1 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: This is Instant Game Reaction, an immediate look back at 2 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: the Colts' latest game and trying to make it a 3 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: jumping on the ball. It's Michael Climboty catched it and 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: they rubbles across the door line, touchdown, forty two yards. 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: Strike on air and out downfield down the far sideline 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 1: looking for Say Jones, and it's intercepted by the Colts. 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: I say, Ah Rogers on the returns gets up the 8 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: Taylor he said, touchdown in d Why Jonathan Taylor. Now, 9 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: here's your host, JJ Stankovitz from Colts dot Com. What's 10 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: up everyone, It's another episode of Colts Instant Reaction here 11 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: on the Colts Audio Network. I'm JJ Stankovitz, joined by 12 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: Colts Ring of I remember Bill Brooks, We're breaking down 13 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: the colts twenty seven to ten win over the Tampa 14 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers. I guess Bill, I'd probably be talking out 15 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:55,279 Speaker 1: both sides of my mouth if I said, oh, it's 16 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: great that the Colts won this game, when I've said 17 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: over the first two preseason games that doesn't matter at all, 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: and they lost, but it's not the worst thing to 19 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: end the preseason on a high note. Having said that, 20 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: the Buccaneers played their starters for like a minute and 21 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: a half. It was again solute. They're fairly out there 22 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: at all. So let's talk about some of the things 23 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: that we saw in this game that maybe aren't showing 24 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: up on the stat sheet, but are things that are 25 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: illustrative for where this team stands two weeks until the 26 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 1: season opener. So I want to ask you. I heard 27 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: a lot from Matt Ryan after the game about how 28 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: pleased he was with the operation of the Colts offense 29 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: and how smooth that process went. He didn't throw a 30 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: touchdown during the preseason, but the like just hearing Frank 31 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: Reich in his ear and getting the play call out 32 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: and getting guys to the line of scrimmage fast, that 33 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: has real value. And I've been I've been itching to 34 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: ask you about this, having played in the NFL, having 35 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: played in the preseason, what is a clean operation of 36 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: an offense feel like to not only the quarterback but 37 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,679 Speaker 1: the other ten guys on the field. Well, it makes 38 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: me feel comfortable because when you go out there knowing 39 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: that the quarterback is getting to play, he understands the play, 40 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: he understands the verbiage that's coming from the person giving 41 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: him the play. And then also the players understand the 42 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,959 Speaker 1: verbage and they know this quarterback likes to run things 43 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: in an efficient manner. Get to play in, call a play, 44 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: let's get to the line of scrimmage real quick, let's 45 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: run the play. And when you can have that type 46 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: of operation where the players coming into the quarterback, he's 47 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: giving everyone to play. Everyone knows what their responsibilities are 48 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: on that play, and they get to the line of scrimmage, 49 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: and then the quarterback and do what he needs to do. 50 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: As far as he can check out the play, he 51 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: can run the play, maybe call out you know, certain 52 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: people that they want to key on in regards to 53 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: the defense to help the ligne with their blocking and 54 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: their sliding maybe possibly so all that operational stuff that's 55 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,679 Speaker 1: going on there. It's a benefit for the offense that way, 56 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: they can run the offense smoothly and feel very comfortable. 57 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: And like I've talked about before, when you feel very 58 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,399 Speaker 1: comfortable and you're not thinking out there, you can play 59 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: a lot faster. And that's what they want to do. 60 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: The offense wants to play fast, get to play in, 61 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: get to play ran and then hopefully execute it and 62 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: effectively and make a positive game. Yeah, And I think 63 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: when I was talking to a couple offensive linemen after 64 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: the game, they sort of echoed that of that you 65 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: can just sort of feel it and it allows you to, 66 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: like you said, Bill, play fast and you know, get 67 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: to the right look and kind of keep the defense 68 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: sort of on their heels a little bit, as opposed 69 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: to you got to think about, all right, what's the 70 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: play call, how am I going to disseminate this, How 71 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: am I going to make my checks at the line, 72 