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Speaker 2: all things Colts football after another win with you until

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Speaker 2: six thirty tonight, leading into Pacer pregame coverage this evening.

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Speaker 2: That's why We're on a little bit earlier than normal,

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Speaker 2: but a very busy hour as always. Colts head coach

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Speaker 2: the Colts analysts. They're going to join in as well,

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Speaker 2: starting on segment number two and all throughout the show tonight.

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Speaker 2: We're taking your social media questions this evening, per usual,

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Speaker 2: with the hashtag Colts Roundtable. Colts knocked off the Steelers

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Speaker 2: thirty to thirteen on Saturday Night in a game that

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Speaker 2: was played forty eight hours ago, so no need to

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Speaker 2: get into a tremendous amount of detail here on the recap,

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Speaker 2: but the win for the Colts was their first over

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Speaker 2: the Steelers since two thousand and eight, and it snapped

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Speaker 2: an eight game losing streak to Pittsburgh. It also gives

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Speaker 2: the Colts a very important tiebreaker over the Steelers, and

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Speaker 2: it's another AFC win for the Colts, which further pads

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Speaker 2: an important conference tiebreaker which could come in handy coming

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Speaker 2: up in a few weeks when we get closer and

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Speaker 2: closer to the playoffs. The Colts got down early thirteen

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Speaker 2: to nothing in the first half, but they regrew and

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Speaker 2: rallied back to take the lead fourteen to thirteen at

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Speaker 2: halftime and would never look back. They would outscore the

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Speaker 2: Steelers sixteen to nothing in the second half and completely

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Speaker 2: controlled the game, and did so with some reserve help.

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Speaker 2: where he scored a sixteen yard touchdown in the first half.

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Speaker 2: He left the game early did not return. Also Michael

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Speaker 2: Pittman Junior, he was bawling out early. He had four

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Speaker 2: catches for seventy eight yards in the first half, and

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Speaker 2: the season for the second time in his career and

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Speaker 2: became the fourth player in franchise history to have multiple

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Speaker 2: and t Y Hilton. Bud Pittman took a wicket hit

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Speaker 2: In fact, during the first thirteen games of the season,

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Speaker 2: those three players combined for just sixty eight offensive snaps

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Speaker 2: Colts their first lead right before halftime. Congratulations to Montgomery

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Speaker 2: his first career NFL touchdown. Meanwhile, Sermon and Goodson combined

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Speaker 2: the Colts pounded the Steelers into submission in the second half.

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Speaker 2: Great game for the offensive line, as the Colts grounded

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Speaker 2: AFC playoff standings going into Week sixteen. Right now, the

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Speaker 2: All right, we got a loaded show as always, and

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Speaker 2: we start per usual with our chat with Colts head

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Speaker 2: coach Shane Steichen, who's made his way in studio. Tonight

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Speaker 2: brought to you by Citizens Energy Group. Coach, congratulations on

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Speaker 2: another win. The Colts have now won five of their

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Speaker 2: last six. How proud are you of this team? They

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Speaker 2: got down early thirteen and nothing. You outscored the Steelers

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Speaker 2: and you did it without some key playmakers and some

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I know. It was an exciting game for us.

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Speaker 4: Like you just said, a lot of guys stepped up

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Speaker 1: Of the football.

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Speaker 4: It was a really just a really good team went

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Speaker 2: Was awesome. I mean, we'll talk about it more in depth,

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Speaker 2: they don't get a lot of run with the first

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Speaker 4: Yeah, No, it was huge for all three of those guys.

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Speaker 4: You know, like you just said, the limited amount of

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Speaker 2: What can you say about their process and their approach

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you know, in this league sometimes you know,

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Speaker 2: What what did you say, if anything to DJ Montgomery.

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Speaker 4: made so many plays this year on scout team and

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Speaker 4: it just showed up over and over again. And to

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Speaker 2: Day exactly right all right. Then on the other side

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Speaker 4: I think it was just everyone. It was a complete

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Speaker 2: that drive where you had thirteen straight runs and just

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Speaker 4: Oh, I wouldn't say it's Stike and ball. I think

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Speaker 4: it's just Colt's ball. Yeah, you know those guys everyone

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Speaker 2: Also on defense, how pleased were you with the pressures

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Speaker 2: getting four sacks but also not giving up the big

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Speaker 2: plays in the screen game like the week before in Cincinnati. Yeah, no,

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Speaker 2: it was huge not to give.

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Speaker 4: Up the big plays like we just said earlier, and

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Speaker 4: You know, those guys were all over they tried to

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Speaker 4: run a few screens and obviously our guys were keyed

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Speaker 2: That's Shane Stike And with this last one for me,

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Speaker 2: then we'll go to the fan questions here, coach, But

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Speaker 2: you're eight and six, three games left. Every game continues

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Speaker 2: to be really important. What's your approach in the mindset

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Speaker 2: going into another huge one against the Falcons.

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Speaker 4: I think it's been the same the last two week.

