1 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: This is Instant Game Reaction, an immediate look back at 2 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: the Colt's latest game and trying to make it a 3 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: jump into the ball. He's Michael Clipbody catched it and 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: he rubbles the crock in door line. Touchdown, forty two yards. 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: Strike on the air. It out downfield, down the far sideline, 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 1: looking for sa Jones and it's intercepted by the Colts, 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: I say Rogers on the return, gets up the Taylor 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: he said, touchdown in d Why Jonathan Taylor. Now here's 9 00:00:32,360 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: your host, J J. Stankovitz from Colts dot Comome everyone, 10 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: Welcome into another episode of Colts Instant Reaction here on 11 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: the Colts Audio Network. I'm JJ Stankovitz, joined every week 12 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: by Colts Ring of Van. Remember Bill Brooks. Today, Bill, 13 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: we are breaking down the colts twenty to seventeen win 14 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: over the Kansas City Chiefs. Incredibly entertaining game, very entertaining, 15 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: but one that the Colts wind up pulling out. Matt 16 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: Ryan finding Gilani Woods for a twelve yard touchdown with 17 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: thirty seconds to go in the game. That is the 18 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: game winner. The Colts improved to one one and one, 19 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: a very symmetrical record. As we go into week three 20 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: or three here, but Bill, after the game, a lot 21 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: of players talked about complimentary football and how this was 22 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: kind of the ultimate test of that where the Colts 23 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: got huge contributions on special teams, their defense play lights out, 24 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: and then their offense when they needed to make some plays, 25 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: went out and made some plays. I'm sure you've played 26 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: in a lot of games, or you've come out of 27 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: a game and you've felt Bill like man like all 28 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: three of our phases, like maybe they weren't on at 29 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: all times, but when we needed one to pick the 30 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: other up or one to make a game changing play, 31 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: they went out and did it. What does that feel 32 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: like in a locker room after a game, where you 33 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: feel like, hey, every single part of this operation played 34 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 1: a significant role in getting us this win. That's when 35 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 1: you feel like a team, You mean, you feel like 36 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: a real team that every unit did what was asked 37 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: of them. They might have done it, might not have 38 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: done it perfectly, but they did what they need to 39 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: do to win football games. When you when you punt 40 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: the ball and you're down inside the one yard line, 41 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: when you punt the ball and the guy musted, you 42 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: recover the fumble, when you take advantage of missfield goals 43 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: and things like that. You're doing your job, so that's great. 44 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,239 Speaker 1: And then when the offense can convert those and so 45 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: touchdowns or not just touchdowns, but field goals, and the 46 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: defense make a stop and get turnover on downs or 47 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: an interception whatever they may whatever it may be, and 48 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: then the other part of the unit can or the 49 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: part of the team I should say, can convert that 50 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: to points or whatever it may be. So that makes 51 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: you feel good because each unit is so called kivness weight. 52 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: I mean, think about this bill in this game that 53 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 1: just on special teams alone, that the Chiefs dominated this 54 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: game on special teams, or the Colts excuse me, dominated 55 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: special teams the other way around. Um, because Kansas City 56 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: in this game. So they left minimum four probably seven 57 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: points on the board just with a missed pat a 58 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: missed field goal and then a botched fake field goal. 59 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: Yes easily and that and give the cult special teams 60 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: Bubba Ventrone a lot of credit. They're prepared for that, right, 61 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: I mean for that fake field goal. I mean they 62 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: were ready for it. They were ready for they were 63 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: no one was full. They were covered. I mean they 64 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: had it covered and that's uh good for the players 65 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: that they were ready there. They were aware of it, 66 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: they studied film, they know that there was a possibility 67 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: that it could happen, and it did and they got 68 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 1: The guys are ready for you. So give them critic 69 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: for preparing and being well prepared and actually executing on 70 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: field goal block or whatever you want to call it 71 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: a field goal block and to stop the fake extra point, 72 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: fake extra field goal. I'm sorry, So that's a seven 73 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: point swing right there. You add another seven points because 74 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: sky Moore muffs the punt after the cold skill three 75 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: out to start the game. Colts turned that into a touchdown. 