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: how am I going to identify you know, the mic 73 00:03:57,880 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: and all these different things. Whereas just kind of get 74 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: that down with ten new teammates like Matt Ryan has, 75 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: there is value in that because when you get to 76 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: the regular season and you get to hostile crowd in 77 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: Houston in two weeks, you're going to know what it 78 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: sounds like when Frank Reich is calling plays in your ear. 79 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: You're gonna know what it looks like when you break 80 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: the huddle, and you're gonna know what the other ten 81 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: guys are doing on each play based on you know, 82 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: all that operational stuff. So again, it's not it's not 83 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: the you know, you didn't throw a fifty five yard 84 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: touchdown or he didn't. He didn't you know, put up 85 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 1: like you know, like Justin Fields put up these insane 86 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: numbers yesterday for the Chicago Bears, like three touchdowns against 87 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: the Browns, and it's like that he's not doing that. 88 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: But there's still a lot of positive that Matt Ryan 89 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: was able to do in these games. And I think 90 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: I'm going to trust the word of a guy who's 91 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 1: been in the NFL for fourteen years when he says 92 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: there's value in this, and there is. There's legitimate growth 93 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: that the cold did in these couple of preseason games 94 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: that the first team offense played it exactly. We're not 95 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: talking things that are sexy here when you talked about, oh, 96 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: this guy through four one hundred and fifty yards in 97 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: the preseason game and you know, was eight for nine 98 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: or whatever you may be, or have two touchdowns. But 99 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: it's the things that are going to help this team 100 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: when the regular season starts on September eleventh. Those are 101 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: the things that are important, Like you said, getting the 102 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: plays in so you're not running up to the line 103 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: of scrimmage with only five or six seconds left on 104 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: the play clock where you have to get a playoff, 105 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: you have time to get up to the line of scrimmage, 106 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: make your assessments, and then get the play snapped and 107 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 1: run the play. So all those things are important. And 108 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: you know, we saw that in practice up at Westfield 109 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: where they get to play in and they run the 110 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: plays and they're very efficient. And as we saw a 111 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: lot of times, practice got over early because Matt's running practice, 112 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: getting the plays in and they're practicing at the up 113 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,919 Speaker 1: temple pace. So that's good for the team and it 114 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 1: carries over to the game once you do that. Hopefully 115 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: those things will carry over in the regular season. Hopefully 116 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: they'll be beneficial to the offense and to the defense 117 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, the other thing I want to ask 118 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: you about, Bill is this idea of running vanilla concepts 119 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: as an offense. And you know, all right, we're not 120 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: going to show a whole lot in the preseason. I mean, 121 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: Frankreich said, like, we're holding a lot back and that 122 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: goes beyond Jonathan Taylor and nihem Hines not playing on Saturday. 123 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 1: What does that mean though for the wide receivers for 124 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 1: Michael Pittman, Junior, Alec Pierce, Paris Campbell when they're out 125 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: there that you're running these sort of vanilla probably very 126 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 1: very basic concepts that are going to you're probably gonna 127 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: need to run them at some point in the regular season, 128 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: but are not going to be staples of what your 129 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: offense hopes to be. Yeah, what that means, JJ is 130 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 1: basically when you have the vanilla concepts, you're just running 131 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 1: the routes that are basically part of the route tree 132 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 1: and you're not doing anything that's real exotic out there 133 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,359 Speaker 1: and not doing certain things, but you know, basic running 134 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: hitch routes, current routes and routes over routes, things like that. 135 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: But the thing that does is you have to win 136 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: your one on one battles, and those are the things 137 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: that is trying to to with trying to see if 138 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: you can go out there one year one on one battles, 139 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: because there are going to be times during the season 140 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: where you are going to have one on one battles 141 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: where you have to win where the coach hasn't schemed 142 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: up the play that they called it is not