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Speaker 4: Is control You can control, right, b u are go

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Speaker 4: on and execute at a high level and be one

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Speaker 4: winning this football game.

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Speaker 2: All right, Let's go to the mail bag, get in

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Speaker 2: those questions, some minim in on X using hashtag colts

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Speaker 2: around table. Everybody knows the drill by now. Nicholas is

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Speaker 2: up first to night coach, he's asking, did Gardner Minshew

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Speaker 2: play his best game of the season? How much better

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Speaker 4: Is yeah. No, he played a really solid football game.

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Speaker 2: It's time down to welcome in Rick Venturi and Joe

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Speaker 3: I tell you what, those Saturday afternoon games are nice.

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Speaker 2: Overall, no doubt about it. Well said right there, and

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Speaker 5: of things to finish. I thought the Coasts did a

435
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Speaker 5: great job. I thought the game was determined at the

436
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Speaker 5: roundabout and you know what I mean, I thought it

437
00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:55,000
Speaker 5: totally changed the game. The four play one minute drive

438
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Speaker 5: before the half to get seven was absolutely amazing. And

439
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Speaker 5: then come run and speed gets the strip ensuing pass

440
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Speaker 5: to Moley Cox. The game changes totally from being down

441
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Speaker 5: thirteen to seven, you know, to be they're thirteen to seven, Yeah,

442
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Speaker 5: to be up thirteen twenty one to six, I mean

443
00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,760
Speaker 5: absolutely turned it around, all right. Three big things stood

444
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Speaker 5: out to me, they were signature elements. First of all,

445
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Speaker 5: Number one, total domination by our offensive lines okay plus

446
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Speaker 5: Ogletree and our defensive lines in the trenches per absolutely

447
00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:37,800
Speaker 5: dominated them. Next man up was real goodson, Sermon Montgomery

448
00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:42,720
Speaker 5: were terrific. And then number three shout outs to Steichen

449
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Speaker 5: and Ballard. Steiken continues to maximize whatever talent he has.

450
00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:51,920
Speaker 5: He never panics, He constantly is growing as a game controller.

451
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Speaker 5: And Chris got validation yesterday, first of all for his

452
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Speaker 5: philosophy of Bill from the front out in the front

453
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Speaker 5: dominated the game, and the fact that he really is

454
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Speaker 5: the master of the third day draft and reclamation projects.

455
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Speaker 5: Just remember this, guys, next man up works only if

456
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Speaker 5: the next man has talent.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and just to add on what coach said, I

458
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Speaker 3: thought just some things that stood out to me.

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Speaker 2: EJ.

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Speaker 3: Speed being back. I mean the very first play of

461
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Speaker 3: the game. I know Pittsburgh got off to an early start,

462
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Speaker 3: but they ran a little zone read. He comes back

463
00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,760
Speaker 3: and just too fast downhill and just WAPs right dead.

464
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Speaker 3: And I thought the physicality from Speed on that very

465
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Speaker 3: first play. He obviously let us with ten tackles. He

466
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Speaker 3: had the takeaway. But Coach, you and I talked about

467
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Speaker 3: a pregame and I asked you the question. I said,

468
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Speaker 3: if the Colts win the turnover battle and we shut

469
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Speaker 3: down Pittsburgh's run game, can they beat us?

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Speaker 2: And you basically said no.

471
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Speaker 3: And you think about a team that was plus ten

472
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Speaker 3: turnovers coming into the game and we were plus three.

473
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Speaker 3: I know the block punt might have counted one for us,

474
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Speaker 3: but we did that. We shut down their run game,

475
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Speaker 3: and Minshew was phenomenal when we're down thirteen to nothing,

476
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Speaker 3: his escapability to throw to Pittman. I thought the game

477
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Speaker 3: changed then and we got the lead and we just

478
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,199
Speaker 3: took it to them. And my favorite part of the

479
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Speaker 3: game is we went four minute offense there with three

480
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Speaker 3: minutes left in the third quarter, and when we had

481
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Speaker 3: that thirteen play drive thirteen straight runs that led to

482
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Speaker 3: the field goal and got us up twenty seven to thirteen.

483
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Speaker 3: I mean, that was my offensive line smile was from

484
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Speaker 3: wall to wall. I was so proud of those guys

485
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Speaker 3: in the physicality and we're running it with Sermon, we're

486
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Speaker 3: running it with Goodson, We're running with a bunch of

487
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Speaker 3: people the national media probably never heard of, and they're

488
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Speaker 3: looking up who these guys were and where they went

489
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Speaker 3: to school. But it was it was an ode to

490
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Speaker 3: the practice squad somewhere I spent a lot of time

491
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Speaker 3: on and those three guys really stepped up. And then

492
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Speaker 3: but you think about we were ready to go. We

493
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Speaker 3: had two penalties for the game for ten yards. That's

494
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Speaker 3: a sign of well coach football. We're plus three turnovers

495
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Speaker 3: and I just I can't say enough about the leadership

496
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Speaker 3: of this team in the locker room, Shane and the

497
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Speaker 3: coaching staff, having those guys ready to play in a

498
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Speaker 3: big time game in December. And then Coach, I love

499
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Speaker 3: how you mentioned it reminded the old days with Freenian,

500
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Speaker 3: because that's how I feel now.

