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Speaker 1: Why Now here's the voice of the Colts, Matt Taylor,

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Speaker 1: Taylor with you until seven o'clock tonight. Following us tonight,

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Speaker 1: it's inside EU Basketball with Don Fisher and Mike Woodson.

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Speaker 1: But we're talking football now. The Colts are back in

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Speaker 1: India after a holiday win on Christmas Night over the

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. The Colts came out on top twenty two

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Speaker 1: to sixteen, and every part of the roster contributed as

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Speaker 1: depth was tested in a major way. In the days

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Speaker 1: leading up to the game, COVID nineteen flared up and

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Speaker 1: the team had to place All Pro left guard Quentin Nelson,

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Speaker 1: Bowl center Ryan Kelly would miss a second straight game

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Speaker 1: safety Carry Willis, and wide receivers Zak Pascal were added

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Speaker 1: list this morning and during the game in Arizona, the

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Speaker 1: end Jack Doyle and left tackle Eric Fisher. So the

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Speaker 1: it was X men up across the board. And credit

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Speaker 1: stepping up in a big way. A big reason why

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Speaker 1: the Colts won this game is they made less mistakes

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Speaker 1: due to COVID and injuries. Following two miss field goals

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Speaker 1: The Colts also recorded the safety after a bat snapped

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Speaker 1: And first we hear from head coach Frank Reich on

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Speaker 1: the line now, coach, First off, congrats on the win.

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Speaker 1: What was that plane ride home? Like a win on

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Speaker 1: the clutch? And Carson did just that. Indeed he did.

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Speaker 1: Let's go to the fan questions. Leave plenty of time

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Speaker 1: ever changing situation. Yeah, I think three things that keep

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Speaker 1: me very optimistic. And of course it was confirmed Saturday night,

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Speaker 1: like I couldn't leave. I've just never seen a performance

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Speaker 1: like that, guys stepping up. Number one, I'm with Joe

431
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Speaker 1: leadership wise, by Frank is always going to be the

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Speaker 1: best in the league. He's never gonna flinch, He's never

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Speaker 1: he's never gonna make an excuse. And his team. I've

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Speaker 1: always believed that a football team, no matter what the

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Speaker 1: talent level, Uh, they will reflect the attitude of their

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Speaker 1: head coach. And they do it and we're in good

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Speaker 1: hands there. Number Two, I still don't as long as

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Speaker 1: you know, a lot of it is key guys. You know,

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Speaker 1: everybody's important on a team, but there is first among equals.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Jonathan Taylor still there, Wentz is still there, Pittman, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, and uh and Hilton are still there, and

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Speaker 1: those you know, Buckner are still there. Those are critical,

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Speaker 1: critical guys. We saw what happened when a couple of

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Speaker 1: guys got opportunities. I mean, Speed played every bit as

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Speaker 1: good as our starting linebackers. Odom played a tremendous football

446
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Speaker 1: game and maybe this starter anyway when they come back.

447
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Speaker 1: So I mean that stuff really can't happen, you know,

448
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Speaker 1: you know it really it really can happen. So you know,

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Speaker 1: I feel, you know, still we're okay. You know, Chris

450
00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,120
Speaker 1: will have to patch it, He'll have to find another safety.

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Speaker 1: We didn't know, we never heard of a die till Sunday,

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Speaker 1: and he went in there and played his tail off.

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Speaker 1: So you know, our group over there has shown the

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Speaker 1: ability to adapt. I believe this, and I've said this

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Speaker 1: in the last couple of weeks. I believe that we

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Speaker 1: have the best fifty three man roster in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: That is not to say that other people don't have

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Speaker 1: maybe an element or elements better than we do, But

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Speaker 1: I don't think anybody has a better fifty two man

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Speaker 1: roster the fifty three man roster because of the way

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Speaker 1: Chris is drafted on the third day and undrafted three

462
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Speaker 1: as and so if anybody's going to survive it with

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Speaker 1: those factors in mind, it's the cults. Well, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: have to monitor this situation all week long because of

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Speaker 1: those vaccinations. Status is, we're not going to know who's

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Speaker 1: in who's out probably until game time on Sunday against

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Speaker 1: the Raiders. And like we said, it's a huge game

