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Speaker 1: Here's what all starts right, Here's why jam money Chris.

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Speaker 1: This is Inside Football with former Colts and NFL coach

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturi. Hey, welcome everybody. Happy New Year, and thanks

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Speaker 1: for stepping into the final episode of Inside Football, the

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Speaker 1: podcast series here in twenty twenty two with Rick Venturry.

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Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor. Week eighteen is here and the Colts

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Speaker 1: close out the season against the two thirteen and one

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Speaker 1: regular season finale, Rick, Happy New Year to you. The

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Speaker 1: end is here. Um. With that in mind, how do

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Speaker 1: going to miss the playoffs. Well, you know, I think

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Speaker 1: come in there. They've really struggled though to run the ball,

426
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Speaker 1: you know, particularly since Pierce has been out, it's almost

427
00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:20,480
Speaker 1: fallen off the table. Um. I think Burkhart is there.

428
00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:24,720
Speaker 1: Burkhard is really really fine third downback. I think he's

429
00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,080
Speaker 1: one of the best third downbacks in the league. Uh,

430
00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:31,239
Speaker 1: you know, catching it and running it after the catch. Um.

431
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,080
Speaker 1: You know, we know a lot about Cooks. Cooks is

432
00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,840
Speaker 1: Cooks is an upper tier He's not a Jefferson, he's

433
00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,960
Speaker 1: not a CD Lamb's. He's not that premier guy anymore.

434
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,920
Speaker 1: But he's still very good. He's still a top tier guy.

435
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,320
Speaker 1: And we all know he's had you know, he's had

436
00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:51,040
Speaker 1: six seasons of one thousand yard years out of eight

437
00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,280
Speaker 1: and that's with a not very good team and a

438
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,520
Speaker 1: lot of different quarterbacks. So he's pretty good, more solid

439
00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,040
Speaker 1: than the slot. The guy that's come on a little

440
00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:03,360
Speaker 1: bit just recent is Adkins at tight end. They kind

441
00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,240
Speaker 1: of if you look at his yards per it's pretty good,

442
00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,440
Speaker 1: and they've been pushing the ball downfield in this seam,

443
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:13,080
Speaker 1: seems to him. So look for us. Their offensive line,

444
00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,359
Speaker 1: they have one real good player in Tune Sell on

445
00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,600
Speaker 1: the left side, the left tackle. Howard has been hurt,

446
00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:22,080
Speaker 1: but he's backstarting at right tackle, but he's really struggling. Um,

447
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,200
Speaker 1: you know, they struggle at center with Quisinberry the rookie.

448
00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,160
Speaker 1: You can get him on rookie at the left guards.

449
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,920
Speaker 1: So again, they're a team and they're like a most

450
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,800
Speaker 1: teams that struggle in the NFL. They can run. They

451
00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,919
Speaker 1: can they're decent run blockers, but they really struggle if

452
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:39,280
Speaker 1: they get one dimension. And they love these defense is.

453
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,879
Speaker 1: It's evolving strategy wise. He's really made some changes that

454
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,800
Speaker 1: I like. I mean, he's really changed from a vanilla

455
00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,760
Speaker 1: you know, and he was there when they invented it.

456
00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,280
Speaker 1: I mean he was, he was. He's gone from vanilla

457
00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:56,639
Speaker 1: Tampa two and Cover three to a lot more matchup zone,

458
00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:00,400
Speaker 1: a lot more pressure on first down. Um his Cover

459
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 1: two now is no longer Tampa two. It's a match too.

460
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,000
Speaker 1: They'll play quarter quarter halfs. There's just a lot more

461
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:10,320
Speaker 1: variance in a lot stickier coverage. And they you know,

462
00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,000
Speaker 1: they become a better pass defense. I mean, with all

463
00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:17,320
Speaker 1: the lousy statistics, they're number twelve in the league in passing.

464
00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,639
Speaker 1: They're very much like Eberfluss in it. They'll give yards

465
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,320
Speaker 1: in the twenty, but they're pretty dog one good in

466
00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,440
Speaker 1: the red zone. You know, again, they played pretty good

467
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,400
Speaker 1: pass defense, and they can get to the quarterback. They've

468
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,560
Speaker 1: got some rushers, so you know that'll be interesting in

469
00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,399
Speaker 1: that sense. I think they've improved their secondary. It was

470
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,000
Speaker 1: horrendous a year ago, but you know, they're they're a

471
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,680
Speaker 1: little bit better with the King and Nelson at the corners,

472
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,679
Speaker 1: and I think the young safety Petree is really just

473
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Speaker 1: outstanding kid. You know, they you know, they're they're a

474
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,520
Speaker 1: long way away, but really their draft last year, you know,

475
00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,320
Speaker 1: and Stingley's not playing because he's injured, but the corner

476
00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:59,320
Speaker 1: Peetree Pierce Green Harris, that's a Harris, a really good line.

477
00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,720
Speaker 1: I mean, they they had a really good drift last year.

478
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:06,160
Speaker 1: So again, you know, this is a team that I mean,

479
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:10,280
Speaker 1: the reason they lose okay is their thirty second in

480
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,200
Speaker 1: total offense. They can't move it. They're thirtieth in total defense.

