Speaker 7: You know what, My favorite memory of play in the

1145
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:08,920
Speaker 7: NFL is when I caught a touchdown pass.

1146
00:50:09,280 --> 00:50:09,800
Speaker 2: You kidding me.

1147
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:13,359
Speaker 1: By the way, one you're one for one in your career,

1148
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:14,520
Speaker 1: which I believe quarterbacks.

1149
00:50:14,719 --> 00:50:16,640
Speaker 7: I believe quarterbacks are one hundred and fifty eight point

1150
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:19,120
Speaker 7: three rating when throwing to me. So it's a good

1151
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:23,200
Speaker 7: way to end your career. But yeah, that was like

1152
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:25,560
Speaker 7: that moment sticks out in my head, like I remember

1153
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:28,480
Speaker 7: it so vividly because I remember Reggie running into the

1154
00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:30,439
Speaker 7: huddle and he just looked at me and said, don't

1155
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:32,520
Speaker 7: screw this up. And I'm like, don't screw what up?

1156
00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:33,560
Speaker 7: And then he called the play and I'm like, oh,

1157
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:35,719
Speaker 7: I'm about to score a touchdown. Pass is awesome. And

1158
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 7: my claim to fame across if anything else that happened

1159
00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:41,160
Speaker 7: in my career, is that on a play Reggie Wayne

1160
00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:43,239
Speaker 7: was used as a decoy so that I could get

1161
00:50:43,280 --> 00:50:44,280
Speaker 7: open to score a touchdown.

1162
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:46,640
Speaker 1: About that day, I'll take it the.

1163
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:49,040
Speaker 8: Poor defender that had that coverage sign.

1164
00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:51,920
Speaker 7: The beautiful thing is that there was no defender that

1165
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:53,320
Speaker 7: was a sign to me, which is why I was

1166
00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:54,160
Speaker 7: so wide open.

1167
00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:55,480
Speaker 1: I love it.

1168
00:50:55,719 --> 00:50:58,719
Speaker 4: One thing that I don't think many Colts fans would note,

1169
00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:02,759
Speaker 4: but you were not the only Costanzo family member with

1170
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:08,000
Speaker 4: imprints on this organization. Our content team puts out a

1171
00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:11,400
Speaker 4: couple times a year these fantastic illustrations.

1172
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:13,920
Speaker 8: To the credit of your brother.

1173
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:16,759
Speaker 7: Yeah, my brother is an incredible talent in terms of

1174
00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:19,400
Speaker 7: our artistic ability he does. I mean, he can do

1175
00:51:19,520 --> 00:51:23,680
Speaker 7: anything drawing wise and conceptually. The way that he can

1176
00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:27,960
Speaker 7: create backgrounds. When you look at those cartoons, don't just

1177
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:29,960
Speaker 7: scroll through them, look at all the little details that

1178
00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:33,160
Speaker 7: he puts in the backgrounds. Yeah, there's he puts little

1179
00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:35,840
Speaker 7: Easter eggs in everything, and it's it's really fun and

1180
00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:38,200
Speaker 7: he takes a lot of pride in that stuff and

1181
00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:42,160
Speaker 7: he will not put it forth until it is absolutely perfect.

1182
00:51:42,239 --> 00:51:43,960
Speaker 7: And uh, yeah, he's pretty incredible.

1183
00:51:44,080 --> 00:51:44,600
Speaker 8: You'll see those.

1184
00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:47,080
Speaker 4: It's usually like fourth of July, over the holidays, at

1185
00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:49,080
Speaker 4: Christmas time kind of. All of that is when we

1186
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:50,719
Speaker 4: have seen a number of those. So it's the same

1187
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:54,719
Speaker 4: meticulous nature that you practiced when you were playing, and

1188
00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:57,600
Speaker 4: that you still have as part of your very routine

1189
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:00,400
Speaker 4: regiment with your workouts and your eating and all that.

1190
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:02,400
Speaker 8: That is a consistent Costanzo family.

1191
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:04,839
Speaker 7: Trade absolutely shameless plug. Check out his instagram at see

1192
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:09,040
Speaker 7: Bill draw. See Bill draw is a brother. He does

1193
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:10,640
Speaker 7: incredible stuff. It's it's amazing.

1194
00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:12,479
Speaker 1: Hey, when Colts fans think of you like we talked

1195
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:14,560
Speaker 1: about just an iron you know, you're an iron man.

