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Speaker 1: one for the summer of twenty twenty two, and it

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Speaker 1: has been a blast. This reminder preseason Game two is

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Speaker 1: And as always, we start out the Colts Happy Hour

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Speaker 1: here with our Voice of the Colts, Matt Taylor and

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Speaker 1: his conversation with Frank Reich. Matt, thank you, jam Via.

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Speaker 1: It's time now for the head coach's Report with head

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Speaker 1: tomorrow against the Lions. You had two joint practices with

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Speaker 1: from your standpoint? Yeah, just excellent work in every phase, Matt.

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Speaker 1: In two days, you're able to hit you know, all

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Speaker 1: the normal first and second down stuff, really good competitive

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Speaker 1: talk about that situational work, How pleased were you with

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Speaker 1: some of those situational periods the offense got in this week,

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Speaker 1: You know, That's what we were talking about last night,

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Speaker 1: mental the playbook, mastery, the command of the offense. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: I mean he's really worked incredibly hard, you know, to

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Speaker 1: his favorite target right now certainly is Michael Pittman Junior.

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Speaker 1: Haven't played a home game in over two hundred days, coach,

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Speaker 1: this second preseason game against Detroit? We want to see all,

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Speaker 1: of that maybe you took to social media with that.

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Speaker 1: We didn't see um that, Like you guys didn't see

431
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Speaker 1: is I am a big fisherman, whether it's fly fishing,

432
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Speaker 1: saltwater fishing, freshwater fishing, spear fishing. So I actually owned

433
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Speaker 1: my own twenty three foot center console boat that I

434
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Speaker 1: go fishing on and I just have a blast. Where's

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Speaker 1: that thing? Doc? That is doct in Huntington, California. Ah,

436
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Speaker 1: So yeah, you're you're more of a saltwater fisherman then, see,

437
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Speaker 1: I'm with you on that. Like, I don't know if

438
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Speaker 1: I could grab a rod and go out to like

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Speaker 1: a lake and catch a blue gill or something but

440
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Speaker 1: I could do what you're doing right there, man, That

441
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Speaker 1: makes it more exciting. Yeah. So actually this summer I

442
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Speaker 1: caught a four hundred pound blue marlin in um Kawaii,

443
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Speaker 1: and then I came back to California and caught a

444
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Speaker 1: seventy pound bluefin and had a blast. So did you

445
00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,919
Speaker 1: process that stuff and take it home too? Especially the

446
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Speaker 1: blue find? You take it home? The bluefin? Yes, the marlin.

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00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,600
Speaker 1: They actually kept it because I don't really like to

448
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Speaker 1: eat bill fish. Um, and I guess the fish had

449
00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:19,080
Speaker 1: gotten a little too hot and they said that it

450
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Speaker 1: wasn't going to live, So they actually ended up keeping

451
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Speaker 1: it and gave it to a bunch of locals. Oh now,

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Speaker 1: how many people did it take to help you reel

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Speaker 1: that in? Was it all you? Or did you have

454
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Speaker 1: some help that? Was it a team effort? No? So

455
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Speaker 1: it was all me. I have it on film, and

456
00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:38,440
Speaker 1: the film is like twenty three minutes long. Dude, don't

457
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Speaker 1: don't let don't let ballad of anybody see that, because

458
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Speaker 1: they'll have something in your contract and the next one

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Speaker 1: about it, especially that marlin. That marlin thing can be

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Speaker 1: a little hairy, right experience? Well, yeah, I mean, I

461
00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:51,439
Speaker 1: mean like those fish like get jumping and then they

462
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Speaker 1: jump in the boat. It's like you better watch out,

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Speaker 1: no doubt. It's Michael Pittman Junior' always a fantastic conversation

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Speaker 1: It's always fantastic catching up with you here in Indian.

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Speaker 1: We'll do it again over the course of the season. Michael,

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Speaker 1: up tomorrow afternoon. Back up to the backup quarterback, Sam

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Speaker 1: Ellinger is with the guys. Fellas, go ahead, all right, fans,

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Speaker 1: we are joined now by Sam Ellinger. I'm gonna look forward, Sam,

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Speaker 1: because I love doing that with your career, but I

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Speaker 1: want to look back for a second. Buffalo comes up,

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Speaker 1: You're ready, getting your reps out there and absolutely moving

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Speaker 1: the ball, keeping the chains moving as well, scoring touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: throwing touchdowns. Did that afternoon blossom into the way that

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Speaker 1: Sam Ellinger thought at kickoff? Absolutely? Absolutely, I mean to

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Speaker 1: get back out there and just play. To be out

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Speaker 1: there with the teammates in Buffalo, love that stadium, playing

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Speaker 1: against a great team. It was awesome to get back

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Speaker 1: out there, and you know, really work so hard all

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Speaker 1: the all offseason thinking about that moment to be able

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Speaker 1: to get out there and let it, let it loose

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Speaker 1: and you know, have a good performance. It felt really good.

