1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: Gay back to that, and the. 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 2: Game is time. 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: We're going overtime. You wanted an overtime, I think you're 4 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: gonna get one, and we. 5 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,239 Speaker 3: Are headed to overtime and we are through four in 6 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 3: sixty minutes. 7 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: Not enough. 8 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 4: Oh my god, we're going overtime. 9 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it's overtime. We've told you we were playing 10 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 3: more than sixty minutes this week. Start of NFL free agency. 11 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 3: Here on set with JJ Stangobitz. I'm Matt Taylor. Thanks 12 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 3: for falling along and watching here on YouTube and listening 13 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 3: along if you will on the Colts Audionetwork, Colts dot com. 14 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: JJ. 15 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 3: We knew it was gonna be busy, and so far 16 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 3: today is day number one. This is Wednesday, March thirteenth, 17 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 3: the first day of the new league year, first day 18 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 3: of NFL free agency, and for the Colts, so far, 19 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 3: so good. 20 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 1: It has been pretty busy. 21 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,599 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean the Colts have done what a lot 22 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 4: of teams that would have a bunch of these free 23 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 4: agents who hit free agent starters two starters, is you 24 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 4: sign them back? Because if you think about free agency 25 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 4: like you're plugging holes, the Colts are just plugging the 26 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 4: holes with the guys who were. If they had left it, 27 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 4: they would have become holes. Think about it that way. Ye, 28 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 4: So you resign Grover Stewart, for example, Now you don't 29 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 4: have to plug a hole at nose tackle. You keep 30 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 4: a guy who knows a really good player there, Kenny Moore. 31 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 4: The second. You don't have to think about who's your 32 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 4: slock corner going to be for the next couple of years, 33 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 4: because you know Kenny's back in the building and he's 34 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 4: gonna man that down, lock that down for the next 35 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 4: couple of years. So that that part of it makes sense. 36 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 4: Now we'll see what other additions may happen as free 37 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 4: agency goes on and then into the draft. But for now, 38 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 4: I think when you look at that continuity aspect of it, 39 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 4: and if you didn't resign these guys, you'd be just 40 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 4: sitting here being. 41 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: Like, well, now, what what are we gonna do? 42 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 4: What are we gonna do? 43 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 2: Now? 44 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 4: So the Colts keeping all these guys, keeping good players too. 45 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 4: It's not like, you know, it's not like Michael Pittman 46 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 4: Junior is a bad player or anything. You know, why 47 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 4: why'd you resign him? Like of course he would resign 48 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 4: Michael Pittman Junior And a lot of the guys, you know, 49 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 4: every one of these guys who the Colts have signed. 50 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 3: Indeed, all right at the time of this taping, here's 51 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 3: what we know as of right now. The Colts to 52 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 3: this point have re signed as JJ said Michael Pittman Junior, 53 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 3: he's coming for year number five. And then on the 54 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 3: defensive side of the ball, all plethora of guys. You 55 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 3: got Grover Stewart back for year number eight, Taekwon Lewis 56 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 3: back for year number seven, Kenny Moore back for year 57 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 3: number eight, and also on special teams, Rigaberto Sanchez is 58 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 3: back for his eighth year as well. Hard to believe 59 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 3: all these guys, A lot of these guys have been 60 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 3: here since twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen. But the core what 61 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 3: you're experiencing so far are what's standing out so far 62 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 3: in terms of these free agents. The guys on the 63 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 3: defensive side of the ball, Grover, Taekwon Lewis, Kenny Moore 64 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 3: of the second the band is back together again on defense. 65 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, and you know we're gonna have a chance to 66 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 4: ask these guys about that here. You know, what does 67 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 4: that mean? You know, to keep everyone together on there. 68 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 4: But I think there's something to be said for you're 69 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 4: keeping you know, your nose tackle and Grover Stewart, you're 70 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 4: keeping him on the first level of the defense. On 71 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 4: the second level, now I got Zira Franklin locked up 72 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 4: to an extension as well, so he's going to be 73 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 4: around for a while. And then on the third level 74 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 4: you got Kenny Moore, the second back at cornerbacks, so 75 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 4: you've kind of locked up these these fundamental foundational pieces 76 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 4: of your defense, guys who are being well compensated for 77 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 4: their play because they are near the top of the 78 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 4: NFL at their respective positions. I mean, Grover Stewart, we 79 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 4: saw what happen to this defense was he wasn't in there. 80 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 4: It wasn't the same. We've seen the impact that Kenny 81 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 4: Moore can make against the run and against the pass. 82 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 4: I mean, no player since twenty seventeen has as many 83 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 4: tackles as Kenny Moore the second and he has fifty 84 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 4: nine more tackles or no cornerback. I should say he 85 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 4: has fifty nine more tackles than the cornerback with the 86 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 4: second highest total, James Bradberry. So like these are guys 87 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 4: who make big impacts on the field, who are also 88 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 4: part of the fabric of this organization. Guys who would 89 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 4: leave a void not just on the field, but off 90 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 4: the field if they were to leave. 91 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 3: And they're all great dudes, and that's what we're going 92 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 3: to exhibit to you here today on this podcast. We 93 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 3: had a chance to visit with all of these guys. 94 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 3: Michael Pittman Junior, Grover Stewart, Taekwan Lewis, Kenny Moore the Second, 95 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 3: and Rigaberto Sanchez. They all sat down with us today 96 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 3: on day number one of NFL free agency, shortly after 97 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 3: signing their new contracts to stay in Indianapolis and play 98 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 3: with the Colts. 99 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: So, without excuse me, so without. 