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Speaker 1: JJ Lara. I'm Matt Taylor. Good to be with you

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Speaker 1: on a Tuesday. As we tape this heading into week

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Speaker 1: six of the NFL regular season, Guys, you look refreshed,

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Speaker 1: more refreshed than you did at five am on Friday

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Speaker 1: The game from Thursday night was a dream about six.

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Speaker 1: relaxing weekend. Yeah, unfortunately you and I mate had to

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Speaker 1: A lot of stuff to get into, but as you said, Larry,

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Speaker 1: first quarter of the seasons superlatives. Remember back in the day, Lara,

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Speaker 1: on my side when you're gonna play grind it out

426
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Speaker 1: games and you need to win games. I mean, Stefine

427
00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,879
Speaker 1: Gilmour literally has clinched two games with his hands and

428
00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,480
Speaker 1: his play this year. So I feel okay about where

429
00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,120
Speaker 1: the Colts are. And that's why I'm putting that in pen.

430
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Speaker 1: I agree with you, JJ, I would put it in.

431
00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:29,720
Speaker 1: I think five games is a large enough sample size

432
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Speaker 1: to figure out kind of where we are and how

433
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:36,080
Speaker 1: this season is going and what is trending. And here's

434
00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,200
Speaker 1: the thing about the offense. Even if the offense is

435
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Speaker 1: only going to put up less than what are the

436
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Speaker 1: averaging now what I say, So, if you're going to

437
00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,080
Speaker 1: score routinely under twenty points per game and have a

438
00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:49,239
Speaker 1: great defense like the Colts do, I still think you

439
00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,360
Speaker 1: can find ways to win games if you grind it out,

440
00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,920
Speaker 1: because the Colts have been a good fourth quarter team

441
00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,639
Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball. But what needs to

442
00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,760
Speaker 1: be cleaned up are the turnovers. Even if the Colts

443
00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,960
Speaker 1: only score, you know, seventeen a game, let's say, if

444
00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:07,520
Speaker 1: they don't turn the ball over, they would probably be

445
00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,480
Speaker 1: right now what, they'd have four wins, three wins, at

446
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,240
Speaker 1: least three wins. This defense is hard to go the

447
00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:14,840
Speaker 1: length of the field on. So if you look at

448
00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,120
Speaker 1: the defense of numbers this year, the Colts are giving

449
00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,760
Speaker 1: up eighteen points per game after five games, which is

450
00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,840
Speaker 1: really good. That's tenth best in the NFL. But the

451
00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:28,040
Speaker 1: Colts are tied for last in the NFL and turnover

452
00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:31,960
Speaker 1: margin or turnover differential at minus six. If the Colts

453
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Speaker 1: just stopped turning the ball over on offense and putting

454
00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:39,920
Speaker 1: the defense into bad situations with the opposition getting short fields,

455
00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,040
Speaker 1: this would be a better football team statistically on defense,

456
00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:45,399
Speaker 1: and again, they'd probably have one or two more wins

457
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:49,320
Speaker 1: through five games. So right now, the Colts defense has

458
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:53,120
Speaker 1: given up forty six points off of turnovers this year.

459
00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,800
Speaker 1: That is by far the most in the NFL. And

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Speaker 1: that's not an indictment on the defense. It's an indictment

461
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Speaker 1: on the offense for putting the defense and those bad spots.

462
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,919
Speaker 1: Forty eight percent of the points of the Colts have

463
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,639
Speaker 1: allowed this year have come off of turnovers. So if

464
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Speaker 1: the offense stops turning, even if the offense doesn't move

465
00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:13,840
Speaker 1: the ball they just punt it, that'll help the defense

466
00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,320
Speaker 1: and that should help the Colts grind these games out

467
00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,600
Speaker 1: even more to the point where you know, again they'd

468
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Speaker 1: have three wins, four wins heading into Week six. All right,

469
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Speaker 1: So that's a good look at the offense. Let's talk

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Speaker 1: about special teams. Chase McLoughlin money last Thursday, four for

471
00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:33,520
Speaker 1: four made from forty eight, fifty one and fifty two Lara.

472
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Speaker 1: He's now eleven for thirteen from fifty or longer in

473
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Speaker 1: his career. He's only missed one field goal or one

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Speaker 1: kick at all since Week two, when the Colts added

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Speaker 1: him to replace Rodrigo Blankenship. So McLoughlin, Lara has answered

476
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,240
Speaker 1: the Colts questions at kicker that statement is it written

477
00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:57,560
Speaker 1: in pen or in pencil? Screw the pen, screw the pencil, sharpie.

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Speaker 1: That's how confident I am in Chase mcloughl and how

479
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,480
Speaker 1: everyone how confident everyone should be in Chase McLoughlin. Look

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Speaker 1: at this Special Teams group from August to October. You'll

481
00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,760
Speaker 1: lose Rego Sanchez. You bring in Matt Hawk. Then after

482
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:16,399
Speaker 1: week one you cut Rodrigo Rodrigo Blanket Chef. Thank you Gosh,

483
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,640
Speaker 1: the Rego, the Rerigo Rodrigo will always live in my brain.

