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

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Speaker 2: Check New York votoot. Thank you, Bruce.

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Speaker 1: It's time to get out the chockboard and diagram some plays.

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Speaker 1: Here's what it all starts right here.

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Speaker 2: That's why Jaymney Christmas.

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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.

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Speaker 2: It all comes down to this week eighteen is finally

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Speaker 2: here and this showdown that's been bruined for the last

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Speaker 2: five or six weeks has come to fruition. The Colts

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Speaker 2: host the Houston Texans. It's a Saturday night showdown at

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Speaker 2: Lucas Oil Stadium. It's win and you're in. Both teams

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Speaker 2: are nine and seven. The winner makes the playoffs, the

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Speaker 2: loser goes home. I'm Matt Taylor and welcome inside Inside Football.

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Speaker 2: Here with Rick Venturio. It's pretty simple, and today we're

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Speaker 2: getting you ready for the regular season. Only between two

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Speaker 2: AFC South rivals RV. How are we doing the day?

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Speaker 2: I feel like you already have some anxiety for this

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Speaker 2: game and it's only Wednesday.

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Speaker 3: You got that right, man, You got that right? I

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Speaker 3: got that tight gut never Oh my god, this going

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Speaker 3: back to my coaching days. But it's so exciting. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: and you know, we keep talking about it. This is

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Speaker 3: you know, if you have a warrior mentality, this is

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Speaker 3: what you want. This is this is do or die.

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Speaker 3: You know, one and done, bottom of the ninth top

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Speaker 3: broadcasting crew, Prime time. You know, what the heck else

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Speaker 3: do you want?

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Speaker 2: No doubt?

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Speaker 3: And you know, you know a division rival, you know,

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Speaker 3: you know, with two unlikely foes in the summertime. And

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Speaker 3: as you just said, you know the fact that the

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Speaker 3: confluence of the two teams actually did come together. We

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Speaker 3: kept looking at and we kept saying this could happen,

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Speaker 3: and Doug on if it doesn't happen. So yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 3: it's full speed ahead. You know, I'm really glad we're

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Speaker 3: playing Saturday night because I think, let's say that we win,

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Speaker 3: we gonna win. You know, then that gives us to

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Speaker 3: for the possibilities for that next.

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Speaker 2: Week, No doubt about that. So again, here's the situation.

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Speaker 2: The winner of this game makes the playoffs, the loser

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Speaker 2: goes home. There are no scenarios that sees the loser

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Speaker 2: of this game making the postseason so if you lose

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Speaker 2: the next time the Colts and the Texans come up short,

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Speaker 2: their seasons are over and the Colts are looking to

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Speaker 2: the Texans looking to make the Dance for the first

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Speaker 2: time since nineteen and both of these teams rick can

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Speaker 2: still win the division. Of the Jaguars lose on Sunday

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Speaker 2: would be the AFC South champs and would host a

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Speaker 2: so they're locked in. So if the Colts win Jaguars lose,

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Speaker 2: the Colts are division champs for the first time since

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Speaker 2: playoff game. Do you get all that? I mean, that's

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Speaker 2: what this time of year is all about. These playoff scenarios.

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Speaker 2: They can be hard to follow, but we're trying to

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Speaker 3: No, you're exactly right. There's only there's only three teams

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Speaker 3: You know, I watched the game yesterday and we really

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the ideal scenario. But obviously a lot of

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Speaker 2: as we say, check out Colts dot com the Colts

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Speaker 2: game like we just described in Week eighteen. Here, they

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Speaker 2: They had two pass plays over fifty the jump start

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Speaker 2: throwing for nearly three hundred yards in that game. So, Rick,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, it was an impressive win no matter how

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Speaker 2: So the Raiders are in the rear view mirror. Rick.

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Speaker 2: Now it's on to Houston Week eighteen. Everything on the line,

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Speaker 3: some searches and some play action again again the you know,

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Speaker 3: the primary part of the passing game is Collins. I

431
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Speaker 3: mean they're going to try to get him deep.

432
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Speaker 2: Uh.

