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Speaker 2: I love this organization. I love these players, love our owners.

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Speaker 3: Man, and it takes all of us.

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Speaker 4: It's so special.

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Speaker 5: It's so special, right, And don't ever lose this feeling, man,

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Speaker 5: don't ever lose it.

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Speaker 2: Hi snap for Jones, but he pulls it down. Get

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Speaker 2: to the Taylor marching two is right, he's in the bunch.

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Speaker 6: Down the trump back again for Jonathan Taylor. Three rushing

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Speaker 6: touchdowns for the greatest running back going right now, Dad,

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Speaker 6: three games with three touchdowns.

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Speaker 4: Fuck with two sass.

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Speaker 2: Here comes the rush by the Pults.

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Speaker 4: They bring it down.

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Speaker 2: It's the forest Buckner again. He had nowhere to go.

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Speaker 6: Buckner locked him up and threw him to the turf

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Speaker 2: Father Lord, bow down for protection. Fiers in the end zone.

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Speaker 6: Tyler Ward touchdown high ind Why with a spike in

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Speaker 2: Now Lord's tacking to throw as Herbert looks to his right,

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Speaker 2: the Colts at Glover's store. Hous it quick man.

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Speaker 6: Go kick the ball, Groper.

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Speaker 5: You fight every day to be the best, and you

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Speaker 5: already know what time it is.

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Speaker 4: We'll see y'all west down.

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Speaker 2: Here. Six and one. Your team gets a couple of

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Speaker 2: days off the rest and recover. Man's that's some good

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Speaker 2: stuff right there. That's how it sounded last night in

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Speaker 2: the locker room in Los Angeles. That was Shane Steichen's

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Speaker 2: well his team, the Indianapolis Colts, are playing after seven games. Hi, everybody,

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Speaker 2: welcome inside Colts Roundtable Live. This is a full hour

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Speaker 2: As I said, we'll start the show here in just

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Speaker 2: coach Shane Steichen, and then following that, Colts radio analyst

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Speaker 2: Rick Van Turrey and Joe Wrights will join me and

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Speaker 2: they'll start breaking down how the Colts outclass the Chargers

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Speaker 2: to improve to six and one. We want your social

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Speaker 2: to dive into all of that as we move on.

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Speaker 2: But again, the Colts are six and one. They continue

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Speaker 2: the Chargers. The Colts scored on all of their offensive

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was great.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the offense is so hot right now. I mean,

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Speaker 2: Going back to the game in the first half, that

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Speaker 4: It's just it's it's been great.

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Speaker 5: I think we look at those opportunities every week. Our

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Speaker 2: The Titans are up next. They're one and six. Brian

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Speaker 5: Well, I think, you know, we stick to our process

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Speaker 2: No doubt about that. AFC South comes calling again. That's

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Speaker 2: six and one Indianapolis Colts. Shane, appreciate your time, man,

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Speaker 2: Congratulations on all your success so far this season. Have

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Speaker 4: All right, thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Joe?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well said right there. You can tell they're ready

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Speaker 2: to go from the jump. Rick Vin Terry, how are you?

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Speaker 2: And I imagine you like what you saw on tape.

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Speaker 2: I know we're gonna dive into it in detail, but

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Speaker 2: I'm sure you're smiling here.

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Speaker 7: What a work. What a weekend in Indiana football, man,

444
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Speaker 7: your Hoosiers. I watched that Saturday afternoon. You know, just

445
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Speaker 7: you know, now you just kill Michigan State like thirty

446
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Speaker 7: five to thirteen, and it's like routine. Yeah, that's amazing.

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Speaker 2: Think they play honest with you, No.

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Speaker 7: It's how well they're playing. And then yesterday was terrific

449
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Speaker 7: because this was a barometer game. You know, this isn't

450
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Speaker 7: a great Charger team, but it's a pretty good Charger

451
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Speaker 7: team with a quarterback that can beat you. And to

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Speaker 7: go out there and beat them and dominate them. I mean,

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Speaker 7: there's nothing better than a victory Monday after that.

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Speaker 2: No doubt about it. All Right, we've got a lot

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Speaker 2: to get into tonight again. Rick Finturrey and Joe Wrights

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Speaker 2: are with us the rest of the way. Coming up

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Speaker 2: on segment three, we're gonna have some fun. We've got

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Speaker 2: our progress reports on some areas for the colts. Right

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Speaker 2: kids are in school. They've been in class for about

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Speaker 2: nine weeks. That means the semester is almost halfway over.

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Speaker 2: You know, roll out to meet the teacher night, if

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Speaker 2: you will, talk about some of the areas for the

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Speaker 2: colts that are going really well at six and one,

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Speaker 2: and then coming up in segment four, we're gonna take

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Speaker 2: your social media questions on the mail bag. Hashtag Colts

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Speaker 2: round Table is the best way to do that. You

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Speaker 2: can reach us of course tonight on X again hashtag

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Speaker 2: Colts round Table. But on this segment we let Rick

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Speaker 2: and Joe comment on their initial reactions from the game.

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Speaker 2: We always call it the tail of the tape.

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Speaker 1: Well, baby raising hell today. Okay, let it go.

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Speaker 2: Fillup, bang bang, player, bang bang, keep.

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Speaker 3: The hammer down, keep talking to one another minute, clean

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Speaker 3: it up.

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Speaker 1: That's all.

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Speaker 2: Get ready, get ready. The Colts are six and one.

