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Speaker 1: Here's what 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. A pair of games remained for the Indianapolis

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Speaker 1: Colts in a playoffs spot can't be had on Sunday

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Speaker 1: if they beat the Las Vegas Raiders in the regular

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Speaker 1: season home finale. The Colts have won three in a row,

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Speaker 1: winners of eight of their last ten. The Raiders are

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Speaker 1: they look to stack wins here late in the season. Hi, everybody,

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Speaker 1: welcome to Inside Football with Rick Ventury. I'm Matt Taylor

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Speaker 1: with former NFL coach and radio analyst Rick Ventury. Rick,

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Speaker 1: good to be with you, sir. How are you feeling

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Speaker 1: after your Christmas holiday and a big win for the

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Speaker 1: Colts in Arizona. No, I've come back. I mean, nothing

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Speaker 1: stimulates the soul like a great win. And that's one

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Speaker 1: great win of the great wins in horseshoe history. You know,

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Speaker 1: And I guess that's a good place to start because

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Speaker 1: the Colts in their COVID situation, it's ever evolving here.

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Speaker 1: Fifteen different players have been placed on the COVID list

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Speaker 1: hours after his positive test, the NFL and the play

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Speaker 1: you make of this offense without WinCE if he can't

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Speaker 1: and Derek Carr is definitely the straw that stirs the

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Speaker 1: drink there. He's one of the more underrated and talented

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the National Football League. And this is an

430
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Speaker 1: offense that loves to run the rpo game. That've got

431
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Speaker 1: a good stable of backs and Josh Jacobs, Peyton Barber

432
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Speaker 1: and then third down back Jalen Richard. It sounds like

433
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Speaker 1: Darren Waller could be back on Sunday against the Colts

434
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Speaker 1: apter missing the last four games with a knee injury.

435
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Speaker 1: He's one of the bigger matchup nightmares in the NFL

436
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Speaker 1: at tight end on the outside. They've got Zay Jones,

437
00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,280
Speaker 1: Brian Edwards, but Edwards is on the COVID list at

438
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Speaker 1: the moment. He talked about Renfro and just his dependability

439
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Speaker 1: and that high completion percentage that Derek Carr has with

440
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Speaker 1: him on third down. The Raiders ran for a season

441
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Speaker 1: high one sixty last week against the Broncos, but outside

442
00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,640
Speaker 1: of that game, they've been mostly an aired out team.

443
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Speaker 1: Their fifth in the NFL on passing yards. They average

444
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Speaker 1: thirty seven attempt per game and they're not afraid of that.

445
00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,600
Speaker 1: I mean, they've got the most chunk plays in the

446
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Speaker 1: passing game of the NFL, with sixty two plays over

447
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Speaker 1: twenty yards on the season. Here, Rick, So what else

448
00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,080
Speaker 1: do you see in this offense from Las Vegas? Again?

449
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,880
Speaker 1: Got it? Buy Derek Carr? Yeah, there's no question about

450
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,359
Speaker 1: it that. You know, the fact that they were able

451
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Speaker 1: to run the ball so well last week on offense

452
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Speaker 1: made all the difference in the world. It made it

453
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Speaker 1: made Car's life better. He didn't have to totally totally

454
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Speaker 1: carry the team. Although I think he was twenty for

455
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Speaker 1: twenty five, I mean, and I think two hundred and

456
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Speaker 1: one yards. I mean, he was very efficient and very good,

457
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Speaker 1: but he didn't have to carry it. And again, as

458
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Speaker 1: you said, one sixty and again Jacobs had one hundred

459
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Speaker 1: and twenty nine of that and he looked really, really good.

460
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Speaker 1: And you know Barbara comes in, he gives him quick

461
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Speaker 1: mister Shard on third down. You know, again I think

462
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Speaker 1: you said at all what they do a good job

463
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Speaker 1: of is and this goes back to the Gruden offense.

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Speaker 1: You know, basically they have two running games. Uh you

465
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Speaker 1: know they have when they're when they're in open formations.

