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

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Speaker 2: some plays. Hey, sure you get enough dep like twelve yard,

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Speaker 1: This is Inside Football with former Colts and the NFL

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Speaker 1: coach Rick Venturie. Well. The Colts were looking to make

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Speaker 1: a statement in La last week, and they certainly did

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Speaker 1: with a thirty eight to twenty four win over the Chargers,

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Speaker 1: and that jumps the record for the Colts up to

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Speaker 1: six and one, and they now own the top spot

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Speaker 1: of the AFC South, the top spot in the AFC,

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Speaker 1: and they are the first team in the NFL this

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Speaker 1: season to reach six wins. And the winning train keeps

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Speaker 1: on rolling. The Colts have won three in a row

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Speaker 1: for the second time this season, and now they return

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Speaker 1: home to Lucas Oil Stadium. They're gonna host the Tennessee

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Speaker 1: Titans for the second time. I'm this season, second of

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Speaker 1: two meetings against their rivals from Nashville. I'm Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 1: Welcome inside the Indiana Union Construction Industry radio studio today,

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Speaker 1: and of course, welcome inside Inside Football with the great

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Speaker 1: Rick Ventury, our weekly podcast. We're talking all things Colts

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Speaker 1: and looking ahead to the upcoming opponent. And Rick, you've

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Speaker 1: got your name on this, Marquee. You are the main

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Speaker 1: man here on this podcast with twenty seven years of

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Speaker 1: coaching background in the NFL. Hope you're doing well. What's

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Speaker 1: going on here with the six and one Colts? They

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Speaker 1: look pretty good on tape, my friend, No, they really do.

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Speaker 2: I mean they're doing everything it takes to win, you know.

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Speaker 2: And you and I have talked about this off air.

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Speaker 2: We talked about it Monday night. As much as I

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Speaker 2: thought that Danny Jones would be a big improvement for

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Speaker 2: I'm just astonished, to tell you the truth, no doubt

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Speaker 2: so don't even worry about it. That's the first time,

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Speaker 2: you know, in a forty one year career of coaching

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Speaker 2: that I ever ever had that feeling, but I have

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Speaker 2: it in our defense. Though they're struggling, and there's legitimate

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Speaker 2: reasons why they're struggling, but they did manage to make

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Speaker 2: really five key plays, you know, and you're kind of

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Speaker 2: of the day, you know, they made five key plays

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Speaker 1: Absolutely. So before we go all in on the Titans,

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Speaker 1: as I said, they're coming up here next in week eight,

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Speaker 1: let's go back to last week, last Wednesday, when we

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Speaker 1: did this podcast in week seven, and I remember you

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Speaker 1: saying in your final instructions that you wanted the Colts

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Speaker 1: definitely did that against a very good team and the Chargers,

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Speaker 1: the national you know media publications now Rick that you

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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's no doubt about it. You know, I said,

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Speaker 2: the NFL, and you're you're chronicling in it. We exactly

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Speaker 1: all in all, the Titans are dead last in scoring

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Speaker 1: thirteen points per game. They've been held to twenty points

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Speaker 1: or less than six of seven games on the season.

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Speaker 1: Thirty first in rushing, they only mustered thirty nine rushing

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Speaker 1: yards against the Patriots last week. That's the fewest ground

431
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Speaker 1: yards in a game for the Titans since twenty nineteen.

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Speaker 1: They're thirty first in passing yards, and their wide receiver

433
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Speaker 1: room just took a hit this week, with veteran Tyler

434
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Speaker 1: Lockett asking for his release this week, so that leaves

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Speaker 1: veteran at Calvin Ridley. He didn't play last week with

436
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Speaker 1: a hamstring injury. They also have rookie wideout's Chim Ray

437
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Speaker 1: dk like you mentioned, they also have a promising up

438
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Speaker 1: and coming rookie Elick ile Manor. So I'm gonna hit

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Speaker 1: the pause button right there and the Titans offense, Rick

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Speaker 1: I mean filling the gaps on the big picture when

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Speaker 1: the Titans have the ball, and then of course tell

442
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Speaker 1: me the must for the Colts to stop this offense

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Speaker 1: on Sunday and try to prevent it from kind of

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Speaker 1: breaking out, if you will, in Week eight against the

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Speaker 1: Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, as I will do today. I always present the

447
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Speaker 2: team we're going to play at their very best. I

448
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,040
Speaker 2: always assume that they're going to play their very best.

