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Speaker 1: Football is about the Jimmy's and Joe's and x'es and o's.

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Speaker 2: Check New York vote.

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Speaker 3: Will vocal ain't thank you, Bruce.

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Speaker 1: It's time to get out the chockboard and diagram some plays.

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Speaker 3: Here's what all starts right here.

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Speaker 4: Let's play jamiey Christmas.

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

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturie.

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Speaker 3: Week three of the NFL preseason for the Colts. It's

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Speaker 3: upon us. We're back inside inside Football here with Rick

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Speaker 3: venturi on the Colts Audio Network. We're also inside the

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Speaker 3: Indiana Union Construction Industry radio studio. Good to be with you, everybody.

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Speaker 3: I'm Matt Taylor, and this week we are recapping what

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Speaker 3: we have seen from the Colts through two preseason games,

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Speaker 3: what we hope to see down in Cincinnati in the

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Speaker 3: preseason finale, and also looking ahead to next week's roster cuts,

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Speaker 3: when the Colts have to pair the roster down from

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Speaker 3: ninety players to fifty three. It's now time to welcome

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Speaker 3: in Rick, who has nearly three decades of NFL coaching experience.

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Speaker 3: RV welcome back. How are we doing today?

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Speaker 4: Oh man, We're doing good? Another God beautiful like it's a.

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Speaker 4: It's almost an October day, dah. I mean I actually

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Speaker 4: love it, like we're almost a mid season and really

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Speaker 4: really looking forward to tomorrow night. I you know, I

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Speaker 4: can't wait to see, you know, the starters really play.

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Speaker 4: You know, I'm all for that and you know, get

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Speaker 4: in there this and this is gonna be their last

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Speaker 4: real shot, you know, obviously before the Texan. So I

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Speaker 4: think it's another you know, last night was big. I

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Speaker 3: Yeah, no doubt about that, all right. So we're gonna

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Speaker 3: spend a lot of time recapping Game two against the Cardinals.

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Speaker 3: Also talk about that preseason in totality, even though as

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Speaker 3: we said, there's still one more game to go at

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Speaker 3: the time of this taping against the Bengals, and the

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Speaker 3: Colts again did hold a joint practice against Cincinnati on Tuesday.

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Speaker 3: Just a quick recap of that and again for more

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Speaker 3: on the details of that training camp practice, JJ has

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Speaker 3: a complete notebook breakdown on Colts dot Com. But generally speaking,

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Speaker 3: rick tough day for the Colts on offense to kind

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Speaker 3: of find rhythm throughout, you know, the protection broke down

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Speaker 3: at times. At the beginning of the practice, Jonathan Taylor

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Speaker 3: then at times, you know, you had the Bengals defense

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Speaker 3: the pass protection was really strong. Richardson was operating with

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Speaker 3: also orchestrated a score against the Bengals defense in a

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Speaker 3: two minute simulation at the end of the practice. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 3: on defense, the Colts Rick definitely won that part of

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Speaker 3: the day against Joe Burrow and the Bengals offense. In fact,

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Speaker 3: Really big day for the secondary. Jalen Jones I thought

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Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely looking forward to Thursday in Cincinnati for the

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Speaker 4: Well, you know, and you've been a player, and you know,

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Speaker 2: Whether it's the Super Bowl, whether it's.

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Speaker 4: And ironically, on my point system, which puts so much

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Speaker 4: You know, Game one they really struggled against the Broncos

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Speaker 4: You know, I thought this was better. I thought, you

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Speaker 4: looking for. I thought, and we'll get in specifics, but

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Speaker 4: I thought we had good performances out of our you know,

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Speaker 4: We'll get into individuals. I think probably the most significant

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Speaker 2: We're across you know and Atibo.

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Speaker 4: I think those two and we'll get into them specifically,

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Speaker 4: but I thought their performance is Saturday night was the

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Speaker 3: Well, let's start there with Cross because to your point,

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Speaker 3: he did, he did start the game. He was one

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Speaker 3: We've talked openly about that, but Rick, the point is

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Speaker 3: use all of that time to make a final decision

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Speaker 4: Well, it's amazing in this business, how nine days or

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Speaker 4: Cross was that low ebb after the down situation, just

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Speaker 2: I think his perception was, you know, he's going to

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Speaker 4: And he has just been outstanding in both games, both

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Speaker 4: far superior to the rest of those guys except Blackman,

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Speaker 4: it's not even funny, and you.