466
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Speaker 1: It's an NCAA RPO and you know, they they'll look

467
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Speaker 1: at the box, they'll count the box, run it to

468
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Speaker 1: Jacobs if if you're light, if you're heavy, he'll throw

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Speaker 1: it out quick on the outside. Um, you know, I

470
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Speaker 1: think that way. And then you know at times they

471
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Speaker 1: will go back and get in that old fashioned twenty two,

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Speaker 1: you know, with a fullback and two tight ends and

473
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Speaker 1: kind of old fashioned Gruden pound atches. So they're a

474
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Speaker 1: little bit like New England in that they kind of

475
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Speaker 1: have two running attacks. They weren't effective until last Sunday,

476
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Speaker 1: but again we're playing them now, We're not playing them

477
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Speaker 1: in the first week of the season, and so you

478
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Speaker 1: know that was better, you know, they're they're very specific

479
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Speaker 1: with their receivers. They have roles. The guy that they're

480
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Speaker 1: really trying to get involved matt is is Jackson. They really,

481
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Speaker 1: you know, they really want to get Jackson involved. They

482
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Speaker 1: got him later. They're doing a lot of isolation with him.

483
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,119
Speaker 1: Zay Jones is kind of the possession downfield guy in

484
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Speaker 1: that second level. And of course, you know Renfro is

485
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Speaker 1: just outstanding in two areas. He's outstanding on third down.

486
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Speaker 1: If you're in third and two to seven, it's just

487
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Speaker 1: like I said last week with earths, you have to

488
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Speaker 1: defend Renfro in those situations. You have to take him away.

489
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Speaker 1: You don't have to double him all day, but in

490
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Speaker 1: third and two to six and then in a red

491
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Speaker 1: zone you've got to have coverage on him. Now, if

492
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Speaker 1: Waller comes back, now you're you're talking about a big

493
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Speaker 1: time matchup problems. One of the biggest matchup guys in

494
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Speaker 1: the in the league. This is a guy that they move,

495
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Speaker 1: they move around, They can split him out on the

496
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Speaker 1: week side, they're gonna look for matchups if he's ready

497
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Speaker 1: to go, because in his absence, if you really kind

498
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Speaker 1: of look at it, the guy that's kind of emerged

499
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Speaker 1: for him is Moreau, who is not nearly the athlete.

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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah that that that that Waller is. But just

501
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Speaker 1: by the nature of their offense, the other thing you

502
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Speaker 1: got to be really alert for. And Greg has done

503
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Speaker 1: a really good job with this like John always did.

504
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Speaker 1: Is they just they've just major in bunches and stacks

505
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Speaker 1: and coveies. I mean, they make it very hard for

506
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Speaker 1: you to get your hands on guys like renfro or

507
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,879
Speaker 1: guys like Waller, and they do a great job of

508
00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:22,399
Speaker 1: creating free access. So all those things are going to

509
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Speaker 1: factor in. I think that their offensive line is subpar,

510
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Speaker 1: not subpar sometimes with the running game, but I think

511
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Speaker 1: they have real protection problems and I'll get into those.

512
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Speaker 1: And again, this is why I think they play so

513
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Speaker 1: important this week. It's so it's always important, but it's

514
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Speaker 1: so important this week to establish that league and to

515
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Speaker 1: get the advantage. So here, here's here's what I see

516
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Speaker 1: as the must This is to me, what the Colts

517
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Speaker 1: must do in this game defensively. You know, first of all,

518
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Speaker 1: because of last week, we have to stop that running

519
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Speaker 1: game coll I mean, we have to take every two

520
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Speaker 1: away from car and make them play in a must

521
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Speaker 1: pass game. We've got to create the must pass game,

522
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,960
Speaker 1: either by establishing the lead or totally taken away their

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Speaker 1: running game. Now, Jacobs is a slasher who can bounce.

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Speaker 1: He's also got check down ability, and this is something

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Speaker 1: car does a good job of. He's a touchdown checkdown

526
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,919
Speaker 1: and he'll throw that checkdown late after that carverage has

527
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,119
Speaker 1: gone back and he's really good with it. Now again,

528
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,440
Speaker 1: they're gonna run some RPOs with their three three wideouts

529
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Speaker 1: and then some heavy twenty two, so they got to

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Speaker 1: be ready to go back and forth. No, when Barbers

531
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 1: in the game, it's gonna be quicker. You're gonna get

532
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,679
Speaker 1: everything's gonna be faster and quicker. He's a he's a

533
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Speaker 1: he's a jitterbug type guy. As his Richard Rishard is

534
00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 1: a third down receiver when he's in the game. You know, again,

535
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Speaker 1: if you just go on the season numbers, you don't

536
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Speaker 1: like it. I mean, you look at Jacobs, you say, well,

537
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Speaker 1: he's under four yards and carry. But watch him last

538
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Speaker 1: week in that one hundred and sixty and you will

539
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,399
Speaker 1: have a whole different perspective on that one hundred and

540
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Speaker 1: twenty nine yards And now he's got nine ninety eight

541
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Speaker 1: total runs and passes. Number two. You gotta get Car

542
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 1: out of rhythm. You gotta have tight coverage and pressure.

