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

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Speaker 2: Guys write numbers three, Jet Spielberg, I'm wonder far right, nast,

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Speaker 2: big fly, turnout, Selda fourteen, Diabolo, widout a bunch right,

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

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Speaker 2: Hey, sure you get enough dep like twelve yard, fourteen yards,

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

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturie. Through three games, the Colts are perfect. They've

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Speaker 1: dismantled the Titans forty one to twenty and their first

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Speaker 1: taste of the AFC South last Sunday, and they have

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Speaker 1: scored over one hundred points so far on the young season.

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Speaker 1: They haven't turned the ball over yet, they've punted only once,

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Speaker 1: and the defense made life tough on a rookie quarterback.

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Speaker 1: And week number three Indies feeling good and up next

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Speaker 1: are the two to one LA Rams in Week four

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Speaker 1: and a trip across the country coming up for your

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Speaker 1: perfect and undefeated Indianapolis Colts. I'm Matt Taylor inside the

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Speaker 1: Indiana Union Construction Industry or radio studio. We also welcome

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Speaker 1: in mister perfect himself, Rick Vin Turrey to his weekly

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Speaker 1: podcast talking Colts football and previewing the upcoming opponent here

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Speaker 1: and he's the star of the show with his nearly

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Speaker 1: thirty years of NFL coaching background. RV Welcome back, mister Perfect.

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Speaker 1: As I said, how you doing today.

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, it's it's a little rainy up here

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Speaker 2: on the North Harbor, but it's all sunshine with the Colts.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 2: I am, as I said, as I said to you

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Speaker 2: Monday man, I am riding the wave. I was so impressed,

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Speaker 2: and I know this is not always easy, but I

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Speaker 2: was so impressed that we would go in and that

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Speaker 2: we in a potential trap game, you know, where the

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Speaker 2: perception was all. You know, this is a cakewalk and everything.

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Speaker 2: And in the past those games would have been tight,

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Speaker 2: we'd have had to win in the field goal. And

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Speaker 2: we went in there and just dominated the game. I

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Speaker 2: mean just dominated the beginning of it, dominated the middle eight,

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Speaker 2: And of course so much of it is based on

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Speaker 2: the sensational offense. As you just said that we're getting

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Speaker 2: I mean, I thought we were going to be better,

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Speaker 2: but this is absolutely amazing. I mean, two things that

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Speaker 2: stand out. Besides all the things you just chronicled, all

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Speaker 2: the great statistics on offense, number two scoring and number

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Speaker 2: eighty five eight. I mean, you know that's based on

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Speaker 2: He's leading the league in rushing with three thirty eight.

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Speaker 2: So you know you're getting You're getting to what I

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Speaker 2: consider sensational performances. I don't think they're good. I think

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Speaker 2: they're sensational. And then what it's doing, it's allowing Shane

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Speaker 2: Warren is good. There is a tight end right now.

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Speaker 2: You know he's using him in all those different positions,

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Speaker 2: including fullback. I think the guy that's benefited the most

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Speaker 2: a hybrid. He's not shut, he's not a special X receiver.

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Speaker 2: But when you put him around the box, when you

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Speaker 2: Look how sharp he is catching those balls in the flat,

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Speaker 2: which he's always done because he is physical. You get

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Speaker 2: Kenny is not good. Kenny is a legitimate star at

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Speaker 2: I think that's something that we really have to address.

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Speaker 1: Complete breakdown right there with the Colts moving to three

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Speaker 1: mentioned the word perfection at the beginning. As you know, Rick,

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Speaker 1: there's no such thing as perfection in the NFL, but

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Speaker 1: the Colts on offense right now are the closest thing

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Speaker 1: one to oh, three to fifty six. Nobody in the

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Speaker 1: NFL has a better point differential. Heading into week number four,

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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty five Colts join the Bills this season

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Speaker 1: and only two other teams in the history of the

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Speaker 1: plus points and no turnovers in their first three games

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Speaker 1: of a season. Rick, You've been around this game for

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Speaker 1: a long time. You've seen a lot of football. What

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Speaker 1: a season, with a lot of different moving parts, different

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Speaker 2: No, it's spectacular, and you can underline spectacular three times.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, we thought we could be better.

