1 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: Hey Colts fans, I'm JJ Stankovitzen. Welcome into another episode 2 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: of The Colt Show in Indianapolis. Colts Podcast we are 3 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: presented by our friends at Microsoft Surface Copilot plus PC 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,319 Speaker 1: fun episode coming up today. We got Ashton Duelan coming 5 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: on the podcast. We got the Colt Show mail Bag. Remember, 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: you can submit your questions at Colts dot com slash 7 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: mail bag, drop them in the YouTube comments right here 8 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: on this episode, or get at me on social media. Also, 9 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: if you like what we're doing here with The Colt Show, 10 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: hit that follow button on Apple Podcasts. 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How 53 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: you doing, man? 54 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 2: I can't get play hanging in. I appreciate you having 55 00:02:59,160 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 2: me a. 56 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: Little a little warm up. Something that I was talking 57 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,399 Speaker 1: to Tyler this week, Tyler Warren, and he he said 58 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: this thing that really I never thought about it this way. 59 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: He talked about physicality when you don't have the ball, 60 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: He said, that's how you show your teammates who care 61 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: you as a wide receiver, who's out there you're doing, 62 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: you know, crack blocks, You're doing all these things, maybe 63 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: you know, to help another receiver spring open on a play. 64 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: How do you define like your physicality and what does 65 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: it mean to you to be a physical football player? 66 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 3: I think you know, being physical is a part of 67 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 3: the game. It is a violent sport. So if you're 68 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 3: not physical, and then you'll you'll kind of. 69 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 2: Reap the benefits of that. 70 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 3: I think for us as a whole, as a team, 71 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 3: you know, we kind of had that physical mentality as 72 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 3: a whole. So you know, playing for your brother, playing 73 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 3: for your teammate, doing the job you know that some 74 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 3: guys might not want to do, and that's blocking, you know, 75 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 3: but you know, just knowing that it's for a bigger 76 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 3: cause he might spring your guy free for a touchdown. 77 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 2: You know. That's that's the bigger that's the bigger picture. 78 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: How did you learn to be like physical in the NFL? 79 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: Coming from like a small school where I'm sure you 80 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: know you're still physical there, but like that jumping physicality 81 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: from alone to the NFL, I managined had to be 82 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: pretty significant. 83 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, for sure. But I think there's something that 84 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 3: you gotta be born with. I mean, that had that mentality, 85 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 3: you know, just to play football in a sense. Like 86 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 3: I said, it's a physical sport. So knowing what you're 87 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 3: getting into is probably the first part of it, and 88 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 3: then just going out and doing this probably the second half. 89 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 1: So in one of JT's touchdowns against Tennessee, you pit 90 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: an ad like combo block a guy. I like, I 91 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: pulled up Pro Football Focus and they have like block 92 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: type and I look on there and I'm like, this 93 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: is combo block, like a garden in the center. And 94 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: I look at it and I look at it and 95 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: it looks like you guys are like double teaming, like 96 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: almost like a duo run. But on the outside, what 97 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 1: do you just what do you relish about those opportunities 98 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: to be able to kind of like stick your face 99 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 1: in there and get a little physical with a guy 100 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: like that. Nah? 101 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's fun because you know, as receivers, 102 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 3: you know, we don't really get the pancaking blocks, you know, 103 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 3: as a sentence, so we kind of tie that for ourselves. 104 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 3: Like me, pitt ap will kind of like you who 105 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 3: will get a pan cake today? Who's gonna be the 106 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 3: first one to get a pancake? So for us, it's 107 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 3: kind of like making a little game and it's just 108 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 3: making it fun. 109 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 2: You know. That's just the eave of the second half 110 00:04:58,320 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 2: of it, just having fun with it. 111 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: This week obviously, you know, we'll see if Alex is 112 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 1: able to make it through a concussion protocol. We're taping 113 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 1: this on Thursday. You know, don't know what the status 114 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 1: is going to be. You're a guy who consistently whenever 115 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 1: Chris Ballard has talked about you, he said, you know, 116 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: like we love Ashton's ability to play all three receiver positions. 