501
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Speaker 2: We did it against the Bucks, we close it out.

502
00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,200
Speaker 2: We did it again at home here.

503
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Speaker 3: Ebucom and Dio are problems rushing the passer and everybody's

504
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,160
Speaker 3: used to just doubling Buckner and we can't let Buckner loose. Well,

505
00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:13,960
Speaker 3: now you've got some other guys there on that front,

506
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Speaker 3: and I just really love the continued development. I mean,

507
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Speaker 3: Dio is on his way to being a star. And

508
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Speaker 3: I will say this, Ebucom was just such a great

509
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Speaker 3: offseason pickup by Ballard. He is somebody that I really

510
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Speaker 3: didn't know a whole lot about. And when I watch

511
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Speaker 3: him play, he's got the speed, he's got the wig

512
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Speaker 3: on the edge, he's got the speed to power, and

513
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Speaker 3: he's got the attitude. He is becoming a closer. Him

514
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Speaker 3: and Dio in there in a really quick way. And

515
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Speaker 3: that's what you got to have in December and January football.

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Speaker 2: Yep, four sacks too for the Colts defense. That ties

517
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Speaker 2: a franchise record in Indianapolis era franchise record. Colts now

518
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Speaker 2: have forty six sacks for the season, one more coming

519
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Speaker 2: up this weekend on Sunday in Atlanta, and that'll establish

520
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Speaker 2: a new Indie Colts record for sax in a single season. Hey,

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Speaker 2: since two thousand and eight and improving to eight and

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Speaker 2: six on the season three games to go. When we

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Speaker 2: come back, we're gonna celebrate in detail the games of

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Speaker 2: DJ Montgomery and running backs Tray Sermon and Tyler Goodson.

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Speaker 2: They were some of the heroes on offense for the Colts.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk about the three backup Musketeers, and we come

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Speaker 2: as we said, we're gonna talk about the the three

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Speaker 2: backup Musketeers and celebrate the great performances of DJ Montgomery

551
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Speaker 2: and running backs Tray Sermon and Tyler Goodson and Joe.

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Speaker 2: You were just talking off the air. You've never seen

553
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Speaker 2: The Three Musketeers. I know that the story itself is ancient, right,

554
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Speaker 2: it was written like in the sixteen hundreds, But you're

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Speaker 2: not familiar with the Three Musketeers in the story there.

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm not. I haven't seen the like the actual movie,

557
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Speaker 3: but Disney has a version of Three Mousketeers where it's

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Speaker 3: Mickey Donald and Goofy, and you know that that's been

559
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Speaker 3: watched a lot in the rights household.

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Speaker 2: So so I'm well versed. I'm ready to go. All right, So, yeah,

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Speaker 2: we're gonna have to familiarize yourself with what is it? Rick?

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Speaker 5: Is it?

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Speaker 2: It's Athos uh Porthos and Aramis? Did I get that right?

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Speaker 5: I wasn't there, but yeah.

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Speaker 2: Hey he's not that old, Matt. What are you trying

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Speaker 2: to say? Well, I'm just saying, like you know, back

567
00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,359
Speaker 2: in like you know, your sophomore year. You're probably reading this.

568
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Speaker 2: It's a it's a classic in the English and the

569
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Speaker 2: library there, right, come on, now, someone out there is

570
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Speaker 2: nodding their head to this, and and we're gonna, we're

571
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Speaker 2: gonna get to the point.

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Speaker 5: Miss Sherry.

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Speaker 2: I was.

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Speaker 5: I wasn't in the library. I guarantee that.

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Speaker 2: That was fifty six years ago. You're on the trying

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Speaker 2: to We got the Sherry there.

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Speaker 3: We got well cultured listeners out there. I know that

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Speaker 3: they know what's talking about. They're ready, they're dialog.

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Speaker 2: Somebody somewhere can save us here. So we're going in

580
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Speaker 2: the line of the backup Musketeers. The first musketeer here

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Speaker 2: is DJ Montgomery because prior to Saturday, he had just

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Speaker 2: three career catches.

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Speaker 5: Uh.

