1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Football is about the jimmies and joes and exes and 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: oh's check New York plenty. Ain't thank you, Bruce. It's 3 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: time to get out the chopboard and diagram some plays. 4 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: Here's what all starts right, Here's why jam money Chris. 5 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: This is Inside Football with former Colts and to NFL 6 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: coach Rick Venturi. Hello again, everybody, Welcome to Inside Football 7 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: here again with Rick vn Urry. Thanks for joining in 8 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: again this week. I'm Matt Taylor. Happy holidays everybody, and 9 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: the Colts Welcome in the Los Angeles Chargers up next 10 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: to Lucas Oil Stadium, Monday night football Week sixteen. Only 11 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: three games to play, and the Colts unfortunately come in 12 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: on a four game losing skid. They've dropped seven of 13 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: their last eight. And Rick, as we lead off here, 14 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: a lot to chew on from that epic loss to 15 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Viking's on Saturday. Unfortunately, Rick, the Colts keep 16 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: finding ways to lose. That was on display in Minneapolis 17 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: as the Colts gave up the biggest lead in NFL 18 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: history only mustered up three points in the second half. Yeah, 19 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: there's no question about it. I mean to say that 20 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 1: the Colts can't finish games, you know, would be the 21 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: most massive understatement in history, you know, particularly you know, 22 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: relative to the last two fourth quarters that we've played, 23 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: you know, And it just looked to me like and incidentally, 24 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: I really miss not being with you in the booth, 25 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: and yeah, it was just it was torture. You know, 26 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: when we're working in the booth. I mean, no matter 27 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: how the game's going, you're just working. You're thinking about 28 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: the next narrative, You're going to the next play, you know, 29 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: just like you do as a coach. But sitting there 30 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: watching it on the couch and watching it come unraveled 31 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: and just looking at it, and you Miss Sherry kept 32 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: saying to me, you know, they're gonna blow this, and 33 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: I kept saying, no, they're not. There's just not enough 34 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: time that I had to get out. When it was over, 35 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: I literally got in my car and just drove for 36 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: an hour. I didn't drive anywhere. I just drove right. 37 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: But you know, I've been there and way back, way 38 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: before most of our listeners are alive. In nineteen eighty three, 39 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: you know, we blew. We were seven and seven and 40 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 1: this is with the Baltimore Coats, and we got a 41 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: chance to go to the playoff if we in the 42 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: last two. We're in Denver, we're head twenty to nothing 43 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: going in the fourth quarter. If Barry Krause was with 44 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: me here today, he could just substantiate everything I say. 45 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 1: And that was John always biggest comeback. I learned from 46 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: that in my first year, man, no lead is safe. 47 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,799 Speaker 1: And then in the Coats in the Saints, we had 48 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: a near miss. In two thousand, we're in the wildcard 49 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: game and we're playing against Kirk Warner in the in 50 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: the in the Rams and we're up with fourteen minutes 51 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: to go in the game. We're up thirty one to seven, 52 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: and we end up holding on they dropped a kick 53 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,959 Speaker 1: or we might have lost it because Warner just got 54 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: hot and we couldn't stand him. So, I mean, I've 55 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: seen those lead diminishes. Obviously, you know this is the 56 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: time records, so you know it'll it'll leave a stain 57 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: on us all as for sure. But I do think 58 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: there are some characteristics that happen, and I think they 59 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 1: do happen, and I think it happens Sunday, and I 60 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: don't think there was any lack of effort there. But 61 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,399 Speaker 1: I think what happens when teams that are really struggling, 62 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: and we are struggling. I mean, we're four to eleven 63 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 1: and one since you know, since Christmas of last year, 64 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: let's make no mistake of that, and all of a 65 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: sudden you get an unexpected lead, I mean thirty three 66 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: to zip. I mean they were, you know, they were 67 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,119 Speaker 1: announcing that throughout the country, and I think people were saying, 68 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: please check that. You know, it's like thirty three to nothing. 69 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: But what teams that you know, just are you know, 70 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: I don't know if it's bad teams, but teams that 71 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: haven't had any success. This happens a lot. You know, 72 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: you you come back out and you, whether it's conscious 73 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: or subconscious, you sit on that lead. And I thought 74 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: we did. I felt that way watching the game, that 75 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: we were sitting on it that essentially, you know, figuratively, 76 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: we were watching the clock and praying the time run 77 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: it would run out, and you know, unfortunately it did 78 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: forty minutes later, you know, with a with a tough loss. 79 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: And I think, you know, I look at three things 80 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: here and you know me, I'm I'm gonna tell it 81 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: like I see it. It's gonna be unfiltered. Um, if 82 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: it's criticism, it is as I see it. I thought 83 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: our coaching staff was really paralyzed. I thought that, you know, 84 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: from the top down. Uh, there was just they did 85 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 1: nothing to stop the bleeding. They took no there was 86 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: no aggressiveness in the second half. It was it wasn't 87 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: it wasn't passive play by the players necessarily, but it 88 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: was just passive scheme both ways, almost like let's get 89 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: this done, let's get this thing to run out and 90 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: go on. And I thought that that was you know, 91 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: I thought there was no question that the coaching staff 92 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: look paralyzed on the sidelines. I think, you know, when 93 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: you look at the offense, you know, we really just 94 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 1: went into a shell, you know, and of course, you know, 95 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: we've just struggled so much, so you know, I understand 96 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: it to some degree. But you know, basically, what we 97 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: did is hand the ball off on those inside zones 98 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: and ran quick screens and you know, in a sun rays, 99 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: you know, I guess, you know, we were hoping that 100 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 1: we would make enough first downs, which essentially we didn't. 101 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 1: And what we did is we took pressure off you know, 102 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: a terrible past defense and terrible defensive team by bringing 103 