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Speaker 1: If you want Colts talk all year long, you're in

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Speaker 3: Touchdown. Indeed, why how can we like you mentioned as Pillars,

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Speaker 2: For Alec Pears, and he's got it.

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Speaker 5: Welcome to the Colts Official Podcast, brought to you by

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Speaker 3: My name is Jeffrey Gorman. I'm joined by Lara.

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Speaker 5: Overton and JJ Stankowitz. Today we brought you both in

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Speaker 5: today because you, guys and the figure speech, you do

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Speaker 3: What just happened this past weekend. The Hall.

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Speaker 5: The Hall twelve players in the NFL Draft. Chris Ballard

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Speaker 4: You addressed a lot of needs and you created a

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Speaker 4: Chris Ballard an opportunity to address a lot of other

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Speaker 5: LEARA why so specific in the emphasis on this Because

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Speaker 7: Josh Downs is five nine one seventy one. But he

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Speaker 7: A guy who's got good short area quickness. He can

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Speaker 7: He's got great hands, incredible football background. His uncle was

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Speaker 7: At two hundred eighty pounds, he ran four four nine

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Speaker 6: Blake Freeland state champion thrower in high school.

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Speaker 7: Larry, you know who? The Colts took a lot of

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Speaker 6: Track guys, a lot of black track guys. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Blake Freeland's sister was a thrower at BYU as well.

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Speaker 6: So, but yeah, state champ.

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Speaker 7: A couple of my favorite picks were in the fifth round.

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Speaker 7: Evan Hall and Will Mallory, the running back and the

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Speaker 7: He led all of college football with fifty five receptions

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Speaker 7: And then Will Mallory. The Colts didn't have a need

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Speaker 6: Of the grandson of who's your great Bill Mallory.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I knew you'd love that, of course I did,

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Speaker 4: You know, there are only so many things you folks

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Speaker 7: Okay, so we got we got that little nugget on

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Speaker 6: That's fantastic, So coach knows them.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I love it. We're gonna go over a few

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Speaker 6: I asked.

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Speaker 4: I had to go ask what ron Mylis. I was like, Hey,

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Speaker 6: What's going on?

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Speaker 1: Way?

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Speaker 5: That guy?

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Speaker 6: Good lord, that guy.

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Speaker 4: I was like, Yeah, who'd you bribe this draft to

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Speaker 5: We got to dive in Anthony Richardson, the world is

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Speaker 5: in the rookie Munic camp, the whole Like I said, Lara,

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Speaker 5: Anthony Richardson, the views that are on that, it's all.

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Speaker 3: About this athlete.

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Speaker 5: So let's pick on, pick on, not pick on them,

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Speaker 5: but let's pick up a few things about Anthony Richardson

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Speaker 5: when it comes to why they coveted this guy. Lara,

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Speaker 5: I'll start with you they felt so so as Jim

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Speaker 3: That was the guy all along.

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Speaker 5: I'm I'm asking you this, how much was Shane Stike

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Speaker 5: in in Chris Ballard's years and getting that Okay, I

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Speaker 4: And that's something that Chris said that within two weeks

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Speaker 4: and in our conversation just now NonStop.

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Speaker 6: It was day and night.

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Speaker 4: You know, he would get messages multiple times a day

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Speaker 4: would want to you know, hey, Chris, this is what

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Speaker 4: He was out there taking videos of Anthony Richardson at

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Speaker 4: but it take I mean like, you don't see him

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Speaker 6: And the Colts have stuck to.

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Speaker 4: A philosophy of how they are stacking the board and

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Speaker 4: the different characteristics and the different measurables that they are

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Speaker 4: he's certainly going to want to have his nuances and

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Speaker 4: one for Shane Steigen for sure.

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Speaker 3: JJ give me your upside on this.

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Speaker 5: Anthony Richardson, and I'm just gonna speak for the entire

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Speaker 3: Does he get the ball on the first day of

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Speaker 7: He's gonna have to earn it, but there's going to

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Speaker 7: not prohibitive. There's not anyone blocking Anthony Richardson, is what

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Speaker 7: backup to Jalen Hurts. Last year he was a very

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Speaker 4: And who was training together through the last few weeks.

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Speaker 6: So they already have a rapport.

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Speaker 7: And look, we've heard it from Shane Steichen We've heard

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Speaker 7: He's moving here, right His family's moving here. That to me,

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Speaker 7: that's also very mature decision. You're twenty years old moving

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Speaker 7: But he's like, eh, I'm not really worried about packing

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Speaker 7: I need to know it by next Friday so I

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Speaker 4: Start, because I don't think that they're not going to

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Speaker 6: Who he's working around. So no, it wouldn't be I

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Speaker 4: Gardner Minshew is all already been in this building for

438
00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:04,919
Speaker 4: a number of weeks working with this offense, So he

439
00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:09,879
Speaker 4: has such an a massive head start being an offense

440
00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,480
Speaker 4: that he's already run with Shane sdike in in Philadelphia,

441
00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,240
Speaker 4: and now he's been here working with Michael Pittman Junior,

442
00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,080
Speaker 4: and Alex Pearson, Jonathan Taylor and you know Jelanie Woods

443
00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:21,400
Speaker 4: and Mo and all of those guys in this entire

444
00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:26,639
Speaker 4: offensive line. So I think that that is something to

445
00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:31,080
Speaker 4: take into consideration. Now there's a long time before September,

446
00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:32,160
Speaker 4: before Week one.

447
00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:33,800
Speaker 6: I also think that.

448
00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,760
Speaker 4: Flat out you're gonna put the quarterback out there week

449
00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,200
Speaker 4: one that gives you the best chance to win because

450
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,920
Speaker 4: you want to win. Shane Steikeen wants to win his

451
00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,320
Speaker 4: debut as a head coach. It's been a long time

452
00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:47,240
Speaker 4: since the Colts have won in Week one. So I

453
00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,280
Speaker 4: think that's what you're gonna go in with. Is not

454
00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,119
Speaker 4: only what is best for the long term success of

455
00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:53,920
Speaker 4: Anthony Richardson, but this still should be.

456
00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,800
Speaker 6: A dang competitive, dang good football team.

457
00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:57,959
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely it is.

458
00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,800
Speaker 5: And you know, we talked about the other day Kansas

459
00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,800
Speaker 5: City when they did this. Alex Smith was there, Patrick

460
00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:05,760
Speaker 5: Mahomes was drafted.

