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Speaker 1: Football is about the Jimmy's and Joe's, and x'es and

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Speaker 2: It's time to get out the chock board and diagram

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Speaker 2: That's why Jay money Christmas. This is Inside Football with

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Speaker 2: former Colts and NFL coach Rick Venturie. Hello again, everybody,

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another episode of Inside Football here with Rick Vincurrey.

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Speaker 2: I'm your host Matt Taylor, and the Colts are coming

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Speaker 2: back again this week. We're talking about the seven and

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Speaker 2: five Colts now and the upcoming matchup against the six

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Speaker 2: and six Bengals this Sunday and Week fourteen in mid December.

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Speaker 2: The Cults are on a four game winning streak for

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Speaker 2: the first time since twenty eighteen, and they remain in

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Speaker 2: the mix in the afa f C playoff standings, and

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Speaker 2: this is shaping up to be a huge game for

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Speaker 2: the Colts on Sunday days the Bengals. They're still in

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Speaker 2: the hunt and the AFC South door for the Colts

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Speaker 2: hasn't been completely shut by the Jaguars either, So a

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Speaker 2: lot going on here. Rick vn Terry, this is getting

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Speaker 2: fun with five games to go in the regular season here, Yeah, you.

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Speaker 3: Know, just just just to follow up on what you

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Speaker 3: just said. I'm not sure, Matt, I remember when I

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Speaker 3: can remember when one night, Monday Night, changed everything the

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Speaker 3: entire landscape of the AFC, totally changed the perception of

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Speaker 3: a team and a player. I mean I had done

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Speaker 3: I didn't see it, and all of a sudden after Monday,

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Speaker 3: we're looking at a whole different world, you know, and again,

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Speaker 3: you know, throw out another quarterback. I mean, there goes Lawrence,

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Speaker 1: That's exactly right.

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Speaker 2: I mean there's backup quarterbacks galore, and you know, give

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Speaker 2: the I think the culture winning some games back in

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Speaker 2: Sure a lot of familiarity there with Shane Steichen and

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Speaker 2: but let's get your final thoughts on all three phases

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Speaker 2: for the Colts after that thrilling overtime win in Tennessee.

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Speaker 2: It was just like we talked about on her Monday

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Speaker 2: night show, Colts Round Table Live, another gutsy performance by

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Speaker 2: the Colts, a really good, complimentary game by the team.

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Speaker 2: You had some clutch performances there, obviously from Gardner Minshew

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Speaker 2: and Michael Pittman Junior and Alec Pierce Ricky had six

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Speaker 2: for the Colts on a day when you know situational

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Well, you know, as I told you Monday night,

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Speaker 3: I did in Nashville in two twenty three. Because we

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Speaker 3: all phases had a lot to do with it. But

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Speaker 1: No doubt about it.

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Speaker 2: Right, let's talk about Week fourteen. Up next are the

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Speaker 2: six and six Cincinnati Bengals, Rick, and they snapped a

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Speaker 2: a wild game. Not a lot of people saw the

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Speaker 2: everybody's they've kuinted the Bengals out after Joe Burrow's wrist

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Speaker 1: So what do we need to know about these Browning

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Speaker 2: really hard. He notched a thirty one yarder in Jacksonville

429
00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,520
Speaker 2: that was the longest rush of the season for the Bengals.

430
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,640
Speaker 2: So that's kind of the lead up and the skinny

431
00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:35,880
Speaker 2: on the Bengals offense, Rick, So give us what else

432
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,320
Speaker 2: we need to know about them on offense?

433
00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,439
Speaker 1: Now? Got it? By browning heading into the blueprints, Yeah, we.

434
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,920
Speaker 3: Pretty much have covered the personnel part of it, just technical,

435
00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,600
Speaker 3: just some of the specifics. On first down, they're going

436
00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,320
Speaker 3: to try to pound us with Mixon in the zone game,

437
00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,639
Speaker 3: you know, and finesse fast stuff on the edge with Brown.

438
00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:59,280
Speaker 3: They run a lot of RPOs and he's very good

439
00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:02,680
Speaker 3: at it. Real quick delivery. A lot of that is

440
00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:08,200
Speaker 3: dive to mixing, tight end with a quick screen to chase,

441
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,640
Speaker 3: and you know that can be very dangerous. They'll run

442
00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:14,159
Speaker 3: a lot more boots with him on the edge. I

443
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,600
Speaker 3: think they ran five Monday Night, which they would never

444
00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,800
Speaker 3: run with Burrows. And he's good at throwing on the

445
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,480
Speaker 3: run that deep corner route with the cross or coming.

446
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,160
Speaker 3: You know, a lot of play action on second down.

