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Speaker 1: Tay Colts fans. I'm JJ Sankavitten. Welcome into another episode

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Speaker 1: of The Colt Show. In Indianapolis Colts Podcast. We are

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Speaker 1: presented by our friends at Microsoft Surface Copilot plus PC

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Speaker 1: and we cannot go anywhere else with today's episode. Then

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Speaker 1: the monumental, shocking, intriguing, go to a thesaurus and come

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Speaker 1: up with some other words. News that the Colts on

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Speaker 1: Tuesday signed forty four year old quarterback Philip Rivers to

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Speaker 1: their practice squad. I've got Bill Brooks here to break

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Speaker 1: it all down. This is gonna kind of be a

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Speaker 1: crossover episode of The Colt Show and instant reaction because

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Speaker 1: what else is there to talk about other than Philip

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Speaker 1: Rivers joining the Colts coming out of retirement to join

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Speaker 1: the Colts practice squad. We're gonna get into all of

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Speaker 1: that with myself and Bill Brooks right after this here

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Speaker 1: on The Colt Show. The Colt Show is presented by

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Speaker 1: and win. This isn't just about football, It's about unlocking

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Speaker 1: potential wherever the game is played. It is my pleasure

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Speaker 1: to be joined here on The Colts Show by Bill Brooks,

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Speaker 1: Colts Ring of Honor wide receiver. You can hear him,

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Speaker 1: of course on ninety three five and one oh seven

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Speaker 1: five the Fan for the Colts pre and postgame shows.

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Speaker 1: He also is the co host of the Instant Reaction

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Speaker 1: podcast with Casey Value and Bill. We save Instant Reaction

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Speaker 1: for big News. This being Tuesday, this is coming out Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: of the day the Colt Show comes out. We're doing

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Speaker 1: a cross over here. What was your reaction, Bill when

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Speaker 1: you saw come across your phone on Monday night that

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Speaker 1: the Cults are bringing Philip Rivers in for a workout

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Speaker 1: to determine if both parties were interested, which they now are.

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers is on the Cults practice squad of Philip

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Speaker 1: Rivers coming out of retirement. What was your reaction there?

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Speaker 2: I was shocked, to be honest with you, because Phil

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Speaker 2: and for a forty four year old young man. I

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Speaker 2: won't call him down because I'm older him right now,

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Speaker 2: a forty four year old young man coming back to

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Speaker 1: I mean, I did like a dramatic reading for my

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Speaker 1: entire family of the Ian Rapaport tweet on Monday night

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Speaker 1: of just like you guys will not believe this, And

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Speaker 1: of course my five year olds have no idea who

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers is. They were barely a year old when

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Speaker 1: he last played in the NFL. Before we get into

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Speaker 1: down this. Philip Rivers was signed to the Colts practice

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Speaker 1: squad on Tuesday, So what does that mean on the

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Speaker 1: practice squad for Philip Rivers? To play, he would have

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Speaker 1: That is where Philip Rivers lives. They like Riley went

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Speaker 1: finalist right now. Yeah, Bill, if he just signing him

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Speaker 3: Bill, that's a lot to digest, a lot to digest.

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Speaker 1: We don't know how Philip Rivers looked in his workout.

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Speaker 1: But right now, Bill, we just were going to react

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Speaker 3: And after that I had some time off. But when it.

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Speaker 3: I got a call.

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Speaker 2: It was a little different because I wasn't really doing

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Speaker 2: And a lot of times you're you're getting back in

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Speaker 3: It can get you in football shape.

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Speaker 2: For me, like leaning on guys and you know, running

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Speaker 2: totally it's different than being in shape. Yes, so sometimes

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Speaker 3: We're in training camp.

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Speaker 2: You know, you're sore, you're tied, you fight through it,

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Speaker 2: sure it would be an adjustment for Philip, but I'm

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Speaker 2: sure he'll be fine if if it comes down to that.

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Speaker 1: I think the thing here, Bill is, you know, if

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Speaker 1: To me, what I look at this and I see

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Speaker 1: of retirement, I think it starts and it ends with

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Speaker 1: matters too. But if you go back and you look

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Speaker 1: everything Philip has ever said about Shane, these two guys

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Speaker 1: Bill see the.

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Speaker 3: Game the same way.

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Speaker 1: And I think Bill the most critical thing here is

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Speaker 1: that Philip Rivers right now understands what Shane Styken wants

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Speaker 1: to accomplish with the plays he is calling, and that

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Speaker 1: you know what that means Bill right, is Okay, if

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Speaker 1: where the ball should go. That has not diminished in

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Speaker 3: So Philip Rivers can give him some clue, some keys

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Speaker 1: I thought Riley Leondard did some good moments against the Jaguars,

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Speaker 2: At when homeroom out, we have veterans in there that

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Speaker 2: And uh, you never know what can happen to those

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Speaker 1: If you were forty four and someone called you and

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Speaker 1: It is such a it is such a unique thing. Yes,

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Speaker 2: But uh, coming back to playing after being out for

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Speaker 2: I think it's great if he can do it. Surprise

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Speaker 1: Amanda Foster hosts. That's gonna be a big one this week,

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Speaker 1: and then instant reaction. Bill, you'll be back with Casey

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Speaker 1: on Sunday, and yes, who knows what you're gonna be

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Speaker 1: talking about?

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Speaker 3: Never know?

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Speaker 1: You never know. The National Football League and the narratives

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Speaker 1: within it are undefeated. It is an incredible, incredible league

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Speaker 1: that we get to talk about. And uh boy, this one,

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Speaker 1: this is a good one.

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Speaker 3: This is a good one. This is a surprise. Definitely

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Speaker 3: a surprise.

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Speaker 1: Definitely a surprise. But we'll see where it goes for

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Speaker 1: Bill Brooks, I'm JJ Stankowitz. Thank you for watching this

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Speaker 1: episode of The Cult Show, presented by Microsoft Surface co

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Speaker 1: Pilot plus PC, where every day is Game Day. Talk

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Speaker 1: to you next week. So long,