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Speaker 1: This is instant game Reaction, an immediate look back at

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Speaker 1: the Colt's latest game and trying to make it a

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Speaker 1: justment of the ball. Is Michael Pehanny Honey rubbles the

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Speaker 2: Touchdown?

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Speaker 1: I'm forty two, young stright airing out downfield, down the

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Speaker 1: the Colts. Please ahead, touchdown in d why now, here's

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Speaker 1: your host, JJ Stankovitz from Colts dot Com. Welcome into

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Speaker 1: instant Reaction right here on the Colts Audio Network. I

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Speaker 1: am Casey Valier filling in for JJ Sakovitz, who I'm

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Speaker 1: not exactly sure where he is. He's somewhere high above

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Speaker 1: the Atlantic right now, as the Cults are on their

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Speaker 1: way back from Frankfurt, Germany, where they defeated the New

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Speaker 1: England Patriots. They headed the by sitting at five and five.

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Speaker 1: They get a victory at ten and six over the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: I'm joined by Colts Ring of water Wide receiver Bill

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Speaker 1: brooks Now. First off, Bill, before we dive into the game.

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Speaker 1: Pretty long, Dave for you, I know you had to

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Speaker 1: be up early for our local pregame show here in Indianapolis,

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Speaker 1: which started at six thirty, and you just recently wrapped

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Speaker 1: up the postgame show. So I don't want to talk

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Speaker 1: too long because frankly, you've been talking for about ten

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Speaker 1: hours on this game. But how are you feeling after

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Speaker 1: a long day?

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Speaker 3: I am feeling fine.

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Speaker 2: Actually, I was surprising for myself to be up that

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Speaker 2: in the morning for myself.

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Speaker 3: And I feel pretty good right now.

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Speaker 2: I'm real happy that the coach came back with coming

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Speaker 2: back with a win, right now, that's a big game.

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Speaker 2: Winning the game ten to six over in Jeremy's a

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Speaker 2: nice win for the team.

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Speaker 1: Oh, you're not lying there. That's one of the things

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Speaker 1: that this wasn't a game that I expected, if you will,

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Speaker 1: I didn't think it was going to be ten to

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Speaker 1: six kind of just you know, both teams take the

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Speaker 1: opening possession fifteen fifteen play drives, go and score, and

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Speaker 1: you thinking, well, you know, it might be a shorter

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Speaker 1: game because they're efficient they're running the football, but it

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Speaker 1: might be a very score heavy game. And clearly that

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Speaker 1: wasn't the case. I mean, the Colts get a touchdown,

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Speaker 1: which ultimately that touchdown would have been enough as they

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Speaker 1: win ten to six. But just initial thoughts when you

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Speaker 1: look at the score of ten to six, kind of

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Speaker 1: an ugly game. Really, you know, what were your initial

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Speaker 1: takeaways from that Colts victory?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? At first, you know, I thought, maybe, like as

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Speaker 2: you said, when each team got the ball in their

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Speaker 2: first drives and they both scored on their first drives

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Speaker 2: going down to the field beginning of the game, I thought, maybe,

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Speaker 2: you know it, it's going to be a decent scoring game.

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Speaker 2: Not low scoring, not very high, but I thought it

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Speaker 2: was going to be decent scoring. But you know, it

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Speaker 2: comes comes down to it. The Colts defense played very well,

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Speaker 2: I mean stopping, stopping the Patriots and making it difficult

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Speaker 3: I'm only holding them to six points and just doing

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Speaker 2: There was a time when the Patriots did run the ball,

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Speaker 2: especially in the second half. They did an The Patriots

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Speaker 2: a lot of credit for how they played today.

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Speaker 1: No, and that's something we'll dive into a little bit.

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Speaker 1: But I want to bring up the running game. As

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Speaker 2: one thing I'm sticking hanging my hat on right now

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Speaker 2: But the Coast got five sacks as well, so they

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Speaker 1: that was one of his keys, is red zone efficiency.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, you know, when they had to make a stop,

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Speaker 2: turnover battle, and we've talked about that for I don't

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Speaker 1: No, that's definitely one of the things that we I

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Speaker 1: ultimately the game of football it's really not rocket science.

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Speaker 1: It comes down to some pretty easy things. If you

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Speaker 1: you're gonna win all that. Today. Now we talked about

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Speaker 1: some pretty good company to join. But Dio had I mean,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he was all over the field all day today.

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Speaker 2: And you know, he played with a lot of heart,

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Speaker 2: you know, going out there playing. Quidy pay had a

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Speaker 2: The defensive line went out there, put pressure on Matt Jones,

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Speaker 2: And when you sack someone five times, that's saying a

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you look at Dio really as of late,

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Speaker 1: And then over the last handful of weeks, I mean

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Speaker 1: You haven't had that consistent pressure off the edge. Samson

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Speaker 2: Yeah, i'd be very important for the defense, especially moving

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Speaker 2: forward if you have guys like Dio playing the way

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Speaker 2: playing the way they're playing. As far as putting pressure

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Speaker 2: course we know what the forest Buckleer's gonna do in

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Speaker 1: And I know we don't want to look at the scoreboards.