76 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: So that's a fourteen points swing. And then throw it 77 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: through this. In two, the Chiefs started three drives inside 78 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 1: their own fifteen yard line. They got no points out 79 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: of those, and that's a great for the defense, right 80 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: you know. And and field position. You know, you think 81 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 1: back to why the Colts made a change it kicker. 82 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: Field position was a big part of that. But now 83 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: you add on two Chase McLoughlin hitting forty three and 84 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 1: fifty one yard field goals. There's there's a little part 85 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: of me, Bill, I have no idea if this is 86 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: true but Madame Mendola missing those kicks with the window 87 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: open and the roof open, you kind of wonder, if 88 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 1: you know, hey, if you know mister Jim Rsay decided 89 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: to not open the roof, if maybe some of those 90 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 1: kicks go in. So shout out to the Colts owner 91 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 1: for opening up the roof for this game. Maybe that 92 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: maybe that played a little factor in it. I don't know, 93 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: it could have played a factor into the guy's head. 94 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: You know, maybe he thought the wind was blowing a 95 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: certain way and saw some flags moving and maybe if 96 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: it got into his head. So, like you said, credit 97 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 1: to the owner, mister Ersay. So the other part of 98 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: this here is with those miscues the Kansas City had 99 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 1: on special teams, the Colts still had to take advantage 100 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: of them, and they did a really good job, especially 101 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 1: on defense, of staying in the game. And you know, 102 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: first of all, forcing those field goals, forcing those attempts, 103 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: and and you know limit in Kansas City too, they 104 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: get down inside the three yard line, but they aren't 105 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: able to get in the end zone and you have 106 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: to settle for a chip shot and just keeping this 107 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 1: game close with an absolutely fantastic game plan. But Kansas City, 108 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: and mistakes were not limited to the field goal unit. 109 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: The one that we need to get into here is 110 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Chris Jones. That's late in 111 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,239 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, about five minutes to go. The Colts 112 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: already had their punt team on the field, Matt Hawk 113 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 1: was out there, he was going to punt, and then 114 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: the official announced unsportsmanlike conduct on Chris Jones. This was 115 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 1: after Nick Bolton sacked Matt Ryan again with about five 116 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: minutes ago. The Chiefs are leading seventeen to thirteen, so 117 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: instead of a drive ending sack, the Colts get a 118 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: fresh set of downs. Here's what happened next. Bill ten plays. 119 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan completes a seven yard pass to Michael Pittman junior. 120 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: Nikeem Hines loses a yard on a run Michael Pittman, 121 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: a four yard completion, eight yard completion to Paris Campbell, 122 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: seven yard rush by Nikeem Hines, after a holding penalty 123 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 1: on Matt Pryor. There's a thirteen yard rush by Jonathan Taylor, 124 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 1: a fourteen yard pleation to Alec Pierson, incompletion to Alec Pierson, 125 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: and then the twelve yard game winning touchdown to Jilani 126 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: Woods with twenty four seconds left on the clock. A 127 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,119 Speaker 1: lot of folks talk this week about how the Colts 128 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: needed to play ball control, keep the ball Ottomahomes hands 129 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: late in the game. Well, they gave him the ball 130 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: back with twenty four seconds and said, all right, kid, 131 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: see what you got and if you're an interception that 132 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: end of the game. Just an absolutely fantastic set of 133 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: plays that the Colts ran after they got that break, 134 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: Because it's one thing to get that break, it's another 135 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: thing to take advantage of it the way that the 136 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: Colts did there. Oh yeah, definitely the way to take 137 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: advantage of and way to go down and near the 138 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: end of the game and get a game winning drive. 139 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: And that's what you want from from an offense, from 140 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: from guys that you know, maybe it didn't go as 141 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: well what they want in the first two, first three quarters, 142 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: but on that drive, I'm not mistaken. I think Matt 143 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: was eight for ten yep on that drive, and you know, 144 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: that's what you want from your quarterback. Someone has calm 145 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: that's been there before, know what it takes to get 146 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: down there and move the ball and get into the 147 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: end zone for a game winning drive and give credit 148 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: to all the other guys, you know, Alec Pierce making 149 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: plays and of course Jilannie Woods making the catch. So 150 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: a lot of guys made some big plays during that drive. 