117 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 1: If this is a you know, next man up game 118 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 1: for you against the Rams, what sort of work do 119 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: you have to put in leading up to, not just 120 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: like this week, but like leading up to this week 121 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 1: to be ready to be that next man up? 122 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:28,919 Speaker 3: For me, nothing really changes, just the sense of the 123 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 3: way my routine is through the week, preparing for both 124 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 3: teams and offense as watching film on DB's watching film 125 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 3: on you know their kickoff, they're their corners on you 126 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 3: know who their corners are for their punt return team 127 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 3: and their gunners and stuff like that. So for me, 128 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 3: nothing really changes because I had to be ready for 129 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 3: a position at any time. So for me, it's you know, 130 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 3: six to the same routine, take care of my body, 131 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 3: makes sure from hydrated fluids, you know, things like that, 132 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 3: and then just getting ready to play. 133 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 1: For you as a guy who you know maybe isn't 134 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,919 Speaker 1: getting you know, one hundred targets in a season, like 135 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: when you are up for a week, you know, within 136 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: the offense, how do you you And I kind of 137 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: asked Alec about this last week, but like how do 138 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: you handle the pressure of like I want to perform 139 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 1: here because I might not know like when the next 140 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: opportunity is coming. 141 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's just you know, staying staying locked 142 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 3: in because when that the opportunity does come, it does 143 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 3: that that chance does happen. 144 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 2: You got to make the most of it. You know. 145 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 2: You like to say, stay radyed, so you know, be 146 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 2: ready with red. 147 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 3: Say, but yeah, that's that's the biggest part of you know, 148 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 3: just just making sure you're ready when that opportunity comes 149 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 3: and make the most of it. Uh. 150 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: You talked about watching LA on kickoffs. They're one of 151 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: like a couple teams in the league that tries to 152 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: bounce their kicks and they do like the knuckle stuff. 153 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: How does that challenge a kick returner. 154 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 3: It's definitely challenging because you get the ball on the 155 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 3: ground rolling around. That gives the kickoff team time to 156 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 3: you know, coverage and getting their lanes. You know, they 157 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 3: got a good kicker that can you know, does a 158 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 3: lot with the knuckleball and stuff like that. But we've 159 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 3: been preparing throughout the week and make sure you ready 160 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 3: for that. But you know, it's definitely a weapon you 161 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 3: can have for your kickoff team. But you know, we'll 162 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 3: make sure we're ready to go and a handle that 163 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 3: work the right way. 164 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: As one of the guys who's back there on kick returns, 165 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 1: how much do you like this kind of new rule 166 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: where you know they move the touchbacks up, so you 167 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: know it kind of incentivizes more action there. 168 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 3: I love it just because we get opportunity, you know, 169 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 3: to make a play. You know, in the recent years, 170 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 3: you know, kickoff return and kickoff was kind of you 171 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 3: know diminishing for how much. 172 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 2: We were actually seeing live reps. 173 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 3: But now it's it's it's it's a point now we're 174 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 3: kind of you know, every every return you know, returnable. 175 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 3: So you know it's fun, it's exciting. You know, I'm ready, 176 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 3: you know, I'm been loving it so far and just 177 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 3: get ready to take on to the crib. 178 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: What what can you tell us about Brian Mason? Like, 179 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: what what is he like? Maybe behind the scenes, real 180 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: good dude? 181 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 2: First of all, filing man. 182 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 3: Kind of mysterious though, you know you might not be 183 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 3: able to figure him all the way and your first 184 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 3: first time meeting him my mysterious in a good way though, 185 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 3: Like he's a good dude, you know, you know, he 186 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 3: just loves game of football, loves the coaches and everything 187 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 3: like that. So my Maason definitely a good person, having 188 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 3: a building. 189 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: So when he was hired as the cold special teams coordinator, 190 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: I reached out to a buddy who's at Notre Dame 191 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: and I was like, well, you know, what can you 192 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: tell me about him? And he goes, he's kind of 193 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: a mad scientist. Some of the stuff he seems to 194 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: be able to do, especially on like punt block to 195 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: manipulate protections there. Oh yeah, it's like, man, I don't 196 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: know how you even like that even enters your brain. 197 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 3: He's definitely a mad signdred percent. He definitely knows the way, 198 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 3: kick up some some some rushes and cook up a 199 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 3: game plan for sure. 200 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 2: He's definitely on it. 201 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: Uh. What have you learned about Daniel Jones over the 202 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: last six months or so? 203 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 2: Love him? 204 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 3: I mean, you know, he's he's all about football, works hard, 205 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 3: you know, comes in and work every day with the 206 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 3: same mindset of getting better. 