100 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 3: Further ado, let's start with a big dog playing wide receiver, 101 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 3: number eleven back with the Colts, Michael Pittman, Junior. Our 102 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 3: pleasure now to be joined by Colts wide receiver going 103 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:21,239 Speaker 3: into year number five. 104 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: Michael Pittman Junior. Michael, Congratulations, man. What does this new 105 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: deal mean to you? 106 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, obviously, it's just an incredible thing. And 107 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 5: I would say the most important thing to me is 108 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 5: it kind of tells me that I am I am 109 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 5: the guy that they drafted me to be and then 110 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 5: like that just is like a fulfilling feeling really, like 111 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 5: just like knowing that I gave them like what they expected. 112 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 4: You've got to know the organization over the last couple 113 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 4: of years, You've got to know the area over the 114 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 4: last couple of years. What does it mean to you 115 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,679 Speaker 4: to now stay here for the near future? 116 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 5: Absolutely, I mean, I mean I've made Indie home. Obviously, 117 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 5: I made a significant investment here with buying our house 118 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 5: last year. So it's really nice to like we just 119 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 5: get to stay home. 120 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 4: You're a California kid though, who's kind of embraced the 121 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 4: Indiana lifestyle, if you will, with the farm and everything. 122 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 4: That's pretty cool. 123 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, we just kind of found the perfect property. 124 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 5: And once we were able to get that, we're like, hey, 125 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 5: why don't we get some cows, like we have horses, 126 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 5: and like once we got the cows or like chickens, 127 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 5: goats out packets, like it just kind of starts flowing, right. 128 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 3: You know, about halfway through last season, you went to 129 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 3: Chris Ballard, you went to Shane Stike, and in a very 130 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 3: healthy way, you went to them and said, I want 131 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 3: to be the guy on this team. I want to 132 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 3: be the alpha. You know, I want to shoulder the 133 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:49,039 Speaker 3: responsibility within this offense. You know, certainly you produced a 134 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 3: great season last year with one hundred catches over a 135 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 3: thousand yards. Now that you're back, coming into year number five, 136 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 3: what do you see your role on this team in 137 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 3: terms of what you're able to produce on the field 138 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 3: and the leader that you're going to be inside the 139 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 3: locker room. 140 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean Shane actually gave me like my role 141 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 5: on one of his. 142 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: Very first meetings. 143 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 5: He said that I was the enforcer, and whether that's 144 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 5: enforcing our culture or practice habits or intensity, like I'm 145 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 5: just I'm just there to elevate every single aspect that 146 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 5: I possibly can. 147 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 4: Well, what's the experience been like for you kind of 148 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 4: growing as a player with Reggie Wayne as your wide 149 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 4: receiver coach. 150 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 5: Reggie's great because Reggie's probably like he's probably the most 151 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 5: real coach I've ever had, and since he did it 152 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 5: at such a high level as like it's like nobody 153 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 5: nobody takes it the wrong way, like when he's hard 154 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 5: on guys, and it's also just like the way that 155 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:52,119 Speaker 5: he does it and he has a really good relationship 156 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 5: with like all of his guys is like, we almost 157 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 5: don't feel like he's a coach, Like we still feel 158 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 5: like he's like one of us players, because that's just 159 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 5: how like he carries himself. And anytime that you have 160 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 5: a coach like that, like, it's great. 161 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,359 Speaker 4: You mentioned after the season that you were kind of 162 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,679 Speaker 4: looking at Reggie and you know, a guy like DeVante 163 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 4: Adams who maybe didn't start really coming into their own 164 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 4: until you're four or five in the NFL. What what 165 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 4: do you think the next gear of your game is 166 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 4: that you can show now? 167 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I just think it only goes up 168 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 5: being that Ars is coming back, so for the first time, Well, 169 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 5: we have a guy that is going to be here, 170 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 5: and I'm excited to work with him and been back 171 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 5: and forth throughout this whole process, and now that everything 172 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 5: is settled, like we can finally like do something. 173 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, that would be nice. 174 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 3: Michael Pittman JUNR is with us doubling back to Shane 175 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 3: Stike and he said that the thing that is for 176 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 3: him most impressive about you is your consistency. You are 177 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 3: the same guy every single day. You talk about being 178 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 3: the enforcer in the locker room on the field. Where 179 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 3: does that consistency for you come from How important is 180 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 3: that for you? 181 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 5: I would probably say it came from watching the way 182 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 5: that t Y showed up like in practice, just like 183 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 5: t Wilett was the same guy every single day, and 184 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 5: like you also look at guys like Q, you look 185 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 5: at guys like Buck, like they're the same guys every 186 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 5: single day. And if you want to reach that like level, 187 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 5: like you have to be like that, and and just 188 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 5: watching their like habits and everything and kind of taking 189 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 5: pieces from like each guy that like fit me so 190 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,319 Speaker 5: so like I've been able to stand on the shoulders 191 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 5: like of giants. So like it's you know, like it's 192 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 5: like not as. 193 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 4: Hard you mentioned Anthony. Where do you think you and 194 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 4: him can go together for the next couple of years? 195 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: Absolutely? 196 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 5: I mean I mean, I'm I mean for him, he 197 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 5: doesn't have like any type of limits. I mean, like 198 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 5: I can't even imagine like what is gonna go down. 199 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 5: I mean, like in my head, I'm thinking scramble drill 200 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:59,199 Speaker 5: for seventy yards or I'm running like down the sideline 201 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 5: and he puts up perfec whole shot. What I'm most 202 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 5: looking forward to is him being able to stretch the 203 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 5: ball with his arm talent, and I think it's gonna 204 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 5: make the difference for us. 205 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 4: We've seen flashes of that from you and your career. 