151 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: And that's what it takes for a team. That's what 152 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: it takes. All the guys making plays, Matt Ryan, Alec Pierce, 153 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: Jilannie Woods, jt all those guys making plays one call 154 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: upon and that's what you want from an offense, and 155 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: that's what will help this team because if all the 156 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: guys can make plays when they call upon, it makes 157 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: it very difficult for defenses to game plan and say, okay, 158 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: we know the ball's going to Pittman. Okay, they know that, 159 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: so they can have this defense to try to start Pittman. 160 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: But if Jilanni Woods comes up big, Kyl And Granton 161 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: comes up big, or Ashton Dueling or whoever else, or 162 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: Nahim Hines, it makes it very difficult for them to 163 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: try to stop the Coats. I'm sure they probably didn't 164 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: think of Julyie Wood scoring a game in the touchdown 165 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: or a touchdown early in a game, because july Woods, 166 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: you know, he's a rookie, young guy, so they probably 167 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: never thought that he would be the guy that's going 168 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 1: all done, game winning touchdown. All done, Bill. They should 169 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: have been listening to the pregame show, because you asked 170 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: me on cold screen game huddle about the tight ends, 171 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: and I said, I'm gonna spike the football a little 172 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 1: bit here. I said, if the Colts win this game, 173 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,719 Speaker 1: you're gonna see at least one touchdown from one of 174 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: the golds tight ends. We saw two from the same 175 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: guy and a rookie. Yet that rookie, Yeah, so I'm 176 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: gonna go ahead and spike the football in that one 177 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: a little bit. That I that's one of those rare 178 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 1: ones that I got right. But you know what I 179 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:44,719 Speaker 1: liked about this. You don't like how much Matt Ryan 180 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: was under pressure. You don't like how inefficient the Colts 181 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: were at running the ball. Jonathan Taylor twenty one carries 182 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: for seventy one yards. Matt Ryan he got hit ten 183 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: times in this game, sacked five times, but they didn't 184 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: flinch down the stretch. They didn't flinch. And that you 185 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: see a lot of quarterbacks in the NFL when they're 186 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: getting hit as much as Matt Ryan got hit, when 187 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: they were under as much pressure as Matt Ryan was under. 188 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: Sometimes those guys just fold and they aren't able to 189 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: come up with the throw that Matt Ryan had to 190 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: Alec Pierce to set up the touchdown to Jalani Woods. 191 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: They're not able to get some of these third down 192 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 1: plays where you know, you do have to keep your 193 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,679 Speaker 1: eyes down field and you can't. You can't see ghosts, 194 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: you can't get happy feet in the pocket. And there 195 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: are things that the Colt's offensive line absolutely is to 196 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: clean up. Ryan Kelly said it after the game. There's 197 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: still some communication things that have to be cleaned up. 198 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: But for Matt Ryan to not flinch in that moment, 199 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,439 Speaker 1: you love to see that. Again, this is me saying 200 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: this with while also saying, you don't love to see 201 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: how much you got hit, but you love to see 202 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: the resolve and the resiliency that he had in this game. Yeah, 203 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: you don't. You don't like to see you a quarterback 204 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 1: get hit that many times in a game and get 205 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 1: pressured like that. Give Matt Ryan credit though, that that 206 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: is what a true leader is, some one that you 207 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: know he got to hit a lot. No quarterback likes 208 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: to get hit, but he kept his poise. He didn't 209 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: lose his school, and he was very confident in those 210 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: guys they could do the job for them to go 211 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: down and score a touchdown. And that's what you want 212 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: from a leader, showing confidence in your guys, because if 213 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: he shows a little bit of flinch as what we 214 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: what we say, then the guys are going it's like, oh, no, 215 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 1: you know, Matt's not into it. Matt's not He's not 216 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: that he's not into it, but he's a little timid 217 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: back there because he doesn't want to get hit. He 218 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: didn't show that. He stayed in there, did his job, 219 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: and that gives the rest of the guys conference, Hey, 220 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: let's go do our jobs. Matt's Matt's getting hit, but 221 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: he's still going to do his job. So that gives 222 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: them confidence to go down there do their job. And 223 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,079 Speaker 1: that's why they scored and went down there. They get 224 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: the game winning touchdown. And from Matt Ryan to me, 225 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: eight out of ten on that drive, as far as 226 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: I'm throwing the ball, that show says a lot about 227 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan being ready to go, not worrying about what 228 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: happened in the past. Let's just take care of business. 