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Speaker 1: Here's what it all starts, right, here's why jam money Chris.

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Speaker 1: This is Inside Football with former Colts and NFL coach

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Speaker 1: Rick Venturi. Three games left in the NFL regular season

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Speaker 1: and the Colts are in control of their own destiny.

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Speaker 1: The horse Shoes are eight and six, a season high

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Speaker 1: seven to seventeen win over the Patriots last week. And

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Speaker 1: now they get ready for a Christmas night showdown with

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Speaker 1: a ten and four Arizona Cardinals out west in week

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Speaker 1: number sixteen. Hi, everybody, welcome to Inside Football with Rick Venturi.

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Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor and Rick. The Colts got the job

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Speaker 1: done last this week like they've been doing all season.

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Speaker 1: A dominant running game Jonathan Taylor, elite special teams play

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Speaker 1: and takeaways by the defense. Yeah, no question about it, Matt.

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Speaker 1: It was an absolutely night of magic. You could I

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Speaker 1: they took on they personified the fan base in that game. Well,

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Speaker 1: that you know that that team, no matter what you

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Speaker 1: tell them, you know, there's still products of their environment.

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Speaker 1: They go out to dinner, they watch TV, they meet

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Speaker 1: And I always worry about bad aspect of it because

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Speaker 1: But I do believe in this one that the vibe

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Speaker 1: He came underneath. When when was it used to that

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Speaker 1: red zone that they'll throw fade to him every other play,

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Speaker 1: fade and back fade. So you really have to compete

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Speaker 1: with him. Not the fastest guy in the world, and

429
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Speaker 1: I really believe you can jam the heck out of

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Speaker 1: him at the line of scrimmage. He gives you a

431
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Speaker 1: lot of body to hit. But you have to compete

432
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Speaker 1: with him. He's their one on one guy on the

433
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Speaker 1: week side. Kirk has really come on. Kirk is actually

434
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Speaker 1: you know, their leading receiver with sixty two catches and

435
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Speaker 1: eight eight hundred and twelve yards thirteen one five tds.

436
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Speaker 1: And he's a guy that is really excelled in the slot.

437
00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:05,000
Speaker 1: He's sneaky fast in there. If he gets a bad matchup,

438
00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,879
Speaker 1: he can get over the top. But he's having a

439
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Speaker 1: really good year and he you know, his role without

440
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:16,160
Speaker 1: Hopkins has expanded. And just to regress one minute, the one.

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Speaker 1: The other thing that I really like about Connor is

442
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Speaker 1: this guy's hungry around the goal on This guy's got

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Speaker 1: twelve tds. I mean, he's very hungry when he gets

444
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Speaker 1: into red zone. And then a couple specialists. I think

445
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Speaker 1: you got to really be ready for. We know Rondel

446
00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,600
Speaker 1: Moore around here. I mean, he's a big play guy,

447
00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:37,480
Speaker 1: ready to happen. You know, he's a return guy to

448
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:41,320
Speaker 1: Purdue kid, but he is a reverse Guy's run wildcat

449
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,639
Speaker 1: speed sweeps, screen passes. They love to throw screens on

450
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,240
Speaker 1: first down to Kirk and to more and to Connor.

451
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,400
Speaker 1: That's one of their big approaches. But he's a guy

452
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,680
Speaker 1: that you have to cluster as a specialist. If he's

453
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Speaker 1: around that backfield, he's around either in that tight wing

454
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Speaker 1: or in that back He's there for a reason, and

455
00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,439
Speaker 1: you know he can take it to the house. And

456
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:08,360
Speaker 1: then I think one of the best hybrids tight ends

457
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Speaker 1: in the league is Earth's. You know Earth's is He's

458
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:15,080
Speaker 1: got thirty four catches, but you know he's got three touchdowns.

459
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Speaker 1: They're gonna get him the ball. Murray really likes him

460
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Speaker 1: in that third and three to seven window, right in

461
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,960
Speaker 1: that tight window, he loves him. And then Mattie loves

462
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Speaker 1: him in reversilce. So you know, that's the skilled part

463
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Speaker 1: of their team. I mean, really, they're they're not very

464
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Speaker 1: good in the offensive line. Uh. You know, they've got

465
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Speaker 1: issues at left tackle. Uh you know with Humphreys, they

466
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Speaker 1: got they got issues at right guard, whether it's Garcia

467
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Speaker 1: or Jones their right tackle. But the problem is is

468
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,119
Speaker 1: you have to have such a disciplined rush against the sky,

469
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Speaker 1: and he erases a lot of their issues with his

470
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Speaker 1: ability to scramble, you know, and at the end of