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Speaker 2: The backstory here fell as undrafted player out of Austin

585
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Speaker 2: p in two thousand nine eighteen, a journeyman. Spent time

586
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Speaker 2: with the Browns, the Jets, and the Texans. Was even

587
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Speaker 2: a member of the Colts practice squad last year before

588
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 2: being cut earlier this year without any NFL options, He

589
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 2: joined the Michigan Panthers of the USFL, then got a

590
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Speaker 2: call from the Colts about halfway through training camp made

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Speaker 2: the practice squad where he's been balling out. After his

592
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Speaker 2: heartbreaking drop in the end zone of the first half,

593
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Speaker 2: he bounced back, kept his head about him, had two

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Speaker 2: really big catches on the colts next drive, the first

595
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Speaker 2: one a thirty four yard to put the Colts into

596
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Speaker 2: a scoring threat, the next a fourteen yard touchdown, which

597
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,879
Speaker 2: was his first career touchdown in the NFL. Really impressive

598
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 2: stuff there. Joe writes, how impressed were you with Montgomery

599
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Speaker 2: and his poise, his bounce back ability after the touchdown

600
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Speaker 2: drop in the first half, and just his ability to

601
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Speaker 2: seize his opportunity without getting much run with the first

602
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Speaker 2: team offense and playing really well in running the rounds

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Speaker 2: for Michael Pittman Junior once he went out of the lineup.

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Speaker 3: Well, coach talked about it next man up philosophy, But

605
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Speaker 3: you got to be ready when your numbers called, and

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Speaker 3: he was ready. And if I remember Matt wasn't He

607
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,080
Speaker 3: signed on like Thursday before that Bears preseason game and

608
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Speaker 3: went out and made plays. And so clearly he's a

609
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Speaker 3: guy that's into his playbook. He knows what he's doing.

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Speaker 3: He was ready for the opportunity and what I loved is. Yeah,

611
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,160
Speaker 3: he had the big drop, but guess what, Minshew goes

612
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Speaker 3: right back to him. And that's a sign a great leadership.

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Speaker 3: Your veteran quarterbacks say, hey, yeah you dropped one, We're

614
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Speaker 3: going right back to He makes those two big catches.

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Speaker 3: But can't say enough about Montgomery just somebody. I mean,

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Speaker 3: twenty nineteen, he's been grinding four years on a team

617
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,639
Speaker 3: off a team bunch of different cities, Michigan Panthers. I

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Speaker 3: love to hear those stories because it was similar to

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Speaker 3: my journey in terms of you got to wait three

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Speaker 3: four years for your opportunity, but you put in the time,

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Speaker 3: you put in the work, and when your numbers called

622
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Speaker 3: on a big stage in a playoff type game, you

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Speaker 3: go out and deliver. So I know he was enjoying

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Speaker 3: yesterday and today, and you know, depending on what happens

625
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Speaker 3: with Pittman and I know, you know what, we'll see

626
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Speaker 3: how things shake out this but he's a guy that

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Speaker 3: may be called on again, and based on the resumes

628
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Speaker 3: put together, you better believe that he's a guy that's

629
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Speaker 3: gonna be ready to step up and play.

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Speaker 5: Yeah. I don't think there's any doubt about that really,

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Speaker 5: And what I liked about it was he had selective amnesia.

632
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Speaker 5: I'm ready to kill him dropping that red zone pass

633
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Speaker 5: right in his hands, because at that time, you know,

634
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Speaker 5: it just looked like, my god, this is going to

635
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Speaker 5: be another one of those days. But you know, he

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Speaker 5: just kind of reflects Stiching in this team. You know,

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00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 5: they have selective amnesia. Just put it behind you, don't

638
00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,480
Speaker 5: linger on it, don't hang your head, go out there

639
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 5: and play again. And his two players were huge. I mean,

640
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Speaker 5: he had the big one to get us going. I

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Speaker 5: don't think I was thinking we were going to be

642
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Speaker 5: playing for a field goal Matt before the half, right,

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Speaker 5: you know, when we got that ball with a minute

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Speaker 5: to go. But the big throw to him down inside

645
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 5: basically changed the whole perspective. All of a sudden, we

646
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Speaker 5: were down there. The next thing, you know, we get

647
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Speaker 5: the PI down there on Porter and you know we're in.

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Speaker 5: We score seven points and then he we had a

649
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,800
Speaker 5: really nice play on the touchdown. Now that was a

650
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 5: really good scheme, and that was really scheme for Pittman.

651
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 5: We ran a double rub, you know, with the tight

652
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,280
Speaker 5: ends coming across what we call a mess route, and

653
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,959
Speaker 5: he came from the weak side left to right and

654
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 5: he caught that ball and then he made it happen.

655
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 5: He got into the end zone, he turned it north

656
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,840
Speaker 5: and south. So again you really pull for a guy.

657
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 5: The other thing that he did a really good job

658
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 5: of that goes unnoticed till you look at the tape,

659
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,120
Speaker 5: is he once when we ran a couple of plays

660
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,240
Speaker 5: outside the bounce play to Goodson, he did a great

661
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 5: He was very pittman like in that he did a

662
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,960
Speaker 5: great job of cracking inside. So you know, he looks

663
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 5: like if we lose Michael for hopefully just a minute,

664
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Speaker 5: if anything, he looks like he can go in there

665
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:45,200
Speaker 5: and do some of that dirty work.

