Locked On Colts - Daily Podcast On The Indianapolis Colts - CROSSOVER: Indianapolis Colts, Daniel Jones Need Rebound vs. Ashton Jeanty, Las Vegas Raiders

Starting point is 00:00:00 The Indianapolis Colts need to get on track back at home against a Las Vegas Raiders team that is spiraling right now. Let's get to it. You are locked on NFL crossover, part of the Locked on Podcast Network. Your team every day. Thank you all for tuning in and making you all. making us your first listen of the day. This is a crossover of your daily podcast covering the Indianapolis Colts and the Las Vegas Raiders.

Starting point is 00:00:37 Part of Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every single day. And crossover Thursday is presented by PrizePix. Download the Price Pix app today and use code Lockedon NFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. Hello, everyone. My name is Zach Hicks of Lockdown Colts, and I'm joined by the one and only Q of Locked on Raiders as well. Q, we've done a couple of these crossovers here. It feels like our teams play every single year. But guys, we're going to be diving into the normal rhythm of these crossover shows.

Starting point is 00:01:06 We're going to talk biggest storylines between these two teams, biggest matchups, and what the keys to victory are for both of our respective teams. So, Q, you guys are the road team coming in here to Indy, trying to get your season back on track. So I'll let you start off. What's the biggest storyline for the Raiders in this one? You know, I think you said it right there, trying to get the season back on track. They won the first game of the season against the Patriots, and then they've dropped three in a row, right?

Starting point is 00:01:30 And they should have won that game against the Bears on Sunday. They lose 25 to 24 at the house. And, you know, that's something that they're looking up like, okay, hold on. We had that success in week one. How do we get back to winning ways? And now Indianapolis, a team that I'm sure you probably understand where are coming from, I don't think a lot of people had high expectations thinking they were going to be a really good team at 2025.

Starting point is 00:01:52 They're showing everyone, including the Rams, who they probably should have beat last week and bent 40-0. So now what looked like it might have been an easier stretch on their schedule. There's no easy games, but an easier stretch on their schedule. Now it looks like a bear going to Indianapolis, trying to stop the bleeding of a three-game losing streak. So, yeah, that's the biggest storyline is how to find a way to get back into the win column. And oh, by the way, Zach, you're doing it without your left tackle, Colton Miller, who's now on IR, right after the first game that you had a lot of success running the ball. So I think those two go hand in hand.

Starting point is 00:02:21 How do you make up for Colton Miller being out? And how do you get back in the win column? Yeah, and we're certainly going to talk more about that matchup with Colton Miller versus this Colts pass rush on the rest of this crossover here. But Q, I really wanted to pick your brain here that, you know, I think this Raiders team was a team that a lot of people had surprising this year, maybe being a playoff team, Gino Smith coming in, Pete Carroll, a very different style of coach. What's kind of gone wrong for this Raiders team these last couple weeks? They just are so inconsistent with what they've been able to do. And Gino's been turning the ball over at a rapid pace, right? I mean, you turn the ball over.

Starting point is 00:02:54 You're going to lose a lot of games. against the Bears, they turned the ball over four times. They only lost by one, which kind of tells you more about the Bears than the Raiders, right? But, I mean, he's leading the league in interceptions right now with seven, and that can't happen. And six of them happened at Allegiant Stadium. So he's been turning the ball over. The running game wasn't really cooking the way that they wanted it to go to start the season. Last week, it was actually really good.

Starting point is 00:03:14 Ashti Jentee did a fantastic job, including housing one, taking it 64 yards at house. So he's showing why the Raiders drafted him at number six, but they just haven't been able to put it all together, right? the offense, defense, and special teams all playing at a high level. Defense was great last week against the Bears. I mean, four turnovers and they limited them to 13 points off those turnovers. So that's a really good job done by them. But can they do that consistently? Can they be that team?

Starting point is 00:03:37 So I think it's just consistency trying to figure out exactly what they're doing moving forward, you know, learning how this offense led by Chip Kelly's supposed to go and continue to evolve this defense. So it's still a work in progress, man. I mean, I estimated this team to be an eight-win team this year, eight or nine, because they won four last year, but as they said in at one and three, man, that's going to be tough sledding unless they start getting back to winning ways. Yeah, it does seem typically when you have a lot of moving parts early in a season, that is

Starting point is 00:04:03 when these type of teams do tend to struggle, and then they pick it up as the season goes on. And like you said, before the year, this felt like an easier stretch where they could really find their groove, but now they're coming to India against a Colts team that's 2 and 0 at home this year, including a walk-off victory over the Denver Broncos. and I think the biggest storyline for the Colts is just showing that those first three games are, heck, you could even include the fourth game in here, despite it being a loss because they did go toe to toe with the Rams. Just continue showing that those are not flukes. You know, that this is a new Indianapolis Colts team.