229 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: On this drive, we went down, They went down scored 230 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 1: and then let the defense do what they did was 231 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,839 Speaker 1: get an interception to seal the game. A couple other 232 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: guys to highlight here on offense, obviously Gilanni Woods going 233 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: up and making those two plays that that's just huge 234 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,559 Speaker 1: for the kids confidence And I love this Bill. I 235 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: wrote this story before the season, but Gilani told me 236 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 1: so he's an Atlanta area native that he and he 237 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: was a quarterback growing up, so you can bet where 238 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: this is going. He had a number two, Matt Ryan jersey, 239 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: and he would go outside in the park on the playground, 240 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 1: you know, in his backyard, pretending that he was Matt 241 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: Ryan throwing touchdowns to Tony Gonzalez, and all of a sudden, 242 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 1: he's Gilanti Woods catching touchdowns from Matt Ryan and beating 243 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs because of it. That's just awesome, 244 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,559 Speaker 1: Like that's just such a cool little sidebar to all 245 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 1: of this that you know, Matt Ryan had such an 246 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: impact on Gilanni Woods as a young football player, and 247 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: now here's Gilanni catching his two touchdowns in this game. 248 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 1: Like that's just that's something that's just so cool and 249 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: so special about this game. It is, you know, I mean, 250 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: you have guys like that that you know, they grew 251 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: up idolizing certain people and then all of a sudden 252 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 1: you're in the same locker room with them, You're you're 253 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: practicing with them, and oh, by the way, I'm catching 254 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: touchdowns from the guy that you know, I looked up 255 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,439 Speaker 1: to when I was younger and playing football in the backyard. 256 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 1: You know, the same thing with Ryan McLeod and Nick 257 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: Cross and those individuals. So it's great to see that 258 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 1: the guys can see these guys and kind of look 259 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:29,959 Speaker 1: up to him, but now they see him as Hey, 260 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 1: this is just a normal guy. He's a great guy, 261 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 1: good person, driven guy, and I see why he's played 262 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 1: in the National Football League for so long. But he's 263 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: a great guy. But I want to be like him, 264 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: and now I'm catching passes from him. So, like you said, 265 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: it's a great story having these guys being able to 266 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 1: say things like that and to actually, you know it, 267 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 1: meet there guys I look up to. So it's it's 268 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: a it's neat Michael Pittman Junior eight catches for seventy 269 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: two yards in this game. Alec pierced three catches for 270 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 1: sixty one yards. Really nice game for Alec. So those 271 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: two guys who missed the game in Jacksonville, they combined 272 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 1: for eleven catches for one hundred and thirty three yards 273 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: on fourteen targets. You can see the importance of those 274 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: guys in the office in Pittman. That one catch Bill 275 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: he had where the ball was kind of behind him 276 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: and he just like Legarius Sneid, thought he had an interception, 277 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: and yes, he just went he outphysicaled him to go 278 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: get that ball. But you can see the impact of 279 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: those two guys being on the field and how positive 280 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: of that is, especially that thirty yard or where it 281 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: was just a goball, a one on one goball, and 282 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan threw it up to Alec Pierce. Alec came 283 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: down with it. You know, you're not making any excuses 284 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: for Week two against Jacksonville, which, by the way, I think, 285 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: I think Jacksonville is a really good team and like 286 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 1: whispering that they're good. They beat the tar out of 287 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: the Chargers today. Again, I'm not We're not here to 288 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: make excuses for how the Colts played to That is 289 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: not at all what we're talking about. I'm just throwing 290 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: in a zibar that I think the Jaguards are kind 291 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: of good. But you see the impact of having those 292 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: two guys out their bill and how Matt Ryan was 293 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: able to trust both of those guys in some critical moments. Today. Yeah, 294 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: I mean, those guys played well. And I'm really happy 295 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: for Alec because, you know, a guy that dropped the 296 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: touchdown pass in the first game, and as his first 297 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: NFL regular season game, you know, it's something that probably 298 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: stayed with him for a while, and then not being 299 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: able to play the following week, so he had really 300 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: two weeks to kind of think about things over and 301 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: over again what happened in the Houston game. But to 302 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 1: come out and catch that dig route earlier in the 303 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 1: game and catch that thirty yard pass on the sideline, 304 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: going up and getting it, and then catching the other 305 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: pass on the last the last drive, but the drive 306 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: to score a touchdown by Gilani Woods to put the 307 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: Colts ahead big for Alec, And I'm glad that he 308 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 1: got those catches because the way he caught the ball 309 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:51,359 Speaker 1: showed me that he still has a lot of confidence instability, 310 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: which he should and not let that one game back 311 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 1: in Houston affect him. He cut the ball with his hands, 312 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: he looked very sure of very confidence and what he 313 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: was doing. So I like what I saw from Alec 314 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: and I think that's going to could continue to happen 315 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: throughout the season. All Right, Let's talk about the defense, 316 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: because man, that what a game for Gus Bradley and 317 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: his defense. Coming into this game, there's a lot of 318 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 1: chatter about how Patrick Mahomes had fared against Gus Bradley's defenses. 319 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: Those two guys shared a division for mahomes entire career 320 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: up to this point in the AFC West and Mahomes 321 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: today a fifty seven point one percent completion percentage twenty 322 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: to thirty five. That is the tenth lowest completion percentage 323 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: Mahomes has had in sixty six career starts. His passer 324 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 1: rating of seventy eight point five also the tenth lowest 325 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: he has had in sixty six career starts. And what 326 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: I loved about the Colts bill in this game was 327 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 1: how many times did Mahomes hitch he got the ball, 328 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 1: He tried to get it out quick and it wasn't there. 329 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: That to me, was so The coaching in this game 330 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: was so good, the executed it so well, and Mahomes Mahomes, 331 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 1: he entered this game with the sixth lowest average time 332 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,199 Speaker 1: to throw in the NFL. He wants to get the 333 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: ball out quick at the core of what his game is. 334 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: The Colts didn't let him do that as much as 335 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: he would have liked. And we'll get into it in 336 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 1: a little bit here about how it impacted the rest 337 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 1: of his game. But what did you see from the 338 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,199 Speaker 1: Colts defense when the Chiefs did try to get the 339 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 1: ball out quick, and how they were able to keep 340 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: the Kansas City offense from being efficient and effective on 341 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: those plays. Well, they made sure that they tackled. I'm 342 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: in one play with Kelsey got the ball on a 343 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 1: crossing route and Gilmore made him great play, nice tackle, 344 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,120 Speaker 1: just went through his legs, chopped his legs out, came 345 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: up short for the first down and the nice play. 346 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 1: So the Gaza flying to the ball, making sure they 347 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: tackle the guys and get them down is the best 348 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: they can. So I saw that. I saw the guys 349 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 1: playing fast running to the ball. That's one thing I 350 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: saw today. It looked different than it did maybe the 351 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 1: previous week against the Jacksonville Jaguars. So the guys played well, 352 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: they didn't nice job, I thought Kenny Moore did a 353 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 1: nice job and on the end zone a couple of 354 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 1: passes to Kelsey breaking up those plays, and so I 355 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 1: thought the defense played well. Coverage played well. I think 356 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 1: that's why you saw the hitch. One of the reasons 357 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: that a quarterback hitches because the guy's covered, you know, 358 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: he can't get the ball to him, or he thinks 359 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:20,919 Speaker 1: the guys is not going to get open, so he 360 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 1: hits a little bit and that's all you need for 361 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: the guys to get pressure. And that's why you saw 362 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 1: him at home, was moving around in the pocket some 363 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 1: of course, that's what he does. He likes to do that. 364 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: He likes to have that playground mentality back there, and 365 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: the guys did a nice job of not let him 366 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: get around the edge. A lot of times. He did 367 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: get out there a couple of times outside of the pocket, 368 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 1: but for the most part he had to step up 369 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: in there and kind of move his away maneuvers way 370 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 1: up in there, and you know, uh and got away 371 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: got a sack. So they did some nice things out 372 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: there to kind of put some pressure on him