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Speaker 1: to be joined by the voice of the Indianapolis Colts,

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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor. And I'm going to ask Matt Taylor five

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Speaker 1: questions to get us up to speed on the six

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Speaker 1: and five Colts, and then Matt will ask me five

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Speaker 1: questions so he can get up to speed on the

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Speaker 1: four and seven Titans. Both teams were winners this past Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Really nice win for the Colts over Tampa Bay twenty

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Speaker 1: seven to twenty. Of course, the Titans knocked off Carolina

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Speaker 1: seventeen to ten. Matt Taylor, how you doing.

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Speaker 2: I'm doing good, Mike Harry you I'm doing very well.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, and I appreciate you doing this absolutely yeah. Yeah, Okay,

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Speaker 1: are you ready? Are you ready for the first question?

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Speaker 2: I'm an open book. Whatever you need, let's go.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So, after the Colts beat the Titans on October

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Speaker 1: the eighth, they lost three straight games, and then they

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Speaker 1: have won their last three games at Carolina, at New England,

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Speaker 1: which was actually in Germany, and then against Tampa Bay.

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Speaker 1: How have the Colts turned it around and won three

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Speaker 1: in a row.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think there's a lot of answers to that.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you know, fortunately for the Colts, they've taken

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Speaker 3: advantage of the schedule. Right I don't think the Panthers

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Speaker 3: or the Patriots or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going

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Speaker 3: to be confused with the best teams in the NFL

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Speaker 3: right now. But you know, two of those wins are

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Speaker 3: You know, some adversity with the logistics there. So they're

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Speaker 3: all really good wins. But you know, I think they're

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Speaker 3: just getting steady performances from a lot of key players

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Speaker 3: playing incredibly well right now. It's been kind of banged up,

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Speaker 3: but the depth has come in and has played very well.

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Speaker 3: Guys like Wesley French have showed out. You know, you

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Speaker 3: got Blake Freeland that has had to play both left

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Speaker 3: a reserve role. The running game has been pretty consistent

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Speaker 3: Jonathan Taylor and Zach Moss. But the defense has played

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Speaker 3: very well in this last three games. During this three

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Speaker 3: game winning streak, they're giving up only about thirteen points

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Speaker 3: per game. And again, they're not playing you know, the

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Speaker 3: highly touted offenses. Right They're not playing Kansas City or

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Speaker 3: you know they're taking care of business. And the biggest

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Speaker 3: hope for the Colts during this three game winning streak

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Speaker 3: is the pass rush. The pass rush has really come on.

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Speaker 3: They've got fifteen sacks combined during the three game heater

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Speaker 3: here dio A Dangbo looks like he's taking his career

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Speaker 3: up a notch. Samson Ebacom has been a nice, steady force,

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Speaker 3: you know, good signing in free agency for the Colts.

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Speaker 3: He's got six sacks as well. To go along with

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Speaker 3: get from DeForest Buckner. Quitty Pay I think has turned

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Speaker 3: the pass rush in the defense. Those two things have

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Speaker 3: three game winning streak. And you know, obviously it hasn't

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Speaker 3: not stopping the run very well without Grover Stewart. He's

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Speaker 3: still serving that six game suspension. In fact, the last

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Speaker 3: I should say this Sunday in Tennessee and round number

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Speaker 1: All right, here's question number two. Garner Minshew has now

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they've they've done a really nice job.

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Speaker 3: They don't they don't ask Gardner Minshew to push the

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Speaker 3: And the biggest surprise for me anyways, coming from last

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Speaker 3: the point total. The Colts have scored at least twenty

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Speaker 3: And I think Gardner Minshew deserves a lot of credit

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Speaker 1: Two parter for question number three, Number one, Jonathan Taylor

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Speaker 3: Jonathan Taylor is back to form. You know, he had

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Speaker 3: He's just like Derrick Henry, right, the more carries he gets,

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Speaker 3: Well, I mean you're right, every game he keeps you

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Speaker 3: that win. So, yes, he does have a lot of

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Speaker 3: And and Shane Steikeen's done just has done a trim

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Speaker 1: On offense, time for a quick time out for us

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Speaker 2: All right, are you in my five Mike? This is

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Speaker 1: You're in my favor I mean you're five about that,

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Speaker 3: Well, you have a lot of wisdom, so I'm glad

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Speaker 2: All right, Mike.

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Speaker 3: So the Titans. They beat the Panthers last week seventeen

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Speaker 1: Matt I understood that the Titans were in a position

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Speaker 1: Well, Ryan had played and had not played particularly well.