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Speaker 1: But this is to you not new because you've played

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Speaker 1: as a you know, early in your high school career,

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden, Sam's a leader. Go to Texas,

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Speaker 1: Sam's a leader. As a freshman, you come up here,

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Speaker 1: you got a fight between a couple of guys. You

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Speaker 1: just keep showing up. What's that mentality all about? I

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Speaker 1: think it's just being ready in the momentum, controlling the

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Speaker 1: controlling what you can control. Um, you know, there's so

528
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Speaker 1: many outside external circumstances that nobody has control over, and

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Speaker 1: all you have a control of is yourself and the

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Speaker 1: way that you prepare and are you going to be

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Speaker 1: ready in the moment. And you know, going into this

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00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,960
Speaker 1: training camp, I knew reps would be limited, but um,

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Speaker 1: I think my mentality was kind of sniper mentality. Yeah.

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00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,600
Speaker 1: You know, snipers get one shot, one kill, and so

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Speaker 1: you know, just taking it take Oh. I love just

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00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,480
Speaker 1: taking advantage of every rep. That's what That's what I'm

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Speaker 1: trying to say. So good. That goes over a lot

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Speaker 1: of things. If you're an outdoorsman, I mean, if you're

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Speaker 1: a better man, if you get sometimes you only get

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Speaker 1: one shot. I know, that's exactly right. I love it.

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Speaker 1: So So a lot of people are talking great idea,

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00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:39,119
Speaker 1: great stuff out of Sam and week one and stuff

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Speaker 1: she's heat a battle? Is he a backup to Matt Ryan?

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00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 1: Stuff like that. And then I look over at the

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00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:43,919
Speaker 1: lunch table and you and Nick Foles are having a

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00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,360
Speaker 1: good old lunch, just talking away at the same time.

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00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:47,840
Speaker 1: I know they're friends of yours, but you're learning a

548
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,920
Speaker 1: lot from these two better and consolutely no question. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's very unique that you get to be

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Speaker 1: on a roster with Super Bowl MVP and a League MVP. UM,

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00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 1: and both of the goes. Those guys obviously have years

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Speaker 1: of experience. And you know, Nick and I went to

553
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Speaker 1: the same high school. Wow, he's ten years older than me.

554
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 1: So growing up it was him and Drew Brees. We

555
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,359
Speaker 1: all went to the same high school. We're all ten

556
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Speaker 1: years apart. So Drew as ten years older than Nick

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00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,359
Speaker 1: and Nick ten years older than me. And so just

558
00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:15,080
Speaker 1: to be in the room with guys like that, to

559
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,239
Speaker 1: be able to soak up you know, whether it be

560
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 1: the way they carry themselves, um, the xs and os.

561
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Speaker 1: Just trying to soak up as much information as possible

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Speaker 1: and learn as much as I can. And Kyl and

563
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:25,879
Speaker 1: Granton too, right, went to your high school and you

564
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 1: guys were teammate, Yeah, Kyl and we were teammates in

565
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,600
Speaker 1: high school, so we got on this roster. We have

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Speaker 1: three guys that went to US high school. You have

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Speaker 1: two guys from two guys playing the same position from

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Speaker 1: DeMatha High School in Maryland and Nick Cross and Ronnie

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Speaker 1: McCleod man. I love it. It's so cool. I want

570
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Speaker 1: to talk about you though, going going back to this

571
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 1: time last year, Sam, how much more comfortable would you

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Speaker 1: say you are now compared to being thrust into that

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Speaker 1: competition last year with Jacob Eeson? Just how much more

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Speaker 1: at ease would you say you are right now? Night

575
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Speaker 1: and day? Yeah, night and day. Thank you? You know.

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Speaker 1: I mean like I was asking a dumb question and

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Speaker 1: I didn't think I was. No, No, not a dumb

578
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:07,120
Speaker 1: question at all, very valid and very true. I last

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00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,360
Speaker 1: year was like, oh my gosh, what is going on?

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Speaker 1: You know, the speed of the game, the size of

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00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 1: the players, the playbook, everything, and then obviously what happened

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00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,040
Speaker 1: with Carson and injury and being thrown into the fire,

583
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:18,720
Speaker 1: and then things that were happening off the field with

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Speaker 1: my family. It was just go, go, go go. And

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00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,479
Speaker 1: I feel like this year it's been you know, now

586
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,120
Speaker 1: I know the offense. Now it's taking it to the

587
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,120
Speaker 1: next level of what is the defense doing, what should

588
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 1: we do against the defense? What checks do we want

589
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,080
Speaker 1: to get too, versus different things, what's bad versus this play,

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00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 1: and just trying to take it to the next level mentally,

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00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,520
Speaker 1: because it's, you know, playing the quarterback position. It's all

592
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,440
Speaker 1: in the mind. A lot of guys can throw the football,

593
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 1: but you know, to take it to the next level,

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00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: you got to be able to see the game at

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Speaker 1: a different level. Stay there and I'll get off of this,

596
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 1: but I was talking to the GM the other day

597
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:47,640
Speaker 1: after the game. We were talking about the same thing

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Speaker 1: from where you came from, losing your brother, losing your father,

599
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 1: trying to make a living in the NFL. Trying to

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00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 1: compartmentalize what he says, that's maturity. I mean, that's strength,

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00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,560
Speaker 1: that's stuff, and that's something on top of the way

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00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,920
Speaker 1: that you play the game that this team, this coach

603
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,680
Speaker 1: and this general manager and owner notice about you, the

604
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,600
Speaker 1: leadership and whatever comes in front of you. Does that

605
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,360
Speaker 1: just come from being a quarterback? That's a great question.