206 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 2: You know. 207 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 4: I think about like Baltimore in twenty twenty one San 208 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 4: Francisco that year. You know you can you can go 209 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 4: up and do that. You just absolutely haven't had a 210 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 4: ton of chances at it. 211 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, But with like Anthony, I mean, I mean, 212 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:26,719 Speaker 5: I think it's gonna be great. And then I think 213 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 5: that our RPO game is gonna be one of the 214 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,959 Speaker 5: most ferocious because you got Ar, you got JT, and 215 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,559 Speaker 5: then all of us guys in the past game. 216 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: No doubt about it. 217 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 3: Year number five and beyond here for Michael Pittman Junior. 218 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 3: He's got a new contract with the Indianapolis Colts, coming 219 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 3: back to the team in free agency. Michael, I know 220 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 3: your your day is jim packed. You got a lot 221 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 3: of stuff going on. So thank you so much for 222 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 3: squeezing us in. Glad you're back and here's to twenty 223 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 3: twenty four. 224 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 2: Thank you, guys. 225 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 3: The set is not big enough for this man. Because 226 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 3: of spirit and power. Number ninety is back with the 227 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 3: Indianapolis Cults and free agency. Grover Stewart is with us 228 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 3: JJ Stangoviitz. I'm Matt Taylor here, big grove man. Congratulations 229 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 3: that smile on your face. I don't think it's ever 230 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 3: been better. 231 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 6: Yes, sir man, thank you, Thank you man. I'm so 232 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 6: excited right now. 233 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 3: What was the feeling like when you know, let's get 234 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 3: out of the trenches a little bit, no pun intended, 235 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 3: But when everything was done and you figured out for 236 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 3: sure you're coming back to the Colts, what was that 237 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 3: feeling of confidence and just euphoria as a player? 238 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 6: Man, it was like something just released, man, because I 239 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 6: was had my phone in my hand like every second 240 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 6: walking around. I believe I walked a hole in my 241 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 6: front room floor, Like dang, they gonna call me yet, 242 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 6: We're gonna get it done. It's just a big release, man, 243 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 6: And like knowing that I'm back home, man, it just 244 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 6: feel great. 245 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 3: I mean, that was the first time you had been 246 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 3: through free agency. 247 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 4: What about the Colts organization and just the city of 248 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 4: Indianapolis and the community, like have you kind of come 249 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 4: to appreciate and to kind of continue building that legacy here? 250 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 6: Well, yes, Sirtain, I appreciate the coaches, the community, like 251 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 6: everything here, like the city, man, like I love it here, 252 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 6: Like I'm a country guy, but like I look forward 253 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,439 Speaker 6: to coming to India and just like helping out in 254 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 6: the community and like seeing the coaches, see all the 255 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 6: staff members and like just making everybody smile. Man, Like 256 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 6: when I see them they smiling, I'm smiling. So like 257 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 6: I appreciate all that. 258 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 3: Man, during that stress of free agency, have you had 259 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 3: a chance to kind of think back, step back, reflect 260 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 3: on your journey going into year number eight, fourth round 261 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 3: pick out of a Division two school and now. 262 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: Here you are grove. 263 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 3: I mean, you proved over and over that you're one 264 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 3: of the best nose tackles run stuffers in the game. 265 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 6: Yes, sir, Man Astley. I was after I make the agreement, 266 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 6: I called my mom. I say, I don't know what 267 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 6: to do. She was like, what you mean. I was like, 268 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 6: I'm so excited, I say, but like I just don't know. 269 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 6: Like it was just something there that I was like, 270 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 6: I don't came from all in the state, small town Camilla, 271 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:17,199 Speaker 6: Georgia to like the big leads and like everybody dream 272 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 6: to have this and like I'm living it and like 273 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 6: I was like, I just don't know, And she was like, baby, 274 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 6: just keep your head up, thank God for everything you 275 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 6: don't done, and just be you. She was like it 276 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 6: all you Like you put your work in, like all 277 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 6: the hard work you have done, and like you stay 278 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 6: focused to it so and if. 279 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 1: It's not broke, don't fix it. 280 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 6: Right. 281 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 3: Know that that work ethic, that consistency, there's a reason 282 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 3: why you're still here and that's that's the method that 283 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 3: still needs to continue despite getting some more commas and 284 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 3: zeros in that contract. 285 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 6: Oh yeah, oh yeah, I'm still going. 286 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 4: When when you talk about still going, like what what 287 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,680 Speaker 4: still motivates you? You know, you've been playing in the NFL, 288 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 4: you have been playing this game for a long time. 289 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 4: Like what still motivates you on the field? 290 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 6: Oh? Man? Just being out there? Like having fun man, 291 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 6: Like I told myself, I don't never think I'll get old, 292 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 6: Like I'm gonna go to I can't go, And like 293 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 6: being out there with guys that you don't build buns with, 294 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 6: like seeing them happy, you happy doing something you can't 295 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,319 Speaker 6: get in trouble for it, and like just living a 296 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 6: dream man, Like I just like doing it for real. 297 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 6: I told myself, I was like if I ever was 298 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,319 Speaker 6: to stop, I don't know what I do. So that's 299 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 6: why I'm gonna keep going and keep going. 300 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 3: Speaking of keep keeping going, this defense just keeps going 301 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 3: with a lot of continuity right yourself, you know, Quitty 302 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:51,959 Speaker 3: pay dioid Dangbo DeForest Buckner, Zaire Franklin is back obviously 303 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 3: a new extension there and EJ. 304 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: Speed, Kenny Moore. 305 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 3: What excites you the most about what this defense can 306 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 3: be with all those familiar faces and how well you 307 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 3: guys know each other? 308 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 6: I mean the games sticking together, man, that keep that 309 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 6: keep me happy man to see them guys, they keep 310 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 6: me going and I keep them going. So like just 311 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 6: being together and being out there together, like that's no 312 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 6: better feeling. 313 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 4: Man, where do you think this defense can go? Kind 314 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 4: of keeping this core together now for the next couple 315 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 4: of years. 316 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 6: Shoot, I said we number one if we keep going. 