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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. Colts Daily Update on the air

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Speaker 1: on this Wednesday, November thirtieth, today the last day of November,

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Speaker 1: and the Colts were on the practice field today on

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Speaker 1: a very chilly and cold and wintry feeling day in Indianapolis.

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Speaker 1: The Colts are getting ready for Week thirteen. Up next

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Speaker 1: the eight and three Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football,

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Speaker 1: back to back primetime games for the Colts as they

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Speaker 1: check into this game four seven and one record wise,

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Speaker 1: coming off another tough loss last week on Monday Night

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Speaker 1: seventeen at Lucas Oil Stadium. That means the horse Shoes

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Speaker 1: have now lost five of their last six and now

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Speaker 1: And the four upcoming opponents for the Colts, they all

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Speaker 1: they started today the Cowboys, Vikings, Chargers, and Alliance. The

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Speaker 1: Colts would be on the outside looking in on the

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Speaker 1: playoffs if they started today. They currently sit in tenth

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Speaker 1: place in the AFC playoff standings, and right now the

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Speaker 1: Colts are in danger of missing the postseason for the

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Speaker 1: sixth time in the last eight seasons. The Colts are

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Speaker 1: out of the playoff picture primarily because they haven't been

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Speaker 1: able to close games out. They've had three opportunities lately

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Speaker 1: at home that have slipped away fourth quarter leads against

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Speaker 1: the Commanders, Eagles, and Steelers. The Colts couldn't see those

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Speaker 1: the season in one score games and interim head coach

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Speaker 1: Jeff Saturday talked today about his message to the team

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Speaker 1: You know, from my perspective of how do you make

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Speaker 1: the switch, it was always about execution for us. I mean,

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Speaker 1: we always felt we were going to out. You know,

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Speaker 1: teams would beat themselves if we just stayed the course right,

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Speaker 1: and unfortunately we've been on the other side where we're

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Speaker 1: it all the time, man, when it's called how do

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Speaker 1: and show plays, you know, myself them, Hey, here's here's

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Speaker 1: picture of here's how we hurt ourselves. Here, how's if

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Speaker 1: we stay the course, we'll end up flipping these two ws.

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Speaker 1: And and to your point, we you know, as as

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Speaker 1: That's Jeff Saturday. And certainly this season has not gone

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Speaker 1: according to script in any fashion for the Colts. Not

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Speaker 1: when the offense is statistically one of the worst in

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Speaker 1: at four seven and one, some people, some fans are

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Speaker 1: already keeping an eye on the Colts draft position and

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Speaker 1: Because the results haven't been what we've wanted? But how

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Speaker 1: you're listening to the Colts Daily Update on ninety three

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

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Speaker 1: This is the Colts Daily Update tonight. I'm Matt Taylor

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Speaker 1: and it's the Colts and Cowboys Sunday Night football coming

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Speaker 1: up this weekend. The Colts are in Dallas for the

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Speaker 1: first time since twenty fourteen and playing America's team for

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Speaker 1: We're gonna hear now from rookie cornerback and return man

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Speaker 1: So you took it though eight yards deep? Did you?

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