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00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,200
Speaker 1: Car's a guy you have to affect. There's some quarterbacks

544
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Speaker 1: in the league that if you're around at and we've

545
00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:21,439
Speaker 1: played a lot of them this year, you know, a

546
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,159
Speaker 1: lot of backup guys. I mean, they're just you know,

547
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,679
Speaker 1: it's it's hard for them to beat you. If you

548
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:31,359
Speaker 1: don't affect Car, he will absolutely shred you. And you

549
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 1: have to play him for sixty minutes because he finished games.

550
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 1: He's one of the real good finishers in this league. Now,

551
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,400
Speaker 1: he's a kid that will try to make plays. He'll

552
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 1: try to get it in there. So again I believe

553
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Speaker 1: you can force him into turnovers. He does have ten

554
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 1: picks this wit year. He has interceptions over the years,

555
00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:57,240
Speaker 1: but again, he's an outstanding guy. He sees the whole field.

556
00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,400
Speaker 1: He can move. He's one of those guys you gotta covered.

557
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,960
Speaker 1: He'll go through the progression and know exactly where that

558
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 1: check down is. So you've got to play tight. You've

559
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 1: got to close the windows. You've got to make it

560
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 1: tough for him because he'll throw the long ball. But

561
00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,360
Speaker 1: he's also a guy that can beat you with a

562
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Speaker 1: thousand paper cups. And that's sometimes I worry about that

563
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 1: that kind of guy more than I do the big

564
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:23,080
Speaker 1: flashy guys. So you know, again number two is car

565
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Speaker 1: number three. I think you really have to have a

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Speaker 1: third down plan for renfre And you know, I was,

567
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,040
Speaker 1: I was winding about it last week on Earth was

568
00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,080
Speaker 1: Earth started out on those third downs? You know, he's

569
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Speaker 1: also a good return man, but he is one of

570
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:39,640
Speaker 1: the best possession guys and there. And they'll make him

571
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Speaker 1: play you, as I say this all the time, They'll

572
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Speaker 1: make him play. They'll make us play him through traffic.

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Speaker 1: In other words, they're not just gonna line him up

574
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Speaker 1: and let you get your hands on him. He's gonna

575
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,040
Speaker 1: be in a bons or he's gonna be in a stack,

576
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,200
Speaker 1: but you got to take him away and that third

577
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 1: down you just you just have to. And then, you know,

578
00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:00,960
Speaker 1: I think, also, now it's a whole from ballgame. If

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Speaker 1: Waller is there, I like Moreau. I think Moreau's a

580
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 1: security blanket, but he's a guy. If Waller's there, now

581
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,960
Speaker 1: we have to be very careful because they now have

582
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Speaker 1: two terrific possession guys in Renfro and Waller, and you

583
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: got to make sure that you don't get a bad

584
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Speaker 1: matchup on Waller. Particularly what they'll do with Waller is

585
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,360
Speaker 1: they'll get more three by one and they'll move him

586
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,480
Speaker 1: around in those various spots and see who you're covering

587
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,160
Speaker 1: him with and and they'll check with me accordingly. So

588
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:34,120
Speaker 1: you know, I mean, that's critical Number four. We have

589
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 1: to really be cleaned, particularly in our man to man stuff,

590
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,440
Speaker 1: which we're playing so much more and I love it.