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Speaker 2: Want your best athletes. I was really happy.

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Speaker 4: Now they've moved him around more than I thought you could.

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Speaker 4: And I think they may just be testing the waters

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Speaker 3: Lastly, on defense, Rick, which player to you is is

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Speaker 4: Uh yeah, We've We've got a couple of Northwestern and

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Speaker 4: he's always been an active player because he is an Olympian.

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Speaker 4: You know, I went into this Saturday this last week.

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Speaker 4: Hopefully he's eight, because what we need we don't need

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Speaker 4: That's what ray Kwan was brought in here to do.

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Speaker 3: Jason Bean played well. Two He went seven for nine

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Speaker 2: To say, you know he I thought at.

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Speaker 4: First that we might have just a runner, but his

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Speaker 4: I mean, you've got a million guys, now you keep seventy.

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Speaker 3: No doubt about it. That great analogy right there, just

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Speaker 3: Tanner Bordolini is gonna miss some time that according to

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's you know, it's it's kind of interesting that

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Speaker 4: I don't know if it was playing more right tackle,

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00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,959
Speaker 4: moving to left, whatever it is.

435
00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:54,520
Speaker 2: I mean, he's the thing that I.

436
00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:58,520
Speaker 4: Noticed is he's playing really upright, straight up. He's not

437
00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,920
Speaker 4: bending very well, So he's kind of when you don't

438
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:03,680
Speaker 4: you know, when you're when you're bending at the waist

439
00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,160
Speaker 4: not at the knees, you become top heavy and if

440
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,360
Speaker 4: you miss, you can't get back, and so he struggle.

441
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:13,119
Speaker 4: He's got me nervous. And then Gonsalvi's who I thought

442
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:14,200
Speaker 4: started out pretty good.

443
00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:16,200
Speaker 2: I thought he showed the very things.

444
00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,679
Speaker 4: Some of the things that I graded him down on

445
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,480
Speaker 4: coming out of college is that he on the edge.

446
00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,240
Speaker 4: He's not very quick, so you know, you would have

447
00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:29,320
Speaker 4: to be really careful there. He's strong, he's versatile. You know,

448
00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,200
Speaker 4: he's got those things going for him.

449
00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:32,320
Speaker 2: But I think his.

450
00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,520
Speaker 4: Feet are slow and I think they're lazy at times,

451
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:37,360
Speaker 4: So you know, I think that's that's an issue.

452
00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:38,040
Speaker 2: Now.

453
00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,760
Speaker 4: I did think two guys and I thought, I thought

454
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:45,160
Speaker 4: two guys showed me some ball this week. And hopefully

455
00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,360
Speaker 4: he's not out at all because I think we need

456
00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:52,000
Speaker 4: Bordelini to be that backup center to Kelly, because Kelly

457
00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,520
Speaker 4: always has a way of missing a little bit, and

458
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,160
Speaker 4: so I think Bordolini is. I thought he played well

459
00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:03,040
Speaker 4: Saturday night. I think, you know, he made me feel

460
00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,080
Speaker 4: better about the interior and the kid that.

461
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,679
Speaker 2: I really like, he's caught my eye. I didn't even know.

462
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,560
Speaker 4: I had to look sixty eight up on the program

463
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,240
Speaker 4: in practice there when we were watching practice, But I thought,

464
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,320
Speaker 4: the other guy that played really well again is Tucker.

465
00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, Dalton Park, I yeah, I think he was.

466
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,280
Speaker 4: I think he's proven to be the best backup guard

467
00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:28,879
Speaker 4: with Bordolini the backup center. So I'm feeling a little

468
00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:32,240
Speaker 4: bit better about that. I mean, we have an under

469
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,040
Speaker 4: I didn't think we would, but we may have an

470
00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:36,560
Speaker 4: undrafted free agent make that team absolutely.