471
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Speaker 1: the day, at the end of the day, you've got

472
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Speaker 1: you just got to make them play in fail football

473
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Speaker 1: and cut his legs away. In terms of the must

474
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:09,200
Speaker 1: again very much, it's very similar to play in Baltimore. Okay,

475
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:13,800
Speaker 1: you've got to have a good double edged plan. Okay,

476
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Speaker 1: you've got to have a really good plan. And the

477
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:20,120
Speaker 1: Colts have been very good at this in the last

478
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Speaker 1: couple of years of stopping the NCAA game. The zone reads,

479
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,640
Speaker 1: but this guy is for real now He's gonna pull

480
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Speaker 1: it and go, So you really your edges have to

481
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Speaker 1: be really be disciplined. You know, it's a form of

482
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Speaker 1: option football, even though we don't think of it as option,

483
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Speaker 1: but it really is. And you've got to be really disciplined,

484
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Speaker 1: and you've got a gang tackle. I think probably along

485
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Speaker 1: with that, and maybe even more importantly is you just

486
00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:47,920
Speaker 1: have to have a rush plan. And I'm not talking

487
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Speaker 1: about necessarily a blitz plan. How do you rush this guy? Well,

488
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,639
Speaker 1: the first thing is do not let him on our edge. Okay,

489
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Speaker 1: you have to set the edge on this guy. If

490
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Speaker 1: he gets outside, I mean, all here is gonna break loose.

491
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 1: It's gonna be like a punt return, or he's gonna

492
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,879
Speaker 1: sell that ball forty five yards downfield so that it

493
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,360
Speaker 1: starts there. And then discipline inside because he can duck

494
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,240
Speaker 1: in and out and do the same thing. So again

495
00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:16,359
Speaker 1: the very discipline. I think when you're four man rush,

496
00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,680
Speaker 1: it's a little bit more of a mushrush this week.

497
00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 1: Bring some pressure and when you bring four, don't be

498
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,720
Speaker 1: afraid to play man to man and use Leonard as

499
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Speaker 1: that fifth guy where he gets in there and it's

500
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Speaker 1: not really a hug, it's just almost it's almost a

501
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,919
Speaker 1: secondary blitz, but he has the ability, he has a

502
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Speaker 1: sense for it. And then I think you should sixth

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Speaker 1: man blitz him sometimes. And you know, when you six

504
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Speaker 1: man blitz him, you force him to throw hot and

505
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Speaker 1: you're taking his wheels away. So those are those are

506
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,359
Speaker 1: the big things. Again, as a good friend of mine

507
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Speaker 1: who covers uh that division said to me, when you

508
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Speaker 1: when you see him live, he said, there's two things

509
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Speaker 1: you will hit you. Number one, you won't believe how

510
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Speaker 1: small he is, and number two, you won't how fast

511
00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,520
Speaker 1: he is. So you know, I think those two things.

512
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Speaker 1: The biggest thing that I'm telling my team this week

513
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,160
Speaker 1: is we want to keep him deep in the well.

514
00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,880
Speaker 1: We want to make him play an NFL football game.

515
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,360
Speaker 1: I want my fast guys on the edges to turn

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00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 1: him in and then I want trees like Buckner and Dao.

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Speaker 1: This week, I want all guys to make that kid

518
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Speaker 1: play short. We always say it with Drew Brees, make

519
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,520
Speaker 1: him play short. I'm not saying he is short, just

520
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:30,919
Speaker 1: make him play short. You know. But at the end

521
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,080
Speaker 1: of the day, he's got the ninth QBR. It's gone

522
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Speaker 1: down a little bit. At one time he was up

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Speaker 1: four or five, you know, and he's got two hundred

524
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Speaker 1: and seventy yards rushing with three thousand at the end

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Speaker 1: of the day, if you control Murray, that's why I

526
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Speaker 1: have a number one. You'll control them number two. You know,

527
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,320
Speaker 1: make sure that we stop. You know, Connors. Don't let

528
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Speaker 1: Connor get going. He's tough, pushes the pile. As I said,

529
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,760
Speaker 1: he gets really hungry with twelve tds around the goal line.

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00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 1: Pretty good on screens. You know, the numbers are there,

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Speaker 1: Edmonds back. When Edmonds is in there, it's a little

532
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:05,680
Speaker 1: bit more draw, a little bit more loose play. He's shorter,

533
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Speaker 1: maybe a little bit quicker, but they haven't been a

534
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:13,280
Speaker 1: great running team. They're twenty second at four point one.