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Speaker 2: The Colts have now scored thirty points in five of

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Speaker 2: seven games on the season, and the stars on the

479
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Speaker 2: team keep shining brightly. Right, you got Daniel Jones and

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Speaker 2: Jonathan Taylor, Tyler Warren to Forest Bucker and Grover Stewart,

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Speaker 2: among many many others. So, Joe, the floor is yours man.

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Speaker 2: Your first stuff on the tail the tape? What you

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Speaker 2: got written down on that notebook after a big statement

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Speaker 2: win over the Chargers on Sunday.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, we'll going back and watching it. Matt and I

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Speaker 8: always kind of leaned towards the offensive end. I mean

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Speaker 8: it was just a clinic. I mean it's just so amazing.

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Speaker 8: I just continue to be impressed week after week with

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Speaker 8: their offense. You know, I mentioned that first drive. Five

490
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Speaker 8: plays were down the field and it was Jonathan Taylor

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Speaker 8: catching it and you get that quick trap up to

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Speaker 8: the middle Warren on the big gainer. You know, in

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Speaker 8: that first drive, you know Jones is you know, rolling left,

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Speaker 8: He's going back the other way, going across his body.

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Speaker 1: And then I mean that touchdown run.

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Speaker 8: I mean, Jonathan Taylor was not touched on a twenty

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Speaker 8: yard touchdown run, which is so impressive, and that's a

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Speaker 8: credit to everybody blocking on that play. Quinton Nelson just

499
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Speaker 8: man handled Jones. I mean the backside cut off he had,

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Speaker 8: I mean there was a huge seam and Taylor just

501
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Speaker 8: turned on the after burners made that safety miss. But

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Speaker 8: to not be touched in the NFL on a twenty

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Speaker 8: plus yard touchdown run is very impressive. And shout out

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Speaker 8: to the offensive line and they've been battling all year.

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Speaker 8: Quinton Nelson, I mean, he's playing out of this world

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Speaker 8: right now in terms of what he's doing, especially pounded

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Speaker 8: in the run game, and so shout out to those

508
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Speaker 8: five guys up front for continuing to lead this offense.

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Speaker 8: But you know, Matt, we're just so efficient and it's

510
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Speaker 8: just amazing. I mean, Jones is getting the ball out quick.

511
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Speaker 8: He knows exactly where he wants to go, and I know,

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Speaker 8: you know a lot of the media is kind of

513
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Speaker 8: picking up in terms of him and his preparation. When

514
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Speaker 8: you're prepared like he is when you watch all the film,

515
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Speaker 8: when you have an answer to every look that you do,

516
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Speaker 8: you can go out and play fast and free on

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Speaker 8: Sunday afternoon. And I feel like that's what this offense

518
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Speaker 8: is doing. We're spreading it around. I think Alec Pierce

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Speaker 8: is really becoming a complete wide receiver. I mean those

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Speaker 8: over routes that he's running and those contested catches and

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Speaker 8: again in addition to being the deep ball threat. And

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Speaker 8: I mean you can't say enough about Warren. I mean,

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Speaker 8: he just continues to do great things when he gets

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Speaker 8: the ball. So you know, kind of like we were

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Speaker 8: talking about, you know, before the show, it was thirty

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Speaker 8: eight twenty four, but you don't feel great because it's

527
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Speaker 8: only two scores, and you know, our defense were banged

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Speaker 8: up in the secondary, and you know, Herbert is a

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Speaker 8: he's an elite quarterback on the other side, But the

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Speaker 8: other part of me felt like, well, if they score once,

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Speaker 8: all we got to do is go down and kick

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Speaker 8: a field goal. And the way our offense is humming,

533
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Speaker 8: it's it's hard to think we're not going to score

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Speaker 8: points on every drive. And I love that. You know,

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Speaker 8: Shane went for it three times on fourth down. That

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Speaker 8: just shows the trust he has there. And as good

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Speaker 8: as our running game is, Taylor pounds it on fourth

538
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Speaker 8: and one, pounds it on fourth and one. You get

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Speaker 8: down there to the goal line, everybody in the world

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Speaker 8: thinks he's getting the ball and Pittman just sneaks out

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Speaker 8: there and that's an easy touchdown as you're going to

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Speaker 8: get in the NFL. So just so much fun to watch.

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Speaker 8: I mean, there's things to clean up, you know. I

544
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Speaker 8: think especially on the defensive side. You think about the

545
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Speaker 8: pass rush and the secondary which I know we'll get into,

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Speaker 8: but you know, enjoy this ride. The last thing I'll

547
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Speaker 8: say is Colts fans, this team has raised expectations. I

548
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Speaker 8: know coming into the year, you know, how good are

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Speaker 8: we going to be? Can we sneak into the playoffs?

550
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Speaker 8: Can we tend for the division. To me, the bar

551
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Speaker 8: has changed and the expectations now are why not Colts

552
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Speaker 8: be the number one seed? Why not get home field

553
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Speaker 8: throughout the playoffs and get greedy with your wins. You know,

554
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Speaker 8: don't be satisfied just winning the division getting into the playoffs.

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Speaker 8: We got as good as team as anybody, and there's

556
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Speaker 8: no reason the Colts can't keep winning like they are.

