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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 vote, ain't Baker, Bruce.

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

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Speaker 2: Here's what all starts right here. Let's play jamiey Chris.

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

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturie.

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Speaker 2: After a short pit stop back home in Indianapolis against

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Speaker 2: the Dolphins, the Colts packed their bags. They hit the

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Speaker 2: road again for two more away from Lucas Oil Stadium.

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Speaker 2: First up, a trip down to Houston to battle the

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Speaker 2: first place Texans in the second of two meetings between

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Speaker 2: the two AFC South rivals. Welcome to Inside Football the

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Speaker 2: podcast here on the Colts Audio Network. I'm Matt Taylor,

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Speaker 2: also inside the Indiana Union Construction Industry Radio Studio, and

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Speaker 2: it's time down to welcome in Rick venturi In. It's

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Speaker 2: two plus decade aides of NFL coaching. Here to the podcast,

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Speaker 2: Rick Big Game. This weekend, Week nine, Colts and Texans

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Speaker 2: Round number two. How you doing today?

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Speaker 3: Man? I'm doing good. I mean you know, I mean

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Speaker 3: guys like you and I, the players, the coaches, guys

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Speaker 3: that are really into it. As lifers, you know, this

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Speaker 3: Sunday ends up being what we live for really. I mean,

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Speaker 3: you know, a as a kid growing up, you dreamed

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Speaker 3: about playing in big games and championship games, and you

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Speaker 3: know it hasn't been pretty. But we've put ourselves in

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Speaker 3: position to play a championship game, at least a mid

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Speaker 3: season championship right there in Houston on Sunday. So if

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Speaker 3: you're not up for that one, you know, then I'm

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Speaker 3: gonna have to check your blood pressure. I don't know right.

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Speaker 2: Plus it's a road game, difficult place to play. They

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Speaker 2: love playing the Colts down there. The fan base gets

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Speaker 2: fired up. And as I said, the Cults are in

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Speaker 2: second place now in the AFC South after they've won

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Speaker 2: now four of their last five. So Rick, let's quickly

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Speaker 2: recap the Week seven lugfest against the Dolphins. A lot

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Speaker 2: of running of the football, kind of an ugly old

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Speaker 2: school win for the Colts, but they'll take it, as

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Speaker 2: they outscored the Dolphins thirteen to nothing there in the

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Speaker 2: second half. The Colts win a game despite only racking

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Speaker 2: up two hundred and eighty four yards of offense. They

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Speaker 2: but the running game produced a season high one fifty

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Speaker 2: with those two takeaways that led to ten points by

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, you know, you gotta like this team. It's

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Speaker 3: not beautiful. It frustrates you at times, but I mean

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Speaker 3: they really they they grounded out. I mean they've ground

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Speaker 3: out games and I love that about a team. I

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Speaker 3: talk about that in detail. You know, the two fourth quarters.

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Speaker 3: Obviously the second half shutout, but you know the stat

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Speaker 3: five is that fourth quarter performance in you know, two

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Speaker 3: the opponent in the last quarter and that is really

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Speaker 3: of a lot of improvement that has to happen. But

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Speaker 3: the game really turned on the two twoovers. I mean,

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Speaker 3: it with two great advantages. Okay. Number one, I really

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Speaker 3: And then I'll get into this perception versus reality. You know,

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Speaker 3: And I've never bought it into that. I've never bought

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Speaker 2: Colts, like we talked about on Monday, they lead the

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Speaker 2: the Texans have been in some tight games as well.