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Speaker 2: I mean, when your quarterback is leading the league, when

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Speaker 2: and we're scoring. I mean, we've had one punt in

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Speaker 2: three weeks. One. I mean, this is no, this is

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Speaker 2: And that's why I don't like to get picky. But

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Speaker 2: the little things that you've got to do, you've got

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Speaker 2: you're gonna get in the scoring game with the Rams.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, those things, those things are gonna matter eventually. Right,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it almost costs us in the Denver game. I

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Speaker 2: They move him, they move him around, they get him.

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Speaker 2: have some similarities to the Colts, which I'll get into.

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Speaker 2: For instance, they're wide receivers, including Nakua. They do a

433
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Speaker 2: really good job of blocking. They'll block in the cylinder

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Speaker 2: like Michael Pickman, like Duland does. They're unselfish guys, just

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Speaker 2: like Coach's players are. Here's some things schematically. Schematically, as

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Speaker 2: I said, think of it as a combination of Mike

437
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Speaker 2: Shanahan and John Gruden. And by that I mean just

438
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Speaker 2: simply a lot of movement. But the basis of the

439
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Speaker 2: offense is the inside and outside zone running game. A

440
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Speaker 2: little bit of counter, but it's inside zone, outside zone,

441
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Speaker 2: and then the play action comes off of that. They're

442
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Speaker 2: gonna run a lot of bootlegs, but it isn't to bootlegs.

443
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Speaker 2: We've been looking at it. It's not bootlegs to get

444
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Speaker 2: on the edge. If they run a bootleg, that's out

445
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Speaker 2: wide on the six or seven hole. Then he's looking

446
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Speaker 2: for a flat or a crosser. Now what Stafford likes

447
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,560
Speaker 2: a lot, and we saw Danny Jones do it Sunday

448
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,840
Speaker 2: is boot to four, boot to the half roll and

449
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,679
Speaker 2: he's done. He made it popular before anybody else. And

450
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,920
Speaker 2: throw that ball all the way back across field. That's

451
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Speaker 2: been a lot of big plays for them over the

452
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Speaker 2: course of the year. Now, a couple things you gotta

453
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Speaker 2: be ready for. Formationally, he'll get into real wide splits stacks,

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Speaker 2: throw the ball back inside. Then he'll get in tight

455
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Speaker 2: splits and explode back outside. A lot of bunches, bassties,

456
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Speaker 2: a lot of nasties, a lot of motion, a lot

457
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Speaker 2: of different things. To get it again, you gotta be

458
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Speaker 2: able to play Nakua and Adams and know who they are. Again,

459
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Speaker 2: Nikua is the master of the inside, Adams master of

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Speaker 2: the outside. Okay, and then you know basically also with Nikouah,

461
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:39,160
Speaker 2: it's quick screens and different things. So again our blueprint defensively,

462
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Speaker 2: to me, it starts with do not let the running

463
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Speaker 2: game gets going again. The starting point of the offense,

464
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Speaker 2: despite passing statistics, is those runs, is those zone runs,

465
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Speaker 2: and really Williams had ninety four yards corn fifty three

466
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Speaker 2: last week. You know, like I said, they were one

467
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Speaker 2: hundred and sixty total. So you really have to set

468
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Speaker 2: the edge and then on the inside you really have

469
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Speaker 2: to penetrate those zones so the linebackers get really good definition.

470
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Speaker 2: The one thing you don't want to do on this

471
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Speaker 2: team is sit on the line and play because what

472
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Speaker 2: they'll do is they'll push you and then they'll take

473
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Speaker 2: that ball, put that foot in the ground and go.