484
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Speaker 1: So you you cut Blanket Ship, you bring in McLoughlin,

485
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,640
Speaker 1: who you have familiarity with from twenty nineteen. But like

486
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Speaker 1: the guy, I mean, Luke Rhodes is the guy holding

487
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Speaker 1: it all together there for Special Teams. In terms of

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00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,960
Speaker 1: you know that that field goal and kickoff operation or sorry,

489
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:40,560
Speaker 1: field goal and extra point operation. Excuse me, M so yeah,

490
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Speaker 1: I think that he is your guy. I think that

491
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Speaker 1: there have been questions looming at that position for a

492
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Speaker 1: long time, and I think that Chase has certainly secured

493
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,359
Speaker 1: any doubts, any questions, any you know, looming issues that

494
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,080
Speaker 1: there have been and he deserves it. I mean, it

495
00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:55,800
Speaker 1: wasn't just that he made those kicks. He made him

496
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Speaker 1: like right down the middle in Dunlu. And that's something

497
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Speaker 1: that's something Frank right mentioned when your head coach is

498
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Speaker 1: mentioning that your head coach got some confidence in you,

499
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,919
Speaker 1: and I agree with Lara. Let's put this one in sharpie,

500
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,560
Speaker 1: because if Frank Reich is going to trust Chase McLoughlin

501
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:14,800
Speaker 1: to come through in those situations where the Colts need

502
00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,800
Speaker 1: long field goals while their offenses is still getting some

503
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,200
Speaker 1: things together and figuring out some solutions, I'm going to

504
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,320
Speaker 1: trust this guy too. And what he did Thursday night

505
00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:29,160
Speaker 1: in Denver in that in those situations, it doesn't matter

506
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,320
Speaker 1: where you know that you're you know, mile above sea

507
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,399
Speaker 1: level and the ball maybe flies a little bit farther. Again,

508
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,040
Speaker 1: to go back to it. The accuracy of those kicks

509
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:41,600
Speaker 1: was tremendous. Kicked in Denver before correct, Wow, correct, didn't

510
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:45,280
Speaker 1: look like it never kicked in Denver. Yeah, I trust him, yep. Yeah.

511
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,359
Speaker 1: To put it in perspective, you know, Rodrigo Blankenship was

512
00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,720
Speaker 1: just two of seven on kicks from forty eight yards

513
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,000
Speaker 1: or longer in his entire time in Indianapolis, and Chase

514
00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 1: has been knocking him down from that distance with consistency.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's go back to the defense. One final one.

516
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,760
Speaker 1: We know about the defense. We talked about it that

517
00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,359
Speaker 1: the Broncos. You know, they didn't score a touchdown on

518
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,320
Speaker 1: any of their four red zone drives. They had just

519
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:13,879
Speaker 1: two for fifteen on third down last Thursday. The culture

520
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,160
Speaker 1: the only team layer that has not allowed a point

521
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:20,920
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter or overtime yesterday, because I heard

522
00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:22,160
Speaker 1: you say it and I was like, did hey, hear

523
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,119
Speaker 1: that correctly? Not that I was doubting you, I was

524
00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,600
Speaker 1: just making sure I remembered it. I know you're always right.

525
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,800
Speaker 1: Sometimes I just yeah, No, it's just that down there

526
00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:30,720
Speaker 1: on the field sometimes I have so many thoughts that

527
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,439
Speaker 1: are like swimming around in there. I mean, especially Thursday night,

528
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,320
Speaker 1: there was a horse on the field that they run

529
00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:38,520
Speaker 1: out and I'm trying not to get trampled. I didn't

530
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,520
Speaker 1: get run over by one of those parachuters. Oh my god,

531
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Speaker 1: I can I cannot say the same for the last

532
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,200
Speaker 1: time we played in Denver, because the guy lost control.

533
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:51,040
Speaker 1: He was completely he lost momentum, he was out of control,

534
00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 1: and I'm on the sidelines minding my own business and

535
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,720
Speaker 1: he comes right after me and we embrace. I slow

536
00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:58,800
Speaker 1: him down with a big bear hug, and I'm just

537
00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,160
Speaker 1: glad it didn't make sports. I don't think we toppled over,

538
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,480
Speaker 1: but he definitely ran right at right and surprised me

539
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 1: because those guys were less shooting into the stadium, but

540
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:11,480
Speaker 1: they were just falling out of airplaying into the stadium. Yes,

541
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 1: the velocity of their dissension, if that's the right scientific term,

542
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:20,080
Speaker 1: was was very, very high. As you said, Lara, plus

543
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,760
Speaker 1: twenty seven margin for the Colts in the fourth quarter

544
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:26,040
Speaker 1: number two in the NFL. The Coults have allowed opponents

545
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,560
Speaker 1: to just two for twenty one third down attempts in

546
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:32,400
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter or overtime. Pretty pretty good defense, especially

547
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 1: in the second half. JJ. Here's the statement. If the

548
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,880
Speaker 1: Colts can get a lead at halftime, which they have

549
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 1: been unable to do so far through five games. They've

550
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,240
Speaker 1: trailed at halftime of every game so far this year.