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Speaker 1: So that's the reality of it. You know, I think

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Speaker 1: number three we must control the deep ball. He again

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Speaker 1: has like a lot of kids that have come out

538
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Speaker 1: of college. Most of those kids, you don't run the

539
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 1: ball well and throw the d ball and then they

540
00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:29,200
Speaker 1: struggle on the in between. But he does throw it effectively.

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Speaker 1: He's not afraid to throw it in any situation. Again,

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Speaker 1: you got to compete like hell with Green on a

543
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Speaker 1: fifty fifty ball. When you get around that red zone.

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00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 1: I mean, you gotta have your guy that can go

545
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,240
Speaker 1: up and play him because you know they're like old school.

546
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,440
Speaker 1: You know, some teams don't do that anymore, but he is.

547
00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:50,520
Speaker 1: He's the fade fade stop guy. Be very alert for

548
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:54,000
Speaker 1: Kirk in a slot, you know, and then again a

549
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,960
Speaker 1: really good plan for more And in the plan, it's

550
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Speaker 1: not so much that you game plan more, it's just

551
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,840
Speaker 1: you're aware of him and when he's around that box,

552
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 1: everybody's got ready just to play great discipline, don't give

553
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,920
Speaker 1: him an edge. And then I do think that Earth's

554
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,480
Speaker 1: is a key guy because we have struggled now, we

555
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,280
Speaker 1: have struggled with tight ends a week in week out.

556
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 1: I mean, we just have so much trouble with tight ends.

557
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,000
Speaker 1: They seem to have really good days against us. And

558
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 1: this guy is really good Earth Earth is a really

559
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 1: good receiver, and so you've got to be able to

560
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,959
Speaker 1: put the stop on him. Where you really have to

561
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,959
Speaker 1: cover him is third down in the red zone. You're

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Speaker 1: getting that red zone. You got to cover Earths and

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Speaker 1: you got to cover aj again number four. Just we

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00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,480
Speaker 1: talked about that a little bit, you know, make sure

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Speaker 1: that we got more contained all the time. No big

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Speaker 1: place to more return game, and then I think number five,

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Speaker 1: this is critical and this is what Detroit was able

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Speaker 1: to do. It's one thing to say, it's another thing

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Speaker 1: to do. It really important here to establish the lead

570
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 1: and force them into an NFL drop back. Their tackles

571
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,680
Speaker 1: really can't protect, they don't pick up blitzes, and their

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks is not the same deep in the well, he

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Speaker 1: just is not. So we got to keep him in,

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Speaker 1: crush the right side of their line while keeping contain

575
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Speaker 1: and run the weak side on the left side on

576
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Speaker 1: their tackles on the edge, bring it, bring it, and

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Speaker 1: cut off his wheels. When you watch a Detroit game,

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Speaker 1: once Detroit gets the lead, okay, and they forced them,

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Speaker 1: and Detroit keeps bringing people, it just is not the same.

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Speaker 1: So establishing the league is critical. That's Rick vent Urry.

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Speaker 1: This is inside football. I'm Matt Taylor breaking down the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals defense. Says, we shift over to that side of

583
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Speaker 1: the ball. The Cardinals give up only twenty points per game. Rick,

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Speaker 1: That's fourth best in the NFL. They've held eight teams

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Speaker 1: to twenty points or less on the season, third most

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Speaker 1: in the league. A top five unit against the past

587
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 1: allowing only two hundred and ten yards per game, and

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Speaker 1: they get after you. Under defensive coordinator Vance Joseph their

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Speaker 1: fifth and sacks this season and fifth and total sacks

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Speaker 1: since two nineteen when he took over. And the Cardinals

591
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 1: are a very impactful defense. Rick. They might give up

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00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 1: some yards, but they make up for it with impactful

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Speaker 1: play such as eighteen force fumbles tied for second, sixty

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00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,760
Speaker 1: passes defensed, eighty quarterback hit, sixty one tackles for loss.

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00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,760
Speaker 1: And the biggest impactful player on that defense is Chandler Jones.

596
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,840
Speaker 1: He's the all time leader in Sackson club history, leads

597
00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 1: the NFL and sacks, force fumbles and strip sacks since

598
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:32,040
Speaker 1: coming into the NFL on twenty twelve, and among active players,

599
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:35,960
Speaker 1: trails only Von Miller in career sack total. So it's

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00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,560
Speaker 1: gonna be another strong test for the Colts offense coming

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00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 1: up on Christmas Night. Yeah, and we've got a lot

602
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 1: of experience in this situation, particularly with three teams. Okay,

603
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:50,160
Speaker 1: this team is structured in a three to four. Everybody

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00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 1: has their versions of three to four. You know what,

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00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 1: we saw three four version primarily a double seat against Tampa.