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Speaker 2: You want to force definition on those inside runs. And

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Speaker 2: to be honest with you, they need the running game

476
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Speaker 2: to protect their offensive line, which is an average pass

477
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Speaker 2: protection line. You know, if they have to throw the game,

478
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Speaker 2: if they get in a disadvantage situation, and they need

479
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Speaker 2: that running game to make that play action deadly. So

480
00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,240
Speaker 2: they don't like second and third and long now they

481
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:45,320
Speaker 2: really don't. So but again, protect the edges. Not so

482
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Speaker 2: much on Stafford, but Nakua and winning him winning ton

483
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Speaker 2: is there are there guys that are gadget guys. They'll

484
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Speaker 2: bring either one of them back and run speed sweeps

485
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Speaker 2: and they've been effective. So Number one, don't let that

486
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Speaker 2: get going. Number two got to take away Nikua I

487
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Speaker 2: mean he's number one. He's absolutely number one, twenty nine catches.

488
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Speaker 2: As I said, you've got to take away the middle

489
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Speaker 2: of the field with him. He shredded us back in

490
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Speaker 2: twenty three, and we knew it was coming. He plays

491
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Speaker 2: fast from all aspects. He's very tough inside when the

492
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Speaker 2: game is on the line, when he gets on the lane,

493
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Speaker 2: whether it's the last two minutes of the first half

494
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,240
Speaker 2: or the fourth quarter, you gotta get him covered. And

495
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,840
Speaker 2: they're gonna use, you know, tight bunches and things to

496
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Speaker 2: get him open. They'll run him, they'll do different things,

497
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Speaker 2: but Nikua. You can't let Nakua go off. Then number

498
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Speaker 2: three play tough on Adams on the outside. Now, Adams

499
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Speaker 2: is a different type of receiver, but he's number twelve

500
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Speaker 2: in the league at yards per at sixteen to four.

501
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Speaker 2: As they said, master of the outside, a lot of

502
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Speaker 2: push off, a lot of double move. He'll go up

503
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Speaker 2: and get the fifty to fifty ball. Most everything he

504
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Speaker 2: does is on the outside. If he's lying up inside,

505
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 2: he might as well cover him because he's going to

506
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Speaker 2: get the ball. That's unique in that sense. And then

507
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,320
Speaker 2: stay close to Higbee the tight end underneath. But again

508
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,960
Speaker 2: go back to Nakua and Adams. You got to stop them.

509
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:18,200
Speaker 2: Then number four dominate the offensive line speed and athleticism

510
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 2: on the edges. Their right side really really struggles. I

511
00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 2: think stunts and movement will get them and then attack

512
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Speaker 2: their left guard. The other thing I don't both backs

513
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,600
Speaker 2: are small. I'm not going to be afraid to blitz Stafford,

514
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Speaker 2: particularly if I can play more man with Ward. I

515
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,320
Speaker 2: want to come right after those backs and bring those

516
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Speaker 2: extra linebackers in there on blitz. Then number five, this

517
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:47,800
Speaker 2: is obvious. You got to play four quarters versus Stafford.

518
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,159
Speaker 2: He's the ultimate competitor. I think people talk about his talent,

519
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:57,320
Speaker 2: it's the he's the ultimate competitor tight window coverages because

520
00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,639
Speaker 2: he can slice it in there. You know, he's a

521
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:03,199
Speaker 2: huge numbers to numbers. He's another guy that throws a

522
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:07,000
Speaker 2: ton of ball between the numbers, so pack your coverage

523
00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,199
Speaker 2: is in. He loves the boots and play action on

524
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,960
Speaker 2: the crosses and overs, and you got to handle the

525
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,399
Speaker 2: pressure off the edge, break his rhythm. You need to

526
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Speaker 2: constantly mix and keep the blitzes coming, keep him off balance.

527
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Speaker 2: You know, this has got to be a hangar inade game,

528
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,080
Speaker 2: not horseshoes. By that, I mean you got to get

529
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Speaker 2: him down because he will deliver late in the down

530
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,359
Speaker 2: and he'll throw it from any angle. He he knows

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Speaker 2: that field. But the other thing about him, because he

532
00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:38,840
Speaker 2: is such a competitor, you can force turnovers, beat Stafford,

533
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Speaker 2: you beat the Rams.