551
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,399
Speaker 1: But if they can get a lead at halftime, the

552
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,200
Speaker 1: game is over. Is that a pen or pencil statement.

553
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:52,680
Speaker 1: It's pencil until the offense fixes the turnover issues. M

554
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,240
Speaker 1: kind of like I was saying earlier about the Cults

555
00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,320
Speaker 1: ability to prevent long touchdown drives. They're really good at that.

556
00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:01,720
Speaker 1: This is a hard defense to drive the length of

557
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,880
Speaker 1: the field on. That's my point on the turnover, right,

558
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:07,120
Speaker 1: But you give them thirty two thirty four yards, it's

559
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,200
Speaker 1: much easier for an offense to get in the end zone.

560
00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:12,960
Speaker 1: And that's what we've consistently seen over over the course

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00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:14,399
Speaker 1: of the season. I mean the Colts, when the Broncos

562
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:16,960
Speaker 1: had to drive the length of the field Denver, They're

563
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,720
Speaker 1: weren't getting in the end zone. And you know the

564
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,400
Speaker 1: same with the Titans in Week four that the Titans

565
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 1: struggled to drive the length of the field. But I'm

566
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:28,840
Speaker 1: gonna say pencil until we can say, all right, the

567
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:33,440
Speaker 1: offense has cut down on the turnovers significantly, because that's

568
00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:35,720
Speaker 1: still will play a part in it but I'll add

569
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:37,680
Speaker 1: another addendum to this. I would write it in pen

570
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,160
Speaker 1: if they can get a two score lead at halftime.

571
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,040
Speaker 1: So he's got a lot of riding utensils, you guys.

572
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:48,120
Speaker 1: Is he about to have a highlighter. He's got watercolors

573
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: of colored pencils. Bob Ross over here. I love it.

574
00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna put this one in pen maytay because when

575
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,960
Speaker 1: I hold stuff on Gilmour in our interview yesterday that

576
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,680
Speaker 1: this defense has not allowed points in the fourth quarter

577
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: or overtime all season. After I confirmed it with you,

578
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,520
Speaker 1: because you know, I'm incapable of retaining any information on

579
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 1: my own. I just have to come to the bank

580
00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 1: of knowledge or is always open, thank you knowledge. Back here,

581
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 1: Stefan goes really like it was he didn't even realize

582
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 1: that it was great. And he goes, well, that just

583
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,080
Speaker 1: means we need to play better defense in the first

584
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 1: half and not allow any points in four quarters. Like so,

585
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,560
Speaker 1: I love that, that is the point. I love the

586
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 1: fact that this defense takes it on as saying, well,

587
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 1: we've got to come out with that ferocity we played

588
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:36,560
Speaker 1: with in the second half and do it in the

589
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,720
Speaker 1: first half. And he said that that's where we've got

590
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,400
Speaker 1: to get better. He feels like that they've played really well,

591
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,920
Speaker 1: and they have, they've played particularly well late, but he

592
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,160
Speaker 1: says there's no reason that we can't do that in

593
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,520
Speaker 1: all four quarters of the game, all sixty minutes. So

594
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 1: not only is this on that the offense to start

595
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 1: scoring earlier, to take better care of the ball, it's

596
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 1: also on the defense to step up earlier in games

597
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,960
Speaker 1: and be able to start games and play it come

598
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 1: pleat game as well as they've been able to close

599
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 1: them out. Yeah, they've been a great adjusting team at halftime.

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00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:06,719
Speaker 1: I mean they've only allowed one touchdown in the second

601
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,000
Speaker 1: half all season. That was back in Week one against

602
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,680
Speaker 1: the Text. Now I'm standing up because now I'm fired

603
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,360
Speaker 1: up too. So I've had a lot of coffee. But

604
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,560
Speaker 1: the other thing that I want to yeah, you sit

605
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 1: down right because you know it's coming. The other thing

606
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,160
Speaker 1: I want more of from this defense. We need more takeaways.

607
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: That's one area if you you need a lead, yeah,

608
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 1: well gotta have the lead. Gotta have a lead. I

609
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,000
Speaker 1: just this that's where this defense, for all the great

610
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,640
Speaker 1: things that they've done, we've been so spoiled in seasons

611
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,360
Speaker 1: passed with how well they've done, how productive they've been

612
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,280
Speaker 1: in taking the ball away, and we haven't really seen

613
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 1: that as much yet. One reason for it the lack

614
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:39,600
Speaker 1: of Shaquille Leonard. You know, you don't have the punch out.