1196
00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:17,080
Speaker 1: You showed up, you played. You always hated it when

1197
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:19,279
Speaker 1: you were when you were injured on the training table.

1198
00:52:19,400 --> 00:52:21,320
Speaker 1: You couldn't even talk to him around then because he

1199
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:22,640
Speaker 1: was so ticked off. But I don't.

1200
00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:23,360
Speaker 8: He always talked to me.

1201
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:26,040
Speaker 1: It was different. I was just always ticked off when

1202
00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:26,520
Speaker 1: I was talking to you.

1203
00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:27,600
Speaker 7: That was it.

1204
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:30,239
Speaker 1: But but do you think about stuff like that, The

1205
00:52:30,719 --> 00:52:33,520
Speaker 1: consistency that you had. An ultimate thing as far as

1206
00:52:33,560 --> 00:52:36,200
Speaker 1: an individual franchise go, is the ring of honor? Is

1207
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:38,080
Speaker 1: that anything that's ever crossed your mind to be part

1208
00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:39,719
Speaker 1: of this ring of honor here in Indianapolis?

1209
00:52:40,239 --> 00:52:42,640
Speaker 2: You know, I that's up to Indianapolis.

1210
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:46,080
Speaker 7: I The biggest thing about my career that I look

1211
00:52:46,160 --> 00:52:47,920
Speaker 7: back on that I'm really proud of is the fact

1212
00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:50,200
Speaker 7: that when I retired, I could say I had no regrets.

1213
00:52:50,560 --> 00:52:52,920
Speaker 7: I had no regrets about the amount of time like, oh,

1214
00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:55,360
Speaker 7: I wish I would have, you know, concentrated more. I

1215
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:57,120
Speaker 7: wish I would have put more time into this. I

1216
00:52:57,239 --> 00:52:59,680
Speaker 7: put everything that I had to be as successful as

1217
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:01,839
Speaker 7: possible on the field, and sometimes I wasn't.

1218
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:02,719
Speaker 1: Sometimes I was.

1219
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,239
Speaker 7: But what I can be looked back and be extra

1220
00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:07,800
Speaker 7: proud of is the effort that I put forth and

1221
00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:09,759
Speaker 7: the fact that I put everything that I had to

1222
00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:11,959
Speaker 7: kind of give what I had for the for the city,

1223
00:53:12,040 --> 00:53:15,560
Speaker 7: for the team, and for my teammates ultimately. So yeah,

1224
00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:18,840
Speaker 7: I mean, I accolades have never really been something that

1225
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:21,319
Speaker 7: I was striving for. I just wanted to improve every

1226
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:24,360
Speaker 7: day and yeah, so I'm happy with the way that

1227
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:26,200
Speaker 7: that things turned out and the career.

1228
00:53:26,040 --> 00:53:26,759
Speaker 2: That I had. Good.

1229
00:53:27,080 --> 00:53:31,000
Speaker 4: I hope there is not another, you know, major astrological

1230
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:32,800
Speaker 4: event that has to happen to bring you back. I

1231
00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:34,359
Speaker 4: hope that we can get you back at some point,

1232
00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:36,839
Speaker 4: you know, for a game this season, just to hang

1233
00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:37,520
Speaker 4: out and enjoy.

1234
00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:39,520
Speaker 8: So it's always great to have you back.

1235
00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:41,839
Speaker 7: It's good to be back. I being around facility, it's

1236
00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:43,160
Speaker 7: nothing but nothing but good memories.

1237
00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:43,279
Speaker 2: Here.

1238
00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:45,799
Speaker 1: If you're in southern California and you see somebody take

1239
00:53:45,840 --> 00:53:48,400
Speaker 1: a wave in from the beach or Bookie Borden, or

1240
00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:52,280
Speaker 1: cycling or mountain climbing, it might just be Anthony Costanza,

1241
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:54,200
Speaker 1: one of the best to ever wear the horseshoe. Right here,

1242
00:53:54,440 --> 00:53:56,680
Speaker 1: He's back to say Hello to you, colts, fans and d'alara,

1243
00:53:56,760 --> 00:53:58,880
Speaker 1: and I appreciate the time. It's always fun catching up

1244
00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 1: with you, and we will do would again in the future.

1245
00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:02,799
Speaker 1: I give you that promise. Love it all right, thanks

1246
00:54:02,840 --> 00:54:05,560
Speaker 1: so much, say Anthony Costanzo. Boys, I'm telling you, don't

1247
00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:08,680
Speaker 1: cut the hair. Don't cut the hair, keep lifting, keep

1248
00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:11,640
Speaker 1: doing his meal samples that he does every Monday to prepare.