317 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 6: I mean, the guys know where the're taken, like they 318 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 6: know what to do, so we just got to go 319 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 6: out there and do it. Man, Like this defense like 320 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 6: with the speed their brains and like the physicality of everybody, 321 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 6: like it's just crazy. 322 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 3: So the Forest Buckner means so much of this defense, 323 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 3: but I know he means a great deal to you. 324 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 3: You guys have a great relationship on and off the field. 325 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: What what What did. 326 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 3: He have to say to you when he found out 327 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 3: that he's going to be you're going to be his 328 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 3: running mate again for another a couple of years here. 329 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 6: Yeah, he just he called me man. He was like, 330 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 6: congrats brother. Then he was like big. 331 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: Bag bag man, bag man. 332 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 6: But I know it means a lot to him, man, 333 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 6: like to have me playing next to him and like 334 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 6: helping him out and he helping me out. Man, Like 335 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 6: I told everybody, man him, we stuck together. 336 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 2: Man. 337 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 4: You got a new defensive line coaching this year. How 338 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 4: you got to know Charlie Partridge. You've had a chance 339 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 4: to talk with him yet since he came in. 340 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 6: Yeah, I spoke with him. Man. He seemed verified up man, 341 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 6: like ready to roll and stuff like that. So I'm 342 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 6: ready to go too, Man. I haven't seen him in person, 343 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 6: but like what he been talking, man, ready to go. 344 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 4: So I did hear a story that he tried to 345 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 4: call you and you didn't get back to him for 346 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 4: a minute. What are we doing because you're on in 347 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 4: your tractor. 348 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 6: Listen, man, I've been in the country. Man, Sometimes I 349 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 6: have service. Sometimes I don't, man, I have to tell people. 350 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: I was like, my FaceTime doesn't work out in the field, right, I. 351 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 6: Say, I'm gonna call y'all when I see it. It 352 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 6: might be a day or too later, but iver call 353 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 6: you though. 354 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 1: Big Grove is always going to get back to you. 355 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 3: He ain't gonna leave you, hag And there's no doubt 356 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 3: about that, Big Grove. 357 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your time. 358 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 3: Congratulations seriously for from the bottom of all of our hearts. 359 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: It's great to have you back. 360 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 3: And it's just you know, your your spirit, your personality 361 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 3: so infectious and looking forward to big things next year. 362 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 1: Congrats again and we'll see in the spring. 363 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 6: Yes, sir, and we're gonna have some more chicken wings 364 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 6: at astill on the way book it. 365 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 3: That is what we're most excited for. A sharp dressed 366 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 3: man for a big occasion. Kenny Moore is with us 367 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 3: here on set in the studio along with JJ. 368 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor. 369 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 3: Kenny, this is awesome man to have you back for 370 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 3: year number eight and beyond with the Indianapolis Cult. 371 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: You've been here since twenty seventeen. 372 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 3: Has that set in that you're coming back to a 373 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 3: place that I mean, I know it didn't technically start here, 374 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 3: but you've been here for a majority of your career. 375 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: Needless to say. 376 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 3: And how special is it to come back to this 377 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 3: place that you're so familiar with? 378 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 2: Very special, very special. I'm ready to get back at it. 379 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 2: Talk to a lot of teammates over the last couple 380 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 2: of days and glad we can scratch it in today 381 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 2: and get back to the boys in Blue. 382 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 1: Kenny. 383 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 4: The something I talked desire about is like in Indianapolis, 384 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:21,640 Speaker 4: the fans here, if you've played here for a while, 385 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 4: you've been a good player, you've been a you know, 386 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 4: great member of the community. Like they talk about legacy 387 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 4: a lot, Like you've got a legacy here in India 388 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 4: already before this extension. You now get to grow that legacy. 389 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 4: Like what does that mean to you to have this 390 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 4: opportunity to really cement yourself as like a guy who 391 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 4: people are going to remember and talk about years down 392 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 4: the road. 393 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 2: It's a great question. I don't think anything gets bigger 394 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:48,120 Speaker 2: than a legacy. You can have all the individual team accolades, 395 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 2: but one thing you're gonna leave is that impression on 396 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 2: the city, impression on the youth. And I just want 397 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 2: to make it a great one. It's been so many been, 398 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 2: so many examples, so many tools around my hometown and 399 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,680 Speaker 2: my family in my household too. To be the guy 400 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 2: I am today and uh to be able to continue, 401 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 2: uh leaving that impression in that mark on the city. 402 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 2: I'm blessed man. I'm blessed. 403 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: Kenny. 404 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:18,199 Speaker 3: We talked to you at the end of the season, 405 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 3: right after that Week eighteen game against the Houston Texans. 406 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 3: You know, you're pretty candid, You're pretty honest about how 407 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 3: much you wanted to come back here. It was your 408 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 3: desire to, you know, rejoin this team in free agency. 409 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 3: Now that you're sitting here, you know what, what's that 410 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 3: feeling and what was free agency like for you going 411 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 3: through that for the first time. 412 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:42,439 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, you know, with the fans or with 413 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 2: you guys in here, I'm always you know, vulnerable how 414 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 2: I feel, and I just think that's always important for 415 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 2: me to you know, really share how it really is. 416 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 2: And free agency was great. It wasn't. It wasn't as 417 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 2: bad as maybe some people think it is. I probably 418 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 2: just stayed busy, you know, training in Florida. But I 419 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 2: don't really get too down about stuff that I can't 420 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 2: control my resume. The things that I can control or 421 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 2: the things that you know, we were able to do 422 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 2: during the season. I had a solid campaign. So it 423 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 2: wasn't anything that I wanted to go back and change 424 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 2: or anything that you know, I regret. You know, whenever 425 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 2: I talk about my career, all the good few things 426 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 2: that weren't so good there was, It's nothing that I 427 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:42,439 Speaker 2: would want to go back and change. So I'm pretty fortunate. 