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Speaker 1: Welcome back, boys, first time in about I don't know,

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Speaker 1: Hello YouTube out there, and thanks for our loyal listeners

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Speaker 1: on the Colts Audio Network. A lot happened since we

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Speaker 1: the Official Cults podcast today. Ronnie Harrison, Where's number forty eight.

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Speaker 1: He's a tree transformed safety now playing linebacker. Made his

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Speaker 1: the whirlwind of his season, switching positions, and then of course,

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Speaker 1: you know, showing out there at Lucas Oil Stadium against

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Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But a big task at hand.

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Speaker 1: It's the Colts and the Titans coming up this weekend

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Speaker 1: Round number two. The Colts won the first meeting back

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Speaker 1: in Gosh early October twenty three to sixteen. So let's

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Speaker 1: get to our four down territory, our top four story

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Speaker 1: lines going into the game, and Bill Brooks Number one

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Speaker 1: is life without Jonathan Taylor. The Colts found out that

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Speaker 2: He had I think was averaging four point eight yards

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And I mean, you played at the highest level

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the great thing here is we all agree. Everybody

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Speaker 1: What did you do? I mean look at that stuff. Yes,

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Speaker 4: That's honestly what I was going to say.

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Speaker 3: That's what That's the vibe that I get is these guys,

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Speaker 3: And that's kind of where I was going is I

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Speaker 3: I think also to that point, all these guys play

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Speaker 1: Could be in this spot and here we are also too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely going back to actually what you were asking earlier.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's go third down. This is get after

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Speaker 1: the rookie. Will Levis is now the quarterback in Tennessee.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna be making his sixth start of the season.

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Speaker 1: We know that under Gus Bradley, they try to get pressure,

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Speaker 1: But the Colts haven't had to blitz a lot during

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Speaker 3: No, that's a great question, because that's that's been the

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Speaker 4: Don't get me wrong.

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Speaker 3: The weapons that Tennessee has are a lot different than

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say blitz him. Not all the time,

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Speaker 1: And the great thing is it's not just the Forrest Buckner.

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Speaker 3: In practice for he tell you, he'd tell you the same.

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Speaker 1: since they moved to town. And like you said, their

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Speaker 1: offensive line, it's it's in flux, all right, that's a

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Speaker 1: nice way to put it, full transition. You know, they

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Speaker 1: benched Andre Dillard and put him or I should say,

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Speaker 1: replaced him with Jayalen Duncan, who made his first career

436
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Speaker 1: start last Saturday or last Sunday. So could be a

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Speaker 1: feast post Thanksgiving feast for the Colts pass rush. Let's

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Speaker 1: hope that's the case, all right. Fourth down this is

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Speaker 1: the one that's a little bit more concerning or the

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Speaker 1: most concerning for me. I'm interested in your guys' thoughts here.

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Speaker 1: Fourth down is stop the rush, defense bleeding. Because life

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Speaker 1: without Grover Stewart it's been hard, and they got one

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Speaker 1: more game without him. He's going to be serving the

444
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Speaker 1: sixth and final game of his suspension this Sunday as

445
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Speaker 1: the Colts travel to Tennessee and in five games without

446
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Speaker 1: Big Grove, it's not pretty. The Colts are giving up

447
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Speaker 1: one hundred and forty eight rushing yards per game. They've

448
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Speaker 1: allowed at least one hundred and twenty five rushing yards

449
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Speaker 1: in all five of those games. That's the first time

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Speaker 1: that's happened to the Colts since two thousand and six.

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Speaker 1: Remember that run. It wasn't pretty back then, but they.

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Speaker 3: Didn't win a Super Bowl that he didn't win a

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Speaker 3: Super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: That was the Fred Taylor year. When he's running for

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Speaker 1: he's still runs three week se week sixteen, week seventeen,

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Speaker 1: whatever it was. So, Bill, what is your level of

457
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Speaker 1: concern Can the Colts slow down Dereck Henry in this

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Speaker 1: game without Grover Stewart Grove played in the first game

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Speaker 1: in Week five and Henry only had forty three yards.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that is my concern right there, as

461
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Speaker 2: far as from the defensive standpoints, trying to stop Derek Henry,

462
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Speaker 2: because you know they're going to try to get the

463
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Speaker 2: ball to Derek Henry, try to run the ball. That's

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Speaker 2: what they like to do. They like to play physical football,

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Speaker 2: and that's what they want to do, and that's give

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Speaker 2: the ball to Derrick Henry. And also eat at the clock.

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Speaker 2: I think they want to eat the clock, and I

468
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Speaker 2: really believe they want to try to eat the clock

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Speaker 2: and keep our offense on the sideline, and they probably

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Speaker 2: want to stay into that, get into that third and

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Speaker 2: three and four the situation. So on first and second

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Speaker 2: down you might see alive Derrick Henry. And the big

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Speaker 2: thing is for to me stopping Derrick Henry is, you

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Speaker 2: know what, keep his shoulders going sideline, the sideline, don't

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Speaker 2: let him square up his shoulders, get up the field

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Speaker 2: and try to get some momentum because it's very hard

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Speaker 2: to tackle. But I'm concerned about trying to stop him because,

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Speaker 2: as you said, without Grover, the Coats have been giving

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Speaker 2: up an average one hundred and forty eight yards per game,

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Speaker 2: and that's a lot. That's a lot of rushing yards.

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Speaker 2: So if the Coats can stop them and then make

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Speaker 2: Will Levis throw the ball, I think that would be

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Speaker 2: good for the Colts defense. But I am concerned about

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Speaker 2: trying to stop Devin Henry.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, you know, first and second down are

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Speaker 3: just gonna be so key this week.