449
00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:21,640
Speaker 2: And so, you know, this offense certainly revolves around Ward.

450
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Speaker 2: You know, he's a guy that can do a lot

451
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Speaker 2: of things. He's totally inconsistent, but there's enough big plays

452
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Speaker 2: on tape, you know, particularly the ability to move and

453
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Speaker 2: go playground throw those trans continentals as we talked about

454
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Speaker 2: in the last game to be a threat. You know,

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Speaker 2: Pollard is a four point six rusher totally with you know,

456
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Speaker 2: with thirty two touchdowns. I mean that's a legitimate potential.

457
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Speaker 2: And then Spears is back from the first game, the

458
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Speaker 2: running back who gives them really the screen game, the

459
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Speaker 2: open field game if they get to it. You know,

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Speaker 2: Ridley is a what forty touchdown guy? I mean, you know,

461
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Speaker 2: he's got like fifty five hundred yards totally in the league.

462
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Speaker 2: I mean, he is a legitimate number one. I think

463
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Speaker 2: on con Quo is a really underrated all purpose tight end.

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Speaker 2: You know, I think, you know what, what could happen,

465
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Speaker 2: particularly if Ridley is really you know, hurting with this hamstring,

466
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Speaker 2: I you manor then DK. I think they're emerging. I

467
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Speaker 2: think one of the reasons that Lockett left was really

468
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Speaker 2: really and truly DK was taking his job Honi monor

469
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Speaker 2: more of an outside guy. DK really majors in the slot,

470
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Speaker 2: and so I think if really isn't there, the attention

471
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Speaker 2: has to go there really quick. You know, their biggest

472
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Speaker 2: problem is o line. You know, particularly on protection. They

473
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Speaker 2: have holes everywhere. They're thirty first in the league in

474
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Speaker 2: sacks and that's with a very mobile quarterback. So you know,

475
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Speaker 2: I mean that that's the personnel part of it. You

476
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Speaker 2: they're going to try the only way they can survive

477
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Speaker 2: is to run the ball, you know, run the ball

478
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Speaker 2: with Pollard, have a production day that way, stay out

479
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Speaker 2: of the third and lungs. You know, that's really what

480
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Speaker 2: you're looking at from terms of the overall offense. Now

481
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Speaker 2: from a Colt standpoint, just just you know, kind of

482
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Speaker 2: matching up with that, we have to control the running game.

483
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Speaker 2: We cannot let Pollard and Spears get going because those

484
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,960
Speaker 2: two guys are pretty good, and that is their roadmap

485
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Speaker 2: to winning. It's their only roadmap to winning right now,

486
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,040
Speaker 2: you know, and again Spears coming back give them a

487
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Speaker 2: nice little screen, open space option type guy. They have

488
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Speaker 2: to run to win. They have to take the pressure

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Speaker 2: off the QB in the offensive line. They are twenty six,

490
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Speaker 2: which actually is one of their best stats, but it's

491
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Speaker 2: only three point eight. You cannot let this team find balance.

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Speaker 2: Number two. You got to take Ridley out. Now, he

493
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Speaker 2: may take himself out with that hamstring, but he is

494
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Speaker 2: a big time threat and they really like to use

495
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Speaker 2: him deep, deep on plays, deep comebacks, deep over race routes.

496
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Speaker 2: That's his role, that's his specialty. Now, if he isn't

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Speaker 2: ready to go, then then you shift your attention on

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Speaker 2: that to Ayu mon Or And then I think along

499
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Speaker 2: with that, DK to me is you know, he had

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Speaker 2: four catches last week in a touchdown. But he is

501
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Speaker 2: a comer. This is a guy that has great speed.

502
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Speaker 2: He's an emerging threat in the slot, and unlike most slots,

503
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Speaker 2: he can really get deep. He can get deep fast,

504
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Speaker 2: and he's a good gadget guy. So you know, I

505
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Speaker 2: think it'll come down to Ayu monor DK and oconquo.