591
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:42,600
Speaker 1: I don't think our defense even resembles how we were

592
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 1: playing the soft zone early in the year. But when

593
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 1: you play more man and sticky, the one thing you've

594
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 1: really got to be able to do is against this team,

595
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:53,840
Speaker 1: is you really have to be able to sort those

596
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 1: bunch releases and stacks. You got to make sure on

597
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 1: the pre snap you know who's got who if you're

598
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Speaker 1: going to zone him off, you have to have that

599
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 1: communication because they're going to do that all day long,

600
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 1: and kind of understand what their receiver specialization is going

601
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Speaker 1: to be. When is Renfro important, When is a Jones

602
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 1: in at second level? And are they really isolating Jackson.

603
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 1: I got a feeling that Jackson's role would go down

604
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 1: if Waller is totally fully back, and then the last

605
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 1: must and this is critical. If you can force the

606
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 1: drop back game, that's what's so important. I think we

607
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 1: can kill their offensive line. I think Miller their left tackle.

608
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 1: I think he's killed the franchise. They drafted him high,

609
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,200
Speaker 1: they stay with him, and in crunch time he gets beat.

610
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 1: Parker at the right tackle is very very soft. I

611
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,440
Speaker 1: think you can pound him and crush him. And then

612
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 1: Leatherwood could not handle Buck. You know, Leatherwood is the

613
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,600
Speaker 1: kid that they drafted number one, was a tackle at Alabama.

614
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 1: He's playing the right guard. But I'm telling me's not

615
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 1: as good an athlete as a guy like Buttner. So again,

616
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Speaker 1: we must affect car through the raiders Achilles heal, which

617
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 1: is their offensive pass protection. Rick vent Terry right there

618
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Speaker 1: inside football, I'm Matt Taylor. Let's talk about the Raiders

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Speaker 1: on defense and bust out the blueprint there. They've got

620
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Speaker 1: a ton of COVID issues, just like the Colts, but

621
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 1: they've been slammed in the linebacker position as we sit

622
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:20,480
Speaker 1: here and talk now. Denzel Perriman is on the COVID list.

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Speaker 1: So our fellow linebackers K J. Wright and Corey Littleton.

624
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 1: Starters Casey Hayward is on the COVID list, so is

625
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:31,800
Speaker 1: their starting safety Roderick Teamer, cornerback Brandon face On, and

626
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Speaker 1: cornerback Nate Hobbs. The Raiders are allowing twenty five points

627
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,040
Speaker 1: per game, but they've only given up twenty seven points

628
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Speaker 1: combined in the last two They've held three of their

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00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,640
Speaker 1: last four opponents to seventeen points or less, so they're

630
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 1: playing very well here at the current time. On defense,

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Speaker 1: they're one of the worst teams in the league on

632
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Speaker 1: defense inside the red zone, allowing touchdowns seventy eight percent

633
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Speaker 1: of the time. But they have two disruptors on the outside.

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Speaker 1: We talked about those guys already, Max Crosby and former

635
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 1: Jaguar and Colts killer Unique and Gockway. Those two guys

636
00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 1: have combined for fifteen sacks on the season, and in

637
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,640
Speaker 1: Gockway just seems like the Colts play every year on

638
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,040
Speaker 1: a different team. He's played the Colts ten times over

639
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 1: the years, with seven and a half sacks against the Cult,

640
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:21,360
Speaker 1: seven tackles for loss, one pick, and four forced fumbles.

641
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 1: So you always have to know where that guy is

642
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 1: on the field, especially with potentially a banged up and

643
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 1: a not one hundred percent intact personnel offensive line. Rick,

644
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 1: what kind of defense are we going to see on

645
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:35,960
Speaker 1: Sunday in the Raiders. Is it going to be the

646
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 1: early season defense or the defense that's playing really well

647
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 1: here as of late? Well, I think it's going to

648
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,760
Speaker 1: be the defense that is playing really well. I mean

649
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 1: the defense is playing with a passion. It really is now.

650
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:51,040
Speaker 1: I mean they're simplistic, I think over simplistic, but I

651
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 1: think what Gus Bradley has decided to do because they

652
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,960
Speaker 1: don't have great talent, I mean other than a couple

653
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,720
Speaker 1: of spots, I think the idea of playing a lot

654
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,480
Speaker 1: of three deep, a lot of eight man front, and

655
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 1: I think what he's saying is, at the end of

656
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 1: the day, just keep the ball in the box, don't

657
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:10,720
Speaker 1: give up big plays, Let's make a play along the way,

658
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 1: Let's let our offense win the time of possession, and

659
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,400
Speaker 1: let's just not be you know, poors like a year ago.