666
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 2: All right, we're talking about the three backup Musketeers. We

667
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,600
Speaker 2: just chronicled DJ Montgomery. Let's go to Trey Sermon because

668
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 2: fellas he's been a bit of a journeyman as well. Yeah,

669
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,240
Speaker 2: third round pick by the forty nine ers a couple

670
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,960
Speaker 2: of years ago, but he's been on three teams. Was

671
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,560
Speaker 2: with Shane Steichen last year in Philly, then picked up

672
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 2: by the Colts in mid September this year after he

673
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 2: was waived injured by the Eagles. But he had seventeen

674
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 2: carries for eighty eight yards against the Steelers on Saturday night,

675
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,680
Speaker 2: the second highest game of his career. Really hasn't been

676
00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:17,400
Speaker 2: used obviously within the offense really since Week four when

677
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 2: Jonathan Taylor came back. But it was kind of a

678
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 2: throwback Joe to win. He first played at Lucas Oil

679
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,720
Speaker 2: Stadium back then his first game here in Indianapolis. That

680
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,880
Speaker 2: was back in college, the Big Ten championship game. That

681
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 2: day he went nuts twenty nine carries for three hundred

682
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 2: and thirty one yards against Northwestern in the Big Ten

683
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 2: title games. So, Joe for you, how much credit should

684
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 2: Sermon be getting for answering the bell for the Colts

685
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 2: when Sack Moss went out and really having no drop

686
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 2: off within the running game on offense.

687
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 3: Well, first, don't be piling on coaches Northwestern wild Cats,

688
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:49,680
Speaker 3: Matt that was a cheap shot.

689
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 2: You didn't need to say that. Hey, facts is facts now.

690
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:56,200
Speaker 3: But again, Sermon is a guy that you think about, Okay,

691
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,640
Speaker 3: you think about top evaluating teams and coaches, especially in

692
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,480
Speaker 3: the running game. You're putting the forty nine ers up

693
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 3: there with the very top and if he's the third

694
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 3: round pick of the forty nine ers, you know he's

695
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 3: got some talent. Now, it didn't work out there, and

696
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 3: then he went to Philly. He's got the familiar of Shane,

697
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,960
Speaker 3: but he was ready to go again. And you're right,

698
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,479
Speaker 3: he hasn't got many reps at all. But that's what

699
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:17,600
Speaker 3: I love about Shane is he's not afraid to bring

700
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,480
Speaker 3: guys in, let guys go. We got a completely different

701
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,760
Speaker 3: running back room than we started the year with. It's

702
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 3: all about production and Sermon was ready to produce and

703
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 3: him and Goodson really got after it. But again, I'm

704
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 3: going back to the offensive line because they played mean,

705
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 3: they played nasty. I thought the last game really was

706
00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 3: a disappointing performance against Cincy. I thought it was the

707
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 3: first time we hadn't played angry, we hadn't played physical.

708
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 3: That old line showed a lot of pride, and they

709
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 3: showed that they can be a unit that we can

710
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,800
Speaker 3: really ride here down the stretch and make that offensive

711
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,840
Speaker 3: line the heartbeat of this offense, no matter who's back

712
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 3: there running the football.

713
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 5: Yeah, there's no doubt about that. I will second that.

714
00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 5: I thought our interior. I thought that Nels, Kelly and

715
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 5: Fries were tremendous. They not only blocked it, they turned people.

716
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,680
Speaker 5: They opened up cracks. I thought it was Kelly's maybe

717
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,000
Speaker 5: best game in a real long time. But Sermon, you

718
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,000
Speaker 5: know you got to give you gotta give Ballard some

719
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 5: credit here too, because you know, when you think about it,

720
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 5: if you think about how, yes, how Saturday's performance came on,

721
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 5: you know, basically Ballard trusted he trusted his head coach.

722
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 5: He trusted Stichan on Minshew, and he trusted him on Sermon.

723
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 5: And basically Shane knew that he had two running backs.

724
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 5: You know, there was some contractual issues, but he knew

725
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,720
Speaker 5: he had two top running backs and Sermon could come

726
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 5: in and be that third guy, that reliability guy, play

727
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,480
Speaker 5: special teams, do what you want to. And he when

728
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 5: he showed Sunday or Saturday, was really the ability to

729
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,600
Speaker 5: hit the hole. He's gonna be that, you know if

730
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 5: we if we play without those two guys a little

731
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 5: bit longer, he's gonna be the inside guy with god

732
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:59,120
Speaker 5: Goodson being the outside guy. He hit those cracks, and

733
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,440
Speaker 5: I mean he was thrusty upfield. He looked like he

734
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 5: was playing against the Northwestern Wildcats. That was kneelers over there,

735
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:10,240
Speaker 5: and he was really he was finding those little cracks

736
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,719
Speaker 5: getting North and South, really really impressive, all right.