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: them kind of into the box. And you know, we 104 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: didn't utilize our playmakers. I mean you look at Pearson Woods, 105 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 1: you know, between the two of them, I talked about 106 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: that all week, so I'm not afraid to talk about 107 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: it today. I mean, they have one catch between them 108 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: one and then you look at the other side on 109 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: the other team, you know, you look at the running 110 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: back Cook and you look at Jefferson, they have like 111 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: three hundred and forty yards between the two of them. 112 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: I mean, you know that's that's utilization. That's utilization of 113 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 1: your players and minimizing your liabilities. And in a sense 114 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: that we really did nothing with the ball in the 115 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: second half. And you know we if anything, if anything, 116 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: when we missed the fourth and one, and by not 117 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: making first downs, we just gave them more time to work. 118 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: And then you know, our defense, I don't know, we've 119 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: just whatever's happened has happened. But you know, they just 120 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: they can't hold the league. They can't they cannot finish. 121 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 1: Even when they were playing well, you know, you and 122 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: I have been through this. I think six of the 123 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: last eight games. I mean they've had a chance to, 124 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: you know, to just close out a game. And sometimes 125 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 1: it's been one touchdown. It was ten at Philadelphia, it 126 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: was fourteen someplace else. You know, it was thirty three 127 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: in Dallas, it was another twenty nine or whatever. You 128 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: know Sunday. I mean, this is a team that just 129 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: cannot finish. And I thought, you know, and I do, 130 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 1: I will challenge this. I thought that we stayed very 131 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: soft in terms I don't I don't mean soft play. 132 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: I think we missed a ton of tackles. I thought 133 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: our tackling was atrocious. But I thought we played really 134 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: saw design wise, we stayed in that soft four soft 135 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: three all day. We brought almost zero pressure. You can 136 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: count the blitzes on one hand. I mean really, and 137 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: when you do that and you let a quarterback get 138 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: hot and you never change it up, then you're asking 139 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: for trouble. And obviously they had four hundred and thirty 140 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: six yards in that last forty minutes, you know. And 141 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: again we didn't challenge anything. And I think that's that's 142 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: my gripe and all three phases coach's offense and defense 143 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: is that we didn't challenge anything. We really kind of 144 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: as That's what I get into, that we sit and 145 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: watched it happen. I don't mean we really sat and 146 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: watched it happened, but figuratively, we sat and watched it 147 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: happen and did nothing to really stop the bleeding, and 148 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: we paid the price for it, you know, in that respect. Now, 149 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: on the other hand, and I want to take my 150 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: hat off to him, and I don't want to go 151 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: buy this is I really got to take my hat 152 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: off to Bubba Ventrone. I just think that that guy 153 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: has done such a great job here and if there's 154 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: one area that we can just count on to be, 155 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: you know, not only solid, but to be elite, to 156 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: be at the top of the league. And I've I've 157 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: been fortunate, I told you Monday, I've been fortunate enough 158 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: to work with Mike Westoff and Scott O'Brien, two guys 159 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: that would be in the Special Team's Hall of Fame. 160 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: And I would say that Bubba is definitely headed for that. 161 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: I mean he you know, he again a great performance Sunday. 162 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: I mean, we have a blocked kick for a touchdown, 163 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: we have a great return, you know, to get everything started, 164 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: we stop a fourth down fake punt. I mean there's 165 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: not much, Matt you can ask beyond that, and you know, 166 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 1: I just kind of feel for him because I think 167 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: he's a guy that's really deserving of a head coaching job. 168 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: You know, he's in line to get one, and you know, 169 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 1: I would have loved to have seen him get a 170 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: chance here, but he will get his chance, and I 171 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: think that is you know, if there's a highlight to 172 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: this season, that's it, no question about it. And so 173 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: now the Cults are trying to get out the scope 174 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: and you know, do a good rinsing and you know, 175 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 1: spit it out in the saying. I mean, I don't 176 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:07,719 Speaker 1: know what else you can do. I mean it's a 177 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: really crappy, cheesy metaphor, but I mean that's it. With 178 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: three games to go, and you know you're sitting here 179 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: at four nine and one, you have no other choice. 180 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: So let's talk about week number sixteen. It's upon us here. 181 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: Rick and the Cults are going to play the Chargers 182 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:23,719 Speaker 1: the night after Christmas, Monday Night football. So really kind 183 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: of a unique week. I want to talk about that 184 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: before we progress as well. I mean, have you ever 185 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: had I mean, Christmas is Christmas, and no matter how 186 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: you celebrate, I mean, you're you're still gonna you know, 187 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: kind of put the pause at least within your mind internally, 188 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: and and try to be with friends and family no 189 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: matter who you are within this locker room. You know 190 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 1: you have that the night before you have to kind 191 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: of ramp back up and play a marquee game at 192 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 1: least on primetime on Monday Night football. How do you 193 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: handle that as a player and a coach, Well, I 194 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: mean you got to count on the professionalism. I think 195 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: a smart coach ye his team a little bit of 196 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: daylight on Christmas. Whether it's the morning, uh, you know, 197 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: in our case, it could be the whole day because 198 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: we're playing at home. I think if you're playing at 199 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: home around the holiday, it's really it really helps you. 200 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 1: And yet we could argue that we played on Christmas 201 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,439 Speaker 1: night last year and maybe it was our best say 202 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: I think it was our best single performance of the 203 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: season at Arizona. Certainly Frank's high water mark there in Arizona. 204 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: So you know we had to we had to take 205 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: that week preparation and do it again. I think it's 206 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: very difficult. Now they're in the playoff hunt in there. 