433
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Speaker 3: They're going to try to play action on early downs

434
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Speaker 3: if they can get him one on one. Uh. The

435
00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:53,240
Speaker 3: kid is super accurate if you're playing one on one

436
00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,440
Speaker 3: on getting that balled where it should be. Uh. They

437
00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,359
Speaker 3: will run some bootlegs on first down, a lot of

438
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Speaker 3: play actions with Collins deep and Woods coming over the top,

439
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,440
Speaker 3: you know, underneath the woods. You know, they were beginning

440
00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,720
Speaker 3: to get the ball to Noah Brown. They struggled with

441
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Speaker 3: the loss of Tank Dell. That really hurt them because

442
00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,439
Speaker 3: he had that was another playmaker and he's out for

443
00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,439
Speaker 3: the year. And Noah Brown was starting to emerge. But

444
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,880
Speaker 3: now he's got a bad back. I'm not sure if

445
00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,080
Speaker 3: he'll be able to play. If he doesn't, it'll be

446
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,320
Speaker 3: Metchi or Hutchison. But they're struggling a little bit for

447
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:32,080
Speaker 3: that number three guy. And before I get into the

448
00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,359
Speaker 3: must which I will recover, you just can't let Stroud

449
00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:39,320
Speaker 3: get comfortable. He'll tear you apart. And the other thing

450
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Speaker 3: is be very alert for the gadgets in what I

451
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Speaker 3: call the alumni The alumni zone for me is the

452
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Speaker 3: is R fifty to thirty just before they get to

453
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Speaker 3: the red zone. That is a layer of the field

454
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Speaker 3: there that twenty yard and that's where you get the reverses,

455
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,359
Speaker 3: half back passes and gadgets. Just have that in the

456
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,760
Speaker 3: back of your mind as a coordinator. All right. Basically

457
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:10,000
Speaker 3: the Colts defensive blueprint for victory. Number one, just have

458
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 3: to control the running game we did last time. I

459
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,920
Speaker 3: think they got two point two and the screen game,

460
00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,240
Speaker 3: you know, which we've been vulnerable, so we're always going

461
00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:22,040
Speaker 3: to see it again. Like you said, Singletary has really

462
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Speaker 3: taken over as the number one. They started the season

463
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Speaker 3: with Pierce as the number one, and they thought coming

464
00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,640
Speaker 3: off last year he was going to be the guy.

465
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Speaker 3: But they have two very capable runners. I think you

466
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Speaker 3: have to think of Singletary as a little bit more

467
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Speaker 3: of the loose play receiver, you know, can make people miss,

468
00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,840
Speaker 3: and think of Peers as that down heel. But he

469
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Speaker 3: has speed. As I said last week, he had the

470
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Speaker 3: huge kickoff return two weeks ago against Cleveland. Ogan Bwally

471
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Speaker 3: will come in there on third downs at times, sometimes

472
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Speaker 3: to block, sometimes to receive. I think the thing be

473
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Speaker 3: careful with is again, running statistics are gonna be poor,

474
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,760
Speaker 3: but these backs are fine. We have to control this

475
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:10,159
Speaker 3: part of the game and make them one dimensional. And

476
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Speaker 3: you by doing that, you will put the onus on

477
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Speaker 3: the offensive line, who becomes very vulnerable when they're in

478
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Speaker 3: sure pass situations, and the team itself is very vulnerable

479
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Speaker 3: to the blitz. You know, they're number twenty four in sacks,

480
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 3: so you cannot let them. I always use the term

481
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Speaker 3: over and over. Have a life raft. A running game

482
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Speaker 3: or a screen game would be a life raft for

483
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Speaker 3: that offensive line. Number two, you have to take Collins away.

