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Speaker 1: Official Podcast presented by wind Bat. I'm jj Stankamitz. Joined

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Speaker 1: on today's podcast by Lara Overton and Casey Valier, and guys,

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Speaker 1: I'm in sunny South Florida. I don't need to rub

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Speaker 1: it in, but there have been quite a few things

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Speaker 1: we have learned this week at the NFL Annual Meeting

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Speaker 1: about Matt Ryan, Carson Wentz nightheam hines, what's next at

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Speaker 1: wide Receiver. We are going to get it into all

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Speaker 1: just what have you guys noticed from AFAR, you know,

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Speaker 1: kind of keeping tabs on what's been said down here

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Speaker 1: by Frank Reich, by Chris Ballard, by Jim Ursay. Just

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Speaker 1: anything stood out to you guys as you've kind of

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Speaker 1: we really dive into all this. Well, let me start JJ.

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Speaker 1: I'll start with it. It's thirty eight degrees here in

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Speaker 1: and he was going to lean on Ron Milis and

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00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,199
Speaker 1: Richard Smith, guys who have He's coached with for a

431
00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:15,600
Speaker 1: very long time in implementing that defense. But now that

432
00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:17,000
Speaker 1: he can go over to a guy who's got four

433
00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,040
Speaker 1: decades of coaching experience playing somewhat of a different scheme

434
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Speaker 1: in the back end. You know, when you've got the

435
00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,520
Speaker 1: quarterbacks that the Colts are going to face on their

436
00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,800
Speaker 1: schedule this year, it's not the worst thing to kind

437
00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,960
Speaker 1: of have that little seed of doubt in a coordinator's

438
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,920
Speaker 1: mind or a head coach's mind on the other side

439
00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,920
Speaker 1: of like, well, you know, how we know Gus Bradley's

440
00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,239
Speaker 1: mostly gonna play Cover three and he's got some variations here.

441
00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:42,760
Speaker 1: But wait a minute, John Fox is there? Are are

442
00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,040
Speaker 1: they going to throw some quarters at us? Like just

443
00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,879
Speaker 1: those little little things. That's what Frank Wreich talked about,

444
00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,639
Speaker 1: that seed of doubt. Um, you know, the John Fox

445
00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:54,800
Speaker 1: can bring to impact how teams have to prepare for

446
00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,200
Speaker 1: the Colts defense. Um, you know, and this is a

447
00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,400
Speaker 1: role that Frank talked a lot about wanting to hire.

448
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:02,920
Speaker 1: You know, he's been looking into it for a little while.

449
00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,520
Speaker 1: The Colts kind of had it last year with Press

450
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,680
Speaker 1: Taylor as the senior offensive assistant. Now this year going

451
00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:12,840
Speaker 1: to John Fox as the senior defensive assistant. It seems

452
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,480
Speaker 1: like a pretty good fit to me. You know, Fox

453
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,440
Speaker 1: is a guy who you know, again, when I was

454
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Speaker 1: in Chicago in twenty seventeen and he was let go

455
00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:23,119
Speaker 1: after that season, my thought was, maybe he'll take a

456
00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,080
Speaker 1: year off and then he'll come back as a coordinator,

457
00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:28,080
Speaker 1: because this is a guy who you know, he had

458
00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,640
Speaker 1: coached in the NFL for fifteen years as a head coach,

459
00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:35,560
Speaker 1: was a coordinator for almost a decade, and this is

460
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Speaker 1: the first time he's back in the league. I'm sure

461
00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,360
Speaker 1: he's done a lot of research. I'm sure he's done

462
00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,960
Speaker 1: a lot of studying, you know, and can bring some

463
00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,320
Speaker 1: of that perspective of sort of maybe being out of

464
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,840
Speaker 1: it a little bit, but still paying attention now to

465
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,960
Speaker 1: this Colts defense. Well, I think it's like the conversation

466
00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,040
Speaker 1: we heard about, it's a good sign when you have

467
00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,280
Speaker 1: a guy, veteran guy like Matt Ryan who wants to

468
00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:57,920
Speaker 1: come to your team and the foundations there. I think

469
00:23:57,920 --> 00:23:59,720
Speaker 1: you can say the same for John Fox. He was

470
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,240
Speaker 1: going to be patient and look for the right opportunity

471
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,560
Speaker 1: he could. I'm sure he's had numerous offers over the

472
00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,119
Speaker 1: past what five year, four or five years, whatever it

473
00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,840
Speaker 1: has been. He was going to wait for the right opportunity.