447
00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,840
Speaker 3: They're like most people. A lot of it is just

448
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,440
Speaker 3: try to get back second and long. You know, West

449
00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:37,080
Speaker 3: Coast quick rhythm, draws screens, a lot of screens to

450
00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:40,520
Speaker 3: chase in mixing. When they get in trouble, I will

451
00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:44,800
Speaker 3: say this Browning will take a shot to chase at

452
00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:47,240
Speaker 3: any time. It doesn't matter if it's third and two.

453
00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,800
Speaker 3: If you undress him, he'll try to get him the ball.

454
00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:55,960
Speaker 3: Also alert Higgins. Hurt Higgins has always traditionally been a

455
00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,600
Speaker 3: primary guy in the low red because of that length,

456
00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,440
Speaker 3: because of that jump ball ability. I just say on

457
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,159
Speaker 3: third down, the one thing I would say be alert

458
00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,879
Speaker 3: for is a lot of possessions. Like if it's third

459
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,840
Speaker 3: and four to seven, a lot of possession stuff that's

460
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:16,720
Speaker 3: where Boyd's's kind of his role in Hudson's roles. So

461
00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:21,600
Speaker 3: you know, alert with those guys on on possessions. Now

462
00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:26,760
Speaker 3: in terms of our blueprint, our defensive blueprint. Okay, number one,

463
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:30,840
Speaker 3: we absolutely have to stop mixing. He is a pro bowler.

464
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,800
Speaker 3: He's coming in with nine hundred and sixty one total

465
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:38,040
Speaker 3: yards and seven tds. He's physical in the hole even

466
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,720
Speaker 3: though they're rushing. You know, doesn't show it, but he

467
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,639
Speaker 3: has talent. He can cut it back or bounce it,

468
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,960
Speaker 3: you know, and when they get down low inside that tent,

469
00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:49,919
Speaker 3: they're going to feed it to him. I think he

470
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,840
Speaker 3: had two scores in there. Brown came in and again

471
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,560
Speaker 3: added the burst and you know, without burrows, look for

472
00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,720
Speaker 3: them just like they did Sunday. A lot of feeding

473
00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,800
Speaker 3: mixing in Brown early. A lot of RPOs take the

474
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,520
Speaker 3: pressure off quick screens, you know, and whenever they get

475
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,600
Speaker 3: in trouble, you know, they get behind an account screened

476
00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,280
Speaker 3: them mixing. So we gotta make sure brown and mixing

477
00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,560
Speaker 3: are not factors. Number two and I could have made

478
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 3: this number one. You have to control Chase. I mean,

479
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,080
Speaker 3: Chase is the go to guy they're going to try

480
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,760
Speaker 3: to isolate him on Jones this week and shots for

481
00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,440
Speaker 3: big plays. You know, he's got already eighty six catches,

482
00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,919
Speaker 3: one thousand and sixty three. He's got seven tds and

483
00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:35,880
Speaker 3: five hundred and six yards of v yak I mean,

484
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:40,399
Speaker 3: including the big bomb Monday night. He is ambient all

485
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,359
Speaker 3: the way. Go to guy. Don't let him come in

486
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,040
Speaker 3: and tread us now, and they're gonna move him away.

487
00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,520
Speaker 3: They will get it to him, you know. But you

488
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,679
Speaker 3: gotta control him. No big plays, make him keep working.

489
00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,240
Speaker 3: But we have to scheme him. Don't think that we're

490
00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,000
Speaker 3: gonna line up and play one on one on Chase

491
00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:00,800
Speaker 3: all day. I think number three and because you have to,

492
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,920
Speaker 3: you know, have coverage to Chase. I think what's really

493
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,240
Speaker 3: important then is how do you play the other guys

494
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,640
Speaker 3: within the scheme. And I think with Higgins, you know

495
00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,040
Speaker 3: he's big and tall, but he's a four five nine.

496
00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,280
Speaker 3: I think you play him hard and tight. I don't

497
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,000
Speaker 3: think you. I think you smother him at the line,

498
00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,960
Speaker 3: you don't let him get access, and then be ready

499
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,359
Speaker 3: to go up. Now we have length at corner, so

500
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:26,080
Speaker 3: we can go up and play the fifty to fifty ball.

501
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 3: But and again, alert particularly in the red zone, you know,

502
00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,400
Speaker 3: because they do like that size. We got to handle

503
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:37,080
Speaker 3: Boyd I think primarily on third and four to five,

504
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,200
Speaker 3: So you know that'll primarily be Kenny with help from

505
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:44,480
Speaker 3: linebackers inside. Just know that if it's in those situations

506
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,720
Speaker 3: like that third and four to seven that just really

507
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,240
Speaker 3: be alert for those options. Verticals, that's what he does.