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Speaker 8: Get that number one seed, get ourselves home field, and

558
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Speaker 8: really increase your chances of making a deep postseason run

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Speaker 8: into the super Bowl in Santa Clara.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, you know. I I had hoped to, you know,

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Speaker 7: and we talked in the pregame. One of the things

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Speaker 7: I said was, you know, if you go to LA,

563
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Speaker 7: take care of business, and you will be the story

564
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Speaker 7: in the NFL on Monday. And I think we certainly

565
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Speaker 7: are the story. My third first thought from a coaching

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Speaker 7: perspective is I think this was one of Steichen's finest hour.

567
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Speaker 7: I think this was a signature win for him. Number One,

568
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Speaker 7: he surgically dissected the number seven defense in the league.

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Speaker 7: He won two challenges. He had two great calls, second

570
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Speaker 7: and third great calls on fourth down. You know, he

571
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Speaker 7: stole the time out, and what I've seen here by

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Speaker 7: Stikeen this year is with total confidence in Danny Jones,

573
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Speaker 7: with totally confidence in the quarterback, no compensation calls. What

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Speaker 7: he's been able to do is really utilize his star players.

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Speaker 7: Number one obviously utilized Danny, utilized JT to his strength,

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Speaker 7: and utilize Warren. You know, those are the three guys

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Speaker 7: that make it happen. But then beyond that, finding great

578
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Speaker 7: roles for Peers who's coming back growing every day, his

579
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Speaker 7: number one in the league in terms of yards per catch,

580
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Speaker 7: using the reliable, high volume catcher and blocker in Pittman.

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Speaker 7: And then when Downs is there, utilizing probably the best

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Speaker 7: third and four to six receiver in the game. So

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Speaker 7: you know, give him a lot of credit. You know,

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Speaker 7: at the end of the day, this team has a

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Speaker 7: plus ninety two you know score, you know, plus scoring

586
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Speaker 7: ratio as opposed to a minus fifty, So he's done

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Speaker 7: a lot of improvement in one year. Offensively, it's just astonishing.

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Speaker 7: When we got Danny, I knew in training camp we

589
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Speaker 7: would be better, but even the I'm astonished at how

590
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Speaker 7: good we are right now. And you know, the triplets

591
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Speaker 7: have everything to do with it. You know the triplets

592
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Speaker 7: in the old day where Aikman and Emmett and Irwin

593
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Speaker 7: our triplets. Right now, JT is still number one in rushing,

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Speaker 7: Warren is the most versatile, best tight end right now,

595
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Speaker 7: pro Bowl type player already, and Danny is all an

596
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Speaker 7: elite QBR. But then we're getting great ball out of

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Speaker 7: Pierce when he's healthy again. Pittman downs everybody that seems

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Speaker 7: to go our offensive line. I agree with Joe. You know,

599
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Speaker 7: they're blocking for the leading rusher and opening holes, and

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Speaker 7: they've given up the fewest amount of sacks number one

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Speaker 7: scoring number two total fourteen out of fifteen. Last red

602
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Speaker 7: zone you know, red zone downs, you know, number one

603
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Speaker 7: in fewest sacks. What else do you need to know?

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Speaker 7: Defense right now is an adventure? Okay? First the good news.

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Speaker 7: Five game winning plays, okay, and that's what's saving us

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Speaker 7: as game winning plays. Grovers big turnover you know inside

607
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Speaker 7: are forty okay, which is you know, basically erases at

608
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Speaker 7: least three crosses. Trom End, this interception in the red zone,

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Speaker 7: which erased seven. You know, in a game that could

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Speaker 7: be really tight, Buckner closed the door in the fourth

611
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Speaker 7: quarter just with great effort and keep coming and keep coming,

612
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Speaker 7: and they finally got him isolated on their average below

613
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Speaker 7: average guard and those two sacks shut the door. And

614
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Speaker 7: then the play that kind of could go unnoticed if

615
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Speaker 7: you don't watch it closely is Franklin's deep PBu on

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Speaker 7: McConkey right there in the fourth quarter that would have

617
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Speaker 7: brought it to one score on a cover two. He

618
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Speaker 7: got isolated on Maconky, but somehow he knocked that ball

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Speaker 7: out at the last minute. So the five plays really

620
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Speaker 7: really made the difference. I think the alarm bells to me.

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Speaker 7: You know, we can make excuses for this, but if

622
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Speaker 7: you want to be a champion, you don't want to

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Speaker 7: be someday in that playoffs and lose a game forty

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Speaker 7: one to forty. You just can't allow that to happen.

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Speaker 7: So you have to fix it tremendous volume, and Yardy's

626
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Speaker 7: given up eight point fifty in the last two weeks

627
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Speaker 7: and almost seven hundred and forty yards passing in the

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Speaker 7: last two weeks, and that's not that's not sustainable in

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Speaker 7: terms of winning, There's no question about that. And I

630
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Speaker 7: think what really upset me as much as anything is

631
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Speaker 7: the fact that this was a totally depleted offensive line,

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Speaker 7: you know, as you're playing against the third running back. Now,

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Speaker 7: I'm going to give Herbert credit. I thought Herbert was outstanding.

634
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Speaker 7: He avoided a lot of pressure, he extended plays and

635
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Speaker 7: got guys open. I thought he was tremendous with a

636
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Speaker 7: patched up unit, you know. But at the end of

637
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Speaker 7: the day, you know, we've got we've got to get

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Speaker 7: better than that, I think, And Lou's doing a good job.