474
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,360
Speaker 1: So there is something about this Colts defense that drew

475
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Speaker 1: Sean Fox out of semi pseudo retirement to do this.

476
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 1: So that's a great indication as well. And right now

477
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,560
Speaker 1: when you look at the Colts secondary and the youth

478
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,800
Speaker 1: of that cult secondary right now, because Xavier Rhodes is

479
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,080
Speaker 1: still out there in free agency, t J carry out

480
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:31,359
Speaker 1: there in free agency. You traded rock your scene. So

481
00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,960
Speaker 1: your secondary right now, it's Leddy, Kennymore the second pro bowler,

482
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,040
Speaker 1: Kenny Moore the second, and then you have Isaiah Rogers,

483
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:42,080
Speaker 1: Cary Willis, Julian Blackman coming off of injury. That is

484
00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:46,199
Speaker 1: a very young group, so as much veteran presence from

485
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:48,679
Speaker 1: a coaching standpoint, and I think Ron Milis is going

486
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:52,199
Speaker 1: to be incredible, Mike Mitchell as well, but then just

487
00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,719
Speaker 1: also having another set of eyes to oversee this and

488
00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,800
Speaker 1: help those guys develop because it is young. It is

489
00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,399
Speaker 1: a very talented group. I think we saw Isaiah in

490
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,680
Speaker 1: particular take huge strides this past year, so and it

491
00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,199
Speaker 1: could still make moves at that position, but that's an

492
00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,880
Speaker 1: area to me, very very young that can be heavily

493
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,399
Speaker 1: impacted by some of those wrinkles and that development that

494
00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,480
Speaker 1: you have of coaches like Agus Bradley who is so

495
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,760
Speaker 1: high energy and John Fox who had time removed to

496
00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,600
Speaker 1: be re energized to come in and work with the

497
00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,760
Speaker 1: defense that he's really excited about. And I want to

498
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,199
Speaker 1: touch one thing real quick what Lara said, when you

499
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Speaker 1: bring in guys who have been there, you know, been

500
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Speaker 1: head coaches. That's one of the things that I'm really

501
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,920
Speaker 1: looking forward to is to see the growth that we're

502
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Speaker 1: going to see from Frank here in this season, because

503
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,200
Speaker 1: he is a guy that I think anybody would say

504
00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,399
Speaker 1: when you look at the at the way he is

505
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 1: coaching week one to week seventeen, week eighteen, whatever it is,

506
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,880
Speaker 1: in which year he's been here, there's been growth. This

507
00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,080
Speaker 1: year is going to be a lot different because you've

508
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,280
Speaker 1: got two former head coaches there who can say, hey,

509
00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:55,760
Speaker 1: you know, why don't you try this, why don't you

510
00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,640
Speaker 1: do this? And it couldn't It might even be completely

511
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Speaker 1: off the football field, And that's kind of the stuff

512
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,800
Speaker 1: that I love. I was talking with a handful of

513
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:06,200
Speaker 1: guys today about just what that brings, Just it brings

514
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:11,119
Speaker 1: so much more just different perspectives, different views, different just lingo,

515
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:15,119
Speaker 1: whatever it is. It brings this another wrinkles as Frank

516
00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:19,000
Speaker 1: has talked about to put into opposing teams when they're

517
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 1: looking they're like, well they got you know, this guy

518
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,560
Speaker 1: has done this in the past, and this guy it

519
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,080
Speaker 1: just brings everything full circle. And I'm really looking forward

520
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,480
Speaker 1: to seeing the growth of Frank here in twenty twenty

521
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 1: two with the addition of John Fox along with Gus Bradley.

522
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,080
Speaker 1: All Right, before we move on to my sit down

523
00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:34,960
Speaker 1: with Frank, right, just let's talk a little bit more

524
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,120
Speaker 1: about Nihemhines because we've kind of mentioned him a couple

525
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,480
Speaker 1: times in this podcast, and he's been a pretty big

526
00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,760
Speaker 1: topic of conversation around here with the Colts because we've heard,

527
00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,440
Speaker 1: you know, from Chris Ballard, we're here from Jim Er

528
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,719
Speaker 1: say that, hey, it is a priority for the Colts

529
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:55,719
Speaker 1: to get Nihee Hinds the ball more into extension. Last offseason.