615
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,800
Speaker 1: He is the takeaway machine, so whenever he does get back,

616
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:44,760
Speaker 1: that's certainly a factor where I think in the latter

617
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 1: part of this season, I hope to see more production. Yeah,

618
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:51,560
Speaker 1: the Colts defense has played, has has started a series

619
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,320
Speaker 1: on the field with the lead in hand on the

620
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 1: scoreboard twice all season, and those have probably been what

621
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:01,240
Speaker 1: three There's been one seven point lead against Kansas City,

622
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:05,800
Speaker 1: one in Houston when the yeah again and those are

623
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 1: those are in the first quarter. It doesn't impact how

624
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,240
Speaker 1: the defense can play. You know, maybe maybe on the

625
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 1: bye week, or maybe it's an offseason project go back

626
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,600
Speaker 1: and do a league wide study on the amount of

627
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 1: takeaways that that occur on defense when a team is leading,

628
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,960
Speaker 1: especially by two scores, versus when they trail on the scoreboard,

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00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 1: because I think there's a direct correlation there. Or for

630
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 1: the Colts when you have Shack Leonard on the field

631
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 1: when yeah, also also yes, eight force fumbles last year,

632
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:34,480
Speaker 1: four picks. It's been well chronicled. Are you guys ready

633
00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 1: for some easy for me to say, some superlatives? Yes?

634
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 1: I was ready. Here we go. So the Colts are

635
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 1: five games in, thus about a quarter into the season.

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00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 1: Who are your award winners in these following superlative areas? JJ,

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Speaker 1: I need your top rookie, Alec Piers five games? Yeah, okay,

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Speaker 1: it's Alec Pierce. You can you can make a case

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Speaker 1: that Rodney Thomas a second, that's mine because I figured

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Speaker 1: you would go Pierce. So I'm going I'm going to

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Speaker 1: make the case. I've got it in here. Yes, Alec

642
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Speaker 1: Pierce doesn't look like just a nice compliment to Michael

643
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 1: Pittman Jr. He looks like a legitimate weapon who Matt

644
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Speaker 1: Ryan trusts late in games to get open. And I

645
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Speaker 1: talked to th Aleck a little bit about this last

646
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Speaker 1: week about the depth, timing and accuracy kind of mantra

647
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,239
Speaker 1: that Matt Ryan has where you gotta get your depth right,

648
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 1: you gotta get your timing right, and then I will

649
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: be accurate as a quarterback. And we're seeing that with

650
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Speaker 1: Matt Ryan and Alec Pierce, that relationship really growing and

651
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Speaker 1: Alec doing some things you know, in terms of his

652
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Speaker 1: route tree that he wasn't always doing in college. You're

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Speaker 1: seeing really tremendous growth for him as a wide receiver,

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Speaker 1: as a route runner. I think Reggie Wayne has had

655
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Speaker 1: a lot to do with that. I you know, I

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Speaker 1: talked with Alec a little bit about that on Monday

657
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Speaker 1: and just some of the nuances that he's picked up

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Speaker 1: from Reggie Alec. Alec looks like he is in store

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Speaker 1: for a really big season. He's the first Colts rookie

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Speaker 1: wide receiver to have eight or more receptions in a

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Speaker 1: game since Austin Collie in two thousand and nine. Maybe

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Speaker 1: he'll break our friend Bill Brooks's record of nceptions in

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Speaker 1: a game as a rookie for a wide receiver. We'll see.

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Speaker 1: Rodney Thomas gets my vote because of course, Alec Pierce

665
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Speaker 1: comes in is a second round pick. This is a

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Speaker 1: guy who had a ton of attention, you know, was

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Speaker 1: you know, tons of accolades coming out of Cincinnati. I

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Speaker 1: think you as impressive as he's been, that's what you

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Speaker 1: expected him to do. Give me a seventh round guy

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Speaker 1: out of Yale who basically played everywhere in the secondary,

671
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Speaker 1: didn't even have like a solidified position at safety. He

672
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Speaker 1: was doing everything on that defense to then step into

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Speaker 1: the situation not expecting to start. Alec Pierce knew he

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Speaker 1: was starting this season. Rodney Thomas steps in to fill

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Speaker 1: the shoes Cross exactly and still will be. I think

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Speaker 1: Nick Cross is going to be a huge component of

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Speaker 1: this defense for a long long time. But yeah, I

678
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Speaker 1: mean you talked about Nick Cross. I mean that group,

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Speaker 1: you have the retirement of Cory Willis, you start the

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Speaker 1: season with Cross, and then you have McLoud coming in

681
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Speaker 1: and playing compliments to Blackman. Blackman goes out, you have

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Speaker 1: Thomas stepping in. I mean what Ron Milas has done

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Speaker 1: with that group. Yeah, I mean should be so well recognized.