207 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 2: You know, that's what you want from you qb is. 208 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 3: I mean somebody you know attacks today with the mindset 209 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 3: of you know, I we can do for the team, 210 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 3: and you know that's kind of the thing he does. 211 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 3: He knows a good person outside of building on and 212 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 3: off the field, you know, so it's great having on offense. 213 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: What's something that people may not know about Daniel Jones 214 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,319 Speaker 1: that you've learned about him. 215 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 2: It's a good question. 216 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 1: So I asked alec At last week and he said 217 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 1: that Daniel Jones always will grabble across stick and try 218 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: to like ripple a crossball than that. Yeah, I've not 219 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,559 Speaker 1: seen them well, so he said he was playing like catch. 220 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: They're thrown out in the field and out buy he said. 221 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: This offseason. Yeah, he said, there's some kids on the 222 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: under are undo the field, but like lacrosse sticks instead 223 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: of Daniel was like, I gotta go get that. And 224 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: you can tell when Alex was telling the story, he 225 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:08,959 Speaker 1: just he was picturing this kid chasing after this acrosseball 226 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:10,839 Speaker 1: that that Daniel just airmailed over the. 227 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 2: Now you missed it completely. 228 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, honestly, I know he likes to golf, but I 229 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 3: don't know there's much of something that people don't know. 230 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 3: But he's a pretty good golfer on the people know that, 231 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 3: probably above average, better than me, for sure. 232 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 2: You a golfer, I get out probably. 233 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,439 Speaker 3: Three or four times a year in the off season, 234 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 3: but I don't know if that's a lot or not. 235 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 2: But I try to go out when I care not bad, 236 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 2: I try to. 237 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: I can't go during the season too. 238 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 2: I make it out and exactly. 239 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: Is Alec the best golfer on the team or is 240 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: it Daniel? 241 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:42,719 Speaker 2: Now? 242 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 3: Honestly, I would say ap but he would probably say 243 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 3: Daniel knowing him. 244 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 2: But they are both pretty good. 245 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 3: Riley's pretty good though Riley Riley can definitely get a 246 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 3: run for their money. 247 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 2: But those are probably top three. I've had the gats. 248 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 1: What do you like about golf? 249 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 3: I would say, you know, probably that's a key ltchould 250 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 3: get a drink on. 251 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 2: The way on. 252 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,559 Speaker 1: That's a great answer. Having a couple of drinks outside. 253 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 2: That's probably the best part of it. 254 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:14,559 Speaker 3: You know, the car'm roddy with the guys, but it's 255 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 3: you know, it's it's definitely a game where you gotta 256 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 3: kind of learn and to learn your swing because every 257 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 3: swing might not be like the next one. You might 258 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 3: have a great bod like, oh, I'm tiger Wood is 259 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,599 Speaker 3: the next one You're like, maybe I should. 260 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 2: Go sit down for a while. 261 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 3: But other than that, definitely, you know how challenging it 262 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 3: is kind of swinging, the swinging type of basis. 263 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: When I've talked to like some retired players, they've all said, 264 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: like they really like taking up golf because you still 265 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: get that competitiveness and it's like you but it's like 266 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: it's it's all on you, Like it's you versus the course. 267 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: It's not you versus like the guy you're playing with. 268 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: So you still get that the kind of the mental 269 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: juice flowing and the competitive juices flowing. But you know 270 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: you can't obviously go on and hit someone. 271 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 2: Yeah yah, exactly. 272 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: You're doing it with this team specifically, I'm curious, Like 273 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: as somebody who's on the team. When you're like you're 274 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: talking to people who maybe aren't with the team, you know, friends, family, whatever, 275 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,559 Speaker 1: do you get questions like they're like, Ashton, do you 276 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: see this coming? Like are you surprised by this? Like 277 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 1: do people ever ask you that? Or do they kind 278 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: of know, like, yeah, you you probably did. 279 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 2: It's kind of here or miss. 280 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 3: Some people assume that you already know what's going on 281 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:15,319 Speaker 3: just because you're in the building all the time, and 282 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 3: some are like kind of curious to know what's what 283 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 3: They might read some online or something like that, and 284 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 3: I like, Hey, did you hear about this? I'm like, 