530
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Speaker 1: You did, right, And when when you think about the

531
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 1: weapons that this Colts team has, you know, most people

532
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:06,159
Speaker 1: will say Taylor in Pittman, but the way the Colts

533
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 1: view it, Nihee Hinds is a part of that too.

534
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:12,479
Speaker 1: He just wasn't used enough last year. And you know,

535
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 1: we've heard from Frank right, hey, he knows we got

536
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:16,399
Speaker 1: to get in Hinds the ball more. It's not like

537
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,600
Speaker 1: we're going to force the ball to him, but we

538
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,760
Speaker 1: need to find some different ways to get him the football. Um.

539
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,760
Speaker 1: And one thing that doesn't just come from Frank's like

540
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,080
Speaker 1: play calling. There are a lot of factors in which

541
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,760
Speaker 1: led to that, So that doesn't just one on Frank.

542
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,240
Speaker 1: There's a big kind of snowball of factors at all contribute,

543
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,679
Speaker 1: whether it's you know, defenses and different things and different scenarios.

544
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 1: So yes, and J. J. Ston Well and Frankly. One

545
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,080
Speaker 1: other thing is, um, you know, we we've heard it

546
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:49,840
Speaker 1: from Chris Ballard that one of the reasons for splitting

547
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,320
Speaker 1: with Carson Wentz was that he wasn't taking the layups

548
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,639
Speaker 1: and Nikeem Hinds. If you're taking the layups, you're getting

549
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,199
Speaker 1: the ball to Nikeem Hinds a lot. So that is

550
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,480
Speaker 1: another aspect to this whole thing. But something that was

551
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,879
Speaker 1: interesting was we heard from Chris Ballard that the Colts

552
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 1: might try Niheim in the slot a little bit more.

553
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 1: And we've certainly seen his receiving skills, and Lara, I

554
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 1: know you've covered him longer than I have, so I

555
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:19,040
Speaker 1: want to defer to you on this. But Niheim is

556
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,880
Speaker 1: pretty confident in his receiving skills, like not just hey,

557
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:24,480
Speaker 1: I can catch it out of the backfield, but in

558
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,800
Speaker 1: his ability to run routes, create separation those different things.

559
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:33,639
Speaker 1: Isn't he? Oh? Absolutely there was Like last season and

560
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,320
Speaker 1: during the offseason he spent immense time going back to

561
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,880
Speaker 1: Raleigh and he got back to North Carolina and got

562
00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,440
Speaker 1: on the track at NC State and spent a lot

563
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 1: of time not only working on his quick twitch speed

564
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 1: but also like his burst in acceleration so that he

565
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 1: can get that necessary separation in the receiving game. And

566
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,640
Speaker 1: he is a threat. We've seen it time and time

567
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 1: and again. And also too, Naim Hindes like make like

568
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,200
Speaker 1: he is one of the most like candid guys. I

569
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,000
Speaker 1: always appreciate Naim because he will shoot you straight, like

570
00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 1: those ghosts of his rookie season, preseason when he was

571
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 1: on returns and he had those just he had huge

572
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 1: drops in the return game and that haunted him for

573
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 1: a long long time and that is not forgotten. So

574
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 1: Naim still knows and that is embedded in his brain

575
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 1: how much he has to stay on the jugs, machine work,

576
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,840
Speaker 1: on his handwork, on his receiving, all of those things

577
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,440
Speaker 1: you know, from a return perspective, on special teams and

578
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 1: also from a pass catching ability. He is one of

579
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:43,479
Speaker 1: the most diligent workers in every aspect, and he is

580
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,840
Speaker 1: he's committed to making sure that he's prepared to be

581
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 1: utilized in whatever way he is called and whatever way

582
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 1: he can contribute offensively and to special teams. Because he's

583
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 1: a guy who doesn't obsess over the number of touches

584
00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:59,719
Speaker 1: he gets in a game. All he wants to do

585
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: is is be productive when given those opportunities. And one

586
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:08,080
Speaker 1: of I thought the most productive scenarios you saw for

587
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,400
Speaker 1: the Colts offense was when you had JT and Naim

588
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 1: on the field together this past season and mixing it