1249
00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:15,040
Speaker 1: I mean, Anthony Costanzo, I'm calling it right now, next

1250
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:19,880
Speaker 1: superhero action film star. He's from right from our backyard,

1251
00:54:20,239 --> 00:54:23,839
Speaker 1: originally Illinois, but he's getting Chicago guy too, Chicago guy.

1252
00:54:23,880 --> 00:54:25,680
Speaker 1: We talked after you left the room.

1253
00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:28,200
Speaker 5: I was telling him about the Portillo's bid and how

1254
00:54:28,239 --> 00:54:30,600
Speaker 5: you told Alec Pierce once that you don't like wet meat.

1255
00:54:30,760 --> 00:54:33,560
Speaker 1: It's it is wet meat though, I mean that was

1256
00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:34,319
Speaker 1: the name of his place.

1257
00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:39,239
Speaker 5: Also, after he was done recording, I was chatting with

1258
00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:40,600
Speaker 5: him and he was talking, you know, with me and

1259
00:54:40,719 --> 00:54:44,000
Speaker 5: Lara and Lera and him started talking about macros and

1260
00:54:44,160 --> 00:54:47,319
Speaker 5: some nutritional stuff and I'm just standing there like, slack job.

1261
00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:49,800
Speaker 5: What do i feel like an idiot right now? I

1262
00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:51,759
Speaker 5: was like, I feel like I've done a decent job

1263
00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:53,239
Speaker 5: taking care of my body. And now it's like you

1264
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:55,879
Speaker 5: guys are at like five hundred level classes, like two

1265
00:54:55,960 --> 00:54:58,920
Speaker 5: hundred level of like don't eat a bunch of sugar PhD.

1266
00:54:59,160 --> 00:55:01,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, right, well done, sugar hold done from Costanzo and

1267
00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:03,600
Speaker 1: a lot of the greats, including Andrew Luck. We're in

1268
00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:07,560
Speaker 1: last week the Truck Strong Initiative raising. Uh yeah, a

1269
00:55:07,640 --> 00:55:10,480
Speaker 1: fun night. Yeah, I was at that. Uh that was

1270
00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:13,239
Speaker 1: a fun night. Luck was good, right, and it was

1271
00:55:13,280 --> 00:55:14,919
Speaker 1: a cool thing that put him up to as.

1272
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:17,520
Speaker 5: Far as so so what happened before? I know you

1273
00:55:17,560 --> 00:55:19,640
Speaker 5: all saw the video where he you know, threw the

1274
00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:20,360
Speaker 5: balls for a million, but.

1275
00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:22,440
Speaker 1: That's is when he pushed Chuck asides get out of the.

1276
00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:26,360
Speaker 5: Sot So Pete Ward gets up to the podium and

1277
00:55:26,440 --> 00:55:28,520
Speaker 5: he goes, I just got off the phone with my boss,

1278
00:55:29,480 --> 00:55:32,080
Speaker 5: and he says that if you guys can knock down

1279
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:34,000
Speaker 5: all these things, and then here comes you know, Blue

1280
00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:36,239
Speaker 5: with his uh, with his board. If you knock all

1281
00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:37,960
Speaker 5: these things down, it's a million dollars to the I

1282
00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:41,040
Speaker 5: you sigmon nice of cancer Center and yeah, Luck Luck

1283
00:55:41,160 --> 00:55:42,920
Speaker 5: is slinging it and then yeah, like you said, he

1284
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:43,439
Speaker 5: kind of moves.

1285
00:55:43,480 --> 00:55:44,920
Speaker 1: Chuck is like, yeah, yeah, I get it. Yeah, I

1286
00:55:45,120 --> 00:55:46,879
Speaker 1: got this, I got this. A great night.

1287
00:55:47,320 --> 00:55:48,840
Speaker 5: That was a great night, What a night, great A

1288
00:55:48,880 --> 00:55:50,480
Speaker 5: lot of money raised for a very good cost.

1289
00:55:50,800 --> 00:55:52,960
Speaker 1: And the Colts and Nurse family will continue to do

1290
00:55:53,080 --> 00:55:56,200
Speaker 1: that because that's a a you know, uh, an agreement

1291
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Speaker 1: they have with Chuck that said, we're gonna get you

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Speaker 1: out of the years ago, We're gonna get you out

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Speaker 1: of here. We're gonna continue to run a foundation and

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Speaker 1: help people. And they've proven that.