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Speaker 2: In terms of stopping the passing game. Number four, you

507
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Speaker 2: have to dominate this offensive line from beginning to end.

508
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Speaker 2: Don't let any runs get to the edge. Be at

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Speaker 2: the runners, you know, particularly alert for that with spears,

510
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,399
Speaker 2: and particularly on the passing game. Do not let that

511
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 2: kid on the outside. If he gets on the outside,

512
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:11,200
Speaker 2: he can make a big play. Beat their offensive line

513
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Speaker 2: with athleticism, you know, attack their right side of their

514
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Speaker 2: offensive line. Latham, Zeitdler and Kushienberry do not handle stunts

515
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Speaker 2: worth of damn on the right Now when I really

516
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Speaker 2: study their tackles, their left tackle more, you can beat

517
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Speaker 2: him with speed and cut it. He's a guy. I

518
00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 2: think that law too should be a good match up with.

519
00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,440
Speaker 2: And then on the right side, which you want is

520
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 2: a guy with a quick counter. Start him up and

521
00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:41,159
Speaker 2: he's ponderous. Get back inside again. Thirty first in sacks.

522
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Speaker 2: This is a bad offensive line. We've been playing bad

523
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Speaker 2: protection lines, and so we have got to make that happen.

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Speaker 2: And then number five, we've got to confuse and get

525
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Speaker 2: Ward down and force him to turn it over. We

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Speaker 2: can't let him run around and make completions like Herbert

527
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 2: did last week. We got to get him down. And

528
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 2: you can even blitz him more if you have to

529
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Speaker 2: take away his edges. Number one closes inside scramble lanes

530
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,400
Speaker 2: and throw his you know, and closes throwing lanes downfield.

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Speaker 2: He throws the ball. He's got a strong arm. I

532
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,160
Speaker 2: mean he can rip it, but he tends to high

533
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:21,000
Speaker 2: sight it as well. Make him be precise inaccuracy. I

534
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,240
Speaker 2: don't think he can do that all day. I think

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00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,879
Speaker 2: he can beat you with deep ball seams. And on

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00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:31,920
Speaker 2: the playground again, big arm excels on the playground. Don't

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Speaker 2: be afraid to britze their backs. Don't they have a

538
00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,720
Speaker 2: marginal receiver corps. I don't think you have to be

539
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 2: afraid of anything. I think you can bring extra extra people. Again,

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00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 2: this is another bottom feeding o line and the Colts

541
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Speaker 2: defensive line needs to find it. No excuses, all right.

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Speaker 1: That's Rick Venturi. Those are his blueprints for when the

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Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans have the football. Let's move over to the

544
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Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball for the Titans. Let's talk

545
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Speaker 1: about how the Colts can continue to roll when they've

546
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,280
Speaker 1: got the pickskin here. They put up over two hundred

547
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Speaker 1: points on offense this season. Let's see if they can

548
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 1: keep that ball rolling against one of these. Statistically anyways,

549
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 1: worst defenses in the NFL, as the Titans are giving

550
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,840
Speaker 1: up twenty seven a game. They allowed a season high

551
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:21,600
Speaker 1: forty one to the Colts back in Week three, twenty ninth.

552
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Speaker 1: Against the run, they just allowed a season high one

553
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Speaker 1: to seventy five to the Patriots last Sunday. They rank

554
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Speaker 1: fourteenth against the pass. But that's a little bit deceiving, Rick,

555
00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:35,000
Speaker 1: because they're giving up seventy three percent completion percentage to

556
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Speaker 1: opposing quarterbacks so far this year and last week, I'm

557
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:42,520
Speaker 1: sure you saw this, Drake May completed ninety one percent

558
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,400
Speaker 1: of his passes against the Titans. That is a dubious

559
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:51,000
Speaker 1: Titans club record allowed. Their defense is I would say

560
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 1: it's not made up of a ton of household names

561
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 1: outside of Jeffrey Simmons at this point. Simmons, as you

562
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Speaker 1: chronicled there earlier, one of the best defensive tackles in

563
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:01,960
Speaker 1: the u NFL still, but he's banged up. He didn't

564
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Speaker 1: play last week with a hamstring injury. Cornerback Lagerius Snead.