508
00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,000
Speaker 3: And then I would say again, don't go to sleep

509
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,360
Speaker 3: on Hudson, you know, particularly in the scene when they

510
00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,160
Speaker 3: go play action. Don't let him get a big play

511
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:04,159
Speaker 3: down in there. He has vertical speed, decent possession, rubber,

512
00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:08,840
Speaker 3: and he seems to be a favorite of the quarterback. Okay,

513
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,320
Speaker 3: we got to keep the pressure on Browning. I mean

514
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 3: that Monday night thing, that's just wow. I can't even

515
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 3: go through those numbers and believe him. But you got

516
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 3: to always mix and match versus a rookie one thing,

517
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 3: you know, and I consider him a rookie because he's

518
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,520
Speaker 3: only started one other game. And close the edges on him,

519
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,119
Speaker 3: don't you know, he gets really good out there on

520
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,760
Speaker 3: the edge on those boot legs. Don't let him get

521
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 3: out there. Don't let him get out there. Keep him

522
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,879
Speaker 3: in closed. They're gonna move him with stuff, you know,

523
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,359
Speaker 3: big RPO, rpo. You know, again, we got to have

524
00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 3: good rush discipline because he is competitive and athletic. He

525
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,679
Speaker 3: will take off and run so close off his escape leans.

526
00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,119
Speaker 3: Make him stay in the pocket. Mix your pressures because

527
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,760
Speaker 3: I think we can win up front. I do think

528
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,359
Speaker 3: that his accuracy was good Monday, but I've seen it

529
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,760
Speaker 3: be inconsistent. Okay. I think Taylor just did a good

530
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,399
Speaker 3: job with him. He played him conservatively and then he

531
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,320
Speaker 3: got going and then he exploded. I think number five

532
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:06,639
Speaker 3: and I think this is the critical thing, and this

533
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 3: is why don't give up big plays and don't let

534
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,320
Speaker 3: them get yardies on first down running because then if

535
00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,159
Speaker 3: you get them in second and long, I believe we

536
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,560
Speaker 3: can dominate the offensive line. You know, they're thirty two

537
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 3: rushing the ball and they're twenty three in sacks. I

538
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,479
Speaker 3: think Brown and Williams, even though they're glamorous type guys,

539
00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:28,120
Speaker 3: I don't think they can handle our athleticism on the edge.

540
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:32,479
Speaker 3: They can't handle speed to commner. I think Volsen is

541
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,439
Speaker 3: really stiff on the left side, and Kapa on the

542
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:39,680
Speaker 3: right guard can't recover, so anything a movement stunts there.

543
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 3: Texas exits. He is not going to recover. This is

544
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,880
Speaker 3: another team that if we can get the advantage of

545
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,400
Speaker 3: long yarded situations, I think they're going to be overmatched

546
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 3: against our front. And I also think they're very vulnerable

547
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:58,760
Speaker 3: to blitz you know, particularly on their left side, but

548
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 3: even on their right side. I notice is if you

549
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:06,240
Speaker 3: run like a linebacker right at the offensive tackle. Let's

550
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,719
Speaker 3: say you run him right at the offensive tackle, but

551
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,840
Speaker 3: you have an end outside, the tackle will always close

552
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,240
Speaker 3: to the blitz. And I've seen free sacks. I saw

553
00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 3: what the TJ. Watt two weeks ago. Just get an

554
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 3: absolute free sack because the tackle will always protect inside.

555
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,920
Speaker 3: So you know, use your five man blitzes, but always

556
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,600
Speaker 3: attract that tackle either side with that edge guy coming

557
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:31,480
Speaker 3: over the edge.

558
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,000
Speaker 2: All right, that's Rick Vincuri right there. That's inside football.

559
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:38,280
Speaker 2: That's the blueprint on the Bengals offense. I'm Matt Taylor,

560
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,160
Speaker 2: and let's shift down and let's talk about the Bengals

561
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,400
Speaker 2: on defense on the other side of the football here,

562
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 2: and Rick, that's a unit that's, as you said, in

563
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 2: the big picture, it's kind of falling off a cliff,

564
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:51,760
Speaker 2: at least statistically from last season. They're twenty seventh against

565
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,160
Speaker 2: the run. They've only held four teams to under one

566
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 2: hundred yards on the season, twenty seventh against the pass,

567
00:29:57,840 --> 00:29:59,959
Speaker 2: and they've allowed at least two hundred and fifty passing

568
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 2: yards in seven straight games. And they're also dead last

569
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,440
Speaker 2: in total yards allowed, giving up over four hundred yards

570
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,120
Speaker 2: per game and three of the last four outings. But

571
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,800
Speaker 2: despite the bad numbers, they've still got some game wreckers,

572
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 2: especially guys up front in their front seven. They've got

573
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,480
Speaker 2: Sam Hubbard. He's a Cincinnati native. He's got thirty four

574
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 2: and a half career sacks. Trey Hendrickson has a sack

575
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 2: in three straight games and leads the team overall with

576
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 2: eleven and a half sacks, and he's one of five

577
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,240
Speaker 2: players league wide with double digit sacks and at least

578
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 2: three of the past four seasons. And then linebacker Logan Wilson.