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00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 1: We saw three to four sink and base three to

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00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 1: four against the Patriots, and now we come back and

608
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,720
Speaker 1: see a three to four with overlooks and double sinks

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00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:14,560
Speaker 1: and things like that. Now, where the commonality is on

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00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 1: these teams and it's good and it's bad, is that

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00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 1: all these teams have big outside linebackers who are really

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00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 1: rush guys. First I call him Clivesdale's and coverage and

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00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 1: it hurts them. But what the structure is built so

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00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:36,640
Speaker 1: that those two guys on the edge are rushers more

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00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,960
Speaker 1: often than not. That that forces certain types of coverage,

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Speaker 1: but it also brings five a lot, so they're disruptive.

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Speaker 1: As you said, there isn't any question about it. And

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Speaker 1: you know, obviously it starts with Jones. Jones hasn't been

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Speaker 1: quite as impactful as he was early in the season.

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Speaker 1: And they're gonna be on both sides. Sometimes Jones is

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Speaker 1: gonna be on the left, sometimes he's gonna be on

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Speaker 1: the right. I think he'll be on our left most

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Speaker 1: of the time. And then Golden. You know, Golden has

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Speaker 1: eleven and a half sacks on the other side, number

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Speaker 1: forty four, so you know they're getting half of their

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00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,880
Speaker 1: Sactually talked about the good sack number, but over fifty

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Speaker 1: percent of him. It's coming out of those two guys.

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Speaker 1: So you know, I mean that's you know, that's that's

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Speaker 1: something that you gotta know going in. I like their

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00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 1: two inside linebackers, I really do. They're two different kinds

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Speaker 1: of guys. Uh you know, you know, Hicks is the

632
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 1: you know, he's he's the leading tackler, he's the hammer.

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Speaker 1: He reminds me of Bentley with New England. And then

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Speaker 1: Simmons is a terrific athlete. He's he's not he does

635
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Speaker 1: He's not the playmaker yet that Leonard is, but he's

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Speaker 1: that kind of guy. He can blitz, he can run sideline,

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Speaker 1: the sidelines. He's a tremendous you know, he was lottery

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00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 1: pick athlete coming out of college, very very good. So

639
00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 1: you have kind of a I call him the hitman Hicks,

640
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:02,280
Speaker 1: and then you got uber as in Simmons. I think

641
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 1: a couple of good safeties. I've always liked Buddha Baker.

642
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 1: He's usually their down guy when they make an eight

643
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,920
Speaker 1: man front, they like to have him in the box

644
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,799
Speaker 1: or around it. And then Thompson's a very good guy

645
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 1: to free safety. Now they've got one really good corner

646
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 1: in Murphy, and Murphy was playing you know, the matchup

647
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,799
Speaker 1: corner and the number one corner, and then he was

648
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:29,160
Speaker 1: moving inside to play nickel, but Offered was struggling so

649
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:33,000
Speaker 1: bad that last week they made a switch on that

650
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 1: and they left Murphy outside and they brought Hamilton in

651
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 1: to play the nickels so that they didn't have as

652
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:42,880
Speaker 1: big a void on the outside. But you know, you know,

653
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,480
Speaker 1: I think the other guy, I think the other corner

654
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 1: struggles to some degree, you know, Wilson, the young kid.

655
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,560
Speaker 1: I think you can get after him. Now, what they

656
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 1: like to do as a unit is they like to

657
00:34:56,680 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 1: make their three four and what I call a old

658
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,880
Speaker 1: or an over shift. They like to shift everybody to

659
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 1: the tight end, keep their backers weak. And then I

660
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:10,720
Speaker 1: thought we would get this from Belichick, but we didn't.

661
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:15,960
Speaker 1: And then bring Buddha Baker down into that strong side

662
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,520
Speaker 1: behind the linemen, and that's a really good balanced front.

663
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 1: That's something that you're going to see for they're going

664
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,560
Speaker 1: to try to set that up to stop Jonathan. You'll

665
00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 1: see some double sinking in last week. Now, last week

666
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:32,520
Speaker 1: was interesting. It took me a long time yesterday to

667
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:37,360
Speaker 1: break this down, but they actually Detroit gave them a

668
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 1: lot of heavy formations of twenty two personnel, you know,

669
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:45,879
Speaker 1: two tight ends, two backs, you know, twelve personnel kind

670
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 1: of like a little bit like we did. We don't

671
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 1: use two backs, but we did it with twelve and

672
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 1: thirteen against the Patriots. And I'll be darn if the

673
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,399
Speaker 1: Cardinals didn't come out with a six man front. I mean,

674
00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 1: they had their two outside linebackers, they had four linemen

675
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 1: they had they had two linebackers in there, and two safeties.