428 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 2: I'm pretty blessed to you know, be able to be same. 429 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 4: Not many players get second contracts in the NFL, and 430 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 4: even fewer get third contracts in the NFL like you 431 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 4: now have. What does that mean to you that the 432 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 4: Colts have given you that, you know, that second and 433 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 4: third they've seen the work done, they've seen the play 434 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 4: the person you are to you know, kind of reward 435 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:06,120 Speaker 4: you with those those deals. 436 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 2: It all comes down to consistency of my first day 437 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 2: in the league. That's all we talked about. You know, 438 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 2: the person you are inside the building, the person you 439 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 2: are outside the building, and how are you able to 440 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 2: produce for the teams and so the team have just 441 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 2: you know, been quite satisfied to this point to be 442 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,719 Speaker 2: able to be on this this track in my career. 443 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,479 Speaker 2: I guess my mother helped out in hard knocks and 444 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 2: uh and uh we're here today, so just being here, Yeah, 445 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 2: I'm pretty blessed and decided to get my all again 446 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 2: for this, for this team, this this city. So uh, 447 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 2: we'll see how it goes and we'll we'll kick it 448 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 2: off from here. 449 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 3: You know, before we started here sitting on this podcast, 450 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 3: you just had a great embrace with with Rigaberto Sanchez, Right, 451 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:06,160 Speaker 3: you've been here since twenty seventeen, same with him, Grover Stewart. 452 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 3: I mean this this goes back to Chris Ballard's first 453 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 3: year on the job. Right, his first draft class is 454 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 3: his first major acquisition period, bringing core guys that are 455 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 3: still here. 456 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: When you think about. 457 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 3: Your time and your journey with the Colts since twenty seventeen, 458 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 3: how have you personally grown, not not only just as 459 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 3: a player on the field, but the type of guy 460 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 3: that you are. Can you kind of compare and contrast 461 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,919 Speaker 3: just your personal journey since you've been with this club. 462 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 2: I think as I've gotten older, there's been more and 463 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 2: more to deal with to be able to keep going, 464 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 2: to be able to play at a high level. You know, 465 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 2: every single season is his own story. And just all 466 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,439 Speaker 2: the things that I've endured, my family have endured, just 467 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 2: you know, changing friends to you know, having more money 468 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,360 Speaker 2: something like that, or you know, wanting to do more 469 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:05,439 Speaker 2: in the city, wanting to grow personally or individually to 470 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 2: a certain you know brand, or you know, the foundation, 471 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 2: whatever it is. Just being able to handle everything. You know, 472 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 2: at twenty one. Whenever I got here twenty two years old, 473 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 2: you know, I wouldn't have I wouldn't have been able 474 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 2: to handle such So to be able to I don't know, 475 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 2: just you know, have that mental capacity to being able 476 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 2: to take in, you know, everything that has happened to 477 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 2: this point, you know, not trying to do everything myself, 478 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,959 Speaker 2: having people around me that I trust, people that I 479 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 2: love so. 480 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 1: Means a lot to you. 481 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 3: Right, There's no doubt. 482 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 2: I'm not supposed to cry today, not regod. 483 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,679 Speaker 3: I mean, this is this is a moment of reflection though, right, 484 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 3: I mean, these are you know what you're pausing for 485 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 3: is just how important this is, what this means to you, 486 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 3: and how much this has earned Kenny. 487 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 4: When you think back to the years you've had here 488 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 4: and you know maybe what's to come, but what's been 489 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 4: a moment that sticks out to you that you had 490 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 4: in Indianapolis with the Colts, whether it's been on the field, 491 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 4: off the field through your career. 492 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 2: Here, first couple of things that I let's see, I've 493 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:32,959 Speaker 2: had a lot of moments in Indianapolis. 494 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 6: Yeah, think about it. 495 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,679 Speaker 2: First thing I think about, you know, the second contract 496 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 2: twenty nineteen. I was able to, you know, retire my mother. 497 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 2: I talk about this all the time. Why am I? 498 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 7: Uh? 499 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 2: But moving on to the next moment. The second moment is, 500 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 2: you know, my relationship with the Garvey family. Uh, you know, 501 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 2: we we're all familiar with that family and what sure 502 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 2: you know I've brought to their family and vice versa, 503 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 2: what they've brought into my life and my family as well. Three. Uh, 504 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 2: let's see top three moments of being a cult. 505 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 1: A couple of pick six is in there, right? 506 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, if you want to go on the field. 507 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 3: I mean, right for sure, those those are those A 508 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 3: great countless countless of those, yeah. 509 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, But in all, just a lot of priceless moments, 510 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,680 Speaker 2: that moments that I want to go back and live again. 511 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 2: So obviously crossing over into different sports players that I've met, 512 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 2: overseas that play, you know, soccer. One of my great 513 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 2: buddies are here right now. Uh part of award and 514 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 2: UH with his second place in St. Pete this past weekend. 515 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 2: Great to have him in the building. Some that I 516 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 2: love and support. That's my brother. 517 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 4: So I asked that because when people have asked me 518 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 4: about like, hey, you tell me about Kenny Moore the 519 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 4: second I'm like, I think about you running out of 520 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 4: the tunnel with Mighty Mason in twenty nineteen. I think 521 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 4: about in twenty twenty one the emotion that Coach Reich 522 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 4: had when he announced you as a pro bowler, the 523 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 4: last guy lightning in a bottle and the whole team 524 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 4: going nuts. And then I think about the second pick 525 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 4: six against Carolina, Like just like incredible moments that you've 526 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 4: had here. I mean, it's been an incredible career and 527 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 4: I'm just excited that we get to see it here 528 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 4: in Indye going forward. 