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Speaker 1: The NFL never sleeps.

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Speaker 2: The roster is ever evolving, and it's all about finding

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Speaker 2: the edge. This is the Last Word, the off season

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Speaker 2: Home of the Indianapolis Colts. Now here's Jeffrey Gorman and

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Speaker 2: Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 3: This is the Last Word off Season Radio home of

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Speaker 3: your Colts. Airing usually inside the Indiana Union Construction Industry

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Speaker 3: Radio Studio. Not today. We're here every Friday evening. By

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Speaker 3: the way, ninety three five and one oh seven five

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Speaker 3: the van. We're down at the Combine, folks. That's right,

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Speaker 3: we're right next door at the Convention Center in the

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Speaker 3: media room. Here Matt Taylor, Voice of the Colts. I'm

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Speaker 3: telling you love this time of year. I love it too,

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Speaker 3: because it is a big schmooze fest people we know.

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Speaker 3: But it's also you know, it's a good info gathering thing.

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Speaker 3: This is a fun time. It's the convention of the

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Speaker 3: NFL in the offseason.

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Speaker 4: Without a question, Amy, it's been fun talking with a

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Speaker 4: lot of draft people out of national NFL folks get

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Speaker 4: their suppers on the Colts. What are the main themes

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Speaker 4: of the draft. So it's been very informative and quite frankly,

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Speaker 4: it's been good on a personal level to reconnect with

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Speaker 4: a lot of people that you just enjoy that cover

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Speaker 4: the NFL that do similar things that we do here.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, but there is business at hand this week. Shane

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Speaker 3: Stiken spoke earlier in the week, Chris Ballard spoke earlier

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Speaker 3: in the week. But coming up in just a few minutes,

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Speaker 3: Shane's gonna sit down with us, Matt, you and I

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Speaker 3: will go over a few things with the head coach

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Speaker 3: of what's going on at this combine. Obviously, it starts

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Speaker 3: begin with this thing. Every avenue they've talked about, Chris Ballard,

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Speaker 3: every avenue will be explored in free agency, the draft,

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Speaker 3: a potential trade somewhere to find a player who's going

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Speaker 3: to have an open competition with that's gonna push Anthony

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Speaker 3: into having that, Matt, just tell me that player. Is

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Speaker 3: Or is it going to be somebody that's just going

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Speaker 3: to be behind Anthony to push a little bit. What's

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think Chris, I think he laid it out

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Speaker 4: pretty clear the other day that it's not going to

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Speaker 4: push him and motivate him. It's going to be someone

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Speaker 4: that can do that plus give the Colts an opportunity

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Speaker 4: to win football games. If he's the best player. It's

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Speaker 4: going to be an open, legitimate competition. May the best

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Speaker 4: he says that, I believe him because everybody knows what

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Speaker 4: time it is. You missed the playoffs four straight years.

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Speaker 4: It should be about competition. Don't worry about you know,

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Speaker 4: the reps that Anthony Richardson could lose in a potential

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Speaker 4: quarterback battle. And I've heard other people, national media folks

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Speaker 4: Anthony Richardson's growth even more. I tend to disagree. I

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Speaker 4: about that, right, this is the National Football League. You

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Speaker 4: got to win and you got to win now, especially

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Speaker 4: got to get better quarterback play. Hopefully it comes from

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Speaker 4: But if it's another guy that gives you a better

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Speaker 4: now that is set up to win. They've got a

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, And the people that we run into and talk to,

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Speaker 3: we're gonna have a whole bunch of information on who

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Speaker 3: because Matti Ochi, we've got everybody coming up, Charles Davis,

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Speaker 3: Daniel Jeremonia Graziano from ESPN, Greg Cosell, the great Man

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Speaker 3: the Colts Audio Network on Colts dot Com back to

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Speaker 3: Anthony Richardson, mate, help me out here. Does that competition

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Speaker 4: He understood what the off season was going to entail

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Speaker 4: He's pretty grounded. But I think that he understands now

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Speaker 4: It's a really important time for the Colts, and I

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Speaker 4: which is what we heard from Shane steike in earlier

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Speaker 4: a different perspective. I think he's gonna welcome this competition.