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Speaker 3: I mean, because he is number one in far superior

485
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Speaker 3: number one. You got to stop him. I mean, he

486
00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,840
Speaker 3: just shredded us in game one. You know, seven catches,

487
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Speaker 3: one forty six and an amazing twenty point nine. Okay,

488
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,000
Speaker 3: all right, this year he's you know, one thousand, one

489
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Speaker 3: hundred plus. You know, he's a guy that can run

490
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Speaker 3: the whole tree, and he plays that weak side receiver

491
00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,239
Speaker 3: like all the top guys do you know, you know,

492
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Speaker 3: like the kid Adams did last week against US, he's

493
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,199
Speaker 3: going to be isolated weak side. He can run the

494
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Speaker 3: whole tree, the slants, the outs, the INDs, the go routes,

495
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,159
Speaker 3: and then they really like him with the fifty to

496
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,680
Speaker 3: fifty ball in the red zone when he's inside, when

497
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Speaker 3: he's not on the outside. Obviously he's there for a reason. Okay,

498
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 3: all right, he is the lone ranger, no disrespect everybody else,

499
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:38,240
Speaker 3: but they're pedestrian after him. So to me, there's no

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Speaker 3: excuse to not take him away schematically, okay, number three.

501
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,400
Speaker 3: And when I say physically and technically take away role players,

502
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 3: what I mean is know what they do and defend

503
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,280
Speaker 3: them one on one. Because if you're gonna if you're

504
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Speaker 3: going to push the coverage to Collins, then you have

505
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 3: to be able to play the role players with your

506
00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,320
Speaker 3: good players. That's simple. And so the two guys that

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Speaker 3: you are most concerned with obviously as would as the

508
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Speaker 3: number two wide out, and then the combination of Schultz

509
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,760
Speaker 3: or Jordan at tight end. Now those guys are all

510
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:19,120
Speaker 3: primarily second, first and second level receivers. They're not pushing

511
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:22,120
Speaker 3: them deep very much. So you know, I think it's

512
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:26,040
Speaker 3: really important that we take them away, no question about it.

513
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:30,639
Speaker 3: And again, Jordan has taken on a bigger role, okay,

514
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 3: a much bigger role number nine, and Jordan has got it,

515
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,639
Speaker 3: has become a guy that is, like I said, Swiss

516
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,560
Speaker 3: army knife. He can play tight end. He played full

517
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:44,840
Speaker 3: back last week, true fullback. And then he also is

518
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:48,120
Speaker 3: a little bit more of a threat in the red zone.

519
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 3: And what I mean by that he runs a lot

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Speaker 3: of what I call nods. In other words, it would

521
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 3: be a three by one. He's the inside receiver. You

522
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,880
Speaker 3: got Collins back on the weak side, so coverage starts

523
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 3: to get tributed outside. And a nod, which he does

524
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:05,760
Speaker 3: very well, is when you go down and you run

525
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 3: a quick out like you're going to run a stick

526
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Speaker 3: route and then you just give it a head nod

527
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 3: and you take it to the end zone. It's very

528
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,160
Speaker 3: very good at that, so, you know, and a lot

529
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Speaker 3: of times that's linebacker coverers, you know, particularly on zaire

530
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 3: Zayr's got to be really alert for that nine route there,

531
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Speaker 3: all right. Number four, and this could be number one,

532
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,920
Speaker 3: is you have to control Stroud. You know, he comes

533
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:32,200
Speaker 3: in with all those great numbers we talk about, and again,

534
00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 3: despite losing that game, he shredded us in that first

535
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Speaker 3: game a three eighty four, one hundred and three five

536
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Speaker 3: passer rating. The kid is poised. It's got a quicksilver

537
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:48,600
Speaker 3: quicksilver release, deadly accurate, throws a really catchable ball. And

538
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,360
Speaker 3: I tell you he's not He's not in the fashion

539
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 3: of the new guys. He's not an option quarterback. But

540
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,160
Speaker 3: he has enough esc escapability to move in the pocket

541
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Speaker 3: and to extend from tremendous poise. I'll just be honest

542
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,800
Speaker 3: with you. I did not love this kid enough coming out.

543
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 3: I did not give him a lot enough credit. He

544
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 3: has done an amazing job and he's got greatness stamped

545
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,560
Speaker 3: all over him. And you know, really, he's not like

546
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,360
Speaker 3: he's driving a great omen. There's a lot of Walmart

547
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 3: players on this offense, So I mean, I think he's

548
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,240
Speaker 3: done well. Now, with this kid, you have to have

549
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:28,760
Speaker 3: tight window coverage or he will stick it in all day.