737
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,520
Speaker 2: Then the third musketeer you just talked about him, Tray

738
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 2: Sermons running mate there on the outside, big runs on

739
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 2: the perimeter, Tyler Goodson. He had been called up three

740
00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:25,400
Speaker 2: straight weeks off the Colts practice squad. He ran eleven

741
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 2: times for sixty nine yards, had a long of thirty

742
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,360
Speaker 2: one as he was receiving his first NFL carries of

743
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,439
Speaker 2: any kind on Saturday Night. And despite being a star

744
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,919
Speaker 2: at Iowa, undrafted guy in twenty twenty two, spent last

745
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,560
Speaker 2: year with the Packers on their practice squad, then was

746
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:42,880
Speaker 2: cut this year in training camp, picked up by the

747
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:46,000
Speaker 2: Colts in early September, added to their stable, and got

748
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 2: his chance on Saturday Night. Joe and showed why he

749
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 2: was a one thousand yard guy in college at Iowa.

750
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:55,439
Speaker 2: Also a stud two at North Gwinnett High School, where

751
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,040
Speaker 2: he won a state championship on the same team with

752
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 2: Josh Downs. So teammates now went again obviously here with

753
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:05,040
Speaker 2: the Colts in the NFL. But again Sermon comes into

754
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 2: the game. He's got thirty seven yards on eleven attempts

755
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:12,240
Speaker 2: this season. Coming into Saturday, Goodson had zero rushing attempts

756
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,160
Speaker 2: and three catches while being on the field for nine

757
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:18,839
Speaker 2: snaps in two games on Saturday. They each average over

758
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:22,280
Speaker 2: five yards per carry. Joe, how much credit does Goodson

759
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:26,160
Speaker 2: deserve along with that offensive line paving the way for

760
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty seven rushing yards in the second

761
00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:30,440
Speaker 2: half alone. Game balls to everybody.

762
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:32,520
Speaker 3: And you know, if you just close your eyes for

763
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,760
Speaker 3: a second, Actually don't if you're driving around here tonight

764
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,839
Speaker 3: on your way home, But think about we.

765
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,399
Speaker 2: Had two runs more sixty five's already screwed up. Yeah,

766
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 2: all right, that's true.

767
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 3: But you think about against the Pittsburgh Steelers, we had

768
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 3: two running backs both average over five yards of carry

769
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:51,200
Speaker 3: and their names were neither Moss nor Tailor. Just how

770
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,759
Speaker 3: impressive that is. And Matt, you hit on something I

771
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 3: want to elaborate on. When you're Goodson and you're the

772
00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,360
Speaker 3: third or fourth back during the week, you're hardly getting

773
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,080
Speaker 3: any first teams. All your reps are coming running the

774
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:05,319
Speaker 3: Steelers plays against our defense. So to be able to

775
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,719
Speaker 3: know the offense, to be able to be in your

776
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:09,880
Speaker 3: playbook and be able to step up and be ready

777
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,160
Speaker 3: on a weekend practice when you might have got like

778
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,719
Speaker 3: three to four first team reps. I mean, that is

779
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,759
Speaker 3: so impressive, and that's where you know Sermon is going

780
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 3: to get more first team reps and goods and is

781
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 3: you really got to give him a lot of credit.

782
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:24,279
Speaker 3: But you saw his explosiveness, you saw his burst. And

783
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 3: again both those guys, hats off to them for being

784
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:29,880
Speaker 3: ready when the opportunities called, and for Ballard and the

785
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 3: you know, personnel department to have those guys ready in

786
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:34,920
Speaker 3: the stable, so to speak. But again, it was all

787
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 3: offensive line and when you ran the ball thirteen straight times,

788
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 3: like I mentioned, we started our four minute offense with

789
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 3: three minutes left in the third quarter. The fourth quarter

790
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 3: is halfway gone. We kicked the field goal and the

791
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,879
Speaker 3: game was essentially over, and I just I can't tell

792
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 3: you how much I love that that we just pounded

793
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:51,920
Speaker 3: the ball and pounded the ball, and Pittsburgh knew it,

794
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:54,279
Speaker 3: and all the fans knew it, and the millions across the

795
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 3: country knew it, and they couldn't stop us. And that

796
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 3: just made me so happy and gave me a lot

797
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:00,400
Speaker 3: of warm and fuzzy.

798
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:04,120
Speaker 2: The offensive lineman and me perfect around Christmas time.