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Speaker 2: But like you said, the Colts are just finding ways

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Speaker 2: now for Week eight. The Texans are up next, the

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Speaker 2: Week one. The Texans edge the Colts there twenty nine

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Speaker 2: But the Colts and Texans, like we said, could have

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Speaker 2: the Texans have one of the best young quarterbacks in

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Speaker 2: come into this game, really solid on both sides of

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Speaker 2: Nico Collins, who's on IR We'll talk more about that

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Speaker 2: in detail coming up. Then. On defense, very good in

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Speaker 2: Now that Collins is out, and the names they are

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Speaker 2: So who else and what else do you want to

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Speaker 2: highlight on the Texans on the big picture here, Rick, No,

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Speaker 3: I mean I really respect the job that Demiko has

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Speaker 3: He's won a division. You know, he's sixteen and ten.

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Speaker 3: his offensive coordinator, Bobby Slowick I coached with his father,

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Speaker 3: I think he's done a really terrific job with their offense,

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Speaker 3: now they're legitimate contender. You know, they're coming off a really,

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Speaker 3: really tough, tough loss. I mean, you know, a buzzer

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Speaker 3: really solid team. They're eleventh in total offense, they're number

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Speaker 3: he's a Colts killer to say the least. And what

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Speaker 3: strong formations, trips, trips, spunches, make you come over and

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Speaker 3: play the scheme with Dell and Diggs and the running game,

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Speaker 3: they have become a really good running team, and really

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Speaker 3: right now, you know, we always think of Stroud and

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Speaker 3: Stroud is a tremendous young player, but really they're Joe

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Speaker 3: Mixon centric. I mean, Joe Mixon obviously destroyed us in

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Speaker 3: Yeah, real good job there on the personnel part of

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Speaker 3: From a defensive standpoint, you know, mixing, he tore us

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Speaker 3: they're gonna take deep shots and then slot options and

427
00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:41,199
Speaker 3: gadgets to Dell first and second down. A lot of

428
00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:45,040
Speaker 3: possessions to Digs killed us in the red zone in

429
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:48,400
Speaker 3: game one. All right, you got to know that Schultz

430
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:52,200
Speaker 3: has a role. Schultz is exceptionally good in that third

431
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:56,400
Speaker 3: and short window. He'll run those little options inside. Sometimes

432
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,320
Speaker 3: if it's second and long, they'll just try to get

433
00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:01,240
Speaker 3: back with a little hooked to him. And he's a

434
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 3: pretty good even that hasn't had a big year this year,

435
00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,600
Speaker 3: but he's been pretty good in the red zone. All right.

436
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,359
Speaker 3: Number three, this this and this goes with Nixon. If

437
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,760
Speaker 3: I if I had to say two things, you know,

438
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:16,200
Speaker 3: one is Nixon. One A is make Stroud uncomfortable. He's rhythmic.

439
00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:18,879
Speaker 3: He will hold on to it. He does. He's not

440
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,440
Speaker 3: a real He's got a really good release, but he'll

441
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,880
Speaker 3: hold it and wait for it to come open. He's

442
00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,280
Speaker 3: tough that way, but he also makes him vulnerable to hits.

443
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,080
Speaker 3: He can shred you. You know, one thirty four one

444
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,720
Speaker 3: sixteen Casse rating against this last two meetings. I want

445
00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,439
Speaker 3: to give him a lot of outside pressure on first

446
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,840
Speaker 3: down because that's where the play action is, and you'll

447
00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,280
Speaker 3: force either a tight end or a back to block

448
00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:45,919
Speaker 3: a good rusher. Now we know this, and was it

449
00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:51,120
Speaker 3: evident last week? Stroud historically has a big drop off

450
00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:56,119
Speaker 3: in production versus pressure and dirty pockets. Green Bay came

451
00:24:56,359 --> 00:25:00,760
Speaker 3: time and time and time again. They sacked him four times,

452
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,320
Speaker 3: they forced two interceptions, and he was actually running for

453
00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,920
Speaker 3: his life a lot, and thus he did not have

454
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,199
Speaker 3: a good game. Now he can't avoid and scramble. If

455
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,680
Speaker 3: you're gonna play straight up, you have to have good

456
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:17,200
Speaker 3: rush lanes. We've seen that because he's got good enough ability.

