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Speaker 1: Let's get it going fired up once again on the

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Speaker 1: Official Colts Podcast. Good to get back on set here

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Speaker 1: again on this Thursday. Bill Brooks, Casey Valier. I'm Matt Taylor,

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Speaker 1: dialed up today, we appreciate you doing so. We got

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Speaker 1: a lot to talk about Colts and Lions coming up

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Speaker 1: in week number twelve. The Colts are fresh off I

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Speaker 1: come from behind win over the Jets twenty eight to

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Speaker 1: twenty seven in the Big Apple, so we'll see if

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Speaker 1: they can build upon some of those things. We'll talk

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Speaker 1: about the Lions. They are nine and one and they

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Speaker 1: are rolling eight straight games they've won. They are, i think,

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Speaker 1: without question, one of the best teams in the NFL

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Speaker 1: right now, is certainly the top seed in the NFC

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Speaker 1: to this point. So it's a big matchup at Lucas

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Speaker 1: Oil Stadium this weekend. Bill, how you doing today. How's

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Speaker 1: your attitude?

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Speaker 2: I'm doing well. I hope it's fine. Unlet's I've shown

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Speaker 2: you something different.

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Speaker 1: I need to see that the dude is strong.

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Speaker 3: Positive, Casey, how we feel I mean, not as good

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Speaker 3: as Bill, but feeling pretty good.

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Speaker 1: I put I put Bill on the spot right now.

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Speaker 1: He's always got that fresh, that fresh big smile.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 1: Let's see those pearly lights right there. All right, let's

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Speaker 1: start with the the win last weekend for the Colts

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Speaker 1: over the Jets. We don't need to go into the game,

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Speaker 1: but Bill, I want to know what aspects of Anthony

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Speaker 1: Richardson's performance last week do you think he can build upon?

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Speaker 1: How was that performance sustainable? Because I think, without a doubt,

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Speaker 1: he looked the best he has looked to this point

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Speaker 2: I was impressed by how he played the Sunday and

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Speaker 2: more so how calm he was. I thought he might

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Speaker 5: This some nice things.

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Speaker 2: And I think he got into the game early by

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Speaker 2: getting tackled getting into the game. But I think some

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Speaker 2: of the passes he made and some of the decisions

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Speaker 2: I think, you know what, if he can stay in

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Speaker 2: in the season for him to be accurate, which he was,

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Speaker 2: and I thought he played well, and then you know what,

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Speaker 5: So I think it's sustainable for him.

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Speaker 2: But you know, he's young in his career, and you

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Speaker 2: gotta expect now there are going to be some downs.

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Speaker 2: You know, hopefully not many downs, and hopefully the downs

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Speaker 1: But we've already seen some of them.

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Speaker 5: Yes, we've see some of those.

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Speaker 2: But I think, you know what, moving forward, I think

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Speaker 1: It was just good to have some positive energy back

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Speaker 3: Shocked in a good way at how positive the locker

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Speaker 3: You're a game back from the Broncos. You play them

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Speaker 1: You know, we're talking about some of the things that

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Speaker 1: the Colts can build off of from last week heading

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Speaker 1: talk about this Lions game, but one final thing about

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Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson's performance last week, Bill, you know, I sort

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Speaker 1: just felt like the Colts were I don't know what

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Speaker 1: It just felt like that performance last week. He was

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they felt that, you know what, we

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Speaker 2: But also know what, he can be smart. He can scramble,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you love to see those design runs there in

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Speaker 3: And that's one of the things about Anthony that you

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Speaker 3: on kind of what his style is, because ultimately he's

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Speaker 3: He wants to be a quarterback. So he's not you know,

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Speaker 3: your typical you know when they talk about these running

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Speaker 3: one of the things that I thought we saw last

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Speaker 3: most part, he was trying to look down the field,

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Speaker 3: and that's one of the things that I'm right there

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Speaker 3: it just looked like, I don't know why the two

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Speaker 3: he just looked a lot more confident in all of

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Speaker 3: only a good thing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, speed of confidence, other things to build on within

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Speaker 1: You got the knockout punch on Aaron Rodgers the other day.

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Speaker 6: lot more comfortable. I got more reflection and you know,

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Speaker 6: just just going out there and yeah, you're just balling.

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Speaker 1: You know something about this defense, And I've heard you

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Speaker 1: guys talk about this, I've read articles about this. But

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Speaker 1: you guys and Gus Bradley's defense, you guys are all

445
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Speaker 1: about the second chance sacks or the hustle sacks, you know, right,

446
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Speaker 1: And it doesn't matter you know, how you get them

447
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Speaker 1: when you get them. It's all about how many you

448
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Speaker 1: get and how often you guys are disrupting the game.

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Speaker 1: But how much do you guys study quarterbacks and their

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Speaker 1: movements in the pocket, how they like to step up,

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Speaker 1: how they like to exit the pocket, and just those

452
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Speaker 1: hustle sacks that come along with no one you know,

453
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Speaker 1: are having that knowledge of these quarterbacks.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, just us throughout the week. We always

455
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Speaker 6: harp on that, you know, this is where he likes

456
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Speaker 6: to escape to. We put a chart on the board.