207 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: They're they're really hot right now and they're playing with 208 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 1: great confidence. We'll get into that and enthusiasm, but I 209 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: think it's difficult. I've had to do this and that 210 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: is travel on Christmas Day across the country. That's a 211 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: little bit depressing. You know, I don't care what anybody says. 212 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: That's that's not what you want to be doing, even 213 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: though it's you know, it's really important. And then you 214 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,200 Speaker 1: recover run Monday in play. But you know, that's a 215 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: that's a lot, that's that's a little bit depressing. I 216 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: think the Colts have a little advantage there. And the 217 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 1: other thing is, you know, we'll talk about this in 218 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 1: the end when we close it, but you know, if 219 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: the Colts, you know, if the Colts really have a 220 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: silver lion to this is that, you know, after these 221 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: debacles that we've had on national television on primetime games, 222 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,559 Speaker 1: we have one more shot. We have one more shot 223 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: to atone ourselves, you know, in front of a national 224 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: audience because everybody, you know, with the bad weather and everything, 225 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: and Monday night, after eating all day on Sunday, you know, 226 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: everybody will be watching this game. Yeah. Yeah, a lot 227 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: of people start going to be off work. You know, 228 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: most people are gonna be taking that day off. And 229 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: I'll tell you the other thing. I'll tell you the 230 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: other thing. That's kind of crazy and I'm not trying 231 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: to be a homer on this one, but Tennessee could 232 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: easily lose out. I mean they're Tennessee is awful right now. 233 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: I mean I watched them, I've watched them two weeks 234 00:11:56,520 --> 00:12:01,079 Speaker 1: in a row. They're depleted. They cannot do it. Tannehill's 235 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: a mess. Jacksonville could easily lose two out of three. Okay, 236 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: you know, you know they're gonna play one another. So 237 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,199 Speaker 1: what you what you gotta have is you got to 238 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,319 Speaker 1: have Jacksonville lose two. But they have to be to 239 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: see to be honest with you, but all that could 240 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: really happen. I mean, Jacksonville wins one and then loses two. 241 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: So you know, now the key is can the Colts 242 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: win out? I still believe they can, and so there 243 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: is that little feint of hope right there, and you know, 244 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 1: until they take that away, you know, let's you know, 245 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: let's that's right, don't let them take it away. Until 246 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:36,439 Speaker 1: the math says you can't win, you know, you might 247 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: as well go out and play and continue to you know, 248 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: ball out, not only for themselves but for the team. 249 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 1: And then again just hope that the math continues to 250 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: not eliminate them for as long as possible. And if 251 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: you take care of business, the other math could easily happen. 252 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 1: I mean, it really could easily happen. We're not talking here, 253 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: you know, about the Philadelphia Eagles or the Kansas City Chiefs. 254 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 1: We're talking about the Titans and the Jaguars as they 255 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: are this moment. Yeah, Jaguars have a huge game coming 256 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,679 Speaker 1: up on Thursday night, that's tomorrow as we sit here 257 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: and tape this on Wednesday, And should Jacksonville win tomorrow 258 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: against the Jets, that would eliminate the Colts from playoffs. 259 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 1: So I think, well, yeah, well we'll know you know 260 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: very shortly if indeed that is the case. All right, So, 261 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 1: as you said, rick, fourth and final primetime game for 262 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: the Colts, Chargers will come in motivated. That's because if 263 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: the season ended today, they would be in the playoffs 264 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 1: as a wildcard team, as the sixth seed in the AFC. 265 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: They're hot. They've won three of their last four, two 266 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: in a row, coming off a last second win over 267 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: those Titans. They won seventeen fourteen. Right now, they have 268 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: an eighty three percent chance of making the postseason that 269 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: according to five thirty eight dot com and their last 270 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,559 Speaker 1: three games or against teams with losing records, you got 271 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: the Colts, Rams, and then the Broncos. They're gotta buy 272 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 1: Brandon Staley year number two is the head coach in LA. 273 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: Definitely a gambler, Definitely a believer in the analytics side 274 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 1: of things. They've had a little bit of a roller 275 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: coaster of a season. Rick many thought this was going 276 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 1: to be the year they were going to overtake the 277 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: Chiefs in the AFC West, but then they had to 278 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:16,719 Speaker 1: place their star edge rusher Joey Bosa and cornerback j C. 279 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: Jackson on ir and they've only played two complete games 280 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: with receivers Mike Williams and Keenan Allen who have missed 281 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: time in out of the lineup with injuries as well. 282 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: But they do have Justin Herbert. He's proved multiple times 283 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: he's one of the best young quarterbacks in the game. 284 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: They lighted up in the passing game. On offense, they 285 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: can't stop the run on defense for the majority of 286 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: the season, but they have been playing better on that 287 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: side of the football here as of late, so that's 288 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: kind of the big picture. What else do we need 289 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: to know about the Bolts coming into this game in 290 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: week sixteen. No, that's right. I mean the Bolts have been, 291 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: you know, the last couple of years, and maybe it's 292 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: because of Herbert, they've been maybe the most type team 293 00:14:56,120 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: that has always kind of underachieved. I would say, however, though, 294 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 1: at this moment, they have really balled out the last 295 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: two weeks. I mean, if you watch that take that 296 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: last two weeks, it really jumps out at you. I mean, 297 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: they are flying around. They have really played good, and 298 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: I think they're playing with confidence. You're right about Staley. 