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Speaker 7: It isn't like he's not He's not just sitting there

640
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,160
Speaker 7: and playing. I mean, he played all kinds of combination.

641
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 7: He brought blitzes. But still, you know, you know, we're

642
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Speaker 7: patched up, our corners are are limited, and they seem like,

643
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,080
Speaker 7: you know, they're a step behind on man demand coverage,

644
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Speaker 7: and we're just not getting the type of pressure. We

645
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Speaker 7: did get it in the fourth quarter with Buckner, but

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Speaker 7: you know, I checked it. I mean, in the in

647
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Speaker 7: the last two weeks, you know, both teams combined have

648
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Speaker 7: have dialed up a ton of passes. I mean, sixty

649
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Speaker 7: one yesterday and what was it forty eight the week before.

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Speaker 7: I'm talking about passes that are called in the huddle,

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Speaker 7: and we've got exactly two first wave sacks off the edge.

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Speaker 7: Two off the edge. One was Pays text game a

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Speaker 7: week ago, and then a lot two had a good

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Speaker 7: But you know, basically, I think that's the area that

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Speaker 7: you know, hopefully the health of the corners will get

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Speaker 7: us back in there when we make that final run.

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Speaker 7: And number two, you know, the talent just has to

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Speaker 7: get better on the edge. That's going to be the key.

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Speaker 7: And I'm sure Chris, because Chris is just he's worked

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Speaker 7: every day guy like them, duel it, he brings the waiver,

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Speaker 7: ends up being a critical guy. I look for him

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Speaker 7: to do something before the trade deadline.

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Speaker 2: All right, certainly a lot to unpack there. That's the

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Speaker 2: tail of the tape with Rick Venturrey and Joe Wrights. Reminder, now,

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Speaker 2: meet the teacher, have some parent teacher conferences. The progress

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Speaker 2: reports are out and most of them are good as

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Speaker 2: Joe Wrights, I'm Matt Taylor. Colts Roundtable Live on ninety

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Speaker 3: Indiana Union Can Instruction Industry Radio Studio. Here's Matt Taylor,

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Speaker 3: the voice of the Colts.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Colts Around Table Live. Brought to you

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Speaker 2: Matt Taylor with Rick VN Turrey and Joe Wrights. And

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Speaker 2: on that last segment, we looked at the game film

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Speaker 2: and discussed the big areas that led to the Colts

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Speaker 2: win over the Chargers. Now we're going to turn our

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Speaker 2: focus on some mid season progress.

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Speaker 4: Reports.

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Speaker 2: All right, this is just like when the kids around

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Speaker 2: town have to meet with their teachers at the halfway

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Speaker 2: point of the semester, which we've kind of hit more

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Speaker 2: or less here in Central Indiana. Joe, you know about this.

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Speaker 2: I mean you go to all the kids parent teacher conferences.

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Speaker 2: I bet those go pretty well for you. I mean,

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Speaker 2: the rights kids seem like pretty good, well behaved students.

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Speaker 8: They are thanks to their mom, so yeah, they're usually

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Speaker 8: pretty favorable. So yeah, I like where we're at. Man

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Speaker 8: all Es, Central Indiana's going through parent teacher conferences and

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Speaker 8: reports right now, So let's.

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Speaker 1: Do it for the Colts.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. You know, my kids on

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Speaker 2: Friday brought home their progress reports there, you know, all

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Speaker 2: their marks through the first nine weeks or so. So

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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna lie. This is where I got the

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Speaker 2: idea because we're kind of at the halfway point of

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Speaker 2: the regular season as well in the NFL, you know,

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Speaker 2: eight games in or seven games in in this case.

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Speaker 2: So let's talk about it here some concepts. After the

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Speaker 2: Colts are six and one, you got to start with

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Speaker 2: the offense, like we've talked about, all right, they've scored

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Speaker 2: at least thirty points in five of seven games. Daniel

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Speaker 2: Jones has been everything and more over one hundred passer

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Speaker 2: rating and six of seven games. Jonathan Taylor's doing his thing,

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Speaker 2: rushing for three touchdowns again on Sunday. Tyler Warren is

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Speaker 2: scoring a touchdown in four straight. The Colts are doing this,

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Speaker 2: Rick ventory, routinely against top ten defenses. Right, It's not

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Speaker 2: like they're playing a bunch of, you know, bottom feeders

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Speaker 2: in the NFL in terms of defense. They've They've done

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Speaker 2: it against the Cardinals and the Chargers and Broncos. So Rick,

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Speaker 2: I'll start with you, what is the progress report on

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Speaker 2: this Colts offense through seven games? If this were a

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Speaker 2: parent teacher conference, I'm guessing the teacher probably doing jumping

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Speaker 2: jacks for the parents here.

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Speaker 7: You know, when I was a kid, we had a

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Speaker 7: report card. On the right side it was conduct great.

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Speaker 7: On the left side it was actual grades for your

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Speaker 7: your your technical, your subjects. So in this case, growing

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Speaker 7: up in that Catholic school, I'm gonna give the offense

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Speaker 7: an A plus and conduct because they've played their tailoff

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Speaker 7: and I'm going to give them an A plus and results.

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Speaker 2: That's what they're.

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Speaker 7: Doing It's really a perfect storm in the sense that

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Speaker 7: this is a very very talented group that has come

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Speaker 7: together both as a team obviously quarterback, running back, tight

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Speaker 7: end driven with the three triplets, you know, but also

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Speaker 7: with the coaching staff that has grown right along with it.