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Speaker 1: against Vegas this Sunday because if the Colts win, they

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Speaker 1: will clinch a playoff berth here in week number seventeen.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about some signature moments we talked about,

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Speaker 1: you know, all that the Colts did not play with

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Speaker 1: on Saturday night, on Christmas Night and Arizona and then

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Speaker 1: again the list has grown today. But I mean guys

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Speaker 1: that stepped up in a big way. You guys have

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Speaker 1: already mentioned a handful of names. Isaiah Rodgers, George odom Des,

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Speaker 1: Been Patman with that first career touchdown, Jalil Lady, Danny Pinter,

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Speaker 1: Chris Reid, just to name a few. I mean, Chris Ballard, Joe.

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Speaker 1: He's been hard on himself late in seasons in the past,

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Speaker 1: when death has been tested, He's been open about thinking, hey,

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Speaker 1: maybe he should have done something different in terms of

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Speaker 1: moves during training camp or the off season or throughout

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Speaker 1: the season. But this time, man, the depth of the

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Speaker 1: team really came through in the clutch. So when you

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Speaker 1: talk about shining moments or signature moments, was this Chris

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Speaker 1: Ballard's signature moment as a GM putting together a roster

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Speaker 1: that could withstand that much attrition and still win a

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Speaker 1: huge game late in the season. I'm gonna say it's

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Speaker 1: his signature moment for now. And what I mean by

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Speaker 1: that is you want to have your signature moments in January,

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Speaker 1: and hopefully this team keeps playing long into January and February.

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Speaker 1: But I think up to this point, when you think

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Speaker 1: about what the Colts went through, when you think about

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Speaker 1: just mentally, emotionally, spiritually, what they were doing. You're gone

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Speaker 1: from your family on Christmas, even Christmas night, You're playing

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Speaker 1: a team that really needed to win more than you did,

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Speaker 1: and coming off an embarrassing performance in Detroit, who gave

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Speaker 1: us their best shot. It was so impressive to me

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Speaker 1: how that roster came together, in the belief that was

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Speaker 1: there from guys one to fifty three. That's why after

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Speaker 1: the game, you know Jim Ursey, who has as good

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Speaker 1: as pulse of any owner in the NFL on the

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Speaker 1: football side of things, he gave Chris a game ball,

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Speaker 1: and that game ball meant something because he knows it

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Speaker 1: was the back half of that roster. It was the

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Speaker 1: depth as coach said, it was the Day two and

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Speaker 1: Day three draft as signing a free agents that got

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Speaker 1: them that win. And let's just talk about the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: At one point, all five guys are out during the game,

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Speaker 1: and you know, one of the best, if not best

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Speaker 1: blocking tight ends, Jack Doyle, you still found a way

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Speaker 1: to get it done. Why is that because you have

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Speaker 1: guys like Danny Pinter, Chris Reid, Matt pryor you know

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Speaker 1: your lineman who are eight, nine and ten. And I

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Speaker 1: know Chris understands this better than any GM. You're only

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Speaker 1: as good as your seventh, eighth nine offensive lineman because

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Speaker 1: injuries are going to happen. But the fact that those

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Speaker 1: guys got a lot of snaps in training camp, the

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Speaker 1: fact that they all cross train and play different positions,

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Speaker 1: they were able to go in there and hold up.

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Speaker 1: And you know what it really told me about the

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Speaker 1: old line. Matt is Wentz did not seem different at all.

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Speaker 1: And you know, as a quarterback mentally, when Quenton Nelson's

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Speaker 1: not there, when your center's not there, that's gonna do

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Speaker 1: something to you a little bit mentally. Even if they're

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Speaker 1: playing the same physically as the other guys. The fact

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Speaker 1: that Wentz didn't flinch, and the fact that I felt

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Speaker 1: Wentz got more comfortable as the game went on behind

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Speaker 1: you know, so called patchwork offensive line told me a

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Speaker 1: lot about how much faith he has in those guys,

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Speaker 1: and that's something certainly I'm gonna keep an eye on

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Speaker 1: which of those five guys are gonna be able to play.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully you get a couple back off the COVID list.