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00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:10,880
Speaker 1: You know what I mean is that is that just

607
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 1: from playing the position. I think it's I think it's

608
00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 1: from playing the position, the life circumstances that that has

609
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 1: been thrown at me. Sure, and then you know, also

610
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,320
Speaker 1: just having great role models to look up to my

611
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,000
Speaker 1: entire career and and you know, in my life and

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00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 1: it's a lot, don't I mean, it's been a lot,

613
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:33,560
Speaker 1: and I think that, um, it's prepared me for big moments.

614
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,440
Speaker 1: And I hope that life continues to go and I

615
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 1: continue to fight and scratch and claws. They're with you

616
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 1: every day every time you take the field. I know that.

617
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,040
Speaker 1: So how's Indianapolis been for you? Obviously for your family

618
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,640
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. Yeah, it's awesome. It's awesome. Um,

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Speaker 1: we've really enjoyed it, enjoyed the people, enjoyed the lifestyle,

620
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,320
Speaker 1: enjoyed the area. It's beautiful. Um My wife and I

621
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,040
Speaker 1: just moved into the Carmel area, so I'm getting familiar

622
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,360
Speaker 1: with all that. Really really love the area and enjoying

623
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,400
Speaker 1: this weather right now. It's like a home game every

624
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: every practice for Sam Ellinger being in Carmel. Let's go

625
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 1: back to you as a player again from last year.

626
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:08,840
Speaker 1: Where do you think you've improved? Where do you think

627
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,000
Speaker 1: how do you think you're a better quarterback now compared

628
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,760
Speaker 1: to last year? Yeah, I think well, obviously from from

629
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,520
Speaker 1: the X is an O standpoint, Um, I've accelerated that

630
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 1: and the speed of the game has slowed down, and

631
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Speaker 1: I think that just comes naturally with progression to play

632
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 1: in the position. UM. But really I've I've broken it

633
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 1: down into really kind of four but three categories. So

634
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:33,640
Speaker 1: starting with um, my mechanical signature. UM, so the way

635
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,200
Speaker 1: that I throw the ball, really focusing on that, UM

636
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:41,000
Speaker 1: learning learning how to optimize your mechanical signature and make

637
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:44,440
Speaker 1: sure that all the kinetic sequencing from the ground all

638
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: the way through my hand is continuing to improve. And

639
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:48,960
Speaker 1: how did you improve in that department? How did you

640
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,320
Speaker 1: go about doing that? Well, I just started working with

641
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Speaker 1: Tom House, Yeah, okay in California, So got to spend

642
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Speaker 1: spend a good amount of time with him. And obviously

643
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Speaker 1: you know he's worked with with the greatest and so

644
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 1: I got to learn from him and he's been expanding

645
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:06,560
Speaker 1: my knowledge on you know, biomechanics, timing, functional fitness, all that.

646
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 1: So that's the first aspect of the second aspect would

647
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 1: be functional fitness. Just knowing how to optimize my shoulder

648
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 1: and my subscap in my shoulder, to increase muscle mass

649
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 1: where I need to increase it. You know, not all

650
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 1: muscle mass is good, but increasing that and then sleep

651
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: in nutrition, you know, fixing all those things. Then mind

652
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 1: and body interaction, figuring out psychologically where I need to

653
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,520
Speaker 1: be in order to you know, play at my highest level. Sam,

654
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 1: how do you go through a progression as a quarterback?

655
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,040
Speaker 1: If there is heat? We saw it against Buffalo. You

656
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 1: come out of the pocket, find yourself room to run,

657
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 1: room to throw at the same time, but going through

658
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,360
Speaker 1: the progression. I know it's football talk one on one year,

659
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 1: but do you still go through your tree progression of

660
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: guys that are going to be open even when you're

661
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 1: running for your life over there? Absolutely? I mean I

662
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 1: think when the play breaks down it changes a little

663
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:50,320
Speaker 1: bit because it kind of becomes a free for all

664
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 1: backyard football a little bit. But that's really hard on

665
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Speaker 1: the defense. And I know we talked after the game,

666
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:56,440
Speaker 1: it's it's hard on the defense to you know, be

667
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 1: able to cover for that long. So yes, I'm trying

668
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 1: to go through my progressions, but when the play breaks down,

669
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,720
Speaker 1: it's kind of like I'm just seeing and trying to

670
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,840
Speaker 1: look for color and space and open guys, and real quick,

671
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 1: this the Detroit Lions. You're gonna play this Saturday against

672
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions coming up. We're gonna figure it out.