660
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 1: They gave up so many big plays and when they

661
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,319
Speaker 1: brought Bradley and they really brought him into kind of

662
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:27,720
Speaker 1: short up. Now they're not a real talented football team

663
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 1: except in a couple of spots. I mean, and it

664
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 1: starts with those two edge rushers. And this is why

665
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:37,240
Speaker 1: again we talk about tone in the game. Set the tone,

666
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,600
Speaker 1: get the advantage, get on top of the established the lead,

667
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 1: and keep them out of a pass rush mode. Because

668
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,360
Speaker 1: Crosby on the left side, I'll talk about him in

669
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,200
Speaker 1: the musk and in Gokway on the right side, they're handful.

670
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 1: Both those guys are handfuls you chronicle, and Gokway has

671
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 1: for some reason has played well against us, even when

672
00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:00,319
Speaker 1: you know Anthony was good here and was rolling um

673
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,799
Speaker 1: and they have a good NASCAR package. If they get

674
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,920
Speaker 1: ahead and get on third down with Jefferson, and then

675
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,120
Speaker 1: they'd Solomon Thomas, who was a high draft pick, plays

676
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:12,040
Speaker 1: inside with those two guys outside, and that's a that's

677
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:15,719
Speaker 1: a really formidable outfit. I think Hayward is a really

678
00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:17,799
Speaker 1: good corner. I know we got a question on him

679
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:21,040
Speaker 1: on COVID, but he is a really good corner. And

680
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 1: then after that, Mattie gets really productive, really you know pedestrian. Uh.

681
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:29,480
Speaker 1: I think it hurt him to lose Abrams. Although I

682
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,640
Speaker 1: thought Levitt he became the backup last week, they weren't

683
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:35,960
Speaker 1: sure he actually became the backup. And I thought did

684
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 1: a really admirable job. And then Gillispie their other safety.

685
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: He kind of replaced Adams or Abrams in the dime.

686
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,799
Speaker 1: So so really they use two guys for one and

687
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:50,480
Speaker 1: morg is a is a ball hawk at free safety

688
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,359
Speaker 1: if he gets his opportunity. I think, I think one

689
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 1: of the best players um uh on the on the

690
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,640
Speaker 1: on the on the team there is there nickel Back.

691
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:04,280
Speaker 1: I think he's a very very good player in Nixon

692
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:08,000
Speaker 1: number twenty two good players. So I mean they have

693
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff, very very simple scheme, not a

694
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:14,200
Speaker 1: lot of man to man coverage, a lot of off stuff.

695
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 1: So you know, I think you know with that you're

696
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 1: gonna get a lot of free access and there's some

697
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,360
Speaker 1: certain things you can do. I mean, I do think

698
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,719
Speaker 1: that we can really run the ball on him. I

699
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 1: think in Gokoy is a guy you can run at

700
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 1: all day. I don't think he has a big interest

701
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,840
Speaker 1: and plan to run, and I don't think they're a

702
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,759
Speaker 1: great tackling team. So I look for us to get

703
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,439
Speaker 1: some big plays now are must to me from an

704
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 1: offensive standpoint, and a lot of it is at this

705
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,400
Speaker 1: stage you gotta be who you are okay, and I

706
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,880
Speaker 1: really believe this is a pedestrian front seven when it

707
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 1: comes to all purpose football. Don't get me wrong, playing hard,

708
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 1: but I don't think they get off blocks very well.

709
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pound this pedestrian front seven into submission with

710
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 1: Taylor and him. Pound at their bubbles. They're gonna give

711
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:06,320
Speaker 1: you a lot of over under. They don't get off blocks,

712
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 1: and losing Abram in that second level took away their

713
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:13,360
Speaker 1: number one hit man in the second level, so you

714
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,000
Speaker 1: know they're you know, they're little bit shaky there. I

715
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,919
Speaker 1: would pound at Angoquay on their right side all day long,

716
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:21,920
Speaker 1: and I would get into some three wide receivers. And

717
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 1: the reason I say that, if you get in three

718
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 1: ride receivers, you make them so predictable. They're almost always

719
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 1: now in an overfront. Put the tight end to the right,

720
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 1: get this shift, get the shift to our right, and

721
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:37,279
Speaker 1: then pound at Angoquay. Just pound at him till he

