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Speaker 1: Football is about the jimmies and joes and exes and

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

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Speaker 1: Here's what all starts right, Here's why Jay Money Chris.

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

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturi. Week nine is here and the winds of

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Speaker 1: change are blowing through Indianapolis. Iim Matt Taylor. This is

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Speaker 1: inside Football. Good to have you back again. Rick Venturi's back.

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Speaker 1: He's got over forty years of coaching in major college football,

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Speaker 1: in the NFL on the sidelines, and today we're here

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Speaker 1: to talk with Rick about coaching, changes, trades, new quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: England Patriots. Rick, you got your notebook out. We're busy today,

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Speaker 1: sir man. We are busy. One one about that calls.

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Speaker 1: We are not dull. I mean we can never interesting,

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Speaker 1: no question about it. That's what we're here to do

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Speaker 1: to sort it all out. I should say, um, let's

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Speaker 1: go in order, let's talk about the game from last week.

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Speaker 1: Sam Ellinger's debut Rick Take Me Through the Good, Take

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Speaker 1: Me Through the still needs to improve departments. For mister

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Speaker 1: Ellinger after his first career start, well, I was really

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Speaker 1: I told you on Monday, you know, after watching the film,

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Speaker 1: it was it was only substantiated. And I really believe this.

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Speaker 1: With nine games to go, I have I have six

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Speaker 1: not too big for him. The Sunday game is not

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Speaker 1: too big for him. You don't go through four years

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Speaker 1: compliment for him, Matt, is that he looked like he

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Speaker 1: then nine hinds. Rick traded to the Buffalo Bills right

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Speaker 1: say in capital letters that you know, with Parker out,

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Speaker 1: this is what they're gonna do. They're gonna try to

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Speaker 1: keep the running game going, and they're gonna throw it,

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Speaker 1: you know, and they're gonna throw it to Myers and

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Speaker 1: Stevenson and then the other key issue. And we've got

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Speaker 1: to be alert for us because we really fell down

433
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Speaker 1: into game Sunday against heineke Is Jones is a very

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Speaker 1: good athlete and he kept drives alive last Sunday. With

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Speaker 1: his legs, he can scramble, he can move it, and

436
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,800
Speaker 1: he can move the chaine. So we have to have

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Speaker 1: a good rush plan. But as far as the must

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Speaker 1: you know, I think number one. Just going into that,

439
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Speaker 1: you know you're looking at the thirteenth. You know, best

440
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Speaker 1: rush team in the league. You've got to stop their

441
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Speaker 1: direct runs. They're very much a direct run team. And

442
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,679
Speaker 1: they will use Cannon, who is there sometimes starter at

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Speaker 1: right tackle, and they've they've done this to us every

444
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Speaker 1: year forever. He will become a tight end and I'll

445
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,280
Speaker 1: refer to those is jumbo sets, and they like to

446
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,960
Speaker 1: run right at him when he put that extra tight

447
00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:09,240
Speaker 1: end in the game. Again, they're thirteenth in the rush,

448
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:13,000
Speaker 1: but in Stevenson is five h for Carrie Harris is

449
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Speaker 1: four four. Again alert the Tennessee running attacks. Now what

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Speaker 1: I mean by that is Tennessee had a lot of

451
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Speaker 1: success by shifting from one strong side to the other,

452
00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:28,480
Speaker 1: some unbalanced stuff, a lot of resets, and we didn't adapt.

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Speaker 1: And when he sees that kind of thing, he's going

454
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Speaker 1: to come back to it. And even though they haven't

455
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Speaker 1: been a big lead team in the past, just remember

456
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,959
Speaker 1: the legend of Jonas Gray and be ready for that.