285 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 3: I mean sometimes I'm pay attention. Sometimes I do know. 286 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 3: So it just it just depends on what the I 287 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 3: guess the topic is. I might know, I might not know, 288 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 3: you know, And it's just you know, it is it's 289 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 3: just part of what we do. 290 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,319 Speaker 1: But like specifically with like the Colts being three and 291 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 1: oh for the first time in sixteen years, or like 292 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 1: number one offense in the league, all these things like 293 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 1: are people coming to and being like, man, like, are 294 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 1: you surprised by this? 295 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 3: But for me, no, because I mean we always you 296 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 3: know as a player, like you know, this is what 297 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 3: you expect. 298 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 2: You know, this is standard to hold yourself to. But 299 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 2: it's a lot of congratulations for sure. A lot of 300 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 2: people that are happy. 301 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 3: I got a lot of friends that are here that 302 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 3: are growing up coachs fans, so you know this, this 303 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 3: is a big thing for them. They're they're you know, 304 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 3: they're rotten with us to the wheels fall all, you know. 305 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:00,439 Speaker 3: So it's a good thing to see for sal the city. 306 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: Why y, you've been here since twenty nineteen, Like, why 307 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 1: is this team different so far? 308 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 3: I mean just the kind of the the camaraderie. You know, 309 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 3: we're just everybody's kind of does everything together as far 310 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 3: as you know, stuff outside of the building, whether it's 311 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 3: it's it's team dinners, uh, just activities things like that. 312 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 3: You know, we're kind of all on the same page 313 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 3: and just understanding that we're playing for each other. I 314 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 3: think that's the biggest thing about it is knowing that 315 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:24,079 Speaker 3: you know, when your guy next to you is is 316 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 3: is as boden as you are, you kind of you 317 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 3: feel that energy kind of feed off of each other. 318 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 2: So I think it's we're at right now. 319 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 3: We're kind of all you know and on on the 320 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 3: rights on on the same page as far as you 321 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 3: know playing football and playing at a high level. So 322 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 3: you know, can wanna be blessings for that. 323 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: Last one for you here? What does the mentality this 324 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 1: team now have to be going forward to to make 325 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: this fast start to the season count. 326 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:44,839 Speaker 2: I think we got a you know, second system. 327 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 3: I think it's the biggest part of you know, a 328 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 3: lot of teams it don't make it to a fast 329 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 3: so I've been kind of fall off. But I think 330 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 3: for us, you know, the main thing is is staying 331 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 3: consistent in approaching every day, you know, like it's like 332 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 3: it's you know, like it's your last day or your 333 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:56,559 Speaker 3: first day, like you said, like coach. 334 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 2: Was saying earlier. You know, it's like our like our 335 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 2: first day getting drafted in the league. 336 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 3: Kind of that mentality, had that mindset of you know, 337 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 3: let's listen, attack every day and getting better. 338 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: From Malone University wide receiver number sixteen Ashton do them. 339 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 2: Thanks for joining me, man I, you appreciate it all. 340 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: Right back here on the Colt Show, it's time for 341 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: the Colt Show mail Bag. 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Microsoft Surface co 348 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:38,079 Speaker 1: Pilot plus PCs are transforming how the Indianapolis Cults win. 349 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: All right, This question comes from friend of the Pod 350 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 1: Matt Carlin, who asks, what's a driving force or factor 351 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: that we don't see or know about this fast start 352 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: with the Colts. So I think, like you can see 353 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: it in what my answer is going to be, And 354 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: it's just the Cults are not getting negative plays as 355 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: an off That is a really remarkable thing. It's hard 356 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: to do, like, it's really hard to do. So the 357 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: Colts this season through three games have only had ten 358 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: plays lose yards. So we're talking about TFLs sacks. You know, 359 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: that's been it. So that's the lowest total in the 360 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: NFL through three weeks, tied with the Jaguars, who also 361 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: have ten. The Rams have the third lowest total with thirteen, 362 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: and then the Cowboys and Ravens round out the bottom five. 363 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: There or the top five. I guess you should say 364 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: with fourteen the Colts have only been Daniel Jones has 365 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: only been sacked twice this season. That is the lowest 366 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: total for any quarterback, tied with bow Knicks, who also 367 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: has only been sacked twice. Trevor Lawrence has been sacked 368 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: three times. Sam Darnold has been sacked three times, or 369 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 1: the other lowest totals. They're shout out to the Jaguars 370 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: by the way, they look like they might be a 371 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: bit of a problem. We'll keep an eye on them 372 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 1: in THEAFC South the season. But all right, so, like 373 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: how do you keep yourself from getting these negative place 374 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: And there's no one answer, which is why I kind 375 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: of wanted to take Matt's question here because it's like 376 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: it's easy to say, oh, well, Jonathan Taylor's awesome, or 377 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: Daniel Jones has the lowest pressure to sack rate in 378 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: the NFL, which he does at five point nine percent. 