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Speaker 2: So I went.

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Speaker 5: I went with my wife and even just like going

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00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:08,640
Speaker 5: there and talking about it and just being like, how

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00:56:08,680 --> 00:56:11,080
Speaker 5: incredible is it that Chuck McGonnell hasn't been the coach

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00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:13,440
Speaker 5: of this team since twenty seventeen, but yet he can

1300
00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:16,840
Speaker 5: still raise a ton of money for this cause in

1301
00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:19,440
Speaker 5: our building, within the walls of this building, and he

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00:56:19,640 --> 00:56:22,320
Speaker 5: is still beloved by everyone. It was so it's so

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00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:25,239
Speaker 5: cool seeing him interact with you know, staffers who were

1304
00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:27,800
Speaker 5: here when he was here, and uh, you know, I

1305
00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:30,440
Speaker 5: chatted with him for a little bit. Just what a

1306
00:56:31,160 --> 00:56:35,239
Speaker 5: what a what a perfect person to be out in

1307
00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:38,439
Speaker 5: front of this, you know, battle against cancer and raised

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00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:39,600
Speaker 5: so much money and done.

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00:56:39,480 --> 00:56:41,320
Speaker 1: So much and can not be a bet Chuck was

1310
00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:42,239
Speaker 1: so easy to work with.

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00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:44,239
Speaker 3: He was so laid back, and he would tell you

1312
00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:47,320
Speaker 3: the truth and sometimes that sometimes the truth wasn't It

1313
00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:50,040
Speaker 3: wasn't pretty, that's right. But the high times under Chuck

1314
00:56:50,239 --> 00:56:52,160
Speaker 3: they were, they were, they were glorious.

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00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:55,200
Speaker 1: Hey, he had great relationships here and some bad relationships

1316
00:56:55,239 --> 00:56:56,920
Speaker 1: are like happens in all work. But I tell you what,

1317
00:56:57,239 --> 00:56:59,640
Speaker 1: chuckmgone one of the greatest coaches as far as men

1318
00:56:59,719 --> 00:57:02,120
Speaker 1: go and stuff, and his message off the football field

1319
00:57:02,160 --> 00:57:04,400
Speaker 1: and what those players what what what he meant to

1320
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:06,440
Speaker 1: those players. You talk about guys coming back to an

1321
00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:08,759
Speaker 1: event like that, I mean talking about Chuck like that's

1322
00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:11,240
Speaker 1: the guy. That's that is the epitome of a player's

1323
00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:11,839
Speaker 1: coach right there.

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00:57:11,880 --> 00:57:14,080
Speaker 3: The twenty twelve season was truly magical. Yeah, you know

1325
00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:17,760
Speaker 3: with ba here and Andrew Lux rookie season, everybody shaving

1326
00:57:17,800 --> 00:57:21,320
Speaker 3: their head halfway through the season, I mean, the Orange glog,

1327
00:57:21,920 --> 00:57:23,720
Speaker 3: Regie mean that that's truly.

1328
00:57:24,320 --> 00:57:25,200
Speaker 1: That was my first year.

1329
00:57:25,240 --> 00:57:27,400
Speaker 3: I mean you talk about swimming, Oh yeah, I was.

1330
00:57:27,520 --> 00:57:29,400
Speaker 3: I was trying to keep my head above the water.

1331
00:57:29,440 --> 00:57:31,600
Speaker 3: The NFLUS, all that stuff was going on. I mean,

1332
00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:35,360
Speaker 3: that was that was a crash course and just trying

1333
00:57:35,440 --> 00:57:37,400
Speaker 3: to fall in line and be professional.

1334
00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:40,120
Speaker 1: Just got good stuff today, JJ, thanks for sitting down

1335
00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:42,560
Speaker 1: with the forest. May take great stuff with Michael Pittman Jr.

1336
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:45,000
Speaker 1: And the restroom. Lara Overton will be back next week.

1337
00:57:45,120 --> 00:57:47,240
Speaker 1: I'm just throwing this out there. We don't have to

1338
00:57:47,320 --> 00:57:50,680
Speaker 1: have a dissertation on it. It's just a easy question, okay.

1339
00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:52,400
Speaker 1: So Matan and I have no idea what's coming on.