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Speaker 1: I like to play what we call under and we're

458
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Speaker 1: an over team, but I like under what we call

459
00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,159
Speaker 1: four I, where you take the other end. Instead of

460
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,480
Speaker 1: sinking him all the way down, you just play him

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Speaker 1: on the inside of the tackle. So you shut down

462
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,439
Speaker 1: all that inside running game and make it balance. But

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00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 1: number one, you've got to stop the direct runs and

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Speaker 1: adapt to their umbo sets. Number two, you got to

465
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:06,720
Speaker 1: eliminate anything big now. Losing Parker takes a lot away

466
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Speaker 1: from them. But what you gotta do. You gotta have

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Speaker 1: a good plan for Myers. Myers is going to be

468
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Speaker 1: in that slot most of the time, or he's going

469
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Speaker 1: to be close to the box. He's going to run

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Speaker 1: a lot of over routes, drag routes when they get

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Speaker 1: in that third and five to seven, you know, which

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Speaker 1: I always refer to as the money down. He is

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Speaker 1: going to be running the options in the jerks. You

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Speaker 1: gotta be ready for him. You gotta have a plan

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Speaker 1: this week for Myers, especially with Parker out. And then

476
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,560
Speaker 1: again you gotta have a plan for Stevenson out of

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Speaker 1: the backfield. You know, he kind of was like the

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Speaker 1: old Fowks and guys that he's had over the years.

479
00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,720
Speaker 1: White that could run the option routes and so you know,

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Speaker 1: he's devoid of a lot of skill. So it'll be

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Speaker 1: a two man game. It'll be Myers and Stevenson out

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Speaker 1: of the backfield. When it comes to the passing game,

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00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,600
Speaker 1: you got to stay ahead of the count. Number three

484
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 1: must stay out of the ahead of the count and

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00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:09,199
Speaker 1: rush this team with four and five man rushes. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's not like they have a great receiver corps. We

487
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,919
Speaker 1: can we can play man coverage. Their tackles, including Brown,

488
00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:20,120
Speaker 1: really struggle with speed. Their right tackle is very fluid.

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00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,840
Speaker 1: Some games it's wins, some games it's cannon. But they

490
00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,639
Speaker 1: both have real trouble there. Uh their left guard, I

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00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:31,000
Speaker 1: would say strange is their weakest link. You want to

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Speaker 1: get Buckner on him. But they also struggle at right guards.

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Speaker 1: So you know, and and last week they had to

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Speaker 1: go with Farrens at the center position because Andrews was

495
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:46,480
Speaker 1: banged up and he's just not very very good. So again,

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Speaker 1: you know, you want to go in there with some juice,

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00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,879
Speaker 1: get on top of these guys and really get after

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Speaker 1: their offensive line. They're they're in the middle of the

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Speaker 1: pack on sacks, and that's with quarterbacks that are young.

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Speaker 1: It can move. And then number four, I think you

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00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:05,120
Speaker 1: got to force the young quarterbacks into turnovers. I've seen Jones.

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Speaker 1: I've seen him implode. I've seen him with confused at

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Speaker 1: times and with good rush where you're forcing him out

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00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 1: and you're in his face. I've seen him give the

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00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:19,760
Speaker 1: ball up in situations. Mix your coverages and pressure and

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Speaker 1: really get after them. That he also tends to really

507
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 1: look it in. So tell your defensive line if they're

508
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 1: not going to get there. You know, read his eyes.

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00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,199
Speaker 1: They get a lot of balls knocked down because they

510
00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:34,840
Speaker 1: look it in. But those are the key issues. And

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Speaker 1: as I said, when it's all said and done, my prediction,

512
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Speaker 1: knowing him very well in staff meetings, they're going to

513
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,520
Speaker 1: try to keep the running game going and they're going

514
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 1: to get the ball to Myers and Stevenson on the

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Speaker 1: passing game. And they're gonna tell Jones if they ever,

516
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:52,960
Speaker 1: if their back is turned their undisciplined on pass rush lanes,

517
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 1: don't ever be afraid to take it and run. All right,

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Speaker 1: it's Rick van Suri. Those are the blueprints on offense

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00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 1: here on inside football, let's roll to the blueprints to

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00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,080
Speaker 1: beat the Patriots on defense when the Colts have the

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00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,640
Speaker 1: ball in New England. Got to buy the head coach

522
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball here, Bill Belichick.

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00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 1: Of course, he always takes away your strength and makes

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00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 1: you play left handed. So that's going to be interesting

525
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,240
Speaker 1: to identify, you know what that is for the Colts

526
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,760
Speaker 1: in this game. The Patriots have finished top ten in

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00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 1: scoring defense in ten straight seasons, including last season when

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00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 1: they finished second. So far this season, they're twelfth, giving

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00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 1: up twenty points per game. They're twenty third against the rush,

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00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,400
Speaker 1: fourteenth against the pass. But they are taking the ball away.