457
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,840
Speaker 3: He's not gonna have design runs. They're not going to

458
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,760
Speaker 3: do that with him. But he can move the chains

459
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:26,359
Speaker 3: with his legs. Again, he holds it in the pocket.

460
00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:29,600
Speaker 3: He's fearless that way, waiting for somebody to get open.

461
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:34,200
Speaker 3: But he also makes himself very, very vulnerable four times

462
00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:38,360
Speaker 3: last week and it ruined his day. Dominate that offensive line.

463
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,360
Speaker 3: I think Howard on the right side can be crushed.

464
00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:45,440
Speaker 3: I think Scrugs at center is a liability with stunts.

465
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,120
Speaker 3: When you get in there and move around and stunts,

466
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,800
Speaker 3: he doesn't recover well. And they just had a terrible

467
00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:55,879
Speaker 3: time with open side blitzes and middle blitzes. And number five,

468
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,200
Speaker 3: keep the point total down, nothing over the top. Win

469
00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,000
Speaker 3: that first down, and then you'll win third down. You

470
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 3: got to play great in the red zone because they're

471
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,679
Speaker 3: probably gonna move the ball, so it's a matter of

472
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,639
Speaker 3: stopping them down in there. I would say two things.

473
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Speaker 3: If I leave you with two things on defense, it's

474
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Speaker 3: number one, stop mixing and disrupt and beat the hell

475
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Speaker 3: out of Stroud. That's it.

476
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Speaker 2: You got it, that two headed monster right there. Rick

477
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Speaker 2: Van Turrey, this is Inside Football breaking down the Colts

478
00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,640
Speaker 2: and the Texans. That's a look at the Texans on offense.

479
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:28,400
Speaker 2: Let's go to the other side of the ball. Let's

480
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 2: highlight now the Texans on defense and that point total

481
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,479
Speaker 2: four of the Texans twenty two points allowed. That's not

482
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,040
Speaker 2: gonna blow you away, But like we talked about earlier,

483
00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,960
Speaker 2: very disruptive defense. They ranked tight for fourth in sacks

484
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,800
Speaker 2: with twenty two. They've got three players on the season

485
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,960
Speaker 2: with at least three sacks. Really sticky in coverage, they're

486
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,320
Speaker 2: thirty five passes defense, ranked tight for fifth. They've got

487
00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,320
Speaker 2: five players with at least five breakups on the season,

488
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,119
Speaker 2: and they're number one and tackles for loss as a

489
00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,360
Speaker 2: defense forty six of them on the season. Five players

490
00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,400
Speaker 2: there that have at least four TFLs all on the year,

491
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,320
Speaker 2: and they are elite and slowing down the passing game,

492
00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 2: which is not good news for the Colts, who struggled

493
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,080
Speaker 2: in that area last week against Miami. The Texans have

494
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,960
Speaker 2: held four teams under two hundred yards passing. It's a

495
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 2: big reason why they ranked second in overall defense, giving

496
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,280
Speaker 2: up just two seventy seven of total yards per game.

497
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:22,639
Speaker 2: For as good as they are in the open field,

498
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,680
Speaker 2: they do struggle inside the red zone, ranking thirtieth in

499
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,399
Speaker 2: red zone defense, giving up thirteen red zone touchdowns on

500
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,119
Speaker 2: the season. But they do have game changers on that

501
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,360
Speaker 2: side of the ball. Individually. Upfront, it's all about defensive

502
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 2: ends Will Anderson and also daneil Hunter. Those two Rick

503
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,360
Speaker 2: have combined for ten sacks on the season, eighteen quarterback

504
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:47,840
Speaker 2: hits and fifteen tackles for loss. Also former Colt Denico Autrey,

505
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,240
Speaker 2: he's back in this game after serving a six game

506
00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,320
Speaker 2: PD suspension, so we didn't play in Week one at