579
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 2: This guy plays with his hair on fire. He can

580
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 2: tackle and he can cover. He's on pace to lead

581
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,200
Speaker 2: the team and tackles for the third straight year, and

582
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,760
Speaker 2: he also has ten career picks. That's the most by

583
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:47,080
Speaker 2: any NFL linebacker since he broke into the NFL in

584
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:50,600
Speaker 2: twenty twenty. So going back to the big picture on

585
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,000
Speaker 2: their defense, Rick, what are the big reasons why they

586
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,960
Speaker 2: have collectively again kind of fallen off on that side

587
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,440
Speaker 2: of the ball a season after kind of riding that

588
00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 2: unit to the playoffs last year.

589
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 3: Well, you know, you kind of hit it. I mean,

590
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:06,960
Speaker 3: these are unbelievably bad statistics after being the elite defense

591
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 3: they were in twenty one and twenty two. It's just

592
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:13,280
Speaker 3: kind of crazy. And you pretty much talked about the individuals,

593
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 3: which I'll cover more in the back in the must

594
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:20,000
Speaker 3: but when you just just tactically, what they're gonna do

595
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 3: is they're gonna give us an overfront and a bear.

596
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 3: They're like everybody else on what I call unknown downs,

597
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,959
Speaker 3: a lot of single high fire zones, a little bit

598
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 3: of four but not much. They really like to bring

599
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:37,520
Speaker 3: the nickel, Hilton and the mic, you know, on different

600
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 3: situations on first and second down. Also just one thing

601
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,520
Speaker 3: to be alert for, which means something to your quarterback

602
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:48,120
Speaker 3: and your receivers. They will bring the nickel and they

603
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 3: will roll to that side. We call it a two

604
00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 3: roll trap. And if your corner, if your quarterbacks not

605
00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,040
Speaker 3: ready for that, if he thinks he can throw hot

606
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,920
Speaker 3: into the flat that doesn't you know that corner is

607
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 3: waiting to trap him. I use a lot of that

608
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,800
Speaker 3: in my day, and it's kind of old school, which

609
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 3: you know their coordinator has a lot of old school

610
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:10,360
Speaker 3: in them. Now, third down is when they get really

611
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 3: high volume. And this is what you'd like to stay

612
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 3: out of, okay, because they do a little bit of everything.

613
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:19,719
Speaker 3: They get an even and they'll walk up Wilson and Pratt,

614
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 3: they'll either blitz them or drop out blitzer bluff. They're

615
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,960
Speaker 3: not afraid to zero blitz at all times, where they'll

616
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 3: bring Hilton off one side and Pratt off the other

617
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 3: side and play zero behind it. And what they major

618
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 3: in on third down, and you know you've got to

619
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,440
Speaker 3: be really sharp here is delta dime. Now what I

620
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 3: always mean, just to re establish that delta means the

621
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 3: three man line with two linebackers, a dime another back

622
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,880
Speaker 3: in there, and then you know, so you're basically playing

623
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 3: you're playing a three two six with six defensive backs.

624
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 3: Now what's tough about that is with Pratt and Wilson,

625
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 3: they have either guy is interchangeable. I usually call one

626
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 3: the mic and one the spinner, and it's usually pretty

627
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 3: well defined. The spinner, meaning the guy that becomes the

628
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,760
Speaker 3: fourth guy in the rush. Well with this team, because

629
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 3: they're both very like players, they're interchangeable, so it's hard

630
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:21,280
Speaker 3: to identify necessarily who is the mic. Now from that,

631
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,880
Speaker 3: he will wheel and deal. There's times that he'll rush

632
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 3: three and play max coverage, not much unless it's really

633
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,720
Speaker 3: third and long. So he's going to bring four a lot,

634
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:34,080
Speaker 3: which means, you know, one of those one of those

635
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:38,320
Speaker 3: linebackers is rushing. And then he'll bring five, which means

636
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 3: both of them will be Russian. And then he'll run

637
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:45,000
Speaker 3: a lot of six man blitzes sometimes with kind of

638
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 3: the it's kind of the new order in the National

639
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 3: Football League. You bring six, you play two short and

640
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 3: three deep, kind of a zone six man blitz or

641
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 3: a six man blitz zero. Again, going back to what

642
00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:01,719
Speaker 3: you said, personnel wise, you know premier rusher and Hendrickson

643
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:05,200
Speaker 3: and a real complimentary rusher and Hubbard and actually the

644
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 3: young kid Hill amazingly, you know, the struggles they've had

645
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,560
Speaker 3: is they've looked so soft on the run, you know,

646
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 3: reader at one time, you know, we thought he was

647
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:20,359
Speaker 3: really a space heating nose tackle, but I haven't seen it.