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Speaker 1: As we said, they are number one of the NFL

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Speaker 1: in the most takeaways, including eight of them in the

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Speaker 1: last three games. Matthew Judon tied for the league lead

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Speaker 1: in sacks with eight and a half, and right behind

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Speaker 1: him is Dietrich Wise, He's got five. And those guys

536
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 1: have combined or accounting for, i should say, for over

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Speaker 1: half of the team sack total. Secondary pretty good. It's

538
00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 1: comprised of Jalen Mills, Kyle Dugger, Devin mccordy. Mccordy had

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Speaker 1: two picks last week in the win over the Jets,

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00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 1: and now because of that, he has the most picks

541
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Speaker 1: among active players in the NFL with thirty of them

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Speaker 1: and he's still getting it done in year number thirteen.

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Speaker 1: So what are your must for the Colts to move

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00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 1: the ball on this Patriots defense? Rick, Well, going back

545
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Speaker 1: to what you first said, you know, this is a

546
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,479
Speaker 1: guy that's gonna play you game specific. I mean I

547
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,760
Speaker 1: sat in on, you know, two years of game planning,

548
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,360
Speaker 1: so I can just kind of almost feel you know,

549
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,440
Speaker 1: what he's going to tell his defensive staff and my

550
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,160
Speaker 1: prediction of what he would say to them this week

551
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:41,640
Speaker 1: knowing our team pretty well is play Taylor heavy heavy.

552
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,840
Speaker 1: You know Taylor destroyed them a year ago. He is

553
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,640
Speaker 1: not gonna let Taylor beat him, so he is gonna

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00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,880
Speaker 1: he's gonna play heavy to Taylor. They will try to

555
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 1: stop Pittman inside and they'll try to stay on top

556
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,680
Speaker 1: of Piers. That's how he talks. He stay on top

557
00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:00,720
Speaker 1: of Piers. We got to choke Pittman off inside and

558
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,840
Speaker 1: basically starts with stop and Taylor and then they'll have

559
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:07,280
Speaker 1: a good rush in blitz plan for Ellinger. And now

560
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,880
Speaker 1: that he's seen him play, what he will do he

561
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 1: will try to make him play what we call short.

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00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:17,840
Speaker 1: He will try to condense, contain, but condense the pocket.

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00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 1: He won't want to give him those lanes inside that

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00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,600
Speaker 1: he was so effective with throwing. He's going to try

565
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:29,360
Speaker 1: to again contain and compress. He gives the illusion of

566
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 1: a lot of defense, but it's an illusion. The game

567
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 1: plan per week is very narrow and very specific to

568
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 1: those things, your strength and the weaknesses. Now there's two

569
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 1: concepts that he plays over and over. He just uses

570
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 1: a million players. I mean you look, you might look

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Speaker 1: at a double sink on first down from his base defense,

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00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 1: you might look at it from the nickel on the

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Speaker 1: second defense. And he might have different linebackers in there. Guys.

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Speaker 1: They play a lot of guys. All these guys are yeah,

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00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 1: you got The only real staples are obviously a Bentley

576
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 1: inside a linebacker, mccordy at safety, Mills at the one corner,

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00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 1: and then Judon and Wise. Everybody else is interchangeable, and

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00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 1: they're and they're interchangeable by game, and they're interchangeable by

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00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,840
Speaker 1: down and distance. So you can't What you can do

580
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 1: is get memorized, mesmerized by all those people's people. You

581
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,000
Speaker 1: gotta block looks and you gotta block, and you gotta

582
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 1: go versus coverages because they're gonna be repeated. Now, the

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00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:39,240
Speaker 1: two concepts that they run is one that fits perfectly

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Speaker 1: against us, and that's they're a double sinc team. They're

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00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,320
Speaker 1: gonna be a double sinc. Whether it's from you know,

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00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 1: whether it's from base defense, nickel defense, whatever, he's gonna

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00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 1: be in that double sink and he's gonna bring safeties

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00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 1: down to stop Jonathan Taylor. There's no question about that.