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Speaker 4: I mean, no doubt because Will.

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Speaker 3: Levis, as we've mentioned, that's the guy you want to

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Speaker 3: have beat you. That's what that's what the goal is is.

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Speaker 3: You don't want twenty two to just break open a game,

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Speaker 3: because that's what I mean. He's a grind out player.

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Speaker 3: I mean, he's a guy that third and fourth quarter

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Speaker 3: he's gonna be, you know, just ramping up because that's

494
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Speaker 3: just what he does. So it's it's going to be

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Speaker 3: impairedive that this team, especially early in the downs, they're

496
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Speaker 3: they're making sure that they're doing everything they can to

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Speaker 3: keep him bottled up, because that's how you're gonna win

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Speaker 3: this football.

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Speaker 1: Game, more so than any other team in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Maybe I'm not thinking to somebody, but maybe it's just

501
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Speaker 1: because we play Tennessee twice a year every year. But

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Speaker 1: it just seems like they're one of those teams compared

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Speaker 1: to a lot of teams that they are so much

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Speaker 1: different playing from advantage, oh yeah, versus when they're behind

505
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Speaker 1: on the score right, And I think that's contributed to

506
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Speaker 1: Henry's quote unquote down season. Right, His yards per game

507
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Speaker 1: is down, his overall carries per game are down because

508
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Speaker 1: of a lot of three and outs. They're getting down

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Speaker 1: on the scoreboard in the second half, they're having to

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Speaker 1: throw the ball more than they want to. But if

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Speaker 1: they're playing from advantage, you guys are spot on. They

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Speaker 1: want to be third and four or less to afford

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Speaker 1: themselves the ability to run the ball with Derrick Henry,

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Speaker 1: because say what you want about where he's at right now,

515
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Speaker 1: and I don't think he's really lost anything. I think

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Speaker 1: he's a product or his season is a product of

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Speaker 1: the players and the circumstances around him. But if you

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Speaker 1: just look at him running style still, I don't think

519
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Speaker 1: he's lost anything in year number eight. So he's still

520
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Speaker 1: a player that can turn a three yard game into

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Speaker 1: a five yard game with yards after contact and get

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Speaker 1: a first down. The Colts want to excuse me, the Titans.

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Speaker 1: They want to win this game, similarly to how the

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Speaker 1: Patriots wanted to win the game in German back. Yeah,

525
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Speaker 1: they wanted to win ten to six, are thirteen to seven.

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Speaker 1: That's why Gardner Minshew and the Colts can't turn the

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Speaker 1: ball over. Yep, right, got to be a fishing with

528
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Speaker 1: the ball, and you just got to find a way

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Speaker 1: without Grover Stewart to stop the run and make sure

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Speaker 1: they don't have thirty five to thirty seven minutes a

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Speaker 1: time of possession and about twenty first downs because they're

532
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Speaker 1: good enough to win a game ugly, and that's what

533
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Speaker 1: they want to do. They want to win nasty, early

534
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Speaker 1: December style of football.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and that's that's honestly.

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Speaker 3: Like you can look at the stat line and I

537
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Speaker 3: don't think it matters what his yard total is. I

538
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Speaker 3: think yards per carry is the most important part of

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Speaker 3: this game. If you were holding him to under four,

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Speaker 3: I don't care. If you're no big hones, Yeah, no big.

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Speaker 3: If he runs for one hundred and fifteen yards on

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Speaker 3: thirty some odd carries, that is fine, exactly, That is

543
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Speaker 3: totally fine. I think you talk about that stuff and

544
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Speaker 3: red zone those are going to be huge. I think

545
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Speaker 3: when the Colts get in the red zone, gotta score touchdowns,

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Speaker 3: and that defense do whatever you can to make sure

547
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Speaker 3: that Derek Henry is not able to bust one on

548
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Speaker 3: you to get in the end zone. Because I would

549
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Speaker 3: love to see a lot more nick folk from Tennessee

550
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Speaker 3: than anything else, because I think that is what is

551
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Speaker 3: going to create a Colts victory. Music folk music in

552
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Speaker 3: the musical They're.

553
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Speaker 1: Gotta Stop the Run. The linebackers in this game are

554
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Speaker 1: going to be huge Zire Franklin, e J. Speed, we

555
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Speaker 1: talked about him. He played a career high ninety five

556
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Speaker 1: percent of the snaps against Tampa Bay, taking on that

557
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Speaker 1: new role after the Colts released Shaq Leonard last week

558
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Speaker 1: and another linebacker the Coults are counting on. As we said,

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Speaker 1: we tease at the top of the podcast. Ronnie Harrison,

560
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Speaker 1: what a moment for him, What a last couple of

561
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Speaker 1: days it's been for him, bumping up from the practice

562
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Speaker 1: squad to the active roster. Made his Colts debut against

563
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Speaker 1: the Buccaneers, picked off his former teammate and Baker Mayfield.

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Speaker 1: Played seven snaps, had a game changing play, and he

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Speaker 1: joined us on the Official Cults Podcast a little bit

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Speaker 1: earlier today, joining us in studio. Now linebacker for the

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Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts. He wears number forty eight. He's not a safety.

568
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Speaker 1: He's now a linebacker in the NFL. Here with the Colts,

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Speaker 1: fresh office, first game with Indianapolis. Stepped in front of

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Speaker 1: that pass from Baker Mayfield, picked it off. It was

571
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Speaker 1: a game changing play, huge part of that game for

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Speaker 1: the Colts win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Ronnie Harrison

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Speaker 1: is with us. Ronnie, thanks so much for the time, sir.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the podcast.