550
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 3: If you're gonna sit and play area zone and watch him,

551
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 3: then you're gonna watch him complete about a million passes. Now.

552
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 3: His skill has is and always will because he's a

553
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:48,120
Speaker 3: high rhythm passer. His skill will diminish if you pressure him. Okay,

554
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:52,040
Speaker 3: and that comes to number five, our offensive line. If

555
00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:55,000
Speaker 3: we get advantage, which we have to get, We've got

556
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Speaker 3: to kill their offensive line. After tonseel They're vulnerable everywhere,

557
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 3: you know, I think it starts left guard, scrubs, center, deater,

558
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 3: right tackle hack. Those are the liabilities they cannot protect

559
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 3: in a one dimensional game. Twenty fourth in sacks. Their

560
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 3: running backs have a terrible time in protection. So without

561
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,920
Speaker 3: a great overall receiver corps, this is a team. And

562
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:26,320
Speaker 3: because of the quarterback and how his performance diminishes, you

563
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,120
Speaker 3: should blitz this team from the time they get off

564
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 3: the plane till the time they get back on it.

565
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Speaker 2: That's Rick vent Terry. This is inside football. I'm Matt Taylor.

566
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Speaker 2: Let's go over to the other side of the ball

567
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:40,080
Speaker 2: now and talk about Houston's defense. They're coming off a

568
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,680
Speaker 2: very impressive game against the Titans, holding Tennessee to just

569
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Speaker 2: one hundred and eighty seven yards of offense only fifty

570
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Speaker 2: three yards rushing. Tennessee was just one for twelve on

571
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Speaker 2: third down, they scored on just one of their ten possessions,

572
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,520
Speaker 2: and despite giving up a season high one twenty six

573
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Speaker 2: rushing to the Colts back in Week two. The Texans

574
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 2: are very good, very very good in stopping the run,

575
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:05,520
Speaker 2: giving up just eighty eight yards per game. In fact,

576
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 2: rick they've held four straight opponents to under eighty yards

577
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,479
Speaker 2: and their second in the NFL with one hundred tackles

578
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:15,600
Speaker 2: for loss as a defense as well. That rushing defense, though,

579
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Speaker 2: it's going to be put to the test against Jonathan Taylor.

580
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 2: Taylor's been over one hundred and forty rushing yards in

581
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 2: each of his last three meetings against the Texans. Hasn't

582
00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 2: played him since Week one of last year, for what

583
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 2: it's worth. But they've got some studs. They go with

584
00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:33,600
Speaker 2: rookie defensive end Will Anderson, lottery pick in the draft

585
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 2: last April. Came back after missing the last couple of

586
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 2: games with an ankle injury last week and he's now

587
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,080
Speaker 2: got seven sacks on the season and has broken the

588
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:45,200
Speaker 2: Houston record for sacks by a rookie. Their leading sack

589
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 2: artist is Jonathan Grenard with twelve and a half, and

590
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 2: they have racked up fourteen sacks as a team in

591
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,440
Speaker 2: the last three games. That's the most in the NFL

592
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,480
Speaker 2: in that span, by the way. And then on Saturday,

593
00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,840
Speaker 2: If the Texans get a sack, that'll give them forty

594
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Speaker 2: six for the season as a team and would be

595
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 2: a new franchise single season record. So again, I'm just

596
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 2: gonna hit the pause button, leave it there for you

597
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 2: for the Texans. On defense, Rick, how do the Colts

598
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:13,240
Speaker 2: match up against this defense that doesn't seem to be

599
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,680
Speaker 2: overly complicated. They just kind of play their system and

600
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:16,720
Speaker 2: they do it very well.