676
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 1: I mean they they had the two Thompson boys, and

677
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 1: they had only one corner in Murphy. In other words,

678
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 1: they almost played almost looked like they And this was

679
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:14,719
Speaker 1: on first bound. This wasn't this wasn't in the red zone.

680
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:18,319
Speaker 1: This was you know, a matchup thing to stop Detroit's

681
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,239
Speaker 1: running game with kind of I'm just gonna call it

682
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,040
Speaker 1: as six two package. And so, you know, don't be

683
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,480
Speaker 1: surprised if we don't see something like that with our

684
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:29,439
Speaker 1: you know, with our terrific running games. So you gotta

685
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,880
Speaker 1: be ready for those heavy sets. But here's the bottom line.

686
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,759
Speaker 1: The bottom line is, regardless of the sets, it's a

687
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:39,360
Speaker 1: it's a little bit like New England. Regardless of the sets,

688
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,319
Speaker 1: they don't stop the runs very well. I'm gonna get

689
00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:44,960
Speaker 1: into it. I mean there, it didn't work. Number what

690
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,840
Speaker 1: is it? Their number? Twenty seven? Given up four point

691
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:53,080
Speaker 1: six yards per carry, so I mean it, you know,

692
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,799
Speaker 1: seventeenth total. But it's more important is what do you

693
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 1: give up per rush? And that's twenty seven, very much

694
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,520
Speaker 1: like New England was nice teeth. And so this is

695
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,799
Speaker 1: another game that regardless of how heavy they are, you know,

696
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 1: this is this is another team that you can you

697
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,839
Speaker 1: can you can pound and that's exactly Detroit just came

698
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 1: in and absolutely mauled them. So my must are this

699
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,399
Speaker 1: number one. You know we got we just gotta keep

700
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:21,240
Speaker 1: keep Taylor kiss, keeping them alive regardless of the fronts.

701
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 1: And we did a magnificent job, you know. We when

702
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 1: they get when they got in a sink, which we'll see,

703
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 1: we pinched that. We pinched that with our linemen. We

704
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,480
Speaker 1: never let anybody penetrate. We got the eighth guy, blocked

705
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:35,719
Speaker 1: the eighth guy in the box with our with our

706
00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:39,799
Speaker 1: our wide receivers who did terrific job. And because of that,

707
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,440
Speaker 1: what you're not what they're not getting, they're not getting

708
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 1: free hits on Jonathan they're not in our backfield. They're not.

709
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 1: Even when they're firing, we got hats on them, you know.

710
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 1: I mean there maybe when one exception, but overall we're

711
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,400
Speaker 1: getting hats on people. And that's what's really important, because

712
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,280
Speaker 1: when you really break this team down, they are really

713
00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:01,240
Speaker 1: not pat physical and you can run right aft Simmons.

714
00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 1: Simmons is a great athlete, but he is not stout.

715
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:08,280
Speaker 1: You can pound at him. And their edge guys are guys,

716
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 1: you know, like I said, they're Russians first, but when

717
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,399
Speaker 1: you run those speeds and those things to the outside,

718
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 1: they're Klimsdale's. They're not great under I seen Golden mis

719
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:21,319
Speaker 1: tackle after tackle on that edge out there. So you

720
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,799
Speaker 1: want to pound inside. And when they getting that over,

721
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,799
Speaker 1: just pound that ball week at Simmons. Just pound it

722
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,560
Speaker 1: until he cries, to be honest with you, and you know,

723
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,400
Speaker 1: be ready for those heavy fronts and adjust to it.

724
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,839
Speaker 1: But again, the biggest thing is let's keep patience, let's

725
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,799
Speaker 1: keep our running game going. And this big one out there,

726
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 1: I think the one thing I'd like to see us do,

727
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 1: and I mentioned this to you during the game we started,

728
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:45,799
Speaker 1: but we never really got a round to it and

729
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:47,719
Speaker 1: you know, at the end, we didn't need it, so

730
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:51,000
Speaker 1: that's fine. But I do think that we can attack

731
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,200
Speaker 1: their corners, you know, particularly the Wilson kid, and if

732
00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 1: they if they do move Murphy inside on Nickel, I

733
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:01,040
Speaker 1: think we can take some every once in a while

734
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 1: on first down, and it doesn't have to be crossing

735
00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 1: counter sometimes. I think just work on that outside, you know,

736
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,960
Speaker 1: and just work on that outside and every once in

737
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:13,400
Speaker 1: a while, because you know, when teams are playing us