481
00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:18,639
Speaker 1: They can't stop it. They're thirty second in yards per play,

482
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,960
Speaker 1: and they're tied with the Colts at only four point seven.

483
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,040
Speaker 1: So they're not They're like the Colts in that they

484
00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,840
Speaker 1: have no explosiveness. And then where they're really bad is

485
00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,520
Speaker 1: they're thirty two in the in the rush in the

486
00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,880
Speaker 1: rush defense per game. I mean, now, how do they win?

487
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,600
Speaker 1: You know, I always play that game. How do you

488
00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,160
Speaker 1: how do you win? Well? I think they're I think

489
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,520
Speaker 1: they're I think they're a little bit better coached. Um.

490
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,080
Speaker 1: I think the dual quarterback system can be a pain

491
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,240
Speaker 1: if you're not totally ready for it. I think Cooks

492
00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,600
Speaker 1: is a top tier guy. And like I said, defense,

493
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,399
Speaker 1: it'll stiffen in the red zone. They can take it

494
00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,880
Speaker 1: away their number seven I dislike Eberflus's defense. They can

495
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,680
Speaker 1: take it away, you know, and then they rush the passers.

496
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:03,200
Speaker 1: They're eighteenth. They're respectable in socks, so you know that's

497
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,520
Speaker 1: kind of who they are, and you know we gotta

498
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:08,919
Speaker 1: be ready for it. All right, Well, let's dive into

499
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,480
Speaker 1: them on offense. Let's roll out the blueprints for this

500
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:15,440
Speaker 1: final game of the season. And Houston's offense stats wise

501
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,720
Speaker 1: a lot like the Colts, only scoring sixteen a game.

502
00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 1: They're dead last in total yards, thirtieth on third down,

503
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,600
Speaker 1: tied for twenty ninth, and red zone offense. They're twenty

504
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:27,960
Speaker 1: ninth and fourth quarter scoring on the season as well.

505
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,639
Speaker 1: I know that's always a big thing for you. And

506
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,879
Speaker 1: last week against the Jags, they converted just two of

507
00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,560
Speaker 1: their first ten third downs, they only had thirteen first

508
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,399
Speaker 1: downs for the game, and they failed to score in

509
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,720
Speaker 1: their only red zone shot. Like you said, they're using

510
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:46,560
Speaker 1: a two quarterback system at times between Davis Mills and

511
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,720
Speaker 1: Jeff Driscoll, and it actually works out pretty well under

512
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:53,560
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator pet Hamilton. But their running game is woful.

513
00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,720
Speaker 1: They only generate about eighty eight rushing yards per game.

514
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,399
Speaker 1: And like you said as well, their top back, rookie

515
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,000
Speaker 1: Damian Years, he's done for the year with an ankle injury.

516
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:07,320
Speaker 1: They're using backs now Darre Ogoon Balala and Royce Freeman

517
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,119
Speaker 1: to replace Pierce, who was a top six rusher in

518
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,880
Speaker 1: the NFL at the time of his injury. Their top

519
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:17,000
Speaker 1: receiver Brandon Cooks, who's over five hundred receiving yards this season.

520
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 1: He's one of only four players since twenty fourteen with

521
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,239
Speaker 1: at least five hundred receiving yards in every season in

522
00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,760
Speaker 1: that span. And then, like you said as well, Titan

523
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,879
Speaker 1: Jordan Aikins is turning into a vertical threat for Mills

524
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,320
Speaker 1: in the passing game. So what else stands out to

525
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:34,560
Speaker 1: you about the Texans on offense as we transition into

526
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 1: your must for the Colts defense to get this win? No,

527
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 1: I think you know, we pretty much have covered it

528
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,920
Speaker 1: up to now, you know, I mean you know, I

529
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,320
Speaker 1: do think that Mills and drifts goal give you a

530
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,399
Speaker 1: little bit of a problem. I think Mills would be

531
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,639
Speaker 1: a much better quarterback if he had a better surrounding cast.

532
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:55,320
Speaker 1: I think he's a little bit underrated. I mean he's not.

533
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,760
Speaker 1: He's not the athlete that we just played in Daniel Jones,

534
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:02,000
Speaker 1: but he and throw it. He's a very accurate guy.

535
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,440
Speaker 1: He can move a little bit better than you think.

536
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 1: As I said, he said, actually he said two starts

537
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,280
Speaker 1: against us and one tie. One they got blown out.

538
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,720
Speaker 1: But if you look at his numbers beneath the you know,

539
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,520
Speaker 1: beneath the onion when you cut it and you peel

540
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 1: it back a little bit, I mean his numbers against

541
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 1: us are pretty good. I mean, he's played pretty well

542
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:24,800
Speaker 1: against us. And then you know the quarterback, as you said, Driscoll, Now,

543
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,920
Speaker 1: I tell you the thing about it is is it's

544
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,680
Speaker 1: it looks easy on paper, but the only the only

545
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:34,080
Speaker 1: advantage you have is whatever quarterbacks in the game. If

546
00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 1: you're a defensive coordinator, you know he's in there. So

547
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,360
Speaker 1: it's not like you have a quarterback like Jones who

548
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 1: kind of does it all and you're not sure when

549
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 1: he's going to run. A college player or a pro play,

550
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 1: that's tough, but at least in this situation, you know

551
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:49,880
Speaker 1: you kind of know which guy's going to do it.