589
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 1: up in that respect of respect. So, yes, Nihim is

590
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,000
Speaker 1: a guy who is making sure whatever the situation is,

591
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 1: that he's prepared, whether it is in the run game,

592
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,080
Speaker 1: if it's in the passing game, if it's on you know,

593
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,800
Speaker 1: returns and special teams, whatever it happens to be. But yeah,

594
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,800
Speaker 1: he makes sure every facet of his game is developing

595
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:32,600
Speaker 1: year in and year out. And the great thing for

596
00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:35,640
Speaker 1: him too, is he and Jonathan Taylor complement each other

597
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,959
Speaker 1: really well. They love to work together. They thrive and

598
00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,560
Speaker 1: feed off of one another. You'll see him bantering on

599
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,120
Speaker 1: the sideline. So that has been great for I think

600
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 1: nikem as well. And then two Matt Ryan, when as

601
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,720
Speaker 1: soon as he is able to spend time working with

602
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 1: Nai Hindes, I think he's immediately going to have that Heck, yeah,

603
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 1: we got to ulize this guy way more that you know.

604
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,640
Speaker 1: You will certainly see that develop in that relationship transpire

605
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 1: when you get everyone together here on this ring. I

606
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 1: think it's funny that you say that because it sounds

607
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,440
Speaker 1: like almost every player on this team. Everybody has a

608
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,840
Speaker 1: chip on their shoulder, everybody works really it's right. I mean,

609
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,560
Speaker 1: I'm not in every other locker room. But that's one

610
00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 1: of the things that Matt Ryan mentioned when he came here.

611
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:14,200
Speaker 1: I texted these guys in the first and they said,

612
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 1: let's get ready, let's go work, let's win, and that

613
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 1: that's just what you get here. And when I love

614
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,560
Speaker 1: that you mentioned Jonathan Taylor and Naim Hines relationship because

615
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 1: Nai Hinds me the first to tell you that, you

616
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 1: know what, Jonathan Taylor's running for two hundred and fifty

617
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,400
Speaker 1: yards against Jacksonville. He's the first one there to go

618
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,760
Speaker 1: give him a high five. They are partially because he's

619
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:37,080
Speaker 1: the fast. Well are you kidding? His Nai Hinds a

620
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 1: track guy. Naim Hines was an a champion in the

621
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,640
Speaker 1: four by one hundred Red Life four the Wolfpack. Yes, yes,

622
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: track guy. That is one thing that that I love

623
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 1: about this team. And I'm biased because I do get

624
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,160
Speaker 1: the pleasure of covering this team, but that is almost

625
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,320
Speaker 1: every every story you hear is these guys are like, oh, well,

626
00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: I've got a chip on my shoulder because of this.

627
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:00,680
Speaker 1: And that's what Nim Hinds is. You know that rookie,

628
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 1: We all remember that. I mean I think there were

629
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,840
Speaker 1: four four punt return fumbles that he had and everybody was, well,

630
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 1: you cannot let this guy be back there. And it

631
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 1: took him a little while to get but I think

632
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 1: it had to changed his number he did. I mean

633
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 1: it was just because he had to somehow dread that

634
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 1: get rid of the demons because everybody was like, wait

635
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:17,920
Speaker 1: a minute, and I've talked about this before. Like the

636
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,160
Speaker 1: person he turned to is his twin sister Nya, Right,

637
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,520
Speaker 1: she is the one who got his like mind out

638
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,440
Speaker 1: of this and they have an incredible dynamic. I actually

639
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 1: just was just talking to niheam about Nia the other day.

640
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 1: They're so fun. But yes, he like was he seriously

641
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:35,320
Speaker 1: She asked him, what is wrong with you? What's going

642
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 1: on with you? This isn't you because he was just

643
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Speaker 1: I was haunted by that in his rookie season. And

644
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Speaker 1: she trust me too. She doesn't let him forget it either,

645
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Speaker 1: Like he will never ease off of like the hard

646
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Speaker 1: work and the work ethic that he asks because she's

647
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Speaker 1: always pushing him. One of the things that I am

648
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Speaker 1: looking forward to though, I mean, we can all look

649
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Speaker 1: at the previous Matt Ryan offenses and one of the

650
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Speaker 1: things you always know who it is is their running backs.

