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Speaker 1: break on everything. This is Inside Football with former Colts

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Speaker 1: and NFL coach Rick Venturie.

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Speaker 2: It is a very busy week for the Indianapolis Colts.

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Speaker 2: They're trying to rebound after a tough loss in Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 2: They got a trip coming up to Berlin that awaits

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Speaker 2: here in week number ten, and the team just pulled

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Speaker 2: off a blockbuster trade deadline deal, maybe the biggest trade

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Speaker 2: deadline deal in the history of the Indianapolis Colts.

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Speaker 3: Oh boy, we got a lot to get into today.

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 3: I'm Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 2: Welcome inside the Indiana Union Construction Industry Radio studio, and

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Speaker 2: Rick vent Turrey is the star of this podcast. He

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Speaker 2: joins me on the whole right now with his twenty

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Speaker 2: seven years of coaching experience in the National Football League,

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Speaker 2: and we put that to good use today. Rick vent Urry,

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Speaker 2: how you doing this afternoon.

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Speaker 4: Man, I'm really I'm doing really well. What exciting good news?

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Speaker 4: You know. Basically, I know Chris worked hard on this.

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Speaker 4: on Gardner. Gardner is a tremendous football player. He's an

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Speaker 4: cover guy, tremendous press corner. You know, he's long, Matt,

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Speaker 4: you know, he's very very long, very very fast, and

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Speaker 4: He has a lot of strips and so I'm just excited,

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Speaker 4: you're talking about two premier corners in the league, you know,

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Speaker 4: you know, when both those guys are healthy and they

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Speaker 4: You know, I can't remember too some really, and not

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Speaker 4: just the Colts, but anywhere you know that'll that will

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Speaker 2: What does this move say about how the Colts feel

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Speaker 3: Rick vn Terry Raymie?

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Speaker 2: What does it say about how the Colts how they

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Speaker 4: Well, you know this is this is a message that

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Speaker 4: you know, it resonates internally in your locker room as

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Speaker 4: loud as any I've ever heard. The only trade that

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Speaker 4: it really fits what Anna Rumo wants to do. You

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Speaker 4: You know, this is you know, and the hell was Sunday?

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Speaker 4: And so to me, you know, and and and to me,

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Speaker 2: You know what, Rick Ventcuria, I think you and I

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Speaker 2: and are my better players better than your best players?

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Speaker 3: The answer is nobody, So don't worry about nobody.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely nobody. And my experience in the draft is usually

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Speaker 4: You're dealing with, the same guy. Now, don't get me wrong,

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Speaker 2: So last thing on sauce Gardner before we kind of

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Speaker 4: Well, you know, I think Corners you can. You can

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Speaker 2: Yeah, certainly a distraction in a good way because of

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Speaker 4: I can't tell you how much I miss not going

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Speaker 4: You hit the dirty birds. Well, if you ever coached

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Speaker 4: So again, a lot of skill on this team and

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Speaker 4: a very aggressive and sticky defense.

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Speaker 2: All right, let's get into the blueprints then for success

431
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Speaker 2: for the Indianapolis Colts here on both sides of the ball.

432
00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,040
Speaker 2: That's the setup on the big picture. But this is

433
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Speaker 2: where Rick gives his keys to the game after watching

434
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Speaker 2: hours upon hours of game films. So let's talk about

435
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Speaker 2: how the Colts can navigate the Falcons. First on offense,

436
00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,400
Speaker 2: so defensively, first, the setup here for the Colts, they're

437
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,919
Speaker 2: coming off a solid effort against the Steelers, giving up

438
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Speaker 2: just two twenty five. They had four sacks. Twenty four

439
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,720
Speaker 2: of the twenty seven points they gave up last week

440
00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:00,000
Speaker 2: to the Steelers came off of giveaways by the Colts offense.

441
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Speaker 2: So that's kind of the preface here going into this

442
00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,080
Speaker 2: game on that side of the ball. But with Atlanta,

443
00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:09,560
Speaker 2: the franchise quarterback now is second year, lefty Michael Pennix.

444
00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,920
Speaker 2: He was drafted eighth overall in twenty twenty four, had

445
00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:17,600
Speaker 2: stints in college at Washington and Indiana. He has started

446
00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:21,440
Speaker 2: seven games this year ten games total for his career.