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Speaker 2: Had definitely, And you know, you talk about that case

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Speaker 3: But once you do that and you have the opportunity,

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Speaker 1: And you know, I'm glad you brought up playing your

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Speaker 1: pretty gutty performance. I mean, Michael Pittman just continues to

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Speaker 1: be Michael Pittman. Eight catches for eighty four yards. He

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Speaker 1: was just that great security blanket when he needed a

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Speaker 1: big play. Michael Pittman was that guy. But then Josh

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Speaker 1: Downs came into the game with the knee you knew

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Speaker 1: he was going to be limited, and he made easily

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Speaker 1: his best catch to this point as as a rookie.

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Speaker 1: I mean that third down grab that I wouldn't say

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Speaker 1: sealed the game, but pretty darn close to sealing the

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Speaker 1: game for the Colts. Just talk about that gritty performance

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Speaker 1: of you're hurt, but you're able to off for as

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Speaker 1: much as you can, and that huge play by Josh Downs.

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Speaker 3: This is a lot about that young man.

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Speaker 2: You know, at first you're being hurt and not being

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Speaker 2: able to go out and practice and perform out in

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Speaker 2: the practice field, and for him to stay focused on

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Speaker 2: the game plan and just stay attentive to what's going

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Speaker 2: on in the classroom and not being able to go

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Speaker 2: out there and practice, but then being ready to play

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Speaker 2: and going out there and playing and just doing the

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Speaker 2: things he knows he can do out there in the

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Speaker 2: football field. And him going out there and making plays,

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Speaker 2: not playing a lot, getting there on spot duty, so

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Speaker 2: to speak, but going out there and doing his job.

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Speaker 2: It says a lot about the young man as far

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Speaker 2: as from a mental standpoint of him staying focused on

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Speaker 2: the game plan the way you need to do during

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Speaker 2: the week and for the game and then for him

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Speaker 2: to go out there in the big situation like that

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Speaker 2: and that third down, I thought, in case you're right, I'm.

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Speaker 3: Not saying it was. I'm not saying it was the

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Speaker 3: play that sealed.

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Speaker 2: The game was very important to play on third down

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Speaker 2: and his third down I think it was third and

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Speaker 2: six and I'm not third down.

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Speaker 1: So they're backed up, I mean mostly backed up.

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Speaker 3: And give Gardner Menhew some credit.

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Speaker 2: He scrambled there and bought some time and then they

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Speaker 2: hit downs and downs, dives and makes a nice catch

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Speaker 2: there and gives a coat some room to get out

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Speaker 2: and you know, get a first down and continue to

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Speaker 2: east some clock up and then go down the field,

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Speaker 2: and you know what, they did a nice job of

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Speaker 2: getting some room from themselves back from their own end zone.

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Speaker 1: You know. I think one of the things that we

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Speaker 1: have noticed the importance of this year, and I think

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Speaker 1: that's when you have the margin of air that this team. Mean,

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Speaker 1: let's be honest. I mean, I would say twenty five

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Speaker 1: to twenty eight teams are dealing with very similar margin

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Speaker 1: of airs of what the Colts are. And I think

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Speaker 1: that Rigoberto Sanchez has been so key in field position

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Speaker 1: for this team. But I mean a play like Josh downs.

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Speaker 1: What I thought that did is it you know, we

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Speaker 1: talk about it ceiling. Maybe it didn't seal it because

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Speaker 1: that wasn't the final time the offense was on the field,

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Speaker 1: and you could just take some victory formations, but what

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Speaker 1: it did is it allowed Rigoberto Sanchiz to flip the

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Speaker 1: field once again. And you saw that that Patriots offense

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Speaker 1: they had to go to Bailey Zappy because I don't

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Speaker 1: know what went on with the you know, the reason

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Speaker 1: that Mac Jones was not out there for that final drive,

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Speaker 1: but you just felt like the Patriots offense knew they

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Speaker 1: couldn't drive down the field and score a touchdown. So

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Speaker 1: that's what that did. And that's just been so key.

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Speaker 1: And Rigoberto Sanchez coming off that Achilles last year, he

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Speaker 1: has been so great for this team. But as we've

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Speaker 1: talked about, the Colts get back to five and five,

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Speaker 1: a ten to six victory over the Patriots in Germany,

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Speaker 1: and they now hit their bye week and they will

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Speaker 1: take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 1: That game is at home. So Bill, I got two

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Speaker 1: questions for you as a player your bye week, What

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Speaker 1: did you want to do? Was it completely get out

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Speaker 1: of side, out of mind, get get a week of

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Speaker 1: just you or were you still kind of dabbling in

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Speaker 1: the playbook and then you as just Bill Brooks ring

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Speaker 1: of honor. You've got a look. What does that honey

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Speaker 1: do list look like for you heading into the.