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00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: You're gonna see that. He is gonna say, they can't

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00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,640
Speaker 1: run it against this. This is what we're gonna play,

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00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 1: and that's what they play. Like I said, there's a

592
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 1: million double sinks in the game, but they look they'll

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00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,840
Speaker 1: look different with personnel, don't worry about it, block and

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00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,320
Speaker 1: be able to you know, run off tackle, do what

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00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 1: you have to do. And then in the past coverage

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00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:19,160
Speaker 1: part of it, they're really a Manda Man free team

597
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 1: and they'd like to press all the time. So again,

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00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:25,240
Speaker 1: and they'll be different guys by different weeks. Some teams,

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00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:29,320
Speaker 1: sometimes it's a it's a big nickel, you know, with douggers.

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00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 1: Sometimes it's a it's a big nickel with Bryant. I mean,

601
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 1: it's all kinds of different guys are gonna play, but

602
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, it's gonna be some

603
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 1: kind of a frigging man free period with the Rubs. Now,

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00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 1: there's two things you got to be alert for if

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00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 1: you spread. If you spread, Bill has what we call

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00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:52,560
Speaker 1: a code system that you know, I was there when

607
00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,520
Speaker 1: we when we find when we invented it. Really and

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00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 1: so by quarter he'll play your spread differently. In the

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00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:03,120
Speaker 1: first quarters, he may have what we call a sleep check,

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00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 1: which he brings everyone and he's been effective with that.

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00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 1: In other words, it's an au audible sleep go get it,

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00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 1: you know, sometimes it's a play it. But he has

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00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,440
Speaker 1: different codes that they play. But you've got to be

614
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 1: ready the first time you played, the first time you

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00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,000
Speaker 1: get and spread, you've got to be ready for a

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00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:23,239
Speaker 1: zero blitz. He's turned games around early with that. And

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00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 1: then they'll play a three to two on long yards,

618
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 1: third and really long and he plays a million guys

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Speaker 1: in that's it. But the one guy that is the

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00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 1: mic is number thirty. Everybody else is the spinner and

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00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,399
Speaker 1: they have to block. But the one thing I'll say

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00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:41,399
Speaker 1: is because of all the personnel switching. If you can

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00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 1: beat their man to man covers and forcing the zone,

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00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:48,520
Speaker 1: they have become a poor I think technique team, particularly

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00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: on pass defense and zones, just simply because they play

626
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:54,040
Speaker 1: so many guys and they come from all over. But

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00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,879
Speaker 1: your must the number one thing and I think this

628
00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,520
Speaker 1: is really important, and John Gruden always talks about this

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Speaker 1: with me against different teams. Is you got to attack

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00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:06,359
Speaker 1: them early and fast with juice. You got to come

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00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,919
Speaker 1: after them when we go to Foxborough, don't wait, don't

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00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 1: play ourselves into the game. I think some things we

633
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,560
Speaker 1: have to do. Number one, we have to have some

634
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 1: runs called, but we have to be able to check

635
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 1: with me to the outside deep and I want to

636
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:23,280
Speaker 1: create some matchups deep. My number met one matchup Number

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00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:26,160
Speaker 1: one of course is Pierce. I want Pierce on the outside.

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00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,440
Speaker 1: And there's times this week I want to get in

639
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 1: speed trips and I want and I want Gilani Woods

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Speaker 1: out there to the week side by himself and to

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Speaker 1: see if he can get a bad matchup on a safety.

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Speaker 1: And so what I like there is quick tempo runs called,

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Speaker 1: but the ability to kill it and to throw it

644
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Speaker 1: back outside and take your shots. I like fast tempo

645
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Speaker 1: against them because I think it reduces the amount of

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00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:55,400
Speaker 1: specialization he can do. I think if you go quick

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Speaker 1: on him and he can't get his you know, because

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Speaker 1: a lot of times he'll just substitute by first, second,

649
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 1: and third downs. So I think quick tempo hurts them.