447
00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:24,639
Speaker 2: He threw for over two thousand yards through his first

448
00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,800
Speaker 2: nine starts. That's the most by any quarterback through nine

449
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:32,480
Speaker 2: career starts in Falcons franchise history. But the benchmark for

450
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Speaker 2: Pennix rick if you look at his numbers, and you've

451
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Speaker 2: certainly poured over the tape, but just you know, statistically,

452
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Speaker 2: one thing to keep in mind here, he is four

453
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Speaker 2: and one as a starter in his career when he

454
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Speaker 2: completed sixty percent of his passes. He's zero to five

455
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,040
Speaker 2: when he's under that mark. So keep that in mind

456
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Speaker 2: for Sunday. But the Falcons on offense, they only average

457
00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,440
Speaker 2: seventeen points per game. They've been over twenty four points

458
00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,240
Speaker 2: just twice so far this year. They're not running the

459
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Speaker 2: ball very well right now. In fact, they've been held

460
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,280
Speaker 2: to under seventy five yards in each of their last

461
00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,880
Speaker 2: three games during this losing skid here, and third down

462
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,520
Speaker 2: is killing him too. Last week they were just one

463
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Speaker 2: for ten on third down. They are just eight for

464
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Speaker 2: their last thirty two attempts in their last three games.

465
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Speaker 2: Personnel wise, they've got skill players that can change the game.

466
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:23,400
Speaker 2: They've got Drake London, the versatile Kyle Pitts at tight end,

467
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:27,440
Speaker 2: the dual threat running back Bijon Robinson. Robinson broke three

468
00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:31,000
Speaker 2: thousand career rushing yards against the Patriots and only his

469
00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:35,000
Speaker 2: forty second career game last Sunday. Meanwhile, London last week

470
00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,399
Speaker 2: nine catches for one hundred and eighteen yards in a

471
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Speaker 2: career high three touchdowns. And then Pitts he went over

472
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Speaker 2: three thousand career receiving yards last week, becoming just the

473
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Speaker 2: third Falcons tight end ever to do that. So Rick,

474
00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:52,280
Speaker 2: despite the playmakers, this is kind of a pedestrian Falcons offense.

475
00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,320
Speaker 2: They're not turning the football over, only seven giveaways on

476
00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,600
Speaker 2: the season. That's helping him. But what else do you

477
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Speaker 2: want to point out on Atlanta's offense before your go

478
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Speaker 2: into the blueprints here for the Colts.

479
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Speaker 4: Yeah, well this is when I go here. This is

480
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,359
Speaker 4: a little bit more of what they really trying to

481
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,919
Speaker 4: do tactically. Uh, they're gonna mix and they have some

482
00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:14,239
Speaker 4: interesting mixes and some unusual mixes Okay, they'll they'll have

483
00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:19,160
Speaker 4: twelve personnel with the two tight ends, and in most cases, uh,

484
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:22,399
Speaker 4: in that situation, you're gonna have Pits out flanked wide

485
00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,480
Speaker 4: with the other tight end in the box. And then

486
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,240
Speaker 4: a lot of times it'll look like four wives because

487
00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:33,240
Speaker 4: you'll have Pits and you will have Robinson split out

488
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,240
Speaker 4: as wide receivers, and then the guy in the backfield

489
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,000
Speaker 4: for blocking is Werner eighty nine the other tight end.

490
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,119
Speaker 4: It's it's unusual. The other thing you gotta be alert

491
00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,880
Speaker 4: for is there's a lot and you'll see it when

492
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,400
Speaker 4: you're doing the game. There's a lot of unusual pre

493
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:52,679
Speaker 4: snap sets, particularly with Robinson. He may be kind of

494
00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:56,200
Speaker 4: in a half way position, not in the backfield, not outside,

495
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,399
Speaker 4: and then they'll move him back in, move him out,

496
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:04,040
Speaker 4: a lot of movement with him before the snap. Okay,

497
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:09,880
Speaker 4: but in the end, again, be think player specifics. They

498
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,159
Speaker 4: want to win the game by getting the ball in

499
00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:17,919
Speaker 4: space to Robinson and to Pitts, and you have to

