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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor. Hey, good evening and welcome to the Colts

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Speaker 1: Daily Update tonight. I'm Matt Taylor with you for the

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Speaker 1: next fifteen minutes or so talking Colts football. Colts had

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Speaker 1: The Colts are four and five, winners of four of

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Speaker 1: on Josh Allen and company. The Colts and Jags have

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Speaker 1: with eight games to play. Currently, the Colts have the

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Speaker 1: But if you look at the standings, ten of these

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