722
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:41,839
Speaker 1: cries again. Just just constantly do that, and I think

723
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,560
Speaker 1: you can hurt them in the bubble big time. You know,

724
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:48,080
Speaker 1: we gotta get Taylor into their secondary and obviously have

725
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:51,279
Speaker 1: a big rushing game. I think number two, we have

726
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,239
Speaker 1: to attack their corners. Even though I know Hayward is

727
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:57,719
Speaker 1: a good corner and Truffont was back last week, he's

728
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:02,759
Speaker 1: been out with injuries. That position has been because of

729
00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 1: injuries and COVID and everything else in really lack of talent.

730
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,239
Speaker 1: It's just been the flavor of the week. And they're

731
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 1: gonna play. They're gonna undress them the whole game. On

732
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:14,239
Speaker 1: first down, I mean, everybody does that. We know that

733
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: because we have such a great outset in the running game,

734
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 1: you almost know that you're gonna get three dep every

735
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,640
Speaker 1: down on first and ten second and five or less.

736
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,239
Speaker 1: And so that's when you want to go after their

737
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:28,880
Speaker 1: corners because I think they're week I don't think you

738
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 1: have to be really complicated either. I think, like we

739
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 1: did in that fourth quarter last week, sometimes justes Leith

740
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:36,560
Speaker 1: kidman out there and let him run out so let

741
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,280
Speaker 1: let Hilton run the corner pattern. You saw how effective

742
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,360
Speaker 1: it was. Sometimes I think we think we have to

743
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:44,759
Speaker 1: do too much. The other thing I would say is,

744
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:47,440
Speaker 1: you know, and Ted Marcha Broda taught me this a

745
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:50,080
Speaker 1: long time ago, there's there's one guy that you want

746
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: to key all the time, and it's now Levit. It

747
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 1: would have been Abram, but it's now levit thirty two.

748
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,839
Speaker 1: Get if our quarterbacks. You know, whoever it is, take

749
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 1: a good priest app look on where he is because

750
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:05,560
Speaker 1: he generally will show you three D versus split safety

751
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:08,640
Speaker 1: versus man versus zone. He is what I call the

752
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 1: tip guy. So make a good effort there now, number three,

753
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:16,200
Speaker 1: you gotta protect the edges. Crosby on their left, and

754
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 1: they'll switch some. But Crosby is long. He really likes

755
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:23,479
Speaker 1: speed to power. You know, he's a big, lengthy guy.

756
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,240
Speaker 1: And believe it or not, he's got a really good

757
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:28,920
Speaker 1: inside move, kind of a poor man's Ted Hendrix out

758
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:33,080
Speaker 1: of eastern Michigan. And he's relentless. So if you're blocking him,

759
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,760
Speaker 1: he is the most relentless guy on that front. Seven

760
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:39,319
Speaker 1: he will keep coming in gockway just the opposite. You know,

761
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:42,359
Speaker 1: he can get off quick, he can turn the edge

762
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,400
Speaker 1: and he runs the hoop. He can run upfield and

763
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 1: then back down, and he's a really good stripper. So

764
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:52,239
Speaker 1: whatever it takes, secure the edges, if it takes extra blockers,

765
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:56,959
Speaker 1: tight ends, backs, whatever it is, do not let those

766
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,840
Speaker 1: two guys beat us. You know why pet peeve is

767
00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:01,319
Speaker 1: don't come back on Sunday and say, well, those two

768
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,759
Speaker 1: guys beat us, but they're good. No, we know they're

769
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:06,360
Speaker 1: good here on Wednesday, so let's make sure we have

770
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:11,080
Speaker 1: the plan. I think number number number four is on

771
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:14,879
Speaker 1: short third downs, like third and two to six. This

772
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:16,880
Speaker 1: is where they go man to man. This is the

773
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 1: one time they go man to man. But they're not

774
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 1: a big press team. Now they may switch that, but

775
00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:25,399
Speaker 1: you know, be alert. That's when you need your man

776
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 1: demand beaters, your crossers, you know, your picks, your rubs,

777
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:31,880
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. And then they run one little covers.