648
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,760
Speaker 3: And people have been able to just pound right at him.

649
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,800
Speaker 3: And then to add insult to injury, they haven't tackled

650
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 3: very well in the back end and they've given up

651
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,799
Speaker 3: big plays. So you know that leads to you know,

652
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:37,720
Speaker 3: that leads to you know, scoring defense twenty two, total

653
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 3: defense thirty two. I mean that's just absolutely amazing. In

654
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:45,640
Speaker 3: rush defense twenty seven past twenty seven. So but what's

655
00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,439
Speaker 3: keeping them alive? Okay, I tell you what. What's keeping

656
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:52,239
Speaker 3: them alive though, is situational defense. They're seventeenth in the

657
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:53,920
Speaker 3: red zone, so they're a little bit better in the

658
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 3: red zone. You know, they're fourteenth on third down and

659
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:02,919
Speaker 3: if they get advantage the fifteen and sacks takeaways number eight,

660
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 3: so they're you know, despite the big picture bad stuff,

661
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,759
Speaker 3: when you peel the onion, there's enough good stuff to

662
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 3: stay alive. And I still think they're better than they're

663
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,520
Speaker 3: playing this year. So it's a little bit like Tennessee.

664
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:17,880
Speaker 3: It always scares me a little bit when I know

665
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 3: a team's better than they've been playing. Now, as far

666
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:25,280
Speaker 3: as our blueprint for victory on offense, it just starts.

667
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 3: I think we're built to beat this team. We just

668
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 3: have to pound their front seven. I mean that's four

669
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 3: point eight per We have to confirm that. I mean,

670
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,520
Speaker 3: you know, expect a little bit more Bear, but pound

671
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:42,440
Speaker 3: it inside, pounded off tackle with gap blocking and edges.

672
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 3: I say that every week. Also, what I think is

673
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:48,800
Speaker 3: there against this team, even against Bear, is a hard cutback.

674
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:50,919
Speaker 3: Start to the right, get it all the way back

675
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 3: to the C gap. Their linebackers will go really hard

676
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:58,880
Speaker 3: and they're really vulnerable to those backside cutbacks all the time. Again,

677
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:02,319
Speaker 3: soft interior, don't tackle well. You want to run it,

678
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,319
Speaker 3: you want to be in advantage after first down. What

679
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 3: we want to stay away from is those third down

680
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 3: packages that I talked about. You got to protect the edges.

681
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:15,200
Speaker 3: Their best players are on the edges. You know, you

682
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:18,680
Speaker 3: talked about Hendrickson, two time Pro bowler now up to

683
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:21,320
Speaker 3: fifty three and a half sacks off their right side

684
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:25,280
Speaker 3: and eleven strips Hoverard thirty five and a half sacks.

685
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:29,279
Speaker 3: He gives them versatility, you know, he lines up on

686
00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 3: their left, he'll pop inside some. But I think they're

687
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,880
Speaker 3: going to really try to attack if you know, I

688
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 3: don't know what the you know what the what the

689
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:42,360
Speaker 3: destination of Brayden is right now. But if it's Freeland,

690
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 3: he has a lot of trouble still with power rushers,

691
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,759
Speaker 3: and I think that's where Hubbard is very, very capable.

692
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 3: Number three, I think we really have to attack their corners.

693
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,680
Speaker 3: I think we caught a break here and he didn't

694
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 3: play last week, but Taylor Britt is by far their

695
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 3: best corner. He was put on IR But I think

696
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 3: Turner and a Woozy has have really had trouble. They

697
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,759
Speaker 3: want to be a man team. I want they want

698
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 3: to pressure you and play man, but they're struggling right there.

