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Speaker 1: The Colts Daily Update starts now. Here's the voice of

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Speaker 1: the Colts, Matt Taylor. Let's get it started here on

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Speaker 1: the Colts Daily Update on this Wednesday, good evening. I'm

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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor here at Graham Park, the site of Colts

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Speaker 1: training Camp, brought to you by Course in Fire and Security.

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Speaker 1: After an off day on Tuesday, the Colts were back

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Speaker 1: on the practice field today. They will practice again tomorrow

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Speaker 1: as well, noon to one thirty tomorrow. That practice is

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Speaker 1: free and open to the public, just like all the

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Speaker 1: workouts have been here at Graham Park. To download your

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Speaker 1: free tickethhead to Colts dot com slash Camp. Friday will

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Speaker 1: be an off day as well. That'll be a travel

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Speaker 1: day for the Colts, and then they'll square off against

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Speaker 1: the Bills on Saturday afternoon in the preseason opener for

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Speaker 1: both teams. Kickoff is set for four o'clock and you

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Speaker 1: can hear all of the action here on the Home

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Speaker 1: of the Colts ninety three five and one oh seven

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Speaker 1: five the fam. With it being game week, the Colts

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Speaker 1: released their first unofficial depth chart earlier this week at

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Speaker 1: Receiver You've Got Michael Pittman, Junior Paris Campbell, Alec Pierce.

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Speaker 1: All of those guys listed as starters. No real surprise there.

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Speaker 1: Ashton Dolan is also a top reserve player. Still in

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Speaker 1: the running to make the team. At the receiver spot,

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Speaker 1: You've got Key Key Qt Desmond Patman, among others. Patman

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Speaker 1: made some plays today in practice at other positions. Of note,

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Speaker 1: Matt Pryor still listed as the team's top left tackle.

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Speaker 1: That shouldn't catch anybody off guard. He's taken all of

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Speaker 1: Camp Bernard and Ryman, the rookie out of Central Michigan.

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Speaker 1: He's listed number two at safety. Your starters are Julian

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Speaker 1: camp battle to continue to watch. Frank Reich said last

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Speaker 1: be fun to watch Nick Cross, of course on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: he responds at cornerback. Looks like Brandon Fason is listed

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Speaker 1: but again, plenty of time in camp for that battle

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Speaker 1: to evolve. The Colts started the back half of training

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Speaker 1: camp today. Today was practice number nine out of sixteen

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Speaker 1: here at Graham Park and once again got in some

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Speaker 1: really good work this afternoon. They practice in full pads

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Speaker 1: Coach Reich reiterated again today that the general plan is

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Speaker 1: for the starters to play about a quarter on Saturday

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Speaker 1: You might not see some players at all on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: There's also been a few drop passes in practice the

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Speaker 1: last couple of days. The defense obviously is looking good.

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Speaker 1: They're having something to do with that, but Frank Reich

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Speaker 1: and talked about how to fix that issue. Keep pushing them,

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Speaker 1: Shack Leonard's status. You know, the Colts have had really

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Speaker 1: Knock on Wood, but All Pro linebacker Shaquille Leonard continues

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Speaker 1: Update tonight to hear from one of the biggest newcomers

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Speaker 1: Daily Update ninety three five and one oh seven five

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Speaker 1: the Fan. We now return to the Colts Daily Update

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Speaker 1: with Matt Taylor, the voice of the Colts. Welcome back

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Speaker 1: on Wednesday, colts Daley Update. Instant replay is coming up

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Speaker 1: next here on ninety three five and one oh seven

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Speaker 1: that promise of hearing from defensive end Unique and Ghakway,

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Speaker 1: who again is having a sensational camp thus far for

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Speaker 1: March sixteenth for rock you Seene and since then the

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Speaker 1: entire vibe of the defense has changed. He knows Gus Bradley,

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Speaker 1: They've been together in two previous stops. He could be

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Speaker 1: the missing link in this defensive line and could have

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Speaker 1: And I just love the culture here, the humility here,

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Speaker 1: this guy I've seen through the highs and the lows.

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Speaker 1: You know, him being my head coach my rookie year

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Speaker 1: it's never holes on our defense if we execute it properly. Unique,

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Speaker 1: you to just play at your best? Yeah? Absolutely, you

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Speaker 1: coach Gussie always emphasizes, just get off on the ball

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Speaker 1: it because ultimately, if our week a sleaker is strong,

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Speaker 1: we'll all be tight, tight knit group. That's unique and

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Speaker 1: Gagway with US Colts defensive end. You've been in other camps?

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Speaker 1: What's a goal you know, the ink of this defense

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Speaker 1: I said, man learning from guys like Calais Campbell, it

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