299 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: I think you got to be alert for unconventional decisions 300 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 1: fourth down. You know, he didn't think you always have 301 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: to punt when you should. You gotta be a you 302 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: gotta be ready for that. They have had key injuries, 303 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: There's no question about that. They're a little bit They're 304 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: a little bit like Minnesota in that their strength in 305 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: his offense, if you can just look at the numbers 306 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: up and down across the board, you know, number twelve, 307 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: totally number fourteen and scoring number two in the past. 308 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: I mean, they have the potential obviously to be a 309 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: good offensive team. And yet their defense has really struggled. Obviously, 310 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: Jackson heard him out. James has really heard him out. 311 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: Now he may play against us. He didn't play last week, 312 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: he did the week before. He's been all banged up 313 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: in of course, both are really being gone really hurts 314 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: their sack potential. But this is a team, like you said, 315 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: that really really right now is hot. There is no 316 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: question that I think what they do is they do 317 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: take care of the ball. They've got a really good 318 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: turnover ratio, and Herbert's a real deal. Matt, There's no 319 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: question about it. I didn't want to like him. I've 320 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: never really studied him. I've watched him casually as a fan. 321 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: This is the first time that I really had the 322 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 1: opportunity to watch him. And this kid can do it all. 323 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: He can really do it all. I mean, when you 324 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: talk about talent, you can check every box. And really, 325 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: when I look at their overall team, and I'll get 326 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: into this and the must I really think that the 327 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: perception that they're a really good team and he's surrounded 328 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: by a lot of good players, I think it's a myth. 329 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: I really do. I think really, the more I watch him, 330 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: he elevates him for instance, Sunday, you know, against Tennessee. 331 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 1: The game is fourteen fourteen, it's time and they get 332 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: the ball with fifty two seconds. They throw a couple 333 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 1: of checkdowns. All of a sudden, he breaks contain on 334 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 1: their left side. On Tennessee's left side, he gets out 335 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: Matt full speed run, full speed run, and throws an 336 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 1: absolute dark to Mike Williams at about thirty five yards 337 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: down field, and I'm going like wow, and then the 338 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: inevitably kicked the field goal to win it. So and 339 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: he has some complimentary guys. I'm going to talk about 340 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: Williams and Keenan Allen as we go. You know, they're big, big, 341 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: big targets, slow guys with big targets. I think Ekeler 342 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: is the one of the most underrated running backs. As 343 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: you know, he has over thirteen hundred total yards and 344 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: I think thirteen touchdowns. He's He's really one of the underrated, 345 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,400 Speaker 1: maybe the most talented guy on their offense besides the quarterback. 346 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: And then I've always really liked Everett as the tight end. 347 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:59,199 Speaker 1: I think he's a real sleeper. And on defense, you know, 348 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 1: they've they've really had their struggles. As you said, they 349 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 1: have really been bad against the run. They haven't gotten 350 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: the sacks, you know, without Bosa, you know, but they've 351 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: played better the last two weeks. In their whole has 352 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: been better than the parts. I'll get into all those guys. 353 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: Mac of course, we know him. There's a seven sack guy. 354 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,679 Speaker 1: Vanoya is coming on playing on the other side, you know. 355 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 1: They You know, Fox is pretty good inside with three 356 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: and a half. If James comes back, he's a really 357 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 1: good blitzer. Adderley is a good center fielder. I mean, 358 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: there's a lot of guys that can play, you know, 359 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: I think their corners are inconsistent. Will get into that, 360 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 1: but you know, you pretty much have it. It's an 361 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,880 Speaker 1: offensive driven team and it's a quarterback that is very, 362 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: very dangerous. All right, Well, let's talk about that quarterback 363 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: now in more detail. The offensive side of the ball. 364 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 1: You gotta start with Herbert. He just engineered the game 365 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,160 Speaker 1: winning drive against the Titans last week as they wanted 366 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 1: the final second seventeen fourteen, already his fifth game winning 367 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 1: drive the season, and last week became the only player, 368 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: i should say, in NFL history, to have four thousand 369 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: passing yards in each of his first three NFL seasons. 370 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: This season he ranked second in passing second and attempts, 371 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: and second in completions, and they trust him to throw 372 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 1: the ball a ton. He ranked second in pass attempts 373 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: since he broke into the NFL in two twenty rick. 374 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: He's averaging forty attempts per game for his career, So 375 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: he definitely definitely has to shoulder a lot of that responsibility. 376 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: And as I said, a very aggressive team. They do 377 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 1: trust the analytics. They have the second most fourth down 378 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: conversions and the fourth most fourth down attempts in the 379 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 1: NFL under Brandon Staley as their head coach. They're not 380 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: a big rushing team. They use their primary back, Austin Eckler, 381 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: more often as a receiver. He leads the NFL and 382 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 1: catches by a running back this year with ninety five. 383 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:56,400 Speaker 1: That's twenty one more than the next closest running back. 384 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 1: He also leads all NFL running backs and receiving yards. 385 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: Just one of the best dual threats in the NFL. 386 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 1: As you said, Gerald Everett a very underrated tight end. 387 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: He's got over five hundred yards receiving this year. And 388 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 1: then Joshua Palmer has emerged as their top receiver with 389 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:13,959 Speaker 1: Mike Williams and Keenan Allen kind of in and out 390 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: of that lineup this year with injuries. They also have 391 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: DeAndre Carter, the former Texan. He kind of gives them 392 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,640 Speaker 1: four legitimate weapons at wide receivers. So this is a 393 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 1: pretty good Chargers offense when fully healthy, Rick, and that's 394 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:28,399 Speaker 1: going to be the case on Monday night when the 395 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: Colt Sam at Lucas Oil Stadium. Yeah, there's no question 396 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 1: about it. And near quarterback driven and you're exactly right 397 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 1: on defense. You really have to have a good fourth 398 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: and two, fourth and one, fourth and three defense because 399 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: the game is on the line in that particular snap 400 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 1: may win it or lose it for you, and you 401 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: can pretty much count on it. But they're driven by Herbert. 