673
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 1: I don't know how much you're gonna play, But how

674
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 1: much breakdown with this defense do you get? Because we

675
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 1: are in training camp and it's you know, it's a

676
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 1: practice game. Yeah, I mean, I think it's a little

677
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:22,880
Speaker 1: bit different in the preseason versus regular season games because well, ay,

678
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:24,880
Speaker 1: they're not going to do as much in the preseason

679
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,200
Speaker 1: game as they would in a regular season. But out

680
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 1: here they're in practice. They're trying to work on everything

681
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,040
Speaker 1: that they're gonna work on. So, um, the breakdown is,

682
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,800
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a little bit different than the regular season.

683
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Speaker 1: But we're getting good looks out here and we'll be

684
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Speaker 1: we'll be ready by the time the game rolls around.

685
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Speaker 1: Sim Ellinger is our guest Colts quarterback with us in

686
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 1: his second year out of Texas. What do you make

687
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,719
Speaker 1: of these young receivers trying to make a bit at

688
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:51,920
Speaker 1: a roster spot. You've got Desmond Patman, Mike strown, Sampson, Nkua.

689
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,320
Speaker 1: How have you seen them progress so far? And camp?

690
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 1: How are you helping those guys come along? Yeah, I

691
00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 1: think we have an extremely talented young group. Viously I'm

692
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Speaker 1: young as well, so not not speaking from like any

693
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Speaker 1: elder elder point of view. You're getting there saying no, no, no,

694
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,560
Speaker 1: no no no. You're a veteran now got I got

695
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:13,080
Speaker 1: thirty seven year old club, So I'm still twenty three,

696
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 1: haven't you? In turn twenty four? Um, Matt Ryan had

697
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:22,160
Speaker 1: to turn on his computer. Uh no, it's it's they're

698
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 1: they're doing a good job. Um, just continuing to get

699
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:27,920
Speaker 1: in the playbook and you know, being detail oriented. Um,

700
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 1: they're they're doing a great job of continuing to continuing

701
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,280
Speaker 1: to increase their knowledge of the game and increase their

702
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:36,359
Speaker 1: their tools. And being with a guy like Matt really

703
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,719
Speaker 1: helps because um, he's he's he has high expectations of

704
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:41,359
Speaker 1: where you need to be on different plays, and they're

705
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:42,880
Speaker 1: getting to learn a lot and they're making plays. What

706
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,839
Speaker 1: about these tight ends though, six foot five, six foot six,

707
00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,360
Speaker 1: Jolani Woods is six foot seven, and you threw it

708
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:49,920
Speaker 1: up to the big fell in the end zone. He

709
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 1: went up and made a play for you. How luxurious

710
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:54,799
Speaker 1: is it to have these guys at tight end as

711
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,680
Speaker 1: a quarterback? Oh, it's incredible. Um. I think that that's

712
00:34:57,719 --> 00:34:59,759
Speaker 1: something that the league does a great job of optimizing

713
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 1: those big bodies like that. Yeah, it's it's a matchup nightmare,

714
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 1: especially down in the red zone. And both of those

715
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 1: guys are doing an excellent job of getting in the

716
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,759
Speaker 1: playbook and learning and growing, and I think their their

717
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 1: ceilings are ridiculously high. Sam as a young quarterback. Funny question,

718
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,280
Speaker 1: but as a young quarterback, do you watch nationally televised

719
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,520
Speaker 1: pro games when you're not playing? Do you look at

720
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 1: the game differently as a fan? Do you look at

721
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 1: it like you're in the film room if there's a

722
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,840
Speaker 1: Sunday night game or a Monday night game, or do

723
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:25,200
Speaker 1: you even not even look at it? Say, hey, I

724
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 1: got to bury myself in the playbook. Yeah, to be honest,

725
00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 1: I don't really. I don't really watch. Um. I mean,

726
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:32,839
Speaker 1: if it's on, I'll look at it, but I can't

727
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 1: watch the game as a spectator anymore, Like, wow, that

728
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,359
Speaker 1: was a great play, right, I'm always looking at what

729
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 1: we're looking at, so front coverage rotation, so it's kind

730
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 1: of tainted my enjoyment of watching football. But we'll take it. Okay, Okay,

731
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Speaker 1: I'm sure when the kids come around, you go back

732
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:51,600
Speaker 1: in a dad and coach mode after the playing careers,

733
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 1: no doubt, no doubt. Hey, last one for me, give

734
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 1: me something on Texas. I saw they got snub they

735
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 1: weren't ranked at the time five. I don't give me

736
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 1: something on Texas this year. The hype surrounding the Longhorns

737
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 1: this upcoming season, well, I mean, I think there's always

738
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:05,920
Speaker 1: going to be hype. It's the University of Texas and

739
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 1: that's always that's always going to be a thing, and

740
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 1: it's just about going out and doing it. I don't know.

741
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna have a great year. I'm very optimistic.