565
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,120
Speaker 1: He left the game last week against New England with

566
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Speaker 1: a quad injury. But they've got capable players, right, They're

567
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Speaker 1: just not holding many offenses down so far this year.

568
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,840
Speaker 1: Amani Hooker still in the back end, they've got Xavier Woods,

569
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Speaker 1: They've got Roger McCreary. But as a secondary, they only

570
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,640
Speaker 1: have four interceptions on the season. They only have nineteen

571
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 1: passes defense that ranks twenty seventh. And then up front,

572
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,240
Speaker 1: they've only generated thirteen sacks, and four and a half

573
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Speaker 1: of those are from Simmons, who again is kind of

574
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Speaker 1: up in the air in terms of his availability going

575
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Speaker 1: into Week eight. So Rick, that's the setup on the

576
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Speaker 1: Titans defense. Give us what we need to know about

577
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Speaker 1: how the Colts can move the ball on them here

578
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Speaker 1: in week eight.

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Speaker 2: You know, I like what you said there. This can

580
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Speaker 2: be and I say can because situations affect it. Okay,

581
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,760
Speaker 2: this can be a really talented defense when you look

582
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Speaker 2: if you look at the stats when we played them

583
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 2: a month ago, defensively they're substantially better. They're really better.

584
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 2: But you know, I've coached defense a long time, and

585
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,480
Speaker 2: when your offense isn't doing a darn thing, you just

586
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:12,320
Speaker 2: get worn down. You know, you start playing two games

587
00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 2: for everybody's one game. And I just know this it's

588
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 2: a division game, you know. For them, the way they're

589
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 2: struggling and the way we're playing, this is their super Bowl.

590
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,480
Speaker 2: I mean really, and I don't see a quit in

591
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,360
Speaker 2: their defense. I really don't. I think they're playing really

592
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 2: hard and that always makes them, you know, that makes

593
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 2: them formidable. Simmons, if he's there, is an ambient, one

594
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 2: of the top blueprints players in the league, tremendous run

595
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:43,640
Speaker 2: and pass defender. He can ruin your day. Key, who

596
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,560
Speaker 2: also didn't play last week, is a really top edge rusher.

597
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,160
Speaker 2: I'm sure he'll be back. I'm not sure about Simmons.

598
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 2: And then Ward, who was here at one time, has

599
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:57,920
Speaker 2: moved around the defensive line. Got a sack last week,

600
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Speaker 2: and he's really dangerous when they put him inside. Not

601
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:04,360
Speaker 2: great on the edge, but put him inside, solid corner

602
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 2: in snead. You know, good safeties. Hooker is an outstanding

603
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 2: versatile guy. You know, they're Mike Backer, Barton, tons of tackles.

604
00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:19,480
Speaker 2: You know, the safeties again, Hooker and would outstanding players.

605
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 2: I think their biggest liability. You know, of course, the

606
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 2: biggest liability of via Simmons doesn't play, but Armor, Davis

607
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,520
Speaker 2: and Baker, who was here on the other side away

608
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:34,120
Speaker 2: from Snead, are their biggest liabilities. There isn't any doubt

609
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 2: about that. You know. Strategically, they're going to try to

610
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 2: stop you with bear on first down. They're gonna give

611
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:42,800
Speaker 2: you a lot of thirty four. You know, the different

612
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 2: kinds of bears, they'll shade their lines different. And you know,

613
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:51,200
Speaker 2: when they're healthy, Simmons, Joseph Day and Sweat are really

614
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 2: forces inside. I mean it's hard to push them out

615
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:58,760
Speaker 2: of there, you know. And then obviously McCreary comes in

616
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 2: and real sure powering downs and then Hooker will move.

617
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 2: Sometimes Hooker can be at safety, he can be big nickel,

618
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 2: and he can be dime. Uh. But they're they're going

619
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Speaker 2: to try to do that. And then as they get

620
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 2: to older, if they get the higher downs, you know,

621
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 2: they tend to match a little bit better. Their nickel

622
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 2: Nascar package is actually decent. Uh. And occasionally they'll get

623
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 2: on what I call a radar. They'll stand everybody up.