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Speaker 3: No, well said, you know. I mean, if you look

602
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 3: at four things, just four major things, they don't give

603
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 3: up a ton of points. They're pretty good total. You know,

604
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 3: they play good rush defense, and they can get after

605
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,520
Speaker 3: the quarterback. So you know those things, and I think

606
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 3: you made a good point. I think if you look

607
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,760
Speaker 3: at them, the arrow is pointing up. This is a

608
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 3: defense that has improved and improved and improved. It's a

609
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:44,080
Speaker 3: lot like the Raiders in that we're playing and probably

610
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 3: at their hottest moments. So that's the challenge. Now, we

611
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 3: did a number on them in the first game. I mean,

612
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,720
Speaker 3: we had three point fifty three, we had one hundred

613
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 3: and twenty six rushing at five point five, and we

614
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 3: scored four times out of four in the red zone.

615
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 3: So you know, that's what and no turnovers. So that's

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00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 3: that's kind of what we have to duplicate that if

617
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 3: we possibly can. I think it'll be more challenging. Obviously,

618
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 3: as you said, it's you know, they're they're not a

619
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,240
Speaker 3: real complicated team. Again, I think they found a nice

620
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 3: balance where they can give you enough issues and yet

621
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Speaker 3: play very practical, play very fast. They're playing tremendously aggressive.

622
00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 3: They remind me so much of the Raiders. Hard to

623
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:30,720
Speaker 3: tell the difference in the way they're playing right now

624
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:33,399
Speaker 3: and again, they're gonna give you. They're gonna load it up,

625
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,879
Speaker 3: you know, on first down, whether it's bear, whether it's over,

626
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 3: but it's gonna be some kind of eight man front

627
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 3: or pressure. Uh. They're gonna try to disrupt you. They're

628
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,279
Speaker 3: gonna try to take away that running game. I mean,

629
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Speaker 3: at this time, everybody knows what you do and you

630
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:52,959
Speaker 3: can't do. I think they'll try to press us. That's

631
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:56,200
Speaker 3: not necessarily their style, which is good for us. I

632
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 3: think they'll do some of that stuff. They play a

633
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,800
Speaker 3: lot of what I call buzz coverage. They'll bring the

634
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 3: safeties inside the box rather than outside the box. Then

635
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,719
Speaker 3: when they get on those third and lungs. There is

636
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,920
Speaker 3: a lot there's a lot of volume when they get

637
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 3: in the third and lungs. But at the end of

638
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:18,399
Speaker 3: the day, it's the four edge rushers. They can only play,

639
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 3: thank god, two of them at one time. But it's Grenard,

640
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:27,080
Speaker 3: you know, It's Anderson, It's Barnett, Okay, and Hughes you know,

641
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 3: which you know probably is collective before guys is you're

642
00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,760
Speaker 3: really gonna see it. Then you've got a really good safety,

643
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,680
Speaker 3: you know, in pe Tree and Stingley is a really

644
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,839
Speaker 3: good corner. I just see him right now, and very

645
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,000
Speaker 3: much like I saw the Raiders, really well knit. They

646
00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 3: found the balance of nuance and aggressive play. Four edge

647
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:51,200
Speaker 3: rushers are collectively as good as it gets, all right,

648
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 3: in terms of the Colts offense and their blueprint for victory.

649
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 3: We got to rush the ball. Like I said, we

650
00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:00,640
Speaker 3: did a heck of a job. We pounded up you

651
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:04,640
Speaker 3: chronicle that our offensive line dominated him in the first game.

652
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:09,399
Speaker 3: We were five point five a rush and that number one,

653
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 3: and you got to be able to get that ball

654
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 3: off tackle and outside like we did last week. Now,

655
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 3: I'm really encouraged because we made a lot of adjustments

656
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:21,400
Speaker 3: last week and we really got that ball outside and

657
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 3: off tackle, because they're going to give us some of

658
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 3: that bear and I do believe that we can pound

659
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:30,799
Speaker 3: that inside and then attack their edges. I think their

660
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:33,880
Speaker 3: edge guys as good as they are as pass rushers.