402 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: You said at all those statistics, well over four thousand 403 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:58,360 Speaker 1: yards again in number eleven with QBR. I really like Eckler, 404 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:00,040 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, I just think the style I 405 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: affects them a little bit. But you know, he has 406 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: thirteen hundred plus thirteen touchdowns, like I said before, and 407 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: Kelly's an adequate guy to spell him. I really like 408 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: Everett as well. We'll get into that. They really if 409 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 1: they get behind an account. They really love to screen 410 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: to those two guys. And I'm just telling you it's 411 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: a big thing. Everybody talks screen, but they will screen 412 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,919 Speaker 1: to those two guys and they can catch it and 413 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,199 Speaker 1: run it. Now, you know, they've got the jumbo receivers. 414 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: They're jumbo receivers in Williams and Allen. They're you know, 415 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,920 Speaker 1: they're guys that are six four to six six, well 416 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: over two hundred pounds. Now, they're not very fast. I mean, 417 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 1: keenan Allen is like about a four to seven if 418 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 1: you can believe that, and Williams is like a four 419 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: or five five. So you know, there's some things you 420 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: can do. You can crowd him, you know. You know 421 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,400 Speaker 1: you mentioned Palmer problems kind of the sleeper. He ends 422 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: up with a lot more catches. Of course, he's played 423 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,199 Speaker 1: more snaps. And the guy you got to be alerted for, 424 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: as you said, is Carter is the gimmick guy. If 425 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: they're gonna run a you know, a speed or a 426 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: reverse or a quick screen, he's the guy they want 427 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 1: to get it in his hands. He is the gimme 428 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: guy in return guy. Again, they're very much when they 429 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 1: run the ball pretty much a zone team. They're not 430 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: real complicated running it now. That a lot of play 431 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 1: action on first down, and they'll take their shots. You know, 432 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: they'll take their shots. They're gonna work. They're gonna work 433 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 1: Williams on the outside of the field. They're gonna work 434 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 1: Keenan Allen on the inside of the field. The quarterback 435 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 1: can spin it, he will check it down if it's 436 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: taken care of. Now, he's a high valum bootleg passer, 437 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 1: big time bootleg passer. And I'm telling you, when the 438 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 1: guy gets on the edge, if you let him on 439 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: the edge, you're looking for trouble because he can fire 440 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 1: on the run. I mean really fire reminds me of 441 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 1: Josh Allan that way. I mean, he can get out 442 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: there and he can drill it deep. Third down belongs 443 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: to Allan when they're you know, when they're in trouble, 444 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,959 Speaker 1: Alan is pretty much gonna get to the slot. They 445 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 1: may motion him in, stack him in, but they're going 446 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: to try to get the ball to Alan on third down. 447 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: Their offensive line is decent, but when they get behind, 448 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: they can come apart. They will come apart. And if 449 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,640 Speaker 1: it's not for Herbert's ability to move and to move 450 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: the change, they would be worse. I call it a 451 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,920 Speaker 1: Baskin Robbin's line. I'll get into it because it's to 452 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,439 Speaker 1: take a number whoever you want to rush on you 453 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 1: can beat him again. So I think from a mustandpoint, 454 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 1: I think number one, you got to control Eckler. You 455 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 1: just have to, okay, and basically that is the combination 456 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,439 Speaker 1: because as you said, he's a combination back, so you 457 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 1: have to stop his run. You can't let this team 458 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 1: get any run going. They're not very good running the football. 459 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:51,360 Speaker 1: You know they're thirty first, they're thirty first or three 460 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,880 Speaker 1: point seven, so you just cannot give them any daylight here. 461 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 1: Eckler is a slasher, Kelly's a slasher. But again, you 462 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 1: got to sit their screens. We've got to be really 463 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 1: tight on screens. Things like that. He will run a 464 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: little wildcat when they get in the red zone again 465 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: mostly zone, a few tosses, but basically you have got 466 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: to take that away. You can't give them any advantage 467 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: that they wouldn't normally have. Number Two, we really have 468 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: to crowd their receivers. Now. They're big and they're physical, 469 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: but they're not very fast, so you have to control them. 470 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: You can afford to jam these guys, and we have 471 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,439 Speaker 1: to do this more. We can't sit back. If you 472 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: sit back and let these guys run free access, they're 473 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 1: going to use their big size and girth to get there. 474 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,479 Speaker 1: And you got to compete, particularly with Williams on that 475 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: fifty fifty ball outside. Williams is the shot guy. He's 476 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: the guy that is going to play outside the numbers. 477 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: He's the guy they're going to take shots too. And 478 00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: if the quarterbacks start scrambling, he'll start look and for 479 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: Williams deep and then it's just the opposite on Alan. 480 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,119 Speaker 1: And I think with Alan you have to have some 481 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: strategy on third down because they're going to get him 482 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,400 Speaker 1: the ball and they're gonna get him the ball primarily 483 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: on the inside part of the field. So again important 484 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 1: crowd these guys, you know, take the big guy, take 485 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 1: Williams away with technique. I think there's no question in 486 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 1: my mind that Gilmore can do that. But then schematically, 487 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 1: you know, take care of the other guy, Keenan Allen 488 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:33,400 Speaker 1: on third down, I think number three, and this might 489 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: be the most important part of the game is keep 490 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 1: Herbert enclosed with edge and inside discipline. Do not let 491 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:44,640 Speaker 1: him outside. He scares me to death. When he gets outside. 492 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 1: You know, he's monster spinning the ball and he is 493 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: money in those situations. Now, he has struggles some in 494 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 1: the red zone and occasionally, and I think because he's 495 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,200 Speaker 1: a great athlete and he always wants to make a play, 496 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 1: he will. He will throw it to you at times. 497 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 1: But we have got to stop Herbert. I mean, he 498 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: has a terrific skill set. And then number four and 499 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,199 Speaker 1: this kind of goes with that. We've got to attack. 