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Speaker 4: I think he's going to use that to his advantage.

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Speaker 4: Let it motivate him, let it push him to become

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Speaker 3: That's Matt Taylor, Voice of the Colts. I'm Jeffrey Gorman.

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Speaker 3: This is the last word. Ninety three five, one oh

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Speaker 3: Colts Audio Network. It is loaded. If you're a Colts fan,

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Speaker 3: don't go anywhere. Coming up, Shane Stiken is gonna sit

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Speaker 2: The Last Word Jeffrey Gorman and Matt Taylor from the

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Speaker 3: If you will, Shane Stike and sat down with us recently.

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Speaker 3: Go over a lot of offseason questions. Take a listen.

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Speaker 3: You've been coming here, you said for fifteen years.

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Speaker 1: Fifteen years. But it's mind.

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Speaker 3: But it's different. My question is this. It's different. You're

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Speaker 5: God bless you.

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Speaker 3: Is this okay for you? Do you do you enjoy

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Speaker 6: This is the time we get, you know, an extra

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Speaker 6: Obviously talking to you guys here haven't seen you all offseason,

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Speaker 1: Go from there.

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Speaker 3: Quarterback competition, let's get right to it. We heard Chris

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Speaker 3: What does that look like overall quarterback competition for the Colts.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think it's the guy that can come in

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Speaker 6: Yeah, continuing to master the offense is going to be big. Obviously,

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Speaker 5: But I'm asking for those that don't know. What are the.

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Speaker 4: Limitations you can have in terms of contact and interaction

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Speaker 3: Shane Stiking, Colts head coach, couple of offseason moves. Give

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Speaker 3: me the goods. Lou Anarumo, I know you like this man.

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Speaker 6: I think with anything, I think the players that you

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Speaker 4: As Shane stiging with us here at the NFL Combine,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, limiting the players in the NFL.

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Speaker 5: No doubt about that. Hey, is it pertains to this draft?

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Speaker 5: How tough is it to separate those two.

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Speaker 3: Coach Shane Stike in joining us right now, and it's

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Speaker 3: just a what if? Questioned Shane. Thirty nine catches out

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Speaker 6: I think I think a tight end obviously can help,

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Speaker 6: And I think those guys that can, you know, change

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Speaker 3: You've been here for a minute now, that is going

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Speaker 6: What's going to be the message, what's going to be

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Speaker 4: Be at Shane sticking with us here at the NFL

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Speaker 4: Combine with Jeffery Gorman. I'm Matt Taylor. Speaking of the Combine.

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Speaker 4: When you're in the interviews with all of these guys

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Speaker 6: What yeah, twenty minutes, The formals are twenty minutes. It's

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Speaker 4: So, for lack of a better term, within that process,

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Speaker 1: You know what I mean?

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Speaker 6: Obviously there in twenty minutes, but you definitely need more

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Speaker 6: I just I think the biggest thing is with these guys,

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Speaker 1: You get to see him up close and personal, Shane.

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Speaker 4: Last one for me, you know a lot of this offseason.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think competition brings out the best in everybody,

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Speaker 6: and well that player, that scheme, you know, fit what

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Speaker 6: we're doing stematically.

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Speaker 3: Awesome. Well, great stuff with you, Shane. I know you're

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Speaker 3: busy here. We're going to catch up with you and

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Speaker 3: the OTAs appreciate you taking the time and best of

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Speaker 3: luck on the rest of the combat. All right, thank

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Speaker 3: you again, A big thanks to Shane Stiking for taking

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Speaker 3: some time and talking to us. Mayday, that's a ball guy.

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Speaker 3: He just wants to look at plays, look at players,

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Speaker 3: throw the ball down the field, get a good running back.

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Speaker 3: I mean, come on, that's who Styking is.