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Speaker 5: Thank you for having me.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, So let's talk about that play. For those that

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Speaker 1: don't know your story, we'll get into it. Your former

578
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Speaker 1: safety now playing linebacker, your first time playing that position.

579
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Speaker 1: Position switch, first game, you step in front of that pass.

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Speaker 1: What did you see and were you licking your chops

581
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Speaker 1: when the ball's coming your way right there?

582
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Speaker 5: Oh? Yes, sir.

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Speaker 6: When the play first started, I just noticed it was

584
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Speaker 6: a pass play. I noticed that I had a route

585
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Speaker 6: combination that could affect me in my area.

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Speaker 5: So I just looked up the route, figured out what

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Speaker 5: they were.

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Speaker 6: Trying to do, and then got my eyes on Baker

589
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Speaker 6: and he took me to the ball.

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Speaker 5: I've seen the ball. I was just like, oh, man,

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Speaker 5: don't drop it, yeah, drop it, Yeah, take advantage. So

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Speaker 5: it was really exciting.

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Speaker 2: Now you talk about Baker Mayfield, he's your former teammate

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Speaker 2: when you at the Cleveland Browns. How good did it

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Speaker 2: feel the intercept your former teammate?

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Speaker 5: Oh, it felt great.

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Speaker 6: It's been so many times in practice where I had

598
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Speaker 6: to let the past go. We're doing good on good,

599
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Speaker 6: so I tried to make him feel good, But it

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Speaker 6: felt good to you.

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Speaker 5: Know, pick them off after all those years?

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Speaker 1: Did you have anything?

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Speaker 5: I don't say anything to him after the game.

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Speaker 1: All class, all class?

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Speaker 2: Right, well, good, that's good. I won't go back to

606
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Speaker 2: your beginning of your career. You get drafted by the Jaguars,

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Speaker 2: and you play in your first year, you get some

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Speaker 2: playing time, and then your sophomore year you have a

609
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Speaker 2: good sophomore year. But then after that you get traded

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Speaker 2: from the Browns, I mean, from the Jaguars of the Browns.

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Speaker 2: How did you feel about that when you got traded?

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Speaker 2: How was the transition going from uh being traded from

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Speaker 2: the Jaguars to the Browns.

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Speaker 5: Uh?

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Speaker 6: That was That was a tough time for me, just

616
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Speaker 6: because I didn't see it coming.

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Speaker 5: It kind of blindsided me for sure.

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Speaker 6: Like you said that, I had two good, pretty solid seasons,

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Speaker 6: you know with the Jaguar, so I felt like I

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Speaker 6: was headed in the right direction to solidify myself as

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Speaker 6: you know, one of the guys. But you know, the

622
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Speaker 6: trade happened and it kind of made me think a

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Speaker 6: little bit, you know what I'm saying about my play

624
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Speaker 6: and what kind of guy I am. But at the

625
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Speaker 6: same time, I was fired up to be on a

626
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Speaker 6: new team, you know what I'm saying, and try to

627
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Speaker 6: show them what I could bring to the team. So

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Speaker 6: I just took it and ran with it.

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Speaker 1: Fast forward a little bit. You were a free agent

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Speaker 1: this past off season, and you know, you're kind of

631
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 1: just hoping and waiting around, and you know you're getting

632
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:35,920
Speaker 1: a little frustrated that your phone is not ringing more

633
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 1: than what it was there. And then finally the month

634
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Speaker 1: of August, the Colts give you a call, get a

635
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Speaker 1: call from that three to one seven area code, you know,

636
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Speaker 1: Chris Ballard or whomever is on the other end of

637
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Speaker 1: that line, and they say, hey, we want you to

638
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Speaker 1: come in and play, but instead of playing safety, we

639
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Speaker 1: want you to play linebacker. Like, how how did you

640
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:54,840
Speaker 1: react to that?

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Speaker 6: When I first got the news about the linebacker switch,

642
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Speaker 6: it was kind of, you know, like downing a little bit,

643
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,520
Speaker 6: not downing, but you know, it's just different than what

644
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Speaker 6: I'm used to, So.

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Speaker 1: Why don't you want me to play safety?

646
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Speaker 5: Yeah? Right, I feel like I'm still effective at safety.

647
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Speaker 6: But after talking with you know, coach Guss, you know

648
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Speaker 6: what I'm saying, he broke it down for me, and

649
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,680
Speaker 6: he just made it like seem that linebacker could be,

650
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,920
Speaker 6: you know, a great spot for me, and I could

651
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:23,920
Speaker 6: bring a lot of attributes to that position to help

652
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 6: the team out a lot.

653
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,080
Speaker 5: So I just took it and ran with it.

654
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:28,640
Speaker 6: I just tried to learn as much as I could,

655
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 6: you know, try to work on my technique, try to

656
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 6: get in that linebacker you know set up. So I

657
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:36,320
Speaker 6: just took it and ran with it. And it's been

658
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 6: pretty good so far.

659
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:37,760
Speaker 5: And I like it.

660
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 1: And why do you think they saw that in you?

661
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 1: What is it about your play and your body type

662
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 1: that allows you to make that switch.

663
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,239
Speaker 6: I think just because I'm a bigger safety, and you

664
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,240
Speaker 6: know my mo o in the league has been you know,

665
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:52,479
Speaker 6: even in college.

666
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:54,160
Speaker 5: You know, I was a big, big hitter. You know,

667
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 5: I always was a.