471
00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, keep an eye on that again. Cut day coming out.

472
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, Tucker and BORDERLINI you know, I thought a little

473
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,040
Speaker 4: bit down on the tackles after Saturday night.

474
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,520
Speaker 3: All right, let's go to tight end, kind of wrap

475
00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,679
Speaker 3: up here on offense. And then unfortunately, you know, the

476
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,040
Speaker 3: headliner there In terms of news, it's more bad news

477
00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,480
Speaker 3: for Jelannie woods Rick. I'm sure you saw that. That headline.

478
00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,359
Speaker 3: On Tuesday, Shane Steiken said that Jelani's now dealing with

479
00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,560
Speaker 3: a turf toe injury could miss some time with that.

480
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,359
Speaker 3: He called it a quote significant injury. And this is

481
00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:11,119
Speaker 3: coming off, you know, with with Jilani in terms of

482
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,200
Speaker 3: his history. He missed two games as a rookie, lost

483
00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,800
Speaker 3: the entire twenty twenty three season, which was his sophomore campaign,

484
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:21,880
Speaker 3: with recurring hamstring injuries on both legs. So Rick, when

485
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,160
Speaker 3: you look at it, I mean, the best case scenario

486
00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,600
Speaker 3: for Jilani is that he makes the team coming out

487
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 3: of the preseason or you know, it's put on the

488
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,840
Speaker 3: put on the active roster, then is designated to return

489
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,800
Speaker 3: coming off of ir which means he would miss the

490
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,760
Speaker 3: first four games of the season at least, that's best

491
00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,159
Speaker 3: case scenario for Jilanni Woods and that would mean he

492
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,320
Speaker 3: will have missed at least twenty or the last twenty

493
00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,600
Speaker 3: one regular season games for the Colts. The last twenty

494
00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,760
Speaker 3: one regular season games he will have missed. And again

495
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,600
Speaker 3: that's best case scenario for Jilani. So what does that

496
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:56,920
Speaker 3: mean for his future with the Colts? And what does

497
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,240
Speaker 3: that do you know for the rest of the tight

498
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,200
Speaker 3: end room in terms of depth, And then then you

499
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,160
Speaker 3: know the personnel you want to bring in going into

500
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 3: the regular season.

501
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,240
Speaker 4: Well that's why you just always can't have enough players.

502
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,240
Speaker 4: You think sometimes you got a log jam and then yeah,

503
00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:12,879
Speaker 4: you know, I've always said, you know, you never you

504
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,600
Speaker 4: never played the team in December that you started with

505
00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,080
Speaker 4: in September, and it's already happened. It's the game of attrition.

506
00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,399
Speaker 4: It's the punching a gut for him because you know

507
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:27,119
Speaker 4: he just you know, he has immense talent. For some reason,

508
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:30,440
Speaker 4: one reason or another, he hasn't been able to flash

509
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,400
Speaker 4: it in preseason and you know your hope going into

510
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,760
Speaker 4: these last two weeks that he was going to catch fire.

511
00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 4: And so yeah, it's a punching a gut. Definitely a

512
00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 4: big setback. And again, but a lot of times I

513
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:47,000
Speaker 4: always say, you know, those positions generally take care of themselves,

514
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,119
Speaker 4: either through performance or through injuries. So you know that

515
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:54,600
Speaker 4: gives Mallory now the edge when they keep four. You

516
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,040
Speaker 4: know myself, I I'm different and I see a lot

517
00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,560
Speaker 4: of teams are going my way now because the y

518
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:04,639
Speaker 4: defense I would sometimes we would keep three and a fullback.

519
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:08,080
Speaker 4: I think you really need a fullback in today's offense

520
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,960
Speaker 4: against today's defense. Is the way they're evolving. It's like

521
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,560
Speaker 4: evolving the old school stuff again. But we're we just

522
00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 4: don't seem to believe that. So you know, it looks

523
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:22,560
Speaker 4: to me like you know, obviously Mallory now becomes you know,

524
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,879
Speaker 4: in that four man you know, keep it category, and

525
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,560
Speaker 4: and so I think what you see. You know, you know,

526
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,920
Speaker 4: no matter what anybody thought of Ali Cox, he just

527
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:33,360
Speaker 4: wouldn't let anybody beat him out.