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Speaker 1: No doubt about it. Let's keep this train moving right there.

535
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Speaker 1: That's Rick Venturrey. This is inside football. Those are his

536
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Speaker 1: blueprints for the Colts on defense to have success against

537
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Speaker 1: all of those weapons in Matthew Stafford with the Rams

538
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,760
Speaker 1: possessing the football. Let's move over to the other side

539
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Speaker 1: of the ball here. Let's talk about the Rams on

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Speaker 1: defense here. Now, Rick, Los Angeles the big picture on

541
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Speaker 1: their defense, giving up a very respectable twenty points per game.

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Speaker 1: So far, they have the fifth best overall defense in

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Speaker 1: terms of yards. They also rank sixth in passing, eighth

544
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Speaker 1: on third down, and they've generated twelve sacks already on

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Speaker 1: the season, which are tied for the most in the

546
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Speaker 1: NFL so far. And you know, going back to last week,

547
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Speaker 1: they lost to the Eagles, Yes, but they did a

548
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 1: great job in shutting down the run. Sakuon Barkley had

549
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:29,400
Speaker 1: just forty six yards on eighteen carries, his fewest yards

550
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,000
Speaker 1: and yards per carry average at two point six in

551
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Speaker 1: a game since he hooked up with the Philadelphia Eagles.

552
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Speaker 1: But they do want to bring pressure. We talked about

553
00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 1: the sacks. They've pressured opponents on forty three percent of dropbacks,

554
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Speaker 1: that's fifth in the NFL. And they've sacked opponents on

555
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 1: ten point seven percent of dropbacks, that's third in the NFL.

556
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Speaker 1: So they bring a lot of people. They get their

557
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Speaker 1: hands on the football on the back end. They have

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Speaker 1: already produced fourteen passes defense this season, including five from

559
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Speaker 1: nickelback Quinton Lake. He's one of the best play in

560
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Speaker 1: their secondary, and so is safety Cam Curl who leads

561
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Speaker 1: them in tackles already. He's got twenty six stops on

562
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Speaker 1: the season. Kobe Turner, he's a monster up front. He

563
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,920
Speaker 1: had nine sacks last year as a rookie, already has

564
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Speaker 1: won to his name so far this year. Last year

565
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,480
Speaker 1: tied Aaron Donald for the most sacks by a rookie

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Speaker 1: in club history. And then coming off the edge, they

567
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Speaker 1: boast guys like Byron Young and Jared Verse. Last year

568
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Speaker 1: as a rookie, Verse led all first year players in

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Speaker 1: quarterback hits, pressures, hurries. He also ranked second in tackles

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Speaker 1: for loss. He was fifth in sacks behind his teammate

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Speaker 1: Braydon Fisk, who's also a starter along that defensive line

572
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Speaker 1: as well. He's back in twenty twenty five. So those

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Speaker 1: are the highlights of this Rams defense. Rick guided by

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Speaker 1: defensive coordinator Chris Shula, who you talked about a little

575
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Speaker 1: bit earlier. So what ouse stands out to you about

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Speaker 1: LA on their defense here going into week four? They're

577
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Speaker 1: going to have the crowd at their back as well

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Speaker 1: in this game at Sofi Stadium.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I getically defensively, they're just really talented, they're fast,

580
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Speaker 2: and they're impacted. You mentioned all those young kids, I

581
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Speaker 2: mean Young, Turner, Verse, Fisk, and Stuart the rookie actually

582
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:15,200
Speaker 2: put the Titans away to two weeks ago. Young is

583
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Speaker 2: the guy you gotta be careful with. He's gonna move

584
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Speaker 2: around when they get in third and long, they get

585
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,280
Speaker 2: in what looks like a delta, looks like a three

586
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Speaker 2: man line, and all they've really done is taken zero,

587
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 2: which is Young, and they'll move and they'll walk him

588
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 2: on your guards, walk him around.

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Speaker 3: You know, they will bring five.