738
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 1: every single first down, that corners by himself, I mean,

739
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:20,760
Speaker 1: they're gonna play with eight. They're not They're not gonna

740
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,920
Speaker 1: help anybody, and we haven't demanded any help. And I

741
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,920
Speaker 1: just think that there's a time that we can open

742
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 1: that up just a little bit on first down and

743
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:32,880
Speaker 1: attack those corners individually, be ready to go to a

744
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: touchdown check down if we need it. They have real

745
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:39,319
Speaker 1: trouble with play action, and you know, again, all three

746
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:41,440
Speaker 1: of these teams that we talked about have trouble with

747
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:44,719
Speaker 1: play action because when you're playing those big guys on

748
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,839
Speaker 1: the edge, they're always on the line of scrimmage. So

749
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,279
Speaker 1: any play fake, they ain't getting out of it. They

750
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 1: getting out of there in time. I mean, there's not.

751
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:54,400
Speaker 1: And when they do get out of there, they're not

752
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,400
Speaker 1: good cover guys. You can beat them into the flat,

753
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,959
Speaker 1: you know, because of those outside backers they're dropping. They're

754
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:04,800
Speaker 1: just not great athletes. The flats are there, the swing

755
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 1: passes screen them, and occasionally you can run a wheel

756
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 1: on them. Detroit got a big touchdown on an overwheel

757
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:16,560
Speaker 1: working right at those outside backers. So don't forget that again.

758
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 1: Number four, you mentioned it from the beginning, no question

759
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:23,319
Speaker 1: about this. You got to protect the edges. Okay you can't.

760
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: You know going in that they've got two rushers. You know,

761
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:30,400
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones has been for several years one of the

762
00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:33,680
Speaker 1: premier guys. You know that we struggle a little bit.

763
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 1: So let us make sure that schematically we're not stringing

764
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:41,440
Speaker 1: our two tackles out all day long on those guys.

765
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,840
Speaker 1: Just got to be some help, some kind of freeze

766
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: at times. That's twenty and a half sacks right there.

767
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 1: And then I'd say along with that, always schematically be

768
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:55,960
Speaker 1: alert for Simmons Blitz. He's the guy they want to bring.

769
00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:58,879
Speaker 1: He's the guy they'll occasionally walk up on the edge

770
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 1: on the line of scrimmage. You gotta have him, and

771
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:06,640
Speaker 1: then you're right about advanced Joseph. Expect a lot of

772
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:10,359
Speaker 1: volume on third down. You know, everybody's gonna walk those

773
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:14,400
Speaker 1: guys up, those linebackers up into those sugars and deltas.

774
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 1: They like to bring a lot of five man rush here,

775
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 1: and I wouldn't be surprised that that's gonna be his

776
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:25,919
Speaker 1: method of doing it. I really expect him to come

777
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 1: after us if they can get us on third down, um,

778
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: and if we get in spread even a little bit

779
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 1: as zero bliffs, So you know, I think that's that's

780
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 1: the important thing is on third down. You know, don't

781
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,560
Speaker 1: let him get an easy one. Make sure that we

782
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:42,880
Speaker 1: got everybody picked up. We're good at that. Jonathan had

783
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,960
Speaker 1: a great pick up last week on that big throw

784
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 1: that that that that once made early and that's really

785
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,560
Speaker 1: important because we're gonna get that volume. But those those

786
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 1: are the big things. But again, be who we are,

787
00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:00,279
Speaker 1: just be ready to maybe take some shots. Everyone well

788
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 1: on first down. All right, Rick, lastly, fantastic job as always.

789
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:06,839
Speaker 1: But as we wrap up this is I mean, it's

790
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:08,880
Speaker 1: going to be another great test for the Colts and

791
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,799
Speaker 1: not a game that they should be afraid of or

792
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,160
Speaker 1: an opponent that they should be afraid of, right because

793
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:17,120
Speaker 1: they've already proved they can beat anybody. Buffalo should have

794
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:20,160
Speaker 1: beat Baltimore two games with Tennessee. Should have won that

795
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:22,959
Speaker 1: last one. Should have beat Tampa, beat New England last week.

796
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 1: The Colts long story short, they're not going to be

797
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 1: intimidated in this game. And the Cardinals coming off two

798
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,719
Speaker 1: bad losses. They're trying to write this ship. They're trying

799
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:33,719
Speaker 1: to win the NFC West. They can lock up a

800
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,319
Speaker 1: playoff spot with a win. They got to take it

801
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 1: to Arizona in this game. They got to be the

802
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 1: aggressor on the road and have no letdowns After an

803
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:45,319
Speaker 1: emotional investment, big win against New England last week, How

804
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,319
Speaker 1: worried are you that this team is not going to

805
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:51,080
Speaker 1: bring their best foot forward after that emotional win last

806
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:53,799
Speaker 1: week against New England, flying across the country and being

807
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:58,280
Speaker 1: away from friends and family on Christmas Eve and Christmas Night, Well,

808
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:01,360
Speaker 1: I'm not really that worried about it. I think two things.