379 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 1: But to me, it comes down to, like, you avoid 380 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: negative plays when everyone's doing their job, and everyone is 381 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:24,239 Speaker 1: also extremely well coached. So between the coaching and the execution, 382 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: the Colts have been like near near top, if not 383 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: at the top of the NFL this season and the 384 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: couple of guys I want to highlight here. I talked 385 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: about it before the season when I had a mailbag 386 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:41,359 Speaker 1: question about the offensive line and how Mackenzalvez and Tanner BORDERLINI. 387 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: We're gonna step in for two established veterans, and Ryan 388 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: Kelly and Will Fries, they're on the interior of the 389 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: O line. While I'm happy to report that through three weeks, 390 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: both those guys are doing very well. Macknzalvez is fifth 391 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: is the fifth highest Pro Football Focused pass blocking grade 392 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: among guards. He's only allowed two pressures, which is tied 393 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: for the second fewest among starting guards in the NFL. 394 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: And you turn the tape on, like his Communit like 395 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: the communication and the smarts and the instincts for Macknsalvez 396 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: have all been there. Physically, he's doing a fantastic job. 397 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: But it's like the instincts with him for a guy 398 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: who's never played guard before, have really stood out, you know, 399 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: And that is a huge credit to Macknsalvez. It's a 400 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: huge credit to Tony Sperano Junior, the Colts offensive line coach, 401 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: Chris Watt, assistant offensive line coach, everyone in that room. 402 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 2: Too. 403 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 1: You know, from the team leaders like Quenton Nelson, Bernard Ryman, 404 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: Braden Smith, those guys at center. Tanner Bordollini has the 405 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: sixth highest Pro Football Focus overall grade among centers. So 406 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: and like what I said in the preseason was if 407 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: you just get like baseline fine play out of Bordolini 408 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: and Gonzalveez, like this offensive line is going to be 409 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 1: very good because I think of offensive lines as weak 410 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: link systems, where if you've got a bad player in there, 411 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:06,439 Speaker 1: teams are going to attack it over and over and 412 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 1: over again. And it's not just that. Ma Gonzalvez and 413 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: Tanner Bordolini have been like fine, like passable, not wink 414 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 1: Lenks week links. They've been good. Gonzalvez has been really 415 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 1: good against the past, Bordolini's been awesome in the run game. 416 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: You're getting better than just baseline play out of these 417 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 1: two guys. So that's kind of my starting point for like, Okay, 418 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,640 Speaker 1: how are the Colts avoiding these negative plays? You're getting 419 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: good play out of those two interior guys who were 420 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: question marks coming into this season. Then Daniel Jones, again, 421 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: his ability to avoid sacks has been maybe the most 422 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 1: impressive thing to me that I've seen on him, because 423 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: like we knew he was going to be accurate coming 424 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 1: in right, Like he had a high completion percentage with 425 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 1: his time with the Giants, but the pressure to sack thing. 426 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: When he was at the Giants, his pressure to right 427 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: was almost twenty percent, and it's down there. He's been 428 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: sacked twice on thirty four dropbacks when he's been under pressure. 429 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,680 Speaker 1: And like you think about the play against Tennessee where 430 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: he escapes to that pressure from Jeffrey Simmons, gets outside, 431 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 1: like puts his foot in the ground and then just bam, 432 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,159 Speaker 1: takes off for seventeen yards. Those plays are great, but 433 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: it's it's not even those plays that I'm like, I'm circling. 