552
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 1: But they're they're like you said, they are more effective

553
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 1: even though the numbers aren't good, but they don't. They

554
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 1: look decent doing that, to be honest with you, you know,

555
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 1: and the running game is really hurting. Now, what I

556
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 1: think they'll do after they really study us on tape

557
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: and look at how much trouble that we've had with

558
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:13,080
Speaker 1: quarterback runs and particularly last week it was just awful

559
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,760
Speaker 1: on the zone wreaths. I wouldn't be surprised that data.

560
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:17,800
Speaker 1: And emphasize a little bit more with drift goll just

561
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 1: you know, because they're not running it anyway, and I

562
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,320
Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if they do again. You gotta worry

563
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,120
Speaker 1: about Cooks. Cooks has become you know, he used to

564
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,160
Speaker 1: be kind of moved all around, but right now because

565
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 1: they don't have any speed, he's become more of the

566
00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 1: outside guy who they take shots for, with more in

567
00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 1: the slot. As you said, and again just be alert

568
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: for Adkins. I think he's played a little bit bigger role.

569
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 1: The offensive line is not great. Um, you know, Tunsil

570
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:50,040
Speaker 1: is very very good player, but after that it's marginal

571
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:54,120
Speaker 1: and Howard is really struggling. On that right tackle. You

572
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,360
Speaker 1: can crush him. He's just not healthy. You can get

573
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,840
Speaker 1: after him. You know, Green as a rookie and he

574
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 1: green at he Green is green at left guard. You

575
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 1: can get after him. So you know, when I when

576
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 1: I look at this, I think the defensive musts okay

577
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 1: for the Colts. Number one, you must You've got to

578
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:16,280
Speaker 1: be adaptable. You have to be adapt adaptable mentally and

579
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,520
Speaker 1: physically and technique wise to this two quarterback system you got.

580
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 1: Everybody's got to know exactly when Drisco is in the

581
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 1: game and when Mills is in the game. It shouldn't

582
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:31,440
Speaker 1: be that difficult, but it's two separate offenses. It's a

583
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:36,120
Speaker 1: Saturday offense in one case with Drisco, it's a true NFL.

584
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 1: And when you know when Mills in the game, there's

585
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 1: running game, standard running game. He will run the boots.

586
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:47,280
Speaker 1: He's a big play action guy. He loves to half

587
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: roll one way like the old college when you were

588
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:53,680
Speaker 1: playing half roll one way, a lot of throwbacks away

589
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:56,960
Speaker 1: from it. He likes to go against the grain when

590
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 1: he throws the ball. And then Driscoll is as I

591
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 1: said you might as we'll be looking at a Saturday

592
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 1: almost a Wishbone type quarterback when he's in the game.

593
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:10,640
Speaker 1: So adaptation in game, adaptation in play adaptation is critical.

594
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:15,480
Speaker 1: Number two. We absolutely have to dominate the running game,

595
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 1: including Driscoll, because if this team can't run it, their

596
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 1: offensive line will die, Mills will get killed, He'll turn

597
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,600
Speaker 1: it over because they won't be able to protect it,

598
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,880
Speaker 1: but you can't let them. You can't play flat if

599
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 1: you come out. And this is what you worry about

600
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,280
Speaker 1: in a game that is quote meetingless. If you play

601
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 1: flat at all and they get a running game going

602
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 1: with those two running backs. Now you you know they

603
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: keep you off balance, and then those two quarterbacks can

604
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,880
Speaker 1: do some damage, particularly Mills in that passing game with

605
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 1: play action. So I think you know that is so important.

606
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:54,880
Speaker 1: Number three, you got to have a sitution ovational plan

607
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 1: for Cooks on early downs, you know, first and ten

608
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,360
Speaker 1: or a second five downs that I call unknown downs.

609
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,120
Speaker 1: Be alert for him to take the shots. You know

610
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 1: he'll be either the Z or the acts usually on

611
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:12,040
Speaker 1: the outside. And you know if they get a corner,

612
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 1: young kid like Flowers, you know what they're gonna do

613
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,720
Speaker 1: is they're gonna play action on first down and try

614
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 1: to take those shots. They know we're going to be

615
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:24,240
Speaker 1: single high, you know, literally every single down and so

616
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 1: and they know that, you know, they know that Gilmore's

617
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,479
Speaker 1: really good, so look for them. And I think this

618
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,880
Speaker 1: is what Pep does well, is Pep will set the

619
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:36,600
Speaker 1: formation so that he can get Cooks on the ideal

620
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:40,480
Speaker 1: receiver down, we if we have any sense, we will

621
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 1: match Cooks with Gilmore, no question about it. And then

622
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 1: I think when you get in situational play on third down,

623
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:51,400
Speaker 1: I think the two key guys then are basically you

624
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 1: Cooks and he may move around. Whenever he moves inside,

625
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: you need to have you got to make sure that

626
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 1: you clamp him and the other guy. If it's third

627
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 1: and like three to five, the guy they absolutely love

628
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 1: is Burkehead, no question about that. As I said, he

629
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 1: is one of the best guys coming out of the backfield,

630
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 1: and you know you absolutely have to take him away.