507
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:57,479
Speaker 2: Lucas Oil Stadium. And then Derek Stingley, Kamari Lassiter, Jimmy

508
00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:01,240
Speaker 2: Ward and nickel corner Jalen Petree make up a very

509
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,919
Speaker 2: formidable secondary that's helped lead to seven takeaways in the

510
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,879
Speaker 2: last two games for the Texans. So, Rick, this is

511
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 2: a pretty good defense the Colts are going to face,

512
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,840
Speaker 2: and the Colts passing attack will have to be much

513
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 2: better this go around compared to last week in order

514
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,360
Speaker 2: to win down in Houston on Sunday.

515
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:21,080
Speaker 3: Absolutely, and it has to be more varied. We've got

516
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,440
Speaker 3: to be able, like I said, to work intermediately. We

517
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,760
Speaker 3: got to get Pittman inside, but most importantly, we got

518
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,800
Speaker 3: to get downs inside. We got to get him in

519
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 3: there in those critical situations. And you know what you're

520
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,879
Speaker 3: talking about where this team is really ambient as a

521
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 3: team it's on pass defense and it's on rushing the passers.

522
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 3: Those two aspects of their game are just outstanding, and

523
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 3: that's how why they're You know, when you're outstanding in

524
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,680
Speaker 3: those two areas, you're going to rank real high totally,

525
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,760
Speaker 3: which they do. But it just puts more of an

526
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 3: emphasis on first down efficiency. You do not want to

527
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,960
Speaker 3: be backed up against this team. You don't want to

528
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 3: be in that second and nine. You know that, Nate plus,

529
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,520
Speaker 3: because then you're playing right into their strength. The pressure

530
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 3: is on you now and it's on your quarterback. You're

531
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 3: exactly right with those guys. I mean you got Hunter

532
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,320
Speaker 3: and Anderson. They're ambient players on the outside, there's no

533
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 3: question about that. And Autrey is one of the best

534
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:21,560
Speaker 3: combo players. He was a little rusty last week, but

535
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,760
Speaker 3: you know his motivation. He's always ready for the Colts,

536
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:29,280
Speaker 3: There's no doubt about that. If all Shire plays, he

537
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,120
Speaker 3: is a machine at the stack. I mean he makes

538
00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 3: tackles everywhere. Peetrees, Stingley and Bullock are real playmakers. You know,

539
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 3: that's why not back end they're number four. We said

540
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,920
Speaker 3: that about the Dolphins last week, and we were prophetic.

541
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 3: I mean, they had a really good back end. This

542
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 3: is not quite as good, and I'm going to get

543
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,239
Speaker 3: into you they have a couple of liabilities, you know,

544
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,200
Speaker 3: and for some reason, like you're say, and this is

545
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:57,000
Speaker 3: just almost beyond me, they really have struggled in the

546
00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 3: red zone. And yeah, it's kind of an anomaly with

547
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 3: the rest of their team. You know, when I look

548
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 3: at them technically, they're a big what I call big

549
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 3: quarters team. They've run a lot of quarters and that

550
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 3: four Palms that is their base defense. And you know,

551
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,200
Speaker 3: I think I think you can beat them deep. We

552
00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 3: did it. You know, we got three big explosive plays.

553
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 3: Pierce ran right through you know, the safety and Stingley

554
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:30,120
Speaker 3: ran right by him in that first game, got right

555
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:33,600
Speaker 3: over the top of Murray, ran by Stingley and got

556
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,360
Speaker 3: the you know, got a big play. Then he got

557
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 3: another one, and then Dulan you know, caught that in

558
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,560
Speaker 3: and took it, you know, fifty some yards. We really

559
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 3: got explosive And I think they're there because I've always

560
00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,240
Speaker 3: believed that that cover four particularly the Palms, has so

561
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,920
Speaker 3: many holes. I'll get into that, but they will give

562
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 3: you some eight man front as a part of that