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Speaker 1: I think you could pound the edges. They're gonna they're

651
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,480
Speaker 1: gonna bang you inside. So I think you got to

652
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:13,239
Speaker 1: pound the edges both with JT and finesse them with

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Speaker 1: some of the zone reads. Obviously with the quarterback. Uh.

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Speaker 1: But and you know what, go after Judean in the run.

655
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 1: He's a very good rusher, but he's not the greatest

656
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,840
Speaker 1: past he's not the greatest run player. Use your what

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00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,280
Speaker 1: we call gas plays early. If you have a reverse,

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Speaker 1: if you have a special run to the quarterback, if

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00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,520
Speaker 1: you just want to take a dog on shot to Pierce,

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00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,480
Speaker 1: don't wait, let's go get them. Let's get them right

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Speaker 1: off the bat, you know, because the biggest thing you

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00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 1: want to do is you want to you wanted you

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Speaker 1: want to put them on their heels right off the bat.

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Speaker 1: Don't let them get going, uh, you know, in that sense,

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Speaker 1: and quiet their fox Brough crowd Number two gotta be

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Speaker 1: ready with your man beaters. You hear me talk about

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Speaker 1: four beaters a lot or three beats. You got to

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00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 1: be ready with your man beaters because this is a

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Speaker 1: man demand free team. Your bunches, your rubs, your messages,

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00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:12,920
Speaker 1: your runaway routes, take shots early in attack. I really

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Speaker 1: believe you have to win on the outside quadron of

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Speaker 1: the field. The majority of their stuff this week is

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Speaker 1: going to be numbers to numbers on defense in between

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00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:25,160
Speaker 1: what I call the monuments. So again, when you're throwing

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Speaker 1: the ball, you always want to have some rub releases

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Speaker 1: that will go versus man zone, but will make it

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Speaker 1: tough in their man. And we want to take Pierce

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Speaker 1: and we want to win outside. And I'd also like

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Speaker 1: to feature Gilani Woods at times on the week side

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00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,319
Speaker 1: by himself and see what matchup we can get there.

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Speaker 1: All right, number three, you got to block Judon number

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Speaker 1: one and Wise number two. Now, Judon primarily likes to

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00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 1: rush off of his left side, and so Bill will

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Speaker 1: make the determination this week whether he wants to rush

685
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Speaker 1: on Smith or whether he wants to run on on

686
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Speaker 1: Dennis Kelly. So and we could see him on either side,

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Speaker 1: you know, he but he is the guy you have

688
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,799
Speaker 1: to block you if if it means chipping him, it

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00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,479
Speaker 1: means chipping him. And he has a good inside move,

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00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 1: he can come up and under. You know the eight

691
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,879
Speaker 1: and a half sacks you know are are basically what

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Speaker 1: he does. And then with whys, I think why is

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Speaker 1: more dangerous when they get in their double sinks and

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Speaker 1: he is inside on your guards. I think that's that

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00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:33,359
Speaker 1: that's where you have to be alert for Wise. But

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Speaker 1: he you know, Judon is the number one game changer,

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Speaker 1: so don't let him beat us. I always say that

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Speaker 1: this is a guy I know if Belichick was talking

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Speaker 1: to his own team, he would say, do not let

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Speaker 1: Judon beat us? Okay? And then I think number four,

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Speaker 1: he is gonna see all the variety of blitzes that

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00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 1: have hurt us, and he has he has him from

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00:38:56,719 --> 00:39:00,440
Speaker 1: over from delta and the sleets again are audible. But

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Speaker 1: they will have a basic rush plan, and that basic

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Speaker 1: rush plan will be to keep. As I said before,

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Speaker 1: it will be to keep, to keep him in the pocket,

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Speaker 1: to keep Ellinger in the pocket, and to squeeze him

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Speaker 1: in the pocket and make him play short that's the

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Speaker 1: way he talks, and make it collapse. And then they

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Speaker 1: will blitz. They will have a blitz package because of

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Speaker 1: our history of not doing it. So those are the

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00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:31,280
Speaker 1: key issues again as you look at it, and again

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00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: his game plan will unfold early and you'll know immediately

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Speaker 1: who he's going to take away and how he's going

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Speaker 1: to do it. All right, we'll roll up the blueprints

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Speaker 1: and get him done coming up on Sunday. That's good

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Speaker 1: stuff right there on Inside Football with Rick Venturry. Lastly, Rick,

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Speaker 1: before we close out, I mean, Sam Ellinger looked very

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Speaker 1: good all things considered in his first career start. But

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Speaker 1: as you know, I mean we all know, playing in

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Speaker 1: New England, it's just a it's a different animal. It's

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Speaker 1: just different up there. The fans are different, the environment's different.