and 373 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 1: make him hitch a little bit. And that's one of 374 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: the things that Gus Bradley talked about when he first 375 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:57,880 Speaker 1: got here, you know, get some pressure on the guys. 376 00:18:57,920 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: But they can't get pressure on and make him hitch, 377 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 1: then we can some pressure on him. So that's one 378 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:03,199 Speaker 1: of the things they did today, and I think that 379 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: they did it well. The d line feels that Bill 380 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: when the quarterback is hitching unique and Goaquoy told me that, 381 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,199 Speaker 1: you know, when he was getting to the top of 382 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: his rush and he was seeing Mahomes kind of hitch, 383 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 1: that's a tell to him of like, all right, we 384 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 1: can get after this guy. We can really go here. 385 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 1: And you know, Deforced Buckner said the same thing. The 386 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: Coults only got one sack, but you know, buck told 387 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: me he was like, Mahomes is the least sacked quarterback 388 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: in the NFL. He doesn't want to get sacked. He's 389 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 1: going to throw the ball away or he might even 390 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 1: put the ball into harm's way just to avoid taking 391 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: a sack. That's the kind of quarterback he is. It's 392 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,400 Speaker 1: it's what makes him great. It's not a fatal flaw 393 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:40,159 Speaker 1: of his game by any means. But here, to me, 394 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 1: Bill is the biggest stat of the game. When Patrick 395 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: Mahomes had more than three and a half seconds to throw. 396 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: He completed three of eleven passes on sixteen dropbacks. So 397 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 1: you did not see that, you know, huge chunk play 398 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: that just wrecks a game because Mahomes escapes pressure, he 399 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: gets outside the pocket and he just like heaves it 400 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 1: up to you know whoever downfield. You did not see that. 401 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: You saw a couple, you know, you saw maybe one 402 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 1: or two of them, but that was not consistent. And 403 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: the Colts were so good at getting after him on 404 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 1: those plays he had to scrambled. He had more scrambles 405 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,360 Speaker 1: than he had completions on those plays where he got 406 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 1: outside the pocket and he had more than three and 407 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: a half seconds to throw. So to me, that tells 408 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: those plaster rules that the Colts had an effect on 409 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: their secondary Those really worked, and the pressure from the 410 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: D line that really worked too. Yeah, exactly. And I 411 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 1: think he only had like one play where he had 412 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: to scramble and got out got the ball out to 413 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: Juju's shoester. I think also fifty three yards. That was 414 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: the only one that I can remember right now at 415 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 1: the top of my head that he got way. He scrambled, 416 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: scrambled and got out and threw the ball down the field. 417 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: So give the give the secondary credit of staying with 418 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: those receivers all over the field, because that's not an 419 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 1: easy job. When the quarterbacks start running around there and 420 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: kind of a clock goes off in your head and say, hey, 421 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: the play should be over by now, I should kind 422 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: of relax. But you can't do that with Patrick Mahomes. 423 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 1: You have to continue to stay with those guys until 424 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,880 Speaker 1: you hear the whistle. Um, they did a good job, 425 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 1: you know. Like I said, I only remember one play 426 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: where he scrambled around and threw the ball down the 427 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 1: field and got a big fifty three yard completion to 428 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 1: Juju Schuster. So give those guys credit. They did a 429 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: nice job. And that's what you're gonna need from the team. 430 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: You're gonna need everyone playing well, the secondary playing well, 431 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:30,439 Speaker 1: the linebackers playing well, which my goodness, Frank, just all 432 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: the tackles is flying all all over the field, and 433 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: of course you need to get some pressure from the 434 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 1: front flour. So those guys did a nice job. So 435 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:42,920 Speaker 1: everyone at each level did their job. It's funny. Bill. 436 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: After the game, I went up to Zaire and he 437 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,160 Speaker 1: had just got handed the stat sheet the box score 438 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: from a media relations member and uh, you know he's 439 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: he's right next to Shack Leonard And I was like, 440 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: zaire Man, like I was doing the PA. I kept 441 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: calling your name all the time. How many did he 442 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: finish with? And Shack goes twelve tackles, one TfL, one 443 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 1: quarterback hit, one pass breakup and then he used some 444 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: language I can't repeat on this podcast, but I mean, 445 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: zire Man, what a game he had? He the Colts today, 446 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: they held the Chiefs. They held Chiefs running backs specifically 447 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: to thirty two yards on eighteen carries. Clyde Edwards a 448 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: layer seven carries zero yards. That's hard to do. That's 449 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: very hard to do. I mean that give give our 450 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,919 Speaker 1: defensive line linebackers a lot of credit for you pretty 451 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 1: much making them one dimensional. He's they made them one 452 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: dimensional where they had to throw the ball. So they 453 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: did a nice job of that. And that's what you 454 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: want to do. I mean you probably say, well, we 455 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,199 Speaker 1: don't want to make Patrick Mahomes one dimensional because he's 456 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 1: a great thrower, great quarter he is. I'm not taking 457 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 1: anything from Patrick Mahomes, right, but after a while, when 458 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 1: you that's the only thing you could do, you don't 459 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:00,399 Speaker 1: have to worry about the run because it's the defensive 460 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: line and linebrackers are doing their job. And then you eventually, 461 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 1: Patrick ma Holmes will make a mistake eventually, or someone 462 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:10,159 Speaker 1: receiver or receiver will make a mistake eventually, and then 463 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: if he's going to hold onto the ball, it will 464 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: give our DEFENSI line chance to get there. So give 465 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 1: our defense credit for the way they play today all levels, 466 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 1: DEFENSI line, linebackers and secondary. As DeForrest Buckner said this 467 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: week quote, he's Patrick Maholmes, but he's human, and he's 468 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: human exactly I mean. And so the other bill I 469 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: always like to throw out just some wild stats at 470 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: you as we do this podcast. So Kansas City entering 471 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 1: this game, though they were six and two since twenty 472 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,399 Speaker 1: eighteen when they averaged fewer than three yards per carry, 473 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:46,680 Speaker 1: they're now six and three. They still they still this 474 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:50,679 Speaker 1: team still wins sixty six percent of its games when 475 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: they can't run the ball at all. So that's why 476 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 1: what the culture able to do in terms of plastering 477 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: their coverage down field, stopping Mahomes, making him and then 478 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,680 Speaker 1: getting pressure on him, that is what is so impressive 479 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: in this game. We know the Colts can defend the run. 480 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 1: What they were able to do schematically and with their 481 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: execution against Mahomes today, absolutely phenomenal. Round of applause for 482 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 1: Gus Bradley, round of applause for that coaching staff. They 483 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 1: did an outstanding job and the players did an outstanding 484 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 1: job executing it. Yeah, they did. I mean give them credit. 485 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: You have to give those guys credit where credits are doing. 486 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,400 Speaker 1: No people talked about last week they didn't get any 487 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 1: pressure on Trevor Lawrence and they didn't do this, but 488 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: today they played well. Give these guys credit for the 489 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 1: work they did today and the work they put in 490 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 1: all week to prepare for this game and then to 491 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 1: carry it over from the practice field to the game. 492 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 1: And that's what they needed to do. And that's what 493 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: they did do this week. It wasn't pretty, it wasn't 494 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: the perfect game, but they did everything they need to 495 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 1: do to win this game and take advantage of opportunities 496 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 1: that were presented to them. And Bill, this can get 497 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: just kind of tied into what we were talking about 498 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: at the start, but you know, hearing from Brian Kelly 499 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 1: when he said, you know, look, quote, it's not always 500 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 1: pretty in the NFL. But hey, you beat the Chiefs 501 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 1: at home. It's awesome, that's w Yeah, it's a win 502 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 1: at home. You're your home opener for twenty twenty two. 503 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: It's a win. And you know, you take that and 504 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 1: now you're one one and one and you just move on, 505 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 1: I mean things on. I mean, of course we rather 506 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: want want to win last week and this week. Of 507 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: course we want to win both those games and not 508 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: tie and win that game, but it didn't happen that way. 509 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,640 Speaker 1: Now you're at a point where, hey, next week it's 510 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 1: a big game against the Tennessee Titans. But you put 511 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: yourself in that position by the way you played today. 