631
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,720
Speaker 1: Then number four, and I think this is really critical

632
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: and I kind of alluded to it before. Get ahead

633
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 1: in this game. Please get ahead. You know, we got

634
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 1: ahead by three and then but we couldn't we couldn't

635
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,000
Speaker 1: extend it. And you know, we got to get ahead

636
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Speaker 1: and make their offensive flying play, make them one dimensional.

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Speaker 1: This is what we haven't done all season long. We've

638
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Speaker 1: we've allowed lous the offensive lines to not be stressed.

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Speaker 1: And you know, as I said, with the exception of

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Speaker 1: tounso you can go after all of them. And here's

641
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 1: what happens to Mills. Okay, Mills a really sharp guy,

642
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: and he's a real competitor. But when he starts getting

643
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,560
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure, you know, he's been beating down

644
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,280
Speaker 1: so much, he tries to make plays. I mean he

645
00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 1: and I've seen him time after time throw it in

646
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Speaker 1: to a pep rally. So, I mean, this is the

647
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 1: important thing is again and again, the numbers, the numbers

648
00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,799
Speaker 1: say they can't do this. Run the ball. But after

649
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 1: you watch the Giants last week and you watch what

650
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 1: the quarterback did to us, we got to take a

651
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,560
Speaker 1: good look at that and we can't take it for granted.

652
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Speaker 1: We have to totally stuff that run. You know, have

653
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,839
Speaker 1: a have a plan for Cooks, and then we've got

654
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 1: to attack that that offensive line, and we've got to

655
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Speaker 1: force and get the turnovers, get the takeaways. That's Rick

656
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Speaker 1: vent Terry. I'm Matt Taylor. This is inside football. We're

657
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Speaker 1: breaking it down. Colts and Texans week number eighteen. That

658
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,239
Speaker 1: was the offense for Houston. Let's go to their defense. Now,

659
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,759
Speaker 1: got to buy head coach Lovey Smith, who is that

660
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: de facto defensive coordinator. Texans give up twenty four a game,

661
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,720
Speaker 1: but that numbers up to at least twenty seven points

662
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,439
Speaker 1: in five of their last six. And like you said,

663
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,560
Speaker 1: they're awful at stopping the run. They're giving up one

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Speaker 1: hundred and sixty eight rushing yards per game, and they've

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Speaker 1: given up at least one hundred and fifty in ten

666
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 1: games on the season. Obviously, the Colts are trying to

667
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 1: take advantage of that. This week their thirtieth in total yards,

668
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 1: thirtieth and first downs allowed and time of possession. Those

669
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:12,560
Speaker 1: two things go hand in hand there. But despite those

670
00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:15,879
Speaker 1: bad numbers, they've got a budding superstar at safety. That's

671
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:19,279
Speaker 1: rookie Jalen Petrie at A Baylor, and just last week

672
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 1: he became the only player since at least two thousand

673
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,239
Speaker 1: to tally up at least one hundred and twenty five

674
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Speaker 1: tackles and five picks in the rookie season. Jerry Hughes

675
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Speaker 1: the former cult He leads the team with nine and

676
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:32,839
Speaker 1: a half sacks. He's still getting it done in year

677
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Speaker 1: number thirteen, and he was a major problem for the

678
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Speaker 1: Colts back in week number one. If you remember, he

679
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: wrecked up two sacks, three tackles for loss, He had

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Speaker 1: a pick, he had a pass breakup, he had two

681
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:47,560
Speaker 1: quarterback hits and a fumble. Recovery back in September, Christian

682
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,759
Speaker 1: Harris a really good rookie linebacker in that second level,

683
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Speaker 1: and then obo Okaran qu Rick. He's coming on at

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Speaker 1: defensive end since being named a starter back in week eleven,

685
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,760
Speaker 1: and that time he's got twenty four tackles, five sacks,

686
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Speaker 1: seven tackles for loss, all of which our career highs

687
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Speaker 1: for him. So Rick, there's enough talent on this defense

688
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Speaker 1: to make life hard for Sam Ellinger in the offense

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Speaker 1: for the Colts on Sunday. What else do we need

690
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Speaker 1: to all about Houston's defense going into this last game. No,

691
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 1: there there is talent. It's a certain kind of talent,

692
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Speaker 1: and I think it's it's it's good news and bad news,

693
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Speaker 1: and I think the stats bear it out. It's actually

694
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 1: a very athletic team. Okay, you talk about you talk

695
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Speaker 1: about the young kid. Oh no, woe on the edge.

696
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,399
Speaker 1: I mean he's really coming on, as you said, since

697
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Speaker 1: game eleven. Five sacks. You know, Jerry's on the other side,

698
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Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes with nine sacks, sixty seven career sacks, and

699
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Speaker 1: he just he just ruined our day. You're exactly right.