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Speaker 1: I mean, hats off to Milo and to Mike Mitchell

685
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Speaker 1: for what they've done. Rodney Thomas, to me, it's not

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Speaker 1: just how he's played, it's the situations and the times

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Speaker 1: that he has stepped up to make huge plays. And

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Speaker 1: you know, he had the one ball that he batted

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Speaker 1: and broke up the past and he's like, no, I've

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Speaker 1: got to come up with that. I gotta get the

691
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Speaker 1: pick that would have been a pick six. I should

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Speaker 1: have had that taken all the way to the end zone.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he is one of those guys who has

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Speaker 1: very high expectations for himself, and I love how he

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Speaker 1: has thrived when the stakes have been at their highest.

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Speaker 1: He has been a guy who, you know, as much

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Speaker 1: of a contributor in late games as Stefan Gilmour has been.

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Speaker 1: You can put Rodney Thomas up there as almost equally impactful. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I've got Rodney Thomas as my top rookie and I

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Speaker 1: had Alec Pierce as my breakout player. That's the next category.

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Speaker 1: Pierce has fifteen catches two hundred and twenty two yards

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Speaker 1: in the last three games. He's got great leaping ability,

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Speaker 1: He's got good physicality. He's not just like a one

704
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Speaker 1: trick pony where he's running the go round on the

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Speaker 1: far sideline. He's much more than that. He's smart, he

706
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Speaker 1: can read defenses, he can contort his body. He's a

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Speaker 1: possession guys. We saw in the last possession of regulation.

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Speaker 1: You know, big catches on third down, moving the sticks,

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Speaker 1: you know, crucial, crucial catches there in the late stages

710
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Speaker 1: of the game. Lara, who's your breakout player? Zire's no

711
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:31,920
Speaker 1: question about this one. He is tied for leading league

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Speaker 1: in total tackles at this point in the season. Fifty

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Speaker 1: four tackles on this season. And in that regard, you

714
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Speaker 1: talked about the takeaways, and definitely Shaquille Leonard is in

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Speaker 1: a class of his own as far as that goes.

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Speaker 1: But in terms of stopping the run and being, you know,

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Speaker 1: the the lifeblood of the defense, Zaire Franklin's filled in perfectly.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he signed the contract, you know, got a

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Speaker 1: new contract in the off season, is named a captain

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Speaker 1: on special teams. The contributor that this guy is not

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Speaker 1: just on the field, but in terms of being a

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Speaker 1: leader in the locker room, a voice on the sidelines.

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Speaker 1: He deserves a huge amount of credit for this defense

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Speaker 1: playing the way that they have so far this season.

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Speaker 1: And you love to see it because Zaire has been

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Speaker 1: somewhat overshadowed among his own position group because for so long,

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Speaker 1: you know, you had Anthony Walker Junior, and of course

728
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Speaker 1: Shack Leonard and Bobby o'karakay who has played at such

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Speaker 1: a high level. And then you have other areas of

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Speaker 1: the defense that have gotten a lot of the attention

731
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Speaker 1: because of you know, your defensive front with the Forrest

732
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Speaker 1: Buckner and Quittipay and Unique and Gackway, Grover Stewart and

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Speaker 1: then the secondary it was almost you know, he's been

734
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Speaker 1: somewhat underappreciated or very underappreciated, and now it's so good

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Speaker 1: to see him coming up playing the way that he

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Speaker 1: is and just continuing to ascend when this defense needed

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Speaker 1: him most. Zire's still playing on special teams too. He

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Speaker 1: played eighty eight snaps, a new career high against the

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Speaker 1: Broncos on Sunday on a Thursday. Excuse me, between off

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Speaker 1: between defense and special teams and the leadership aspect of

741
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Speaker 1: it that Laara mentioned that to me sets him over

742
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Speaker 1: the top here. He's always been a great leader. Now

743
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 1: he's a great player. And you you love when your

744
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,040
Speaker 1: best leaders are your best players, and right now that's

745
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Speaker 1: Zaire Franklin on this team. Absolutely all right, well done.

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00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,920
Speaker 1: I think we're in agreement as far as that goes.

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00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: Last one team MVP through five games. For me, I

748
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 1: don't want to steal anybody's thunder, but for me, it's

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Speaker 1: Stefan Gilmour. Gilly is a lock in every sense, right,

750
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:39,880
Speaker 1: literally won the Colts two games. How could it be

751
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: anyone else? Right? I mean without him the Colts might

752
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:45,240
Speaker 1: be one three and one, and the ability to say

753
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,239
Speaker 1: you're gonna shut down the other team's best receiver like

754
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 1: he did in Courtland Sutton the other night. That's been

755
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,520
Speaker 1: so huge, So thank goodness for us to find Gilmore.

756
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 1: The past breakup which led to the pick by Ronnie

757
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,799
Speaker 1: McLoud against the Chiefs to seal that win, the two

758
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Speaker 1: pass breakups against Denver on Thursday, the pick in the

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Speaker 1: end zone to keep the Colts alive. Like you alluded to,

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Speaker 1: j J, it's gotta be Stefan Gilmore. Yeah, no question that.