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Speaker 1: Maybe Ryan Kelly makes his return this week. But you

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Speaker 1: got guys like Pinter and Red and Prior, you know,

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Speaker 1: six to seven eight that are capable and playing starting

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Speaker 1: eleven football again, you go back. I think this was

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Speaker 1: Chris's signature moment for now, and hopefully you're adding another

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Speaker 1: signature moment or two as we get into the playoffs

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Speaker 1: in January. Yeah, there's no question in my mind. You know,

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Speaker 1: normally you don't have a signature moment till you win

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Speaker 1: championships or you know, more than one championship. But with

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Speaker 1: COVID and the situation and the scenario that developed Saturday night,

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's any question that this is the

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Speaker 1: signature moment so far in his career. And there's nobody better.

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Speaker 1: You know, I talked to Chris all the time, all

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Speaker 1: the time. I know how he thinks there is nobody

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Speaker 1: better in this league. I mean, all you got to

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Speaker 1: do is look at that game and look at look

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Speaker 1: at three things. Look at number one. Okay, he trades

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Speaker 1: or Wentz and Buckner. Those are his number ones. His

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Speaker 1: number two's are Taylor and Pittman, and then his number

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Speaker 1: threes and undrafted free agents were guys that patched into

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Speaker 1: that offensive line, like Joe's talking about, played their tail off.

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Speaker 1: We had one issue, actually had two issues I'll get

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Speaker 1: into later on the left side, but even Fisher was

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Speaker 1: struggling with Jones, and we had some blitz issues. But

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Speaker 1: our offensive line played very, very well, almost amazingly so.

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Speaker 1: And those guys and then the Speeds and the Odoms

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Speaker 1: and even a guy that we forget that played really

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Speaker 1: good in that last four minutes was Rogers. I mean,

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Speaker 1: there are so many of those guys, those third day

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Speaker 1: guys that came in there and played and did such

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Speaker 1: a good job. And the other thing I'm gonna give

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Speaker 1: Chris a lot of credit for. Okay, you know, when

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Speaker 1: you're when you're number two in the league and penalties,

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Speaker 1: it means you're smart. And you're disciplined. Now, a lot

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Speaker 1: of that is coaching, There's no question about some of

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Speaker 1: that is coaching, but more importantly, and know what it

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Speaker 1: is because I've coached good teams that way and bad

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Speaker 1: teams that way, and I was the same guy. Is

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Speaker 1: Ballard brings guys in here that have football intelligence, football

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Speaker 1: IQ and football character, and that is what makes the difference.

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Speaker 1: You've seen both the Patriots and the Cardinals come apart

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Speaker 1: at the seams in critical situation, and that is the

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Speaker 1: silent killer. And not only just putting that fifty three

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Speaker 1: man roster, which I think is the best, but the

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Speaker 1: type of guys he's brought in have been conducive to smart,

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Speaker 1: efficient football. Indeed, that's Rick Van Terry and Joe Rights

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Speaker 1: here on Colt's Roundtable Live tonight. I'm Matt Taylor ninety

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Speaker 1: three five and one oh seven five the Fan, and

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Speaker 1: we're talking about signature moments. We talked about Chris Ballard.

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Speaker 1: How about Carson Wentz Because he played behind four non

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Speaker 1: starters for most of the game on that offensive line.

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Speaker 1: He started the second half a little bit shaky, as

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Speaker 1: you alluded to, Rick just one for six passing. The

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Speaker 1: Cardinals making it hard to generate some big plays in

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Speaker 1: the running game with Jonathan Taylor, so it became clear

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Speaker 1: the Colts needed their quarterback to make some plays late

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Speaker 1: in that game, and he delivered some big time throws

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Speaker 1: in that second half. He had a twenty yard pass

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Speaker 1: to Pittman, a thirty seven yard completion to mo Alei Cox,

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Speaker 1: a thirty one yard completion to t Y Hilton. But

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Speaker 1: the Colts found themselves up by only two, needing a

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Speaker 1: touchdown with just over six minutes to play. On a

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Speaker 1: third down, Wentz bought some time. He rolled to his left.

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Speaker 1: He fired that throw perfectly, an off platform throw to

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Speaker 1: Desmond Patman back of the end zone for the game

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Speaker 1: ceiling touchdown. Put it where only his guy could get it. Rick.