563
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,520
Speaker 3: would be determined by how much JT plays or doesn't

564
00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:03,040
Speaker 3: play plays, you get more eight man front on first down,

565
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 3: that's cover one, your your forty six's which is your

566
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:11,080
Speaker 3: nickel weak side, roll three buzz your you know, basically

567
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 3: your strong side, roll in nickel, and then their cover

568
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 3: eight quarter quarter half and that when they're playing those things,

569
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 3: they're basically a nickel team. There's very very little, very

570
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,960
Speaker 3: very little base. When they do go base, they'll put

571
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 3: five in and play a big bear. They do like

572
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 3: a lot of single fires on first down, the mic,

573
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:34,960
Speaker 3: the the dime, the nickel. And then when they get

574
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:39,520
Speaker 3: in passing downs, now their cover four gets tighter. Now

575
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 3: they match it inside really good six high buzz that

576
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 3: safety will make it look like four. And then he'll

577
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 3: sit in that deep hook cover eight. And then if

578
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 3: they get you third and long, they'll give you some

579
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:56,280
Speaker 3: one with a whole player and some real sticky two

580
00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,959
Speaker 3: man and again they all will go with that dangerous

581
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 3: what I call NASCAR package with if he's healthy, if

582
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 3: Anderson is okay, Anderson and Hunter on the edge, and

583
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:12,720
Speaker 3: then sometimes they'll put Barnett inside with Autry and that

584
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 3: gives them really really four good rushers. That's why again

585
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 3: stay ahead and account. They like to walk the mic up,

586
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 3: you know, basically like to walk him up into what

587
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 3: we call mugs and double mugs, and sometimes they'll bring

588
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:31,120
Speaker 3: him I call it blif for blood bluffer blitz, you know.

589
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,080
Speaker 3: And then occasionally they're gonna walk seven up and they're

590
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 3: coming with everybody, and they're gonna play zero coverage behind

591
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 3: it in that red area. They play a red four

592
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 3: match a lot of cover one. I think that's why

593
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,400
Speaker 3: they've given up a lot of plays and some doubles.

594
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 3: But overall, this is a very well knit team, and

595
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 3: as I said earlier in the show, you know, they've

596
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,960
Speaker 3: kind of found a nice balance between scheme, nuance and

597
00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:03,280
Speaker 3: aggressive play. All right, blueprint offensive blueprint all right. I

598
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,240
Speaker 3: think number one there nickel team. Most of the time.

599
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 3: I think you can run it right at him. We've

600
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:12,479
Speaker 3: had big days running the ball against this team. Our

601
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,920
Speaker 3: last three games have been really good. JT had that one.

602
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 3: I think he had one to eighty eight in that

603
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 3: three and now with Richardson, which gives you the NCAA dimension.

604
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:25,320
Speaker 3: We didn't mention it in the beginning, but one of

605
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 3: the reasons our running game was so much better and

606
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 3: was that high level is when Richardson's in there, he

607
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,960
Speaker 3: does give you the twelfth Man. He gives you that

608
00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 3: extra dimension and it changes how teams have to play you.

609
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 3: So I think, you know that's big. I think you

610
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,520
Speaker 3: have to run it right at him. I still see

611
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 3: them as more athletic than physical, particularly against the run.

612
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 3: And so you know, I mean, you use Richardson, you

613
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,959
Speaker 3: use your gadgets. Don't be afraid to take Mitchell around

614
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,960
Speaker 3: on a reverse, you know, and then play action, explosive

615
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 3: and second level overs. Now rich does that really well,

616
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 3: you know, and you can do that. You know where

617
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 3: they're going to be on first down, and again they're

618
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,839
Speaker 3: going to pursue like crazy. He gets them to run

619
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:13,840
Speaker 3: to the ball. So quarterback designers that are like against

620
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 3: the grain misdirection or misdirection boots or reverses to the

621
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,919
Speaker 3: edges could be you know, daggers to them. Number two,

622
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 3: you got to protect the edges. We talked about these guys.