651
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Speaker 1: And that is one thing I'm looking forward to seeing

652
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 1: how he utilizes Jonathan Taylor nine Hines because just like

653
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Speaker 1: Lara said, he's gonna get in this building, He's gonna

654
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 1: practice with these guys and go I have to get

655
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Speaker 1: these guys to football as many times I possibly can.

656
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 1: Its just like you saw John Fox at lunch I

657
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,520
Speaker 1: saw Matt Ryan at lunch. He's already in here head,

658
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,760
Speaker 1: he's already working. Yeah, yeah, he's already in the ear echode.

659
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Speaker 1: So well, I saw palm trees and a beach and

660
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:25,480
Speaker 1: here we go again. And I saw all those all

661
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Speaker 1: those things at lunch. But I will be seeing maybe

662
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Speaker 1: John Fox to Matt Ryan at lunch tomorrow because I'll

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Speaker 1: be back in Indianapolis. Then. Anyways, we are going to

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Speaker 1: get to my sit down with Frank Roik here in

665
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Speaker 1: beautiful South Florida. Take a listen to that and remember

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Speaker 1: with Turret Glenn talking about him getting announced as the

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Speaker 1: Audio Network. You do not want to miss that. Next

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Speaker 1: week here on the Colts Official Podcast, I sat down

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Speaker 1: with the ringers Kevin Clark, who for my money is

675
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 1: one of the smartest football minds out there, to talk

676
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Speaker 1: about the state of the league, where the Colts stands

677
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Speaker 1: in it a really interesting interview. We are going to

678
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Speaker 1: get to that next week on the Colts Official Podcast,

679
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Speaker 1: but right now here is Frank Reich, head coach of

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Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts. Frank, a big topic today as we

681
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Speaker 1: sit here on Monday, was Matt Ryan in the acquisition

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Speaker 1: of a new quarterback here in Indianapolis. You talked a

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Speaker 1: lot about what made you excited about Matt Ryan getting

684
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Speaker 1: him in the building, not only the person he is,

685
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,360
Speaker 1: but the schematic fit he is, your overall impression of

686
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Speaker 1: just let's talk about the person that Matt Ryan is. First,

687
00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 1: the leader, he is, the kind of human he is

688
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Speaker 1: that you're adding to the building. Yeah, just like the

689
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: counting player that we're looking for. Great football character, right, toughness,

690
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:50,800
Speaker 1: tenacious toughness, like love to play football, love to practice.

691
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Speaker 1: Here's a guy fourteen year career, missed very few snaps.

692
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:58,520
Speaker 1: This guy loves to play, he loves to practice. You know. Secondly,

693
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Speaker 1: he's just been a model of consistency over those years.

694
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Speaker 1: And then he's also shown, you know that he has

695
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Speaker 1: what it takes, that kind of person who the moment's

696
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 1: never too big. You know, he can he can be

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Speaker 1: at his best in the biggest moments. In those big moments,

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00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,600
Speaker 1: you know, he's I believe sixth all time in game

699
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:18,080
Speaker 1: winning drives. That's something you mentioned earlier today, that that

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Speaker 1: ability to come up with those plays when your team

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Speaker 1: needs at the most to just kind of go get

702
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,799
Speaker 1: a bucket, if you will. That's something that to have

703
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:27,359
Speaker 1: them in a quarterback has got to make your life

704
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 1: a little bit easier as a head coach when you

705
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:32,319
Speaker 1: get in those those big situations. There's no doubt you

706
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,799
Speaker 1: want to try to When you get in those situations,

707
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 1: you're you're typically you're going to go to your go

708
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:42,400
Speaker 1: to stuff. And when you go to your go to stuff,

709
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 1: the plays, your past concepts, the run whatever it is,

710
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:49,240
Speaker 1: the play action stuff, the just the dropback stuff, and

711
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:53,080
Speaker 1: you just you need that quarterback to direct the ship

712
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: and then somewhere along there you've got to make a

713
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Speaker 1: big time Playum. That's what you see year in and

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Speaker 1: year out. That's what this guy's that's of mattis down

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Speaker 1: his whole career. You mentioned the games that he's missed

716
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Speaker 1: only three of them in his entire career, and he's

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Speaker 1: someone who who talked to us about, you know, the

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Speaker 1: dedication he has to taking care of his body, to sleep,

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Speaker 1: to recovery, to all these things. For him to play

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Speaker 1: fourteen years and to have that track record, how does

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Speaker 1: that benefit him as you now look at the kind

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Speaker 1: of quarterback he is he enters his late thirties. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean that even though he's played that much football,

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Speaker 1: because of the care that he's taken in himself, you know,

725
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 1: you don't see any diminishing physical skills. I mean that

726
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:35,399
Speaker 1: just shows up on the tape, you know, even I mean, right,

727
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,840
Speaker 1: Matt's not a guy who scrambles around a lot, but

728
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Speaker 1: even when he does, you can see he can still move.