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Speaker 1: He ruined our day with he changed the game. Really

701
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 1: he had critical sacks and interceptions when we could have

702
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Speaker 1: put him away, you know, particularly on our side of

703
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Speaker 1: the fifty, and he just killed us. And those two

704
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 1: guys are really athletic, Harris, the young linebackers tremendously athletic.

705
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Speaker 1: I think Kurtsy is really a warrior. You know, he's

706
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 1: been around a long time, He's been with him forever,

707
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Speaker 1: and he's really a fine football player. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: I think Collins is a man inside, you know. Um.

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Speaker 1: And I think their corners, I think on paper, if

710
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,200
Speaker 1: you just if you just look at personnel and bios,

711
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 1: you think they would be better. And you know, Love

712
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: he's a good coach. They're in sound in at four

713
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Speaker 1: to three. They're not they're not real exotic. They're just

714
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Speaker 1: the opposite of the New York Giants, but their sound

715
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:40,280
Speaker 1: and he's evolved, he's not vanilla anymore. In terms of coverage,

716
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Speaker 1: they do a lot of different things now and that

717
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,759
Speaker 1: coverage a lot more what I call matchup coverage. So

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Speaker 1: there they just don't give away like they did a

719
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Speaker 1: year ago, where you could just pulverize the you know,

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Speaker 1: their coverage and they can rush the passer. But as

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Speaker 1: you said, I just don't see them though, as a

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Speaker 1: physical eleven. And that's what I think. If you can

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Speaker 1: pound them, you know, you say that, I always play

724
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Speaker 1: that game again. You know why do they lose, Well,

725
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Speaker 1: they lose because their thirty second against the run, they

726
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Speaker 1: give up five yards at carry. You know, their total

727
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Speaker 1: defense is thirtieth. You know their you know their points

728
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Speaker 1: given up is twenty sixth. But you know, if they

729
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Speaker 1: get in advantage, like with us, they got on top

730
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Speaker 1: of us, they got ahead of us. They never got

731
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Speaker 1: in disadvantage until the very end, and then love he

732
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,919
Speaker 1: played for the tie. But they buckle up pretty good

733
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Speaker 1: in the red zone. You know. It's as I told

734
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Speaker 1: you before, and I think I mentioned it earlier in

735
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Speaker 1: this podcast, talk to you about it before off you

736
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Speaker 1: know off air is they're really a lot like eber

737
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Speaker 1: Plus's team. They'll give up yards between the twenty, but

738
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Speaker 1: they'll buckle up. You know, they move down to eighteenth,

739
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:55,960
Speaker 1: but they've been better than that all year. But they're

740
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Speaker 1: still in the middle. You know, on the pass, their

741
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:01,920
Speaker 1: corners are a little bit better their number twelve, and

742
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:05,120
Speaker 1: then in sacks they're respectable with eighteen, and they've moved

743
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Speaker 1: back a little bit there because they got behind so

744
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:11,800
Speaker 1: fast against Jacksonville. Those three statistics were better, and that

745
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 1: those would be the reasons that they can be They

746
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 1: can be trouble if you're not careful. And you mentioned

747
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Speaker 1: that the edge guys, you know, the edge guys and

748
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Speaker 1: Hughes and the young kid Oca Ronquo. I mean those

749
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Speaker 1: two guys, can you know again Oca Ronquos an undersize guy,

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Speaker 1: so you can pound at him, but boy, he can

751
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:35,520
Speaker 1: come off that edge now in a second, you know again, Uh,

752
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:38,479
Speaker 1: you know, Collins I think is an inside threat. We've

753
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:41,399
Speaker 1: had our guards are having trouble with guys, and then

754
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 1: they use Cashman who's a linebacker and at times when

755
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 1: they're on third down, he ends up being the fourth

756
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:51,239
Speaker 1: rusher and he stands up. It looks like he is

757
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,279
Speaker 1: a linebacker, but he becomes the fourth guy in their

758
00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 1: element and gives him, you know, some problems. You know,

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00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 1: you talked about the backers. Harris is a lot like

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Speaker 1: a Carrica, really good loose play guy. Um Curtsey probably

761
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 1: you know, is an older version of Franklin, very very

762
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,920
Speaker 1: tough guy, can cover a little bit. And then you're

763
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,840
Speaker 1: exactly right about Petrie I mean, he's just you know,

764
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 1: he's just lit it up since he's been there. Um,

765
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Speaker 1: you know, tremendous amount of tackles. He's got five picks,

766
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Speaker 1: he's got eight PBUs he is. You know, he's gonna

767
00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 1: end up being a real gem for them in terms

768
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Speaker 1: of of you know, of what they do. And again,

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Speaker 1: as I said, Love, these defenses will give up yardies

770
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Speaker 1: between the twenties, but they'll bone up inside that red zone.