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Speaker 3: Question number three for me, Mike, is you know last

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Speaker 1: continue to build on that as much as possible.

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Speaker 3: All Right, Mike Keith, the voice of the Tennessee Titans.

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Speaker 3: Last one for me, it's always a great game between

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Speaker 3: the Colts and the Titans, really turned into a really

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Speaker 3: good rivalry, and Tennessee's won five of the last six,

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Speaker 3: and five of those games have been decided by single digits.

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Speaker 3: The Colts won the first game at Lucas Oil Stadium. So, Mike,

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Speaker 3: what things are you expecting the Titans to do well

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Speaker 3: on Sunday that will give the Colts troubles and their

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Speaker 1: Well, I think you have to go back to Derrick Henry.

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Speaker 1: I think that the Titans want to run the football.

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Speaker 1: They've played a rookie quarterback, they have two rookies in

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Speaker 1: the offensive line. They're in a very different place, and

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Speaker 1: they've been at different points over the last five years.

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Speaker 1: But Derick Henry still the answer. If you can run

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry and set up second and six, set up

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Speaker 1: third and two, you help your rookie quarterback. The other

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Speaker 1: thing that happens, too, is you put the play action

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Speaker 1: back in the fold. And when the Titans have been

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Speaker 1: successful under Mike Vrabel, they have hit big shots off

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Speaker 1: play action, and they've done that some this year. So

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry is certainly a big answer. The other part

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Speaker 1: of it, too for them is I think they really

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Speaker 1: have to make sure their offensive line is firmed up

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Speaker 1: they start at right tackle. We don't know that's who

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Speaker 1: they started in the game against Carolina. The Colts have

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Speaker 1: so many guys that can rush the passer. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's not just about one guy. Like with Caroline it

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Speaker 1: was about Brian Burns. You had to account for Brian Burns.

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Speaker 1: The Colts have five to six guys that can do it,

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Speaker 1: and so you can't lose anybody and you can't help everybody.

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Speaker 1: So the offensive line has to be very firm. On

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Speaker 1: the defensive side, it's about getting off the field on

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Speaker 1: third down, and whether that's third and ten or third

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Speaker 1: and one or whatever, they need to get the ball

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Speaker 1: back for the offense. They don't need it to be

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Speaker 1: a seven possession game like what it was in Jacksonville.

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Speaker 1: This offense is going to have a hard time developing

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Speaker 1: So you know that that is a real big key.

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Speaker 1: It means you're gonna take care of everything and you're

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Speaker 1: not going to be able to give up the big plays.

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Speaker 1: I mean, those are the challenges for the Titans, and

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Speaker 1: I don't know that I'm breaking any ground except to

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Speaker 1: say I think that's going to be the challenge for

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Speaker 1: them the rest of the way with where they are

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Speaker 1: with this personnel, and you know, the off season is

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Speaker 1: going to be interesting here, Matt. This team will have

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Speaker 1: over eighty million dollars in cap room, has eight draft picks,

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Speaker 1: has a firm foundation with these rookies who have done well.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if you've got your six draft picks playing

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Speaker 1: for you, they they've had five on the field at

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Speaker 1: the same time at different points, then then you've done

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Speaker 1: something right. As you know, Jeffrey Simmons pretty good player

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Speaker 1: and he's going to be here, and you know they've

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Speaker 1: got some other guys who can really make some things happen.

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Speaker 1: The question is going to be how do they fill

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Speaker 1: in those spots. But a lot of that help is

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Speaker 1: not coming right away, and I think everybody understands that.

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Speaker 1: So down the stretch, the Titans are going to try

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Speaker 1: to be the best version of the Titans that they

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Speaker 1: can be, and you know, if they string something together,

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Speaker 1: they're not out of anything. But the main focus is

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Speaker 1: just going to be for them doing what they do

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Speaker 1: well and try to build on that.

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Speaker 3: That's tremendous insight. Mike Keith, the longtime voice of the

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Speaker 3: Tennessee Titans, one of the best in the business. Mike,

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Speaker 3: always appreciate the time, have a great call on Sunday.

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Speaker 3: Always look forward to seeing you down in Nashville and

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Speaker 3: appreciate you being in my five.

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Speaker 1: I'm thrilled to be in your five. Matt Taylor, thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for taking the time to join me

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Speaker 1: on the OTP. And as we head out, I need

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Speaker 1: So Titans Fans, Ken fan, I'm Mike Keith, thanking you

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Speaker 1: for listening to the ode t Pete.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Big Show where the Legends going. Everybody

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