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Speaker 6: He escapes here, he escapes there, through the B gap

458
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Speaker 6: or wherever. And it helps us in our rush because

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Speaker 6: when you're rushing and when he feels the pressure is

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Speaker 6: going to resort back to what he's comfortable with. So,

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Speaker 6: you know, just doing that, just having it in the

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Speaker 6: back of your mind for sure helps.

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Speaker 4: The rush when you're rushing.

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Speaker 6: And then he holds the ball and he's like all right,

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Speaker 6: like I know where he's going to be at and

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Speaker 6: then when you retrace and he's right there for you.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: But I was asking other guys in the locker room,

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Speaker 1: other pass rushers, I mean, how do you remember all

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Speaker 1: of that throughout the course of a play. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you're trying to beat the tackle. You have so much

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Speaker 1: in the in your head. How do you keep that

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Speaker 1: fresh as part of your play and your assignment.

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Speaker 6: I think when you're developing your rush plan for the game,

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Speaker 6: you implement that so all your moves are based off

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Speaker 6: of where he escapes, and then from there, yeah, then

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Speaker 6: he just stick to your rush plan.

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Speaker 4: Then yeah, I just get right.

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Speaker 1: I mean the average play is three seconds and you're

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Speaker 1: having to compute all of that in real time. It's

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Speaker 1: it's amazing what you guys can do.

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Speaker 4: All right.

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Speaker 1: Another guy that's really coming along to rookie, Laatu Latu.

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Speaker 1: How have you seen him develop in his rookie season.

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Speaker 6: I think for him, just you know, developing his rush

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Speaker 6: play and sticking to it and you know, just trusting it.

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Speaker 6: You know, at times he was a little discouraged, but

488
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Speaker 6: at the same time, I'll say, hey, man, just like

489
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Speaker 6: you just have to keep going and just keep going.

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Speaker 4: And those sacks will come.

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Speaker 6: And I feel like he's been trusting that a lot more,

492
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Speaker 6: and like now he's even like, oh, I feel like teams,

493
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Speaker 6: I mean, the linemen are you know, planning for me

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Speaker 6: to do this and that, So now I'm going to

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Speaker 6: do this.

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Speaker 4: So like just seeing him right, you know, just you know.

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Speaker 6: Audible and just changes rushes like that, it's amazing to see.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the NFL is hard. This just like it's a

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Speaker 1: tough leak. Everybody's good up here. When I talked to

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Speaker 1: him a little bit earlier this week, and he said, yeah,

501
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Speaker 1: the tackles in the NFL they're way better than they

502
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Speaker 1: were in college in the Pact twelve. And you you know,

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Speaker 1: he just like you, you guys were used to in

504
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Speaker 1: college getting sacks and pressures and recking the game every

505
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Speaker 1: single week. How frustrating can it be? Me me put yourself

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Speaker 1: in his shoes a couple of years ago as a rookie.

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Speaker 1: How frustrating can it seem to be when you feel

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Speaker 1: like it's just not going as fast as you want

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Speaker 1: it to.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: No, I was telling him, like my rookie year. I

512
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Speaker 6: didn't get it my first second till like week seven,

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Speaker 6: I believe. And then once they got my first one,

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Speaker 6: I got my second one, and my third one and

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Speaker 6: my fourth one. So I was just like, they're gonna

516
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Speaker 6: come in bunches, and once you get that first one.

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Speaker 4: You're just gonna keep going to keep going.

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Speaker 6: So you know, there's gonna be games where like your

519
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Speaker 6: rush playing doesn't seem like it's working, but you just

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Speaker 6: have to.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, just just keep just keep going.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it all comes to a head, and then when

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Speaker 1: it does, it's like a damn breaking right. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's talk about the Lions. Their offensive line is pretty good.

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Speaker 1: They've only given up one sack in the last three games.

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Speaker 1: I know it's not all about the sacks, but how

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Speaker 1: do you guys, how can you disrupt this game and

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Speaker 1: get in front of Jared Golf and make sure you

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Speaker 1: guys have an impact.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, we have to, you know, put pressure

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Speaker 6: on put pressure on him and try to get him

532
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Speaker 6: off his spot, you know, make him uncomfortable. He's getting

533
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Speaker 6: the ball off fast. Give our DB's in, our linebacker's

534
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Speaker 6: a easier, you know.

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Speaker 4: Job.

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Speaker 6: On Sunday to cover those guys. They have a lot

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Speaker 6: of playmakers on the outside. So whatever we can do

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Speaker 6: to make him uncomfortable in the pocket, that's what we

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Speaker 6: have to do.

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Speaker 4: And you know, just numbers to the ball.

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Speaker 6: When they get the ball off fast, we can't stop

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Speaker 6: in our rush. We have to turn and you know, all.