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Speaker 2: Bye Well, I'll take the first one in regardless to

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Speaker 2: me as a player. To be honest with you, I

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Speaker 2: wanted to get away from it. Back when I was playing,

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Speaker 2: we still had a couple of days we had to

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Speaker 2: practice and things like that, but when we had time off,

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Speaker 2: I wanted to get away from football.

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Speaker 3: I wanted to get away from everything about football.

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Speaker 2: I watched football a little bit on Sunday before we

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Speaker 2: had to come back, but for the most part I

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Speaker 2: got away. I just wanted to relax my mind, relax

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Speaker 2: my body, take it easy, and then do a little stretching.

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Speaker 3: That's about it.

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Speaker 2: Other than that I got away from football. This is

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Speaker 2: so I can get refreshed and be ready to go

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Speaker 2: for the remaining games. As far as my hunting do list,

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Speaker 2: I haven't got it yet. Unfortunately, I mean fortunately for me,

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Speaker 2: I haven't got it yet. But it might be unfortunately

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Speaker 2: too because I think it's going to be kind of long,

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Speaker 2: so I might want it as soon as possible so

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Speaker 2: I can get started on it.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I understand. I mean we're hosting Thanksgiving for the

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Speaker 1: second straight so we just we just moved. It was

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Speaker 1: a year in August, so our new house has got

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Speaker 1: a little bit more space, and my in laws, who

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Speaker 1: typically would host, they actually downsize, so like in the

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Speaker 1: midst of them downsizing, we have kind of not necessarily

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Speaker 1: all of the holidays, but mainly Thanksgiving, kind of just said, hey,

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Speaker 1: we've got the space. So with the bye week being

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Speaker 1: so perfectly timed before Thanksgiving, I can really lend a

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Speaker 1: helping hand to my wife. So as we prepare for

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Speaker 1: I want to say the number is probably twenty five people. Wow,

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Speaker 1: come into our house. We've got We've got like a

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Speaker 1: we bought a new table when we moved here, and

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Speaker 1: we had our old dining room table that we never

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Speaker 1: got rid of because we liked it, so it actually

549
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Speaker 1: works out perfectly. We could just bring it back in

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Speaker 1: and we've got two dining room tables and we'll have

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Speaker 1: everything set up. But I'm sure it's going to be

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Speaker 1: a lot of cleaning of the house. And getting all

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Speaker 1: that set up for me on my honeydew list. But

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Speaker 1: you know, ultimately perfect timing for the buye when it comes.

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Speaker 1: But it is perfect time, I said.

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Speaker 2: Not only is it perfect time for the players for

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Speaker 2: the buye, it's also a perfect time for your case.

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Speaker 1: To get ready for the you're not kidding there, Well, Bill,

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Speaker 1: I know it's one of those things that we always

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Speaker 1: love doing all these things. But I'm looking forward to

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Speaker 1: having some time off this week. I'm sure you are,

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Speaker 1: as sure you are. I mean, no one, as we mentioned,

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Speaker 1: nobody's gonna go plain about the buye. No one's gonna

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Speaker 1: go plain about any time off. And ultimately we could

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Speaker 1: talk about our jobs and it's not a difficult job.

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Speaker 1: But hey, I would like to give this this this

567
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Speaker 1: voice that I constantly use, just a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a break, and I'm definitely gonna do a little bit

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Speaker 1: of that this week as we head into the bye.

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Speaker 2: Well, you need to enjoy yourself, Casey, because you do

571
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Speaker 2: put a lot of work in and you know what,

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Speaker 2: you need to get away for a little bit and

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Speaker 2: so you can enjoy you and your family.

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Speaker 1: Well, I appreciate that, Bill, and hey, you do the

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Speaker 1: same Bill, you you've been working really, really hard all

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Speaker 1: day long. You've been up since I don't know, four

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Speaker 1: point thirty this morning or so, so I'm sure you're

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Speaker 1: excited to maybe hit the hay and get a little

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Speaker 1: bit of sleep in. We'll be back tomorrow back in

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Speaker 1: the building. You do a couple of things tomorrow, Tuesday,

581
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Speaker 1: a little bit on Wednesday, but I know Thursday and

582
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Speaker 1: Friday gonna take some time off. I gotta get some

583
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Speaker 1: new license plates, you know, it's that time of year.

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Speaker 1: So that's that's kind of on the agenda for later

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Speaker 1: in the week. But this has been another episode of

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Speaker 1: instant reaction. The Colts get a big victory in Germany.

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Speaker 1: They defeat the New England Patriots ten to six. They

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Speaker 1: improve to five and five for my good buddy Bill Brooks. Bill,

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate the time. Next time we do this,

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Speaker 1: we'll be after Thanksgiving JJ stakas if it's to be

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Speaker 1: back on with you. But I appreciate the time, Bill,

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Speaker 1: and make sure you listen to the Colts Audio Network

593
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Speaker 1: for all the Colts Audio that's coming up this week

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Speaker 1: and as we move on. But once again, the Colts

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Speaker 1: improved a five and five at tend to six victory

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Speaker 1: over the New England Patriots. For Bill Brooks, I've been

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Speaker 1: Casey valiant. Thanks and have a good bye week