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Speaker 1: Was that Wentz's signature moment so far in a Colts

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Speaker 1: uniform this season? Well, it was. And he's played a

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Speaker 1: lot better than people give him credit. I mean, this

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Speaker 1: guy is the number six quarterback in the league in

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Speaker 1: QBR in fifty nine eight. I mean, you know, he's

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Speaker 1: sixty sixty three percent completions in ninety sixty four. I

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Speaker 1: mean he's had several several games over one hundred passer rating.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think he's played a lot better than

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Speaker 1: people actually recognize. To be honest with you, I think

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Speaker 1: it's a little bit overshadowed by the great Jonathan Taylor.

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Speaker 1: But in the end of the day, to me, I

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Speaker 1: always have graded a quarterback in three situations, okay, because

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Speaker 1: these are these are the situations that make or break you.

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Speaker 1: Third down, red zone, and the fourth quarter. And what

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Speaker 1: we all remember is the fourth quarter. Guys that have

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Speaker 1: made it over the years with those great fourth quarter drives.

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Speaker 1: And to me, to go down there and after struggling

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Speaker 1: and sailing the ball to come into that fourth quarter,

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Speaker 1: I think Frank did a good job. Frank moved him

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Speaker 1: away from traffic a little bit, got him going, and

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Speaker 1: we finally had to work on those outside quarters. I

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Speaker 1: was talking about the whole game. There were just too

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Speaker 1: many guys inside there. But once we went to work

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Speaker 1: out there, he made three critical plays and then the

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Speaker 1: signature thrilled. There is no question that is a great play.

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Speaker 1: There's not many quarterbacks in our league today that can

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Speaker 1: make that off platform, off that back foot and throw

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Speaker 1: an absolute rope in there at the patment. I mean that,

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Speaker 1: you know, and to do it on a national stage,

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Speaker 1: depleted as we were. You dog on right, that's a

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Speaker 1: signature moment. I agree one hundred percent, Coach. I think

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Speaker 1: you mentioned the most important stat. Wentz is sixth in

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Speaker 1: the NFL in total QBR and if you take away

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Speaker 1: the first three games when he didn't play well, which

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Speaker 1: really was kind of his training camp, I mean, he's

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Speaker 1: in the top three. And then the other stat. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's funny to me when I talk about Colts fans

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Speaker 1: and they're concerned about Wentz, you know, not taking care

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Speaker 1: of the ball. There's two quarterbacks right now in the

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Speaker 1: NFL that have twenty five or more touchdowns and have

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Speaker 1: thrown six or less interceptions. Number one is he may

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Speaker 1: be the MVP. Now, I would argue Jonathan Taylor needs

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Speaker 1: to get more love there, but Aaron Rodgers and number

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Speaker 1: two is Carson Wentz. And so he's taking care of

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Speaker 1: the football at a high level. His QBR is at

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Speaker 1: a high level. But to your point, Coach, this signature

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter moment. He really needed that, and that's gonna

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Speaker 1: do wonders for him and this team's confidence in the

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Speaker 1: playoffs because you did it on the road, national TV,

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Speaker 1: a game you had to have and the culture gonna

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Speaker 1: have to go on the road the first round of

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Speaker 1: the playoffs and you're gonna be in another one of

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Speaker 1: those high pressure environments, and they're gonna be able to

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Speaker 1: reflect back on this moment Christmas Night and know that

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Speaker 1: even though Wentz was a little shaky to start the

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Speaker 1: second half, when they needed that drive in the fourth quarter,

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Speaker 1: he delivered it. And that's what you know. The best

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Speaker 1: coach in any sport of all time, in my opinions,

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Speaker 1: John Wooden, and John Wooden has his pyramid of success,

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Speaker 1: you know, at the very top of that pyramid, the pinnacle.

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Speaker 1: It's the attribute competitive greatness, be at your best when

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Speaker 1: your best is needed. And Wentz's best was absolutely needed

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Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter on that drive Christmas Night, and

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Speaker 1: he delivered in that moment. And to me, I think

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Speaker 1: that again, just like Chris Bauert, it's a signature moment

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Speaker 1: for now, and you hope that it's the first of

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Speaker 1: some more signature moments you're going to stack on top

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Speaker 1: of it as we get into January. Football. That's good conversation,

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Speaker 1: really good breakdown on some signature moments stemming from the

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Speaker 1: Arizona game on Saturday night. The Colts are nine and six.