742
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,759
Speaker 1: I think coach Sarks an incredible, incredible coach and incredible

743
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 1: offensive mind, and I'm looking forward to see them put

744
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,960
Speaker 1: up a lot of points. Sam Ellinger more popular than

745
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 1: the governor of the state of Texas for four years

746
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 1: as the starting carterback. That's just how it is, Sam.

747
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: So one last Texas thing. There's a guy who played

748
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,520
Speaker 1: here for a lot of years and now resides in

749
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Speaker 1: Canton named Peyton Manning, who has a nephew that is

750
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 1: an awful good quarterback by the name of Arch Manning

751
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 1: who happens to be going to Texas. And I want

752
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 1: to ask Sam Ellinger, was there any recruitment by the

753
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:45,319
Speaker 1: former quarterback to the future quarterback of the Texas Well.

754
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,719
Speaker 1: We definitely spend some time together, and I just gotta

755
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:52,359
Speaker 1: say I was unbelievably blown away, really by you know,

756
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:56,319
Speaker 1: his mannerisms, his maturity. You know, you go to and

757
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 1: you talk to a lot of recruits and they want

758
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 1: to be pitched and Arch was not. That he asked

759
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 1: the right questions. He wanted to know the right things.

760
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 1: You could tell that he had people pouring into him

761
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: to ask the right questions and know what was really important.

762
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:12,479
Speaker 1: And I think that obviously he has an incredible team

763
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,480
Speaker 1: behind him and the success is going to come. But

764
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:17,720
Speaker 1: he was unbelievably impressive. And we spend a good amount

765
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 1: of time together and still talk periodically, and I'm excited

766
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:24,560
Speaker 1: for his progression and obviously a great family and he's

767
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 1: in great hands. Yeah, you'll be down in Texas on

768
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:28,879
Speaker 1: those bye weeks and checking out the long ORNs er. Sure,

769
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Speaker 1: sam Ellinger joins us. Great job against Buffalo, can't wait

770
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:33,440
Speaker 1: to watch you do your thing against the lion. Sam.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, guys, I really appreciate all right, fellas, thank

772
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,560
Speaker 1: you very much. Colt Tappy Hour continues on. We're live

773
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:42,399
Speaker 1: in Carmel again with our backyard broadcast which is winding down.

774
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:44,960
Speaker 1: Top of the hour. You got new Pal, you got Westfield.

775
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,680
Speaker 1: That he Garrison and Jim Leisure. That is high school

776
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 1: football night number one in a doozy. They got coming

777
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:53,719
Speaker 1: at your high school football wise at the top of

778
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 1: the hour, so hang out for that. On the other side,

779
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 1: Bernard Ryman, he is a rookie off answered tackle. He

780
00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 1: joins the Gorm and Matt Taylor coming up on the

781
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 1: other side. Scolts Happy Hour n. Three five one oh

782
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:09,879
Speaker 1: seven five the Fan, Welcome back to the Colts Happy Hour.

783
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,680
Speaker 1: We're getting you in the know on the Colts heading

784
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 1: into the weekend. Welcome back. I mentioned high school football

785
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,439
Speaker 1: top of the hour, Eddie Garrison, Jim Leisure, New Pal

786
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:21,719
Speaker 1: and Westfield. That's the high school football game of the

787
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Speaker 1: week and week number one. And right now at the

788
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,799
Speaker 1: Gorman and Matt Taylor and somebody at some point is

789
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:30,360
Speaker 1: going to be incredibly important. And we talked earlier in

790
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 1: the week about maybe the Colts needing some offensive line

791
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 1: depth or backup help. Who knows about the rookie coming

792
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,680
Speaker 1: up here at Bernard Ryman joins Matt Taylor and the

793
00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:43,839
Speaker 1: Gorman in a short conversation. Fellas go ahead, just got

794
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:47,120
Speaker 1: man handled on the greeting from the big man, Bernard

795
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,400
Speaker 1: Ryman and his big meat hooks for hands. And I'll

796
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:51,520
Speaker 1: tell you what, man, I love that you're here and

797
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:53,839
Speaker 1: the growth that you've shown in the last couple of weeks.

798
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,200
Speaker 1: We spoke to you after the game against Buffalo. This

799
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:58,120
Speaker 1: game isn't too fast for you, This game is not

800
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Speaker 1: too much for you. You're fitting in at after a

801
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 1: couple of weeks of camp in one preseason game, how

802
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 1: do you feel? Yeah, I'm getting more and more comfortable. Um, obviously,

803
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,799
Speaker 1: it's been a dream for so long to play in

804
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,560
Speaker 1: the NFL. And then sometimes you make the game bigger

805
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:13,319
Speaker 1: in your head than it actually is. It's I mean,

806
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 1: it's it's still football. It's still the same game that

807
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:20,319
Speaker 1: we all following them up with years ago, and um, yeah,

808
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:22,359
Speaker 1: it was a lot a lot of fun playing and

809
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 1: then yeah, as I said, every day, I'm getting more comfortable,

810
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:27,799
Speaker 1: learn new things and and tell me about this with

811
00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:29,799
Speaker 1: the offensive line unit, this is a tight group, one

812
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 1: of the best in the NFL. And you get a

813
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 1: lot of veterans and Pro bowlers around you. Are you

814
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:34,719
Speaker 1: just trying to take this whole thing in and you're

815
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:38,000
Speaker 1: asking a lot of questions waiting for them to talk. Oh? Yeah, absolutely.