500 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 1: We've got to get ahead in account and we got 501 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 1: to kill this offensive line. Destroy their left tackle, he's 502 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:20,360 Speaker 1: really struggling Sawyer, and then their right guard Johnson. I 503 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 1: think you can really blitz him because they don't have 504 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: receiver speed. I think you can get up and jam 505 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 1: those guys and really blitz his team. We don't do it, 506 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: and I think it's a big mistake. This offensive line 507 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: is a turnstyle. If you get him one dimensional. That's 508 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:40,360 Speaker 1: why stopping the run and keeping Herbert off the edge 509 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 1: on those bootlegs is so important, because if we can 510 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: get him in a one dimensional passing game, even though 511 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,440 Speaker 1: Herbert's good enough, but their offensive line is not good enough, 512 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,919 Speaker 1: and that's what's really important and just remember lating it 513 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 1: down no matter how late it is, plaster onto those 514 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 1: receivers because he is going to move around and he 515 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: liked the great ones in this league can make that 516 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,639 Speaker 1: throw on the run after he scrambles. That's Rick Finn Surrey. 517 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:09,160 Speaker 1: This is inside Football breaking down Colts and Chargers. I'm 518 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: Matt Taylor. Let's talk about the Chargers on defense. They 519 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: don't have great numbers, but it's all about for me, 520 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 1: what have you done lately? And the li defense has 521 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: done a great job holding down the Dolphins and the 522 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,640 Speaker 1: Titans in their last two wins. In the last two games. 523 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 1: Last Sunday, the Titans only had two hundred and eighty 524 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: four yards for the game. They were just three for 525 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: eleven on third down, and Derrick Henry finished with one 526 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: hundred and four rushing yards and a touchdown, but the 527 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: Chargers did a good job of preventing the big play. 528 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,479 Speaker 1: Henry's longest gain in that game was only thirteen yards. 529 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 1: Chargers in their pass rush, it's come alive here lately. 530 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: Last week, they notched their first sack from an edge 531 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 1: rusher outside of Khalil Mack since Joey Bosa went down 532 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,640 Speaker 1: with an injury in the first month of the season 533 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,199 Speaker 1: and totality, they logged four sacks against the Titans, the 534 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 1: most they've had in a game since Week six, and 535 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: they've only given up thirty one on points in the 536 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,679 Speaker 1: last two games combined. And they've held three of their 537 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,280 Speaker 1: last four opponents to under two hundred yards passing on 538 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 1: the season. As I said, they don't stop the run well. 539 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 1: They give up one hundred and forty five yards per 540 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: game on the ground. Kyle van Noy the former Patriot, 541 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: He has shifted primarily to an edge player along with 542 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 1: Khalil Mack and then in the back end Derwin James 543 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 1: could be back this week after missing the last couple 544 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: of games with a quad. But Ricky's a tackling machine 545 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: at safety. So what else do you like about the 546 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:34,159 Speaker 1: Chargers on defense? They're kind of an enigma on that 547 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: side of the ball where they play good at times, 548 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: but if you look at them on the whole, they're 549 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: not going to blow you away. Yeah, you're right, there's 550 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 1: an inconsistency there, There's no question about it. But I 551 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: think you're right, and you know, you and I have 552 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 1: talked about this all the time. A lot of times. 553 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: It's not necessarily who you play, it's exactly when you 554 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 1: play them right, and we are. We are catching them 555 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: hot and we are catching their defense. I think I 556 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: said this earlier, but I define them this way. I 557 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 1: think right now their whole is playing maybe better than 558 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 1: their individual parts. And I think they have helped themselves 559 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: with a couple things on the defense standpoint, and I 560 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: think that if if Derwin James is there, if he's 561 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 1: ready to go, he makes a huge difference. He really 562 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: makes a huge difference in their run defense and in 563 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: their blitz defense. Okay, those two things, you know, and 564 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 1: those are critical coming into the game. So I don't 565 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 1: know where he is. I have a feeling he's going 566 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: to be ready with a long week, but they're they're 567 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 1: a different team when he plays. There isn't any doubt 568 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: about it now there you know. As I said before, 569 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 1: they're kind of a three or four team. They'll give 570 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: you under more than over. And they're playing a lot 571 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: of double sync. You know that obviously. I talk about 572 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 1: that every week because it's become the NFL standard. It's 573 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 1: almost the NFL based defense, and we know that we've 574 00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:00,320 Speaker 1: struggled with it. But they're getting better with it every week. 575 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 1: And I think you hit something. You know, you have 576 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 1: come You have Mac on one side, okay, who has 577 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: seven sacks, not necessarily killing it, but when they lost Bosa, 578 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 1: you know people were able to direct more more protection 579 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:20,240 Speaker 1: to Khalil Mack. Now, the guy that's coming on is 580 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 1: you know, the hybrid. Guy has been around a long time. Um, 581 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,240 Speaker 1: you know, basically has been around there a long time, 582 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: and you know, played with Belichick on the other side, 583 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 1: you know, and and it's it's he has really give 584 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 1: them something. And that's van Oy. You know, Vanoy is 585 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 1: playing kind of a hybrid. He's playing outside linebacker. Um, 586 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: you know, when they get into three two, he'll come 587 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 1: in and be an inside speed rusher. But when they 588 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: play that under or that double sink, it's Khalil Mack 589 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: on one side and it's Vanoy. And you're right. Vanoy 590 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,479 Speaker 1: now has gotten to the quarterback a couple of times 591 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:01,720 Speaker 1: here in the last couple weeks, and he's asserted himself 592 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: on that other side. And then Fox is not bad inside. 593 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 1: He's pretty good inside rusher. So you know they're presentable there. 594 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 1: I really like Tranquil, the Notre Dame kid. You know. 595 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 1: I mean he's really active on the run, big time tackler. 