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Speaker 1: They're winners of eight of their last ten. When we

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Speaker 1: come back, we're gonna open up the mailbag and talk

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Speaker 1: about the Raiders up next, the Colts COVID situation and

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Speaker 1: their personnel at safety. That's all on the way when

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Speaker 1: we come back. Rick vent Terry, Joe writes, I'm Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 1: them in using hashtag Holts round Table again with Rick

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Speaker 1: vent Terry and Joe Wright sim Matt Taylor. We're with

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Speaker 1: you until seven o'clock tonight. We got a lot of

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Speaker 1: good questions already submitted ahead of time, and we're taking

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Speaker 1: your questions again until seven. Randy is up first. How

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Speaker 1: do we get EJ. Speed on the field more when

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Speaker 1: Darius Leonard comes back? I saw no drop off there.

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Speaker 1: And should George Odom be our starting safety despite our

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Speaker 1: injuries in COVID situation at safety? Rick, what do you

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Speaker 1: think about Odom and Speed? Man? I'll tell you I'm

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Speaker 1: right on there with Randy. I'll tell you what. These

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Speaker 1: are two classic examples of what I talk about that

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Speaker 1: fifty three man roster and how good it is. I mean, basically, EJ.

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Speaker 1: Speed was a fifth you know, fifth round draft pick.

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Speaker 1: I remember Chris saying, I want you to take a

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Speaker 1: look at this kid from Tarlton the way back go

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Speaker 1: in where the hell is looked at him. He was

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Speaker 1: just a great you know, he was a kid, just

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Speaker 1: a terrific athlete playing, you know, and they just played

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Speaker 1: it all over. He didn't really have a position, but

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Speaker 1: Chris really liked He saw the talent, you know in

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Speaker 1: that guy, and he can absolutely play. And I think

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Speaker 1: it's really helped him that he's been able to sit

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Speaker 1: for two years behind those guys. He's his way in

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Speaker 1: special teams and if you notice he's actually been sneaking

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Speaker 1: into the game quite a bit lately. He's actually been

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Speaker 1: in a lot and I think Randy's absolutely right now

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Speaker 1: he will you know what you miss with Leonard. What

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Speaker 1: you miss with Leonard is that he has the phenomenal

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Speaker 1: ability to turn the ball over like nobody else in

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Speaker 1: the league. So you know that is irreplaceable. But as

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Speaker 1: far as linebacker play, there was no drop off. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's absolutely a hitter. He's probably a little bit better

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Speaker 1: at the point. I mean, he made good plays in space.

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Speaker 1: The one down that he closed on Murray and space

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Speaker 1: and forced a bad throw was terrific. He just played

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Speaker 1: his tail off. My suggestion, it is difficult to get

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Speaker 1: him all in a game. You can play him at

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Speaker 1: SAM instead of Franklin, but Franklin does a good job

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Speaker 1: at SAM. He's made for it. What I would try

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Speaker 1: to do, because we are still struggling with four man rush,

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Speaker 1: we're still not getting anything. I would play a little

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Speaker 1: bit more three two nickel and basically use speed Okarakea

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Speaker 1: and Leonard in there together, and so you know, one

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Speaker 1: of them is the dime, one of them is the mic,

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Speaker 1: and one of them is the spinner. And you know,

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Speaker 1: Joe talk has talked about this, you can blitz from it.

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Speaker 1: You can bring one of them because they're all can

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Speaker 1: replace one another, and that might be a way to

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Speaker 1: go to really create problems and get a little bit

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Speaker 1: of four man rush. And then Odom just I mean

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Speaker 1: he's another guy, I mean Central Arkansas. I mean, he's

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Speaker 1: another guy that they found as an undrafted free agent.