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Speaker 1: He has been as advertised and more since coming over here.

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00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,399
Speaker 1: No doubt, free agency, no doubt about. And he's also

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Speaker 1: helping the offensive guys too. You brought up Alec Pierce,

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00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 1: and you know that Alec, the way that happened in

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Speaker 1: training camp, right. Alec told me after the game on Thursday,

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Speaker 1: He's like, yeah, it kind of makes you feel a

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00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,920
Speaker 1: little better when he's what he did to you in

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00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 1: training camp a bit, no doubt about it, all right,

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Speaker 1: So I think we're in agreement as far as that goes, too.

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Speaker 1: So good job right there on the superlatives through five

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Speaker 1: games for the Colts. Time now for the mail bag.

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Speaker 1: Here's the mail. It never fills and makes me want

773
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:47,440
Speaker 1: to like my tail JJ, will we come up with

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Speaker 1: our question this week comes from the beautiful country of Panama.

775
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:56,320
Speaker 1: From Augustine Ramirez at Augustine l RB on Twitter, hire

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00:38:56,320 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 1: at our international culture International all where he's never gonna

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00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:04,399
Speaker 1: listen again because you're David Lee Roth. That's pretty good.

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Speaker 1: That's pretty good. It is van Halen. I'll acknowledge that.

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Speaker 1: Hi there, Lara, JJ and Matt Colts fan from Panama.

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Speaker 1: Have you seen anything positive during the days following the

781
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,759
Speaker 1: TNF game that can encourage fans to expect a better

782
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,760
Speaker 1: performance in the critical game against the Jags this Sunday?

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00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 1: Thanks and keep up the great work you do hashtag

784
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:26,880
Speaker 1: for the shoe. So two things here. One, just hearing

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Speaker 1: hearing Frank Reich talk about the you know, sort of

786
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Speaker 1: the refreshed nature that this team has. I always think

787
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 1: that this, you know, whether it's the actual bye week

788
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,400
Speaker 1: or the mini by after Thursday night, whatever comes first,

789
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:42,960
Speaker 1: is always a really good opportunity to kind of reset

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00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 1: some things as a team and figure out some certain

791
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: things about your identity as the season goes on. Last year,

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Speaker 1: after the Mini by the Colts really leaned into their

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Speaker 1: run game. That was right. You know, they went out

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00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:59,760
Speaker 1: they stomped Buffalo and then you know, went out to

795
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Speaker 1: go beat Houston and then kind of really took off

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Speaker 1: with their run game later in the season. This year,

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Speaker 1: I think this is a really good time for the

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Speaker 1: offense to kind of reset again, figure out some solutions,

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Speaker 1: whether it's on the offensive line, whether it's with the turnovers,

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Speaker 1: whether it's with avoiding those second and third and longs

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Speaker 1: that have kind of plagued this offense. The other part

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Speaker 1: of it is, I mean the Jaguars again, I talked

803
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Speaker 1: about it, but they lost thirteen to six to the

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Speaker 1: Texans at home. Made a lot of self inflicted mistakes

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Speaker 1: in that. Yeah, I think that game might have been

806
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Speaker 1: uglier than ours. They're still a young team that's learning

807
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Speaker 1: how to win weekend and week out in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: And I think the way they kind of came out

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Speaker 1: of the gates really hot, really strong, beating the Colts

810
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Speaker 1: and Chargers by twenty four and twenty eight points woke

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Speaker 1: a lot of people up to them. But I think

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Speaker 1: there's still they still have little ways to go, and

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Speaker 1: I think this weekend was a bit of a reminder

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Speaker 1: of that. That has nothing to do with the Colts,

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Speaker 1: but that just gives me a little bit more confidence

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Speaker 1: that the Jags might have some variance week to week

817
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Speaker 1: that maybe the Colts can exploit on Sunday. Yeah, and

818
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:02,520
Speaker 1: that's this league too. We thought in week two and

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00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,919
Speaker 1: three all the Jaguars are for real, Well, they still

820
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 1: got a little bit of a learning curve there. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence has come back to reality a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I think the biggest positive from Thursday and maybe the

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Speaker 1: first five games is just the resiliency of this team,

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Speaker 1: their ability to fight back. I mean, the game is

825
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,960
Speaker 1: never overawe fo them or on them. I mean you

826
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,479
Speaker 1: had the huge pick on defense to get the ball

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Speaker 1: back to the offense with under four minutes to go.

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Speaker 1: You had to come back against the Texans in week one,

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Speaker 1: to come back against the Chiefs in Week three. So

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00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:35,600
Speaker 1: this team is never out of it. I think that's

831
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Speaker 1: a good characteristic to have. So that, to me is

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Speaker 1: the biggest positive from Thursday going forward is that this

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Speaker 1: team will fight and they've been a good second half,

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter team. That's one thing that I talked to

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Speaker 1: a number of guys about a number of the Vet

836
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Speaker 1: guys who have come in and been additions to this team.

