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Speaker 1: All you need to know about the Colts in one place.

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Speaker 1: The Colts Daily Update starts now from the Power Home

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Speaker 1: Solver Radio studio. Here's the voice of the Colts, Matt Taylor. Hey,

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Speaker 1: welcome into the Wednesday Colts Daily Update tonight. I'm Matt

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Speaker 1: Taylor leading you into Pacer coverage. Tonight. The Blue and

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Speaker 1: Colds are at home taking on the Knicks at the

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Speaker 1: field House. No game this week for the Colts, of course,

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Speaker 1: they're on the buy. They're getting some much needed time

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Speaker 1: away after thirteen straight games that it's the latest buy

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Speaker 1: in the NFL this season. We'll talk about that coming

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Speaker 1: up with Carrie Willis, Colts safety, who set to join

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Speaker 1: us in segment number two. But with the Colts off

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Speaker 1: this week, they'll be scoreboard watching this weekend, starting tomorrow

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Speaker 1: night in week number fourteen. If the playoffs started today,

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Speaker 1: and thankfully they don't, the Colts would be on the

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Speaker 1: outside looking in with the record of seven and six.

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Speaker 1: They currently sit a ninth place in the conference, with

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Speaker 1: the top seven of course making the playoffs. But what

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Speaker 1: month is their conference record. Right now now, the Colts

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Speaker 1: who the Colts will see, of course, coming up next

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Speaker 1: The Colts six and three mark in the conference as

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Speaker 1: up this weekend if you're a Colts fan. On Thursday night,

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Speaker 1: the Vikings hosts the Steelers. The Steelers are six five

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Speaker 1: It would also drop Pittsburgh's conference record to four and five.

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Speaker 1: The Jaguars are in Tennessee on Sunday. Right now, the

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Speaker 1: They already have two upset wins on the season already

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Speaker 1: this season. The Chiefs on Sunday take on the Raiders.

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Speaker 1: That game is in Kansas City. Right now, the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: the Colts. The Chiefs lead the AFC West, the Colts

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Speaker 1: on the Colts Daily Update. Welcome back to the Colts

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Speaker 1: Daily Update. A look at the Colts with Matt Taylor

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Speaker 1: from the Power Home Solar Radio Studio. Hey, welcome back

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Speaker 1: here on the Colts Daily Update. We got a few

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