590
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,760
Speaker 2: They're not a huge blitz team, but they'll bring five.

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Speaker 2: They'll give us a lot of bear. Just assume they're

592
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 2: going to give us a lot of bear and eight

593
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 2: man fronts to stop Jonathan, no doubt about it. Then

594
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 2: when they get in the longer yardage situation, they have

595
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Speaker 2: a lot of coverage variants. You'll see what I call

596
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 2: a week side inside rotation six buzz. They give you

597
00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,959
Speaker 2: some different cover twos, and I think I don't think

598
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,200
Speaker 2: it'll be too much for Danny, but it is tough.

599
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 3: They'll give you.

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Speaker 2: What we call a two row. It'll look like three deep,

601
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,959
Speaker 2: and they'll roll to Cover two strong and on the

602
00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 2: weak side, the free safety that's down, he'll go to

603
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:16,520
Speaker 2: the flat, which we call slice techniques. He'll slice to

604
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,479
Speaker 2: the flat and the corner will play the half so

605
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,200
Speaker 2: it doesn't look like Cover two coming and all of

606
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,440
Speaker 2: a sudden, it's an inverted Cover two. They'll do that

607
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:29,200
Speaker 2: both strong and weak on passing downs. And then they'll

608
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:32,280
Speaker 2: give you a Cover three look a three deep shell,

609
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 2: but the free safety who's in the middle is actually

610
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,720
Speaker 2: the robber in Tampa two. So a lot of their

611
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:43,840
Speaker 2: variants comes in coverage between Cover six cover three. In

612
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 2: those cover twos. When they get in the red area,

613
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:51,120
Speaker 2: it's a hard one match and a red four match. Again.

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Speaker 2: I think our blueprint number one. We just have to

615
00:32:56,160 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 2: continue to pound their athletic front. I said this on

616
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Speaker 2: and it's true of both sides of the ball. Our

617
00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 2: offensive line has to dominate. We got to run power

618
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:12,280
Speaker 2: plays and tosses to the edges. I still as talent

619
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Speaker 2: as they are, I think they're more athletic than physically.

620
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 2: I think you can zone run the bubble. What you

621
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 2: gotta do is get those safeties blocked. Those guys you

622
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 2: talked about, you got to get those safeties blocked and

623
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Speaker 2: make their corners tackle. I don't think their corners think

624
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:30,960
Speaker 2: that tackling is part of their job destriction and that

625
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:33,800
Speaker 2: affects them on the run in the past. And because

626
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Speaker 2: of that, I keep emphasizing explosive runs. Block those safeties,

627
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:42,880
Speaker 2: make those tackle, make those corners tackle, get jt out there,

628
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 2: make them make business decisions. I think reverses and misdirection

629
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Speaker 2: speed misdirection plays are that'll control their pursuit because they

630
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:56,960
Speaker 2: will go to the ball. Number two, they're going to

631
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Speaker 2: give you that eight man front. They're gonna give you

632
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 2: a lot of bears. So they're going to open up

633
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:05,120
Speaker 2: some areas in that second level that we've been absolutely

634
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 2: destroying people. And they don't match hard until they get

635
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 2: to the red zone. In other words, if they play zone

636
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:14,799
Speaker 2: underneath it is a true zone. It isn't a match

637
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 2: until they cross the thirty. So again, I want to

638
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 2: get that run going, but I want to wear them

639
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 2: out with Warren and Pittman, just wear them out in

640
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,839
Speaker 2: the second level. When I do want to throw it,

641
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:29,960
Speaker 2: I want to throw a little bit more weak side

642
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:33,720
Speaker 2: today because of all that two slice that they run.

643
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Speaker 2: I want to run those weak side layers back to

644
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Speaker 2: the weak side. We've been so successful with Warren downfield

645
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Speaker 2: on that I think those are important. And you know,

646
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,720
Speaker 2: again you can get They did get a huge play.