528
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 2: He just wouldn't.

529
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,800
Speaker 4: And he's by far the best edge blocker. He gives

530
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:42,600
Speaker 4: you some receiving consistent you know, Grandson is that move guy,

531
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,080
Speaker 4: you know, moved what we call the you know, the

532
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 4: the h back kind of guy. And then what you're

533
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,160
Speaker 4: going to have is ogle Tree. You know, in all

534
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,520
Speaker 4: purpose you want to go two tight ends. You know

535
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,160
Speaker 4: he's going to be in there. He's a pretty good blocker.

536
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:57,920
Speaker 4: And then Mallory is a.

537
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,359
Speaker 2: Little bit like Grandson. He's you know, he's kind of kind.

538
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,639
Speaker 4: Of he's much better receiver than he is blocker. So

539
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:06,840
Speaker 4: you know they're going to be fine there. It's it's

540
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 4: really unfortunately for Jolanni.

541
00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:10,760
Speaker 3: No doubt about that. All Right, to close out rig

542
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 3: let's talk about Thursday, the final preseason game down in Cincinnati. Again,

543
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,760
Speaker 3: sounds like the Colts starters are going to play into

544
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 3: the second quarter on Thursday night. So with that in mind,

545
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,439
Speaker 3: how much of a better test will this be for

546
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,840
Speaker 3: the Colts? Facing off against the Bengals, And I know

547
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 3: for Cincinnati it sounds like they're not going to play

548
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,879
Speaker 3: their guys, but it's still gonna be a good test

549
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 3: for the Colts in terms of going up against the

550
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:36,040
Speaker 3: good depth that Cincinnati has to offer because they've been

551
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 3: part of that good winning culture that they've established there

552
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 3: since twenty twenty one when Joe Burrow really started to

553
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,440
Speaker 3: take off. So how much weight should we put into

554
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,880
Speaker 3: what we're going to see on Thursday going into the

555
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:47,600
Speaker 3: Houston game.

556
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,440
Speaker 4: Well, I think you're going to look for certain things

557
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,160
Speaker 4: in terms of weighing them. I you know, I'm not

558
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:57,720
Speaker 4: weighing anything till Septembrate's true, you know, way when it

559
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,680
Speaker 4: really counts when the you know, when the offences and

560
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 4: defenses are sophisticated, when people are totally up another level,

561
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,760
Speaker 4: when you start the season, when you're paying, when you're playing,

562
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,640
Speaker 4: you know, a top five team in the league. You know,

563
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 4: then we're gonna find out what this team is all about.

564
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,160
Speaker 4: But here's here's what's important to me Thursday night, and

565
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:20,520
Speaker 4: this is why I want them to play. There's nothing

566
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 4: like live ball. Now, they haven't been really tested against

567
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 4: the quality defensive football team. To be honest with you

568
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 4: that you know, Denver, the Cardinals are horrific. Cincinnati, you know,

569
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,720
Speaker 4: even though they've had great moments, they fell to thirty

570
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:41,040
Speaker 4: first last year, So I mean they really and they

571
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:45,440
Speaker 4: won't be tested from a personnel standpoint, but there is

572
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:51,000
Speaker 4: nothing like playing live when you're tackling, you know, both

573
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,680
Speaker 4: sides of the ball. You have to tackle well. You know,

574
00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:55,360
Speaker 4: you can be in the right spot, but at the

575
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 4: end of the day, you got to get guys on

576
00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 4: the ground, and you only get guys on the ground

577
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,560
Speaker 4: by proud is tackling, and this is going to be

578
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 4: the only night you're going to practice tackling. I think

579
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 4: that's critical. And then I think offensive, what it's really

580
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 4: important for is the speed of the play and how

581
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 4: it affects like the quarterbacks, running backs, perimeter guys. Because

582
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:18,120
Speaker 4: when you're when you're getting hit live now, ball security

583
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,000
Speaker 4: is critical. Okay, you know you can you know, it's

584
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 4: so different. And then I think most important, it's most

585
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:28,400
Speaker 4: important for Richardson. And I've said this all along. You know,

586
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,520
Speaker 4: people say, well, you know Richardson, you know he has

587
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 4: to be hit and all that.