461
00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,560
Speaker 3: Smith was winning games though, Yeah, don't forget about it.

462
00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:10,439
Speaker 5: Just like the playoffs, Yeah, I mean, you know, so

463
00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,120
Speaker 5: it was just it was one of those things where

464
00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,160
Speaker 5: it's not the same. I personally am like the rest

465
00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,560
Speaker 5: of the fans out there, give him the ball and

466
00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:17,520
Speaker 5: let him go. But hey, he's twenty years old, and

467
00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,639
Speaker 5: let's know, we've got a long future in front of

468
00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,040
Speaker 5: us with Anthony Richardson, so let's give him the best

469
00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:25,800
Speaker 5: sort of surroundings and you know, piling up what's on

470
00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,080
Speaker 5: his to do list and just kind of keep it low.

471
00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:28,720
Speaker 1: For a twenty year old.

472
00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,000
Speaker 7: Really important note here, Jim irsays saying in his press conference,

473
00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,240
Speaker 7: fans need to be patient. That's coming from the top

474
00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,520
Speaker 7: of the organization. Ye be patient for sure, guys. Give

475
00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,800
Speaker 7: me a quick round up before we go to an interview.

476
00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:43,360
Speaker 7: He did just recently on the hometown Hero.

477
00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:44,080
Speaker 3: Let's call him.

478
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,080
Speaker 5: Anybody who gets drafted in their hometown. There's a Disney

479
00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,520
Speaker 5: story behind that where and I'm talking about Juju Brench.

480
00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,480
Speaker 5: We talked about his length, his size, his athleticism. Give

481
00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:54,479
Speaker 5: me something on this guy. When you heard the draft choice.

482
00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,600
Speaker 5: Come up, it's forty fourth overall, getting a quarterback, the

483
00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,959
Speaker 5: forty fourth best player that's going to go play at

484
00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:01,880
Speaker 5: the professional level. We got a good one here.

485
00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:04,080
Speaker 7: The process that led the Colts to get him, I

486
00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:06,480
Speaker 7: think was really good. Where the Colts started Day two

487
00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,320
Speaker 7: with a thirty fifth overall pick and a group of

488
00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,400
Speaker 7: players that they felt good about taking in the second round,

489
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,800
Speaker 7: and that was a deep group. So Chris Ballard says,

490
00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,840
Speaker 7: we can get one of these guys and we can

491
00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,639
Speaker 7: trade back. So first trade back from thirty five to

492
00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,600
Speaker 7: thirty eight with the Raiders, you pick up an extra

493
00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:28,240
Speaker 7: fifth round pick. That fifth round pick ultimately becomes Daniel

494
00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:33,080
Speaker 7: Scott through a couple of other maneuvering. Then you trade

495
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,360
Speaker 7: back from thirty eight to forty four and you pick

496
00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,000
Speaker 7: up a fourth round pick. That fourth round pick becomes

497
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,760
Speaker 7: out of Tommy Why at a bar nice And then

498
00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,080
Speaker 7: you still get Julius Brents with the forty fourth pick,

499
00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:46,400
Speaker 7: a guy who you had in that group of Hey,

500
00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:48,800
Speaker 7: we really like this guy. We think he can be

501
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:53,600
Speaker 7: you know, he can compete to start right away. And that,

502
00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,280
Speaker 7: to me, that's the process that you're looking at and

503
00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,040
Speaker 7: coming away thinking that's really good process. Instead of saying

504
00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,639
Speaker 7: we're going to stay at thirty five and get you know,

505
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,800
Speaker 7: you still might have taken Brents at thirty five, but

506
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,879
Speaker 7: instead by you trade back a couple of times, you

507
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,119
Speaker 7: pick up two extra players who can compete right away,

508
00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:10,960
Speaker 7: and you still get a guy who you probably would

509
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:11,760
Speaker 7: have taken at thirty five.

510
00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:16,040
Speaker 4: I immediately went to former Colt stuff on Gilmour to

511
00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:19,280
Speaker 4: get some of his reaction to a number of these

512
00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:23,040
Speaker 4: corners that were drafted, just with his knowledge of this organization,

513
00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:28,320
Speaker 4: and obviously you don't need to know what I think,

514
00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:32,240
Speaker 4: and he said on Julie Sprance, a lot of upside,

515
00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,680
Speaker 4: great for scheme. Also, he's a pressman corner, he can run,

516
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,560
Speaker 4: and he's big, so he was he was a big

517
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:43,639
Speaker 4: fan of that pick and also of the fit in

518
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,919
Speaker 4: terms of the Gus Bradley defense that Julius Sprince can be.

519
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:49,800
Speaker 4: And then of course you know you got his South

520
00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,320
Speaker 4: Carolina guy, Darius Rush, and there he was a big

521
00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:52,920
Speaker 4: fan of that slut.

522
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:53,360
Speaker 3: That's great.

523
00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,040
Speaker 5: Great short, keep those sources closed. Okay, we need a

524
00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:58,720
Speaker 5: lot of content over the next year. Okay, let's go

525
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,480
Speaker 5: dig in a little bit deeper. Let's find out what

526
00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,680
Speaker 5: the former high school coach at Warren Central who's now

527
00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:08,199
Speaker 5: the head football coach at Franklin Central, Jason West. He

528
00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,120
Speaker 5: coached Juju Brentz and Lara and JJ had a chance

529
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:12,679
Speaker 5: to sit down with him earlier today.

530
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:17,080
Speaker 4: Join now by Jason West, high school coach of Julius

531
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:21,640
Speaker 4: Juju Brents. When Juju was at Warren Central right here

532
00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,879
Speaker 4: on the east side of Indianapolis. The hometown kid gets

533
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,920
Speaker 4: drafted by the Colts. Jason, thanks so much for taking

534
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,159
Speaker 4: the time to join us and talk about what is

535
00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,960
Speaker 4: such an exciting time for Julius, his family and certainly

536
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:34,720
Speaker 4: the Colts as well.

537
00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,000
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, absolutely, thanks for having me on and what

538
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,320
Speaker 2: a pleasure to be talking about that's a wonderfully young man.

539
00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,600
Speaker 4: What was your early impression of him those early years

540
00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:46,879
Speaker 4: that you guys shared together at the high school level.