529 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 2: Still, I appreciate it. I'm looking forward to many more 530 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:46,120 Speaker 2: moments to come to not only just for me, my family, 531 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:51,160 Speaker 2: this organization, my teammates. Honestly, I'm just ready to all 532 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 2: do it, you know, together. 533 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 3: I doubt about that number twenty three he's back in 534 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 3: the fold, lightning in a bottle, making one handed snatches 535 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 3: in front of Darren Waller. Pick six is They're all 536 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,679 Speaker 3: coming in twenty twenty four and beyond. He is the 537 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 3: real deal, the genuine article, and we are blessed to 538 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 3: have him wearing a cole helmet. And Kenny can't thank 539 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 3: you enough for your time. Thanks for squeezing us in 540 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 3: and God. 541 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 2: Bless you you too. Love. 542 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 3: We are on set free agency for the Indianapolis Colts. 543 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 3: An in house man who is back for year number 544 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 3: seven for more disruption along the defensive line. Number ninety 545 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 3: four is back Taekwon Lewis Man. Congratulations, appreciate your time. 546 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 3: And what's this feeling coming back in free agency for 547 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 3: the third straight year with the Colts. 548 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:39,880 Speaker 7: Well, first and foremost, I didn't know you were so kind, Nolan, 549 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 7: you know this, you know, but man, it's just a 550 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:46,199 Speaker 7: great feeling to come back, especially to the team that 551 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 7: drafted me. Indianapolis is you know, one of akan especially 552 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 7: the way this organization and the way they treat like 553 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 7: everyone in the building, especially me. You know, I've been 554 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 7: fortunate to have a lot of chances to just prove 555 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 7: who I am. As a player, you know, and I'm 556 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 7: just forever grateful. 557 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,439 Speaker 4: Last two offseasons, Taekwon, We've talked to you at this 558 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 4: time about coming back as you've been rehabbing a pretty 559 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 4: significant injury, you know, to the patella. Now you're you're healthy, 560 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 4: You're coming off a game where you play, a season 561 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 4: where you played seventeen games, Like, what does this one 562 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 4: feel like coming back to the Colts today. 563 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 7: I can't really explain it. I can't tell you the 564 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 7: feeling that I feel. I'm excited, but at the same time, 565 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 7: I just feel like my mind never stops. I'm like, 566 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 7: let's go to work, you know. I mean that's just me, 567 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,400 Speaker 7: Like I enjoyed a moment and then I just I'm 568 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 7: back to it. 569 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 2: You know. 570 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 7: It's like I process it and I'm like, oh, grateful, 571 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 7: and then I'm ready to go back to work. 572 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: That's just you in a nutshell. 573 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 3: And we've been marveling about your season since it ended, 574 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 3: and we've been talking about you with your production with 575 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 3: nine tackles for loss and four sacks, thirteen quarterback hits, 576 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 3: the pressures, the disruptions like we talked about, but you 577 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,439 Speaker 3: only played about you know, thirty five percent of the 578 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 3: snaps maybe a little bit more. This is, I know, 579 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 3: a tough question to answer, but what makes you so 580 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 3: efficient in that amount of time that you're out there? 581 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 7: All you need is one opportunity, you know, sometimes you 582 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 7: just gotta capitalize. I mean, all the time you get 583 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 7: out there, you get an opportunity to do something. I 584 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 7: feel like you just got to do your best. If 585 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 7: not you selling the team short, you're selling yourself short. 586 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 7: So I mean I take advantage of every moment. 587 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 4: Whenever we talked with you know, your teammates during the season, 588 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 4: you know, all the guys in the D line were 589 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 4: just like, you know Taekwon, Like what a what a 590 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 4: leader he is in addition to the kind of player 591 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 4: he is on the field. Like, how have you grown 592 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 4: into that role here in Indianapolis going into year seven? 593 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 4: And how do you kind of describe your leadership style? 594 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 7: Oh, I can't really explain it, you know, I guess 595 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 7: I just come into building, I smile, I greet everyone. 596 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 7: You know, life is good, no matter if you having 597 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 7: the worst day of your life, you gotta like thank 598 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 7: the man upstairs because I mean, that's that's that's the 599 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 7: guy who gives us the gift of like gratification and stuff. 600 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 7: So I mean, I just I just take heed in that, 601 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 7: you know, I'm I'm thankful for everything, you know. So 602 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 7: then after that, it's like the role, the role just 603 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 7: I feel like it just naturally happened. 604 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 6: You know. 605 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,040 Speaker 7: I've been here six years, about to be seven now, 606 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 7: so it's like even from my first year, you know, 607 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 7: I try to learn everybody's names. I try, you know, 608 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 7: whatever it was, to know about someone in the building 609 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 7: or anything like that my teammates, you know, I try 610 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 7: to know it, like because you know, you don't want 611 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 7: to be sitting next to a guy for three years 612 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 7: and you don't even know his mom's name where you know, 613 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 7: things like that. I feel like you just have to 614 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 7: like acknowledge everyone in the building, everyone around you, because 615 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 7: you know, you never know you might be the uplifting 616 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 7: spirit for them. 617 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 6: So, you know, I just try to be the best 618 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 6: teammate that I could be. 619 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 3: See that right there, that answer your your positivity, your optimism. 620 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 3: How much do you think that I know this is 621 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 3: again it's it's tough to quantify, but how much do 622 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 3: you think that has allowed you to be where you 623 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,479 Speaker 3: are right now? Sitting here talking to us considering all 624 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 3: the stuff you've been through. 625 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 7: I mean, it's been a huge impact in my life. 626 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 7: Like you know, DT, I don't know if y'all noticed backstory. 