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Speaker 1: He's been you know, he's he's an All Pro special

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Speaker 1: teams guy, so he's already had an impact. But he

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Speaker 1: played great. I mean, I really believe that he made

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Speaker 1: a play on that deep over route where he cut

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Speaker 1: off the angle and knocked that ball down and that

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Speaker 1: ball was really close if they get that going, and

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure anybody can make that play on our

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Speaker 1: safety list except Blackman. And so I honestly to believe

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Speaker 1: if we got Kyrie Willis back. Kyrie plays so well

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Speaker 1: around the box and don't get me wrongs and Djoe

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00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 1: is a really tough box guy, but he's not a

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Speaker 1: good deep field guy. And after watching, after watching Odom

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Speaker 1: do that, and I've seen Odom do that a lot

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Speaker 1: in training camp with the two unit is, I believe

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Speaker 1: he probably should be the free safety along with Willis

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Speaker 1: when we're totally healthy. But again, third day undrafted free agent,

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Speaker 1: and Joe knows us. It just shows you sometimes when

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Speaker 1: a guy gets an opportunity, you don't know what you

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Speaker 1: have till that guy goes out and plays. But those

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Speaker 1: two guys, they just didn't fill in. They filled in

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Speaker 1: and played like game changers. Out. All right, let's go

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Speaker 1: back to the mail bag. One more question here on

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Speaker 1: this segment, Nigel is asking we have great backup depth

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Speaker 1: at the interior offensive line positions. Why do you think

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Speaker 1: it's been hard for us to find quality depth at

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Speaker 1: tackle this season when we've needed it. Joe, I'll let

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Speaker 1: you tackle that. But just from my untrained eye, I

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Speaker 1: can tell you everybody's looking for tackle depth in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: It's hard to come by. Man. That's exactly what I

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Speaker 1: was gonna say. All thirty two teams are always looking

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Speaker 1: for tackle depth. And the reality is it's just harder

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Speaker 1: to play tackle than guard in the NFL. And it's

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Speaker 1: because you know, you can be a six one or

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Speaker 1: six two six three guard and play and do fine,

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Speaker 1: but in most tackles are six six to six s

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Speaker 1: eight and you got to have a certain combination of

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Speaker 1: size and length and strength and speed, and they're just

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Speaker 1: harder to come by. You know. I had an old

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Speaker 1: coach and say, hey, left tackles are born and they're

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Speaker 1: made by God. The other four positions you can make

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Speaker 1: by man. And I think there's some truth to some

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Speaker 1: of that statement. But what I will say is the

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Speaker 1: Colts do have great depth on the interior. They have

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Speaker 1: great depth across the offensive line. I think that's part

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Speaker 1: you know, the signings, and also it's they do a

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Speaker 1: great job of cross training those guys during training camp.

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Speaker 1: You play different positions. Let's not forget about Kevin Mawai,

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Speaker 1: who came over the assistant offensive line coach. He's done

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Speaker 1: a great job with the development some of those second

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Speaker 1: unit guys, Prior and Pinter and Read. And I think

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Speaker 1: the nice thing for the Colts is they have options.

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Speaker 1: So depending on what shakes out Sunday against Vegas, you

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Speaker 1: know who's gonna be up. I mean, you got guys.

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Speaker 1: I mean Quinn Nelson could slide out to left tackle

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Speaker 1: if he can play. I mean Braden Smith, he's the

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Speaker 1: right tackle, but in a pinch, he could probably play

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Speaker 1: left tackle. And Prior, you know, he started and played

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Speaker 1: really well at right tackle. I thought Prior struggled at

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Speaker 1: times at right guard, but it's his first start at

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Speaker 1: right guard. And the thing about guard, things happen quicker.

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Speaker 1: You know, at tackle again it's a little bit harder,

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Speaker 1: but interial at guard it just happens faster. And that

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Speaker 1: first transition game from tackle to guard is always tough.

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Speaker 1: If Prior starts again at right guard, he'll have a

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Speaker 1: better game because he's used to things happen a little

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Speaker 1: bit quicker in a little bit tighter spaces. So bottom line,

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Speaker 1: the real thing that the Colts fans need to know

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Speaker 1: is they have really eight to nine starting offensive lineman

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Speaker 1: caliber athletes, and they're not all starting. You know, Pinter's

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Speaker 1: Chris Reid is a starter. Now, they haven't started every game.