434 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: It's the routine stuff where he's getting pressured and he's 435 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: getting a throwoff on time, you know, while Nick Benito's 436 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: taking him to the ground or he's scrambling to avoid 437 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:34,880 Speaker 1: pressure and maybe he only gains two yards, but he's 438 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: not losing eight. Like think he had a scramble that 439 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,479 Speaker 1: went for two yards against Tennessee that you know, if 440 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: he takes a sack, you're talking about the difference in 441 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 1: ten yards and then like a makeable down in distance 442 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: versus an unmakable down in distance if he takes the. 443 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 2: Sack or not. 444 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: So Daniel Jones doing that, But then it's also the 445 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: receivers right where the receivers are getting open on time, 446 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: So Daniel Jones has options when he is under pressure 447 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: to get the ball off to Michael Pittman, Junior, Tyler Warren, 448 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 1: Alec Pierce, Josh downs Ad and I Mitchell, any of 449 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: these guys, Moiley Cox, I mean, like he's able to 450 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: get these passes off Jonathan Taylor again, So it's everyone 451 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 1: working together. But I think like the undercurrent to this 452 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 1: that I like Matt's question, it's about the offensive line, 453 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 1: but it's about coaching. And this to me right here 454 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 1: is it starts baseline. The the Colts are very well coached, 455 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: players have bought in and they're executing, and it's just 456 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: this like this beautiful symphony on offense that like it's 457 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,919 Speaker 1: hard when you get into second and seventeen because you 458 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 1: took a sack on first and ten. Those are drive killers. 459 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: If you look at it, teams are scoring this season 460 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 1: twenty eight percent of the time on drives where their 461 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,119 Speaker 1: quarterback is sacked at least one time, and they're scoring 462 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,479 Speaker 1: forty percent of the time on drives in which their 463 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 1: quarterback does not get sacked. So just base that's a 464 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: big jump in percentage, right, So the lack of those sacks, 465 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,439 Speaker 1: and then Jonathan Taylor avoiding the negative runs, even if 466 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,400 Speaker 1: he just churns out a yard or two on first down, 467 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: you stay slightly ahead of the chains. But to me, 468 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: the negative plaything is like one of the biggest undercurrents 469 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 1: to why the Coults are off to this three and 470 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,640 Speaker 1: zho start. All right, thanks again for the question from 471 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 1: my guy Matt. Remember you can submit your questions to 472 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: the Cult Show mailbag. I'll get to an answer on 473 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: every podcast and several more on colts dot com. Get 474 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 1: at me at colts dot com, slash mailbag on social media. 475 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: Right here in the YouTube comments. All right, real quick, 476 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: before we get out of here, we gotta have a 477 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 1: talk about Jonathan Taylor. I know you know how good 478 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor has been. If you're watching this, it is 479 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: not a surprise that Jonathan Taylor looks like the best 480 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 1: running back in the NFL through three games. However, this 481 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 1: to me kind of blew my mind. Jonathan Taylor in 482 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: the second half of games this year, and by the way, 483 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,200 Speaker 1: the Miami game, like he barely had the ball in 484 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: the second half of that game, twenty five carries two 485 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty yards. He's averaging eight point eight yards 486 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: per carry. He has eight first downs just in the 487 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 1: third and fourth quarters of games this season. Those two 488 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty yards would be tenth in the NFL 489 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,160 Speaker 1: among all running backs for full games. 490 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 2: This is like that. 491 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: I mean, it's not totally to this level yet because 492 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: Sidney McLoughlin's like one of the best athletes ever. But 493 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 1: it's like when you see those like videos of Sidney 494 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: McLoughlin doing the four hundred hurdles, but it's super imposed 495 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,719 Speaker 1: over just like the four hundred and she would finish 496 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: like eighth or ninth or whatever. It is like, this 497 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 1: is what I'm like, My god, Jonathan Taylor in the 498 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: second half of games is one of the best running 499 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 1: backs in the NFL if he didn't even play in 500 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 1: the first half. Jt of course, leads the NFL in 501 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: rushing yards. So there are only nine running backs who 502 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 1: have more rushing yards in three full games than Jonathan 503 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: Taylor has just in the second half of three games 504 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:03,199 Speaker 1: this year. There are three full teams that have fewer 505 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: rushing yards in three full games than Jonathan Taylor has 506 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: in the second half of those three games. Those would 507 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 1: be the Cincinnati Bengals, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Las 508 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 1: Vegas Raiders. It's remarkable what he's been doing, and by 509 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 1: the way, like it's been efficient and then of course 510 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,640 Speaker 1: explosive with that awesome run against Tennessee, the great one 511 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 1: against Denver. He has two runs of forty five or 512 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: more yards in the second half, which is tied for 513 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: the third most in the last five seasons. In a 514 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: single season, it's behind only Saquon Barkley, who had four 515 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 1: runs of forty five or more yards in the second 516 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 1: half of games last year, and then Jonathan Taylor, who 517 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: had three of those in twenty twenty one. Like Jonathan 518 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 1: Taylor like, we're talking about a season that is off 519 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: to a special start. Now