668
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 6: Good tackler, sure tackler, always around the ball. So I

669
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 6: just felt like they seen that and they figured, you know,

670
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 6: putting me down in the box or putting me closer

671
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 6: to the ball, might you know, make me more effective.

672
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 5: So as of lately it has been.

673
00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 2: So I'll say I think they're right, Dall and piggyback

674
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,360
Speaker 2: off that you made a transition from safety the linebacker,

675
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,240
Speaker 2: and I think you've done a nice job. Look, look

676
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:20,000
Speaker 2: very good, very fluid out there on that play, especially

677
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 2: on an interception. What's been the biggest challenge for you though,

678
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,520
Speaker 2: to make that transition from safety to the linebacker.

679
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 6: I would say really just getting that linebacker terminology and

680
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,000
Speaker 6: knowing where to line up because you know it's a

681
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:32,600
Speaker 6: different spot.

682
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 5: You're in the box.

683
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 6: You know you got RNT gaps you gotta deal with,

684
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:37,280
Speaker 6: you got fronts, different fronts that you.

685
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:37,959
Speaker 5: Gotta line in.

686
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:41,120
Speaker 6: So really just knowing my alignments and where I'm supposed

687
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,960
Speaker 6: to be pretty much once the bass snapped, it kind

688
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,600
Speaker 6: of my instincts kind of just take over, you know

689
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,960
Speaker 6: what I'm saying from playing football for so long in

690
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 6: the NFL. So really just alignments and assignment, I would say.

691
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,440
Speaker 6: But after the bass snapped this game on.

692
00:30:56,200 --> 00:31:01,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's Ronnie Harrison with us, fresh off his first

693
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 1: interception with the Indianapolis Colts, and you talked about making

694
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,280
Speaker 1: the switch, the hardest parts and things like that. Who

695
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 1: have you leaned on during this process? I mean, any

696
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,720
Speaker 1: teammates or have you looked up any former linebackers, watched

697
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 1: a lot of tape on guys in terms of the

698
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:17,200
Speaker 1: playing style you want to emulate.

699
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 6: Really haven't even thought that far about, Like, you know

700
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 6: what I'm saying, who I could, you know, emulate too much?

701
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 5: But I know Z's been doing a great job.

702
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 6: Whenever I'm in there with him, He's constantly talking to me,

703
00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:31,800
Speaker 6: you know, giving me little tips and reminders while we're

704
00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,960
Speaker 6: for to play, you know, and just watching speed EJ.

705
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 6: You know what I'm saying, watching him play, watching film

706
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 6: with him, watching old film shot Shock when he was here,

707
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,800
Speaker 6: doing the stuff that helps out a lot too.

708
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,000
Speaker 5: And then meeting extra with coaches.

709
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,720
Speaker 6: Like I do a lot of extra meeting time with

710
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:48,240
Speaker 6: our assistant coach, Kato June.

711
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:49,400
Speaker 5: He helps out a lot.

712
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:53,320
Speaker 6: So really just you know, watching film and you know,

713
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:54,560
Speaker 6: just staying on the details.

714
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,320
Speaker 2: Talk about watching film. How does the preparation change now

715
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,640
Speaker 2: that you went from safety to line back. I'm sure

716
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 2: there's certain things you look at differently now as a

717
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,800
Speaker 2: linebacker that you did when you were a safety. So

718
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 2: how has your preparation changed and getting ready for a game.

719
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 6: Now, I'm looking at more run schemes, you know, I'm

720
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 6: looking at the lineman more. I'm trying to see if

721
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 6: I can get a telltale sign off of the lineman,

722
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,640
Speaker 6: you know, run pass, you know, is he leaning this way,

723
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,720
Speaker 6: leaning that way? Do they have bigger splits on these

724
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 6: plays as far as smaller splits, just those little details

725
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 6: around the ball that I'm really looking at and paying

726
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 6: attention to the quarterback his mannerisms. You know, how is

727
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:33,920
Speaker 6: he on the pass play? Like where is he looking?

728
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 6: Is he a quick is he a quick guy? Or

729
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,400
Speaker 6: does he take his time and read the routes? You know,

730
00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 6: stuff like that.

731
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:42,720
Speaker 1: Absolutely, Ronnie Harrison with us, and you know, playing safety,

732
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: you have a lot on your plate, right, you got

733
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 1: to play the run and the pass. You got to

734
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 1: play nickel, you can play dime and in those dime situations, right,

735
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 1: Not to get too schematic, but the dime sometimes acts

736
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 1: as kind of like the will linebacker in terms of

737
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 1: principles and things like that. How much similarity is there

738
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,400
Speaker 1: between playing in the sub packages and then also playing

739
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,720
Speaker 1: the will linebacker spot in terms of what you're being

740
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 1: asked to do.

741
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 6: Oh, it's a lot of similarities, especially in the past game,

742
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 6: you know, because that's when the dime shows up a lot.

743
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,960
Speaker 6: So in the past games, it's all pretty much the same.

744
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,160
Speaker 5: You know. In the run game, you know, it helps me,

745
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 5: you know.

746
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 6: Figure out where guys are because I know if I'm

747
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,920
Speaker 6: at safety or in a different position, I know where

748
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 6: this guy.

749
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:26,840
Speaker 5: Should because I know where I should be.

750
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 6: So it kind of helps me like fit everything up

751
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 6: in my mind and make it make sense.

752
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 5: For sure, it helps a lot.

753
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 2: Now we've talked about you play in this division as

754
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 2: far as the Jaguars, so played against the Tennessee Titans

755
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,240
Speaker 2: and of course Derrick Henry. Now you don't have to

756
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 2: go up against Derrick Henry again this week. What are

757
00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 2: some of the things that you, guys a coach defense,

758
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:46,440
Speaker 2: are gonna have to do to hopefully slow him down?