1340
00:57:52,560 --> 00:57:54,360
Speaker 1: Say say, I'm a guy coming in from out of

1341
00:57:54,400 --> 00:57:57,240
Speaker 1: town with my family. I want the best hamburger in

1342
00:57:57,360 --> 00:58:01,800
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Greater Indianapolis area? Are you sending me? I see,

1343
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:03,800
Speaker 1: I'm still searching for it. You are kind of a

1344
00:58:03,880 --> 00:58:05,680
Speaker 1: new sort of Hoosier. But you know, I don't know

1345
00:58:05,720 --> 00:58:09,880
Speaker 1: if I think does Portillo's have a hamburger? You called

1346
00:58:09,920 --> 00:58:11,920
Speaker 1: it the right thing, congratus right growth. Do they have

1347
00:58:12,040 --> 00:58:14,200
Speaker 1: a hamburger? They do? It's very and then leave it there.

1348
00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:16,560
Speaker 1: Then that's that's what you want. You're gonna get Portillos.

1349
00:58:16,600 --> 00:58:16,800
Speaker 4: See.

1350
00:58:16,840 --> 00:58:18,520
Speaker 1: But so I so, I you know, heyday, I want

1351
00:58:18,560 --> 00:58:19,600
Speaker 1: a real answer up.

1352
00:58:19,560 --> 00:58:22,400
Speaker 5: North, Bubbs is big, Bubbs is Bubbs is good, Bubbs

1353
00:58:22,520 --> 00:58:25,680
Speaker 5: is good. I feel like there's I still haven't been

1354
00:58:25,680 --> 00:58:28,320
Speaker 5: to working Man's Friends. Great, got to get there. I know,

1355
00:58:28,560 --> 00:58:31,440
Speaker 5: I know Matt Wilkining, one of our you know, production

1356
00:58:32,320 --> 00:58:34,520
Speaker 5: the guy who's behind all these great things do in production.

1357
00:58:34,680 --> 00:58:37,520
Speaker 5: He looked at me like, what's wrong with you that

1358
00:58:37,560 --> 00:58:38,280
Speaker 5: you haven't been there?

1359
00:58:38,440 --> 00:58:38,560
Speaker 1: Right?

1360
00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:41,040
Speaker 5: Like, you know, like I had like two heads or something.

1361
00:58:41,160 --> 00:58:42,000
Speaker 5: So I got to get there.

1362
00:58:42,160 --> 00:58:44,040
Speaker 1: We'll get you there. But I think he's your guy.

1363
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:46,120
Speaker 1: There's there's so many.

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00:58:46,240 --> 00:58:51,000
Speaker 3: I mean, Union Jack's was always a really good burgers

1365
00:58:51,160 --> 00:58:53,840
Speaker 3: still around. Yeah, yeah, the Broad Ripple I think I

1366
00:58:53,920 --> 00:58:58,800
Speaker 3: went in Speedway is no longer with us. I mean, yeah,

1367
00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:01,440
Speaker 3: working Man's Friends and gosh darn.

1368
00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:03,240
Speaker 1: Come on, guys, don't give me the change either. I

1369
00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:05,120
Speaker 1: don't want shake Shack in there or nothing like that.

1370
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:08,240
Speaker 1: You don't have a Donna and Gary's, you know, corner

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00:59:08,320 --> 00:59:10,960
Speaker 1: bar or anything. Willard the Willard down in Franklin.

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00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:13,640
Speaker 3: I know that's not the Wheeler, the Willard O the

1373
00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:18,720
Speaker 3: Willard Franklin, a great great burger.

1374
00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:20,960
Speaker 1: All right, we'll find him here.

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00:59:21,080 --> 00:59:23,200
Speaker 5: Here's my problem is, like I go to a restaurant

1376
00:59:23,320 --> 00:59:25,240
Speaker 5: and we were talking about this before he came on.

1377
00:59:25,720 --> 00:59:27,480
Speaker 5: I eat a burger and I'm just you put me

1378
00:59:27,560 --> 00:59:31,360
Speaker 5: to sleep it's yeah. You know, I don't get a

1379
00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:33,800
Speaker 5: ton of burgers anymore because I've hit that age. Now

1380
00:59:33,880 --> 00:59:35,800
Speaker 5: we're like, I don't metabolize that stuff.