541
00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,600
Speaker 4: What did you see in him that gave an indication

542
00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,480
Speaker 4: he would not only go on to have the type

543
00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,280
Speaker 4: of college career that he did, but be able to

544
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,359
Speaker 4: find success and get an opportunity to play at the

545
00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:57,160
Speaker 4: professional level.

546
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,040
Speaker 2: Well, it was more of a freshm football, uh, you

547
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:08,840
Speaker 2: know season, and in one of our freshmen cups where man,

548
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,479
Speaker 2: he's a real deal. Okay, great, So you know we

549
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,200
Speaker 2: started watching them. We watch him plane at the games

550
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,959
Speaker 2: and you see out there and he's very very active,

551
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:22,600
Speaker 2: all business, you know, high player. And we knew today

552
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,119
Speaker 2: one we were gonna have a sophomore junior year. That's

553
00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,680
Speaker 2: when is he really really grew and his genetic really

554
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,840
Speaker 2: took off and and he grew up in length and

555
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:34,119
Speaker 2: you know, kind of the rest is history. Once we

556
00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:36,960
Speaker 2: started getting markers on him that were in a combin

557
00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,000
Speaker 2: so we knew that we have that shot one and

558
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:41,800
Speaker 2: combined with who he is and what.

559
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,320
Speaker 7: He is, you know, Jason, tell me a little bit

560
00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,400
Speaker 7: about that growth spurt that Julius went on then, because

561
00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,320
Speaker 7: usually that happens, you know, like early high school for

562
00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,359
Speaker 7: some of these kids. What was he like before that

563
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:56,600
Speaker 7: when he was a freshman and then was there a

564
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,080
Speaker 7: moment where he showed up and you were just like,

565
00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,040
Speaker 7: oh my god, like you you grew, you know, a

566
00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,439
Speaker 7: bunch of a bunch of inches in your arms are longer,

567
00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,280
Speaker 7: Like what was that not like for you as a coach?

568
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,320
Speaker 2: Well, it's fun to see long lever kids. You know,

569
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,920
Speaker 2: this struggle in high school a lot and and a

570
00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:13,440
Speaker 2: lot of people don't get it, like he's not D

571
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,320
Speaker 2: one or he's not this, and uh, you know it's

572
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 2: more projection if you're not a genetical, lot of you

573
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:20,720
Speaker 2: want to ride out the gate where everybody can see it.

574
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,040
Speaker 2: You know, you know he's six six or or you

575
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,240
Speaker 2: run a four for you know, just those type of

576
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,000
Speaker 2: kids always stand out. But the late bloomers, the kids

577
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,280
Speaker 2: that grow late and develop late, long lever kids linemen,

578
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,200
Speaker 2: uh skilled kids like Julius who's a corner d B.

579
00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:37,720
Speaker 2: Those long, long lever kids take a little longer to develop.

580
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,600
Speaker 2: But he works so hard. Like I said, he never

581
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,719
Speaker 2: missed a practice, was never late. I had great parents

582
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,440
Speaker 2: that you know, always got you know, got into every

583
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,439
Speaker 2: opportunity to improve improve himself. So as a sophomore, he

584
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,119
Speaker 2: was already working on the varsity field even though he

585
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:56,359
Speaker 2: was light and long level. He's such a you know, professional,

586
00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,520
Speaker 2: consumable professional. I mean always watch film when you know,

587
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,720
Speaker 2: we can see how much film every kid walked on

588
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,760
Speaker 2: our team, and he's always a leader in film, made

589
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 2: every work out. He just took advantage of every opportunity

590
00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:10,639
Speaker 2: there was. So not only did he have good you know, uh,

591
00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,560
Speaker 2: you know, genes at that point he had he'd have

592
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,320
Speaker 2: had an even better work ethic and that was the

593
00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,960
Speaker 2: thing that separated him from most. And then he just

594
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:22,000
Speaker 2: kept growing an answer to every year, and you know,

595
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,439
Speaker 2: he flowered into what he I think he grew up

596
00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 2: an inter or two in college. I mean he just

597
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,520
Speaker 2: kept expanding. So uh and then he with his work ethic,

598
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 2: you know, he put on the right type of way,

599
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,440
Speaker 2: and you saw the combine. He smashed about everything there

600
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,120
Speaker 2: was as far as the task. So he's got he's

601
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:38,600
Speaker 2: got a great future ahead of him.

602
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,760
Speaker 4: Speaking to that college experience, he initially went to Iowa

603
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,399
Speaker 4: then transferred to Kansas State. What was your role in

604
00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,160
Speaker 4: kind of helping guide him going into that college process?

605
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,359
Speaker 4: And then what did you see in terms of not

606
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:54,280
Speaker 4: only his individual development, but maybe the different opportunities that

607
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,199
Speaker 4: he got when he went to Kansas Kansas State that

608
00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,640
Speaker 4: helped him really accelerate on those NFL rates. And then

609
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,240
Speaker 4: of course that was compounded by his combine performance.

610
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,240
Speaker 2: Oh well, you know the reason we you know, we

611
00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,880
Speaker 2: looked at and One had some great coaches. Their coach

612
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 2: Farish is a great guy. Coach Bell recruited him and

613
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,480
Speaker 2: and Iowa has a reputation for work ethic and training

614
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,679
Speaker 2: athletes and uh, and that's what Julie see is he

615
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,679
Speaker 2: is all worked ethic, he is all business. He's not

616
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,400
Speaker 2: there to you know, he's not a look at me guy.

617
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,480
Speaker 2: He's not you know, a big talker. Just he's a

618
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,679
Speaker 2: big time player and an extremely you know, hard worker.

619
00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,639
Speaker 2: And so he fit the mold there and then had

620
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:36,399
Speaker 2: some injuries and things happen, and uh in college and uh,

621
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,400
Speaker 2: you know, transferred to the middle of it through COVID

622
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 2: and all that stuff that was going on in the world,

623
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 2: and and found a really great place in Kansas State

624
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 2: that he really you know, blossomed there and and it

625
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:49,720
Speaker 2: was healthy and played at a high level as you

626
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 2: can as you can tell, and and as you can see,

627
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 2: and so everything's just you know, worked out great for him.

628
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 2: And to be somebody wasn't on the radar to be

629
00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 2: a draft pick the late rounds and then you know,

630
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,080
Speaker 2: I'll talk of first two rounds a month before the

631
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,000
Speaker 2: draft is you know, dream come true for a young

632
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 2: man that did everything the right way. And it's just

633
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:10,040
Speaker 2: great to see him be rewarded.