759
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,800
Speaker 6: Oh man, everybody knows, you know, going against him as

760
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 6: a team effort. You know, he's a big guy, physical runner,

761
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 6: He has that stiff farm and everybody knows about.

762
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,960
Speaker 2: So you know, you don't want to feel that.

763
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:00,080
Speaker 5: Yeah, you don't want to feel that.

764
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 6: So we've just been preaching you know, everybody getting to

765
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 6: the ball, you know, physicality, you know, making the right plays,

766
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 6: you know, setting the edge, keeping the edge on the defense.

767
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:11,880
Speaker 6: Don't let him bounce it, you know, make him stutter

768
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,319
Speaker 6: his feet, get penetration. You know what I'm saying, Make

769
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,800
Speaker 6: him slow, slow down a little bit. Because once he

770
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 6: gets going downhill, he's a he's a tough guy to stop.

771
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,879
Speaker 6: So trying to get everybody to the ball and set

772
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 6: edges and you know, get some penetration, make him stop

773
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 6: his feet.

774
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,920
Speaker 1: It's Ronnie Harrison, last one from both of us here. Ronnie,

775
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,960
Speaker 1: you're a great story. We talked about the position switch

776
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 1: and being frustrated and wanting a role. Just just give

777
00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 1: me an opportunity, and here you are, practice squad guy

778
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,319
Speaker 1: finally gets the call to the active roster, and you're

779
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 1: making the most of your opportunity. You're playing time is

780
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 1: only going to go up and up and up from

781
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 1: here on out, with six games to go for the Colts.

782
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 1: But I read this about you and was floored. I mean,

783
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:52,560
Speaker 1: this summer, while you were waiting on that next opportunity,

784
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,359
Speaker 1: you went back to school. You went back to Alabama,

785
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,400
Speaker 1: finished up your degree in business administration. That's awesome. Why

786
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 1: was that so important to you?

787
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:02,440
Speaker 5: It's been important to me.

788
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,799
Speaker 6: My mom has always preached academics, you know, growing up,

789
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:07,320
Speaker 6: she didn't really.

790
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,239
Speaker 5: She loved that I could play football, but she.

791
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 6: Was more on school, Like if my school work wasn't done,

792
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:15,120
Speaker 6: she could care less about sports. So she's always been

793
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:18,320
Speaker 6: on me. When I left early to declare for the league,

794
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 6: she told me that she wanted me to go back.

795
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 6: So I've been constantly trying to work, you know, each

796
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:24,920
Speaker 6: year in the off season, Sure take a class here

797
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:26,920
Speaker 6: to you know what I'm saying here or there. So

798
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 6: this off season came and I had a chance to

799
00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,520
Speaker 6: go back and graduate, so I wanted to go ahead

800
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 6: and finish and take care of things while I had

801
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 6: the time.

802
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:36,360
Speaker 5: Yeah, and it was a blessing.

803
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,239
Speaker 1: Well, your future was going to be bright no matter what,

804
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:41,959
Speaker 1: with going back to school and now getting another chance

805
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 1: to play in the league here with the Colts, and

806
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:46,760
Speaker 1: you're making the most of it. Man. Congratulations on getting

807
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:50,840
Speaker 1: that degree. Congratulations on your first interception with the Colts.

808
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for the time. And it was

809
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:54,279
Speaker 1: great for Bill and I to meet and talk to

810
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 1: you for the first time. And best of luck in

811
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 1: these final six games.

812
00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 5: All right, Thank y'all. I appreciate you all for having me.

813
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:03,239
Speaker 1: Ronnie Harrison, great guys, good to meet him, good to

814
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 1: talk to him for the first time. And like I said,

815
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,080
Speaker 1: he's gonna be on the field a lot more down

816
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 1: the stretch here for the Indianapolis Cole. You can bet

817
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: that number forty eight is going to see a lot

818
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,880
Speaker 1: more playing time here in the month of December. Casey

819
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 1: Valier is back, Bill Brooks, I Matt Taylor case to

820
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,880
Speaker 1: close out, you got something a little unique for us here.

821
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:24,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know what brought me to this, but

822
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 3: I was thinking about the John Mellencamp song when the

823
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:32,120
Speaker 3: Walls come tumbling Down, Crumbling Down, and that's I don't honestly,

824
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:32,960
Speaker 3: I have no idea.

825
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 1: Why that song Pandora or something. How'd we get go?

826
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:36,800
Speaker 4: I didn't even hear the song.

827
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:40,960
Speaker 3: I was looking at both the Titans and the cult strengths,

828
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:42,920
Speaker 3: and I thought, well, those are some walls.

829
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,160
Speaker 4: I wonder which one's gonna come down this weekend.

830
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 3: So that's kind of why it's spurred so and then

831
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 3: then I was like, well the song, So I'm like,

832
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:50,399
Speaker 3: you know, we could everybody knows that.

833
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,439
Speaker 1: The YouTube police can't it. They won't let us play

834
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 1: it right now.

835
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 3: But I mean everybody knows this, so I was like,

836
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 3: I can kind of play that, you know, play on

837
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:58,720
Speaker 3: words a little bit. So that's what I was thinking,

838
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 3: because there's a handful of strengths that kind of will

839
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 3: kind of butt heads in a way this weekend. So

840
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 3: I'm kind of thinking, you know, which wall will come

841
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 3: tumbling down? Because I think ultimately, whose ever wall does

842
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:10,360
Speaker 3: come down, they're.