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Speaker 4: I mean all those interviews, I mean all the film

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Speaker 4: you know, all the workouts. I mean, I don't know

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Speaker 4: how he has time to even go home and change

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Speaker 4: his clothes, to be honest with you, So in that regard,

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Speaker 4: really appreciate his time this week carving out some time

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Speaker 4: talking ball and being a round ball. He's in a

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Speaker 4: really good spot here this week here at the Combine.

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Speaker 3: You're absolutely right, matey. Hey, Colts fans, don't forget Shane

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Speaker 3: This is the Last Word ninety three five one oh

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Speaker 2: We talked Colts football every Friday on the Last Words,

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Speaker 2: the offseason radio home of the Colts with Jeffrey Gorman

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Speaker 3: Welcome back to the Last Word ninety three five one

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Speaker 3: oh seven five the fan. The boys are indeed back

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Speaker 3: in town. Good poll there mayte.

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Speaker 5: Like what I did there?

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Speaker 5: The Cults on you man. We just back those layers.

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Speaker 3: I love the guy. Hey, how about this The Colts

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Speaker 3: Girls flag to learn more. Time now for the Forum

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Speaker 3: Credit Union Question of the Week. That means it is showtime,

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Speaker 3: Casey value. I appreciate you being here Showcase. So far,

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Speaker 3: so good for you at the Combine. It's been fantastic.

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Speaker 7: We've gotten a lot of stuff done, and like Matt

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Speaker 7: said at the top of the show, just kind of

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Speaker 7: interacting with these people you can get to see you

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Speaker 7: one time of year.

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Speaker 1: Is always a lot of people like you.

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Speaker 3: That's what I'm finding this out.

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Speaker 1: I don't know about that.

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Speaker 3: A lot of people like you that know it. Just

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Speaker 3: I didn't know he had so much of a net

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Speaker 3: that kay.

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Speaker 5: Casey, your personality is not so bad.

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Speaker 1: It's greats guys, Thanks, I appreciate that.

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Speaker 3: Here we go boys.

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Speaker 5: Time now with the Thinking Cat has been the hit

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Speaker 5: of the combine.

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Speaker 4: Yes, thank you, Okay, so's yeah, he's been the start

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Speaker 4: of the show.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. And by the way, we are planning to put

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Speaker 3: him up on stage for a ten minute comedy lawres

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Speaker 3: coming up on that later. Forum Credit Union Question of

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Speaker 3: the Week. Colts have some choices to make folks on

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Speaker 3: their offensive line this offseason. Starting center Ryan Kelly starting

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Speaker 3: right guard Will fries Both of them are free agent.

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Speaker 3: Braden Smith's status has been up in the air for

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Speaker 3: a minute now. Don't know what's going to happen there.

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Speaker 3: What's the likelihood, guys, this is a good Forum Credit

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Speaker 3: Union question of the week. What's the likelihood that the

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Speaker 3: Colts will re sign both Will fries who's coming off

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Speaker 3: and people are talking about this young man, about how

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Speaker 3: well he's playing out of Penn State, and also from

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Speaker 3: Ryan Kelly to keep that foundation of the offensive line secure.

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Speaker 3: You think it's gonna happen.

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Speaker 4: I think it's an interesting question because Will Fryes is

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Speaker 4: pretty high up on my personal priority chart in terms

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Speaker 4: of in house free agents. Dang good right guard, and

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Speaker 4: really the only blemish on his free agency resume is

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Speaker 4: the injury right the leg injury in week number five.

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Speaker 4: Outside of that, this guy's a mauler and has really

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Speaker 4: turned himself into a mainstay within the starting lineup for

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Speaker 4: the Colts. And then you got Ryan Kelly. I think

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Speaker 4: he's still a darn good football player, four time Pro Bowler,

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Speaker 4: it's been with the team for nine years, about to

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Speaker 4: turn thirty two. But the reality is the Colts did

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Speaker 4: draft the player that plays his position or can play

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Speaker 4: his position. Last year in Tanner Bordolini, he did miss

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Speaker 4: seven games last year and he would love to stay

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Speaker 4: in Indianapolis. And there's nobody I can speak for this

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Speaker 4: table here. There's nobody that loves Ryan Kelly Moore. But

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Speaker 4: this is the reality of the business. You know, he's

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Speaker 4: a free agent for the first time, so there's a

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Speaker 4: lot of uncertainty there.