729
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Speaker 1: You know, he's not just stationary in the pocket. He

730
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Speaker 1: can he can extend plays, eyes down the field and

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Speaker 1: make big plays. I wanted to ask you about that too,

732
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Speaker 1: because something I noticed when I watched some of his

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Speaker 1: tape was that, yeah, he maybe not be the most

734
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 1: mobile quarterback like you think of a mobile quarterback, but

735
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Speaker 1: he can move in the pocket. And it's something that

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Speaker 1: you know, I remember talking to DeForest Buckner about Tom

737
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 1: Brady in kind of a similar vein, and that you know,

738
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Speaker 1: he's not going to take off and run all the time,

739
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Speaker 1: but he knows how to move in the pocketing he

740
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Speaker 1: knows how to avoid pressures. That's something you see with

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Speaker 1: him as well. Yeah, there's no doubt. And as you said, JJ,

742
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,040
Speaker 1: there are those kind of movements. There's there's a little

743
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:17,240
Speaker 1: shuffle here, shuffle there, or hey, step up in the pocket,

744
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 1: moved to the right, step up in the pocket, moved

745
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 1: to the left. And then occasionally, you know, he still

746
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 1: does have that little bit in him. You know, he's

747
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,600
Speaker 1: not looking to run or he's not looking to you know,

748
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 1: make that kind of a play, but there's still some

749
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 1: juice left in those legs. As you've got to know him,

750
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Speaker 1: and just the conversations he had with him, whether it

751
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 1: was on that zoom, just having him come into the building,

752
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: having his son give you the biggest high five I've

753
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:43,279
Speaker 1: ever seen anyone give. Just the kind of personality and

754
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:46,360
Speaker 1: the willingness to learn that he has. How does that

755
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:49,360
Speaker 1: kind of mesh with your philosophy and Marcus Brady's philosophy

756
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 1: on this coaching staff. Yeah, I mean it's tremendous because

757
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: you know, we're so collaborative. You know, we're so collaborative.

758
00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:59,440
Speaker 1: You know, we definitely have a set offense that we

759
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 1: want to run with ideas and schemes and how we've

760
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:05,359
Speaker 1: envisioned it to be. But we always leave room to

761
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,239
Speaker 1: adapt to the players that we have, and particularly the

762
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,640
Speaker 1: quarterback we have. So to get a guy like Matt

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Speaker 1: in the room and talk it through and hash it

764
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 1: out to find the tweaks, the points of emphasis that

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00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,319
Speaker 1: we want to have as a big deal. Well, what

766
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,919
Speaker 1: are you excited to learn from him? You know, from

767
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:24,839
Speaker 1: his experience over you know, a decade and a half

768
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Yeah, one of the things is, you know,

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Speaker 1: what are his go to plays? You know, like when

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Speaker 1: all those game winning drives, you know, to go back

771
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Speaker 1: and watch some of those with them, you know, go

772
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Speaker 1: watch all those game winning drives. Tell me what you

773
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Speaker 1: were thinking. Tell me about these plays, so that when

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00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 1: we get in those same moments, right, it would be

775
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 1: foolish of me to you know, we might dial a

776
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,840
Speaker 1: few new things up, but you know, we might it

777
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:49,839
Speaker 1: might be a little mix of both, you know, take

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Speaker 1: a little bit of the old with a little bit

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Speaker 1: of the new. Just generally speaking, when when you're bringing

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Speaker 1: in a new quarterback, how how much of the offense

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00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 1: is similar to what you know every other team are

782
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 1: on the lead runs, and then what's the percentage of

783
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 1: the stuff that's different, whether it's language, it's you know,

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00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,759
Speaker 1: route depth, just certain little things like that. Yeah, the