799
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 5: Rick Vincerry, well, as I said during the game, I mean,

800
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:09,359
Speaker 5: you know, Shane did his best Woody Hayes, I mean,

801
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 5: thirteenth straight. I never thought that I would ever see

802
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:17,360
Speaker 5: a Colt's team in the house that Peyton Manning built

803
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:21,960
Speaker 5: runs thirteen straight plays and it was impressive. And the

804
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,319
Speaker 5: offensive line was terrific. Also, I want to point out

805
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:27,719
Speaker 5: two guys. I think two guys were also terrific. I

806
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:31,040
Speaker 5: thought Ogletree was tremendous and you can count him in

807
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,359
Speaker 5: the offensive line. I thought he blocked his tail off

808
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 5: along with Ali Cox. Now in terms of Goodson, you

809
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:38,480
Speaker 5: know Goodson, Now, all of a sudden, it's a little

810
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 5: bit like Pachaco, you say, you know, how did that

811
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 5: guy go undrafted? Right? You know? And I kind of

812
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 5: went back because the one thing about Ballard and the

813
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:50,239
Speaker 5: reason he does so well on the third day and

814
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 5: in an undrafted free agency and kind of reclamation projects

815
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 5: is he is he is really you gotta have metrics

816
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,080
Speaker 5: to get here. And when you go back and you

817
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 5: look at Goodson, you know, he played for one of

818
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 5: my two you know, favorite college coaches who was a

819
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 5: good friend of mine in Farence. So he was a

820
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,399
Speaker 5: high valume runner. I mean, he knows how to play

821
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 5: in a running game. But you know he ran a

822
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 5: four four two. He was one hundred yard dash champion

823
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,720
Speaker 5: coming out of Georgia, like you talked about with Downs,

824
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,560
Speaker 5: had a thirty seven inch vertical. I mean, really, we

825
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 5: probably shouldn't be surprised at the explosiveness. Although even Shane

826
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 5: was in the press conference, but he took the ball

827
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 5: on that bounce play and Onnelson was coming around leading him.

828
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 5: And if you look at seventeen, he made a business decision. Man.

829
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,480
Speaker 5: He tried to find the cold sidelines as fast as

830
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:44,759
Speaker 5: he exactly right, and then he got hurt in doing

831
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:47,120
Speaker 5: it and he ended up leaving the game. I think

832
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:53,359
Speaker 5: he wanted an honorable discharge. And when Goodson hit that

833
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:56,280
Speaker 5: seam out there, you saw that full four to two speed,

834
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,759
Speaker 5: So I think you know what you're gonna do. I'm

835
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,759
Speaker 5: a little comfortable. I think I would be. But if

836
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,040
Speaker 5: we don't play with the two leading ladies, you know,

837
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 5: at least for a week. I think what you're going

838
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 5: to develop, and Shane, do us such a good of

839
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 5: this is you're going to develop kind of a mister

840
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:11,600
Speaker 5: inside mister outside.

841
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:14,520
Speaker 2: All right, that's a look at the three backup musketeers

842
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:17,760
Speaker 2: for the Colts. And congrats to them. Job well done.

843
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,120
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844
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,520
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Speaker 2: here on the show tonight, Rick, Let's go to Michael

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Speaker 2: Up first. He's asking is it time to let Nick

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Speaker 2: Cross take over in the secondary at safety after his

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Speaker 2: elevated playing time the last couple of weeks.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I did you know? They've nursed him to this position.

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Speaker 5: But I think sometimes you know, the enemy of good,

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Speaker 5: you know, the enemy of great is good. And sometimes

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Speaker 5: I think you can have a solid guy in the lineup.

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Speaker 5: But when you got a chance to get a guy

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Speaker 5: with great athleticism playmaking, he showed you that. He just

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Speaker 5: took it away. He just took it away from Pickings,

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Speaker 5: There's no question about it. And the thing I like

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Speaker 5: about him, when you team him up with Blackman, you

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Speaker 5: may have the two best athletic you know, guys that

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Speaker 5: could actually be corners and nickels. The thing what I

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Speaker 5: say about that is they're not intimidated when wide receivers.

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Speaker 5: They get matched up with wide receivers, which is what

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Speaker 5: the game is today. So I really do believe that

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Speaker 5: he should be the guy now. I think he'll be

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Speaker 5: a big time playmaker. As I said, the enemy of

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Speaker 5: great is good at times, and this is the best

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Speaker 5: compliment I can give him. And this had something to

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Speaker 5: do with getting better by subtraction. I think if you

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Speaker 5: put him in the lineup, he is going to do

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Speaker 5: for the free safety position what Speed did for the

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Speaker 5: willbacker position. I think they're just two tremendous athletes who

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Speaker 5: just needed to learn the game and really are playmakers

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Speaker 2: All right, let's go to Greg. Greg is asking Joe,

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Speaker 2: what are our chances now of winning the division? With

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Speaker 2: the Jaguars losing last night, three game losing skid, they're

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Speaker 2: what are our hopes right now of winning.

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Speaker 3: The The division is absolutely in play, and if you're

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Speaker 3: a Colts fan, more importantly in that locker room, it's

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Speaker 3: time to get greedy. Don't be happy with just getting

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Speaker 3: into the playoffs and saying we overachieved and be a

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Speaker 3: wild card, because the reality is the Jags lose. Lawrence

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Speaker 3: game at Tampa, who's in first place in their own division,

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Speaker 3: and if they lose four o'clock on Christmas Eve, realistically,

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Speaker 3: you could be a Colts fan and you could be

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Speaker 3: setting out your cookies for Sanna on Christmas Eve and

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Speaker 3: you could be in first place in the division. And

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Speaker 3: the Colts have three winnable games left. I'm telling you

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Speaker 3: Jacksonville is going to lose at least one of these

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Speaker 3: last three, and they got the tiebreaker on us, obviously,

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Speaker 3: But think about this, Matt. You went out, Jacksonville's just

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Speaker 3: got to lose one. You're hosting a home playoff game,

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Speaker 3: and you know who you probably would host, the Cleveland Browns,

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Speaker 3: like to play the Browns at home? Another chance of redemption?