647
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 2: I haven't seen a lot of it, but Philly got

648
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 2: Goddard down the field on that cover too for that

649
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 2: big play down the middle on cover two. But I

650
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 2: think you want to work on these corners. Number three,

651
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 2: protect this front four, particularly in passing downs. And I

652
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 2: say young number one simply not because he's the best,

653
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 2: they're all pretty good, but because of his versatility. Again,

654
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,360
Speaker 2: they're a team that gives you those double barrel mugs

655
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:17,239
Speaker 2: and single mugs. The other guy you talked about Lake

656
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,799
Speaker 2: Lake is an outstanding nickel who can bring it. And

657
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:24,959
Speaker 2: McCullough then is an outstanding safety who can really bring

658
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 2: the blitz. You talked about Verse versus one of the

659
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:32,120
Speaker 2: best speed to power rushers. Don't set soft on him.

660
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 2: And then of course Turner forward Fisk inside. All those

661
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:39,279
Speaker 2: guys can play. Now, I think number four and this

662
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,640
Speaker 2: is more apparent to me today and it was Monday

663
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Speaker 2: than I saw going into the game. We got to

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Speaker 2: own the out. We got to own their corners on

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Speaker 2: the outside of the numbers. You know, if Pierce were there,

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Speaker 2: I would say this is a big game. If he

667
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Speaker 2: can't go with the concussion, then Mitchell has got to

668
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Speaker 2: have a great game. We've got to go out after

669
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Speaker 2: their three corners, Duran, Williams and Forbes on the outside.

670
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 2: They are not physical, they're small. When it came down

671
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,760
Speaker 2: to it, with the nineteen point lead, AJ Brown simply

672
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 2: kill them on routes, on comebacks, on breaking tackles, and

673
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 2: again when we need that money down. You know, I

674
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 2: think Downs can beat Lake in no short areas. But

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Speaker 2: you know, whether it's Pitman, you know, whether it's using

676
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Speaker 2: Warn out there, whether it's Mitchell, we have got to

677
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 2: get isolations on those corners and we got to wear

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Speaker 2: them out. And then I would say number five, and

679
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:42,040
Speaker 2: I've alluded to this before, we got to win in

680
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Speaker 2: the red zone. I think you've got to assume that

681
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:48,279
Speaker 2: Rams may score some points, and they can score. This

682
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:49,920
Speaker 2: has got to be a game where we get seven.

683
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,040
Speaker 2: We have to say we're gonna get seven. The Colts

684
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 2: are twenty six in the red zone, the Rams eighteen,

685
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 2: you know, and I just noticed something.

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Speaker 3: We seem to be real just wide open on the field,

687
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Speaker 3: and then.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes we get a little tight. Chain gets a little

689
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Speaker 2: tight in the red area. So I think keep in

690
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Speaker 2: mind there's only a few things you can do in

691
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 2: the red area that you have to be really good at.

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Speaker 3: Red area.

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Speaker 2: To me, you have to execute and you've got to

694
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,439
Speaker 2: be good with a few amount of things. Number one,

695
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 2: fifty to fifty balls, and that's Pittman and Warn. Pittman

696
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 2: and Warren are fifty to fifty receivers. We got to

697
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 2: take shots to them in that red zone. Inside options

698
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,919
Speaker 2: on the mic, which we call jerk routes. Now that's

699
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 2: downs and we haven't done any of that way. You

700
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 2: spread them all out and you let him work in

701
00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 2: there on that medal linebacker obviously pound with JT, but

702
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,799
Speaker 2: they're really stacked up in there in that red zone.

703
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 2: And then I thought Danny's legs that was a big

704
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 2: factor in that critical score because he can run the designers.

705
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Speaker 2: And I think in a game like this, which is

706
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Speaker 2: a championship game, and I think it's pretty much this

707
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 2: way every week, but I think red zone will termine this.