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Speaker 1: You Know.

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Speaker 7: One of the things that I really like they've done,

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Speaker 7: and this is goes a long way in establishing the lead.

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Speaker 7: They've played with great balance. You know, not necessarily numbers

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Speaker 7: every week, but the run. The run offense is equally

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Speaker 7: as dangerous as the pass offense, and that you know,

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Speaker 7: as a defensive coordinator all my life, there's nothing worse

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Speaker 7: than run pass balance, and you know that's what causes

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Speaker 7: you the most, the most problems. Again, I mentioned Stike

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Speaker 7: in he's maxing out. He's getting the best out of

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Speaker 7: the triplets, He's getting the best out of Pierce, best

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Speaker 7: out of Pittman, and the best out of downs. Offensive

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Speaker 7: line is playing angry and efficient and really good. You know,

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Speaker 7: we lost those two guys, those two young kids have

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Speaker 7: stepped in there and played really good. Nelson is the

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Speaker 7: best of the best. One of the things. Now I'll

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Speaker 7: turn it over to Joe that I like and I

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Speaker 7: think Stike has done a great job of this, and this,

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Speaker 7: to me is the magic of coaching. He has taken

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Speaker 7: a few concepts and he runs them over and over,

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Speaker 7: but they never look the same. He runs that that

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Speaker 7: bootleg a thousand different receivers, but there's always a guy

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Speaker 7: in a flat and a guy cross or he's throwing

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Speaker 7: it back. Then he runs that layer pass, which we're

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Speaker 7: just killing people with Warren. One guy deep warns the

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Speaker 7: next guy, and then we have a guy in a flat,

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Speaker 7: but they it never come out comes out the same way.

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Speaker 7: So what he's doing is he's getting great execution by

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Speaker 7: running e same concepts over and over, but he's masking

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Speaker 7: them and you never can see them coming.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, no doubt. I'm giving you a plus across the

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Speaker 8: board for everybody. Every subject, science, social studies, math, English, religion,

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Speaker 8: They're a plus across the board because they're so diverse.

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Speaker 8: And I think, to add on what coach said, Shane

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Speaker 8: has dialed in everybody's role. Everybody has a defined role

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Speaker 8: on what they're doing, and everybody is playing their role.

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Speaker 8: Everybody's happy. They're spreading it around and we're so in sync.

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Speaker 8: I mean, the offensive line we always talk about five

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Speaker 8: guys working one unit. But this is all eleven guys

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Speaker 8: working at one unit and just all the different diversity.

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Speaker 8: Like Coach said, we call it the window dressing. You know,

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Speaker 8: guys going side to side motion pre snap, coming across

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Speaker 8: during the middle of the play. I mean, we're running

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Speaker 8: the same type of concepts, but we're doing it with

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Speaker 8: such diversity of formations. And Daniel Jones has just been phenomenal.

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Speaker 8: I mean he hasn't got us in a bad play. Yeah,

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Speaker 8: he stands in there in the pocket. He doesn't take sacks.

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Speaker 8: He holds the ball till he needs to and delivers

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Speaker 8: it with accuracy. And again a plus. They're the best

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Speaker 8: offense in the NFL, and so you're grading on the

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Speaker 8: curve A plus for the Colts.

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Speaker 2: No doubt about that. All Right, progress reports there again

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Speaker 2: with Joe Wright's Rick Venturi. I'm Matt Taylor. Let's talk

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Speaker 2: about the progress report on the pass rush. Joe Wrights,

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Speaker 2: stay right there. I want to start with you, because

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Speaker 2: the Colts they racked up three sacks in LA, but

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Speaker 2: they didn't come until the fourth quarter, right when the

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Speaker 2: Chargers were kind of in that passing mode trying to

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Speaker 2: desperately get back into the game. The pass rush has

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Speaker 2: been good at times, but you know, you're still looking

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Speaker 2: for more consistency. De Forrest Buckner's been probably the most

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Speaker 2: consistent piece of the pass rush, but you know he's

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Speaker 2: coming from up the middle. He's a defensive tackle. He's

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Speaker 2: seen a lot of double teams. The week before they

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Speaker 2: only sacked Jacobe, were sent twice, but really one was

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Speaker 2: with him in the pocket. So, Joe, for you, how

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Speaker 2: would the the parent teacher conference go in regard to

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Speaker 2: the Colts pass rush after seven games?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I would say for pass rush needs improvement. And

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Speaker 8: you know, I think we're getting flashes, we're getting things

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Speaker 8: at times, but we're not getting the consistent pass rush.

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Speaker 8: And again we're getting people in third down and third

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Speaker 8: and long. But the Colts right now thirtieth in the

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Speaker 8: NFL on defense and third down. That'll come out back

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Speaker 8: to bite you, especially as you start to play really

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Speaker 8: good teams and really good offenses. And you know, Coach

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Speaker 8: mentioned earlier in the show first wave sacks. What does

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Speaker 8: that mean? That means when just a defensive end just

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Speaker 8: flat beats the tackle right off the snap, he beats

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Speaker 8: him on an inside move, he chops his arm he

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Speaker 8: gets around the end a quick sack like that, and

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Speaker 8: we're not getting enough of those flash plays, you know,

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Speaker 8: especially from our edge. We're bringing different blitzes. But when

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Speaker 8: you bring blitzes and bring extra guys with the banged

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Speaker 8: up secondary, you can't just bring six seven guys every

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Speaker 8: time because that exposes those guys on the back end.