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Speaker 1: Right, the Jets game last week, you guys started off

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Speaker 1: on fire. Five straight possessions, a lot of three an ounce, one,

545
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Speaker 1: four and out. You got the turnover run downs. What

546
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Speaker 1: was key and starting that game off so fast and

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Speaker 1: setting the tone early.

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Speaker 6: You know, I feel like I feel like we were

549
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Speaker 6: just hungry, you know, to end the streak.

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Speaker 4: We just wanted to go out there and do our part.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 6: Early in the season obviously we struggled, you know with

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Speaker 6: the run game, and we struggled early and you know,

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Speaker 6: in the first half of most of our games. So

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Speaker 6: we just want to come out strong, sorry, off strong,

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Speaker 6: and that's what we did.

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Speaker 1: All right, six games ago, month and a half left.

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Speaker 1: What's the sense of urgency for this team and how

559
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Speaker 1: much are you relishing this chance? I mean, the Bills

560
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Speaker 1: came in a couple of weeks ago. They were one

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Speaker 1: of the best teams in the AFC. Now Here come

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Speaker 1: the Lions, one of the best teams in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: certainly one of the best teams in the NFC. How

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Speaker 1: much you fired up for a game like this, to

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Speaker 1: back up last week and prove it in the NFL

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Speaker 1: and make a statement. Here come the Cols for a

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Speaker 1: playoff push.

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Speaker 6: You know, we're excited for the opportunity, and you know

569
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Speaker 6: we want to play out basketball in November. You know,

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Speaker 6: breaking the losing streak was you know, a big you know,

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Speaker 6: a big step in that direction. We have to you know,

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Speaker 6: from here on out, just Baul, you know, LA's last

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Speaker 6: game of November and then December.

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Speaker 4: We have to get some wins.

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Speaker 1: Yep, here comes Thanksgiving. Here come the Colts. Big one

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Speaker 1: on Sunday against the Lions. That's Quitty Pay Quitty. Always

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Speaker 1: appreciate your time, man, good luck, appreciate you.

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Speaker 4: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Mister Quitty Pay right there joined us a little bit

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Speaker 1: earlier today on the Official Colts Podcast. We're back here

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Speaker 1: on set with Bill Brooks, Casey Valley. I'm Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 1: All Right, we've talked about how good the Lions are

583
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Speaker 1: going to be. Let's break him down. Let's get intense

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Speaker 1: right now on the nine and one Lions. They've won

585
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Speaker 1: eight straight games coming from the Motor City Motown and

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Speaker 1: for that because they don't play in Lucas Oil Stadium

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Speaker 1: all that often. Right, they're coming into town for the

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Speaker 1: first time since twenty sixteen, so we need to bring

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Speaker 1: in our musical expert, our motown Officionado Destroit, Jeffrey Gorman,

590
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Speaker 1: the Pride of Detroit. Yes, he is born and raised

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Speaker 1: in Michigan. How are we doing, sir? Welcome to town.

592
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Speaker 1: So what we're gonna do is we're gonna do our

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Speaker 1: motown medleys and talk about the Detroit Lions. How are

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Speaker 1: you feeling?

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Speaker 7: I know, how's your attitude today?

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Speaker 1: By I have.

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Speaker 7: I I appreciate that I was born in Detroit, raised

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Speaker 7: in Detroit. Sho Ws were my club for a lot

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Speaker 7: of years.

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Speaker 1: They're not now. I know.

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Speaker 7: My loyalty is based on the Horseshoe and has been

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Speaker 7: for twenty plus years. But it's been so long of

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Speaker 7: greatness in Detroit for this NFL franchise, as you guys know.

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Speaker 7: So me as a guy in the back just watching

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Speaker 7: them be so successful, I thought we would pay tribute

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Speaker 7: to the great Lions offense and defense this year with

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Speaker 7: a Motown medley. I think they've earned it. They haven't

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Speaker 7: been in this position where all eyes are on them

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Speaker 7: with one loss over the course of the season. So

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Speaker 7: if you guys don't mind, you go about your your

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Speaker 7: discussion on them, and I'm just gonna medley some Motown hits.

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Speaker 1: This team deserves it. They do. You're right, I mean,

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Speaker 1: if any team deserve it, it would be these Lions.

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Speaker 5: And I haven't.

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Speaker 7: I haven't karaoke did a long time.

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Speaker 1: So well, I think we brought you in because we can't,

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Speaker 1: you know, copyright wise, we can't actually play these we're

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Speaker 1: gonna play, So we're just gonna bring a Jeffrey Gorman

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Speaker 1: order now the full set nineteen ninety nine, three ced

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Speaker 1: you can have all right, Well, all right, the Motown

621
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Speaker 1: hit that comes to mind right away. Here they're dancing

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Speaker 1: in the streets.

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Speaker 5: Dancing, dancing in the streets.

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Speaker 1: That's Martin and the Vandel's. But it says, yeah, Martha

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Speaker 1: Reeves and the Vendel's all right, they're dancing all over

626
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Speaker 1: the streets. The Lions are nine and one. Everybody's losing

627
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Speaker 1: their mind. They're off to their best start since nineteen

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Speaker 1: thirty four. Think about that, all right, This is like

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Speaker 1: pre World War two stuff we're talking about right now.