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Speaker 1: Is the importance of learning how to win in different ways,

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00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:56,359
Speaker 1: and we're seeing this team that has relied heavily on

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Speaker 1: the defense. So you figured that aspect out. Now as

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Speaker 1: you get into this second quarter of the season. You

841
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:03,480
Speaker 1: started out with that win on Thursday night, you go

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Speaker 1: into a bye week. Now you have two critical division

843
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Speaker 1: games going in, and this is a team that knows

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Speaker 1: the stakes that are there and knows that everything that

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Speaker 1: they're going after is still ahead of them because of

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Speaker 1: how much parody there is in the division. All Right,

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Speaker 1: it's time to get random maytas random thought of the week.

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Speaker 1: And why is the carpet all went Todd. I don't know, Marco.

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Speaker 1: You guys going out of town do if it's cold there?

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Speaker 1: If these vans get good cash, mylen shut up. So

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Speaker 1: the Colts play the Jaguars on Sunday, and we know

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Speaker 1: about this game, right the motivation. The Colts have lost

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Speaker 1: to the Jaguars in the last two head to head

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Speaker 1: meetings by a combined score of fifty to eleven. That's

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Speaker 1: not my point. The point is the Jaguars come in.

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Speaker 1: I think they have, especially when they play on the road.

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Speaker 1: I think they've got some of the worst uniforms the

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Speaker 1: NFL because they're black, teal, kind of yellowish, So I

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Speaker 1: think they've got a bad color combination. I think the

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins have a bad color combinations. The browns. The

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Speaker 1: Titans used to but then they've got They've they've shifted

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Speaker 1: more towards the Navy blue instead of that Carolina blue.

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Speaker 1: But here's here's what I want to know, guys, who

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Speaker 1: has the best uniforms in the NFL. I'm gonna sound

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Speaker 1: like a Homer, but it's the Colts. All whites. All whites. Okay,

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Speaker 1: the all whites are the Those are probably my favorite

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Speaker 1: uniform in football. Like clean. Look, they're just very clean.

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Speaker 1: The shoulder stripes they pop when you you know you

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Speaker 1: get are our great photographer Matt Bowen getting them on

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Speaker 1: a night game. Um, those are those are my number

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Speaker 1: one for me. There there's no there's no frills to them.

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Speaker 1: They just look great. Yeah, timeless since the fifties, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it really hasn't changed much since then. Chargers baby blue throwbacks. Oh,

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Speaker 1: those are great with the numbers on the side. Modern. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's that's what those are so cool. The baby blue

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Speaker 1: with the yellow and the white. Yeah, I'm a big

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Speaker 1: fan of contrast. I'm a big fan of difference on

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Speaker 1: the uniform versus the pants. I think the red on

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Speaker 1: the white when the Chiefs are on the road, I

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Speaker 1: think those are awesome. I think the Chiefs have a

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Speaker 1: great uniform. Same thing with the Packers Packers at home

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Speaker 1: with the green on the yellow and you know, the trim.

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Speaker 1: I think the Bears JJ have a good uniform, good logo,

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Speaker 1: good helmet. Wear orange yeah, don't wear orange. Nobody should

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Speaker 1: wear orange. Yeah, the Broncos didn't look good in orange.

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Speaker 1: I don't think back in the day, Tampa Bay looked

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Speaker 1: good in the cream sickles. Um. I also like the

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Speaker 1: old Giants uniforms that they've brought back this year. You know,

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Speaker 1: the blue uniforms and the and the red trim on

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Speaker 1: the helmets with giants and script on the side of

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Speaker 1: their helmets. I think the Ravens uniforms are blue. Yeah, purple,

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Speaker 1: purple and black. Um some logo. Finally, because the Patriots

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Speaker 1: went back to the pat Patriot throwbacks. Yeah, like last weekend,

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Speaker 1: those are pretty cool. I'm not gonna give new England.

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Speaker 1: A lot of props on many things, but the old

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Speaker 1: pat Patriot is pretty good. The other thing that I

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Speaker 1: like is the old school like Philadelphia Eagles, where it's

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Speaker 1: like the the Green, like the Kelly Green with the

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Speaker 1: Eagle like. Yeah. By the way, Renal Cunningham's daughter, Vashtike Cunningham,

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Speaker 1: is one of the best high jumpers in the world.

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Speaker 1: So yes, so it's what a great track and he

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Speaker 1: coaches her Lara Overton, that's great. Lara Overton is She's

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Speaker 1: gonna inform and entertain on the podcast as always. I

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Speaker 1: think the Bengals have a great look too. I'm a

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Speaker 1: sucker whit. I didn't like those. I like their normal

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Speaker 1: Just the Bengal Tiger helmet. I think that's timeless, it's classic.