588
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,520
Speaker 2: That's why contact is important. I really.

589
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,680
Speaker 4: I mean it is to a degree, but I really

590
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 4: don't look at it that way.

591
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:40,040
Speaker 2: What I think is.

592
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:45,400
Speaker 4: Important about full live bullets is that now you don't

593
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:49,320
Speaker 4: have the mental security of you're not gonna get hit, right,

594
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:54,040
Speaker 4: So when you're not gonna get hit, yeah, you're you're

595
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,360
Speaker 4: going through that progression, but you're not there's nothing else

596
00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 4: affecting you. It's like the blackboard. Now all of a sudden,

597
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 4: the pocket's dirty. That read is not there quick enough,

598
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:09,120
Speaker 4: you know, And now I have to speed up my process.

599
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,560
Speaker 4: And I think that's what he needs more than anything,

600
00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 4: particularly on the NFL part of the game. You know

601
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 4: that third down five plus, you know those type of

602
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 4: those situations where you're no longer you no longer have

603
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 4: the NCAA running game to go and to help you

604
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 4: and bail you out. Now you're you know, you're looking

605
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:33,240
Speaker 4: at sophisticated defenses, sophisticated rushers, and so now you have

606
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 4: to speed up that process that you know, you have

607
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 4: to connect the dots now in a millisecond, and and

608
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:44,120
Speaker 4: you know, and there's a dirty pocket. You know, there's

609
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 4: a dirty pocket around you. You know, how do you

610
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 4: how do you respond to that and not let it

611
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,680
Speaker 4: affect you. So that's why I think it is so

612
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 4: critical for these guys to play a half or close

613
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:55,600
Speaker 4: to a half.

614
00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 3: Well said right there, Rick, And to close out, if

615
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:01,080
Speaker 3: if I could ask you to put on your coach's

616
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:04,040
Speaker 3: hat because you have so much experience in you know

617
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,400
Speaker 3: what the next couple of days are like with these

618
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,480
Speaker 3: guys with their their their final opportunities to make a team.

619
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,800
Speaker 3: And then you know, as a coach having to call

620
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 3: these guys and sit these guys down. How hard is

621
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 3: this weekend for a coach? I mean, these players have

622
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,760
Speaker 3: just busted their their tail for you all off season,

623
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,280
Speaker 3: all training camp long, and you know, for a lot

624
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 3: of these guys, they're trying to either continue their NFL

625
00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:27,880
Speaker 3: careers or start their NFL careers on an active roster

626
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 3: or a practice squad. How tough is it to make

627
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 3: some of these calls and to say goodbye to a

628
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 3: lot of these guys that gave everything that you asked

629
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 3: of them.

630
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's very difficult, you know, I'm the whole week

631
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 4: is very difficult. First of all, those final those final

632
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 4: decisions on the fifty three man roster can be really different.

633
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 4: I've had more arguments on that that week about you know,

634
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 4: fifty through fifty three than any other time in the year.

635
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:57,560
Speaker 4: To be honest with you, that that part of it

636
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 4: people don't even think about. But that's very difficult.

637
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 2: Now. I think it's a little bit.

638
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:05,240
Speaker 4: Easier than my day with the amount of practice what

639
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 4: is it sixteen now practice squad players fourteen or sixteen,

640
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 4: So you're really now keeping almost seventy guys.

641
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,600
Speaker 2: So it's a you know, it's a little bit.

642
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 4: Diluted in terms of you know, you're cutting that you're

643
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 4: you're just cutting the very back end. To be honest

644
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 4: with you, now, it's very difficult from the standpoint emotionally

645
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 4: because you're invested with these kids. I mean, I I remember,

646
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 4: you know, you're in that meeting room every day, you're

647
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,800
Speaker 4: in on that field. You're you know, you got the blood,

648
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,760
Speaker 4: sweat and tears. You're doing this together. And a kid

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Speaker 4: it doesn't matter whether he's the number one guy or

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Speaker 4: number ninety, he's giving it all he's got, you know,

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Speaker 4: he's he's basically.