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Speaker 8: So to me figuring out ways for guys to just

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Speaker 8: continue to improve, improve their technique, win those one on

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Speaker 8: one pass rush situations. And you know, again, Buckner came

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Speaker 8: up big when it mattered and you know that tackle

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Speaker 8: when he swam the left guard and just got right

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Speaker 8: in the lap of Herbert right there.

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Speaker 1: That was a huge play.

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Speaker 8: But we still need more consistency and whether that's different

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Speaker 8: guys moving around. You know, I think Ada Barway has

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Speaker 8: flashed some inside, you know, but you know, a law

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Speaker 8: to pay ebucom on the edge. We still need some

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Speaker 8: production out of those guys because for this team to

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Speaker 8: really go where its needs to be, we got to

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Speaker 8: be able to win more of those one on one

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Speaker 8: battles when it's just the tackle in the end or

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Speaker 8: when it's a detackle lined up one on one against

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Speaker 8: a guard.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, totally agree. Now, migrating system is a little bit

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Speaker 7: skewed this time. I'm going to give the I'm gonna

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Speaker 7: give both mom and Dad their kid. I'm going to

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Speaker 7: give him a bat plus in terms of yep. I

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Speaker 7: think they're working hard, but this is a broken home.

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Speaker 7: So I'm gonna give mom, who basically the tackles live

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Speaker 7: with the inside tackles. I'm gonna give them a C

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Speaker 7: plus and performance because I think when it's all said

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Speaker 7: and done, you've gotten really good ball. You've gotten good

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Speaker 7: rush out of Buckner, even though he's doubled all the time. Obviously,

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Speaker 7: Grover sometimes I think you should leave Grover in on

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Speaker 7: third down because he's a great bull rusher and he

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Speaker 7: made that play. And the other kid that has flashed

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Speaker 7: is is Addie. I see more promise on the inside.

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Speaker 7: It isn't great, but I'm gonna give them a sea.

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Speaker 2: You're talking about Abari, right, yeah.

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Speaker 7: Adam Ware, Adam Warri, Yeah, I mean, you know he's

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Speaker 7: I mean he made the big hit last week on

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Speaker 7: third down that forced the field goal. He you know

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Speaker 7: he's coming. His rush is coming. You can see it.

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Speaker 7: Even when he doesn't get there. He's pressuring guys. Sometimes

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Speaker 7: there's too many guys running outside of our edge for

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Speaker 7: particularly the pay side. He's letting let Herbert get out there,

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Speaker 7: you know, and extent. But in terms of the edge,

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Speaker 7: you know, in terms of grading, in terms of what

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Speaker 7: you what you've earned, you're gonna get a D. And

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Speaker 7: again I used that stat and I forgot it for

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Speaker 7: a second. But there has been one hundred and nine

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Speaker 7: passes called in the huddle in the last two weeks

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Speaker 7: and again two first wave sacks by our defensive edge guys.

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Speaker 7: And that's going to change. If we're gonna win a championship,

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Speaker 7: we have got to get that edge pressure, like Joe says,

876
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Speaker 7: and to me, and Joe explained it perfectly. A first

877
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Speaker 7: wave sack to me is you beat that guy on

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Speaker 7: the line of scrimmage and you make that sack at

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Speaker 7: the launch point, or you even make that pressure at

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Speaker 7: the launch point. It's now a rundown sack is good,

881
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Speaker 7: but it's not the same, you know, And I think,

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Speaker 7: you know, until we really get that, it's gonna be

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Speaker 7: nerve wracking.

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Speaker 2: Around here, all right. So the moms, or I should say,

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Speaker 2: the tackles live with moms and the defensive ends are

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Speaker 2: on the that's on the data. It's always the dad's

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Speaker 2: fault and the parent teacher conferences.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 7: Well, I don't want to come off as the sexist here,

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Speaker 7: so I want to make.

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Speaker 8: No But Coach, I think I think you bring up

892
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Speaker 8: a good point about Grover. Inside, I always felt like

893
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Speaker 8: a lineman. Yeah, you'd rather have not the fast. You'd

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Speaker 8: rather block a big, slower guy rather than just a

895
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Speaker 8: quick guy off the line when it's third and long.

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Speaker 8: But Grover is unique because he's so big and strong,

897
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Speaker 8: and he can push the pocket and if you get

898
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Speaker 8: him soloed up on somebody, he'll just walk him right

899
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Speaker 8: back into the quarterback. And when you get that pressure

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Speaker 8: on quarterbacks up the A and B gap, that's tougher

901
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Speaker 8: for them to defend. So he I would agree with

902
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Speaker 8: you he's not a guy because you're gonna have to

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Speaker 8: double team him to stop that bull rush.

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Speaker 1: We'll walk you back into the pocket.

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Speaker 8: If you do that, that can alleviate pressure on Buckner

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Speaker 8: or at a Barway or somebody else inside.

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Speaker 2: Colts Progress reports here, we got time for one more.

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Speaker 2: I think we can squeeze in one more if we

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Speaker 2: go quick. I want to talk about the secondary, because Joe,

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Speaker 2: you know, unfortunately the Colts cornerback situation is probably not

911
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Speaker 2: going to get better in the short term. Here, Tarvarius

912
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Speaker 2: Wards on he's gonna miss at least the next three games.