500
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,000
Speaker 4: crowd those guys. You want to It's kind of like

501
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:24,000
Speaker 4: the Jordan rules in basketball. You don't want to give

502
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,760
Speaker 4: them daylight and let them catch and run. Robinson will

503
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,920
Speaker 4: take it to the house. I mean, he will take

504
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,360
Speaker 4: it to the house. So you want to crowd them

505
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,240
Speaker 4: both on the run and on the pass. There's no

506
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,480
Speaker 4: doubt about that because that's their number one approach. Again

507
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,600
Speaker 4: number two when they have to get a downfield, you

508
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,080
Speaker 4: know that's going to be London and I'm telling you,

509
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,280
Speaker 4: in the red zone, you got to get up and

510
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,040
Speaker 4: play with them. On the jump ball, he will go

511
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:49,920
Speaker 4: up and get it in the red zone. He's one

512
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,600
Speaker 4: of the if not the best, one of the best,

513
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:57,080
Speaker 4: out outstanding out outside receivers, you know, in in that

514
00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:00,679
Speaker 4: red area. The other thing they like to do, like

515
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:05,840
Speaker 4: most teams, is get you in overloaded sets three by ones,

516
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:10,280
Speaker 4: four by ones, and then somebody on the backside, maybe

517
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:14,960
Speaker 4: it's Pits, maybe it's Mooney, maybe it's London. And if

518
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:18,480
Speaker 4: you over if you over commit, then they want to

519
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 4: hit those one and one. You know, they want to

520
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,000
Speaker 4: hit that one on one back there and again, I

521
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:24,840
Speaker 4: think you know you have to do you know, you

522
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,760
Speaker 4: have to defend Pennis. He's got enough movement. He's not

523
00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,240
Speaker 4: a true scrambler, but he can get out of trouble

524
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,640
Speaker 4: and he can throw off the platform and he's got

525
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,160
Speaker 4: a little gunslinger in him. You're right, He's right. It's

526
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 4: kind of that cutoff mark is whether he goes over

527
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:45,080
Speaker 4: sixty or under sixty. I think, you know, from that standpoint,

528
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 4: you know, I think our our blueprint, our defensive blueprint,

529
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 4: is we've got to control Robinson number one. You know,

530
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:58,120
Speaker 4: he's five ninety five rushing five oh and forty one catches.

531
00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,800
Speaker 4: I mean again, very much like a Marshall Fulk, not

532
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,479
Speaker 4: necessarily the jitterbug that Fulk was, but used in the

533
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,720
Speaker 4: same way both as a running back and receiver. I

534
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 4: kind of think they do you a favor when they

535
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,879
Speaker 4: flank him, but he runs legitimate receiver routes. Close the

536
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,200
Speaker 4: edges on him, don't let him get out in space,

537
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,000
Speaker 4: crowd him out of the backfield. When he's out of

538
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,560
Speaker 4: that backfield, don't play a lot of soft on let

539
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 4: him catch it and run. He's a true home run hitter,

540
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:27,720
Speaker 4: you know, and they are. You know, if you look

541
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:31,200
Speaker 4: at rush per over the season, they're thirteenth at four

542
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,159
Speaker 4: point four, so you know, and with him as a threat,

543
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,639
Speaker 4: you gotta do it. Number two and right next to

544
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 4: him is you got to play Pitt's hard forty three

545
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,640
Speaker 4: catches again, crowd him as well. I don't see him

546
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,120
Speaker 4: running a lot of deep routes, but a lot of

547
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 4: possession stuff screens. Get him the ball really quick, true

548
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 4: hybrid wide receiver, tight end deep short ball in hand.

549
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,880
Speaker 4: Guy number three. You got to defend London in that

550
00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:01,200
Speaker 4: second level forty seven catches up. He went from two

551
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:06,000
Speaker 4: tds to five tds in one day. Good big body athlete,

552
00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 4: great fifty to fifty competitor. I think you can press

553
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,280
Speaker 4: him because he gives you a lot of body. But again,

554
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 4: when you press him and he releases, you got to

555
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,000
Speaker 4: get right back on top of him. You can't get

556
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,800
Speaker 4: in a trail on him or he's gonna go get it.