699
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,920
Speaker 3: Hilton I talked about really tough at the nickel on

700
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 3: the run, in blitzes and in zone coverage. But if

701
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:22,040
Speaker 3: we can get had isolated either you know, with the

702
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:26,400
Speaker 3: downs or a Pittman inside, I think he struggles. He

703
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 3: doesn't have the coverage ability that Kenny has. Uh. Their

704
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:35,040
Speaker 3: safeties are young and talented and getting better, but I

705
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 3: think the loss of Bates has hurt them overall, mostly

706
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:43,319
Speaker 3: on unknown downs that is first and ten second in

707
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:47,480
Speaker 3: six or less. They're gonna undress those corners. They're gonna,

708
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:49,560
Speaker 3: you know, they're gonna make a commitment. They know that

709
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,560
Speaker 3: run defense is bad, and they know the only way

710
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:54,880
Speaker 3: to beat us is to take that away totally. So

711
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:59,280
Speaker 3: again you know, I look for that attack them. Also,

712
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 3: they're under coverage is poor with boots and good play

713
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,719
Speaker 3: action because their linebackers will bite, they will really go.

714
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 3: So anything that is a misdirection or a hard freeze,

715
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:14,720
Speaker 3: there's gonna be a lot of second level openings number

716
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 3: four and I think this is really key, and this

717
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:19,799
Speaker 3: is why you want to stay ahead in account. You

718
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:23,319
Speaker 3: gotta protect blitz package. So they're blitz on every down,

719
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 3: just differently. On first down you'll get a single fire

720
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 3: off the edge like a nickel fire, or you'll get

721
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:33,759
Speaker 3: a safety cat off the weak side. Now, once you

722
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 3: get into passing downs, then it's Anna Rumo's high volume. Okay,

723
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:42,080
Speaker 3: the mugs, the double mugs, and sometimes it's a blitz

724
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:45,320
Speaker 3: and sometimes it's a bluff. A lot of zero blitz

725
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:49,480
Speaker 3: saw which means coming off of both edges. Be prepared

726
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,840
Speaker 3: for that. And then again I discussed the delta. We

727
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 3: got to be able to handle that and make sure

728
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,799
Speaker 3: you know that Wilson and Pratt can one of them

729
00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,880
Speaker 3: can come or both of them can come, and they

730
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:03,840
Speaker 3: both of them a lot. And so you know, identification

731
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:08,760
Speaker 3: is really important. Expect six men blitzes. You know Tennessee

732
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 3: did that effectively in the red zone. Expect a lot

733
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:14,520
Speaker 3: of that. Block them up and beat them. And then

734
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:18,360
Speaker 3: I think number five is generate explosive plays. This is

735
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:22,279
Speaker 3: a team that you can get explosive plays. Okay, you know,

736
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 3: first of all, they don't cup the ball. I always

737
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:28,440
Speaker 3: study that. Haven't been a secondary coach. They don't cup

738
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 3: it well. In other words, if a ball breaks out,

739
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 3: they're never really where they're keeping that thing inside in front.

740
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,719
Speaker 3: They're kind of all over the place. And I think

741
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 3: it's because they have a lot of young guys in

742
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,799
Speaker 3: that secondary. They're not good there and so that makes

743
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 3: them vulnerable. I also and sometimes when you don't have

744
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,040
Speaker 3: it well cup you end up missing a lot of tackles.

745
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,680
Speaker 3: So I think our players and I think this is

746
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 3: mental sometime you got to think score when you're in

747
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:58,080
Speaker 3: a second level. You know, you got to create offensive

748
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 3: plays where their outside receivers like we did last week

749
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:04,200
Speaker 3: and with our ball carriers. Okay, the other thing is

750
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,279
Speaker 3: we got to improved from last week. Now we've been

751
00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:09,160
Speaker 3: good overall, but we got to improve in the red zone.

752
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 3: We were one for five you know, and they played

753
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,759
Speaker 3: decently in the red zone, so that's you know, that's

754
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:16,480
Speaker 3: got to be a challenge. We've got to fix our

755
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:19,759
Speaker 3: problems from last week, you know, and my suggestion is,

756
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:21,839
Speaker 3: you know, kind of do what we've been doing all year.

757
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:25,120
Speaker 3: We've been very successful last week. They were able to

758
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:27,560
Speaker 3: stop Moss and they were able to stop the quarterback

759
00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:30,279
Speaker 3: run last week, which has been a big part of

760
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,680
Speaker 3: our red zone. And so my suggestion is to a

761
00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:36,200
Speaker 3: little bit more of what we did to win the game,

762
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 3: you know, with the walkoff, is a little bit more Pittman, Pittman,

763
00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 3: Pittman when we get particularly in that low red.

764
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:43,759
Speaker 1: That's Rick vn.