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Speaker 2: He's missed the last two with a concussion. So the

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Speaker 2: Colts have turned things over to Makai Blackman and Jonathan Edwards.

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Speaker 2: Both guys are fighting their tails off, but you know,

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Speaker 2: the Colts are giving up some some big catches in

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Speaker 2: some high volume the last couple of weeks in the secondary.

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Speaker 2: We've talked about it on previous shows. It's just been

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Speaker 2: hit hard this year. I mean, justin Wally tears his acl,

920
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Speaker 2: Ward's concussions, Jalen Jones still on IR, Xavian Howard retires,

921
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Speaker 2: Kenny Moore has dealt with an achilles injury. So, Joe,

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Speaker 2: what does the progress report look like on the secondary?

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Speaker 2: What would that parent teacher conference look like about the

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Speaker 2: corners specifically on this defense?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, for me, it's the old incomplete because it's really

926
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Speaker 8: hard to judge when you think about Wally, Jones and Ward,

927
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Speaker 8: those are going to be your three guys on the outside,

928
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Speaker 8: and we had none of them in the game. You know, now,

929
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Speaker 8: Kenny Moore coming back. That certainly helps to stabilize the nickel.

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Speaker 8: But you know, I think one thing that's helped those

931
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Speaker 8: guys is the play of the safety and buying them

932
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Speaker 8: and highlight cross. I mean that one handed interception, you know.

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Speaker 8: I mean, he really has turned into a really, really

934
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Speaker 8: solid player back there. But to me, it's incomplete because

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Speaker 8: you just got to hold the fort down until you

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Speaker 8: can get those guys back and hope that they're there

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Speaker 8: for kind of that December January run specifically talking about

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Speaker 8: Ward and Jones on the outside.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, again, character wise, as far as the

940
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Speaker 7: character grade, I'll give these kids an A. I think

941
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Speaker 7: they're fighting their tail off. They're battling in terms of

942
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Speaker 7: production and the subjects. They're going to get a D

943
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:34,360
Speaker 7: because it is what it is. But who would have thought.

944
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Speaker 7: Who would have thought in the middle of training camp

945
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Speaker 7: that Jonathan Edwards Most people didn't even think he would

946
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Speaker 7: make the team. We didn't even know Blackman yet, and

947
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Speaker 7: you threw Cameron Mitchell in there on number forty three.

948
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Speaker 7: I mean, he's kind of a Google player. I mean

949
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Speaker 7: you almost have to google him up to know who

950
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Speaker 7: he was. He was in there in critical situation Sunday. So,

951
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Speaker 7: I mean, you know, there's no question about it is

952
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Speaker 7: that we're playing, you know, with limited and inexperience. And

953
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Speaker 7: when you throw you know, when you throw a young lineback,

954
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Speaker 7: where you throw a new linebacker in there, you know,

955
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Speaker 7: guys don't have a lot of cohesiveness either. They haven't

956
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Speaker 7: really played together. And it really shows in the zone defense.

957
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Speaker 7: And so you know what, I see this volume of passing.

958
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,080
Speaker 7: It's not all on the corners, but they're getting a

959
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Speaker 7: d like the defensive edge guys, because I think those

960
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Speaker 7: are the two culprits if you want to put it

961
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Speaker 7: on somebody. And again I think Lou's really try to

962
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Speaker 7: help him. This isn't like the last two regimes that

963
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Speaker 7: just line up and play soft and let it go.

964
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Speaker 7: He's tried a bunch of everything. Yeah, but it really

965
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Speaker 7: hasn't worked because in the end we've just been like

966
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Speaker 7: an Amanda man, we're just like a step behind, you know,

967
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:45,160
Speaker 7: like a step behind sometimes. And then in zones we're

968
00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:46,080
Speaker 7: all over the place.

969
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Speaker 1: And the other.

970
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:50,240
Speaker 7: Problem with the area zones is when you're playing against

971
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Speaker 7: a guy like Herbert who extends and he does a

972
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Speaker 7: great job of it, he's really shown it the last

973
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Speaker 7: two weeks without those linemen, he moves those zones and

974
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Speaker 7: then there's whole It's like Swiss cheese. There's holes all

975
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Speaker 7: over because when you're playing areas and not men or

976
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Speaker 7: matchup men, you can't plaster on movement because you've lost

977
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Speaker 7: that guy. You're playing air really and so many of

978
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:18,680
Speaker 7: the completions we're just movement by him and extension and

979
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,880
Speaker 7: finding those holes. So you know, again for us to

980
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:25,400
Speaker 7: be better, and hopefully this will happen down the stretch

981
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 7: with five or six games to go, we have to

982
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:32,000
Speaker 7: get Ward back. We have to get Jones back, no question.

983
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:35,000
Speaker 7: And that's the area that I could see Chris making

984
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:37,720
Speaker 7: something happen before the deadline.

985
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:39,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll see how that goes. That's a look at

986
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Speaker 2: with us. Michael has done that. He's asking Hey, Joe,

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00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:04,680
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00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:07,319
Speaker 2: here at the trade deadline coming up in a couple

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1018
00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:13,919
Speaker 2: window of opportunity right now?