624
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 2: And again, if Simmons is healthy, I have to qualify

625
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 2: that he ends up on your center and yet it's hard.

626
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 2: It's hard to define it because they're all over the place.

627
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 2: So you know, there isn't any question about it. They'll

628
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:42,560
Speaker 2: get more high volume, particularly on the pressure package when

629
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:46,480
Speaker 2: you get into those those known third down deals. So

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Speaker 2: to me, the coach offensive blueprint number one is you

631
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,480
Speaker 2: got to work your running game. Like I said, that

632
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 2: doesn't mean you lead with your running game, but over

633
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 2: the sixty minutes, you have to destroy than with their

634
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Speaker 2: running game. And I think because there's so much bear,

635
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,800
Speaker 2: and when we talk about bear, that means there's three

636
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:10,719
Speaker 2: linemen inside your tackles and two linebackers, so it's very

637
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:14,279
Speaker 2: hard to pound. It very hard to run zones in there.

638
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 2: So you want to be able to really again and

639
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:20,840
Speaker 2: you hear it's becoming a broken record because everybody's playing

640
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:24,239
Speaker 2: this is you really want to pound to the off

641
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,840
Speaker 2: tackle in the edge. And obviously, if Simmons is playing,

642
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,040
Speaker 2: I'm going to prefer to run away from him because

643
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,960
Speaker 2: he'll be one of the three techniques i'd be. I

644
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 2: would like to run away from him. If he isn't there,

645
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,400
Speaker 2: it doesn't matter. You want to pound their edges. And

646
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 2: if Key is starting and he's back, I would run

647
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 2: more to him. I think he's a really good edge

648
00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,799
Speaker 2: speed rusher, but I don't think he plays the run

649
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,719
Speaker 2: very well. And then mid misdirections. Use your screens as

650
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,359
Speaker 2: gadgets to JT. And when JT gets into second level,

651
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,440
Speaker 2: he proves it every week. And I go around and

652
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 2: round on this. You know it's run after contact. You

653
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,840
Speaker 2: know the league is because of all this bear is

654
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,080
Speaker 2: not cupping the ball. They're not getting second wave players.

655
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 2: And when you have a great runner or a catch

656
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,840
Speaker 2: and run receiver, you're seeing more and more explosive players.

657
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 2: We saw it in the first game last week. Think again,

658
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 2: Think when you break through that front line, think touchdown,

659
00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 2: not check down. If Simmons is there. Number two, you

660
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 2: gotta handle Simmons. Okay, thirty two and a half sacks,

661
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:34,280
Speaker 2: twenty four cass deflection, six fumbles. You have to stop.

662
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 2: You know, you gotta stop Simmons, both schematically and physically.

663
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 2: Always know where he is. If not, I think Joseph

664
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,719
Speaker 2: Day will be his replacement in there on the inside,

665
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:50,480
Speaker 2: who's a formidable player himself. All right. Number three, you

666
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:54,560
Speaker 2: must protect their NASCAR package. When you get behind an account,

667
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:58,800
Speaker 2: they put a formidable front up there again, it's Simmons

668
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 2: and Ward inside and then you'll get Key to the

669
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 2: outside and whoever else they want to bring into the

670
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:09,720
Speaker 2: to the equation. Uh, a lot of you know, protect

671
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,320
Speaker 2: key speed on the edge and then be alert for

672
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 2: a lot of inside twists. Uh. Number four in terms

673
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,480
Speaker 2: of the passing game. On early downs, they're gonna give

674
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,680
Speaker 2: you that heavy front and those linebackers and safeties are

675
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,840
Speaker 2: gonna come after you. They are gonna be loaded to

676
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 2: stop JT. And you can kill them over the middle

677
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 2: and that second level with Pittman and Warn and downs

678
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:36,799
Speaker 2: if he's ready. Uh, but particularly Pittman and Warren. Uh.

679
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 2: You know, add the add the bootlegs to that, which

680
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,840
Speaker 2: we're just majoring in bootlegs. They do not match on

681
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 2: first down and they don't play a lot of man.