771
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Speaker 1: And the one thing they do a great job of

772
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Speaker 1: his takeaways, you know, very again very much like Eberflus

773
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Speaker 1: the seventh all that other stuff. They are seventh in

774
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Speaker 1: the league despite a two thirteen and one record, they're seventh,

775
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Speaker 1: seventh in the league and takeaways, and so you know,

776
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 1: that's that's troublesome. If you're not on your game and

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Speaker 1: you let them get a little bit of an edge

778
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Speaker 1: on you like we did in that pie, then they

779
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,239
Speaker 1: can do things to beat you, like rush the pass

780
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:07,960
Speaker 1: or like pake the ball away and stop you in

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00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:10,480
Speaker 1: the head zone. I mean, so it isn't like they

782
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,920
Speaker 1: don't have the despite that record, that they don't have

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Speaker 1: some tools. Now in terms of the Colts offenses must

784
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go right off the stats here and what

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Speaker 1: my eyes tell me, I'm gonna pound their front four.

786
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Speaker 1: You know, I'm not gonna let them rush the passer. Okay,

787
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna pound them. I'm gonna take that

788
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Speaker 1: five yard average and I'm gonna prove it. And when

789
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,560
Speaker 1: they're in that and they're a lot like us right now,

790
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,480
Speaker 1: they're almost always in and over there. They do not

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Speaker 1: they do not have a varied front on first down.

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Speaker 1: And what they do to vary it is they bring

793
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Speaker 1: guys off the edge, the nickel, the will backer, the

794
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:50,279
Speaker 1: dime safety. Their variance comes with a edge bulletz on

795
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Speaker 1: first down. But I am gonna pound. I'm gonna pound

796
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Speaker 1: that open bubble. And then when I go over to

797
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Speaker 1: the three when I want to run strong, I'm gonna

798
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:01,719
Speaker 1: power that three red and block the heck out of

799
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Speaker 1: that defensive end. And what they do to stop the

800
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:06,360
Speaker 1: run on the power side is, you know, and Matt

801
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:07,719
Speaker 1: used to do this all the time. They used to

802
00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:09,960
Speaker 1: bring they bring everybody down. We call them a pirate.

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00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 1: They bring the end and the tackle and they slam

804
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:15,799
Speaker 1: them down inside. So when you're running strong side, be

805
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 1: ready to bounce that that bad boy, because there's a

806
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:21,960
Speaker 1: lot of times that defense will collapse inside and you

807
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:23,920
Speaker 1: could get it outside for a big play. But I

808
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:26,479
Speaker 1: think at the end of the day, you just got

809
00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:29,719
Speaker 1: to pound them. I also think Ellinger is a big

810
00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 1: advantage because they really love these teams, just like Matt's

811
00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:36,640
Speaker 1: teams will go hard, I mean super hard to the ball,

812
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:40,719
Speaker 1: and I think a quarterback boot, a quarterback zone read

813
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:45,600
Speaker 1: can be very very effective against them. I think number two,

814
00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:48,279
Speaker 1: we got to hit them hard with play action, both

815
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Speaker 1: deep and again against the grain. By that, I mean

816
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:56,000
Speaker 1: start the ball one way, bring receivers back over into

817
00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:59,279
Speaker 1: layers or start them strong and then bring them back out.

818
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 1: But bring everything back across the grain, including the deep stuff,

819
00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:07,439
Speaker 1: because you have to take advantage again of their over

820
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Speaker 1: pursuit and their safeties are involved in that. They'll go hard,

821
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,960
Speaker 1: but those linebackers will go hard. So if you freeze

822
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Speaker 1: them in there and you bring stuff back across, and

823
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,399
Speaker 1: this is stuff that Ellinger could do very well, then

824
00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:23,759
Speaker 1: you're going to really do a good job. Now number three,

825
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:26,759
Speaker 1: you got to protect the passer. I mean, people know

826
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Speaker 1: that we struggle so hard with this. You know they

827
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:32,480
Speaker 1: are a good rush team when they're heading account. As

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Speaker 1: I said, you got Hughes over there with nine sacks

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Speaker 1: this year, sixty seven total. He had two against us

830
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Speaker 1: in the first game, you know. And then you have

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Speaker 1: the rookie on the other side, Oka Ronkwell on the

832
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:50,520
Speaker 1: other side, and he's got five, but those five have

833
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,279
Speaker 1: come lately, you know. And then you've guys guys like

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Speaker 1: Addison and Greenhard. I mean, they've got a bus load

835
00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:59,120
Speaker 1: of edge guys they can throw at you. And then

836
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,520
Speaker 1: here's what I think. They got nothing to lose, right,

837
00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:05,719
Speaker 1: they have nothing to lose, and so look all they've

838
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:08,120
Speaker 1: got to do is look at the last six weeks

839
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Speaker 1: and watch people blitz us. If I were Lovey Smith

840
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Speaker 1: and I wanted to win this game, I would bring

841
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,880
Speaker 1: that house. I'd bring it fifty percent of the time.