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Speaker 1: That's how good the Lions are this year. They've won

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Speaker 1: eight straight. They're the top seed in the NFC right now.

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Speaker 1: They just kicked the living you know what out of

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Speaker 1: the Jaguars last weekend fifty two to six. They've won

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Speaker 1: three games on the year by at least thirty eight points.

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Speaker 1: They have five wins on the season by at least

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Speaker 1: ten points, and they are the fifth team to produce

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Speaker 1: at least three hundred and twenty five points. They have

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Speaker 1: a point differential of plus one point fifty through the

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Speaker 1: first ten games of any season since the merger. Motown, Jeffrey,

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Speaker 1: give it to it. I guess I wonder.

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Speaker 7: Not your plan the second before.

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Speaker 3: You know, I know there was there was a question

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Speaker 3: in fact, and the reason you brought that stuff up.

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Speaker 1: Man, alright, MotorCity, Jeffrey.

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Speaker 3: I'm blown away at those numbers. I mean you talk

646
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Speaker 3: about I mean, the thirty eight point thing is mind

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Speaker 3: blowing because if you think about the last time that

648
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Speaker 3: the Colts won a game by thirty five points, you

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Speaker 3: have to go back to two thousand and nine. They

650
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Speaker 3: have done that three times in two months. Wild to

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Speaker 3: think it's absolutely How.

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Speaker 1: Uncomfortable are you right now?

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Speaker 3: I'm actually very comfortable. I don't even notice Jeffery's there.

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Speaker 1: I mean he was, he was whispering sweet nothings in

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Speaker 1: your ears. Yeah, I mean Bill this, I mean, without

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Speaker 1: a doubt, the Lions right now embody the spirits of

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Speaker 1: their head coach, no nonsense, no ball, all business. Dan

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Speaker 1: Campbell eleven years in the NFL as a tight and

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00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 1: actually played three years for the Lions. By the way,

660
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Speaker 1: I mean, this is gonna be one of the most

661
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,720
Speaker 1: physical tests of the season for the Colts.

662
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:28,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, they's like to come out and play

663
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 2: hard and say physical the whole game.

664
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Speaker 5: They don't let anyone how they're going to play football.

665
00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 5: They go out here and they play hard. They run

666
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,160
Speaker 5: the ball hard. See you do it for sixty minutes.

667
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,560
Speaker 5: That's what that surprises me. A lot of times you

668
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,720
Speaker 5: have teams that play hard.

669
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:46,360
Speaker 2: For maybe thirty or forty minutes. This is a team

670
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,240
Speaker 2: that plays hard for sixty minutes. They have a good

671
00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:53,160
Speaker 2: running game, score points, staying the league in points per game,

672
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 2: So they're going to go out and try to score points.

673
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:57,520
Speaker 2: And put it on you, and you know what they're

674
00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:00,080
Speaker 2: going to put it on you, like like just putting.

675
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:05,720
Speaker 1: On Yeah, right now, who is that who sings that

676
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 1: stay by me? Is that Percy Sledge person?

677
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:08,680
Speaker 6: No?

678
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:14,560
Speaker 1: No, he was a muscle shoulder. No, no, it's not

679
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 1: the Commodore, is it? Keep talking sing easy easy by

680
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 1: the Commodore, Am easy easy, like Sunday.

681
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 2: You know what he's talking about easy. That's how it

682
00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 2: seemed like the Detroit.

683
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 7: That is I mean, no, no, no, no about that offense.

684
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 1: Then you're giving me a true love.

685
00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 7: Game on baby, baby. Their offenses are samphony.

686
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:55,680
Speaker 1: All right, this isn't working.

687
00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 7: Maybe it did work a little bit, Casey, thanks for

688
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 7: playing along with I'm gonna Medley.

689
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 1: You guys know we got can you can you? Can

690
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:05,640
Speaker 1: you give me some Jackson five? I want you back?

691
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:06,160
Speaker 3: I want.

692
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 1: I want you back?

693
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,000
Speaker 5: Oh case they give me the Rams.

694
00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 1: The Rams might be wanting Jared Golf back.

695
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:26,040
Speaker 3: I mean that trade the Rams made with Matthew Stafford.

696
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 3: It ultimately was like Jared Goff was just the piece

697
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 3: of the pie to make it financially work, Like he

698
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:35,200
Speaker 3: was the throwaway.

699
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 1: Wanting the Stafford.

700
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,320
Speaker 3: And it was like, well, what are we gonna do

701
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:40,719
Speaker 3: with this guy? We don't want him to sit here

702
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 3: and back up, So let's just and man, it has

703
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:48,320
Speaker 3: worked so well in Detroit. There are there's one of

704
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:52,320
Speaker 3: those things where you talk about upper echelon or tiers

705
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 3: of quarterbacks, and you've got your Mahomes, your Josh Allen,

706
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 3: your Lamar Jackson. If you ask me, Jared Goff is

707
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 3: right in that nex tier and you put him around,

708
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 3: you put a team around him like the Lions have done,

709
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,440
Speaker 3: and it just elevates everything that he does. I mean

710
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 3: he's completing what seventy three percent of his passes correct

711
00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 3: and I mean what he did last week. I mean

712
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:19,600
Speaker 3: it's the second time having a perfect QBR through for

713
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 3: over four hundred yards five touchdowns. I know the Jags

714
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 3: have really been struggling, but it's still an NFL team.