512 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 1: So now next week becomes a big game. You just 513 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: have to go out there and next cute and hopefully 514 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: hopefully the way we play today carries over to next 515 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: week and the things that we need to work on 516 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 1: and improve and correct, we can do that and hopefully 517 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 1: that will carry over to next week and we could 518 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 1: get a big win next week against the Titans. Yeah. Absolutely, 519 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 1: And you know, at this point in the season, Matt 520 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: Ryan said, it it's all about improving. And yes, while 521 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: you're while you're making those improvements and growing as a 522 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: team sometimes it's hard to win. The Colts won today, 523 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 1: and you know, who you are in week three is 524 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: not who you're going to be in Week fourteen. It's 525 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 1: not who you're going to be in week fifteen. You 526 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:18,120 Speaker 1: know the experience I have with it, and I'm sure 527 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 1: Bill you have more experienced with this. But the only 528 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: other playoff team I've ever covered professionally in the NFL 529 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:27,360 Speaker 1: was the twenty eighteen Chicago Bears. They won in Week three, 530 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,399 Speaker 1: sixteen to fourteen over the Arizona Cardinals, the team that 531 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: wound up having the number one overall pick in that 532 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: next year's draft. And it's like that team where they 533 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 1: were in Week three, that was not who they were 534 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: in Week fifteen. You know, you grow a lot as 535 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:41,719 Speaker 1: a team over the course of the season. It's just 536 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,160 Speaker 1: good to get a win. It's great to get one 537 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 1: against the Chiefs, a team that we all think is 538 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 1: a really good side, and you grow from here and 539 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 1: you get better. You get better on the line, you 540 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:53,159 Speaker 1: get better with your run game, you get better with 541 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: some things on all phases of the ball, and you 542 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 1: look back on this game and you're like, man, you're 543 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: just really glad that you want it exactly, and then 544 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: look at the defense. This is Remember this is the 545 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,199 Speaker 1: first year of this defense, so the guys, a lot 546 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 1: of these guys are in this defense for the first time. Yes, 547 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: and got Way's played in this defense, and McLeod I 548 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,879 Speaker 1: mean Brandon Facon's played in this defense. So those guys 549 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: they understand the defense and that they know it. But 550 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: there's a lot of guys that haven't played this defense, 551 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 1: so they're still working out a couple of the kinks 552 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 1: that they need to work out. And as you said, JJ, 553 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 1: when we get down later on the year, this is 554 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 1: not gonna be the same defense. It's gonna be different. 555 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 1: The guys are gonna understand things a little bit better, 556 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: are gonna understand each other a little bit better. They're 557 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: gonna fly around to the ball because they're they're not thinking, 558 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,639 Speaker 1: they're just reacting. Same thing with the offense. The offense 559 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 1: is gonna be better. This is Matt Ryan's first year 560 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 1: and now he's the quarterback, so he's the guy that's 561 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 1: pulling the trigger. So this is first year in this 562 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: offense and some of the terminology, I'm sure it's a 563 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 1: lot different than what he's used to. But he will 564 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,160 Speaker 1: continue to feel more comfortable and feel a little bit 565 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 1: better as the weeks go on and practices go on, 566 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 1: and this team will will get better as a season 567 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,880 Speaker 1: goes long long as I can stay healthy. This will 568 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: be a different team later on a year. And I 569 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 1: think it will be a better team later on a 570 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 1: year than it is right now. All right, Well, this 571 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 1: will be a different podcast next week. Maybe not. This 572 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: is a good podcast. We don't, you know, we need 573 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 1: to get a little better, but we need we need 574 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 1: to get better. But I tell you what, I will 575 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 1: take a win every week. Yes, I'll tell I'll take 576 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 1: a winning podcast here on Colts Instant Reaction every week. 577 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,679 Speaker 1: Will be back with you here on the Colts Audio 578 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 1: Network following next Sunday's game against the Tennessee Titans. 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I'm just forgetting as we're ending this podcast. 589 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna keep it rolling here because, boy, if 590 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 1: you've made it to the end of this podcast and 591 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: you want to know what's coming out on Friday on 592 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 1: the Colt's Audio Network Colt's Happy Hour, there it is, 593 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 1: There you go, featuring JMV our friend j m V. Yeah, 594 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 1: we're just going to run through that and not edit 595 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: it as we round out this podcast here on the 596 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: Colts Audio Network. For Bill Brooks, I'm JJ Stankovins. Thank 597 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 1: you so much for listening to us here on this 598 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: episode of Colt's Instident Reaction the Colts twenty to seventeen 599 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: winners over the Kansas City Chiefs. We'll talk to you 600 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 1: next week.