842
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 1: And you know, and just you know, we saw what

843
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:22,040
Speaker 1: happened to us last year last week when they brought

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Speaker 1: it man, and it's a copycat league. I wouldn't be

845
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Speaker 1: surprised if they blitzed us to death. And then I

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Speaker 1: think number the last thing and most important thing, and

847
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:33,399
Speaker 1: this is critical and beating love you Smith, you have

848
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:36,719
Speaker 1: to take care of the football you have to have

849
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:39,600
Speaker 1: ball security. What do they do best? How did they

850
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:42,719
Speaker 1: survive when they survive and winning game? And it was

851
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:46,240
Speaker 1: true against us, it's because they take it away and

852
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:49,160
Speaker 1: you got to not let them do that. You can't

853
00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:52,319
Speaker 1: let them win with what they do best. So take

854
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:54,840
Speaker 1: care of the football and then we have to finish

855
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:56,680
Speaker 1: it in the red zone. They'll boat up in there.

856
00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:59,560
Speaker 1: Like I said, it's a it's a relative strength of

857
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,839
Speaker 1: their and it's been a Colt's weakness. But we've got

858
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,200
Speaker 1: to see if we can fix that. You know, Sam

859
00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:07,439
Speaker 1: did get us in there last week in the red zone.

860
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:10,040
Speaker 1: He does have the legs to give us an extra

861
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:13,080
Speaker 1: dimension down there. So you know, maybe things will be

862
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:15,640
Speaker 1: looking up in terms of that red zone defense offense,

863
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:18,720
Speaker 1: because again, at the end of the day, to beat Lovey,

864
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:20,960
Speaker 1: you got to protect the ball and you got to

865
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:23,520
Speaker 1: beat him in that red zone. All right, Rick to

866
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 1: close out here, well done by the way on the

867
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:29,000
Speaker 1: blueprints to close out. I'd like to say this is

868
00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:31,440
Speaker 1: for all the marbles, but it's you know, the exact

869
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:33,759
Speaker 1: opposite of that. I mean, the Jaguars and Titans will

870
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:36,720
Speaker 1: be playing for all the marbles in the AFC South

871
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 1: and that AFC South Championship game essentially coming up on

872
00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 1: Saturday night. So this game Colts and Texans, it's for

873
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:47,120
Speaker 1: draft picks. And these two teams are you know, teams

874
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:49,279
Speaker 1: that are still fighting, they still want to win, They're

875
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:50,879
Speaker 1: still going to go out there and play and give

876
00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:54,440
Speaker 1: it there all on Sunday afternoon. So what's your message,

877
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:56,600
Speaker 1: last message to the Colts. I mean, this is the

878
00:45:56,680 --> 00:45:58,840
Speaker 1: last time some of these guys are going to be

879
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:01,439
Speaker 1: inside this Colts lock room. It's the last time this

880
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:04,759
Speaker 1: group will be together in terms of how it's constructed

881
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:08,120
Speaker 1: right now. We know major changes are coming in the offseason.

882
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:10,000
Speaker 1: What are you saying to the Colts as they try

883
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:14,120
Speaker 1: to snap this six game skid to end the season here. Yeah,

884
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:17,759
Speaker 1: and you know, as a coach, as a player, as

885
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:22,400
Speaker 1: a broadcaster, I mean, we're all warriors, none of us are.

886
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:24,960
Speaker 1: You know, we're not talking about the draft pick. I mean,

887
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:28,480
Speaker 1: that's for the pundits. You know, that's for the fans,

888
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,400
Speaker 1: I guess, but you know, from our standpoint, I know,

889
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:34,560
Speaker 1: from a coaching player standpoint, you just have too much

890
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:38,040
Speaker 1: invested and you have too much pride to go out

891
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:41,279
Speaker 1: and not go out and not coach hard, and so

892
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 1: to me, the things that I'm talking about are, this

893
00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:48,879
Speaker 1: really is our very very last chance to regain our

894
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:52,239
Speaker 1: football dignity. I thought that, and I agree with you

895
00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:55,480
Speaker 1: and our opener. I think we lost it last week,

896
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:57,920
Speaker 1: and we lost it as a team. We can't point fingers.

897
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:01,879
Speaker 1: And you know, we always say what ends well is well.

898
00:47:02,239 --> 00:47:04,160
Speaker 1: I don't think we can quite say that at the

899
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:08,200
Speaker 1: conclusion of this season. It isn't completely true, but I

900
00:47:08,239 --> 00:47:12,040
Speaker 1: will say that a win will leave a much better

901
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:15,360
Speaker 1: taste in our mouth as we enter what will probably

902
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:19,440
Speaker 1: and I think hopefully be the most volatile offseason in years.

903
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:22,680
Speaker 1: You know, and I think that, you know, if anything

904
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:25,560
Speaker 1: short of a major rehaal, we're just kidding ourselves. So

905
00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:29,239
Speaker 1: let's let's just go on. But as a player, you're

906
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:33,120
Speaker 1: still playing for your credibility as an NFL lawrior. I mean,

907
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:34,880
Speaker 1: that film is real. I mean you can't. You're not

908
00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:37,799
Speaker 1: going to erase it. What goes out there is who

909
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:40,080
Speaker 1: you are. We don't spin it. We're not lawyers, we're

910
00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:44,200
Speaker 1: not politicians even doctors. We can't spin our mistakes. There's

911
00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:48,000
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. That film is forever, that tape

912
00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:50,920
Speaker 1: is forever, and This would be a great way to

913
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:53,799
Speaker 1: go out. You know, I think we hit bottom last week.