682
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:49,480
Speaker 2: So there's a tremendous amount of space if you can,

683
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 2: if you can freeze their linebackers, no question about that. Uh.

684
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,400
Speaker 2: And then I think five, you know, I think we

685
00:36:56,480 --> 00:37:00,640
Speaker 2: can get big plays on the outside, you know, particularly

686
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 2: on the strong side. They pretty much undressed their corner

687
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 2: on the strong side. You know, try to work away

688
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:13,840
Speaker 2: from smed sneed Getemore Davis or Baker whoever's the other corner,

689
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:16,439
Speaker 2: and work like hell. They play a lot of four

690
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:21,439
Speaker 2: and three four being quarters and particularly quarters a lot.

691
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:25,280
Speaker 2: I'm gonna have my four beaters ready, both on corners

692
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:29,360
Speaker 2: and safeties, which is Dino double post scissors, which is

693
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:32,880
Speaker 2: post with a seven underneath it. The layers that we

694
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 2: hit we hit Warren so much on and then like

695
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,520
Speaker 2: we say, our wolfson, our wheel routes, all those things

696
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,279
Speaker 2: be ready to get big plays on cover four. And

697
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 2: then I would just say the last thing, which is

698
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:48,280
Speaker 2: a bonus here and I've kind of alluded to it twice.

699
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:52,840
Speaker 2: Special teams. You must, you must, you must.

700
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,399
Speaker 1: Stop DK He leads the NFL so far in return yards.

701
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,719
Speaker 1: Rick Ventury, this guy is a he's going to be

702
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 1: a special force on but already he's making a big

703
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,359
Speaker 1: impact as a rookie on special teams. That's a really

704
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 1: good point to close out with right there, And those

705
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:11,360
Speaker 1: are Rick's instructions for the Colts offense to navigate this

706
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:15,320
Speaker 1: Titans defense right there on the blueprints for success. But

707
00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:18,640
Speaker 1: let's turn our sites now onto the final instructions. This

708
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 1: is where Rick has that lasting speech for the Colts

709
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 1: before they hit the game field on Sunday, and Rick,

710
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,600
Speaker 1: I think it's pretty simple for me. I mean, like

711
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: you said at the top, the Los Angeles win last

712
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:33,440
Speaker 1: week grabbed a lot of people's attention. A loss on

713
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 1: Sunday to the Titans, I think would ruin, you know,

714
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:40,280
Speaker 1: sort of the national goodwill the Colts have built up lately.

715
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,320
Speaker 1: That's my setup. What are your final instructions for the

716
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: Colts if you were to get in front of this

717
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 1: team before the game to get a big win at

718
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:49,880
Speaker 1: home and sweep the season series with the Titans.

719
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:52,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then the team is going to be based

720
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 2: around the things you just said. I think Joe Wright's

721
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:57,360
Speaker 2: put it good on Monday when we got talking on

722
00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:59,239
Speaker 2: the on the you know, you've got to have a

723
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:03,960
Speaker 2: championship and mentality. Now, you've got to have the killer instinct,

724
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,359
Speaker 2: you know, basically be ready mentally, no let downs, play

725
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:11,760
Speaker 2: clean and dominate. So you know, with that in mind,

726
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 2: what I'm gonna say to the team is this The

727
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:19,160
Speaker 2: win in LA only puts more pressure on this week's

728
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 2: battle into Luke. Last week's win again means nothing without

729
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:28,439
Speaker 2: validation this Sunday. Nothing we did in LA, good or bad,

730
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:32,919
Speaker 2: is gonna matter This Sunday. A slip up here only

731
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:38,240
Speaker 2: deflates what you have achieved. This Sunday versus the Titans

732
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 2: bring a totally different set of challengers. First and foremost,

733
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 2: a big challenge again is the perception versus reality issue.

734
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:53,960
Speaker 2: Everywhere you go this week, people will praise you and

735
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 2: tell you this will be a cake walk. Many of

736
00:39:56,600 --> 00:40:01,240
Speaker 2: these guys were the same people and Bandwagon who didn't

737
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 2: give you a chance to be Jones Junior High in June.