557
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 4: Crowd him, compete for those fifty to fifty balls. Know

558
00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:27,560
Speaker 4: that in critical situation, red zone game on the line,

559
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 4: defend number five. And also just know to stay on

560
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 4: top of Mooney when Mooney's outflanked, particularly if he gets

561
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,920
Speaker 4: a one on one somewhere. He is the shot guy.

562
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,040
Speaker 4: He doesn't do much else, but he's the shot guy.

563
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:43,000
Speaker 4: Then we got to attack Penix through their offensive line.

564
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,719
Speaker 4: The way I see it, their left tackle Matthews is

565
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:50,680
Speaker 4: vulnerable to a crushing power rush. I think if you

566
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,760
Speaker 4: put Buckner over there, and then you and if you

567
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:58,400
Speaker 4: put a Lattu over on Wilkinson their right side. Wilkinson

568
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:03,479
Speaker 4: can't handle speed in a athleticism. Matthews can't handle that power.

569
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 4: I think that'd be the way to go. And then

570
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 4: any three man twists inside kills them, you know, and

571
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 4: force him to give it up. They don't, They don't

572
00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 4: turn it over a lot, but you have to force it,

573
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,000
Speaker 4: you know, you know, I think number two, you know,

574
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 4: the final thing is, you know, you know, just just

575
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 4: keep them, you know, keep them out in the red zone.

576
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 4: They're number twenty two. It's been a struggle. Get Tennis down.

577
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 4: He can throw off platform, there's no doubt about that.

578
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,680
Speaker 4: Force turnovers, and if you win those areas, you win

579
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 4: the game.

580
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,200
Speaker 2: That's Rick Vincery right there. Those are his blueprints to

581
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:42,960
Speaker 2: shut down the pedestrian Falcons offense again, scoring only seventeen

582
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:44,960
Speaker 2: points per game. So let's switch over to the other

583
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,360
Speaker 2: side of the ball now and preview the Atlanta defense,

584
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:52,120
Speaker 2: and the strength of that unit definitely is their past defense.

585
00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:55,640
Speaker 2: They've given up the fewest completions and seen the fewest

586
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 2: attempts in the NFL so far.

587
00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 3: This year.

588
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:02,400
Speaker 2: They've only allowed a two hundred yard passer twice this season,

589
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,800
Speaker 2: including last week Drake May went over two hundred yards

590
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,840
Speaker 2: for the Patriots. But the Falcons lead the NFL with

591
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 2: one hundred and fifty eight yards per game allowed through

592
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,760
Speaker 2: the air. That would be the fewest by any team

593
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,479
Speaker 2: since the two thousand and nine Jets, and it's on

594
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,560
Speaker 2: pace to be the fewest by the Falcons since nineteen

595
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 2: seventy eight, so definitely something to keep an eye on,

596
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,760
Speaker 2: as the Colts have just torched teams through the air

597
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 2: under Daniel Jones, but against the run, the Falcons are

598
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 2: giving up one hundred and twenty four yards per game.

599
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:35,000
Speaker 2: They've allowed over one hundred yards in seven of eight

600
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:38,840
Speaker 2: games played this season. They've got the fourth best overall

601
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 2: defense in terms of yards at two eighty two. They've

602
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,320
Speaker 2: held five teams to under three hundred yards on the campaign,

603
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 2: but weirdly rick they struggle on third down, giving up

604
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:52,720
Speaker 2: forty three percent conversion rate allowed. The top playmakers for

605
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:56,320
Speaker 2: the Falcons on defense, in no particular order, You've got

606
00:31:56,440 --> 00:32:01,440
Speaker 2: lionebacker Cayden Ellis, safety's Jesse Bates, and Xavier Watts. In

607
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 2: the back end, as well. Ellis leads the team and

608
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 2: tackles with fifty three and led the squad in stops

609
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 2: last year with one hundred and fifty, which were fifth

610
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 2: most in the NFL. And then rookie Watts, really good,

611
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 2: high potential player, already making a difference. He was the

612
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,120
Speaker 2: NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month for September. So far

613
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 2: this year forty four tackles, four passes defense. And then

614
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:24,240
Speaker 2: Jesse Bates.

615
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 3: We know him well.