634
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 4: Dream come true to see it happen for the team

635
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 4: in which you know, he raved about afterward after he

636
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:18,920
Speaker 4: was selected and got on with the media on zoom.

637
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 4: Was talking about growing up and wearing Bob Sanders jerseys,

638
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,760
Speaker 4: going with his family to games at Lucas Soil Stadium,

639
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 4: and when I had the opportunity to talk to him,

640
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,360
Speaker 4: he got a little emotional. He was watching the draft

641
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,000
Speaker 4: party just down the street. He was right in Westfield,

642
00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 4: in the backyard of Colt's training camp is where he

643
00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:37,959
Speaker 4: was having his draft party. I teased him, I said, hey,

644
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,520
Speaker 4: we don't need to be doing this on zoom. You

645
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:41,560
Speaker 4: could just get right into the building in about twenty

646
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,080
Speaker 4: minutes and we'd do this interview exactly.

647
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,480
Speaker 6: Drive on over, have some fun that.

648
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,440
Speaker 4: In terms of it's always a dream come true to

649
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 4: get an opportunity to play at the NFL. But how

650
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:56,600
Speaker 4: much do you know the significance of this for him

651
00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 4: being an Indianapolis kid who would have loved to have

652
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,880
Speaker 4: played anywhere, but especially for his family now to see

653
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:03,560
Speaker 4: this all come.

654
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 2: Full circle, Well, you got understand. The Colts do a

655
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:10,600
Speaker 2: great job. In general in Indiana, We're very lucky to

656
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,240
Speaker 2: have the Colts. Most states they don't have the support

657
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 2: of a place like inn Inapolis. Colts. They market everything,

658
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,840
Speaker 2: They let you sports play at the state and all

659
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:22,320
Speaker 2: state championships that they can host. They you know, support

660
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 2: all our i f c. A. They are instrumental and

661
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,800
Speaker 2: in our city and in our state. And so you know,

662
00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,560
Speaker 2: when I go on to these national things and coaching things,

663
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 2: and you know, I talked to a lot of coaches,

664
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 2: and you know, most of the programs like that just

665
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 2: don't get much involved like this. And so I think

666
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:43,200
Speaker 2: it really Colts fans are true, you know, and I

667
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:44,840
Speaker 2: think Julius grew up that way, like you said, And

668
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 2: it's I think it's every kid's dream to go play

669
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,080
Speaker 2: for your hometown in front of all your family and

670
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,560
Speaker 2: your friends and everybody that you've ever cared about. You get,

671
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 2: you know, it's you know, if he's in Miami, it's

672
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,959
Speaker 2: that's a tough hall for anybody, of course, and it's

673
00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:00,600
Speaker 2: it's it's costly and it's time. So you have a

674
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 2: street right here, like you said, in your backyard. You

675
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 2: don't have to go you know, far away to go

676
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 2: watch you you know, this young man do his thing

677
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 2: and this program, you know, get back to the playoffs

678
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 2: and contention, which I think you know, very possible because

679
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,720
Speaker 2: I think they had a great draft class and they

680
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 2: have some real great pieces on roster right now, and

681
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 2: they got really, really good people leading that organization. So

682
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 2: I think overall that's why Julius felt that way. You know,

683
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 2: not only hometown, but they're really great people. I mean,

684
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 2: I've dealt with the Colts, you know, fifty to one

685
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 2: hundred times and different things, so whether it's a Colts

686
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 2: blood drive or whatever, and they always, you know, are

687
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,880
Speaker 2: about first class people and treating people properly. So I

688
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:39,680
Speaker 2: just think it's a great fit in about one hundred

689
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:40,400
Speaker 2: different ways.

690
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 7: Hey, Jason, I want to go back to Julius in

691
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,400
Speaker 7: high school, but before I do, kind of spin it forward.

692
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,240
Speaker 7: So the Cleveland Browns are on the schedule for the

693
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,880
Speaker 7: Colts this year. David Bell wide receiver for the Browns.

694
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,600
Speaker 7: How much did Julius and David go against each other

695
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:56,080
Speaker 7: in practice at warrn't it? And how did that make

696
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 7: Julius a better player?

697
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,480
Speaker 2: Well, you know, we were very fo should have some

698
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 2: great perimeter pieces obviously, and you know iron does sharp

699
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:09,280
Speaker 2: and iron and and David played decens of back force

700
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,400
Speaker 2: to his junior and senior year, so they got to

701
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 2: work together daily. We you know, we did some kind

702
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:18,200
Speaker 2: of India or combo or seven on seven, you know daily,

703
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 2: that's just part of the practice routine. So they matched

704
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 2: up each other with each other a ton and and

705
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,480
Speaker 2: that's how you want it, you know, you you want

706
00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,600
Speaker 2: your best on your best and h you want to

707
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,440
Speaker 2: push each other and as much as you possibly can.

708
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,680
Speaker 2: And both of those young men are such first class

709
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 2: people that they you know, they that's why they're you know,

710
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 2: out where they're at. And they made it fun every

711
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:41,960
Speaker 2: day and they made it exciting. And as a coach,

712
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,840
Speaker 2: I got to witness some of the coolest things ever,

713
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,800
Speaker 2: you know, just watching those guys run around, catch balls,

714
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,120
Speaker 2: jump around to find doing things that no one else

715
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,080
Speaker 2: can do. So I've been very lucky as a coach

716
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:55,240
Speaker 2: to have some great ones and just you know, be

717
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 2: a small part of their their life. Is really special

718
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 2: to me. And and like I said, it's not about

719
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 2: the time that we go through with them here, it's

720
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,160
Speaker 2: to see what they become as men is what we're

721
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 2: most proud of as coaches. And so right now I

722
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:10,280
Speaker 2: just couldn't be more proud or ecstatic for these young

723
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 2: men that are just doing amazing things that are and

724
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 2: it's so hard to do. People think they don't understand

725
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:16,720
Speaker 2: then America of it, you know, just to get in

726
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 2: the National Football League, it's it's you have a better

727
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:24,400
Speaker 2: chance of playing a lottery and so it's just it's amazing.