809
00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:03,800
Speaker 1: First of all, this team has been playing in the

810
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,439
Speaker 1: playoffs since they were one and four. This team has

811
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:10,640
Speaker 1: responded with their backs to the wall. I think it's

812
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:14,080
Speaker 1: a team a very very high football character that understands

813
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:17,960
Speaker 1: totally what is on the line. I say it week

814
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:20,760
Speaker 1: in and week out, and then certainly not a company line.

815
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:24,160
Speaker 1: You know, be better than that. I'm very unfiltered on

816
00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:27,319
Speaker 1: what I say. Frank gets a team ready every week.

817
00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:31,520
Speaker 1: I mean just very very seldom. I mean it's a

818
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:34,760
Speaker 1: few and far between. Will you ever see his team

819
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:39,160
Speaker 1: not ready to play motivationally going into the game. I

820
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,440
Speaker 1: do think that we have to understand this will be

821
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:44,480
Speaker 1: a prideful team. They're going to come back after that

822
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:47,760
Speaker 1: Detroit thing, and we're going to get a big effort

823
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:49,919
Speaker 1: from them. There isn't any doubt about that. I would

824
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:53,040
Speaker 1: have very much been happier for them to win that game,

825
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:55,560
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, it's all on

826
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:58,600
Speaker 1: the line. To be afraid of these guys would be silly.

827
00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:01,000
Speaker 1: I said it last week. We were the better team.

828
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:04,600
Speaker 1: Don't play the myth the ten and four is based

829
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 1: on the first seven games of the season. That's not

830
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:09,520
Speaker 1: who they've been here in the last seven. I think

831
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:12,240
Speaker 1: we're the better team. If you look at the team

832
00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 1: from top to bottom. They've got their you know, they've

833
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:17,839
Speaker 1: got their quarterback, they've got some elements. But I don't

834
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:19,799
Speaker 1: think they're as good a team as the Colts. If

835
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:23,000
Speaker 1: we do our job, the biggest things you go in there,

836
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,799
Speaker 1: you think, no tomorrow. It's that one to know that

837
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:29,120
Speaker 1: we that Frank has been preaching all the time. Now

838
00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:31,960
Speaker 1: the one and oh just takes on more significance. To

839
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:34,960
Speaker 1: be honest with you, I think you've kind of alluded

840
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:38,000
Speaker 1: to it. The big thing here because of their style

841
00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:41,720
Speaker 1: is if you can establish the league. That's not always easy.

842
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 1: But if you could come out on fire like you

843
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:48,040
Speaker 1: did against the Patriots, I think it affects how they play.

844
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:51,040
Speaker 1: I don't think they're nearly as good a team if

845
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:54,200
Speaker 1: you jump on them, if you put them in a disadvantage,

846
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:57,319
Speaker 1: and you know what you know. I think that even

847
00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:59,359
Speaker 1: though they're leading the league, I look at I look

848
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:01,960
Speaker 1: at body language. I think this is a team that

849
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:05,000
Speaker 1: is really questioning themselves. I really do. I thought that

850
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:08,880
Speaker 1: they really had the bad body language against Detroit, and

851
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:11,799
Speaker 1: that's why it's so important to punch him, punch him

852
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:15,200
Speaker 1: in the face, fast and furious. Everything is on the

853
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:18,359
Speaker 1: table for us now. Everything is on the table, from

854
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 1: a playoff berth to a possible AFC South champion, and

855
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:28,040
Speaker 1: that is not at all beyond you know, recognition. I

856
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:31,840
Speaker 1: watched Tennessee, and Tennessee is playing with nothing. They're on

857
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:36,160
Speaker 1: fumes and you know, Tannehill, he's basically thrown to JV guys.

858
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:38,239
Speaker 1: I mean, and this is why the turnovers are there.

859
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 1: I mean, they lost their runner, now they've lost their receivers.

860
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:43,600
Speaker 1: I mean, they're gonna have trouble winning the game. I'm

861
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:45,520
Speaker 1: just telling you they're gonna have trouble winning the game.

862
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 1: So we need to just keep the foot on the gas.