738
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:08,640
Speaker 2: Stay out of the public eye and the false narratives

739
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 2: live in your playbook. Study your game plans and find

740
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:20,080
Speaker 2: a razor's edge mentality physically, prepare for a sixty minute fight.

741
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 2: Not to get in and get out. This is Tennessee's

742
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:27,719
Speaker 2: super Bowl. Despite their record, I don't see a quid

743
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,840
Speaker 2: in them. They will get the interim coach bump this

744
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:34,280
Speaker 2: week and they will play hard from start to finish.

745
00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:39,239
Speaker 2: Focus on the prize. This is round eight in a

746
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:43,520
Speaker 2: championship fight, and we should be thinking the prize now.

747
00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:50,520
Speaker 2: Every round has equal values but equal consequences. Concentration on

748
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 2: your job. Play clean and play physical, Come out in

749
00:40:55,600 --> 00:41:00,279
Speaker 2: a frenzy and attack them coming off the bus, them

750
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:03,880
Speaker 2: in the face, and never let up. They will be

751
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:08,960
Speaker 2: ready early, but their confidence and will is fragile. Do

752
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 2: not let them hang on the vine and build confidence

753
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 2: throughout the game. You are the better team. Bring your

754
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 2: a game and bring that killer instinct to dismember and

755
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:25,319
Speaker 2: to break them. Every time you beat a division team.

756
00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:30,800
Speaker 2: You think home game in January. Take the Tennessee's hope

757
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 2: and dreams and destroy them, and send them back to

758
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 2: music Row in Nashville and let them listen to so

759
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 2: lonesome I.

760
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:45,480
Speaker 1: Could cry, you know, Rick, there's plenty of hockey talks

761
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:48,560
Speaker 1: down in Nashville. They're playing that Hank Williams. After this game,

762
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:52,480
Speaker 1: I can tell you that, man, that's a throwback classes

763
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:54,760
Speaker 1: from the nineteen sixties. Well done, Good.

764
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,479
Speaker 2: Night out, no doubt. You know. This is a little

765
00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:01,279
Speaker 2: trivia on the Venturi family. But way back and we

766
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:04,600
Speaker 2: were coaching. I might have been coaching at Purdue back then,

767
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:07,400
Speaker 2: or it was certainly in college. And we had friends

768
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,400
Speaker 2: in Baton Rouge that we had grown up with, and

769
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:15,040
Speaker 2: we met halfway in Nashville and we went and I

770
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:18,239
Speaker 2: wasn't really a country Western fan at that time. I've

771
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:21,600
Speaker 2: loved it since. But we actually went to the old

772
00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:25,400
Speaker 2: grand old opry which was actually in the old Rhyman

773
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:28,719
Speaker 2: Church before they renovated. You know, kids, the little kids

774
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:32,480
Speaker 2: would be selling those hand fans for ten cents apiece

775
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 2: and you went in there. But it was just a

776
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:36,959
Speaker 2: marvelous experience way back then.

777
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:40,160
Speaker 1: No doubt about. You sit on the old church pews, the.

778
00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:43,840
Speaker 2: Church pews, no absolutely, I mean it was no air conditioning.

779
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 2: I mean honestly you had those little hand fans that

780
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,120
Speaker 2: you had in church, you know. Yeah, But I mean

781
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:52,400
Speaker 2: it was the old Rhyman, you know, before it was renovated.

782
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:55,719
Speaker 1: I like it. Hank William Senior, Well done right there.

783
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,279
Speaker 1: From Rick fin Terry. Speaking of music, RV, what are

784
00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:00,480
Speaker 1: you listening to these days on the motor side during

785
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 1: your rides?

786
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,080
Speaker 2: Well, you know, you kind of got me on the

787
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 2: oh on the I start, I start my mix, and

788
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:10,160
Speaker 2: I start my mix with the Alman Brothers. You got

789
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:14,880
Speaker 2: me going on that. I love that collage with a

790
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:20,360
Speaker 2: bunch of other artists that will the circle be unbroken.