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Speaker 1: But the nice thing is in a pinch, you're not

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Speaker 1: going to have that huge drop off from your first

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Speaker 1: unit to second unit, and I think we saw that

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Speaker 1: Saturday night against Arizona. All right, let's take a quick

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Speaker 1: time out. We'll talk about the AFC playoff picture and

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Speaker 1: the Raiders coming up in week number seventeen on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: It's a monster game for both teams. The Raiders needed desperately,

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Speaker 1: and the Colts can clinch a playoff spot with a

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Speaker 1: win on Sunday. We'll talk about all of that when

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Speaker 1: we come back for the final time. You're on Colts

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Speaker 1: Round Table Live on ninety three five and one oh

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Speaker 1: seven five The Fan. Welcome back to Colts Round Table

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Speaker 1: Here's Matt Taylor, the Voice of the Colts. We're back

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Speaker 1: again for the final time on Colts Round Table Live

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Speaker 1: look at the week seventeen AFC Playoffs standings. The Chiefs

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Speaker 1: are at eleven and four. They've clinched the AFC West

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Speaker 1: for the sixth straight season. They became the first AFC

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Speaker 1: team to clinch a playoffs spot. The Titans are at

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Speaker 1: ten and five. Their magic number is one, a combination

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Speaker 1: of Titans wins and Colts losses the rest of the

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Speaker 1: way in the final two games of the season. The

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Speaker 1: Bengals at nine and six. They're at the three spot

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Speaker 1: in the AFC, the Bills at the four spot at

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Speaker 1: nine and six. They are winning the AFC East by

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Speaker 1: virtue of their big win on Sunday over the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: The Colts at nine and six, they win the tiebreaker

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Speaker 1: over New England based on their head to head win.

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Speaker 1: The Patriots are nine and six, they are at the

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Speaker 1: sixth spot, the second wildcard team in the AFC, and

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Speaker 1: the Ravens are eight and seven. They are the last

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Speaker 1: playoff team as of now, but the Chargers and Raiders

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Speaker 1: are right there. Both of those teams are eight and

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Speaker 1: evan as well, so Joe. The Raiders won on Sunday

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Speaker 1: over the Broncos. This game between the Colts and Raiders, man,

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Speaker 1: it's a monster right because if you look at it,

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Speaker 1: should Vegas win, the Colts and Vegas would be nine

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Speaker 1: and seven and they would have identical records in the

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Speaker 1: AFC at seven and four, So the tiebreaker obviously would

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Speaker 1: come down to the head to head outcome, where the

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Speaker 1: Raiders would hold the edge, so the Raiders know this

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Speaker 1: is pretty much an elimination game for them. If the

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Speaker 1: Colts win, they're in the playoffs. There is a lot

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Speaker 1: on the line on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. Huge game,

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Speaker 1: and I still think the Colts they just need to

859
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Speaker 1: win one and get in their conference record as such

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Speaker 1: that if you had one of the next two, you'll

861
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Speaker 1: be in the playoffs. But you want to keep your momentum.

862
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Speaker 1: You're fighting for seating at this point, and to me,

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Speaker 1: that's the real key for the Colts. We know that,

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Speaker 1: you know, unless something crazy happens in Tennessee, they're gonna

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Speaker 1: win the division. But then you're looking at we're gonna

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Speaker 1: have a first round road game, and in my opinion,

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Speaker 1: you don't want to have to play Kansas City, and

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Speaker 1: I would like to not go back to Buffalo, you know,

869
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Speaker 1: And so hopefully you get that five spot, you know,

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Speaker 1: depending what happens with Tennessee and they play Miami next week.

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Speaker 1: But would love to get another shot at Tennessee or

872
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Speaker 1: play that AFC North winner on the road, and the

873
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:10,360
Speaker 1: AFC North is still completely up for grabs. I know

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Speaker 1: the Bengals played well against the third string Ravens quarterback.