715
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 3: It's remarkable with Jared. I mean, you talk about getting

716
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,719
Speaker 3: a second opportunity to start quarterback, it doesn't happen very often,

717
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 3: and he has taken it and run with it and

718
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 3: it is a perfect marriage.

719
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 1: And he's still only thirty.

720
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 5: Yeah, he's thirty young.

721
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 2: Yes, many years oh man go for his career. But

722
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,080
Speaker 2: you're talking about that. It's pickingback off that some of

723
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:48,040
Speaker 2: his stats against Seattle eighteen for eighteen, two touchdown, against

724
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 2: Minnesota twenty two for twenty five, two touchdowns against Green

725
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,719
Speaker 2: Bay eighteen for twenty two. I mean, the guy has

726
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 2: just been on point, have a high completion percentage rate,

727
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 2: and he's doing a good job for the Detroit Lions.

728
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,280
Speaker 2: That's just what they needed, what they wanted for them,

729
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,720
Speaker 2: and I think he's playing well outside the Houston game,

730
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,160
Speaker 2: where I think he went through for five five exceptions.

731
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 2: Outside of that, he's been playing phenomenal. He's been playing

732
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,440
Speaker 2: lights out for the Detroit Lions, and that's what they want.

733
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:19,480
Speaker 2: Someone that can play like that and they could depend

734
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 2: on their running game and they have a good running

735
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 2: game and they know that their quarterback can hit the

736
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 2: wide receivers when they needed to.

737
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Speaker 1: I mean, eighteen for eighteen, that's like Motor City.

738
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:32,800
Speaker 3: Jeffrey Bill and I this week we talked to Dave Burkette,

739
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,200
Speaker 3: who covers the Lions from the Detroit Free Press, and

740
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,400
Speaker 3: that's one of the things that he mentioned is the

741
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 3: evolution of Jared Goff as a passer. It leads to

742
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,160
Speaker 3: what Bill just talked about with early in his career,

743
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 3: he wanted to hit the home runs. It was all about,

744
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 3: you know, big yardage. I can't settle for anything, and

745
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 3: he has kind of adapted to take what the defense

746
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,800
Speaker 3: is giving you. It's okay to have a four yard

747
00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 3: completion because then it sets up third down in six

748
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,120
Speaker 3: instead of third and ten where you're way behind the sticks.

749
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 3: It is it's being able to complete the easy ones

750
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 3: and it all adds up. I mean you talk about

751
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:15,000
Speaker 3: multiple multiple times this year the numbers of completions outweighed

752
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 3: his total interceptions. Like for like the first six weeks,

753
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,080
Speaker 3: it was like he had the same amount of interceptions

754
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 3: has he'd had incompletions, which it's unbelievable. I mean, what

755
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,440
Speaker 3: he has done, he had tipped the cap because Jared

756
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:29,000
Speaker 3: Goff has been very, very good for Detroit.

757
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,200
Speaker 1: All right, a couple more things on the Lions. Casey's

758
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 1: saying it with me, the four Tops Motor City Casey.

759
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 1: Now it's the same huh song, no no, no, no, I

760
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,000
Speaker 1: don't know the words. Yeah, I don't know the words,

761
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:44,360
Speaker 1: and we got we're gonna get in trouble with the

762
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 1: copyright people, so we're just got it's the same old

763
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 1: song a Dance, same old list of characters as last

764
00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 1: year on offense, Bill, You've got a Monros, Saint Brown,

765
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Speaker 1: You've got David Montgomery, You've got Jamiir Gibbs, You've got

766
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:02,239
Speaker 1: Jamison Williams. I mean, these guys are game wreckers. And

767
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 1: if you look at their trio of guys that they

768
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 1: rely primarily on, it's Saint Brown, Montgomery, and Gibbs. Obviously

769
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,800
Speaker 1: it's Montgomery and Gibbs in the ground game. But those

770
00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 1: three guys have scored at least nine touchdowns on the season,

771
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,359
Speaker 1: second time in NFL history that a trio of teammates

772
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:23,000
Speaker 1: have all produced nine screaming touchdowns through ten games of

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00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:26,279
Speaker 1: a season. The only other teams to do that the Broncos,

774
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 1: who did it in twenty thirteen. They had four players

775
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 1: to do So, I mean, you're right. I mean, you

776
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,399
Speaker 1: look at golf. Golf's having a great season. You take

777
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,919
Speaker 1: nothing away from that. But the reason is is because

778
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 1: he's got guys around him that make him better and

779
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,719
Speaker 1: he doesn't have to overcomplicate the game because of the

780
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:47,759
Speaker 1: scheme in the great weaponry around him.