going 143 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: to actually have a part of the play where you 144 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: maybe it might get you open because of another receiver's 145 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: route or might be a rub route or whatever. Might happen, 146 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: it doesn't get you open because of the scheme. You 147 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: have to win that route by yourself with your physical 148 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: talent and your thought process. So so they want to 149 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: see that during right now, during the vidal stage. And 150 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: plus you just don't want to show the opponents what 151 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: you might be doing. So it's very important that you 152 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: get out there and you work hard, and that's what 153 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: training camps all about, working hard, trying to win the 154 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: one on one batt that you have out there, and 155 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: so that can carry open to the game situation. Yeah, Bell, 156 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: And I think another point that I think about is, 157 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: you know, you're probably not seeing Frank Reich layer a 158 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: lot of plays like he's not. You're not calling a 159 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: run concept that you can then get to a pass 160 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: concept off of. You're not calling a certain pass concept 161 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: to attack a defense that later in the game then 162 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: you can get to a different pass concept to attack 163 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: it off play action, whatever it might be. You're probably 164 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: not doing a lot of that. But I think your 165 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: point about the one on ones is really good because yes, 166 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: there are going to be times in games where you 167 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: just need your receiver to go get a bucket. You 168 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: need that guy to go beat the man in front 169 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: of him and win. I think it's probably not a 170 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: coincidence then that we saw Michael Pittman Junior catch three 171 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: of Matt Ryan's five completions against the Buccaneers, and after 172 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: the game, Matt Ryan got asked like, why is your 173 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: connection with Michael Pittman Junior been so good and how 174 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: is it developed? Matt Ryan just kind of gets his 175 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: grin in his face and he goes, because Pitt's really good. 176 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: And I mean, I think that that connection Bill. You've 177 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: been out there a practice and you've seen days where 178 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: it feels like Matt Ryan's throwing eighty percent of his 179 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: completions to Michael Pittman Junr. Is pit one of those 180 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: guys who can go and all right, hey, we need 181 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: you to go get a bucket. We need to go 182 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 1: win your one on one matchup, Go do it. Is 183 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 1: he one of those guys for this team? Definitely. He's 184 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: one of those guys that you know it's third and 185 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,599 Speaker 1: seven and you need you know, it's gonna be a 186 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: man to man carbage. Well you need to get eight yards. 187 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: You know, Pitt's gonna get eight yards no matter how 188 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,959 Speaker 1: the guy's playing, where he's playing at you know, gout, 189 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: Pitt's gonna get eight yards and Matt's gonna put on him, 190 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: and you know Pitt's gonna make the catch. And you 191 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 1: know it would be great if you can break to 192 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 1: tackle him and make some yards after the catch, But 193 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: as long as he gets that first down and the 194 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 1: chains keep moving, that's what you want. So you know 195 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: where Pitt's gonna be. You know that he's gonna be 196 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 1: at the right place at the right time, and that's 197 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: what the quarterback wants. That's what quarterback's looking for for 198 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 1: the receiver to be at the right place at the 199 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: right time. So when the quarterback's ready to least a ball, 200 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: he knows that you're the receiver's going to be there 201 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: for him and to catch the pass. So I think 202 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: he has a lot of confidence in Pitt. And as 203 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: you said, you know during practice some training camp, it 204 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: seemed a lot of times that you know, Ryan was 205 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 1: looking for a Pitt and Pitt was wide open and 206 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: he hit him. So you know, it's a it's a 207 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: good it's a good feeling for a quarterback to know that, hey, 208 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: I have confidence in this guy, and not saying that 209 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:25,839 Speaker 1: he doesn't have confidence in the other guys. He has 210 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: confidence and those other guys, but like Massay Pitts good, 211 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: so they're gonna try to get him the ball. And 212 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan after the game, he also talked about how 213 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,439 Speaker 1: his confidence in Alec Pierson Gilani Woods has really grown 214 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: over the course of training camp with Pierce. It was 215 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: in relation to his route discipline and essentially that's just 216 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: the when we call this route, knowing exactly where you're 217 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: going to be. But also I thought this was fascinating 218 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 1: Bill that Matt Ryan got into this. But he said, 219 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: you know they're going to be the timing and accuracy 220 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: on a throw is kind of half the quarterbacks part. 221 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: It's half the receiver's fault, and there are going to 222 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: be times where you know, Like the thing that he 223 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: said that I thought was really interesting was it's one 224 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 1: thing to be open, it's another thing to be open 225 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: in the timing of a play. You can either win 226 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: too early or win too late, not going to help us. 227 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: You've got to win in the timing of the play. 228 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: And this in relation to Alec Pierce, I certainly think 229 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:26,439 Speaker 1: he's picked that up very quickly. Yeah, how long did 230 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: that take you to figure that out? Because I've seen 231 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: someone had receivers who I've covered be like, man, I'm open, 232 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,200 Speaker 1: give me the ball, and it's like you aren't open. 233 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 1: Within the timing and the progression of the play. It 234 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: takes it takes a little while to figure it out. 235 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 1: But if you just got to stay discipline to your route, 236 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: If you stay discipline to the route, the routes are 237 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:49,679 Speaker 1: always end sync with the quarterbacks drop, the quarterbacks reads 238 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: and what he's doing. So every time you run a route, 239 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 1: you have to make sure that you are running the 240 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 1: proper depth. And also you're trying to get there to 241 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: the point at the top of your route to break out, 242 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 1: break out of your route at a certain time, and 243 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 1: you have a clock in your head, and that just 244 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,839 Speaker 1: takes a little time to get to have that clock 245 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: and knowing that the ball should be coming out now 246 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: and you have to be at that spot and come 247 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: out of your break and will get your head around 248 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: to the ball as soon as as soon as you can. 249 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 1: So that takes a little time. But the more you 250 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: work on it, the more you work on it with 251 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: each quarterback, the better you're going to get and the 252 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: better field you have for it. And as Matt said 253 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: with Alec Pierce, you know, he saw the growth in 254 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 1: regards to Alec being at the right spot at the 255 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 1: right time and doing the right thing. So that just 256 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: takes time and it will continue to grow. And as 257 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: long as you keep on working at it and spending 258 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,439 Speaker 1: time not just on seven on seven and team, but 259 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: also on the side with the quarterbacks and the receivers 260 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,199 Speaker 1: working together on their own. So as long as I 261 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:53,839 Speaker 1: keep on doing that, I think everything we find and 262 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 1: Alex Alec is still growing and learning and getting better 263 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: each day. Yeah. One other quick thing here on Gilanni 264 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: Woods because I mentioned him a little bit earlier, but 265 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan was watching from the sideline when Nick Foles 266 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,680 Speaker 1: completed kind of a four yard shallow cross to Woods. 267 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: Woods really athletically planted his outside foot cut up field. 268 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:14,319 Speaker 1: It was a really good change of direction for a 269 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: dude too, six foot seven, picked up eight yards after 270 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,839 Speaker 1: the catch. I loved what Matt Ryan said after the game. 271 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: He said, it's quote it's small little things like that 272 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:24,199 Speaker 1: that make a big difference in this league. It's the 273 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: hidden yardage that you can get with run after the catch. 274 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: I thought it was great to see that from Gilani tonight. 275 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: So again there's a quarterback developing more of a trust 276 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: with a tight end. We got a couple other things 277 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: to get to here, and Bill. The punting was pretty good. 278 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 1: Matt Hawk had a really nice game. He downed four 279 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: punts inside the twenty, including two inside the ten, without 280 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: basically any time to work on the operation. He stepped 281 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,559 Speaker 1: in and had a really good game. Pat McAfee thought 282 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 1: he had a good game. So I'm gonna go ahead 283 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: and take Pat's word on that. Anyone else who stood 284 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: out for you in this game that we want to 285 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,040 Speaker 1: touch on here, I'll say, you know, of course, I 286 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: think Grove Stewart played well that one series. He is 287 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: pretty much a Groves Stewart series. We got in the 288 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: backfield three times and tackle had a tackle and assistant tackle. 