623
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,920
Speaker 3: If you win on first down, you don't live in disadvantage.

624
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 3: You don't let them just put their hand in the

625
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,800
Speaker 3: dirt and come. Anderson again two weeks ago was Player

626
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:39,279
Speaker 3: of the Week with three sacks. Hunter and Barnett, our

627
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 3: career rushers. This is the ambient element of this team.

628
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 3: As Stroud and Mixing are on offense, you know, and

629
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,839
Speaker 3: we've got to bring our tackles, have to bring their

630
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,080
Speaker 3: a game. There's gonna be times they're one on one,

631
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:57,960
Speaker 3: but we also have to be ready with you know,

632
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 3: schematic considerations. Petrie and Shire are really really good blitzers.

633
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:09,000
Speaker 3: Now I will say this, they are a bit when

634
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,680
Speaker 3: they're not blitzing. They're undisciplined in rush lanes. There's disciplined

635
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,800
Speaker 3: they are in most cases, they're undisciplined in rush lanes.

636
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 3: And AR five will have running lanes. If you go

637
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 3: back to the playoff game, Lamar Jackson kill them on

638
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Speaker 3: ad list, everything brokes down. Remember on that. You go

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Speaker 3: back on that, and I would just say this big

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Speaker 3: note in caps. You know, as on defense, you can't

641
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Speaker 3: let Mixing beat you. On offense, you cannot let their

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Speaker 3: eds rushers beat you. So you know, I'm going to

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Speaker 3: tell my staff on Monday, when you go and you

644
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Speaker 3: get your game plan ready, those two things I don't

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Speaker 3: want to see happen. And I'm not going to have

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Speaker 3: this discussion with you on Sunday okay, I will tell

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Speaker 3: me number three. You want to go after the corner

648
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Speaker 3: opposite Stingley. Although Pierce ran by him, I'm not that

649
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Speaker 3: afraid of him, but you want to go to the

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Speaker 3: other side. Laster is banged up. They played Ross last

651
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Speaker 3: week number thirty seven. He played the right corner, and

652
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Speaker 3: you know they're going to be undressed on first down.

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Speaker 3: I like formation left at I like the strength of

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Speaker 3: the formation at Ross because they never on first down

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Speaker 3: close that flat. It's always either quarters to the strong side.

656
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,240
Speaker 3: They'll close the weak side flat, never close the strong

657
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Speaker 3: side flat. So he's one on one and you really

658
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Speaker 3: want to get after him. I mean he really He

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Speaker 3: was an absolute liability last week in that game with

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Speaker 3: the Packers. Now, when you go after Stingley, unless you're

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Speaker 3: just going to try to run right by him with

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Speaker 3: Pierce's speed, you want to go double moves. You want

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Speaker 3: to go like slant and go. You want to go

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Speaker 3: out and up because he is terrific jumping routes. I mean,

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Speaker 3: he's a guy that jumps routes in front, and you

666
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Speaker 3: want to be able to take advantage of his responses

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Speaker 3: and then get on top of them. You know. I

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Speaker 3: also think, you know, you know, you screens in front

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Speaker 3: at times. You got to be able to beat quarters

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Speaker 3: coverage because that's what they are. And to me, you

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Speaker 3: beat quarters coverage. Close the splits on the strong side,

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Speaker 3: use double posts that eats up the safety. You get

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Speaker 3: over the top, spin post, same thing. And then you

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Speaker 3: want to work that wolf concept. By the wolf concept,

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Speaker 3: I mean second receiver or slot goes down and runs

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Speaker 3: a post or a corner and the outside receiver runs

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Speaker 3: it out which freezes the corner. And then what you

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00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 3: want is a guy like Downs or Pittman. You want

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00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:47,719
Speaker 3: them one on one with the safeties. You want them

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00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 3: on Bullock and it'll be Murray in space on the

681
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:54,880
Speaker 3: deep balls, and that's how you can get some deep balls.