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00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, so definitely, I mean that's what you want.

782
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 2: You want guys to you want to have an offense

783
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 2: that they compliment one another. You know, they have a

784
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:57,160
Speaker 2: running game, and the running game compliments the passing game.

785
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,400
Speaker 2: The passing game helps the running game as well, and

786
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:01,440
Speaker 2: they have that. They have that in those two running

787
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,000
Speaker 2: backs they have back there. Last year, I think they

788
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:07,879
Speaker 2: were only fifty five yards from the duo, both of them. Yeah,

789
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,399
Speaker 2: over a thousand yards rushing, So you know, that's that's

790
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 2: pretty amazing.

791
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:12,800
Speaker 5: And so those guys have been playing well.

792
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,279
Speaker 2: Ama around Saint Brown, I think every year he's put

793
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 2: up some big numbers ever since it's gotten in the league,

794
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,320
Speaker 2: and he's been clutch for them, and that's who golf

795
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 2: is gonna look to to make big plays, and he

796
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 2: has been making big plays for him. So it's very

797
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:29,840
Speaker 2: important for the coast to say, Okay, we can't stop

798
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 2: all of them, but we're gonna have to take somebody away, yeah,

799
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:33,360
Speaker 2: and see what we can do.

800
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 5: But you know what, they have a good offense.

801
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,440
Speaker 2: Give the Detroit Lions credit for what they do out

802
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 2: there in the football field. They've got they put together

803
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:43,359
Speaker 2: a team that can compliment one another, and they take

804
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:44,799
Speaker 2: after the personality of their head.

805
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,360
Speaker 5: Guess that's what's amazing to me.

806
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, thirty three points per game, best point total if

807
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,400
Speaker 1: it holds up since the twenty eighteen Kansas City Chiefs.

808
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 1: And I didn't even say Sam Laporta yeaheah, No, a

809
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: tight end.

810
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:59,759
Speaker 3: I mean, I mean Sam Laporta was a guy that

811
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:05,760
Speaker 3: the Lions traded TJ. Hawkinson two years ago inside the division,

812
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 3: which I thought was very strange. He goes to the

813
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,120
Speaker 3: Vikings and you were kind of like, oh, why would

814
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:13,239
Speaker 3: they do that because you need and Sam Laporta just hey,

815
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,680
Speaker 3: don't worry about me. I'll come in. And you know,

816
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:22,040
Speaker 3: he's set the rookie record last year for receiving yards, receptions,

817
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 3: and touchdowns by a tight end in Lions history. So,

818
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:28,600
Speaker 3: I mean, you talk about what Aman Ross Saint Brown is.

819
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 3: They've gotten Jamison Williams back. He's had some injuries and

820
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,840
Speaker 3: some suspensions in his career, but when he's on the field,

821
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 3: he is dynamic. But Sam Laporta has been such a

822
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 3: great security weapon for Jared Goff. And you talk about

823
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 3: the running backs, Bill, I mean, yeah, I mean I

824
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 3: gave Jared Goff a whole bunch of credit.

825
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 4: But you're right.

826
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,439
Speaker 3: I mean, it's that entire offense. And we haven't even

827
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,799
Speaker 3: mentioned that offensive line arguably one of the best old

828
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:56,239
Speaker 3: lines in football. So from an offensive standpoint, what Ben

829
00:36:56,320 --> 00:37:00,360
Speaker 3: Johnson and that crew does in Detroit, it's incredible, really,

830
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 3: it really is.

831
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:04,320
Speaker 1: Yep. And lastly, with Motown here the temptations back in

832
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,799
Speaker 1: the day Bill they saying, just my imagination, Well, it's

833
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:10,880
Speaker 1: not your imagination that the defense is almost as good

834
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,840
Speaker 1: as their offense. A right, their top five in scoring,

835
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 1: they're number one on third down, their top five inside

836
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:20,200
Speaker 1: the red zone. They're giving up only seventeen points per game.

837
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 1: So if you look at them schematically, they've had a

838
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:27,799
Speaker 1: bunch of injuries Alexandzeloni, they're study the linebacker. He's going

839
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,400
Speaker 1: to be out probably for the rest of the regular season,

840
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 1: might be a guy that's going to be designated to

841
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 1: return off of r if they get on a playoff run,

842
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,880
Speaker 1: which obviously they will inside the NFC. But they're a

843
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 1: little bit, I mean, they're really good at stopping the run,

844
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:44,120
Speaker 1: but they're susceptible a little bit to the passing game.

845
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:46,239
Speaker 1: They give up on average two hundred and thirty two

846
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 1: passing yards per game. But the balance to that is

847
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 1: they're so good at taking the football away. They're number

848
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 1: two in the NFL in interceptions with fourteen. They've got

849
00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:59,120
Speaker 1: a lot of guys in the back end that can

850
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:02,400
Speaker 1: rip the ball away. The Kirby Joseph leads the NFL

851
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:06,280
Speaker 1: with seven interceptions. He's one of their stud safeties. Brian

852
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:09,880
Speaker 1: Branch has four interceptions. So you look at their defense

853
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:13,880
Speaker 1: and you say, okay, well they have a couple of weaknesses,

854
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,799
Speaker 1: but then you look at some other areas that offset it,

855
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: and you're like, these are weaknesses, but they really don't

856
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:22,879
Speaker 1: show up because they don't prevent them from winning football games.