914
00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:57,200
Speaker 1: Let's make that the bottom and let's start the climb

915
00:47:57,239 --> 00:48:00,440
Speaker 1: and begin the reboot for two twenty three. And I

916
00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:02,799
Speaker 1: think you made a point here, and I think it's

917
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,840
Speaker 1: an emotional thing when you have a band of brothers

918
00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:09,040
Speaker 1: that have been through all this a lot, you know,

919
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:12,440
Speaker 1: a lot. We had good expectations and it's all been bad. Really,

920
00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:15,160
Speaker 1: it's been bad lately. But I think in the end,

921
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:17,880
Speaker 1: you have a bond, and I think you have to

922
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:20,239
Speaker 1: tell them and you have to believe it that this

923
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:23,960
Speaker 1: really is the last time, the very last time that

924
00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:27,920
Speaker 1: this group as this whole will ever be together again.

925
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,840
Speaker 1: And let's see if we can make this a happy,

926
00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:35,480
Speaker 1: happy memory on this final day, and even a happy

927
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:38,720
Speaker 1: memory for our fan base, no doubt, no doubt. Indeed,

928
00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:41,760
Speaker 1: Rick fantastic, per usual man. And I know this season

929
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:45,440
Speaker 1: has it's certainly not gone the way anybody's scripted or

930
00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:49,120
Speaker 1: had hoped. This is our last podcast of the season

931
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,680
Speaker 1: here on Inside Football, So I know, if I speak

932
00:48:51,719 --> 00:48:54,919
Speaker 1: for myself, I probably speak for most of the fan

933
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:57,680
Speaker 1: base when we say thank you, man, thank you for

934
00:48:57,719 --> 00:48:59,759
Speaker 1: all the breakdown that you do. I know a lot

935
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:02,160
Speaker 1: of people look forward to this podcast every week because

936
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:04,160
Speaker 1: they want to get the skinny and they want to

937
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:06,040
Speaker 1: get up to date x's and knows wise on what

938
00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:08,239
Speaker 1: the Colts need to do to win the upcoming game.

939
00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:11,200
Speaker 1: So just really appreciate you pouring your heart and your

940
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:14,400
Speaker 1: soul into this job, into the podcast and bringing it

941
00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:18,200
Speaker 1: every Sunday on the game day side of things as

942
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:20,400
Speaker 1: the analysts. So I just want to say thanks man,

943
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:22,600
Speaker 1: it's a pleas you're working with you. I appreciate you.

944
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:24,480
Speaker 1: Know you're making it light and you make it easy.

945
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:27,560
Speaker 1: You make it fun during the games, and let's have

946
00:49:27,719 --> 00:49:29,839
Speaker 1: one more ride. Let's have fun one more time this

947
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:32,600
Speaker 1: season and give it hell on Sunday. Yeah, Matt, and

948
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:35,120
Speaker 1: I can't. I can't say thank you enough to you.

949
00:49:35,239 --> 00:49:39,200
Speaker 1: I disrespect you. I think you're the best in the business,

950
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:42,400
Speaker 1: and I think without any peers, I don't think that

951
00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:46,879
Speaker 1: anybody comes close to you. You make it easy for me.

952
00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:49,480
Speaker 1: You make it easy for me on the podcast, certainly

953
00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:53,000
Speaker 1: on the broadcast, and it's been a real honor over

954
00:49:53,040 --> 00:49:56,239
Speaker 1: the years here to work with you. So yeah, let's

955
00:49:56,239 --> 00:49:58,520
Speaker 1: look forward. Maybe we can pull one out this weekend.

956
00:49:58,560 --> 00:50:00,399
Speaker 1: You got to my friend. Thanks Rech Guy. I really

957
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:02,399
Speaker 1: appreciate it. Man, have a great rest of the week,

958
00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:05,520
Speaker 1: a good weekend, and we'll talk to you Sunday. Man. Okay,

959
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:07,839
Speaker 1: you got it. That's Rick Ventury and that'll do it

960
00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:11,839
Speaker 1: for Inside Football Today in all season long. But we'll

961
00:50:11,880 --> 00:50:14,680
Speaker 1: talk to Rick periodically in the off season on this podcast.

962
00:50:14,719 --> 00:50:17,359
Speaker 1: He's not going anywhere. We'll bring him back for big

963
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:19,880
Speaker 1: moments in the off season, you know, talk about free

964
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:23,080
Speaker 1: agency time and draft time in the mini camp next

965
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:27,240
Speaker 1: summer for Rick Ventury. I'm Matt Taylor. Thanks for listening, everybody,

966
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:29,399
Speaker 1: and we will talk to you on Sunday. One more

967
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:34,000
Speaker 1: Ride Week eighteen Colts and Texans at Lucas Oil Stadium.

968
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:36,360
Speaker 1: Until then, keep it here on the Colts Audio Network.

969
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:42,040
Speaker 1: So long, everybody,