616
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 2: He's a Hoosier native from Fort Wayne Fort Wayne Snyder

617
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 2: High School, one of the best strong safeties in the NFL,

618
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,080
Speaker 2: one of five active players in the NFL with at

619
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 2: least twenty five career interception. So I'm gonna stop it

620
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,320
Speaker 2: right there. Rick von Terry kind of fill in the

621
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 2: cracks anything I may have missed on the Falcons defense

622
00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 2: going into this game before you set him up on

623
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 2: your blueprint.

624
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 4: No, I think that's well chronicled. I think schematically when

625
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,120
Speaker 4: you look at him. One of the reasons that they're

626
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 4: so good on pass defense is they and I don't

627
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,480
Speaker 4: think it's anomenally. I think they're really good, and I

628
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 4: think style is part of it. I mean, they play

629
00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 4: sticky on the edge. And you know, like I said,

630
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,280
Speaker 4: I've been impressed with huge in Terrell on the outside.

631
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:08,200
Speaker 4: And they're not they're not household names, but they will

632
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,160
Speaker 4: get up in your grill. They will play hard Alford

633
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,600
Speaker 4: same at nickel. You talked about those two safeties Baits

634
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 4: and Watts. Particularly, Baits is more. Baits is more like Cross.

635
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 4: He can get up in that box. You know, Wats

636
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 4: is a little bit better with a couple of picks

637
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 4: in the back end. Young kids off the edge. A

638
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,080
Speaker 4: lot of Bear, I mean a lot of bear. They

639
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:34,000
Speaker 4: they'll play a big bear with five down guys and

640
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:37,600
Speaker 4: then they'll play a nickel bear where Ellis, as you said,

641
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 4: will come up and he'll walk up and be a

642
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 4: defensive end. And so they can play bear in both

643
00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 4: bass and nickel. And then they use rx colt Ronnie

644
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:50,440
Speaker 4: Harrison in kind of a hybrid first down. It's kind

645
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,440
Speaker 4: of a nickel and it's kind of bass, and he's

646
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,360
Speaker 4: kind of like their big nickel. You know, he'll go

647
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 4: on to the edge of the box and they'll give

648
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:01,240
Speaker 4: you a different look for run Dey on first down.

649
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 4: A lot of man coverage and even with their zones,

650
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 4: they really match it hard. They match it hard, and

651
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,279
Speaker 4: that's why you don't have a lot of daylight. You

652
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:15,040
Speaker 4: have to actually you have to create it. Usually a

653
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:17,560
Speaker 4: four man nickel, and then sometimes they play what we

654
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:20,640
Speaker 4: call a delta, which is a three to two nickel

655
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,760
Speaker 4: with Elis in the box in tight along with Malone

656
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,920
Speaker 4: number fifty one, and they that's where they'll walk up

657
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,960
Speaker 4: and give you a lot of blitz and bluffs, so

658
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 4: you know their Achilles heel again is third down, red

659
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,839
Speaker 4: zone and rush perr at nineteen number nineteen. I think

660
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:41,360
Speaker 4: our blueprint number one. I think you've got to gash

661
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,200
Speaker 4: them with the run, and I think you can run

662
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:46,839
Speaker 4: directly at them in the a gaps, even though the

663
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,920
Speaker 4: bear doesn't look like you could. But I see people

664
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 4: rip them. And then what I want to tell JT

665
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,520
Speaker 4: is if that stuff rip it back, if you have

666
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:59,879
Speaker 4: an insider midline zone type of play, you know, if

667
00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 4: you you see that backside, if this jam, you rip

668
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 4: it back to that back door. Now, also against the Baron,

669
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,360
Speaker 4: we've been very effective on this. Is you want to

670
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:13,760
Speaker 4: seal those three techniques, block them down and then pull through,

671
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 4: kick out and get in that off tackle to edge.

672
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,920
Speaker 4: But I think it's really important that we can you know,

673
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 4: we can run the ball and reignite JT again this week.