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Speaker 3: Then underneath, I think that really kind of soft to

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Speaker 3: the flat. I think screens of the outside to your backs,

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Speaker 3: and then a lot of what I call snapouts on

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Speaker 3: the inside guys where you go down and snap out

686
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:11,640
Speaker 3: like options and work that. I just think you can

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Speaker 3: kill them underneath with downs on third down. And I

688
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Speaker 3: think there's holes if you give them play action because

689
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Speaker 3: they'll dive so hard. I think finally you want to

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Speaker 3: play clean football for sixty minutes. They don't give it

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00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:27,719
Speaker 3: away their number eight, so you can't give them any advantage.

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Speaker 3: Protect the ball and no turnovers. We did a much

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Speaker 3: better job last week. We did have the muff fumble,

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Speaker 3: but no interceptions last week. Play smart and no stupid penalties.

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Speaker 3: They are highly highly penalized, you know. And despite this

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Speaker 3: perception of how good they are, fourteenth and scoring in

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Speaker 3: seventeenth and scoring defense is mediocre, big things, stay ahead

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Speaker 3: and account win first down, get a couple explosive. You

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00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 3: need points to beat them. They have scored in the

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Speaker 3: last four games thirty two, twenty twenty three to twenty nine.

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Speaker 2: We got to beat it, Gotta score. That's Rick Ventury.

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Speaker 2: Bring in the heat as always. Those are the blueprints

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Speaker 2: for a successful outing on Sunday, Colts down in Houston,

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Speaker 2: NRG Stadium right there. And to summarize Rick, I mean

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Speaker 2: obviously again it goes without saying monster, monster game for

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Speaker 2: the Colts. And you look at it too. With the

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Speaker 2: Titans and the Jaguars falling off a little bit this season,

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Speaker 2: this feels like a two horse race now in the

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Speaker 2: AFC South and this is it now between the two

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Speaker 2: teams this year. This is the earliest part of the

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Speaker 2: season that this head to head series will finish, earliest

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Speaker 2: part ever in the schedule that the Colts and Texans

713
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Speaker 2: will be done with their two game series as rivals

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Speaker 2: in the AFC South, and both teams still have aspirations

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Speaker 2: of winning the division, and this game is going to

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Speaker 2: play a huge part in that. The Texans have owned

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Speaker 2: the series in the recent past. They've won three of

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Speaker 2: the last four. A win for them on Sunday would

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Speaker 2: make it three in a row over the Colts. Let's

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Speaker 2: see what we got here. Let's see what the Coults

721
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Speaker 2: are made of this weekend as they rolled down to

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Speaker 2: Houston as the underdogs.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, It's so exciting. I can just feel it.

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Speaker 3: I got the chills already and it's only Wednesday. You know,

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Speaker 3: in the end, you know, no matter how you cut it,

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Speaker 3: this is our mid season classic. This is the perfect

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Speaker 3: scenario to me, heading in as an underdog versus a

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Speaker 3: team you know you can and you will be. Both

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00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,280
Speaker 3: teams at this point are banged up, but the Colts

730
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Speaker 3: are actually getting well and the Texans have lost their

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Speaker 3: Colts killer in Collins. The good news is this outcome

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Speaker 3: is not going to be determined by he isn't on

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Speaker 3: the field who isn't on the field, But it'll be

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Speaker 3: determined by the warriors who will do battle between the lines.

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Speaker 3: This to me is about perceptions versus reality. As I

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Speaker 3: said before, the perception is Texans are elite and the

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Speaker 3: Colts are a mid pack kind of a mid pack team.

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Speaker 3: The reality is the Texans won a two point lucky

739
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Speaker 3: win in January and a four point squeaker in September,

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Speaker 3: and they are mediocre, though imperfect as it has been.