1381
00:59:36,760 --> 00:59:40,120
Speaker 1: All right, So running our production, today's countra handle. Where

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Speaker 1: are you going? Connor? The tap tap great burger, real

1383
00:59:43,960 --> 00:59:47,640
Speaker 1: good burgers. Is that a chain though? That ton matter? Technically? Yeah?

1384
00:59:47,840 --> 00:59:48,320
Speaker 1: Tap something.

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00:59:48,360 --> 00:59:51,720
Speaker 3: There's one in uh downtown, there's one in Bloomington. Yeah,

1386
00:59:51,840 --> 00:59:55,120
Speaker 3: reallyster tap or just the tap tap the yeah?

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00:59:55,360 --> 00:59:59,360
Speaker 1: Do you drink your waiting beer while really good? Appreciate it?

1388
00:59:59,640 --> 01:00:02,600
Speaker 1: Hey see, Connor is actually the right got asked little time.

1389
01:00:02,880 --> 01:00:03,080
Speaker 2: I know.

1390
01:00:03,440 --> 01:00:04,920
Speaker 1: No, he wanted to be on the couch earlier for

1391
01:00:04,960 --> 01:00:08,120
Speaker 1: the football discussion. But we'll wait, we'll wait. It's coming.

1392
01:00:08,200 --> 01:00:10,360
Speaker 1: It's coming, because he does have some great insight. Thank

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01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:12,760
Speaker 1: you for your help today, and folks, thanks for watching today.

1394
01:00:12,840 --> 01:00:16,120
Speaker 1: For Matt Taylor, JJ Stankomitz, big thanks to Anthony Costanzo

1395
01:00:16,160 --> 01:00:19,000
Speaker 1: and of course uh DeForest Buckner, one of the newly

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01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:20,680
Speaker 1: signed Colts who's going to be here for a couple

1397
01:00:20,760 --> 01:00:23,200
Speaker 1: more years. It's on, boys, it's on. I'm always saying this.

1398
01:00:23,320 --> 01:00:26,040
Speaker 1: I always say it. The year and the Monday of

1399
01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:28,520
Speaker 1: the Boston Marathon when they run it and they eleven

1400
01:00:28,560 --> 01:00:31,520
Speaker 1: o'clock first pitch in Boston. Totally, that is the day

1401
01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:34,120
Speaker 1: that everything else behind. This is great because we have

1402
01:00:34,200 --> 01:00:37,320
Speaker 1: summer coming, We've got uh, you know, May, We've got

1403
01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:40,000
Speaker 1: May coming, obviously with the race coming up May Tay.

1404
01:00:40,040 --> 01:00:42,000
Speaker 1: You love the Major League All Star Game. I know

1405
01:00:42,160 --> 01:00:46,240
Speaker 1: that's gonna be. You're gonna be every year. You're gonna

1406
01:00:46,240 --> 01:00:48,240
Speaker 1: be a shopping at the bit. But I'm saying, Aaron

1407
01:00:48,280 --> 01:00:50,960
Speaker 1: Westfield and the training camp will be upon us, guys

1408
01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:53,480
Speaker 1: as soon as that Boston Marathon hits. Can't wait. So

1409
01:00:53,480 --> 01:00:55,360
Speaker 1: I appreciate you both for sitting down and we're gonna

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01:00:55,360 --> 01:00:56,520
Speaker 1: do it again, all right, July.

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01:00:56,480 --> 01:00:58,760
Speaker 3: Twelve can't get here fast enough. That Tuesday of All

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01:00:58,800 --> 01:00:59,440
Speaker 3: Star weekend.

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01:01:00,080 --> 01:01:02,280
Speaker 1: It's my birthday as well. I thought you were gonna go. Yeah,

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01:01:02,280 --> 01:01:04,400
Speaker 1: well yeah, Imber, I'll have a birthday party about the

1415
01:01:04,440 --> 01:01:08,120
Speaker 1: Major League Baseball All Star Game. Yeah, we'll go to Priscella's,

1416
01:01:08,400 --> 01:01:14,920
Speaker 1: will go to Purtelli's, Priscilla's God a full podcast almost, folks,

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01:01:14,960 --> 01:01:16,720
Speaker 1: it's time to leave. I'll see you. We'll see you

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01:01:16,800 --> 01:01:19,920
Speaker 1: next week for JJ statements. Matt Taylor, I'm Jeffrey Gorman,

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01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:22,760
Speaker 1: thanks for watching the Official Colts Podcast one more time.

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Speaker 1: The Official Colts podcast, There we Go,