674
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 4: I think you got to attack them early in the

675
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:32,080
Speaker 4: middle underneath coverage. I think the worst thing they do,

676
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:34,760
Speaker 4: even though the statu is good, I think the worst

677
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 4: part of their defense is underneath if you give them

678
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:42,279
Speaker 4: play action, because what happens is those linebackers and safeties

679
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 4: are going to dive into that run on JT. They're

680
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 4: going to come to stop JT. And so I think

681
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,640
Speaker 4: you open up a big level underneath. They would match

682
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,360
Speaker 4: it if it's a drop back, but it's hard to

683
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 4: match when you're getting a run fake. I don't think

684
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 4: there's any question about that. I think the other thing

685
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 4: there is if they're playing the five man front, open

686
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 4: the formations, make them tell you what they're gonna do.

687
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 4: Those hybrids on the edge are there for rush, they're

688
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,760
Speaker 4: not there for coverage. If you can make them walk away,

689
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,799
Speaker 4: one they show you the coverage, and two you know

690
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,839
Speaker 4: they're not very good back there. I think number three.

691
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,239
Speaker 4: I think they're vulnerable in the flats. I think you

692
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 4: can run screens. I think you can run snapouts. I

693
00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 4: think you can run wheel routes which are flat and goes.

694
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,280
Speaker 4: I think they you know, and I think they're vulnerable

695
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:34,520
Speaker 4: to switches in that sense. I always say give them

696
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:39,279
Speaker 4: bunches and covees. Covees are stacks both ways. Bunches are

697
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 4: three man bunches. And the reason I say that, when

698
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 4: you're playing a lot of man and you're playing a

699
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 4: lot of match, you gotta make them sort through those releases.

700
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 4: Those aren't easy necessarily, So I think you got to

701
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,920
Speaker 4: do that. I think we got to continue to go

702
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 4: after their corners, even though I think they're playing good,

703
00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 4: and I would particularly go after Hughes, and they're undressed

704
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 4: all day. They never close the strong side I mean

705
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 4: by rolling up. They never roll up, So those corners

706
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,200
Speaker 4: are going to be out there to be had, very

707
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 4: difficult to stop pierce right now deep, So I think

708
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,919
Speaker 4: we want to do that. And then I think number five,

709
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:22,160
Speaker 4: particularly after what happened Sunday, we just got to really

710
00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:24,400
Speaker 4: protect and we really got to protect the Blitz. They

711
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 4: got nothing to lose here. They're gonna bring it. They're

712
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 4: gonna try to get after him, try to upset Danny,

713
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 4: try to come off our edges, you know, and just

714
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 4: we got to continue to get back and score points.

715
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:38,000
Speaker 4: We're number one in scoring, they're number thirteen in points

716
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 4: giving up. But you know when we get to the

717
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,240
Speaker 4: red zone, we're nineteen out of our last twenty one.

718
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 4: Falcons are number thirty in the red zone. So you know,

719
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:47,840
Speaker 4: at the end of the day, let's get back to

720
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:49,440
Speaker 4: scoring those points to win.

721
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:49,839
Speaker 3: All right.

722
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,960
Speaker 2: Rick vin Terry right there with his blueprints for success

723
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 2: for the Indianapolis Colts on the road at historic Olympic Stadium,

724
00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:59,880
Speaker 2: and we turn our sites now onto the final instruction.

725
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:03,360
Speaker 2: This is where Rick has a lasting speech and message

726
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 2: to the Colts before they hit the game field. And

727
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:07,760
Speaker 2: you know, Rick, I think we're heading into an important

728
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 2: week here. It's also a very unique week obviously, right

729
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:13,719
Speaker 2: it's the last week before the Colts get some much

730
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,520
Speaker 2: needed time off. The bye week is right around the corner.

731
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:19,800
Speaker 2: But the road trip is what makes this week so different.

732
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 2: Nine hours on the flight, six hour time difference, playing

733
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 2: in a different stadium, all of the pomp and circumstance

734
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:30,360
Speaker 2: that comes with, you know, the marketing initiatives of the

735
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 2: NFL's international series. So we're going to keep an eye

736
00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:35,480
Speaker 2: on that, but we're also going to be keeping an

737
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,560
Speaker 2: eye on how the Colts rebound after a tough loss,

738
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:43,320
Speaker 2: because they played a very uncharacteristic game last week in Pittsburgh,

739
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:46,280
Speaker 2: trying to rebound from all of the turnovers and trying

740
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 2: to prove that they can go out in Germany and

741
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 2: play with play with that swagger that they've had now

742
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,200
Speaker 2: for most of the season prior to last Sunday.