596 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: He's got a million tackles and you know he has 597 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 1: four sacks, so they're very capable of blitzing you. With 598 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: Tranquil and James, those two guys are really really good. 599 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 1: They got eight sacks between the two of them, so 600 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,240 Speaker 1: they can do that. And again, so you know, they 601 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: like that as I said, that under and then they 602 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 1: run that double sink. They like to bring cats off 603 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,959 Speaker 1: the edge, either the nickel or the free safety, you know, 604 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 1: in play three deep with that. If they get longer 605 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,800 Speaker 1: yardage then they're then they'll go to a little bit 606 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 1: more coverage, you know, the quarters to cover four and 607 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: then what I call a reverse eight where they roll 608 00:31:56,440 --> 00:32:00,760 Speaker 1: strong and play quarters week and on the third down, 609 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 1: and this is where we really have to be sharp 610 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 1: and if we can stay ahead and account it's gonna 611 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: matter because we have had just a terrible time from 612 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 1: the beginning of the season to now and I don't 613 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 1: know what's happened. It's it's a combination of everybody, but 614 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,719 Speaker 1: we've just been so bad. And blitz pick up and 615 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:21,479 Speaker 1: what they do is they get into that three man 616 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: look and then Vanoy walks inside, so it's a I 617 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 1: call that delta and he's standing up inside. And you know, 618 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: sometimes they'll walk the mic up with them and they'll 619 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 1: get in there and they'll run three man rushes, four 620 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,640 Speaker 1: man rushes, and then all of a sudden, you know, 621 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:39,760 Speaker 1: they'll bring the mic and the dime and then they'll 622 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,240 Speaker 1: walk those guys up and bring guys from the edge. 623 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 1: That's where James is so dangerous because he plays the 624 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: dime on third down. And so I think what's so 625 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 1: critical there, you know, is obviously that protection right there. 626 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 1: You just gotta do a good job on that. And 627 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 1: so I think when you look at them, the must 628 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 1: for our offense, I think I do think you have 629 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: to believe their thirty first against the rush. This is 630 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,920 Speaker 1: you know, it's five five three per rush. I mean, 631 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,360 Speaker 1: they have struggled and even though they've been a little 632 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 1: bit better, I think we have to make them prove it. 633 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,640 Speaker 1: And basically what I say is that, you know, you 634 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: have to have check with me runs. If if they 635 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,479 Speaker 1: give you a bubble, you want to attack the bubble. 636 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 1: If they give you that double sink, then you got 637 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,920 Speaker 1: to be able to attack them off tackle. You know, 638 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 1: powers counter trays, and I think you can bounce the 639 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 1: edge some And the reason I say bounce the edge, 640 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: you want to start it in and freeze that inside 641 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 1: five and then get on the edge on those edge 642 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 1: guys in those corners. And I think that and then 643 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: you know, sometimes you just toss it and then as 644 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: hard as their plan. And we did a pretty good 645 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,760 Speaker 1: job with this. We we only ran two of them, 646 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,640 Speaker 1: but they were both pretty successful. And you know, that's 647 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,000 Speaker 1: just a reverse game. I think the reverse game is 648 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 1: there because they go so hard. And then number two, 649 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,640 Speaker 1: we just we just have to have protection, and we've 650 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 1: got to have both edge protection on Mac and Benoy, 651 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 1: but we have to have blitz protection because again you've 652 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,720 Speaker 1: got you know, you've got one one linebacker and Tranquil 653 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,879 Speaker 1: with four sacks. You've got James with four sacks. So 654 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 1: they are a very very good blitzing team. And even 655 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:23,719 Speaker 1: though their sacks statistic doesn't look very good, as much 656 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,239 Speaker 1: trouble as we have, we have to do our very 657 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,400 Speaker 1: very best from that situation, I think we really have 658 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:35,279 Speaker 1: to attack their corners. Davis and Samuel are okay, and 659 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,359 Speaker 1: I think they're pretty good in the press, but I 660 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,600 Speaker 1: think they're going to leave them out there naked quite 661 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:44,440 Speaker 1: a bit a lot of particularly on first down almost 662 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:46,920 Speaker 1: always in order to play that double sink. They end 663 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,319 Speaker 1: up being man to man on the outside. And if 664 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,799 Speaker 1: you let them press, they're pretty good. So what I 665 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:56,080 Speaker 1: think is really important is you have to attack them, 666 00:34:56,480 --> 00:35:00,920 Speaker 1: but you want to be able to get information stacks, movement, 667 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 1: motion and that what that does is that takes the 668 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,800 Speaker 1: press off. No matter what you say, you can't press 669 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,239 Speaker 1: a moving target. You're not going to press a guy 670 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:12,479 Speaker 1: in a stack. And so if you can get free 671 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,680 Speaker 1: access on those guys, I think they get very average 672 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:17,960 Speaker 1: and then they you know, the double moves. And again 673 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say this, I'm gonna beg that we get 674 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 1: Pierce and Gilanni Woods going. Those are two game breakers. 675 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,520 Speaker 1: I mean, you can't take Pittman and running on Peterson 676 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 1: and think you're gonna win that. That's not a winning equation. 677 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:34,239 Speaker 1: You've got to get Pierce in Gilani Woods on their 678 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,560 Speaker 1: weakest links and push that ball down field and be 679 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:39,959 Speaker 1: able to get something. And then in the end there's 680 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: two things we gotta go do. And this is really 681 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,640 Speaker 1: kind of the whole team. It's not just offense, you know, 682 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 1: but we got to take care of the ball, and 683 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,080 Speaker 1: we got to play great in the red zone both ways. 684 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,279 Speaker 1: Take care of the ball and play great in the 685 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,840 Speaker 1: red zone. And as a team, we just gotta finish 686 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:59,120 Speaker 1: a fourth quarter and finish a dog on football game. Yeah, 687 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:02,080 Speaker 1: no question. I think that's a good segue to wrap 688 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,280 Speaker 1: it up, because I mean, the Colts have just shot 689 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,759 Speaker 1: themselves in the foot over and over this season. I 690 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,240 Speaker 1: mean you've seen that during this four game losing skid, 691 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,920 Speaker 1: and like it or not, the Colts are back on primetime. 