627 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 7: I'm sure I told her several times. But you know 628 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 7: the thing that my first time playing football is. 629 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 1: That DT's camp David Thornton, Yeah, David Thorton, and he had. 630 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 7: Like these acronyms for like each letter, and the one 631 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 7: that stuck with me is perseverance. 632 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:53,160 Speaker 6: So like. 633 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 7: I took that and I just kept going Like throughout 634 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 7: my entire life, I took that. I always had optimism. 635 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 7: So it was like, you know, I always could see 636 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 7: something through like and then like if something bad happened, 637 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 7: you know, I still have perseverance. Like everything was just 638 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 7: like there for me, you know. So like I could 639 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 7: never if it's a bad situation, I'd never like look 640 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 7: at it as a bad situation, right, I'd be like, 641 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 7: all right, this happened, Like that's good, Like sure, let's 642 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 7: let's let's find a way to get through this. 643 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 3: Hard believe this is year number eight for this guy 644 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 3: on set with us. Now punter for the Colts, Rigaberto Sanchez, 645 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 3: who rejoins the team if you will and free agency 646 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 3: along with JJ Stangovitz. 647 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor Rego. 648 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 3: Congratulations man, I know this is really really important to you. 649 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 3: What was the feeling like when you found out for 650 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 3: sure you're coming back to the Colts and you have 651 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 3: a new contract? 652 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 8: Man, thank you so much. It was just, you know, 653 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 8: I'm grateful, man, Me and my family, we've been here 654 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,880 Speaker 8: for seven years. There's nowhere else we'd rather be, you know, 655 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 8: so for us, it was an amazing feeling to just 656 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,479 Speaker 8: be back here with Luke and the guys. Man. You know, 657 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 8: so just super grateful. Man. 658 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 4: I've been asking a couple of the guys this, like, 659 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 4: you know, you're from California, you play your college ball 660 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 4: in Hawaii, and now you've been in Central Indiana for 661 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 4: going on, you know, eight years. How have you kind 662 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 4: of come to understand the community, the impact the Colts 663 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 4: have in the community, and the impact you have as 664 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 4: a member of the Colts. 665 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 8: Yeah. Man, I think it's been an amazing, you know, situation, 666 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 8: just for us, because me and my family are just 667 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 8: super low key, you know, every single time we touched 668 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 8: down here in Indy, it's like it's business, you know, 669 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,959 Speaker 8: and that's kind of how we go about it. And 670 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 8: the community is amazing. You know, we have a little 671 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 8: one as well, so for us, it's it's easy to 672 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 8: make that transition. The schools are amazing, you know, the 673 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,760 Speaker 8: community is great. Like I said, there's nowhere else I'd 674 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 8: rather be. So we love Indie man absolutely. I mean, 675 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 8: it's great to have you back. 676 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 3: And like you said, this is your first or this 677 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:55,360 Speaker 3: was your first experience in free agency. I mean, you've 678 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 3: been here since twenty seventeen, but you know, your first 679 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 3: go around, you got a contract extension. What what was 680 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 3: this like, dealing with all the stresses and all the 681 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 3: things that are sort of out of your control. 682 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:06,000 Speaker 1: For the first time. 683 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:09,240 Speaker 8: Man, I can't tell you it was. The past couple 684 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,360 Speaker 8: of days have been absolutely you know, chaotic in a way. 685 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,600 Speaker 8: You know, like you said, is my first go around, 686 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 8: not knowing what to expect and obviously knowing and being 687 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 8: around this league long enough where anything can happen. So 688 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 8: for me, I was just you know, staying positive, talking 689 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 8: to my agent and just letting everything play out the 690 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,720 Speaker 8: way they it's played out. But the organization has done 691 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 8: a great job on you know, letting me know that 692 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 8: they wanted to me back. So for me, I'm just 693 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 8: grateful to be back here in Indianapolis. 694 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 4: Leading up to this point, I mean, take me through 695 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,440 Speaker 4: the last maybe year and a half from the the 696 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 4: Achilles injury in training camp in twenty twenty two, kind 697 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:47,760 Speaker 4: of knowing, Okay, you're going to come back in twenty three, 698 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,040 Speaker 4: but you know you're you're rehabbing an injury, You're still 699 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 4: getting stronger from it, and then you can hit free agency, 700 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 4: Like how did you kind of attack that whole process 701 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:56,680 Speaker 4: to get you where you are today? 702 00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 2: Yeah? 703 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:01,080 Speaker 8: For for me, it was more just andrae the situation 704 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 8: I was in in the moment, so I didn't look 705 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 8: that far ahead. 706 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:04,400 Speaker 2: You know. 707 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:06,520 Speaker 8: I feel like most athletes just kind of live in 708 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,000 Speaker 8: the moment, and I think that's how that's where you thrive, 709 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:11,560 Speaker 8: that's where we thrive at. So for me, it was 710 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,239 Speaker 8: just first off, getting back on my feet. You know, 711 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,560 Speaker 8: I wasn't able to walk through that process, so I 712 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,200 Speaker 8: was able to do, you know, just embrace the situation 713 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 8: and getting back on my feet, being able to get 714 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,239 Speaker 8: back in punt. And once I was able to do that, 715 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 8: you know, I knew the rest would take care of itself. 716 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:28,640 Speaker 8: But I knew it wasn't going to be easy, So 717 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,080 Speaker 8: for me, it was just going out on the field 718 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:34,080 Speaker 8: and giving in my all. So that was the most 719 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,480 Speaker 8: important thing, and I'm just grateful to be to have 720 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,319 Speaker 8: been able to play last year the way I did. 721 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:39,920 Speaker 8: At the end of the day, I just want to 722 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,080 Speaker 8: be able to produce for the team and produce for 723 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:43,160 Speaker 8: myself and my family. 724 00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 4: So last year was all career highs in net yards 725 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,399 Speaker 4: per punt, yards per punt, no touchbacks, which I brought 726 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:50,719 Speaker 4: up to you before we came on that you're the 727 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:52,960 Speaker 4: first punterd have sixty five or more punts and no 728 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 4: touchbacks in a season in ten years. Like, where do 729 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 4: you feel like your game sits right now as you 730 00:34:58,040 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 4: sign this extension? 