857
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:23,360
Speaker 5: No, it doesn't.

858
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 2: It doesn't prevent them from winning football games. They still

859
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:28,959
Speaker 2: are good enough to hold teams down. And as you said,

860
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,920
Speaker 2: what fifth in the league as far as the opponents

861
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 2: points per game with home teams are seventeen points per game,

862
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 2: So they are playing well. They're good in the red zone.

863
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 2: They're actually tie for third in the red zone as

864
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:43,879
Speaker 2: far as defensively and on I think the number one

865
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 2: and the third down.

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00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 5: Yeah, so they're a good team.

867
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:50,360
Speaker 2: They do some things well, yes, maybe they're passing defense

868
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:52,919
Speaker 2: isn't up to what they want to be. But they're

869
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:57,799
Speaker 2: still good enough to create turnovers, good interceptions and you know,

870
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 2: get the ball back to the offense. So they are

871
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:03,919
Speaker 2: good team. And as we mentioned earlier, I think they

872
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 2: take the personality of their coach.

873
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 5: They're going to be physical.

874
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 2: Aaron glenn a defensive coordinators. He's the guy that has

875
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:12,239
Speaker 2: done a good job for them. He's done a nice

876
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,960
Speaker 2: job actually for them as far as getting them together

877
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,680
Speaker 2: and getting pieces from different parts and draft picks and

878
00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 2: everything and putting it all together for them have a

879
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,759
Speaker 2: real good defense. So they've done a nice job putting

880
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:24,799
Speaker 2: everything together. And I think it's one of those things

881
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 2: where going into this game, the Coats have to be

882
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,080
Speaker 2: aware of, hey, look we have to make sure we

883
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:31,719
Speaker 2: take care of the ball one and see what we

884
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 2: can do as far as getting first downs, and definitely

885
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:36,359
Speaker 2: once we get in the red zone, try to score

886
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,960
Speaker 2: some touchdowns because as we mentioned earlier, their offense is

887
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 2: pretty powerful.

888
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:40,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure.

889
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:44,080
Speaker 3: And one little thing on the passing game you talk about,

890
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 3: they do have a little bit of areas of weakness

891
00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:48,920
Speaker 3: in the passing game, but they have only allowed seven

892
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:53,759
Speaker 3: passing touchdowns all season, so they're able to buckle down

893
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:57,279
Speaker 3: when they need to now. One area that has kind

894
00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:59,280
Speaker 3: of been able to be more on a positive swing

895
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 3: for them. This is if I'm if I'm attacking this

896
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 3: defense is one area I'm going at. Terry and Arnold

897
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,480
Speaker 3: was one of the highly touted corners coming out of

898
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 3: college out of Alabama. He has been heavily penalized.

899
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:13,439
Speaker 5: He is the set.

900
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:15,680
Speaker 3: He's got the second most penalties in all of football

901
00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:19,399
Speaker 3: this year with ten defensive now seven of those are

902
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,360
Speaker 3: either a defensive hold or a pass interference. So that

903
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:24,240
Speaker 3: is an area that I think the Colts are probably

904
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:26,560
Speaker 3: going to try to exploit if they can. Because the

905
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,200
Speaker 3: other guys you talk about, I mean Carlton Davis, he

906
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:31,439
Speaker 3: has been a really good corner for a long time

907
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:34,479
Speaker 3: his time dating back to Tampa Bay. You talked about

908
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:38,040
Speaker 3: the safeties and Joseph and what Brian Branch is doing.

909
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:42,040
Speaker 3: So the only area when I think passing game wise,

910
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,359
Speaker 3: I think you got attack that rookie, because that's kind

911
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 3: of the only way that you're able. I think, yeah,

912
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 3: when you look at it to move the football down

913
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 3: the field, but at that point, yes, yeah, yeah, yeah,

914
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,560
Speaker 3: you know, and and sometimes those work. I mean, we

915
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:56,240
Speaker 3: all know this, but you know, a thirty five forty

916
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,319
Speaker 3: yard pass interference play, and my eyes chalk that down

917
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:00,960
Speaker 3: as a big play because that's what it is.

918
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:01,920
Speaker 5: It gives you.

919
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 3: You don't get those yardish at the end of the day,

920
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 3: but the penalty yard is it helps make big time.

921
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,200
Speaker 1: Absolutely well done. Right there, A great point, Bill Brooks,

922
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:12,000
Speaker 1: Casey Valier. Right there, you guys are both going home.

923
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,200
Speaker 1: On the way home, you're listening to Motown on. Oh yeah,

924
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:17,319
Speaker 1: aren't you. I know you're you're in the mood now,

925
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:18,919
Speaker 1: you know you.