728
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 2: It's and they're such good kids and they go back

729
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 2: to the community. They you know, they don't forget where

730
00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:33,400
Speaker 2: they're from. They just they do everything right. So, you know,

731
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 2: it's a lot of pressure being a professional athlete and

732
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 2: a lot of things. People want a lot of things

733
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 2: from them, but they handle all that stuff with grace

734
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,520
Speaker 2: and they're going to do great things. And I'm definitely

735
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,400
Speaker 2: gonna be at that game and I'll probably cry a

736
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,000
Speaker 2: little ang a lot because I love them boys. They're

737
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 2: here family to me and I'm just so proud of them.

738
00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 2: So it's going to be exciting.

739
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,480
Speaker 7: I want to kind of go back to that too.

740
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 7: Playing cornerbacks, so much of it as having a short

741
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 7: memory and not letting you know the previous play affect

742
00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:02,720
Speaker 7: your your next couple of plays in the game. Those

743
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 7: battles that Julius had with David, where I'm sure David

744
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 7: won his fair share Julius won his fair share. How

745
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 7: do you think those maybe shaped Julius's mental toughness in

746
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,280
Speaker 7: playing the quarterback position.

747
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,960
Speaker 2: Oh, you have to end David in high school so dominant,

748
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:20,279
Speaker 2: I mean, guarding him is impossible. He just he's so

749
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 2: smooth and he's so strong. His routes are amazing, and

750
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 2: you know, and when he'd ever get the best of Julius,

751
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 2: Jewish would just do that that hard hand clap and

752
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 2: then it was gone. He knew. I mean, we always

753
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:33,840
Speaker 2: talked about that. You get to have short term memory

754
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:37,080
Speaker 2: loss as a VB or a baseball player, certain certain positions,

755
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:39,560
Speaker 2: just it's required. If you can't, if you can't forget

756
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,800
Speaker 2: the last play, you're not going to be very good player,

757
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 2: especially as well as people pass the ball now, and

758
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,319
Speaker 2: that's a passing football league, you know. So you may

759
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:49,719
Speaker 2: get eight passes caught on you in a game and

760
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,879
Speaker 2: it doesn't matter because the night, you know, the next

761
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 2: play is the one they got to worry about. And

762
00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:55,640
Speaker 2: that's the play that maybe can turn to tie for

763
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:59,200
Speaker 2: your team. And you know, coaches are looking for those resilient,

764
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 2: you know, un and i able type characters, and that's

765
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,440
Speaker 2: that's what they are. I mean, it doesn't mean they

766
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 2: don't care. They care so much. Sometimes kids care so

767
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,480
Speaker 2: much they melt themselves, you know, paralysis by analysis type deal.

768
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 2: But they do care. Daff also have that ability to

769
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 2: move forward. And he's probably gonna be expected to play

770
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,879
Speaker 2: as a rookie. He's gonna go against the world's best,

771
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:20,719
Speaker 2: and I'm sure he's gonna have some good days and

772
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 2: bad days and everything in between. But I guarantee you

773
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 2: it won't keep happening because he's gonna go back to film.

774
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 2: He's gonna go right back to the field and work,

775
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:29,880
Speaker 2: and that's just who he is and what he is.

776
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,239
Speaker 2: That's how he's raised, and that's that's what we do.

777
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:35,600
Speaker 2: So you know, I feel pretty confident that he's gonna,

778
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 2: you know, keep expanding his game and improving just like

779
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 2: he's done last couple of years. And we're going to

780
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 2: see some great things out of him just because of

781
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:42,920
Speaker 2: his mentality.

782
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:45,399
Speaker 6: And we'll get to see him very soon.

783
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:48,359
Speaker 4: Julius and the rest of that rookie class reporting here

784
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,439
Speaker 4: to the Colts Complex on Thursday. The rookie mini camp

785
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,279
Speaker 4: this week. Jason, I expect that we will probably see you.

786
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,320
Speaker 4: I know you said the game, we will, but probably

787
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,799
Speaker 4: even maybe make a training camp appearance to see him

788
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 4: up as well.

789
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 2: I'm sure absolutely we're gonna be up there. We always

790
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 2: try to support our kids, you know. I've been doing

791
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,279
Speaker 2: this a while and had some uh fortunate uh you

792
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 2: know luck in the in the football realm. So I

793
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:12,759
Speaker 2: have a lot of you know, our I should say,

794
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:14,759
Speaker 2: we we have a lot of kids out there playing

795
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,920
Speaker 2: all over the country, and so for us, it's just

796
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 2: it's it's it's awesome. You know. We can go to

797
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,560
Speaker 2: a year Purdue or about into college out there, marrying,

798
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 2: it doesn't matter. We just have kids everywhere and they're

799
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 2: all doing great things and and that's why we do this,

800
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:28,840
Speaker 2: and that's why we have this job, and to get

801
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 2: these young men, you know, pointed in a great direction

802
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:33,800
Speaker 2: and try to help them become the young men that

803
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 2: they want to be be, you know, long term. So

804
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:40,720
Speaker 2: it's just, uh, you know, it's overwhelming. It's it's exciting.

805
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 2: But you're gonna definitely see me around and hopefully not

806
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 2: too much we get sick of me. But I can't

807
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,800
Speaker 2: wait to, you know, just see how he evolves and

808
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,759
Speaker 2: and how he handles the whole situation. And is how

809
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 2: his hometown is. You know, gonna love having him around.

810
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:56,280
Speaker 2: So it couldn't be a better story.

811
00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:59,920
Speaker 4: The high school coach of Julius Brins, that is Jason West,

812
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 4: now the head coach at Franklin Central High School. Jason,

813
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,480
Speaker 4: thanks so much for the time. We will see you soon.

814
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,080
Speaker 2: Okay, thanks for having me. I really appreciate your time.

815
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 2: And you're doing this for him. It's a great thing.

816
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 3: What a nice head coach right there. Guys, good job

817
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:12,200
Speaker 3: on that.

818
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,480
Speaker 5: And you know what we are looking okay in the

819
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 5: defensive secondary. I'll tell you what with the likes of Juju,

820
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:19,799
Speaker 5: Brent's around, so I want to hop We talked about

821
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,719
Speaker 5: Anthony richardson JJ talked a little bit about Downs, but

822
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:24,760
Speaker 5: I wanted to get some other of these draft choices

823
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,279
Speaker 5: and get what you're thinking, Lara, what you're thinking when

824
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,400
Speaker 5: when we see a guy like Downs that's drafted out

825
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,120
Speaker 5: of North Carolina. By by the way, I have a

826
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:33,439
Speaker 5: source down there in Carolina tells me home run pick

827
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 5: Clyde Christiansen who goes down there and has always went

828
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 5: to the North Carolina spring games and all the goods.