778
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 1: I want Carson to really be alert for. It starts

779
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,880
Speaker 1: out like it's quarters across the boarder looks like four

780
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 1: deep across the board, but the week's safety and that

781
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:46,560
Speaker 1: levit last week. He'll just sit there and he ends

782
00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:50,120
Speaker 1: up being like a robber right inside those linebackers and

783
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 1: it ends up being a three deep. And if you're

784
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 1: not careful, you will think you have something open because

785
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,400
Speaker 1: you won't feel that backside safety. A little bit like

786
00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,640
Speaker 1: the Tennessee game, you know when Buyer came down and

787
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:03,160
Speaker 1: got it. You gotta be I'm just you know, our

788
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:05,399
Speaker 1: quarterbacks have to be careful. I call that a six

789
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:08,360
Speaker 1: buzz got to be really careful with that because it

790
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:11,399
Speaker 1: can be tough. And then I think the last thing offensively,

791
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:15,200
Speaker 1: because I don't think even though they're simple, I don't

792
00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:18,359
Speaker 1: think they always play with great angles, and I don't

793
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:22,239
Speaker 1: think they're back end, particularly losing Abram are good tacklers,

794
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:24,240
Speaker 1: and I think this is one of those games. Again,

795
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:27,720
Speaker 1: I talked about it a couple of weeks ago. Explosive plays,

796
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 1: explosive players on the running game and catching run plays.

797
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 1: You don't have to get over the top of them.

798
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:36,880
Speaker 1: Get the ball in our guys hands, guys like obviously

799
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:40,200
Speaker 1: Taylor and Hines and Pittman, and let them run for

800
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 1: it because and think touchdown not first down. I think

801
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 1: they're suspect. I think they're tackles in the back end.

802
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:50,280
Speaker 1: I think they're they're tackling in the back end is optional,

803
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,000
Speaker 1: So I think that's really important. I think those are

804
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,840
Speaker 1: the key issues. Rick van Terry, right there, that's the

805
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 1: defensive breakdown on the Raiders coming into this game. It's

806
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,799
Speaker 1: the Cults at nine and six, the Vegas Raiders at

807
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:05,000
Speaker 1: eight and seven, and doubling back. As we wrap up here,

808
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,799
Speaker 1: Rick to what we talked about at the beginning, if

809
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 1: you were a coach this week, put put yourself back

810
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:12,839
Speaker 1: into those coaching rooms, put your hat and whistle back on.

811
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,239
Speaker 1: How challenging would this be for you? I mean, you've

812
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 1: got no idea as we sit here and talk right now,

813
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:21,239
Speaker 1: who's gonna be in, who's gonna be out for your team?

814
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:25,359
Speaker 1: Probably until Sunday, just hours before the game. I mean,

815
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:28,320
Speaker 1: next man up, that's gonna take on a completely different

816
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:31,319
Speaker 1: meeting this week for both teams. What's the challenge that

817
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:34,960
Speaker 1: the coaching staff faces this week and what's the message

818
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:37,320
Speaker 1: to all the nooks and crannies of the roster that

819
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:40,200
Speaker 1: are going to be counted on big time this weekend. Well,

820
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:43,080
Speaker 1: there's no question about it. COVID came to Indy for

821
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 1: the holiday, There's no doubt about that. And next next

822
00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:50,319
Speaker 1: man up is it takes on a mountainous matcher right now,

823
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:52,520
Speaker 1: you know, because we're not gonna know who we are

824
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:56,440
Speaker 1: kill Sunday when we when we hit the field against

825
00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:58,839
Speaker 1: the dangerous, dangerous team. But you know, when you get

826
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:03,240
Speaker 1: back into the coaching mentality, obviously it's challenging, but really

827
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:08,360
Speaker 1: this is what we thrive on. Coaches thrive on constant, adjustments, constant.

828
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 1: Remember when you call a game like you're a defensive coordinator,

829
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 1: you really adjust for three hours. You never stop. People

830
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,320
Speaker 1: talk about halftime adjustments. If you wait for the halftime

831
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:21,799
Speaker 1: to make an adjustment, you're down. You're down twenty one enough,

832
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: and you know, I mean, your life is spent in adjusting.

833
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:29,919
Speaker 1: And to me, that's the science of the game, that's

834
00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:33,800
Speaker 1: the teaching of the game and the adaptation to your players.