816
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: I mean that's the great thing about being here Um

817
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 1: No matter like who it is here, you can you

818
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 1: can learn from them. There's so many people on the

819
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 1: staff that's been here for years that you can learn

820
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 1: from and how to act as a pro. There's so

821
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,960
Speaker 1: much you can learn from Coach Strausser and coach Kevin

822
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:56,320
Speaker 1: Um just because their knowledge of from football, of the

823
00:39:56,360 --> 00:40:01,360
Speaker 1: position itself, and having co Kevin there who can actually

824
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:03,919
Speaker 1: explain from experience how to be you know, the Hall

825
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,840
Speaker 1: of Fame, UM Garden Center. But it's just tremendous. And

826
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Speaker 1: then as you mentioned too, the physician group themselves. I mean,

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Speaker 1: as I said that, you can really learn something from

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Speaker 1: everyone in this in this building. So that's that's what

829
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Speaker 1: I'm trying to do here too. I'm just trying to

830
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 1: learn from everyone and everything that I can pick it

831
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Speaker 1: all up. And Yeah, Bernard, take me back to last Saturday.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you grew up as a fourteen year old kid,

833
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:31,120
Speaker 1: you picked up football in Austria, and then you know,

834
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Speaker 1: fast forward, you know, eight years later, here you are

835
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Speaker 1: and you're on an NFL field. I know it's the preseason,

836
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Speaker 1: but how did that go for you? What? What kind

837
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Speaker 1: of emotions did you have playing on an NFL game

838
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 1: field in a stadium for the first time. Yeah, I

839
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Speaker 1: honestly can't even describe the emotions I went through my head.

840
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,240
Speaker 1: There was There's been so many ups and downs throughout

841
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Speaker 1: the last years. I mean, no, I got recruited to college,

842
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 1: played m tight end there, and then two years ago

843
00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,640
Speaker 1: a Swiss show to tackle. Um, there's been so many,

844
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,680
Speaker 1: you know, um, so many obstacles in the way of

845
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 1: my dream of playing in the NFL and then finally

846
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 1: being able to, you know, play, even if it's just

847
00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 1: a preseason game, but to play an NFL game, which

848
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:15,400
Speaker 1: is unbelievable to me, and I was just trying to

849
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Speaker 1: take it all in and obviously, um, playing an away

850
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,360
Speaker 1: game it is obviously not as much fun as as

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Speaker 1: an home game. So I'm really looking forward to this

852
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:28,840
Speaker 1: Saturday playing Alliance at home. But it was an unbelievable feeling.

853
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,040
Speaker 1: When you first picked up the game again as a

854
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:34,360
Speaker 1: fourteen year old, did you have aspirations of playing in

855
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 1: the NFL? Was that an immediate dream and goal of yours? Yes? Um, well,

856
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 1: when I first started playing it, um so that year

857
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 1: I actually started watching it as well and started going

858
00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:48,880
Speaker 1: getting into like football movies and also watching the NFL.

859
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 1: But even back then, it was a lot more difficult

860
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:54,839
Speaker 1: because the most you can do is, um either pay

861
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 1: for the NFL game pass. Sure, so we had a couple.

862
00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:00,400
Speaker 1: We shared one with my buddies because we didn't have

863
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:03,719
Speaker 1: like everyone had the money to do it right um.

864
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 1: So we would like watch like one or two games

865
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:09,239
Speaker 1: together a week. Um But that's really much pretty all

866
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,480
Speaker 1: all we could do. Um. So you never had the

867
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:13,880
Speaker 1: chance to sit in front of the TV all Sunday

868
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,480
Speaker 1: and watch the games. Um. But yeah, the more I

869
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:18,040
Speaker 1: got to watch it and more I got to play it,

870
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:20,480
Speaker 1: I just wanted to be in the NFL more and more.

871
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,080
Speaker 1: But to be quite honest with you, um, back then

872
00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 1: it kind of seemed like it seemed just like a dream,

873
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:29,839
Speaker 1: like a little bit too far out of reach. Um. So,

874
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 1: back then I thought you know, playing club football in

875
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:34,719
Speaker 1: Austria with the Vienna Vikings was going to be the

876
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:41,319
Speaker 1: coolest things. Looked this year? Really good, did they? Yeah?

877
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,359
Speaker 1: They're really good. Um they just started like a new

878
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 1: league in Europe. You're big over there, aren't you over there?