829
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 7: This No, not that fads signing off on these guys.

830
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 3: We said, big, big home run by that one. When

831
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:46,919
Speaker 3: when we got Downs.

832
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 4: Oh nice and Chad Henry, the area scout, I spoke

833
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:51,040
Speaker 4: with him and.

834
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,200
Speaker 6: He was overjoyed to get.

835
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:57,239
Speaker 4: Josh Downs and with the fit that he is with

836
00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 4: what Shane Sdeigen wants to develop in this offense. And

837
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,640
Speaker 4: then the other person I went to was Reggie Wayne

838
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,240
Speaker 4: right after he got off the phone with Josh Downs,

839
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 4: and he was telling me about how excited he was

840
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 4: watching Downs at the combine. Reggie was down there on

841
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 4: the field and seeing some of the work he was doing.

842
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 4: And then also not only the work he was doing,

843
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 4: but Reggie would give him a few tips on hey

844
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,400
Speaker 4: do this, or suggestions on certain things, and then he

845
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 4: would go in there in the way that he was

846
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:28,920
Speaker 4: able to take that, receive that and quickly make some adjustments.

847
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:32,200
Speaker 4: Was really exciting for Reggie Wayne. And one of the

848
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:35,239
Speaker 4: things I said to Reggie is do you get a

849
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,760
Speaker 4: different feeling when you see a guy on our field?

850
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,759
Speaker 4: Right like the combine takes place Lucas Oil Stadium, you

851
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 4: see them on our field, you see them in our stadium.

852
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,279
Speaker 4: Doesn't that give you a better indication of what they

853
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 4: kind of look like for us. He goes, I don't

854
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:50,279
Speaker 4: really thought of it that way, but no, that's right,

855
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,680
Speaker 4: it's so true. So we kind of had some fun

856
00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 4: with that. But yeah, seeing Reggie Wayne's conviction in Josh

857
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 4: downs makes me really excited.

858
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,759
Speaker 7: When Reggie Wayne signs off on a guy. You listen, Yeah,

859
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:01,000
Speaker 7: that's what.

860
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,360
Speaker 3: By the way, I'd like you to get involved in scouting.

861
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:05,359
Speaker 3: I like the way that you work.

862
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 5: Let's go over this quite quickly. We talked about him briefly.

863
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,560
Speaker 5: B Blake freelan offensive tackle by you guys, give me

864
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,879
Speaker 5: your rundown of him briefly, and his playing time coming

865
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:16,240
Speaker 5: up in twenty twenty three.

866
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 7: Is six foot eight, like I said, thirty seven inch

867
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 7: vertical at the NFL combine. That's in the ninety ninth

868
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,359
Speaker 7: percentile for tackles. He had one hundred and twenty inch

869
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:27,799
Speaker 7: broad jump that's ten feet. Broad jump is where you're

870
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,960
Speaker 7: standing and you just jump forward, and he jumped ten feet.

871
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,719
Speaker 6: It's the long term. It's a long jump, broad jump, long.

872
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:39,399
Speaker 7: Time, ten feet. That's nuts. It's just ridiculous. So he

873
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 7: only allowed two sacks and forty one total pressures in

874
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 7: one three and forty six pass blocking snaps at BYU.

875
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 7: Sounds like he's got to get a little bit stronger,

876
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 7: but the the athletic upside that he has. You get

877
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 7: him working with Tony Sperano Junior in that Colts offensive

878
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:58,799
Speaker 7: line room. Oh Worth worth a swing and I mean

879
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 7: I think from day one he's probably your swing tackle.

880
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,440
Speaker 7: He's got experience both on the left and the right side,

881
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:07,239
Speaker 7: and if he develops into more than that, then that's

882
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,000
Speaker 7: a good problem to have on figuring out how you

883
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:09,839
Speaker 7: sort those guys out.

884
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 4: A little bit of a sneak peek here, you're gonna

885
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:14,600
Speaker 4: want to watch with the next pick to learn a

886
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:15,040
Speaker 4: little bit.

887
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,240
Speaker 5: More lout like this good tease right there, Lara overton

888
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 5: JJ stank if it's I'm Jeffrey Gorman going over a

889
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:22,720
Speaker 5: few of these draft choices and a lot of people

890
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:25,800
Speaker 5: gushing over this man in the fourth round, JJ, start

891
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,719
Speaker 5: with you give me just a round up with give

892
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:28,520
Speaker 5: him really quick.

893
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:30,279
Speaker 3: Colts fans fired.

894
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:33,840
Speaker 5: Up about this guy, Adi tamiwa Atabao Ray there you go,

895
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:37,400
Speaker 5: defensive tackle Northwestern And I'm gonna say this like I

896
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:39,799
Speaker 5: know what I'm talking about, but I don't. This man

897
00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:43,040
Speaker 5: is two hundred and seventy five pounds and eighty two

898
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:44,280
Speaker 5: pounds and Lara runs.

899
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 3: A four four forty.

900
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 6: Yeah, unbelievable.

901
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,520
Speaker 7: What I was talking to. I was talking to Bill Brooks.

902
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:51,760
Speaker 7: Bill said he ran like a four to five forty,

903
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:54,479
Speaker 7: but at one hundred and eighty pounds. Wow, this guy's

904
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:56,680
Speaker 7: one hundred pounds heavier than Bill Brooks and ran faster

905
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,840
Speaker 7: than him. I mean that the level of athleticism that

906
00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:04,000
Speaker 7: the this guy possesses in his body is just it's remarkable.

907
00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 7: I like how the Colts are now kind of building

908
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,440
Speaker 7: out this defensive line room where you have like at

909
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,799
Speaker 7: a Barre is probably gonna slide in as a three

910
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:15,959
Speaker 7: technique defensive tackle behind Divorce Buckner along with Tavin Bryan there.

911
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 7: But he has flexibility. He played defensive end in college

912
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,279
Speaker 7: at Northwestern. You have a lot of guys who are

913
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:24,240
Speaker 7: versatile on this line, between at A bare Taekwon, Lewis,

914
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,840
Speaker 7: Dio Dangbo, who give Nate Ali some different options to

915
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:30,759
Speaker 7: mix and match packages, especially when you get into some

916
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:34,840
Speaker 7: of the third down looks and just again the athleticism.