843
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:11,520
Speaker 4: Gonna they're gonna lose this game.

844
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,480
Speaker 1: That's kind of right, we go. So, yeah, let's talk

845
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:16,040
Speaker 1: about strength on strength there. I like it. So in

846
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:20,480
Speaker 1: that regard, we got home Heroes versus Road Warriors on

847
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,880
Speaker 1: John Mellencamps nineteen eighty three uh huh album When the

848
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 1: Walls Come Crumbling Down. So the Titans they're four and oh,

849
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:29,879
Speaker 1: like we said at Nissians Stadium, oh and seven everywhere else,

850
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,360
Speaker 1: but the Colts Billy, they're four and one on the

851
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 1: road this season, and if they win on Sunday, it'll

852
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,280
Speaker 1: be their best start to a season on the road

853
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,600
Speaker 1: since two thousand and nine when they won their first

854
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:43,600
Speaker 1: seven games. So, as Casey said, which wall comes crumbling

855
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:44,400
Speaker 1: down this weekend?

856
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,520
Speaker 2: Wow? I like what the Coast have done on the road.

857
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:48,359
Speaker 2: I mean, of course, you wish the Coast also can

858
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 2: do that at home as well, but you know, I

859
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:52,520
Speaker 2: like what they've done in the road. They've gone there

860
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:54,239
Speaker 2: and you know, they're taking the mentality that has just

861
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 2: us against the world, and they've done a good job

862
00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 2: on the road, and I think they can do that

863
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,040
Speaker 2: going against Tennessee. You know, Tennessee very good at home,

864
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:05,839
Speaker 2: they play tough at home, they do a good job,

865
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:07,719
Speaker 2: and of course I'm sure the fans get involved in

866
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 2: and get into it, but I'm looking for the Colts

867
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:13,040
Speaker 2: to be pretty good on the road again and I

868
00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 2: hope they continue just the nice little road streak that

869
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,919
Speaker 2: they have and they're bode well for them going forward

870
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 2: and especially in this playoff push.

871
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,839
Speaker 4: I feel the same. I don't know why I have thought.

872
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 3: I looked at this game numerous times, and I just

873
00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 3: maybe it's because I'm you know, there's a lot that

874
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,960
Speaker 3: I have riding on holes, so there's reasons I see

875
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 3: them every day. But I'm really I'm really high on

876
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 3: the Colts this week, and I think a lot of

877
00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:38,319
Speaker 3: that goes to, Yeah, the Titans have been really good

878
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,799
Speaker 3: at Nissan Standium. We can't overlook that. But but I

879
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:43,319
Speaker 3: look at the makeup of the Titans and I just

880
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,280
Speaker 3: think there's certain areas that I like the Colts. Odds

881
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,879
Speaker 3: Derrick Henry is going to be the key because yes,

882
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,360
Speaker 3: we've talked about what the Colts look like run defense

883
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:53,880
Speaker 3: without Grover Stewart, so that is definitely an area to watch.

884
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 3: But I just think rookie quarterback and ultimately the Colts

885
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 3: in this three game win streak. Two of those games

886
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 3: came on the road, one came all the way across

887
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:07,520
Speaker 3: the world, and I just think the defense. Defense travels.

888
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:09,880
Speaker 3: It's one of those things that everybody defense has always traveled.

889
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:13,000
Speaker 3: And the last three games defensively, there's been so much

890
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 3: momentum that I really do like kind of the way

891
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 3: this defense.

892
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:18,040
Speaker 4: Is rolling right now.

893
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 3: I'm sure there's areas you look at, especially in the

894
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:22,919
Speaker 3: run game they can really sure up, but everything else,

895
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 3: I really like the way the defense is playing. So

896
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,880
Speaker 3: I like that momentum. Heading into Sunday, I like it.

897
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:31,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, you look at you know, everybody's asking Tennessee's undefeated

898
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:35,399
Speaker 1: at home, why, Well, they're holding opponents to twenty six

899
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:39,279
Speaker 1: percent third down conversion rate at Nissan Stadium. Everywhere else

900
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:40,800
Speaker 1: it's forty seven percent.

901
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:42,879
Speaker 2: That will help you out in some games at home.

902
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,319
Speaker 1: It's an enormous split right there. Meanwhile, their offense has

903
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:49,920
Speaker 1: scored eight touchdowns out of eleven red zone trips at

904
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,840
Speaker 1: home everywhere else. They're abysmal inside the twenty yard line.

905
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 1: And they've played five of their seven games away from

906
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 1: Nashville against teams that would be in the playoffs. So

907
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,959
Speaker 1: they're playing stiff competition all the road, so they're taking

908
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:03,359
Speaker 1: care of business at home. All right, Let's talk about

909
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: the red zone battles. The Colts rank eighth in the

910
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 1: NFL in red zone offense, converting touchdowns about sixty percent

911
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 1: of the time, and they've been really good in this

912
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 1: three game winning streak. They're ten for fifteen inside the

913
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 1: red zone during this three game heater here scoring touchdowns

914
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,719
Speaker 1: inside the red zone. But the Titans defense, they rank

915
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 1: fourth in red zone defense, giving up touchdowns only about

916
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: forty nine percent of the time. Colts were one for

917
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,160
Speaker 1: five in the red zone against the Titans back in

918
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,960
Speaker 1: Week number five, So they have to get better in

919
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,200
Speaker 1: that regard on the road against the stiff defense.