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Speaker 1: One, no doubt about it. That's always a huge key

709
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:06,399
Speaker 1: to success, a big factor in the NFL. The Coults

710
00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:08,640
Speaker 1: are trying to get better there on both sides of

711
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Speaker 1: the ball too. Like you mentioned, Rick, the Colts have

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Speaker 1: allowed touchdowns inside the red zone every time the opponent

713
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Speaker 1: has reached the red zone so far this year. So yep,

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Speaker 1: got to clean those things up. As we transition into

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Speaker 1: your final instructions going into this fourth game of the season,

716
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Speaker 1: let's talk about the bottom line here. And I think

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Speaker 1: this is going to be the best team the Colts

718
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Speaker 1: have played so far this year, and I think that

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Speaker 1: leads to why there is still some skeptics still out

720
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Speaker 1: there on this team. And I still think there's some

721
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Speaker 1: people that are on the fence about the Colts three

722
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:44,040
Speaker 1: and zero start, believe it or not, because Colts opponents

723
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:47,960
Speaker 1: are still just one in eight so far on the season. Combined,

724
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Speaker 1: they've lost their games by combined eighty points. So I

725
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Speaker 1: think that makes this game a barometer game for the Colts,

726
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 1: going on the road, hostile environment, A really good team

727
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Speaker 1: in the Rams see where the Colts are at. I

728
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Speaker 1: think that's the mindset of some people still heading into

729
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,879
Speaker 1: this fourth game of the season. So the Rams are

730
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Speaker 1: very well coached, like we've talked about, they have an

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Speaker 1: all time graded quarterback, tons of playmakers on offense, and

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Speaker 1: again that defense is going to be lifted by seventy

733
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Speaker 1: thousand strong at SOFI Stadium. So what is your final

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Speaker 1: message to the Colts here heading into this game on

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Speaker 1: the road.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you're right. I think there's a lot

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Speaker 2: of non believers out there. I'm certainly not one of them,

738
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Speaker 2: but I think they're out there, and this is a

739
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 2: great opportunity for us. If I'm talking to the team,

740
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:38,359
Speaker 2: to me in the end, I'm telling them this is

741
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Speaker 2: the huge barometer game for us. This is the best

742
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Speaker 2: team we've played superbly coached. They have an exceptional quarterback

743
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Speaker 2: that you know, and they have terrific twosome at receiver

744
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:55,000
Speaker 2: and young talented defensive at home. They are one of

745
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:58,799
Speaker 2: the best franchises in the league. And it provides us.

746
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Speaker 2: I don't say it's a chat. I think it provides

747
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Speaker 2: us with a great opportunity to be the best men.

748
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Speaker 2: You have to play and you have to destroy the best.

749
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Speaker 2: How they respond to their loss last week will be

750
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Speaker 2: determined by how we go out there and hit them early,

751
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:22,160
Speaker 2: create huge doubts in their heads, and then kick their

752
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:26,560
Speaker 2: butts for sixty minutes. That's how they react. Frankly, you

753
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 2: can be the best damn team on the field. To me,

754
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 2: success in this game will be about you being the

755
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:40,680
Speaker 2: most physical team on the field. The Rams have finesse,

756
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:45,799
Speaker 2: but I truly believe you are the tougher teams and

757
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,320
Speaker 2: you can beat the live and crap out of them

758
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 2: and come home with the prize. This is about going

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00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 2: to LA with singleness of purpose and an indomitable will

760
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Speaker 2: to win. Believe in yourself men, and believe in one another,

761
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 2: and attack and never look back. People say, who are

762
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 2: the Colts? Are they a flash in the pan and

763
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:15,799
Speaker 2: to me, that's garbage. And this is the opportunity to

764
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Speaker 2: fill Jim and Carly's mandate to get back to the

765
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 2: standard and to find the greatness that was Colts football.

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Speaker 2: This is what you dream of as a kid, to

767
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 2: play a top team in a big game, on a

768
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:37,839
Speaker 2: big stage and prove that you are the damn king

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Speaker 2: of the Hill and make the City of Angels weep.

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Speaker 1: There you go, baby, I love it bringing the energy

771
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Speaker 1: at the end here Rick Venturrey and his final instructions

772
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Speaker 1: and his keys for success against the LA Rams, the

773
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Speaker 1: Colts trying to get it done out in Hollywood. Great

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Speaker 1: final message right there as we close out the show, RV.