661
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:37,719
Speaker 3: I honestly think that their rushers first, and I think

662
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:41,839
Speaker 3: they're vulnerable to the run. But Number One, we have

663
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:43,719
Speaker 3: to be able to rush the ball by the end

664
00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:47,799
Speaker 3: of the day. Not necessarily to start it, but we

665
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:49,840
Speaker 3: have to run it. And then I just think we

666
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 3: have to do things to get Jonathan jt the ball

667
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 3: in space. He had some big he had some explosive

668
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,840
Speaker 3: against us. And you know this isn't kind of a

669
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 3: hidden thing in that first game when I went back

670
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:04,480
Speaker 3: and looked at everything, you know, they had the ball

671
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 3: time of possession only eight minutes longer than we did.

672
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 3: We can't let that happen this time. I just don't

673
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 3: think we can let that happen. But you know, we

674
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,719
Speaker 3: got to run that ball, and even though they're number two,

675
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 3: it's going to be a challenge, but we want to

676
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:21,879
Speaker 3: keep their edges and their coverages off balance. Number two,

677
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 3: just the obvious protect the edges. I mean, you got

678
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,759
Speaker 3: Anderson with seven sacks, Grenard twelve and a half if

679
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:34,680
Speaker 3: he plays huge, Hughes sixty seven and then Barnett twenty four.

680
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,279
Speaker 3: I mean that is and they'll they'll come at you

681
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,920
Speaker 3: with different guys at different times. You have to do

682
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 3: a really good job, you know, when they're rolling and

683
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 3: stopping the run. And that's why I think the run

684
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 3: is important. They can be a real, really problem. Again,

685
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 3: this is one of the best collective four in the league.

686
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,680
Speaker 3: We did shut them out in game one in September,

687
00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:59,279
Speaker 3: so there were a little bit encouraged by that, but

688
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,359
Speaker 3: again this is a different world with it all on

689
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:06,800
Speaker 3: the line. Number three, you got to attack their right corner.

690
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 3: It's going to be Nelson, you know, they had to

691
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:11,239
Speaker 3: take him out a couple of games and put a

692
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 3: home in a ross. They were worse. But you have

693
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,640
Speaker 3: to go after them there. This is the Achilles He'll

694
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:20,720
Speaker 3: if there's one just glaring weakness, it's at right corner,

695
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:25,000
Speaker 3: and you've got to be willing to challenge him, create explosive.

696
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:29,720
Speaker 3: He'll give you some pis. They'll undress the strong side

697
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:33,439
Speaker 3: no matter whether it's single high or four or eight.

698
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:38,320
Speaker 3: So what I'm advocating is a lot of strong left

699
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 3: formation this week. You want to create the strong side

700
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:46,360
Speaker 3: of the formation actually to Nelson, and you want to

701
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:49,680
Speaker 3: get after him. Strong side of the formation to Nelson,

702
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:53,400
Speaker 3: and you want to get after him. And then number four,

703
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 3: when they're out of first down and they go to

704
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:59,440
Speaker 3: their quarters, they love to play four and eight their

705
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,239
Speaker 3: quarterst of. Then I think we have to attack the

706
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 3: strong side with what I call four beaters. Okay, by

707
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 3: that I mean get in tight, run a double post.

708
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:12,840
Speaker 3: Sometimes you switch the two, switch the two receivers and

709
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:16,319
Speaker 3: run a double post. That's hard on quarters number two,

710
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:20,240
Speaker 3: hard on quarters scissors. You take the outside guy post,

711
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,879
Speaker 3: inside guy corner. We do that really well. We hit

712
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 3: our tight ends a lot, whether it's mo Alley or Granson,

713
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:30,719
Speaker 3: and occasionally we will we'll hit downs on that on

714
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,880
Speaker 3: those scissor route versus because the safety in the corner,

715
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:37,280
Speaker 3: they get confused when two guys come at them directly.