926
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:20,560
Speaker 3: Can throw on some Smokey Robinson.

927
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:21,120
Speaker 1: I'm all in.

928
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 3: I'm good with Yeah, I'm all good with that.

929
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:28,000
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Jackson five. Yeah, Bill's gonna get a speeding ticket,

930
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:32,680
Speaker 1: baby yeah, Young Michael, he'll do it to you. Fantastic,

931
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 1: Hey job, easy for me to say, a great job

932
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:38,239
Speaker 1: by both of you guys. I mean, without a doubt

933
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:40,080
Speaker 1: as we close up close out here, I mean, this

934
00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 1: is gonna be the Colts are gonna have to play

935
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:43,920
Speaker 1: their best game of the season in order to get

936
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:44,279
Speaker 1: this win.

937
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, without a doubt.

938
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, without that, They're gonna have to play well in

939
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:50,000
Speaker 2: all three phases and for sixty minutes. As we talked

940
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,440
Speaker 2: about both sides, all three phases, playing for sixty minutes

941
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 2: and uh, just making sure just don't turn the ball.

942
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:57,640
Speaker 5: We give yourself an opportunity, no doubt.

943
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,120
Speaker 3: I don't want to say this as like a know

944
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:03,480
Speaker 3: it's okay if you lose. But we mentioned this before

945
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,160
Speaker 3: how important the AFC games are going to be down

946
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 3: the stretch. You look at this one and the biggest

947
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:11,239
Speaker 3: benefit is that it's an NFC game, so it's not

948
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,399
Speaker 3: like it doesn't matter. But this is one of those

949
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:17,360
Speaker 3: games where it's definitely a great test too, because you

950
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:19,839
Speaker 3: can put yourself up to see where you especially with.

951
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 1: What happened two weeks ago against Buffalo let them off

952
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,680
Speaker 1: the hook. Yes, right, it's a statement game. You can

953
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:26,520
Speaker 1: make a statement. Want a build up for the fact

954
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:29,800
Speaker 1: that Anthony Richardson had his best performance last week against

955
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,439
Speaker 1: the Jets, But everybody, all the naysayers are saying, well,

956
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,719
Speaker 1: the Jets stink. Right now, you get your play at

957
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:37,840
Speaker 1: home against one of the best teams in the NFL

958
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:41,360
Speaker 1: and the Colts haven't they they They're wins this season

959
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:44,400
Speaker 1: are against bottom feeders, right, That's that's the reality of it.

960
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,200
Speaker 1: Can the Colts make a statement and get a signature

961
00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 1: win under head coach Shane Stikeen.

962
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:50,520
Speaker 3: And I mean, I know I'm looking forward to seeing

963
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,120
Speaker 3: what this team does because the Colts have had a

964
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:55,799
Speaker 3: way over the past handful of years where they in

965
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:58,440
Speaker 3: some ways they play up to that competition. So when

966
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 3: the best team comes in, you get the best from

967
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 3: the Colts. So I'm anxious to see how they come

968
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:03,720
Speaker 3: out on Sunday.

969
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 1: Yep.

970
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:05,359
Speaker 5: Absolutely, I'm playing at home.

971
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:07,600
Speaker 3: Yes, yea, I'm playing at home and Indiana nights we

972
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:09,839
Speaker 3: get to see the Black Helmets and you know, the cool,

973
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:11,360
Speaker 3: the cool alternate jersey.

974
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:12,960
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to all of it. Yeah. Yeah, it

975
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:14,920
Speaker 1: is slick man. Only the second time the Colts are

976
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,640
Speaker 1: breaking those out they did last year and we're gonna

977
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,480
Speaker 1: see those Black Helmets for time number two at Lucas

978
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 1: Oil Stadium, which was a night and game, I know game,

979
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 1: but yeah, that would do it. You gotta earn those

980
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:29,120
Speaker 1: night games, right you gotta, you know, have better records overall,

981
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:31,959
Speaker 1: some more sustainability to play on primetime. Right there again,

982
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:35,360
Speaker 1: Bill and Casey, I'm Matt Taylor, Colts and Lions. This weekend,

983
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:37,880
Speaker 1: we are set and ready to go. There's gonna be

984
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:40,600
Speaker 1: some Lions fans in the building, no question about that.

985
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:43,320
Speaker 1: But Colts fans, you gotta drown them out. Be loud,

986
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:45,960
Speaker 1: be proud, stand up, and will this team do a

987
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:49,080
Speaker 1: victory trying to get back to five hundred at six

988
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:51,120
Speaker 1: and six as we head down the home stretch. I'm

989
00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:54,120
Speaker 1: Matt Taylor. Thanks for listening and watching on YouTube and

990
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 1: the Colts Audio Network, and we'll talk to you next

991
00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:59,719
Speaker 1: week Colts and Patriots in week thirteen. But until then,

992
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 1: have a great weekend and we'll talk to you soon

993
00:44:01,719 --> 00:44:02,960
Speaker 1: here on the Colds Audio Network.