765
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,840
Speaker 2: Turrey on his blueprints to beat the Cincinnati Bengals for

766
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 2: the Colts, trying to win five straight games and to

767
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,319
Speaker 2: close out here. Rick, I mean Cincinnati, this is a

768
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:55,959
Speaker 2: franchise that's that's used to winning lately. Right, They've played

769
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 2: in back to back AFC Championship games, they went to

770
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 2: a Super Bowl two years ago, and they've got a

771
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,760
Speaker 2: chance to get hot. They're six and six. They still

772
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 2: feel like with Jake Browning playing some good football here,

773
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:09,080
Speaker 2: they've got a chance to get back into the playoff

774
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 2: mix with a win on Sunday. And you know, we

775
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:13,600
Speaker 2: talked about the Colts schedule.

776
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:14,719
Speaker 1: If you look at the.

777
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:18,640
Speaker 2: Bengals schedule, of their five remaining opponents, only the Chiefs

778
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 2: have their starting quarterback healthy. That includes you know, this

779
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:23,839
Speaker 2: game on Sunday for the Colts. You know, I don't

780
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:26,840
Speaker 2: know how you want to label Gardner Minshew, but he

781
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:30,120
Speaker 2: is a backup quarterback technically, I suppose. But they haven't

782
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 2: lost a December football game since twenty twenty one, winning

783
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 2: seven straight games in the month. And they've won thirteen

784
00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 2: of their last seventeen home games dating back to the

785
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:42,200
Speaker 2: twenty twenty one season. So they call it the jungle

786
00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 2: down at Cincinnati.

787
00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:43,680
Speaker 1: It's a tough.

788
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:46,000
Speaker 2: Place to play when that place is fired up. And

789
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:49,440
Speaker 2: these games just keep on getting bigger and bigger and bigger.

790
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 2: And you know, the Bengals win Rick on Monday, it's made,

791
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:55,840
Speaker 2: you know, a big game even more spicier than we

792
00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:57,759
Speaker 2: initially thought about four or five days ago.

793
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:00,959
Speaker 3: Yeah, and maybe that's really a good because when you've

794
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,680
Speaker 3: won four in a row, yeah, you know, you want

795
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:05,239
Speaker 3: to take a deep breath and then you watch that

796
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,279
Speaker 3: game Monday and go ain't got no time for a

797
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:09,560
Speaker 3: deep breath, you know, really, I mean it hit me

798
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:12,720
Speaker 3: because I thought, you know, Cincinnati looked to me almost

799
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 3: like a take a game. But you know, after Monday night,

800
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,560
Speaker 3: you know, now it becomes the the I seventy four Championship.

801
00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:21,799
Speaker 3: You know. But you know, in the end, you know,

802
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,560
Speaker 3: these things, like you said, they just December just gets

803
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 3: bigger and bigger. And the Bengals shocking performance. He just

804
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:31,799
Speaker 3: tells you it's take another classic effort. You know, I

805
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:35,239
Speaker 3: think the Colts are built, though, to beat the Bengals.

806
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 3: I think with our powerful offensive line, in our ability

807
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 3: to rush the passer and ruin a young quarterback stay,

808
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 3: I think we're built for that. Okay, they're gonna be

809
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:49,680
Speaker 3: energized early, you know, after a signature win and being

810
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:52,200
Speaker 3: back in the jungle. But we have to take that

811
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,440
Speaker 3: out of them early. This is a game that you

812
00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:58,680
Speaker 3: want to hit them in the face, pound their defense, physically,

813
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:02,239
Speaker 3: swarm in dominate early. Like I said, you want, you

814
00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:04,520
Speaker 3: want to take that little bit of juice they got

815
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:07,000
Speaker 3: coming in and you know, you got to take that

816
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,560
Speaker 3: out of them. And you know they you know, because

817
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 3: they haven't won consistently, their confidence could be very very

818
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,719
Speaker 3: short lived, you know. And this is a day the

819
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 3: way I look at it, when we get in that bus,

820
00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:19,960
Speaker 3: we get over there, you just don't go over there

821
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:23,600
Speaker 3: to hope it's gonna go our way. You literally have

822
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:26,920
Speaker 3: to take it from them. I mean, this is shaping

823
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 3: up to be another dog fight for the I seventy

824
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:34,960
Speaker 3: four championship in the NFL playoffs, you know, And like

825
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:37,160
Speaker 3: I said, it's a dog fight, but I like our

826
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 3: dog in a fight. Just attack them, don't look back,

827
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:44,680
Speaker 3: don't take any prisoners, you know. That's all I'm saying.

828
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 1: No doubt. All Right, Sunday can't get here soon enough. Man.

829
00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:50,640
Speaker 2: That's the breakdown from Rick vent Urry here on Inside

830
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,720
Speaker 2: Football with the blueprints and get ready for Sunday.

831
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:54,160
Speaker 1: Ricks.

832
00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:56,959
Speaker 2: It's potentially gonna be cold, gonna be rainy down there

833
00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 2: on the banks of the Ohio. But you know, this

834
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,279
Speaker 2: is December football, man. That's the way we like it.