743
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, my overall theme, you know, is really

744
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,880
Speaker 4: rebound and bring your a game. I mean, those are

745
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 4: the two things I want to get out of it.

746
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:04,879
Speaker 4: And you know what I'm going to say is this,

747
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:10,239
Speaker 4: It is tough when someone takes away something from you

748
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:13,279
Speaker 4: in this league. The Steelers on one day, they took

749
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:16,239
Speaker 4: away a chunk of our thunder and our swagger for

750
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:20,440
Speaker 4: the moment. But the good news is the NFL is

751
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 4: a one week league, and you control of your response

752
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:28,320
Speaker 4: to adversity and regrasping your edge this week on foreign

753
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 4: soil as a great warrior does you bleed for a

754
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:36,160
Speaker 4: while and now it's time to rise and fight again.

755
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:40,600
Speaker 4: There can be nothing better after a tough loss than

756
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:44,319
Speaker 4: to have a totally different type preparation week and you

757
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 4: are playing in one of the most historic venues in

758
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:51,360
Speaker 4: the world Olympic Stadium. You capture the fans in Germany

759
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:54,200
Speaker 4: the last time you played, and you will do it again.

760
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 4: Learn from this adversity, clean up your issues, and most important,

761
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 4: league reaffirm that anything less than your a game execution

762
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:11,280
Speaker 4: and emotionally is not acceptable. The Dirty Birds are very capable,

763
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:15,880
Speaker 4: with excellent skilled players on offense and a sticky, aggressive defense.

764
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:20,720
Speaker 4: Raheem is charismatic and he will have them ready to play,

765
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:25,520
Speaker 4: So you be ready for a sixty minute more. You

766
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:28,680
Speaker 4: are the better team, but your challenge is to get

767
00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:32,399
Speaker 4: off the mat and rise to the occasion. You must

768
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:38,480
Speaker 4: play with both great precision and great determination. Nothing can

769
00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:42,440
Speaker 4: stop you. Everything we want is right there, and it

770
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,920
Speaker 4: all comes down to how we play this Sunday in Berlin.

771
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:51,160
Speaker 4: We need every player's max effort on every play. We

772
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 4: must be the aggressor, we must be the dominator, and

773
00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:58,759
Speaker 4: in the end we must be the victor. This is

774
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:02,920
Speaker 4: a great opportunity to be both America's team and for

775
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:07,879
Speaker 4: one day Germany's team. Smacked the Dirty Birds, knock them

776
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:11,239
Speaker 4: out of the sky and leave them lying on the Audubon.

777
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:15,239
Speaker 2: I love it man, Yeah, America's team in Germany. A

778
00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 2: lot of traffics on that Audubon now, and last time

779
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,399
Speaker 2: I was on the Autobon two years ago, this dude

780
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,360
Speaker 2: was like driving ninety like it was nothing.

781
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 3: Rick, It scared the crap. I'm not gonna lie.

782
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:29,480
Speaker 4: When they built it in the thirties, I mean it,

783
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,319
Speaker 4: you know, you know it was built No, seriously, when

784
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:35,560
Speaker 4: they built the Autumn, I mean you know, there's no

785
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 4: question about it. It's probably the one thing that the

786
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,480
Speaker 4: that the Premier did well. Uh, they built it for

787
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 4: that kind of speed. No, they built it for that

788
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:46,880
Speaker 4: kind of speed, right. That and the cars of the

789
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 4: day it was all porses, you know that with Porsche

790
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:53,399
Speaker 4: was the high end car, and then they developed Volkswagon

791
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:56,319
Speaker 4: because they wanted a car that people could afford. But

792
00:41:56,400 --> 00:42:00,359
Speaker 4: the Audubon was built for unlimited speed. You know, I'd

793
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:02,279
Speaker 4: like to take my choppers over there some day.