it's only three games, and 520 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor like, staying healthy is going to be important 521 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: as a running back you get beat up. Jonathan Taylor's 522 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: carried the ball sixty times already. I got a good 523 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,919 Speaker 1: mailbag question that I answered on Colts dot Com about 524 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 1: DJ Giddens and Tyler Goodson maybe taking on some of 525 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: that load as the season goes on. But my goodness, 526 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: he like when Shane Stiken says, like throw to score 527 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: a run to win. This is like the first three 528 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 1: games this season have been like the pure distillation of that, 529 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: in that teams are trying to, hey, we're gonna sell 530 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: out to stop Jonathan Taylor early in games. Daniel Jones says, great, 531 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: I'll average nine point one yards per pass if you're 532 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 1: gonna do that, and then teams maybe say, you know, 533 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 1: all right, maybe we'll try to stop the pass a 534 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: little bit, or they just get worn down because the 535 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 1: Colts are still running it in the first half and 536 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 1: then like, stopping Jonathan Taylor for four quarters right now 537 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 1: is almost like a herculean task for a defense. So 538 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: it just like through three games. I know it's just 539 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 1: three games, but like other people have said this, but 540 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor looks like a better running back now than 541 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 1: he was in twenty twenty one JT and twenty one, 542 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,959 Speaker 1: like and he'll tell you this, like he very much, 543 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: which was like seahole hit hole and his acceleration is burst. 544 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: Was incredible that year, the Colts had everything schemed up great. 545 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 1: This version to Jonathan Taylor is patient. His vision is incredible. 546 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: He might have the best vision in the NFL. And 547 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:20,439 Speaker 1: then it's he's breaking tackles like the obviously you know 548 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 1: against the you know the run against the Titans where 549 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 1: he broke three tackles on that play. Like what he's 550 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 1: doing right now is like he keeps it up. We're 551 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: gonna have to have a discussion about Jonathan Taylor for 552 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 1: Offensive Player of the Year. It's just three games. Let's 553 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,359 Speaker 1: not get ahead of ourselves too much here, but like, 554 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: this has been one of the most impressive three game 555 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 1: stretches of Jonathan Taylor's career. And that is saying something 556 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 1: like that is really saying something. All right, let's talk 557 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: real quick about the Los Angeles Rams, the Colts opponent 558 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:57,919 Speaker 1: in Week four out at SOFI Stadium. The Rams are 559 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 1: really good. They're a really good football team. I know 560 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: they're two to one. They just lost that game to 561 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: the Eagles where Jordan Davis blocked the kick, and like, 562 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: the funny thing about that, this is just this is 563 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 1: in a side but I remember when Jordan Davis was 564 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: coming out and he ran super fast to the combine. 565 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: He's the Eagles defensive tackle to block the kick against 566 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,439 Speaker 1: the Rams last week. He ran like the fastest forty 567 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: time for a big man like ever at the combine 568 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: or something like that, and I remember being like, when's 569 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: he ever gonna need. 570 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 2: To do that? 571 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 1: Well, then when he ran that blocked kickback for a touchdown, 572 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: it turned out it actually does matter that he's that fast. Anyways, 573 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: the Rams this year are They're eleventh in points scored 574 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: on offense, they're fourteenth in points allowed on defense, but 575 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: they're top five in yards per play on offense and 576 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 1: top five and five in yards per play allowed on defense. 577 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 1: They're first in the NFL. They have twelve sacks, tied 578 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 1: with the Denver Broncos, which again shout out Daniel Jones 579 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 1: only got sacked one time in that game. Pukunakua leads 580 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 1: the NFL twenty nine catches three hundred and thirty three yards. 581 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: Devonte Adams is fifteenth with two hundred and thirteen yards. 582 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 1: He's seventh in sixteen point four yards per reception. And 583 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: then there's Matthew Stafford, who is just to put it 584 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 1: this way, like Matthew Stafford is your favorite quarterback's favorite quarterback. 585 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:15,199 Speaker 1: The way that he plays is like there is this 586 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: sort of like almost this gap between your like the Manning, Brady, Rogers, 587 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 1: Rivers breeze group, and then you're like current Mahomes, Allen Lamar, 588 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: Burrow Herbert type group, and Matthew Stafford's like the one 589 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: guy in the middle of that right who's drafted in 590 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:39,160 Speaker 1: two thousand and nine, who is to me like, he's 591 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:40,719 Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer in my book. I don't care 592 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:43,879 Speaker 1: how many Pro Bowls he's made. He's the ultimate. Like 593 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:45,920 Speaker 1: you just turn on the tape and you're like, my god, 594 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 1: he's still got it. He rips throws, he is aggressive, 595 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: he's accurate. He makes incredible decisions with the ball. This season, 596 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 1: get this, so he is the fastest time to throw 597 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 1: among quarterbacks. The two plus starts at two point five 598 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 1: to three seconds, So he gets the ball and within 599 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 1: two point five three seconds that ball is out on average, 600 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 1: But he has the thirteenth highest average depth of target 601 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 1: at eight point five yards beyond the line of scoomage. 