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Speaker 1: Bill Belichick's on the other sideline. In fact, since Gillette

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Speaker 1: Stadium open back in two thousand and two, the Patriots

725
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:12,400
Speaker 1: are one thirty one and thirty three at home, and

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Speaker 1: the Colts haven't won up there since two thousand and six,

727
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Speaker 1: and they've sent some pretty good teams up there and

728
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:20,479
Speaker 1: have come up short. Now, the Patriots, as you said,

729
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,279
Speaker 1: they're not going to confuse you with some of the

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00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:25,839
Speaker 1: best teams of New England squads. Of old of lore

731
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Speaker 1: if you will. But they're very beatable. We talked about

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00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,000
Speaker 1: it at the middle of the road talent wise, but

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Speaker 1: they will absolutely beat you at home if you make

734
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Speaker 1: mistakes and turn the ball over and beat yourself. And

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Speaker 1: that's what the Colts have routinely done to themselves this season.

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Speaker 1: So if the Colts have any ideas of salvaging the season,

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00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 1: it's got to start now. There's absolutely no more margin

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Speaker 1: for air from here on out with this team. Absolutely,

739
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Speaker 1: Matt and the biggest success that I've had in going

740
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 1: in there and playing against Bill is convincing our team

741
00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 1: of certain things. A Number one, this team is very,

742
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:07,680
Speaker 1: very beatable. You know, anticipate coaches, players, anticipate what you're

743
00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:11,080
Speaker 1: probably going to see based on your strength and liabilities.

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00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 1: To be honest with yourself here, you know, be ready

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00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 1: to adapt if he's doing something extreme. The one thing

746
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:20,719
Speaker 1: about Belichick where he's different than other guys is his

747
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 1: game plan sometimes is not only to take you away,

748
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 1: but it can be extreme. Now the plans will unfold early,

749
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:32,320
Speaker 1: so be ready to adapt now. I think this is critical,

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00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:34,480
Speaker 1: and this has something to do with what you just said.

751
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 1: Go there to start fast, don't dumb it down. Go

752
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 1: there to attack them, as my good friend John Gruden says,

753
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:46,399
Speaker 1: with a juice, you know, get after them, gas them

754
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 1: with your specials early and your shots, and unsettle them.

755
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,600
Speaker 1: That's what you have to do, because they'll try to

756
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:56,640
Speaker 1: unsettle you. As you said, unsettle them. Shut up their crowd,

757
00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:00,520
Speaker 1: keep their owners capprehending. You know, they're so care happy.

758
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:03,320
Speaker 1: They're always given one another five the owner and his kids.

759
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 1: Keep them quiet, you know, tempo them, reduce their specialization.

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00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,480
Speaker 1: This is a solid NFL team, but it's not a

761
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:15,080
Speaker 1: great team. This is a one in three team in Foxborough.

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00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 1: This is not your father's Patriots. Brady Moss, Gronk Edelman.

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00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:24,839
Speaker 1: They're not coming mcguinnis Bruskie seymour Ty Law, They're not

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00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:28,960
Speaker 1: coming to play Sunday. Key issue is this, and this

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00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:34,880
Speaker 1: includes Belichick. Play the man, not the myths. Belichick is

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00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:39,720
Speaker 1: not undefeated and his team is four and four. Attack

767
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,920
Speaker 1: them like the Bears did. Attack them from the opening

768
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 1: kickoff to the last second of the game, and get

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Speaker 1: this thing back to five hundred. There you go, Rick Venturi,

770
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:53,360
Speaker 1: great breakdown has always inside football, the blueprints and the

771
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:56,360
Speaker 1: knowledge every single week. When was the last time you

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00:42:56,360 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 1: were in New England. That's a good question. I think

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00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:04,279
Speaker 1: it was one of my it's been a while. I