791
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 2: And I start with that, and then I have just

792
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:26,279
Speaker 2: a zig zag you know, uh, you know, I go

793
00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:29,920
Speaker 2: with the band and the weight, particularly with the Staples Centers,

794
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 2: and then some Springsteen stuff, roll me, you know, and

795
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:36,759
Speaker 2: then Bob Seeker roll me away, rolling stones, you know,

796
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 2: give me shelter. I mean, I mean, I go every

797
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:43,640
Speaker 2: genre you could imagine as we go on, so I

798
00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:46,279
Speaker 2: even have some Elvis in there from the fifties. You know.

799
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,440
Speaker 1: If I had your gig in that ride, I'm not

800
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:50,239
Speaker 1: sure I'd ever come home. To be honest with you,

801
00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:53,160
Speaker 1: I don't know how you do it. That's Rick V.

802
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:56,600
Speaker 1: And he's a rambling man on that motorcycle up on

803
00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:59,719
Speaker 1: the north side of Indianapolis, taking the back roads and

804
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,839
Speaker 1: take the long way home. That's what he's doing here.

805
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 1: Well done, Rick Van Terry on the final instructions and

806
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:08,719
Speaker 1: your blueprints as always, and good to be back with

807
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:12,320
Speaker 1: you coming up on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. Weirdly

808
00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 1: looking at the schedule here, you know, we pointed these

809
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,120
Speaker 1: things out when the schedule came out in May, but

810
00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:20,840
Speaker 1: we had better enjoy this trip to Lucas Oil Stadium

811
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:23,279
Speaker 1: on Sunday. This will be the last home game for

812
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,919
Speaker 1: the Colts for the next five weeks. After this one,

813
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,120
Speaker 1: the Colts do not get back on the home game

814
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:34,759
Speaker 1: field at Lucas Oil Stadium until November thirtieth. That's the

815
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:39,520
Speaker 1: weekend after Thanksgiving. You've got two road games, a trip

816
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:42,560
Speaker 1: to Germany, and a bye week, so you better take

817
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:44,719
Speaker 1: a good hard look at me on Sunday, Rick, you

818
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:45,760
Speaker 1: might have with drawls.

819
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 2: Absolutely, we'll be on remote for a while.

820
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:53,600
Speaker 1: Well, the home crowd's definitely gonna bring it. It's an

821
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:55,640
Speaker 1: AFC South game and it's a chance to get to

822
00:44:55,719 --> 00:44:58,440
Speaker 1: seven and one can't wait to recap this one with

823
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: you on Monday and do this podcast with again next Wednesday,

824
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:03,800
Speaker 1: my friend. Have a great rest of the week.

825
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:06,239
Speaker 2: You two, good friend. I'll talk to you later, all right.

826
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:08,600
Speaker 1: Rick Venturi right there, and that's gonna do it for

827
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:12,839
Speaker 1: this week's version of Inside Football and our week eight

828
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:16,360
Speaker 1: look at the Tennessee Titans. And in terms of radio

829
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:19,040
Speaker 1: coverage this weekend, the game is going to start at

830
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:21,799
Speaker 1: four to twenty five Eastern time, so it's a rare

831
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:25,279
Speaker 1: home game for the Colts in that late window. The

832
00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:29,080
Speaker 1: four o'clock window four to twenty five Eastern time kickoff.

833
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 1: Radio coverage begins at one thirty Colts pre game Huddle

834
00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:35,719
Speaker 1: ninety three five, one oh seven five and ninety seven

835
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:38,840
Speaker 1: to one Hank FM and Indy Countdown. A kickoff starts

836
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:41,959
Speaker 1: at three point thirty on those same stations and also

837
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:46,080
Speaker 1: on the Ascension Saint Vincent Radio network all over Colts Country.

838
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:49,080
Speaker 1: Again four to twenty five, it's the Colts and Titans

839
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:53,280
Speaker 1: inside Lucas Soil Stadium. We went back next week, breaking

840
00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:56,440
Speaker 1: it down and also previewing these Steelers coming up in

841
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:59,480
Speaker 1: week number nine. But until then, thanks for listening to

842
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:03,680
Speaker 1: Inside Football here in the Colts Podcast channel. So long, everybody,

843
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:07,600
Speaker 1: have a great week. H