875
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:16,440
Speaker 1: But Cincinnati hosts the Chiefs this week, then they have

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Speaker 1: to go to Cleveland. Cleveland sitting at seven and eight

877
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:20,719
Speaker 1: right now, but if they win their next two, they'll

878
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Speaker 1: have the tiebreaker over Cincinnati. The Colts could theoretical. We've

879
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:25,759
Speaker 1: been playing in Cleveland the first round, so so much

880
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,840
Speaker 1: stuff is gonna shake out. It's awful exciting to you know,

881
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:32,399
Speaker 1: the playoffs, the projections, the scenarios, but bottom line, Colts

882
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:34,319
Speaker 1: stuff to take care of business. And you mentioned at

883
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:38,000
Speaker 1: Matt started that question, this is a playoff game for Vegas.

884
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Speaker 1: We're gonna get their best shot. The Colts got to

885
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 1: take care of business at one o'clock and then you're

886
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Speaker 1: gonna rest a little bit easier going into that last

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Speaker 1: week knowing that you can clinch a playoff berth this Sunday.

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Speaker 1: And that's the message that's gonna be where all the

889
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,960
Speaker 1: focus is. We can clinch our spot in the dance

890
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Speaker 1: in the wide open AFC if we beat Vegas at

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Speaker 1: home on Sunday at one o'clock. All right, Rick, we

892
00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 1: got about a minute left. The Raids have been up

893
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:03,240
Speaker 1: and down all season, but they have won two games

894
00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 1: in a row they have. They're not scoring a lot

895
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Speaker 1: of points, but they have one of the more underrated

896
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Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the NFL in my opinion, and Derek Carr,

897
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Speaker 1: so give us the skinny on Vegas heading into week

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Speaker 1: number seventeen. Here, Well, it's a very dangerous opponent because

899
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Speaker 1: when you look at the big pictures, the stats will

900
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Speaker 1: give you one perspective, but when you look at their team,

901
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:25,920
Speaker 1: it's a little bit different. They've ground out two wins

902
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 1: to get in the hunt, and so we're going to

903
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 1: get a very highly motivated team, as you guys just chronicle,

904
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Speaker 1: big big game. Derek Carr have great respect for him.

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Speaker 1: You and I have talked about this for years. Matt

906
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Speaker 1: this is probably the most underrated quarterback in the National

907
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:45,120
Speaker 1: Football League. On a given day, he can play better

908
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:47,680
Speaker 1: than all of them. If he gets hot. We saw

909
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:51,880
Speaker 1: it two years ago. He can absolutely shred you. Jacobs

910
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:54,400
Speaker 1: went over one hundred this week at running back, and

911
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:58,319
Speaker 1: Renfro is the best possession receiver in the National Football League,

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Speaker 1: So there's a skill. They're on defense. Their numbers are bad,

913
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Speaker 1: but they've played much better the last two weeks, and

914
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Speaker 1: they have two really good edge rushers. They have Crosby

915
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Speaker 1: on their left side, who will be on our right tackle,

916
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Speaker 1: who have six sacks and is a very good edge guy.

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Speaker 1: And then we have in Gockway it seems like we

918
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Speaker 1: played against him five thousand times. He is on their

919
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Speaker 1: right side with nine sacks. So those two guys combine

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Speaker 1: for fifteen sacks. So you know this is this is

921
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Speaker 1: going to be another big game. You know, as we said,

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Speaker 1: the Colts have been in the playoffs since Week five,

923
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Speaker 1: and it does not lighten up right here. As I said,

924
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Speaker 1: when you're playing against a Derek Carr, you have to

925
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Speaker 1: have your guns flaming and be ready to go. All right,

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Speaker 1: we gotta run tonight. That's all the time. We have

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Speaker 1: Fella's great job as always, Rick vent Terry and Joe Wrights.

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Speaker 1: My thanks to those guys and Frank Reich and all

929
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Speaker 1: that twitted in their questions tonight here on Colt's Roundtable Live.

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Speaker 1: Do it every Monday night in the regular season and

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Speaker 1: hopefully as long as the Colts are in action in

932
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Speaker 1: the postseason as well. In the month of January. Will

933
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Speaker 1: have more on the Colts and the Raiders all week

934
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Speaker 1: long on these airwaves. But inside IU basketball is coming

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Speaker 1: up next Have a great night everybody, and we will

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Speaker 1: talk to you on this show next Monday on Colts

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Speaker 1: Roundtable Live on ninety three five and one oh seven

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Speaker 1: five to Fan good ninet