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00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:08,600
Speaker 1: think it was my last, either my last or second

775
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:12,799
Speaker 1: to the last year with the Rams. We went up

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00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:16,239
Speaker 1: there when you know, Brady obviously was really rolling. We

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00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:19,120
Speaker 1: lost a very very close game up there. We had it,

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00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,080
Speaker 1: we had a real chance to win it at the

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Speaker 1: end and uh, you know, we just we just couldn't

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00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 1: quite get it done. We got the ball back for

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00:43:26,719 --> 00:43:28,920
Speaker 1: our offense, but we couldn't score at the very end,

782
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:32,000
Speaker 1: and it was very very tight game. But you know,

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Speaker 1: again it's it's funny because I've been both inside with

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00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:38,960
Speaker 1: him and against him several times, and you know, we've

785
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,719
Speaker 1: known one another for years, even before I worked for him.

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Speaker 1: We back when I was in Indianapolis in those early days.

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00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:47,919
Speaker 1: We were in the three four. And this is even

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00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:49,759
Speaker 1: before he was a head coach. They were in the

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Speaker 1: three four the Giants, and when he was assistant with

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00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:55,439
Speaker 1: the Giants, and we used to really get together a lot,

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00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:58,239
Speaker 1: like down in Mobile at the Senior Bowl or at

792
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:02,239
Speaker 1: the Combine, and we really he used to discuss, you know,

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00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:05,799
Speaker 1: the three to four, how we played other teams, and

794
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:07,960
Speaker 1: then after I left him when I was in New Orleans.

795
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:10,240
Speaker 1: You're not supposed to do this, but we did it anyway.

796
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:13,400
Speaker 1: We had seminars with them when we didn't play one another,

797
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:16,360
Speaker 1: and yet we might play their division or something, and

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00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 1: we used to have seminars with them all the time.

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Speaker 1: So really kind of knew how Yeah, I kind of

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00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:22,480
Speaker 1: knew how he thinks a little bit. Yeah, I would,

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00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:25,120
Speaker 1: I'll say so. I mean, if there's anybody locally here

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00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:27,560
Speaker 1: in town that knows Bill Belichick, it's it's definitely you,

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00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:30,560
Speaker 1: my friend. Well enjoy it, um, you know, enjoy some

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00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:33,960
Speaker 1: clam chowder on Saturday night before the game. I'll maybe

805
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:36,920
Speaker 1: taking some of that New England foliage up there. And uh,

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00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:39,480
Speaker 1: we're excited for a Week nine interesting game, there's no

807
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:41,239
Speaker 1: doubt about it. As you said at the beginning, As

808
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:44,680
Speaker 1: we said last week, the cults are never lacking for storylines.

809
00:44:44,719 --> 00:44:48,120
Speaker 1: There's always something going on. And also, Matt, we're never

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00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:52,080
Speaker 1: we're never We're never lacking for fourth quarter drama. I

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Speaker 1: know that every time I look at you in the

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00:44:54,320 --> 00:45:00,000
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, it's down to the we're standing up. Yeah,

813
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:03,120
Speaker 1: we're gyrating and trying to will this team to win.

814
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:06,840
Speaker 1: That's what we do absolutely all right, man, have a

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Speaker 1: great rest of the week and we'll see you on

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Speaker 1: Saturday for Travel Day all rd Matt Tucket, you got

817
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Speaker 1: a Rick Ventury outstanding per usual on Inside Football this week.

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Speaker 1: For the latest on the Colts, you're in the right spot.

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Speaker 1: Check us out Colts dot com, the Colts Mobile app,

820
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:24,440
Speaker 1: and be sure to subscribe to everything on the Colts

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Speaker 1: Audio Network wherever you get your podcast. For Rick Ventury,

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Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor. That's the breakdown on the new England

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Speaker 1: Patriots coaching changes, quarterback changes and trades inside the Colts

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Speaker 1: locker room. And we'll talk to you next Wednesday. We'll

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Speaker 1: do it again on another installment of Inside Football, breaking

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Speaker 1: down the Raiders in week number ten. For Rick, I'm

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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor. Thanks for listening here on the Colts Audio Network.

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Speaker 1: So long