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00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:16,400
Speaker 8: Yeah, great question, Michael to me, Yeah, you got to

1020
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:18,360
Speaker 8: keep the phone hot for this trade deadline because I

1021
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 8: think the Colts are definitely buyers. And I mentioned at

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00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:25,359
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Speaker 8: the playoffs and win the division? It's your eyes on

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00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:30,800
Speaker 8: the Super Bowl prize. And so when you're thinking about positions,

1026
00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:33,239
Speaker 8: obviously corner and edge rusher are the two that come

1027
00:48:33,239 --> 00:48:35,480
Speaker 8: to mind. You know, Dolphin's got a couple good edge

1028
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:38,560
Speaker 8: rushers and they're a dumpster fire, you know, obviously adding

1029
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:41,040
Speaker 8: depth at cornerback. But to me, when I close my

1030
00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:42,880
Speaker 8: eyes and think about the end of the season, you know,

1031
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:45,200
Speaker 8: I think, who are the Colts' biggest competition in the AFC.

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00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:46,440
Speaker 1: It's the Chiefs and the Bills.

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Speaker 8: And when you think about Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen,

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00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:51,239
Speaker 8: the guys you got to beat in the playoffs. Having

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00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:54,160
Speaker 8: another edge rusher or depth, you know, cornerback position.

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Speaker 1: Right there.

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Speaker 8: I think those are two areas that could help the team,

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Speaker 8: and that I'm sure the Colts are going to be

1039
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Speaker 8: exploring all their options.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well said right there. The Chiefs are. They're finding

1041
00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:04,359
Speaker 2: their footing here. They're on a little bit of a role.

1042
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Speaker 2: All right, let's go to Jack for our last question

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00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:11,200
Speaker 2: here as we're kind of up against it. Jack is asking, Hey, Rick,

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00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:14,600
Speaker 2: is Nick Cross the most underrated player on our team?

1045
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:18,359
Speaker 2: Big pick yesterday two years ago, and this is Jack

1046
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:20,680
Speaker 2: talking two years ago. I was scared to death when

1047
00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:22,200
Speaker 2: he was on the field. Now he's one of our

1048
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:23,680
Speaker 2: top playmakers on defense.

1049
00:49:24,719 --> 00:49:27,560
Speaker 7: Yeah, a year ago in training camp after he hurt downs,

1050
00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:29,960
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1051
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Speaker 7: over a two year period. You know, he's our leading

1053
00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:39,719
Speaker 7: tackler with fifty three one and a half sacks, a

1054
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:45,080
Speaker 7: huge pick Sunday, a game changer, and four tackles for losses.

1055
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Speaker 7: Kid is playing great. I think you could make the

1056
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:51,480
Speaker 7: case as the most underrated. I think him and Byam

1057
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Speaker 7: are headed to be the best tandem in the league.

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Speaker 2: next are the one in six Titans. They have already

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Speaker 2: So what do you know about the dynamic of this

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Speaker 2: Tennessee game coming up?

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Speaker 1: Rick?

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Speaker 2: And a one in six football team, what do they

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Speaker 2: look like on tape right now going into this game

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Speaker 2: against the Colts.

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Speaker 7: Well, these are games as a coach. That scare me

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Speaker 7: to death. I mean, there's no statistical way they should

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Speaker 7: beat us, but I certainly after fifty years, know that

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Speaker 7: on even any gidd in Sunday is not a cliche.

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Speaker 7: It's real things that I think you should know. I

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Speaker 7: think they'll still probably get a little bit of an

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Speaker 7: interim bump. I think the Vabel thing over, you know,

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Speaker 7: Trump that last week, but I think they'll still have

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Speaker 7: a little bit enthusiasm. They've got a young quarterback in

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Speaker 7: ward who is you know, like the girl with the curl.

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Speaker 7: When he's bad, he's really bad, but man, he can

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Speaker 7: make plays. He can get on the playground. If Simmons

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Speaker 7: is available, he's in the in the running for the

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Speaker 7: best interior alignment statistically in the league. He can ruin

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Speaker 7: your game. And they've just basically come up with the

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Speaker 7: best return guy in DK in the league, and they're

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Speaker 7: really featuring him now as a receiver and screen guy.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 7: So we'll get into that in the in the podcast.

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Speaker 7: But they have ways to beat you, and you can't

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Speaker 7: go to sleep.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: That podcast, Inside Football with Rick Venturia comes out every

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Speaker 2: Wednesday here on the Colts Podcast channel, and of course

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Speaker 2: We've got that on Colts dot Com and the Colts

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Speaker 2: Mobile app as well, so Rick Ventury will have a

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Speaker 2: full breakdown and scouting report on the Tennessee Titans on

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Speaker 2: Wednesday as they come into the game one in six

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Speaker 2: with an interim head coach. That's all the time we've

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Speaker 2: got tonight though, on this edition of Colts Round Table Live,

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Speaker 2: Joe writes Rick Ventury, awesome job as always and gaining

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Speaker 2: My thanks to those guys, and my thanks to head

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Speaker 2: coach Shane Steiken who joined in on the first segment.

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Speaker 2: If you miss any of this show again, the podcast

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Speaker 2: version of the program is gonna be posted shortly on

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Speaker 2: all of those same channels, Colts dot Com, the mobile app,

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Speaker 2: and the Colts Podcast channel anywhere get download your podcast.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna do it again next Monday. We'll recap week

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Speaker 2: eight in the upcoming game against Tennessee. Have a great

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Speaker 2: week coming up. Thanks so much for listening. I'm Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 2: This has been Colts Round Table Live on ninety three

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Speaker 2: five and one oh seven to five the fan. Have

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Speaker 2: a great night.