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Speaker 3: Playing against my old teammate Joe Flacco. I mean, it's exciting,

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Speaker 2: It's amazing how they're winning right now. I mean, I

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Speaker 3: Sure, And if you're the Colt, you gotta focus on

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Speaker 3: practice tomorrow in the next day, and that's how you

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Speaker 3: get it done over the nextra games. But two weeks ago,

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Speaker 3: I would say, no chance we can win the division.

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Speaker 3: The division is absolutely back in play. And if you're

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Speaker 3: the Colts right now, don't you happy just trying to

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Speaker 3: get into the dance with a wild card. Let's get

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Speaker 3: greedy and let's win this division.

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Speaker 2: All right? That's the mailbag segment tonight. As always, submit

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Speaker 2: your questions in on X using hashtag Colts round Table.

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Speaker 2: When we come back, we'll preview weeks Week sixteen, I

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Speaker 2: should say, and the Atlanta Falcons, a road game for

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Speaker 1: Taylor from the Indiana Union Construction Industry Radio Studio.

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Speaker 2: Hey, welcome back for the final time tonight. This is

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Speaker 2: Time now for the closing arguments and Joe for you.

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Speaker 2: I mean the Colts, as you said, they truly do

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Speaker 2: hold their destiny in their own hands now and now

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Speaker 2: they get ready for a Christmas Eve game, a visit

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Speaker 2: to Atlanta to play the Falcons, a team that just

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Speaker 2: lost nine to seven to the woeful Panthers. So mindset wise,

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Speaker 2: right now, where are you at in terms of coming

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Speaker 2: off a huge high and knowing that these last three

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Speaker 2: games are so important? But there's some these last three

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Speaker 2: games kind of have a trap game feel to them

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Speaker 2: right at it the rest of the way they do.

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Speaker 3: And Atlanta's going to be awful, feisty after losing to

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Speaker 3: the woeful Panthers as you meant. But the bottom line

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Speaker 3: is we're a better football team objectively, and it shouldn't

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Speaker 3: be hard if you're Shane and the leader's not locker

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Speaker 3: room to stay focused knowing that now, especially with this

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Speaker 3: division door opening up, you got everything in front of it.

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Speaker 3: If you went out, you're going to be in the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: And if you went out, most likely the JAG's going

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Speaker 3: to drop at least one and you can win that division,

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Speaker 3: secure home playoff berth. But coach, I know, with this

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Speaker 3: extra day, you probably got all the Falcons film already

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Speaker 3: dialed in. So what should we expect there on Christmas Eve?

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Speaker 5: Well, you got that right. You know they didn't lay

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Speaker 5: an egg. They laid a dozen eggs. To be honest

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Speaker 5: with you. Losing in Carolina, I took themselves out of

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Speaker 5: that division rate. But I think it makes them dangerous

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Speaker 5: because when I look at them, I look at their

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Speaker 5: record and they're poor. But my eyes tell me that

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Speaker 5: they have enough to beat us. You hear me say

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Speaker 5: that they are very good on defense. They may be

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Speaker 5: the best defensive team will play the rest of the way.

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Speaker 5: They're number eight against the score, number ten total they are,

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Speaker 5: and they play bear all day and sticky man. So

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Speaker 5: that bothers me. I know we have to be ready

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Speaker 5: on offense. They got a lot of talent, but they're

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Speaker 5: just they can't find an identity. They got a bunch

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Speaker 5: of tight ends. They got Robinson they didn't play him

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Speaker 5: half the game. They got pits, they got you know, London,

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Speaker 5: they have real quarterback trouble. I wouldn't be surprised, honestly,

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Speaker 5: with the pressure that Smith's under now. I mean he's

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Speaker 5: halfway to FedEx right now as an executive. But I

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Speaker 5: wouldn't be surprised at all if they don't make the

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Speaker 5: quarterback change and go with Heineke, who you know, had

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Speaker 5: that good day, that good fourth quarter against US a

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Speaker 5: year ago. So I wouldn't be surprised if they make

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Speaker 5: a quarterback change here because they're really having issues there.

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Speaker 2: All right. We'll wait and see a lot to happen

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Speaker 2: between now and then coming up on Sunday, Christmas Eve.

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Speaker 2: Colts and the Falcons, gentlemen, always appreciate your time. We

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Speaker 2: We've got to get out in time for the Pacer

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Speaker 2: pregame coming up in just a moment. My thanks again

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