863
00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:52,960
Speaker 1: Forced body language is this team, you know, and you know,

864
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:55,000
Speaker 1: get on him early in the crowds. You know how

865
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,640
Speaker 1: the NFL crowds are, you know, particularly after that lost

866
00:45:57,680 --> 00:46:00,680
Speaker 1: the Detroit They'll turn over on a second. You know. Really,

867
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:03,640
Speaker 1: I don't think Kyler Murray looked happy. I think he

868
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 1: was really mad on the interception. You know, he kind

869
00:46:07,239 --> 00:46:10,760
Speaker 1: of gave the bad look to aj Green. That tells

870
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:14,360
Speaker 1: me something, you know. You know, Let's just force the action,

871
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:16,759
Speaker 1: make them play in the type of game they don't

872
00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:20,879
Speaker 1: want to play. Just destroy their Christmas joy, just destroy it. Well,

873
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 1: we're while we're eating a feast up there in the

874
00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:27,520
Speaker 1: press box. You know, we just hope to ruin them,

875
00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:29,520
Speaker 1: you know. And I go back to that, and I

876
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:32,759
Speaker 1: believe this totally, and I believed it when he said

877
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:35,520
Speaker 1: it is why not us? This is the Colts are

878
00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:38,719
Speaker 1: a really good team that is getting very close to

879
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:42,000
Speaker 1: playing full nine innings. You know, we're very very close.

880
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:44,759
Speaker 1: Once we play nine innings. You know, they say a

881
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:47,360
Speaker 1: tough out, We're gonna be a really tough out. Indeed,

882
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:51,360
Speaker 1: Rick Venturi man, wonderful job as always. Now before we close,

883
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:53,879
Speaker 1: got to ask, what does what does Christmas Morning look

884
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:57,200
Speaker 1: like at the Venturi household? Well, you know, you know

885
00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:00,360
Speaker 1: my daughter, First of all, I'm on cloud nine because

886
00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 1: she's coming in at seven o'clock tonight from San Francisco.

887
00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:08,000
Speaker 1: And I haven't seen Maren in two years because of COVID,

888
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:11,839
Speaker 1: and that is unusual. She's my pride and joy, and

889
00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:15,399
Speaker 1: so you know, I could, I could probably your pride

890
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:18,439
Speaker 1: and joy. What the hell? No on Sunday as you are.

891
00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:22,480
Speaker 1: But I've got about fifty years with this one. I'm

892
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:26,120
Speaker 1: with it. But she's coming in and so she'll be

893
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:27,960
Speaker 1: there with Sherry and I and then Jason will be

894
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:31,719
Speaker 1: over with the kids, uh and with the grandkids. So

895
00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:35,359
Speaker 1: you know, we'll have a little exchange. We've decided to

896
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:37,680
Speaker 1: put our big dinner back because I don't want to

897
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:40,640
Speaker 1: miss it till Sunday. You know, We've decided, since it's

898
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:42,839
Speaker 1: a game day, that we'll just kind of have a

899
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:46,200
Speaker 1: good day during the day and exchange and enjoy one

900
00:47:46,239 --> 00:47:49,080
Speaker 1: another and then uh, let me go on down and

901
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:51,879
Speaker 1: uh and and get get this thing together with you

902
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:54,760
Speaker 1: and have our normal good time. And then we're actually

903
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,040
Speaker 1: going to have our big Christmas dinner on Sunday. Oh

904
00:47:57,080 --> 00:47:59,799
Speaker 1: that's great, fantastic, man, We'll have a great Christmas. Tell

905
00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:03,720
Speaker 1: the family we all said hello. Enjoy that time because,

906
00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:06,520
Speaker 1: like you said, a unique situation that has kept you apart,

907
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:09,440
Speaker 1: So enjoy it. Can't wait for the game on Saturday night, Rick,

908
00:48:09,560 --> 00:48:11,520
Speaker 1: enjoy the holiday with family. And now we'll talk to

909
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:14,480
Speaker 1: you soon, sir, All right, partner, we will you got it,

910
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:17,440
Speaker 1: Rick vent Urry Right there. I'm Matt Taylor, and this

911
00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:20,800
Speaker 1: has been Inside Football, getting you ready a great breakdown

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00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:23,719
Speaker 1: on the Colts and the Cardinals coming up on Christmas,

913
00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:26,600
Speaker 1: the first game the Colts have ever played on Christmas Day.

914
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:28,960
Speaker 1: Have a great holiday, everybody, and we'll talk to you

915
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,239
Speaker 1: next week. Getting you ready for the Raiders here on

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Speaker 1: Inside Football with Rick vent Terry, right here on the

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Speaker 1: Colts Audio Network. So long