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Speaker 2: Given you everything he has.

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Speaker 4: He's laid it on the line, you know, And this

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Speaker 4: is the career decision. I mean, this is you know,

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Speaker 4: you when you're saying. When you're saying you're not good enough,

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Speaker 4: essentially you know you're killing a dream. No, I mean,

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Speaker 4: so you got to know that you're killing a dream

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Speaker 4: and you they're has to be an empathy with you,

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Speaker 4: a sensitivity, but it doesn't make it any easier. And

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Speaker 4: I always thought the toughest thing, the very toughest thing

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Speaker 4: you have to do, is when you have to release

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Speaker 4: a guy that you've been with for years. And in

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Speaker 4: the old days that was sometimes that might be ten years.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's not quite that way today.

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Speaker 4: But when you've had a guy that you've been to

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Speaker 4: war with, you've been in the trenches, you've been in

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Speaker 4: real games over the years, and you know his family

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Speaker 4: and you are family. It's that is that it was

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Speaker 4: always the very hardest thing for me.

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Speaker 3: Well said right there, good stuff and the perspective of

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Speaker 3: a coach with hard decisions to make it all wraps

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Speaker 3: up on Thursday down in Cincinnati, and then those final

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Speaker 3: roster cuts ninety guys down to fifty three and then

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Speaker 3: to roll out the practice squad. Those decisions have to

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Speaker 3: be made by the Colts and every team in the

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Speaker 3: NFL by next Tuesday at four o'clock. Rick, looking forward

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Speaker 3: to this weekend. I know it's going to be fun

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Speaker 3: to see the starters get some extensive run down to

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Speaker 3: the Queen's City. Always enjoy our conversations immensely, my friend,

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Speaker 3: enjoy the game, and we'll break everything down next week

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Speaker 3: and react to those roster moves and then get ready

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Speaker 3: for the regular season. Man, the meat and potatoes.

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Speaker 4: It's finally here, absolutely, man, and I really can't wait.

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Speaker 4: I'm just I'm amazed that there's seventeen days. I mean,

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Speaker 4: it just always seemed like, well, we made those cuts.

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Speaker 2: We were ready to play, so yeah, you know, but.

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Speaker 4: This year, under the circumstances, the seventeen days will be good.

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Speaker 3: For me, no doubt about that. Getting everything in order,

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Speaker 3: and then the marathon starts with seventeen games in the

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Speaker 3: regular season for the Indianapolis Cults, starting first in the

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Speaker 3: AFC South. The Houston Texans come to town week number one.

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Speaker 3: Rick vent Terry right there. We'll hear from Rick coming

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Speaker 3: up on the pregame show on Thursday night, and Joe

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Speaker 3: Wrights and I have you on the call radio wise

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Speaker 3: down in Cincinnati. Thursday's game, by the way, starts at

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Speaker 3: eight o'clock Eastern Time. Radio coverage begins with a Colt

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Speaker 3: Spree game huddle at five countdown, a kickoff starts at seven,

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Speaker 3: and then after the game it's the cult fifth quarter huddle,

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Speaker 3: and then all of that can be heard on our

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Speaker 3: flagship stations in Indianapolis ninety three five, one oh seven

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Speaker 3: five the Fan, ninety seven to one Hank FM, and

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Speaker 3: along the ascension Saint Vincent Radio network statewide. Then after

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Speaker 3: the game, probably more on Friday morning with a late

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Speaker 3: night check out JJ Stankovitz and Bill Brooks for their

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Speaker 3: instant reaction on that podcast on Colts dot Com and

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Speaker 3: the Colts Mobile app and also streaming on YouTube. That

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Speaker 3: again probably comes out more like Friday morning with a

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Speaker 3: primetime game on Thursday. For Rick Venturrey, I'm Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for listening to Inside Football. We'll be back next

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Speaker 3: week breaking down the Colts again heading into the regular

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Speaker 3: season right here on the Colts Audio Network