835
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:03,200
Speaker 2: And a lot on the line here in week fourteen.

836
00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely why we do this. And you know, when

837
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:11,239
Speaker 3: you when the people tuned in later today, when they

838
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 3: tuned in to get the podcast, I'm gonna recommend that

839
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:20,319
Speaker 3: they take a look at Matt Taylor's call on that

840
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:22,839
Speaker 3: fine on the big play in the touchdown, because if

841
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:26,680
Speaker 3: you don't think for one second that we're not into

842
00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:29,959
Speaker 3: the game, I'm telling you you will. You will learn

843
00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 3: on this one. I mean it's this is better by

844
00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:35,640
Speaker 3: But you had better body language than Tip Pittman a touchdown.

845
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:38,279
Speaker 2: I don't know if that's a good thing or a

846
00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:40,359
Speaker 2: bad thing, but yeah, we were into the game, There's

847
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:42,560
Speaker 2: no doubt about it. Well, you happened right in front

848
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:44,960
Speaker 2: of us, So that's why you know the body language

849
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,319
Speaker 2: was there on that fifty five yard bomb to Alec

850
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:50,759
Speaker 2: Pierce because the play unfolded right on the sideline right

851
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:52,399
Speaker 2: in front of us, and we had a really good

852
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:54,759
Speaker 2: look at it. So yeah, in those moments, you just

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Speaker 2: try not to screw it up, my friends. So I

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Speaker 2: think we we acquitted ourselves decently in that city situation

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Speaker 2: right there. So I appreciate the love. Man, You're the

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Speaker 2: best as always. Get ready for that bus ride. As

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Speaker 2: I said, this is the only road trip in the

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Speaker 2: NFL as far as I'm aware, where rick one team

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Speaker 2: takes a bus. This is like minor league baseball here. Uh,

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Speaker 2: the Colts will take a bus to Cincinnati. The Colts

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Speaker 2: and the Bengals are the closest geographical cities in the NFL.

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Speaker 2: So load up that cell phone, get a few movies

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Speaker 2: ready to go, and we'll see you down in Cincinnati.

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Speaker 1: Get ready for some chili. Mack. Are you a skyline guy?

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Speaker 3: I am? You know, I just love the whole deal.

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Speaker 3: I mean, nobody loves bus rides me. I mean this

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Speaker 3: is you know, maybe it goes back to my age,

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Speaker 3: in my in my generation, but yeah, hell this is

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Speaker 3: like this is like when you were at Runcali coming

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Speaker 3: up to play gearin Man. I'm just getting the bus,

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Speaker 3: put your pads in the back seat and go.

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Speaker 2: It is a little bit different, but yeah, the vibe

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Speaker 2: is the vibe is still there. We still had a

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Speaker 2: rush hour traffic trying to get to the north side,

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Speaker 2: but we'll have a little bit of a probably a

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Speaker 2: little bit of police escort on the on the way

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Speaker 2: across the border from Indiana to Ohio.

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Speaker 1: So outstanding job.

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Speaker 2: Rick, Always appreciate the breakdown, and we'll see you on Saturday,

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Speaker 2: getting ready for a big game on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: See before you get on the bus.

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Speaker 3: There, okay, man, we'll talk to you all right.

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Speaker 2: Rick Ventury fantastic per usual. Getting ready for some Skyline

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Speaker 2: chili coming up this weekend. Certainly they'll have some in

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Speaker 2: the press box per usual. But I'm Matt Taylor, and

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Speaker 2: that'll do it for this week's installment of Inside Football

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Speaker 2: Colts and the Bengals. For more on this game, of course,

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Speaker 2: later this week, keep it locked right here on the

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Speaker 2: Colts Audio Network. Two editions of the official Colts Podcast,

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Speaker 2: one that came out on Tuesday, another one that's coming

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Speaker 2: out on Thursday featuring myself and Bill Brooks and Casey Valier,

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Speaker 2: and we will talk to you next week on this

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Speaker 2: particular podcast breaking down Colts and Steelers Week fifteen. Remember

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Speaker 2: that game has been moved, not moved, but announced for

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Speaker 2: a Saturday game, December sixteenth, at four point thirty in

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Speaker 2: the afternoon at Lucas Oil Stadium, Colts and Steelers. That'll

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Speaker 2: be the focus next week here on Inside Football with

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Speaker 2: Rick Ventury. I'm Matt Taylor. We'll talk to you next

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Speaker 2: week Colts and Bengals this Sunday. Thanks for breaking it

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Speaker 2: all down with us here on the Colts Audio Network.

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Speaker 1: So long