289 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: So Grovi Stewart played well. And then I also like 290 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: running Thomas. I thought he had some good plays out there. 291 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 1: I thought he made some nice open field tackles. It 292 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: was good to see him get out there and make 293 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: some plays. So those are two guys right now that 294 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: that kind of stood out to me that I went 295 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: out there and played well. And there are a lot 296 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: of other guys, you know, weather We played well. He 297 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: was all over the field as he has been in 298 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: the other preseason games. So I thought there are quite 299 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: a few guys that played well last night. Yeah, strolling Weatherford. 300 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: Ten tackles, no miss tackles. He's made a very strong 301 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: case to make the cold three men roster when that 302 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: comes out on Tuesday. I think you would been a 303 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: really good point about Ronnie Thomas. Those are on back 304 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: to back plays that he brought down Buccaneers running that 305 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 1: Keyshaw Vaughn in space for you know, a couple of 306 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 1: really nice tackles, and with Harmoni Watts suffering a he's 307 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: an ending ankle injury all of a sudden, you might 308 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: look to Rodney Thomas a second as a guy who 309 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: steps in as a you know, safety depth then veteran 310 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: and a core special team or Trevor Denbo probably in 311 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: that conversation as well. One other guy to mention here 312 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: Dallas Flowers, the undrafted rookie cornerback from Pittsburgh's state. He 313 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: had a fift kif Yes, really nice kickof Bill. I 314 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: don't know if he noticed it on it though. Philip Lindsay, 315 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: who is five foot eight, one hundred ninety pounds absolutely 316 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: railroaded the guy he was assigned to block on the play, 317 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: like knocked him to his knees. I love seeing that 318 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: from this guy. And again we're, you know, we're thinking 319 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: about the running backs and how the Colts didn't play 320 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor and Nikeem Hines. Philip Lindsay kind of was 321 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 1: second off the bench. Dion Jackson got in there. But 322 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: you love seeing Philip Lindsay getting in there on special teams, 323 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: getting his you know, getting his face dirty with that 324 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: that play, because that's the way that those guys are 325 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: going to have to contribute this year exactly, you know, 326 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: the third or fourth back, and with the running back situation, 327 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: you know you're playing time. Most of your playing time's 328 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: gonna come on special teams. So you have to go 329 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: out there and do the best you can with special teams. 330 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: And with phil Philip Lindsay doing that, that just helps 331 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: us cause as far as getting out there more, as 332 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: far as on special teams and playing because as a player, 333 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: you just want to play. You know, yeah, do you 334 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: want to play offense or defense, whatever your specialty position is, Yes, 335 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: you do. But you know what if you get out 336 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: there and can play some special teams to help the 337 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 1: team win. That's all that matters, all right, Well, the 338 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: preseason is over. Two weeks from today, the Colts will 339 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: open the twenty twenty two season against the Houston Texans. 340 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: Thank god we made it still to get to of course, 341 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: roster cuts are due by four pm on Tuesday. Stick 342 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: with us on Colts dot Com and on the Colts 343 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: Audio Network for plenty of coverage of the Colts initial 344 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: fifty three man roster. The practice squad can get formed 345 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: on Wednesday. That's also when you might see some waiver 346 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: claims if the Colts potentially go that route to address 347 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: some spots on their roster. And then you get to 348 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 1: Labor Day weekend, kind of the last weekend off until December. 349 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,199 Speaker 1: I guess that miniby got the mini buy after the 350 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: Broncos game. We're in it. We are about to be 351 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 1: in it, Bill, and this is it. We're going to 352 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 1: be back with another episode of Colts Instant Reaction following 353 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: that game against the Houston Texans down an Energy Stadium 354 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 1: in Houston two weeks from today. 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