879
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:52,239
Speaker 1: Vienna Vikings are gonna go Oh yeah, oh yeah right,

880
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:54,319
Speaker 1: Um see, I don't even know. I haven't been in

881
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:57,080
Speaker 1: three years. Um yeah, last time I went was before

882
00:42:57,120 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 1: COVID hit and then yeah, um, you know, haven't been

883
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:04,080
Speaker 1: able to get back to Austin because the travel research

884
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:05,879
Speaker 1: and I wasn't able to if I was, I didn't

885
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:07,880
Speaker 1: know if I was able to come back, right, So

886
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 1: I couldn't even answer you that. I want to ask

887
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:13,359
Speaker 1: you about your athleticism. Like Matt alluded to you play

888
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:15,080
Speaker 1: tight end a couple of years ago. I mean, wasn't

889
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:16,759
Speaker 1: that long ago. You gotta be physical, you gotta be

890
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 1: an athlete, gotta be movie, gotta be fluid. Now you

891
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:20,839
Speaker 1: take that and it's a physical, up in your face

892
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,600
Speaker 1: game right now. Is your athleticism helping you on this level?

893
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 1: Oh definitely, I mean it's obviously everyone is really athletic

894
00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:32,080
Speaker 1: at this level. Like, no matter what position you play.

895
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:34,240
Speaker 1: But I think for me it's just having the background

896
00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:37,319
Speaker 1: as a tight end and like one one hand, having

897
00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:38,920
Speaker 1: the knowledge of what the tight ends are doing, but

898
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:42,120
Speaker 1: then also having the athletic system I think really helps me.

899
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 1: Then also transition, like the techniques if you learn in

900
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 1: the drill is also onto the field, and I think

901
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 1: it definitely makes my life easier. How's this camp going

902
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 1: for you in terms of making that transition from college

903
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:55,200
Speaker 1: to the NFL? And again, you know, we know your

904
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:57,759
Speaker 1: story switching positions a couple of years ago during the

905
00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 1: COVID season. What's been the toughest thing for you to

906
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:03,160
Speaker 1: deal with? Whether that's something mental or physical in this camp,

907
00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:06,440
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just for me, it's just the hardest thing.

908
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 1: It's just the difference between college and pros is that

909
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:14,480
Speaker 1: every single step matters, um. And as I mentioned before,

910
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,200
Speaker 1: like in college, you sometimes get away with taking a

911
00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:18,840
Speaker 1: wrong step and then you can make up for it

912
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 1: by you know, out running the guys. You're just better

913
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 1: than the guy across from you right in most cases. Yet,

914
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 1: so UM, that's just the difference here is that everyone

915
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,480
Speaker 1: is on an elite level here. UM. And then especially

916
00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:33,359
Speaker 1: the dns that we have on the roster here, they

917
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:36,799
Speaker 1: don't forgive any mistakes, So, um, just being on the

918
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:41,800
Speaker 1: technique and then really taking every single step, which starts

919
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:44,440
Speaker 1: with like you know, first movement and everything has to

920
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:46,880
Speaker 1: be perfect in order to get your job done. So

921
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:48,799
Speaker 1: I think that's something that you definitely have to get

922
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:53,239
Speaker 1: used to, and it's it's getting easy and easier as

923
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:56,239
Speaker 1: a rookie in this, you know again coming from where

924
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:58,480
Speaker 1: you came from to the highest level of football right now,

925
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:00,719
Speaker 1: like give me a to do list, to checklist for

926
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: you At the end of the day, you know, you

927
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 1: have to get ready for the next day. You have

928
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:05,200
Speaker 1: to take in what you learned of the day of

929
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:08,360
Speaker 1: that pace and everything, and there is some sort of

930
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:10,400
Speaker 1: pressure on you guys. I mean there's guys that are

931
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:13,200
Speaker 1: itching to play professional football for a living. So your

932
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:15,000
Speaker 1: checkpoints and stuff you do at the end of each

933
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:16,760
Speaker 1: day to get ready for the next is that something

934
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 1: that you have to do to break it down and say, hey,

935
00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:21,080
Speaker 1: I just one day at a time, Yeah, definitely. I

936
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,520
Speaker 1: mean for me person, it's important to go through the

937
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:25,359
Speaker 1: film one more time. Obviously if you go through it

938
00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:29,160
Speaker 1: with coach Strousser too, But I kind of like to

939
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:30,920
Speaker 1: go back and then go over the notes as I'm

940
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:33,760
Speaker 1: watching the film and then kind of really just focus

941
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 1: on every single step and then trying to get the

942
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:43,440
Speaker 1: recovery in or some evenings splitting up my lifts. Obviously

943
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:46,200
Speaker 1: you're not trying to lose much weight during camp, sou

944
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,360
Speaker 1: the lifts are important as well, and then just everything

945
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:51,719
Speaker 1: you can do to stay on top of you any

946
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:55,520
Speaker 1: like issues, so like doing the flexibility exercises, UM, doing

947
00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:59,680
Speaker 1: the stretching every night, and yeah, laid me okay, big film?

948
00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:02,040
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, absolutely good enough to eat around here? Right?

949
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, okay, that's Bernard Ryman with his rookie offensive

950
00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:09,200
Speaker 1: tackle for the Colts. Um. You mentioned those defensive ends.