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Speaker 5: But I personally would love to see it.

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Speaker 4: I just don't know what the likelihood of that happening

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Speaker 4: in terms of both guys coming back as free agent showcase.

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Speaker 3: When Ryan Kelly's healthy, one of the best in the league. Okay,

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Speaker 3: I'm saying this. If they don't resign that veteran back,

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Speaker 3: does it affect the locker room.

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Speaker 7: That's a great question that that is one of the

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Speaker 7: areas that we've heard, you know, kind of talked about,

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Speaker 7: is you know, the comments that were made by DeForest

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Speaker 7: Buckner and Kenney Moore. You want to make sure that

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Speaker 7: the chemistry and everything in that locker room is secured.

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Speaker 7: And Ryan Kelly has been one of the longest tenured

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Speaker 7: leaders on this team, so you.

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Speaker 1: Would think it affects it in a way.

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Speaker 7: I don't know if it's a you know, super negative

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Speaker 7: thing if he doesn't come back, because it's just part

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Speaker 7: of the industry that you're in.

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Speaker 1: But no, it's it's definitely going to have an impact.

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Speaker 7: And you know, like Matt said, we saw Trey Smith,

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Speaker 7: the guard from Kansas City, who ultimately is probably one

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Speaker 7: of the top guards available, got the franchise tag. So

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Speaker 7: that just moves Will Fries even higher up the list

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Speaker 7: at that position. So it's going to be really interesting

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Speaker 7: to see what they do because he's going to be

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Speaker 7: in high demand for sure.

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Speaker 3: Best thing I heard this week, guys, give me a

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Speaker 3: comment on it. This is human beings evaluating human beings.

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Speaker 5: And that's a tough subjective.

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Speaker 3: That is a tough gig. And if you hit fifty

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Speaker 3: percent of the time, usually people say you're successful. Do

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Speaker 5: I absolutely agree.

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Speaker 4: It's like you know, batters in baseball Major League, right,

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Speaker 4: if you hit three hundred, you're a Hall of Famer, right,

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Speaker 4: And that's what Chris Bali really subscribes to. You're not

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Speaker 4: going to hit on all of these guys, but if

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Speaker 4: you hit the right guys at the right time, at

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Speaker 4: the right important positions, it could change the trajectory of

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Speaker 4: your franchise, and that's what the cults are trying to

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Speaker 4: continue to do within this draft and why they're continuing

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Speaker 4: to put a lot of faith and trust in Anthony

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Speaker 4: Richardson's development but also pushing him for the betterment of

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Speaker 4: the team in the franchise ocase.

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Speaker 7: And ultimately, you can't make You aren't going to be

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Speaker 7: able to change everything with one pick, but you can

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Speaker 7: do it in one offseason. That's what we've seen so

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Speaker 7: many times in the NFL. So everybody's back to the

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Speaker 7: drawing board and the have a real good opportunity here Showcase.

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Speaker 3: Appreciate the time. I know it's brief today, but we

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Speaker 3: got a full show that we just ran through the

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Speaker 3: big thanks to Shane Stiking down here at the twenty

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Speaker 3: twenty five NFL Combined there's a whole lot more go

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Speaker 3: to Colts dot Com or the Colts Audio Network. Hundreds,

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Speaker 3: I mean, it seems like hundreds of interviews this week,

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Speaker 3: but I'll tell you what we are loaded for Bears

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Speaker 3: all weekend long, two weekend long Combine conversations included. Check

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Speaker 3: it out at Colts dot Com as well as the

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Speaker 3: Colts Audio Network for Showcase Casey Valuer and Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 3: The voice of the Colts. I am Jeffrey Gorran. Appreciate

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Speaker 3: you guys every week giving us a listen right here

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Speaker 3: The last Word ninety three five one oh seven five

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Speaker 3: to fan billion.

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