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Speaker 3: Winning the last four to five has put the Colts

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Speaker 3: in a position for this mid season championship. You and

743
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Speaker 3: you alone now control your destiny. Men. It's truly now

744
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 3: or never. Opportunities like this are precious. They don't come often.

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Speaker 3: You wear the horse shoes on your helmet, not just

746
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Speaker 3: to play, but the win division championships. Go to Houston,

747
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Speaker 3: throw caution to the wind, do your damn job for

748
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Speaker 3: sixty minutes, let it rip kick their mediocre acid the

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Speaker 3: next week, and you will be the story in the

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Speaker 3: league on Monday. This is what you dreamed of as

751
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,719
Speaker 3: a kid, and you've worked your tail off to be here.

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Speaker 3: This is the chance to have as Whitney saying, have

753
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Speaker 3: that one moment in time to be all you thought

754
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Speaker 3: you could be. That moment is here, Embrace it and

755
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Speaker 3: you be the champion. On Sunday, we got.

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Speaker 2: A Whitney Houston reference in there.

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Speaker 3: Rick, Well, you know we went what's latry, we went

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Speaker 3: from country. Now I thought championship games. You know, you

759
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 3: know we have to have a Super Bowl singer.

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Speaker 2: Yeah like that. Yeah, we got Whitney Houston in Houston,

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Speaker 2: h town. I love that. Man. Rick Venturi right there

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Speaker 2: with his words to the Colts for the Colts going

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Speaker 2: down south this weekend, trying to get a huge win

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Speaker 2: inside the division, very very important game this weekend for

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Speaker 2: the Colts as the schedule starts to ramp up here

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Speaker 2: late in October. RV wonderful, wonderful job. As always, Thanks

767
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:50,319
Speaker 2: as always for your time and your insights here on

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00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 2: the Blueprints. Have a great rest of the week and

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Speaker 2: we'll see on the Big Bird on Saturday for that

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Speaker 2: flight down to Houston.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely can't wait till we get there live.

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Speaker 2: Man, I know what we're listening on the way. I

773
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 2: can tell you that Whitney Houston all the way down

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Speaker 2: live on Pandora. That's Rick vent Turrey, and that's gonna

775
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Speaker 2: do it for this edition of the Whitney Houston style

776
00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 2: of Inside Football. Now reminder now we're back at it

777
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 2: next week breaking down the Minnesota Vikings in primetime Week nine.

778
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:20,680
Speaker 2: That game has been flex so a Sunday night affair

779
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:24,359
Speaker 2: for the Colts in Minnesota against the Vikings. But until then,

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00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:27,279
Speaker 2: we got you covered all the way around here. Listen

781
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:29,000
Speaker 2: to all the offerings we have for you here on

782
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:32,240
Speaker 2: the Colts Audio Network until Sunday, and then on Sunday

783
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Speaker 2: day of the game on radio, we get you started

784
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 2: with the Colts pre game huddle with the Gore Man

785
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:39,640
Speaker 2: beginning at ten am. That's on our flagship stations in

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Speaker 2: Indy ninety three, five one oh seven five the Fan

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Speaker 2: ninety seven to one, HENKFM, and also along the Ascension

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Speaker 2: Saint Vincent Radio Network. Jeffrey Gorman, JMV, Bill Brooks, Casey Valier, myself,

789
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 2: Rick vent Turry, Layer Overton, Greg Reigstroll, We're all there

790
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Speaker 2: for you. Nine hours of coverage beginning at again ten

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Speaker 2: o'clock Eastern time on Sunday morning. Again for Rick Venturi,

792
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:07,880
Speaker 2: I'm Matt Taylor. Thanks for listening to Inside football, Colts

793
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:11,839
Speaker 2: and Texans. Here we go round number two again. Thanks

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00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 2: for dropping in and we'll talk to you next week

795
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Speaker 2: right here on the Colts Audio Network.

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Speaker 1: So long,