794
00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:05,680
Speaker 2: Well, I was on it once and I needed a

795
00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 2: new pair of pants. I can tell you that it

796
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,200
Speaker 2: scared the crap out of me. And the Colts will

797
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,319
Speaker 2: not be scared on Sunday as they take on the

798
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:15,719
Speaker 2: Falcons at Olympic Stadium. Rick fin Terry, wonderful job, right,

799
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:19,399
Speaker 2: there with the blueprints and the breakdown and the final instructions.

800
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:22,520
Speaker 2: Also great knowledge there on Sauce Gardner. At the top

801
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,400
Speaker 2: of the podcast, he comes over in a trade trade

802
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 2: deadline deal for a couple of first round draft picks

803
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 2: and ad Mitchell from the New York Jets. All right,

804
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 2: my friend, what do you have in terms of Sunday?

805
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:36,320
Speaker 2: What time do you have your alarm set for Sunday morning?

806
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:38,320
Speaker 2: It's a nine to thirty kickoff, So what time you

807
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:38,839
Speaker 2: getting up?

808
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:42,239
Speaker 4: Rick? Well, coach, I never could sleep past four thirty

809
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:46,040
Speaker 4: during football season, so this is this is no problem, Mike,

810
00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 4: I said, this is gonna be This is gonna be

811
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:49,360
Speaker 4: a hell of a day for me. I think I

812
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:51,719
Speaker 4: go on the air right at seven thirty our time,

813
00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:54,520
Speaker 4: right around seven thirty. I gotta i gotta check with

814
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:56,719
Speaker 4: Casey on that, and then I'm gonna be on that

815
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 4: post game for the you know, with Greg.

816
00:42:59,080 --> 00:42:59,279
Speaker 3: Yeah.

817
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:01,400
Speaker 4: Again, I look forward to that once a year. I

818
00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:02,959
Speaker 4: don't know that I'd want to do it every week,

819
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,360
Speaker 4: but that once a year you really get to you know,

820
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 4: you really get to touch the fans a little bit.

821
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 2: I'm with you. You're gonna be awake, You're gonna be

822
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:12,640
Speaker 2: bright eyed and bushy tailed and ready for football.

823
00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 4: Dude.

824
00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:15,600
Speaker 2: I mean, it's such a weird dynamic because for me,

825
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:18,399
Speaker 2: the sun's gonna be setting in Germany when the game

826
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:21,720
Speaker 2: is over. But everybody back here listening to the game,

827
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:24,480
Speaker 2: you know, they're just gonna be getting their appetite for

828
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:25,879
Speaker 2: lunch when the game is over.

829
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:29,520
Speaker 3: Man, it's so bizarre, but it should be fun.

830
00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:31,840
Speaker 2: And the Colts are looking for a win before the

831
00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:34,719
Speaker 2: bye week and can't wait for Sunday. And like you said,

832
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:36,640
Speaker 2: we'll talk to you on the pregame show, We're gonna

833
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 2: hear you on the postgame show with Greg. Have a

834
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:41,160
Speaker 2: great rest of the week, Rick, and we'll talk to

835
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:42,440
Speaker 2: you on Sunday overseas.

836
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, bring one back, Bring a good one back there.

837
00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:48,440
Speaker 2: Good buddy spots, mok s du Gayirn and diner fright site.

838
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:51,480
Speaker 2: That's Rick Venturi. He spends a lot of time talking

839
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:55,000
Speaker 2: football in his free time. Sunday's game starts at nine

840
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:57,360
Speaker 2: to thirty in the morning back here in the States.

841
00:43:57,440 --> 00:44:00,840
Speaker 2: Radio coverage begins at six thirty Eastern Time with the

842
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:03,480
Speaker 2: Colts pregame huddle ninety three to five and one oh

843
00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 2: seven five. The fan and our sister station ninety seven

844
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:10,040
Speaker 2: to one Hank FM. Countdown to Kickoff begins at eight

845
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:13,640
Speaker 2: thirty on those same stations all over Colts Country. On

846
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:17,800
Speaker 2: the Ascension Saint Vincent Radio Network nine thirty, then Colts

847
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:22,439
Speaker 2: Falcons in Berlin. Thanks for listening everybody to this edition

848
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:25,440
Speaker 2: of Inside Football here on the Colts podcast channel.

849
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:28,480
Speaker 3: For Rick Venturrey, I'm Matt Taylor. So long everybody,