716
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 3: Then who has who downfield? Then the nine to seven

717
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 3: to three which is a go route the corner, and

718
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 3: then a flat which is just a traditional flood, and

719
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:51,680
Speaker 3: then work the edges, snapouts and wheels. They'll be there

720
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:55,800
Speaker 3: and then again if they adapt, if they adapt, because

721
00:39:55,800 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 3: they're struggling with If they're struggling over there with Nelson

722
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 3: and they go to a lot of cover too, just

723
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 3: be patient. Then you got to bring them all inside,

724
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:09,839
Speaker 3: take your checkdowns, take your inside stuff if they want

725
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:14,960
Speaker 3: to go and protect. Okay, now, all right, number five,

726
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:18,520
Speaker 3: all right, we got to be ready for protection on

727
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:23,160
Speaker 3: third down again, I chronicled the rush package. It's very

728
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:26,439
Speaker 3: very good. Those guys can get after you. They can

729
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:29,560
Speaker 3: come off the edge. Rankins has a little bit of

730
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 3: twitch inside. Can't go to sleep on him. And then

731
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 3: it's all the blitz package. It's the mugs mug meaning

732
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:40,000
Speaker 3: they're gonna walk up fake blitz. Sometimes they'll come, sometimes

733
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,839
Speaker 3: they won't. Sometimes they'll be eight up there. They bring

734
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:46,239
Speaker 3: them all eight and play zero. Sometimes they'll get up

735
00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 3: in there with everybody. You'll see those linebackers walked up

736
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 3: and then they'll bluff. They'll come back out and they'll

737
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 3: play some two, or they'll play some three. They may

738
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:58,040
Speaker 3: pop into delta. They like that. They didn't do it

739
00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:00,960
Speaker 3: much last week without Grenard, but I'm sure they'll have

740
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,920
Speaker 3: somebody ready to do it or he'll be back again.

741
00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 3: Be very alert for that aid up. You don't see

742
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:09,200
Speaker 3: much of that. They'll put eight up like the old

743
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:12,799
Speaker 3: Dallas Cowboys of the seventies, and they'll get up there

744
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 3: and they'll either come with everybody or take everybody out

745
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:18,680
Speaker 3: of there. You got to be really good with your deal.

746
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:23,239
Speaker 3: So again, we have been vulnerable to inside blitzes and

747
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:26,760
Speaker 3: our tackles have shown vulnerabilities to being collapsed at times.

748
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 3: So we were much better last week, much better anchors

749
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 3: on the edge. So we got to do that and

750
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:34,239
Speaker 3: expect that, but take care of it.

751
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 2: Those are the blowprints. Clip them out, folks, memorize them,

752
00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 2: and press your friends. That's all you need to know

753
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 2: about the Colts and the Texans game going into Saturday night.

754
00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:46,640
Speaker 2: Rick Vinceri with the breakdown as always and in the

755
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:48,839
Speaker 2: end here Rick, as we said, it all comes down

756
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:52,479
Speaker 2: to one game. It's four quarters, and no one thought

757
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 2: the Colts and Texans would be here. But you got

758
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:58,799
Speaker 2: to give credit to their coaches, their teams for buying in,

759
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 2: believing getting better as the season has gone on. And

760
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:04,239
Speaker 2: I actually saw that the other day. I think I

761
00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 2: read ESPN gave the Colts a seventeen percent chance of

762
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,640
Speaker 2: making the playoffs before the season even started. That was

763
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 2: back like in August, and that's before all the injuries

764
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:15,439
Speaker 2: happened to this team. So this is what you sign

765
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:17,759
Speaker 2: up for, man, This is why you coach, This is

766
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 2: why you play, so you can have moments like this

767
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,319
Speaker 2: where you can prove something on a big stage with

768
00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:25,600
Speaker 2: everything on the line. Man, it doesn't get any better

769
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:27,880
Speaker 2: than what we're about to watch coming up on Saturday.

770
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:31,360
Speaker 3: No, you're exactly right. I mean, in the end, it

771
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:36,040
Speaker 3: comes down to four quarters sixty minutes for all the marbles.

772
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:38,920
Speaker 3: Like like you said, no one thought we'd be here,

773
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,880
Speaker 3: but that was for sorry ass civilians. To be honest

774
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 3: with you, we do belong here, all right, We've earned it.