920
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 2: Definitely have to get better than that. And we talked

921
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,319
Speaker 2: about earlier if the Titans probably want to play that

922
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 2: that kind of slow it down game, and you know,

923
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:44,200
Speaker 2: you might get into the red zone, but we're not

924
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:45,800
Speaker 2: gonna let you score a touchdown. We're gonna let you

925
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 2: kick a field goals. We want to play as a

926
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:49,920
Speaker 2: grind it out game and like hopefully we can win

927
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 2: as far as the Titans saying thirteen to ten something

928
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,280
Speaker 2: like that. But this is where I think the Colts

929
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 2: really need to step up in the game is in

930
00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,520
Speaker 2: the red zone. When you get in the red zone

931
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:02,239
Speaker 2: half to score some touchdowns. You just have to get

932
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 2: some touchdowns put pressure on your As you mentioned earlier,

933
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,959
Speaker 2: Mayte is that they don't play well when they're playing

934
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 2: from behind. They like they play with the lead and

935
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 2: with an advantage. And if we get them behind and

936
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 2: get those guys behind where they have to play catch

937
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:18,000
Speaker 2: up and make Will Levis throw the ball more than

938
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:20,279
Speaker 2: probably they want him to throw the ball, I think

939
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:21,920
Speaker 2: that will help out the Coasts. So they have to

940
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:24,359
Speaker 2: have to be a shouldn't they have to be, But

941
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 2: it would be helpful for the Colts to be successful

942
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,839
Speaker 2: in the red zone and score some touchdowns and put

943
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,040
Speaker 2: some pressure on that Tennessee Titans team.

944
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 3: You know, it's it's pretty crazy when you look at

945
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,640
Speaker 3: the red zone. In the first matchup, the Colts just

946
00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:37,840
Speaker 3: one of five, Yeah, and they win the game. But

947
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:39,879
Speaker 3: if you look at what the Colts have done since then,

948
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:41,759
Speaker 3: you talk about the way they played in this in

949
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 3: this winning streak, and they're converting over sixty four percent

950
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,319
Speaker 3: of the time inside the red zone since that game

951
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,800
Speaker 3: against Tennessee. It's one of those things that they talked

952
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,080
Speaker 3: to you know, Shane Stikeen has just talked about at

953
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:54,719
Speaker 3: nauseum is how important it's going to be if this

954
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:57,160
Speaker 3: team's going to be successful inside the red zone. It's

955
00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 3: almost like that Titans game was like the tipping point.

956
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,359
Speaker 3: All right, guys, we have not been good enough. This

957
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:04,359
Speaker 3: is where it stops. And it's almost like the team

958
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:06,759
Speaker 3: has kind of taken that on and we've really seen

959
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:09,439
Speaker 3: a really good push in the last handful of weeks

960
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,560
Speaker 3: in the red zone. I think that is I talked

961
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 3: about it earlier. I want to see a lot of

962
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:15,560
Speaker 3: nick Folk and for the Colts, I love Matt Gay,

963
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:17,560
Speaker 3: I want to see him converting a lot of pats.

964
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:18,960
Speaker 4: That's what I want to say this week exactly.

965
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 3: I don't want to see you settling for field goals

966
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 3: because I think ultimately we talk about getting them behind.

967
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:26,520
Speaker 3: Playing from behind is where Tennessee doesn't want to play.

968
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:28,239
Speaker 3: It's almost like they don't even know how to do

969
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:31,240
Speaker 3: it right, So it's it. That's why it's so important

970
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:34,200
Speaker 3: to be scoring touchdowns and they may be very few

971
00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 3: and little to come because of the way this game

972
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:39,319
Speaker 3: is going to be. So if you get to the

973
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 3: red zone twice, you need to convert on both those times.

974
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:44,520
Speaker 3: So I think red zone is going to be huge.

975
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,359
Speaker 3: And you look at what Tampa Bay was heading into

976
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 3: last week, one of the best red zone teams. The

977
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:52,480
Speaker 3: Colts are two or three last week, very very productive.

978
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:55,759
Speaker 3: I anticipated being the same again this week and that

979
00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:59,280
Speaker 3: I think red zone, red zone in that and keeping

980
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:01,200
Speaker 3: Derek Henry out of the end zone. I don't care

981
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:03,160
Speaker 3: if he runs for one hundred and seventy five yards.

982
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 3: I don't want to see him scoring touchdowns. I don't

983
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:06,400
Speaker 3: want to see the I want to see a lot

984
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:08,320
Speaker 3: of Nick Folk and the Colt scoring.

985
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:11,480
Speaker 1: That's right, the Colts, they've shown they've been really creative

986
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:14,239
Speaker 1: inside the red zone. Shane Styke, Yes, that's I think

987
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 1: that's the difference where he has shown up the most,

988
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 1: the creativity and the innovation inside the twenty yard line.

989
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:23,640
Speaker 1: Even without Anthony Richardson Gardner Minshew rolling out, you're running.

990
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:25,920
Speaker 3: The wild cat a little shimmy a lot.

991
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:29,200
Speaker 1: You're rushing touchdowns inside the redy area. The tight ends

992
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:31,919
Speaker 1: are getting involved. Pittman winning his matchups inside the twenty

993
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:35,120
Speaker 1: yard line, scheming things up when the game is on

994
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:38,640
Speaker 1: the line, in the field is is shrunk. That's where

995
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:40,759
Speaker 1: you know your best players have to shine. And that's

996
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:43,359
Speaker 1: what they've done so far. And Shane Steyke can get

997
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:45,319
Speaker 1: say he deserves a big tip of the cap for that.