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Speaker 1: And I think we told you earlier this week the

776
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Speaker 1: Colts are playing at Sofi Stadium for the first time ever.

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Speaker 1: They're playing in LA for the first time since twenty seventeen,

778
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Speaker 1: and they're gonna be looking for their first win in

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Speaker 1: the City of Angels, as you put it right there,

780
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Speaker 1: since nineteen eighty six when they beat the then LA

781
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Speaker 1: Raiders out west. You were coaching linebackers on that team

782
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:20,279
Speaker 1: for the Colts, were you not.

783
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Speaker 2: I was on that bus. I really was. You know.

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Speaker 2: We played back then in the in the Olk in

785
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:29,960
Speaker 2: the well, not the old it's still there. But in

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Speaker 2: eighty six we played the Raiders in the in the

787
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Speaker 2: LA Coliseum, unbelievable. Eighty six is when we started to

788
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:41,520
Speaker 2: turn around late eighty six because we were really struggling.

789
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:44,880
Speaker 2: And in eighty seven we won the actual AFC East.

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00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,920
Speaker 2: But that was a game that was huge win for

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Speaker 2: us back then because we were you know, we weren't

792
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:53,080
Speaker 2: a very good team, and that was that was a

793
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Speaker 2: little bit of a signature win for us.

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Speaker 3: I like it. Man.

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Speaker 1: Nineteen eighty six, Rick Van Turrey was coaching linebackers and

796
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 1: I was still soy myself in a diaper. I can't

797
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:07,640
Speaker 1: I can't say I remember that game, but I'll go

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00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:09,759
Speaker 1: back on YouTube and I'll watch it just for you.

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Speaker 1: That's a nice little compromise, Rick.

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Speaker 2: I love it. I love it.

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Speaker 1: I love going down memory lane with Rick Ventry, and

802
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,200
Speaker 1: I love breaking down the muss and the blueprints on

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Speaker 1: both sides of the ball. I'm telling you what that is.

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Speaker 1: You're not going to find a better breakdown in a

805
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 1: better weekly game preview than that right there, if you're

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Speaker 1: a Colts fan. So thanks for joining us today. Make

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Speaker 1: sure you come back every single week to get the

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Speaker 1: x's and o's feel and the game plan for how

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Speaker 1: the Colts can be victorious throughout the twenty twenty five season.

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Speaker 1: Should be a really fun and enjoyable trip out West Rick.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to see the new stadiumb. We're certainly missing

812
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,560
Speaker 1: you on the road this year, but love having your

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Speaker 1: presence expanded on the pregame show while we're away, and

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Speaker 1: can't wait to talk to you again next week here

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Speaker 1: on the podcast.

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Speaker 2: And I'll be with you in spirit all the way.

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Speaker 1: But I know it that is Rick Fanny that's gonna

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Speaker 1: do it for our week four look at the Rams.

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Speaker 1: Reminder this week in terms of game day programming, Sunday's

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Speaker 1: game starts at four o'clock Eastern time. Radio coverage begins

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Speaker 1: one o'clock Eastern time. Colts Pregame Huddle with Rick V.

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Speaker 1: Tury and the Acasta Characters with JMV and Casey Valier

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00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,879
Speaker 1: and Bill Brooks that starts on ninety three to five

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Speaker 1: and one oh seven five the Fan in ninety seven

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Speaker 1: to one Hank FM at one o'clock countdown. A kickoff

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Speaker 1: starts at three on those same stations. In Indianapolis, and

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Speaker 1: then on the Ascension Saint Vincent Radio Network all over

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Speaker 1: Colts Country, and then at four o'clock it's the Colts

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Speaker 1: and Rams from Sofi Stadium out in La La Land.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back next week. We'll preview the week five

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Speaker 1: match up of course, with the Raiders coming up next Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: But until then, thanks for listening. For Rick Van Turrey,

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Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor. This has been Inside Football on the

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Speaker 1: Colts Podcast channel. Have a great rest of your week.