731 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:02,320 Speaker 8: Yeah, man, I think, uh, you know, the more you play, 732 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,359 Speaker 8: the longer you play. Something in Vanitari always told me, like, 733 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:09,880 Speaker 8: you just gain experience, and obviously there's gonna be situations 734 00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:11,600 Speaker 8: where you know, you go up and you come down. 735 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,840 Speaker 8: So it's like it's all about how you respond, you know, 736 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:18,880 Speaker 8: and how you embrace pretty much your game and and 737 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 8: just continue to grow as a player. You know, at 738 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:22,240 Speaker 8: the end of the day, it's all about growing because 739 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:24,359 Speaker 8: once you think that you can't get any better, then 740 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,520 Speaker 8: that's where you're kind of done. So for me, I've 741 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 8: always just tried to find ways of continuing to get better, 742 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 8: helping out the team, you know, and and honestly, I'm 743 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,440 Speaker 8: also surrounded by good a good group of guys. You know, 744 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 8: Luke Rhodes and Matt Gay. They inspired me every day 745 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:39,279 Speaker 8: to just like, you know, up my game. You know, 746 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:41,120 Speaker 8: they're good at what they do. So for me, it's 747 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,160 Speaker 8: just like I want to be right there with them. 748 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,719 Speaker 8: And then obviously the gunners and everybody else and the 749 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:50,080 Speaker 8: crew you know, Joe, Izzy, you know, Mason, they all 750 00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:51,799 Speaker 8: do a great job. So for me, it's just I 751 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:53,960 Speaker 8: just come to work every single day and just build 752 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:55,759 Speaker 8: every single day to try to be the best version 753 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:56,320 Speaker 8: of myself. 754 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,480 Speaker 3: You know, We've talked about this in the past, but 755 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,879 Speaker 3: just another chain answer for you sit to highlight your 756 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,040 Speaker 3: inner circle if you will. 757 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:04,719 Speaker 1: You know your support system. 758 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:08,120 Speaker 3: Your your family, your wife, all the people that have 759 00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:11,400 Speaker 3: supported you with all the trials that you've had to 760 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,719 Speaker 3: experience off the field. I know you talked about your 761 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:16,359 Speaker 3: wife last year. She would she drove you around and 762 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,520 Speaker 3: she helped you get through that rehab and all of 763 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:21,960 Speaker 3: these things that you've had to deal with, and this 764 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:25,360 Speaker 3: is this experience in this contract that's that's a testament 765 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,279 Speaker 3: to them. That's a reward for them, just as it 766 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 3: is for you. 767 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:29,000 Speaker 1: Obviously, no question. 768 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,879 Speaker 8: I mean for me, there's so many names that come 769 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,000 Speaker 8: to mind that that helped me get through this process. 770 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,319 Speaker 8: You know, for me, the main one for sure has 771 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,399 Speaker 8: got to be my wife. You know, she was there 772 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,759 Speaker 8: throughout the whole process, drove me here every single day 773 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:46,280 Speaker 8: to rehab. My gratitude towards her, man, I'm just so grateful. 774 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:49,440 Speaker 8: I wouldn't I wouldn't be able to do this without her, 775 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,239 Speaker 8: and obviously everybody else, you know, the staff that helped 776 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,239 Speaker 8: me get back on my feet, my family, you know, 777 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:56,759 Speaker 8: everybody else that supported me through this process. I'm just 778 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,759 Speaker 8: it's it's beyond me and I it wouldn't be here 779 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:01,799 Speaker 8: without them, you know. 780 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,200 Speaker 4: Kind of building on that, do you reflect it all 781 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,239 Speaker 4: on everything that has got you to this point? I mean, 782 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 4: not many players get a second contract in the NFL, 783 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,080 Speaker 4: and even fewer get a third, and you've now reached 784 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:13,759 Speaker 4: that point where you've got a third. The team has 785 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,479 Speaker 4: rewarded you and believed in you up to this point, 786 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:18,439 Speaker 4: but that doesn't happen without hard work and a great 787 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,920 Speaker 4: support system. Like do you reflect on kind of all 788 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:22,760 Speaker 4: that at this moment in your career? 789 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,080 Speaker 8: Yeah, I think there's been a lot of situations throughout 790 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:30,640 Speaker 8: my life where, you know, it has helped me be 791 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:34,600 Speaker 8: a better version of myself to get here. And I 792 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,480 Speaker 8: think you go through obstacles that will help you do that. 793 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,520 Speaker 8: And for me, it's just there's no specific moment that 794 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,920 Speaker 8: made that happen. But for me, it's just about continue 795 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:46,479 Speaker 8: to get better. 796 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:46,719 Speaker 2: You know. 797 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:50,000 Speaker 8: For me, it was just growing as an individual, growing 798 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 8: as a as a father, grown as a husband, growing 799 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,480 Speaker 8: as everything that I can do in my life to 800 00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:57,799 Speaker 8: be able to just grow. And I think that's just 801 00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:01,920 Speaker 8: important to just stay to yourself and you know, I 802 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:03,320 Speaker 8: let the rest take care of itself. 803 00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:05,400 Speaker 1: Hey, just real quick, because I know you got to go. 804 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,000 Speaker 1: But that trio is back. 805 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:10,160 Speaker 3: This is the third special Teams contract the Colts have 806 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:11,319 Speaker 3: doled out in the last year. 807 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,640 Speaker 1: Matt Gay Luke Rhodes gets an extension. 808 00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,759 Speaker 3: You get an extension that trio that triangles back on 809 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:18,680 Speaker 3: fourth down man, the fourth Down Army. 810 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:20,040 Speaker 1: How special are you guys? 811 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,160 Speaker 8: Man? I think we could be very very special. You know, 812 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,239 Speaker 8: I think you know, everybody's kind of touched on that. 813 00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:29,319 Speaker 8: You know, Luke and Matt are amazing at what they do, 814 00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:31,719 Speaker 8: and I'm just really excited to be with them. It's 815 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:33,600 Speaker 8: fun to come to work every single day with them 816 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,880 Speaker 8: and we just chit chat about absolutely everything, you know, 817 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:40,360 Speaker 8: life in general, you know, football, our kids, our families. 818 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,760 Speaker 8: We all get along. So it's just it's a beautiful 819 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:44,719 Speaker 8: thing to be back together with this crew. 820 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,160 Speaker 1: No doubt about it. Special player and a special guy. 821 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:50,959 Speaker 3: Ricaberto Sanchez back with the Colts for year number eight 822 00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,319 Speaker 3: and beyond with a new contract extension. Rego, so glad 823 00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:55,840 Speaker 3: to have you back, man. We'll see in the spring. 824 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:56,680 Speaker 8: Thank you so much.