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Speaker 1: This is the Colts Daily Update, a look at the

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Speaker 1: latest with the Indianapolis Colts. Now here's the voice of

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Speaker 1: the Colts, Matt Taylor. Hey, Happy hump Day, Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the Colts Daily Update tonight here on the fan, leading

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Speaker 1: you into Pacer pregame bottom of the hour. The Pacers

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Speaker 1: take on the Hornets tonight in Charlotte. I'm Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 1: Until then, talking some Colts football as the Colts were

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Speaker 1: back on the practice field today, actually practicing outside on

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Speaker 1: a thirty degree day here in central Indiana that saw

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Speaker 1: some snow flurries. The Colts will host the Eagles at

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Speaker 1: Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday, but interim head coach Jeff

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Speaker 1: Saturday chose to go outside and practice in the elements

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Speaker 1: before a big Week eleven game against the eight and

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Speaker 1: one Philadelphia Eagles. They're tied for the best record in

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Speaker 1: the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings. Hey, congratulations are in

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Speaker 1: order today to running back Jonathan Taylor named AFC Offensive

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Speaker 1: Player of the Week. That marks the second time in

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Speaker 1: his career that he's earned that honor. Rightfully so. He

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Speaker 1: Lenny Moore for the most Enfranchise history. Also in the win,

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Speaker 1: Taylor passed Marshall Falk for the fourth most one hundred

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Speaker 1: yard rushing games in team history. As we said, interim

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Speaker 1: head coach Jeff Saturday and the Colts were back to

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Speaker 1: work today. This is saturday second week on the job,

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Speaker 1: really his first full week after taking over late Monday

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Speaker 1: night of last week, and Saturday as the first Colts

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Speaker 1: job since Ron Meyer back in nineteen eighty six and

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Speaker 1: today's Saturday was asked when he realized that he wanted

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Speaker 1: a coach and how long he's wanted to pursue coaching

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Speaker 1: after his playing days were over. I always considered it.

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Speaker 1: I listen, I love and I got into coaching originally

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Speaker 1: I've told people I think football in particular translates to

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Speaker 1: So that was always my favorite. I coached all kinds,

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Speaker 1: as much as I did. Also today, the Colts made

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Speaker 1: an end. Unfortunately, the Colts placed him on ir late

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Speaker 1: the past five months earlier this week. The initial rehab

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Speaker 1: last week after another setback in practice. So Leonard's season

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Speaker 1: On this season, he played a total of only seventy

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Speaker 1: the focus on twenty twenty three. Meanwhile, the Colts offense

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Speaker 1: back over to Matt Ryan, who threw for two d

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Speaker 1: seven five of the Fan Welcome back to the Colts

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Speaker 1: Daily up Date. A look at the Colts with the

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Speaker 1: Voice of the Colts Matt Taylor, Welcome back again. Colts

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Speaker 1: Daily Update ninety three five and one oh seven five

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Speaker 1: the Fan Colts and Eagles, Sunday, one o'clock at Lucas

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Speaker 1: Oil Stadium. The Eagles are eight one suffer their first

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Speaker 1: loss though of the season on Monday against the Commanders.

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Speaker 1: And nobody inside the Colts locker room has a better feel,

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Speaker 1: better understanding for Philadelphia than safety Rodney McLeod, who played

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Speaker 1: the Colts locker room. Hey, Ronnie, facing your former team

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Speaker 1: here in the Eagles. They're coming to Lucas Oil Stadium.

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Speaker 1: What's that going to mean to you in terms of

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