785
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:12,759
Speaker 1: language can be pretty different, but it's kind of all related. Yeah,

786
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:14,839
Speaker 1: you know, it's kind of all related, you know, and

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00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 1: the way you call formations and stuff like that, and

788
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 1: it's all systematized. So, you know, Matt Wright has been

789
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,080
Speaker 1: fourteen years old one spot, but as he's told us,

790
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 1: he's had three or four different coordinators, so he's probably

791
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,719
Speaker 1: had exposure. In fact, I know he's had some exposure

792
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,920
Speaker 1: to some things that we do. So that makes for

793
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: a quick transition, transition where you can translate that stuff

794
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:37,359
Speaker 1: in your mind and put it into categories and then

795
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:40,000
Speaker 1: you learn it that much quicker. So what does the

796
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 1: the OTA process look like then when you get him

797
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,400
Speaker 1: and you can actually get on the grass with a

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00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 1: ball with him in a couple of weeks months, I

799
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 1: guess yeah. I mean in phase one, right, the coaches

800
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:50,839
Speaker 1: can't be out in the field, so the first two

801
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:53,839
Speaker 1: weeks it's just meeting time with him, and that that's

802
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 1: very valuable time. You know, we'll have a couple of

803
00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: weeks of just meeting time but then during that meeting time, Hey,

804
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:01,759
Speaker 1: he'll be out in the field with the players and

805
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 1: directed by himself, throwing, not overdoing it, but just kind

806
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:09,239
Speaker 1: of getting initial work with those guys. And then we'll

807
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:10,680
Speaker 1: have a couple of weeks of that. Then we'll get

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Speaker 1: into phase two. Now the coaches can get out there,

809
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,879
Speaker 1: we can watch it, and everything will be on film again,

810
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 1: talking it all through. It's very valuable. So let's move

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Speaker 1: on to another piece of news that happened today, John

812
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:22,960
Speaker 1: Fox being brought on as a senior defensive assistant, a

813
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:26,239
Speaker 1: guys forty years of coaching experience, coached a number of

814
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:28,840
Speaker 1: top defenses in the NFL. Just what are you and

815
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Speaker 1: Gus looking forward to what John can bring into the building. Yeah,

816
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:35,000
Speaker 1: just his experience. You know, Hey, Gus hired Gus to

817
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,759
Speaker 1: bring the system that he's run and kind of perfected

818
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 1: and excited about that. But as we've talked about it,

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Speaker 1: you're always trying to stay one step ahead, you know,

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Speaker 1: and you know, John Fox has just done that. He's

821
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Speaker 1: done it at a high level for a long time

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Speaker 1: and so and it's been differently than what Gus has done.

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Speaker 1: So you know this will be you know, John not

824
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:56,920
Speaker 1: coming in and teaching us his defense. This is, hey,

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00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:00,200
Speaker 1: you come in and learn Gus's defense and do what

826
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Speaker 1: we do. But now, hey, let's use that vast experience

827
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 1: that you have for a few tweaks here or an idea.

828
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,759
Speaker 1: There is part of staying one step ahead sometimes being

829
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,560
Speaker 1: able to pull from stuff in the past. You know,

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00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:13,919
Speaker 1: with John Fox, some of the defenses that he kind

831
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:16,480
Speaker 1: of helped pioneer back in the nineties with the New

832
00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:18,640
Speaker 1: York Giants. To be able to kind of pull from

833
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 1: some of that information to now apply to now, is

834
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:23,800
Speaker 1: that something that can happen there. Yeah, there's no doubt.

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Speaker 1: You want to pull on that kind of experience and

836
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 1: particular in particular, you want to pull on the kind

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00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 1: of experience. Hey, we're in the a FC. Everyone's talking

838
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,680
Speaker 1: about it. All these great quarterbacks are in the AFC,

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Speaker 1: so you know he's gone up against a lot of

840
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,759
Speaker 1: great quarterbacks in his time. That's that's a big part

841
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:40,279
Speaker 1: of this, you know, I mean, that's a big part

842
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:43,680
Speaker 1: of this. So kind of just adding that element of

843
00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:45,960
Speaker 1: experience so that on defense, you know we got you know,

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Speaker 1: we got Gus Bradley Rights. He's the cornerstone. He's the coordinator.