951
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:12,319
Speaker 1: They're relentless and unforgiving at this level. You know, one

952
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,080
Speaker 1: of the guys was just right behind us a few

953
00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:16,120
Speaker 1: moments ago. That's unique in Goakway, and he's one of

954
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:20,000
Speaker 1: the most consistent defensive ends of the last couple of years.

955
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:22,799
Speaker 1: What has it been like for you facing him and

956
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:24,680
Speaker 1: how much better is he making you so far in

957
00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:27,560
Speaker 1: your rookie campaign here? Oh yeah, he's definitely making all

958
00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:29,479
Speaker 1: of us better every single day. I mean, he's an

959
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:33,319
Speaker 1: elite pass rusher and going against him in one on one,

960
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:37,319
Speaker 1: for example, is obviously a huge challenge, but you're holding

961
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:39,359
Speaker 1: your own against him now, I've seen it more than

962
00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:41,640
Speaker 1: just a handful of times, right well yeah, I mean definitely,

963
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:44,240
Speaker 1: it's it's just getting better, sure, be making each other better,

964
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:47,120
Speaker 1: and going against him just makes it that much easier

965
00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:49,000
Speaker 1: than to go into the game we're playing against other

966
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,480
Speaker 1: guys because he is on an elite level rusher, right,

967
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:54,800
Speaker 1: UM's you know, hard to come across. Even in the NFL.

968
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:57,799
Speaker 1: Can a quarterback make the offensive line better? Oh yeah,

969
00:46:57,840 --> 00:46:59,920
Speaker 1: I would say so. Um, I think just the confident

970
00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 1: um that the quarterback installments. So how about this quarterback?

971
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:04,759
Speaker 1: I mean it's fourteen years in this league. You watch

972
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 1: him as a kid, I'm sure in Austria in some

973
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:10,320
Speaker 1: big games. Um yeah, I mean I think you know,

974
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:12,719
Speaker 1: Matt's doing a tremendous job just bring us together as

975
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 1: a team and also leading us um um on and

976
00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:18,240
Speaker 1: off the field. I mean, um for me personally coming

977
00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:20,759
Speaker 1: in as as a rookie and then um, I think

978
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:22,520
Speaker 1: my first day here and he sat down with me

979
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:24,400
Speaker 1: at lunch and we just had like a heart to

980
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:27,960
Speaker 1: heart unbelievable it's important for a rookie to have a

981
00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:29,920
Speaker 1: sit down like that. I'm sure that that made a

982
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:32,279
Speaker 1: big difference. It makes it made a huge difference. Um

983
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:35,359
Speaker 1: obviously had to um that night, had had to tell

984
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:37,600
Speaker 1: my dad about it. A huge fan of had Ryan,

985
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:39,759
Speaker 1: and I remember, you know, watching with my dad and

986
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:44,960
Speaker 1: Austry watching him play. And but I mean same with um,

987
00:47:45,120 --> 00:47:47,279
Speaker 1: Nick and Sam, like I think and Jack as well.

988
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:50,280
Speaker 1: I think all the quarterbacks they all learned from Matt

989
00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:53,759
Speaker 1: and Um they all have a huge um impact on

990
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:56,839
Speaker 1: how we play as an offensive line. And UM yeah,

991
00:47:56,880 --> 00:47:58,640
Speaker 1: I think they all really keep their cool back there

992
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:02,799
Speaker 1: and trust us and reassures good feelings. You brought up

993
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:04,600
Speaker 1: your family right there. I mean, what do they think

994
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:06,560
Speaker 1: of all of this? How how proud are they of

995
00:48:06,680 --> 00:48:09,799
Speaker 1: you in your journey and where you are at this point. Yeah,

996
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:14,040
Speaker 1: I mean they're all super excited. Um, they're really looking

997
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:16,719
Speaker 1: forward to coming during the season two. Um, you know,

998
00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:21,000
Speaker 1: watching a game with two and um, yeah, my parents

999
00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:25,319
Speaker 1: got the NFL game pass or to um watch the games. Um.

1000
00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:27,080
Speaker 1: It's gonna be actually a little bit easier for them

1001
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:28,919
Speaker 1: to watch the games now because now that we play

1002
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:31,640
Speaker 1: at like three o'clock on the side with the time

1003
00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:34,120
Speaker 1: difference because they are six hours ahead. So yeah, um

1004
00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:37,000
Speaker 1: last season when we played the Maction games at seven

1005
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:40,239
Speaker 1: pm on a two day my dad would still send

1006
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 1: me a pictures of him staying up. I told the

1007
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:46,239
Speaker 1: middle of the night bobcat Hey, there it is right

1008
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:48,919
Speaker 1: there the guys and that is the end of Colt Happy.

1009
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:51,320
Speaker 1: Oh thank you very much everybody up here in Carmwell

1010
00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:54,880
Speaker 1: for the backyard Bourbon broadcast. Up next, you've got Eddie Garrison,

1011
00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:58,279
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1012
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