917
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,920
Speaker 7: If I'm Nate Ali, I'm doing cartwheels. I get to

918
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,399
Speaker 7: coach this guy, Okay, you get to mold this athleticism.

919
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:41,480
Speaker 4: Now you're gonna say it with me, but you're gonna

920
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:44,000
Speaker 4: say it as if your Canadian friend is answering on

921
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,400
Speaker 4: where to meet you at a bar eh.

922
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:51,560
Speaker 5: At a bar, a at a bar eh.

923
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,319
Speaker 3: Oh I was good. I feel Canadian. Plus I've said

924
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:56,919
Speaker 3: that a lot my whole life at a bar. Eight oh.

925
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,800
Speaker 3: I love that. Okay, good, that helped.

926
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:00,960
Speaker 5: That's helpful because you're gonna hear lot about that name

927
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 5: real quick. We've talked about the defensive Backfield's got another

928
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:06,920
Speaker 5: big corner in Darius Rush in the fifth round onto

929
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:09,799
Speaker 5: South Carolina. I'm sure Stefan Gilmour loves what he sees

930
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 5: out of there.

931
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,440
Speaker 6: Yeah, the Gilmore sign of approvals well strong on that.

932
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,240
Speaker 7: We real quick on him. He is a converted wide receiver.

933
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,040
Speaker 7: The Colts believe he has a lot of upside and

934
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 7: untapped potential because he's only been playing cornerback for a

935
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 7: couple of years.

936
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 3: Now, Okay, okay, I love it, Kyt. We have nothing

937
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 3: but potential in front of us.

938
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,960
Speaker 5: Daniel Scott Guy's round five six years at the University

939
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 5: of cal.

940
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,279
Speaker 7: That's a long college career with the COVID at the

941
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:36,319
Speaker 7: COVID years, you get an extra year of eligibility. This

942
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:38,880
Speaker 7: guy didn't become a full time starter until twenty twenty one.

943
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:42,240
Speaker 7: He got to Berkeley in twenty seventeen, but he developed

944
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:45,680
Speaker 7: himself into a core special teamer for Cal and then

945
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:48,760
Speaker 7: when he started playing on defense, he still played special teams.

946
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 7: So this guy gives you upside both as a potential

947
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:55,040
Speaker 7: core special teamer. He's fast, he's physical guy you like

948
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:57,640
Speaker 7: to see running down kickoffs and punt coverage. But he

949
00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 7: also gives you competition at safety. The cold safety room

950
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:04,839
Speaker 7: is very young. Julian Blackman's the oldest guy in that room.

951
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,600
Speaker 7: He's going into year four. You got Rodney Thomas, Nick

952
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:10,640
Speaker 7: Cross both in their second year, Daniel Scott in his

953
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 7: first year, among some other guys in that room. Gonna

954
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 7: be some good competition, a lot of athletes in that room.

955
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 7: And you know, I think you want to hope nick

956
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:21,560
Speaker 7: Cross takes hold of a starting job, but again he's

957
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 7: gonna have to compete for it with a guy like

958
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:24,360
Speaker 7: Daniel Scott and.

959
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 5: Much like me, Lara, I was in college for seven years,

960
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 5: Daniel Scott for.

961
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:30,400
Speaker 6: Six, So you got that PhD.

962
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:30,839
Speaker 7: Right.

963
00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:34,879
Speaker 3: There was no pandemic giving me extra years. There, didn't

964
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:35,479
Speaker 3: that all? Okay?

965
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,160
Speaker 5: We heard about Will Mallory, the speedy tight end obviously

966
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 5: grandson of Bill Mallory hip memory serves correct. Evan haul

967
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 5: JJ smoke about him earlier running back Northwestern, great pass

968
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:49,480
Speaker 5: catching abilities. Give me something on Titus Leo from a

969
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 5: small school Wagner and Ed Rusher.

970
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:56,320
Speaker 7: Yeah, a kid who impressed the colts at the East

971
00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 7: West Shrine Bowl, which is kind of one of those

972
00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:05,640
Speaker 7: Senior Bowl type showcases. Really athletic kid. Chad Henry really

973
00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:08,319
Speaker 7: likes the the energy that he plays with. They said

974
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 7: he plays one hundred miles an hour, plays with his

975
00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:14,840
Speaker 7: hair on fire, and just good depth at defensive end.

976
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:16,719
Speaker 7: And you look at where that's at. Now you got

977
00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:20,720
Speaker 7: Titus Leo, Quiddy pay Dioa Dangbo, Samson, Ebicom, Taekwon Lewis,

978
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:24,239
Speaker 7: Rashad Berry, Khalid Kareem, and Cameron Klein at defensive ent.

979
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:28,760
Speaker 7: So good competition there. And you know he's a kid who,

980
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:30,800
Speaker 7: you know, kind of like some of these other guys,

981
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:33,239
Speaker 7: doesn't have a ton of experience at defensive end. He's

982
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,720
Speaker 7: played all over, but he was really productive at Wagner

983
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:38,120
Speaker 7: and he was college teammates with Chris Williams, one of

984
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:41,400
Speaker 7: the Colts defensive ice to Wagner, we got players on

985
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:43,680
Speaker 7: the Colts right now. I love the small town Chris Ballard,

986
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:45,960
Speaker 7: go searching all across. He's not a small town it is.

987
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:49,520
Speaker 3: I mean Staten Island. I mean small school, very school,

988
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:51,240
Speaker 3: That's what I'm talking about. Jalen Jones.

989
00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:54,439
Speaker 5: We spoke up earlier Lera another six to two out

990
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:56,279
Speaker 5: of Texas, A and M a seventh rounder, and I'm

991
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:59,279
Speaker 5: gonna round it out with another seventh rounder, literally a

992
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 5: redwood tree from northern Michigan. Jake wit Saw another big

993
00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:05,920
Speaker 5: offensive tackle and a cornerback in the seventh.

994
00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:08,239
Speaker 4: A lot of versatility that you have added in there

995
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:10,600
Speaker 4: for sure. And you know, Jayalen Jones was one who

996
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 4: Anthony Coughlin, the Southwestteria scout, really pounded the table for

997
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:16,239
Speaker 4: to want to get him. And so that was that

998
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 4: was one that I know was significant for those loose

999
00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:20,680
Speaker 4: scouts who had really had eyes on him.