845
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,160
Speaker 1: And we got Richard Smith who's been around the block

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00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:53,320
Speaker 1: a few times. You know, he's he's he's seen a

847
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: coach a lot of football, Ron Miless in a secondary.

848
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,520
Speaker 1: Now you get John Fox and you know for us

849
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Speaker 1: to go where we want to go and be the

850
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 1: team I really want us. I believe that we have

851
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:06,160
Speaker 1: the personnel on defense. You know, we're right at that

852
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:08,680
Speaker 1: top ten deal. You know, just to continue to ascend

853
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:11,239
Speaker 1: as a defense can be a big thing for us.

854
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 1: And another big personnel edition on that side of the ball.

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Speaker 1: Unique and Goquay coming in from the Las Vegas Raiders.

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Speaker 1: What what stands out about Yunik on tape and the

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Speaker 1: kind of player that he is Just it's just proven production,

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Speaker 1: you know, both with sacks, but with hurries and affect

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Speaker 1: the quarterback, affect the quarterback. You know, he's been a

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Speaker 1: playmaker that's been proven. Um, you know, he's hard to block.

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Speaker 1: He's got that combination of speed and bend around the

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Speaker 1: edge and experienced, savvy player. You know, you talk to

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Speaker 1: him and I always love this. It's never a surprise,

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Speaker 1: but you talk to these good players and it takes

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Speaker 1: Like it's not just physical talent. He knows how to

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Speaker 1: play the game, he knows how to think about it.

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Speaker 1: So I think that's what we're getting. Kind of nice

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Speaker 1: to not have to game plan for him now this year, Yeah, exactly,

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Speaker 1: because as we have had too so many times, you know,

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Speaker 1: and playing in our division, and then obviously last year

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Speaker 1: and with the Vegas out in Vegas. Just a couple

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Speaker 1: more for you here, Frank. You talked a little bit

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Speaker 1: about Nihim Hines and wanting to get him more involved

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Speaker 1: as you kind of get this version of the twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty two offense. Where do you see Niheim fitting in

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Speaker 1: with the rest of the playmakers in this offense? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we do. I mean, and I think Matt's kind of

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Speaker 1: quarterback who will want to get into him involved as well.

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Speaker 1: You know, we don't want to force it. We don't

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Speaker 1: have to force it, you know, but it can be

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Speaker 1: we're going to spread the ball around. But you know,

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Speaker 1: we can just make it a point to, you know,

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Speaker 1: to continue to develop Nheim, you know, in every aspect

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Speaker 1: that we can utilize him, you know, as a runner,

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Speaker 1: you know, when we use him out there in a

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Speaker 1: slot as a receiver, some and do some of the

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Speaker 1: different things we do. Some of the time he and

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Speaker 1: Jonathan are on the field together. That only seems to

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Speaker 1: give teams a little bit of an issue. So we'll

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Speaker 1: continue to look at ways that we can utilize him

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Speaker 1: and compliment the other players on offense. With Michael Pittman Jr.

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Speaker 1: How does his mental that physical, tough, you know, go

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Speaker 1: up and get it mentality, How does that benefit Matt

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Speaker 1: Ryan stepping in? Now? Yeah, I mean it's a big

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Speaker 1: deal because you know this game is so hard, right,

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Speaker 1: You're always looking for you know, you get the one

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Speaker 1: on one. But when you get a quarterback like Matt Ryan,

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Speaker 1: who is that accurate that even when Pitt's covered, he's

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Speaker 1: not covered? You know that I got confidence to throw

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Speaker 1: it up to him. I see the little window where

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Speaker 1: I can get it. Yeah, the defenders all over him,

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Speaker 1: but hey, there's that little window right here. I can

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Speaker 1: put the ball where I want. I have confidence that

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Speaker 1: my guy can come down with it. All right. That's

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Speaker 1: Frank Reich, head coach of the Indianapolis Colts. Thanks for

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Speaker 1: joining us here and go and enjoy some warm weather.

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Speaker 1: Thanks JJ. All right, thanks again to Colts head coach

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Speaker 1: Frank Reich for joining us here on The Colt's Official

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Speaker 1: podcast presented by wind Bet. Thank you for listening to

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Speaker 1: this episode. For Casey Valier and Lara Overton, I'm JJ Stankovitz.

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Speaker 1: We will talk to you next Tuesday on The Colt's

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