775
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 3: This is what a true warrior dreams of. This is

776
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:52,360
Speaker 3: what you dream of when you're a kid. Do or

777
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:55,920
Speaker 3: die one on one, you know, put me at the

778
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 3: plate bottom of the ninety yeah, and it's all in

779
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 3: your control, you know. I think it's important to find

780
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:06,920
Speaker 3: a really high emotional level. But stay lager for laser focused,

781
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:10,520
Speaker 3: and do your job in detail. This will be the

782
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:14,880
Speaker 3: game of your life, so embrace it and enjoy it.

783
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,880
Speaker 3: Come out on fire and don't let up till you

784
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:22,160
Speaker 3: burn the house down. Find that inner champion. I talk

785
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,600
Speaker 3: about that all the time. Each one of us has

786
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:29,680
Speaker 3: an inner champion. It lives deep inside. Find it, apply it,

787
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:33,839
Speaker 3: and kick their ass to Houston where they belong. I've

788
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:37,640
Speaker 3: watched this team grow, you know, since day one in July.

789
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:41,880
Speaker 3: I like it very much. I believe in it, and

790
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:45,279
Speaker 3: I know you're going to succeed in the end. It's

791
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:50,000
Speaker 3: a war. Simply, two men enter, one man leaves. It's

792
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:54,200
Speaker 3: your time. I believe that, face your fears and live

793
00:43:54,239 --> 00:43:54,840
Speaker 3: your dreams.

794
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:58,359
Speaker 2: Man, there you go. It's a walk off comment right there,

795
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:01,920
Speaker 2: the exclamation point. Live your dreams and hopefully dreams come

796
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:04,720
Speaker 2: true for the Colts on Saturday night under the bright

797
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 2: lights of prime time. It's when you're in lose and

798
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:11,480
Speaker 2: go home. The emotional pendulum will be swinging all over

799
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 2: the place at Lucas Oil Stadium on Saturday night. Rick,

800
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,200
Speaker 2: great job as always with the breakdown and the blueprints.

801
00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:19,839
Speaker 2: Enjoy the rest of your week. Try to rest up,

802
00:44:20,239 --> 00:44:22,880
Speaker 2: Try to take some anxiety medicine if you're into that,

803
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:25,279
Speaker 2: maybe you know, lower that blood pressure. We got a

804
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,880
Speaker 2: long way to go between Wednesday now and Saturday, so

805
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:29,399
Speaker 2: we got to get you one hundred percent right here,

806
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:30,359
Speaker 2: big fellow, come on.

807
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:33,239
Speaker 3: Now, gotta be right. I mean, if it's only a

808
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:36,439
Speaker 3: momentum game like this, it up past ten o block,

809
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:37,600
Speaker 3: I guarantee.

810
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:39,520
Speaker 2: Well it's gonna be worth it. Thanks as always, Rick,

811
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Speaker 2: We'll see you on Saturday in the booth Man. Really

812
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:42,200
Speaker 2: looking forward to it.

813
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:43,880
Speaker 3: Okay, Matt, looking forward to it.

814
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:47,120
Speaker 2: You got it right there, Rick Van Turry, I'm Matt Taylor,

815
00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:50,839
Speaker 2: and that'll do it for this week's installment of Inside

816
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:54,800
Speaker 2: Football with RV, the Week eighteen edition, and again, should

817
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,399
Speaker 2: the Colts win, we'll be back next week breaking down

818
00:44:57,719 --> 00:45:00,479
Speaker 2: the Colts opponent in the playoffs as the he rolls

819
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:03,040
Speaker 2: on in the postseason. But we want to thank everybody

820
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 2: for listening all year long here in the regular season,

821
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:07,799
Speaker 2: and we hope we are talking to you next week.

822
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Speaker 2: Doing it again next Wednesday talking about the Colts and

823
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:13,799
Speaker 2: the playoffs on Inside Football with Rick Ventury. Happy new

824
00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:16,480
Speaker 2: year out there everybody, and again it's the Colts and

825
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:19,919
Speaker 2: Texan Saturday night or right to make the playoffs again

826
00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:22,920
Speaker 2: for Rick Ventury. I'm Matt Taylor. Have a great week everybody,

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Speaker 2: and thanks for listening here on the Colts Audio Network.