998
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:47,560
Speaker 1: So then on the other side, you know the Titans,

999
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,719
Speaker 1: they've got good weapons. They got Ty J. Spears. We

1000
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:52,480
Speaker 1: shouldn't forget about him when they've got the ball. You know,

1001
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:55,279
Speaker 1: they like to get their best players involved as well.

1002
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:58,719
Speaker 1: Nick Westbrook a keen a DeAndre Hopkins. Hopkins had one

1003
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,520
Speaker 1: hundred and forty receiving yard it's against the Colts back

1004
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 1: in week number five. That's a season high for him.

1005
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,720
Speaker 1: So there you go, some crumbling down opportunity, strength on strength,

1006
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:10,560
Speaker 1: which walls coming down? Says John Mellencamp.

1007
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:14,560
Speaker 4: Like that every now and then every now that I

1008
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:15,399
Speaker 4: covered with something.

1009
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:16,840
Speaker 5: What is it?

1010
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:17,840
Speaker 4: Was it week thirteen?

1011
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:18,879
Speaker 1: So we've been waiting.

1012
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:22,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, we've my gosh, you know we started this Pieter

1013
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:23,799
Speaker 3: late Man never I s hey I might need some

1014
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:26,359
Speaker 3: help on Thursdays. It took me to week thirteen, but hey,

1015
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:27,600
Speaker 3: I'm glad to be able to offer a.

1016
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:29,000
Speaker 4: Little contribute to it.

1017
00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 1: Contribute to it and stuff. All Right, any parting shots

1018
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:34,279
Speaker 1: you guys have for this game, you're back on the

1019
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:37,760
Speaker 1: pregame show. Yes, kind of a normal week. No Germany,

1020
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,279
Speaker 1: no buye, no holiday in the middle of the week.

1021
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:43,239
Speaker 1: Kind of a normal football seven day stretch here.

1022
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:45,400
Speaker 2: Might have been in such a long time since we

1023
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 2: just had a normal week.

1024
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:48,680
Speaker 1: Right, you're playing a division game.

1025
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:51,759
Speaker 2: It's been a while since we played a division game

1026
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:52,520
Speaker 2: as well, so.

1027
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:55,040
Speaker 1: It's great to It's great to be.

1028
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:58,120
Speaker 2: In back of back into like a little routine game,

1029
00:44:58,280 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 2: back into things being normal.

1030
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:04,640
Speaker 1: When Bill, when Bill goes off his routine, he gets cranky.

1031
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:05,399
Speaker 1: We all know that.

1032
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:07,839
Speaker 3: You know one thing, though, Bill, I really do hope

1033
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:10,279
Speaker 3: that soon it's thrown off that routine. There's a couple

1034
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:12,960
Speaker 3: of those flex games that would be coming up that

1035
00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:15,799
Speaker 3: might throw a wrinkle into these one o'clocks we've been

1036
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:17,919
Speaker 3: used to. But the way this team's playing, I think

1037
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:19,600
Speaker 3: I think we're all in for a little bit of

1038
00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:22,359
Speaker 3: a shake up later on. But I'm looking forward to that.

1039
00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:25,200
Speaker 2: For four o'clocks is part of routine. That's okay, one o'clock,

1040
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:28,880
Speaker 2: four o'clocks pirate routine, that's six thirty in the morning.

1041
00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 2: Six I don't think we have ideo thought.

1042
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:35,400
Speaker 1: I'd rather get up at fly thirty in the morning

1043
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 1: than fly eight hours.

1044
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:39,000
Speaker 4: I'm talking to lie to you, Bill. I really enjoyed

1045
00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:41,360
Speaker 4: that early. That early thing was wonderful.

1046
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:44,319
Speaker 2: I mean, getting up that early was not was not

1047
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:46,200
Speaker 2: easy on too.

1048
00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:48,200
Speaker 1: Yes, as you wake up, you got to go through

1049
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:51,759
Speaker 1: to talk about red zone. Yes, that's the problem. Right, Well,

1050
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:53,120
Speaker 1: we will back.

1051
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:57,080
Speaker 2: To something somewhat normally one o'clock at four o'clock. I'm

1052
00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:58,040
Speaker 2: fine with that, no doubt.

1053
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,799
Speaker 1: We will take whatever comes the Colts way here down

1054
00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 1: the stretch. Six games to go. It all starts on Sunday,

1055
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 1: Colts and Titans one o'clock. Bill Brooks is gonna be

1056
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:10,400
Speaker 1: on the pregame huddle. Casey Valier host countdown to kickoff

1057
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:13,720
Speaker 1: starting at noon Eastern Time on our flagship station ninety

1058
00:46:13,719 --> 00:46:16,200
Speaker 1: three to five one oh seven five the Fan, also

1059
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:20,280
Speaker 1: our sister station in Indianapolis ninety seven to one Hank FM,

1060
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:23,200
Speaker 1: and then Colts and Titans Round number two down in

1061
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:26,319
Speaker 1: Nashville at one o'clock Eastern time. The Colts are going

1062
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:30,160
Speaker 1: for the season sweep for the first time since twenty eighteen,

1063
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 1: and we will be back next week next Thursday, breaking

1064
00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:36,400
Speaker 1: down Colts and Bengals. But before that, you got to

1065
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:39,520
Speaker 1: take care of business inside the division for Bill Brooks,

1066
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:43,000
Speaker 1: Casey Valier, Sherry behind the scenes doing the ones in

1067
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:45,600
Speaker 1: the Twoes. I'm Matt Taylor. We'll talk to you next

1068
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:48,759
Speaker 1: Thursday on the official Colts podcast, brought to you by

1069
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:50,640
Speaker 1: Win Las Vegas. So Long

1070
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:03,600
Speaker 3: Ser