602 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: So this isn't like dink and dunk, kind of like 603 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 1: the Aaron Rodgers offense was last year with the Jets 604 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:19,879 Speaker 1: where he like got it and through it because he 605 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,440 Speaker 1: didn't want to be pressured. Stafford is like he's attacking vertically. 606 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,159 Speaker 1: This is gonna be a big challenge. And Leannarumo I 607 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: asked him about Stafford and just like how over his career, 608 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,640 Speaker 1: you know, Matthew Stafford's kind of seen everything, right, He's 609 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,919 Speaker 1: seen the league go to this, you know, from a 610 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: cover three heavy type of you know, that was the 611 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 1: defense that was in vogue in the early twenty tens 612 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: to this now too high shell world we live in 613 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 1: with all these fire zones and sim pressures. He's seen everything. 614 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: There's not a coverage or an inversion of a coverage 615 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 1: or a disguise of a coverage that Matthew Stafford hasn't seen. 616 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: And I asked Leuannaroma about it, and as part of 617 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,640 Speaker 1: Lou's answer, he said, like he still is haunted by 618 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 1: that no look past. Stafford had to Cooper Cup that 619 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: he'll set up the Rams winning the Super Bowl in 620 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. Like just the stuff that Stafford does, 621 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,119 Speaker 1: this is going to be a huge challenge for the 622 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:19,640 Speaker 1: Colts the Rams. To me, the Rams might wind up 623 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 1: by the end of this year being a top five, 624 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: top seven team in the NFL, like legit Super Bowl 625 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: contending type team. If the Colts can go into Sofi 626 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 1: Stadium and hold their own in this game and they 627 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 1: either come back four to ozh or like even if 628 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: the Colts don't win this game, but they are really 629 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 1: competitive right down to the wire in this game. Man, 630 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: you're gonna be feeling awfully good about this team. And look, 631 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 1: I know vibes are great right now, it's just three games. Yes, 632 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: you can see all those stats about how three and 633 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: oh teams make the playoffs more way more often than not. 634 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,719 Speaker 1: This game to me is almost like a it's an 635 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: early season bell weather of Okay, like we I think 636 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 1: the Colts are legit. I don't think anyone's doubting. And 637 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 1: if they are, they haven't watched the games. I don't 638 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 1: think anyone's doubting that the Colts are legit. It's okay. 639 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: Are the Colts like a top three to four team 640 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 1: in the NFL if they go into LA and they 641 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: were able to win this game, Like, I think you're 642 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 1: gonna start here in nationally people talking about the Colts 643 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: as whoa, Okay, we really got to take this team 644 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 1: seriously now, So big game for the Colts going into LA. 645 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: I think the Colts two trips to LA might be 646 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 1: their two toughest games of the year. By the way, 647 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:29,719 Speaker 1: you got the Rams in Week four and then go 648 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 1: back to LA in week seven to face the Chargers. 649 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: By the way, Sunday night football, keep an eye out. 650 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 1: Like it's not me saying I think that game is 651 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,720 Speaker 1: gonna get flexed. That's me pointing to the NFL and 652 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: saying you might want to get Colts and Chargers on 653 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: a Sunday night. That'd be a pretty good game, all right. Again, 654 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: big games gonna be a real tough challenge against Stafford, 655 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 1: against a really good defense coordinated by Chris Shula. He 656 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,800 Speaker 1: does a really good job. Again, they've got twelve sacks 657 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: this year. This is going to be a huge challenge 658 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 1: for the Colts. But we'll see in There's nothing that 659 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: the Colts have done this season that suggests to me 660 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 1: they can't come out of this being competitive and giving 661 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: themselves a chance to go into Sofi Stadium and win 662 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 1: this football game. All right, that is gonna do it 663 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 1: for us. Here on the Colt Show, we are presented 664 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:17,400 Speaker 1: by Microsoft Surface Co Pilot plus PC. Greatness in the 665 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 1: NFL is built on preparation and quick decisions. 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Thank you for watching, Thank you for listening 673 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 1: to this episode of The Colts Show in Indianapolis Colts Podcast. 674 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 1: We'll be back next Thursday, right here with another episode 675 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 1: of The Colt Show. Talk to you then, So long.