692 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:17,200 Speaker 1: It's another standalone window for the Colts to prove themselves 693 00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,319 Speaker 1: in again. And to me, it's it's it's what are 694 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,719 Speaker 1: you gonna do? You know, are you gonna rise up 695 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,520 Speaker 1: and show that you still have got some fight or 696 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:27,839 Speaker 1: are you gonna fold knowing you know your playoff hopes 697 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,520 Speaker 1: are pretty much done and come in here and let 698 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,319 Speaker 1: a playoff contender stack another win. To me, it's all 699 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,879 Speaker 1: about legacy. Do you want to be part of this 700 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,360 Speaker 1: team next season or not? Do you want your contract 701 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,399 Speaker 1: to be picked up or not? Or do you want 702 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,719 Speaker 1: to be remembered as you know, being part of one 703 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,640 Speaker 1: of the worst Colts teams in recent memory. Rick, I mean, 704 00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:47,960 Speaker 1: that's that's to me kind of the you know, the 705 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,360 Speaker 1: black and white version of where this Colts team is 706 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:52,279 Speaker 1: right now with three games to go, just trying to 707 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:55,680 Speaker 1: keep it as simple as possible. Yeah, you are, you're 708 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,839 Speaker 1: preaching to acquire you know, it's and in the end, 709 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:00,960 Speaker 1: I do believe this, and I I started out with 710 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,440 Speaker 1: you maybe off air, I'm not sure, but this is 711 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,799 Speaker 1: maybe the best possible scenario after what's happened these last 712 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:11,319 Speaker 1: two weeks, which have been debacles, because it's one more 713 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,880 Speaker 1: shot on a national stage and that matters, and this 714 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,680 Speaker 1: one is before your own fans, and you got a 715 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:21,759 Speaker 1: chance here, this last chance to rectify and atone for 716 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,880 Speaker 1: what has really happened the Chargers again, I'm gonna say 717 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,000 Speaker 1: it again, just like I set it against Minnesota, I 718 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:31,160 Speaker 1: set it against Dallas. Okay, they're solid, but they are 719 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:34,520 Speaker 1: really really beatable, there is no question about it. You know, 720 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:38,239 Speaker 1: their quarterback is really good, but their team is beatable. 721 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,080 Speaker 1: I think, I think, look at yourself, don't don't feel 722 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 1: sorry for yourself. Think of yourself as completely lucky to 723 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:49,400 Speaker 1: have this chance. Really on Monday night, you'll have thirteen 724 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:53,160 Speaker 1: days that's all that's left, thirteen days and three shots 725 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:56,600 Speaker 1: to go out in style and to kind of rewrite 726 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 1: this season a little bit as we go on. And 727 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:03,680 Speaker 1: as you said, I love the word change and affect 728 00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:07,000 Speaker 1: your legacy, And I say this to every time we 729 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:11,439 Speaker 1: go out. The definition of a pro, a real pro, 730 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,880 Speaker 1: not an amateur, is to give one hundred and fifty 731 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:22,760 Speaker 1: percent sixty minutes, any time, anywhere, in any under any circumstances. 732 00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:25,560 Speaker 1: And I will say this. You know the way things 733 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:28,240 Speaker 1: have gone, and I think you just capitalize it as well. 734 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:32,239 Speaker 1: The very essence of you as a man is going 735 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:34,960 Speaker 1: to be tested in these last thirteen days. And the 736 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:38,520 Speaker 1: question you're confronted with, as you brought up, is do 737 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:42,000 Speaker 1: you have the pride and the courage to step up 738 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:44,399 Speaker 1: and be countered? Are you going to fold your tent 739 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,400 Speaker 1: and crawl away? And in my world and your world 740 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:50,239 Speaker 1: and in our world, the only way you answer that 741 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,680 Speaker 1: question is worth performance. Great stuff is always man. Good 742 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:55,480 Speaker 1: to have you back, Good to have you back breaking 743 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:57,560 Speaker 1: it all down today, it's going to be even more 744 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,680 Speaker 1: enjoyable to have you back in the booth Monday night 745 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,839 Speaker 1: football following that illness. So I'm glad you're feeling better. Now, 746 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,200 Speaker 1: what do you have planned for Christmas? Tell me about 747 00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:09,000 Speaker 1: family gathering and uh, what do you think Santa is 748 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,680 Speaker 1: going to bring you this year? Well, you know, Santa's 749 00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:13,960 Speaker 1: just you know, basically, I'm getting my health back. I'll 750 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,279 Speaker 1: thank him for that. Boy, Well it was, it was, 751 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:19,000 Speaker 1: it was good there for a few days. But you know, 752 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:23,120 Speaker 1: we're feeling great. Um and uh, basically, my daughter came 753 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,759 Speaker 1: in from San Francisco last night. We got at the 754 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:31,640 Speaker 1: Indianapolis Airport and so my family will be intact. We'll 755 00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:34,120 Speaker 1: be over here Sunday since we're playing on Monday. We'll 756 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:39,520 Speaker 1: have the entire gang, my son, his family, his girlfriend, samily, 757 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:43,160 Speaker 1: my daughter is here, and so we're really looking forward 758 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,240 Speaker 1: to having a great Christmas. You know, I really can't 759 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:49,120 Speaker 1: wait for it. Like I said, my gift is just 760 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,480 Speaker 1: having my whole family together, to be honest, that's it 761 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,680 Speaker 1: me too, me too. I mean I think the older, 762 00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:56,360 Speaker 1: the older, I mean, you can appreciate this. The older 763 00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,239 Speaker 1: I get, the you know, the less I think I've 764 00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:02,319 Speaker 1: been this way for while, but the less materialistic I 765 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:07,680 Speaker 1: have become, and I just appreciate experiences, I appreciate time, 766 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:11,480 Speaker 1: and I just appreciate, you know, everybody gathering and to 767 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:13,839 Speaker 1: be present all at once. I think that's what it's 768 00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:16,200 Speaker 1: all about. Again. Glad you're feeling better, Rick, have a 769 00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:19,440 Speaker 1: great holiday with family. What you just laid out sounds fantastic. 770 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:22,319 Speaker 1: Give everybody my best and we'll see you on the 771 00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:24,959 Speaker 1: twenty six for some more football. Yeah, I can't wait 772 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:27,959 Speaker 1: for that. You got a buddy, that's Rick Ventury. And again, 773 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,880 Speaker 1: happy holidays everybody. This is our last podcast here on 774 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:34,759 Speaker 1: Inside Football with Rick Ventury before the Christmas holidays, so 775 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,160 Speaker 1: celebrate it in your own way with you and yours, 776 00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:40,640 Speaker 1: and we look forward again to Colts and Chargers on 777 00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:42,960 Speaker 1: Monday Night football. It has always for the latest on 778 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,359 Speaker 1: the Colts, check it out here at Colts dot Com, 779 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,799 Speaker 1: the Colts mallble app, and be sure to subscribe to 780 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:51,280 Speaker 1: everything on the Colts Audio Network. Again for Rick Ventury, 781 00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:54,239 Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor. Marry Christmas, everybody. We'll talk to you 782 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:57,880 Speaker 1: next week on another installment of Inside Football here on 783 00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:02,840 Speaker 1: the Colts Audio Network. So on. It is the found 784 00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:08,520 Speaker 1: the Schools and the change