1000
00:45:20,719 --> 00:45:23,120
Speaker 7: Okay, Jake Wit a uper. Yeah, he could be the

1001
00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:26,000
Speaker 7: first uper of the plastic. I just love saying youper

1002
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:26,840
Speaker 7: it gat pasty?

1003
00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 3: Is it a tasty?

1004
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,719
Speaker 6: Can you explain what ap I mean Upper Peninsula.

1005
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:34,600
Speaker 7: I went to Upper Michigan source dot com, which is

1006
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:36,759
Speaker 7: the website I never thought I would visit to find

1007
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:39,520
Speaker 7: out who the last player NFL player from the Upper

1008
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:43,120
Speaker 7: Peninsula was. It was Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Chuck Klingbial

1009
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:49,080
Speaker 7: seventies nineties actually nineties. Yeah, you know, not bad. Uh.

1010
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:52,840
Speaker 7: This kid, though, his journey is it's remarkable. Dame Brugler

1011
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:55,600
Speaker 7: wrote a great feature story on him where it's halftime

1012
00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 7: of a game.

1013
00:45:56,760 --> 00:45:56,880
Speaker 1: Uh.

1014
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,600
Speaker 7: In twenty twenty one, he had just started playing football again,

1015
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,400
Speaker 7: tight end on Northern Michigan and it's halftime and his

1016
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:04,319
Speaker 7: coach starts walking to him with a jersey in the

1017
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 7: sixties and he goes, oh, they ran out of tackles,

1018
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:09,200
Speaker 7: so he had to go play tackle. He'd never played

1019
00:46:09,239 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 7: tackle before he was a tight end. And now two

1020
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:13,960
Speaker 7: years later he's an NFL draft and look at that

1021
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 7: at Tackle.

1022
00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:18,319
Speaker 5: Disney stories everywhere. I want to thank Jason West for

1023
00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:20,279
Speaker 5: being part of this. He's the head football coach at

1024
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:24,040
Speaker 5: Franklin Central. He coached Julius Brentz at Warren Central. For

1025
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:26,920
Speaker 5: being on the show, you too. As always, I appreciate

1026
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:29,680
Speaker 5: your help for getting us a quick rundown of these

1027
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:32,560
Speaker 5: latest draft choices they have. I want to know before

1028
00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:35,560
Speaker 5: we go, what's this weekend look like for you Learra

1029
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 5: and for you JJ. We're gonna find you both on

1030
00:46:37,719 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 5: colds dot com. But what do you want to see

1031
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:41,000
Speaker 5: out of this rookie mini camp.

1032
00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:43,920
Speaker 7: I just want to see Anthony Richardson in person. Okay,

1033
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:46,759
Speaker 7: seriously that I want to see what these other guys

1034
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:48,920
Speaker 7: look like, how they move. But man, I just want

1035
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:51,200
Speaker 7: to see Anthony Richardson start ripping throws out there. I

1036
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:51,720
Speaker 7: can't wait.

1037
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:54,520
Speaker 4: I think it's just getting all the guys in the building.

1038
00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:58,000
Speaker 4: It's such a palpable energy and excitement when you get

1039
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 4: this group together, both the draft did guys and the

1040
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:02,400
Speaker 4: undrafted rookies as well.

1041
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:03,560
Speaker 6: Who are going to be in the building.

1042
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:05,600
Speaker 4: You know, we've seen a lot of those guys be

1043
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:07,879
Speaker 4: impactful players for the Colts just last year. I think

1044
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:10,640
Speaker 4: about Dallas Flowers, you know, coming in, and I just

1045
00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:15,440
Speaker 4: think that anytime you get that group, especially such a

1046
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:18,240
Speaker 4: large group of rookies that you're gonna have, they form

1047
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:21,439
Speaker 4: a special dynamic. It's so fun to kind of see

1048
00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:25,040
Speaker 4: those guys coming in the relationships that they build because

1049
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:27,759
Speaker 4: you hope that there are a lot of guys who

1050
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:30,000
Speaker 4: are playing a long time here together that are come

1051
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:30,720
Speaker 4: out of this group.

1052
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:34,200
Speaker 5: Hey, a big congratulations and thank you to your wife

1053
00:47:34,239 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 5: and your husband for the last week because you guys

1054
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 5: were glued down here at the complex and obviously getting

1055
00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:41,800
Speaker 5: ready for this draft. And you're gonna do it again

1056
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:44,319
Speaker 5: this weekend with a with a mini camp coming up.

1057
00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:46,680
Speaker 5: So thanks to you both. Don't forget this week on

1058
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:49,480
Speaker 5: Colts Audio Network, you can check out Inside the Draft

1059
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:52,120
Speaker 5: It is back as we recap the Colts draft picks

1060
00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:54,880
Speaker 5: with Shane Hallam from the Draft Countdown. Find out what

1061
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:57,360
Speaker 5: he thinks on the Anthony Richardson pick and the entire

1062
00:47:57,440 --> 00:47:59,960
Speaker 5: Colts twenty twenty three draft class. The offseason work on

1063
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:02,800
Speaker 5: program continues this week. We're going to have an interview

1064
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:05,319
Speaker 5: with the Colts veteran player later on. Be sure to

1065
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:07,160
Speaker 5: check everything out at Colts dot com. We got the

1066
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:09,680
Speaker 5: last Word coming up, mate, and I will be reflecting

1067
00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:11,759
Speaker 5: on the draft that comes out on Friday. A big

1068
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:14,560
Speaker 5: thanks to you both. Follow Lara Overton on Twitter at

1069
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:18,120
Speaker 5: Lara Overton at JJ Stankovitz on Twitter. Thank you to

1070
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Speaker 5: Casey Valier for the ones and Tuesdaday. We appreciate your

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Speaker 5: help and our friends at winbet dot com. The Colts

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Speaker 3: By them and folks.

1074
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Speaker 5: We're coming back a whole lot more information coming back

1075
00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:33,000
Speaker 5: week through week. The Voluntary Mini Camp is going to

1076
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:34,839
Speaker 5: be coming up, or excuse me, the Rookie Mini Camp

1077
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:36,719
Speaker 5: is going to be coming up. The veterans are in

1078
00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:40,520
Speaker 5: their storylines everywhere, and Anthony Richardson is in place. You

1079
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:42,960
Speaker 5: want info, you find it at colts dot com. From

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