835
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 1: It always comes down to how do I maximize my

836
00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:41,759
Speaker 1: assets and how do I minimize my liabilities? All Right,

837
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:47,760
Speaker 1: if if my quarterback is Ellinger, if it's Hundley, okay,

838
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:50,680
Speaker 1: what do they do best? How can I integrate that

839
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 1: into what we do best. It's the same thing on defense.

840
00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:56,520
Speaker 1: Who would have thought that Odom would go in there

841
00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:59,520
Speaker 1: and play like a pro, That that speed would go

842
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 1: in there play great, that Rogers would be great in

843
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:04,640
Speaker 1: the last four minutes last week? I mean, and so

844
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:07,440
Speaker 1: you know, you have to believe in your system. I

845
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:11,799
Speaker 1: do think defensively because we're not overly complex, although we're

846
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:14,200
Speaker 1: I mean, we're sticky, but we're not over complex. I

847
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:17,440
Speaker 1: think at this point in time in COVID, it's probably

848
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:21,640
Speaker 1: a big advantage because I think a little bit better

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Speaker 1: and Frank is really a master. I think I've utilized

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Speaker 1: in his assets. So I really think we're really good there.

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Speaker 1: But you know, you know, in the frame of mind,

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Speaker 1: it's every one of us, every one of us is

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Speaker 1: involved in code football right now, whether it's periphery or

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Speaker 1: on the field. I mean, we just have to dig deep.

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Speaker 1: There's no question about it. I mean every person in

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Speaker 1: this program, I would say it this way to my team.

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Speaker 1: You got to reach deep, and every person in this

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Speaker 1: program has an inner champion in them and you got

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Speaker 1: to find it and you got to let it rip

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Speaker 1: on Sunday because at the end of the day, at

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Speaker 1: the end of the day, we're in a result business.

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Speaker 1: And you know, as Travis Tritt said, you know, here's

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Speaker 1: a quarter call someone who cares. I mean it really

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Speaker 1: it really care. Nobody cares about your adversity. Nobody cares

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Speaker 1: about whether we got vaccinated or not. We only care

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Speaker 1: about the result. And so I'll just leave you with

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Speaker 1: the Montress kind of my it's becoming my little bit

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Speaker 1: of a of a lucky clothes. Why not us there

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Speaker 1: you go, I haven't had a Travis Trent reference here

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Speaker 1: in a long time. I think it's it's like nineteen

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Speaker 1: ninety five or something. I'm watching MTV with a music

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Speaker 1: video with Travis Trent covering the Eagles and take it easy.

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Speaker 1: That's well played. There. There you go. That's awesome. Hey,

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Speaker 1: Happy new Year to you, Rick. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: you have any big resolutions, but are you gonna make

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Speaker 1: it up for midnight on Friday Night? What do you think? Oh,

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Speaker 1: you gotta be kidding me. Do you think I'll see

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Speaker 1: midnight here? The only time I see midnight is when

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Speaker 1: we do those night games. Yeah, same, exactly the same. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I see midnight when I'm getting paid to do it.

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Speaker 1: That's about it, my friend. Thank you so much for

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Speaker 1: all the breakdown. As always, Rick, we covered a lot

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Speaker 1: with the COVID and went over a lot of scenarios

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Speaker 1: that could or could not play out. So get some

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Speaker 1: rest and we'll talk to you on Sunday and hopefully

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Speaker 1: the Colts make another playoff push and get their tenth

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Speaker 1: win up the season and clinch a spot in the

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Speaker 1: playoffs for the third time in four years. Pretty cool

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Speaker 1: stuff on the line coming up on Sunday. I look

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Speaker 1: forward to being in right there next to you, Buddy,

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Speaker 1: I can't wait till Sunday. You got a man that's

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Speaker 1: Rick vent Uri. I'm Matt Taylor. Great breakdown as always

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Speaker 1: here on Inside Football and again it's the Colts and

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Speaker 1: Raiders Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium, the regular season home

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Speaker 1: finale for the Colts. Kickoff is set for one o'clock

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Speaker 1: and we'll talk to you next week on the podcast.

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Speaker 1: We'll break down the Colts and the Jaguars in week

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Speaker 1: number seventeen to close out the regular season. Have a

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Speaker 1: great rest of the week, everybody, Happy New Year, and

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Speaker 1: we'll talk to you next week here on Inside Football US.