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Speaker 1: It's a great helmet. Yep. All right, guys, what are

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Speaker 1: you What are you guys doing later this week? Give

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Speaker 1: us the content JJ hype up articles and things you

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Speaker 1: got coming down the pipe here later this week, going

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Speaker 1: in week six, I still have to figure that out. Um,

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Speaker 1: it'll be good though. Yeah, a lot of stories. I

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Speaker 1: got a lot of injuries there for a lot of

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Speaker 1: things to get to this week on Colts Dot com.

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Speaker 1: Still have to figure out exactly what I'm going to

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Speaker 1: dive into this week, though, but you can find out

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Speaker 1: by checking back on Colts dot com on the Colts

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Speaker 1: on the Daily Beat. I don't know what it's going

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Speaker 1: to be, but something's gonna be up there on Colts

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Speaker 1: dot com. Laa hype up the TV show and videos. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we could stay sixty this week, thank you so much. Mate.

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Speaker 1: We have stuff on Gilmore in Studio and Coachwike as

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Speaker 1: we do have every week. And then also Monday was

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Speaker 1: World Mental Health Day, so we're gonna take a look

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Speaker 1: back at the first ever Kicking the Stigma event beyond

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Speaker 1: the sidelines one point six million dollars raised. We hear

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Speaker 1: from Andy Grammar, Kay Adams a number of different colds,

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Speaker 1: and we hear from Colts owner Jim Erse and Kaylin

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Speaker 1: Jackson as well in terms of all that has been

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Speaker 1: accomplished so far with Kicking the Stigma, and then the

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Speaker 1: work that is yet to be done and how much

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Speaker 1: work there is to be done. And then we have

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Speaker 1: our first director's cut of this stason coming up. What

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Speaker 1: are we doing? Yeah we are, Yeah, I mean, no surprise,

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Speaker 1: it's the team MVP to this point will be step

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Speaker 1: On Gilmore breaking down his interception that game clinching play

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Speaker 1: to win it on Thursday night, the TV show TV

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Speaker 1: show Airs, Give Us, Give Us that it is Saturday

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Speaker 1: night and Sunday morning, So Saturday night at eleven thirty

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Speaker 1: Sunday morning at eight thirty and nine, CBS four and

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Speaker 1: Fox fifty nine are broadcast partners. By the way, By

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Speaker 1: the way, speaking of something that Lara worked on that

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Speaker 1: we didn't mention. If you haven't watched the Chuck Strong

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Speaker 1: Colts de Classified that Lara and Matt Wilkining put together,

945
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Speaker 1: go watch it. It's so good. The storytelling is incredible.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of things that you know. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: Colts fans didn't know about that game. So go to

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Speaker 1: Colts dot com, go to video, you can go find it.

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Speaker 1: It was a privilege to work on and cannot say

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Speaker 1: how much I really appreciate and believe that was ten

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Speaker 1: years ago, ten years ago, and to be trusted to

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Speaker 1: tell that story, especially with as as meaningful, as powerful

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Speaker 1: and impactful as not only that game, but that period

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Speaker 1: of time was for so many And to get to

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Speaker 1: catch up with Andrew about it and Chuck and Bruce,

956
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Speaker 1: and you know, we see Reggie all the time, but

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Speaker 1: it was really fun to relive that game through his

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Speaker 1: as well. I remember being called that mean. The entire

959
00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:05,040
Speaker 1: staff got called into the pavilion for that news and

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Speaker 1: it was just it was a bomb. It was a

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Speaker 1: Monday morning after a tough loss going into that Packers game.

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Speaker 1: As you chronicled, Lara, you know, I'll never forget that,

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Speaker 1: but that is That's a story for a different podcast here.

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Speaker 1: That's JJ and Lara the content creators Larah Overton on

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Speaker 1: Colts three sixty. As she said, that airs on Saturday

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Speaker 1: nights and Sunday mornings. Plenty of audio content as always.

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Speaker 1: Colts Roundtable Live was last night. Colts Daily Updates Tuesday

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Speaker 1: through Thursday. Inside Football with Rick Venturry. That'll drop tomorrow Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: Know your Foe Demetrius Harvey from the Florida Times Union

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Speaker 1: will give us, get us, I should say, up to

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Speaker 1: speed on the Colts and Jaguars. And then Friday, Colts

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Speaker 1: Happy Are with JMV ninety three five and one oh

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Speaker 1: seven five the Fans. Sunday Nights Instant Reaction from the

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Speaker 1: Jaguars game with JJ and Bill Brooks. Guys have a

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Speaker 1: great rest of the week, appreciate the time. Good job

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Speaker 1: to night. For today, I should say, have a podcast.

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Speaker 1: It was fun ye see you Yeah? Good soluting for

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Speaker 1: Lara JJ. I'm Matt Taylor. Thanks for listening and be

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Speaker 1: sure to like and subscribe if you haven't already, and

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Speaker 1: we will talk to you next Tuesday, following week six

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Speaker 1: Colts and Jags, He're on the Official Cults podcast on

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Speaker 1: the Colts Audio Network. So long, have a good week.