Starting point is 00:04:36 They're not the same old eight to nine win team. They are a team to watch in the AFC picture that can potentially get into the playoffs this year. So a big key for it this year will be converting their opportunities on offense, unlike last week where the had the dropped ball at the one yard line going into the end zone, which everyone saw. They had the holding penalty that wiped out of Jonathan Taylor, long touchdown run. So they could have easily put up 34 points on the Rams, but that crazy hostile environment, the ebbs and flows of that game just did not go their way. Now they're coming back home against the Raiders team that's had a couple of rough moments

Starting point is 00:05:11 these last few weeks. It's time for the Colts to show that they are legit. They still are that team from the first three weeks that was averaging 34 points a game. and really putting teams in the blender. So I think that's the biggest storyline for the Colts is just showing it's not a fluke, you know, that they actually are for real this year. What's been the key, though, to the success?

Starting point is 00:05:29 Because again, like I said, I looked at the Raiders schedule. They had the Bears, the Colts, and the Titans. And I said, you know what? There's a chance that they can go on a three-game winning streak right here. And again, that's not disrespecting any of the teams. It's just looking at it like, okay, you know, I don't know what to expect, especially since, you know, Anthony Richardson, Daniel Jones, who's going to be the starting quarterback, right?

Starting point is 00:05:45 And there just wasn't a lot of high expectations from my point of view. But again, they're off to a three and one start playing some really good ball. But what has been the biggest key to their success so far? Yeah, I think a lot of it has just been Daniel Jones surpassing those expectations that not only you and other people in the media, but even us locally really had in him, I think even the biggest Daniel Jones fans would have said like, okay, he's still going to have some issues with turning the ball over, still going to have issues under pressure like he did with the Giants. But I think the best thing that happened for him was the first two weeks of the year. they went against the two most blitz-heavy defenses in football.

Starting point is 00:06:21 The Denver Broncos and Miami Dolphins, those teams come after you, and they were anticipating New York Giants Daniel Jones to just to corrode under pressure, not really know what he's doing back there and turn the ball over a lot. And what we saw, especially in those first three weeks, but even a little bit this last week as well, is this has been a different Daniel Jones. You know, he still has his limitations. He's not the Josh Allen or the Pat Mahomes or these top-tier quarterbacks. but he's played well under pressure.

Starting point is 00:06:49 He's moved this offense well. And when you have an offense that has so many weapons, Michael Pittman Jr., Josh Downs, Alec Pierce, who should be back this week, Tyler Warren at tight end, Quentin Nelson and a couple good players on the offensive line. Oh, and Jonathan Taylor in the back field, you just have to be a distributor back there.

Starting point is 00:07:06 And if he can just make those couple plays a game that makes him like a little bit above average, that's the key between like 30-something points and 20 points in this offense. So he's been making those big time plays. He's been bailing them out at times, and he hasn't corroded under pressure. So really the biggest key for this Colts team is what we've said the last couple of years with the Colts is they've been an eight-win team with really bad quarterback play since basically 2020, you know, when Philip Rivers retired from the team. So if they could ever just get above average quarterback play, this could be a playoff caliber roster, and they're finally getting it this year. And it's coming from a very unlikely person in Daniel Jones who was cut mid-season.

Starting point is 00:07:47 season last year, only had two suitors on the open market, one with the Vikings to potentially be a backup quarterback, the other to come and compete with the Colts. And he's looking like the comeback player of the year right now. And a lot of it is due to his level of play. Yeah, no, there's no doubt, man. I got to give him a lot of credit. I got to give the Colts a lot of credit. And I guess it doesn't hurt when Jonathan Taylor is leading the league in rushing either. Right. He's healthy. He's that guy. Obviously, the Colts offensive line is doing a hell of a job as well. But yeah, that's, again, I was a surprise. I have no problem admitting that. and they've done a really good job

Starting point is 00:08:19 and shout out to Shane Steichen as well for making the right decision and right call when he went with Daniel Jones as opposed to Anthony Richardson. Yeah, no, it was a decision that was lambasted a little bit in the media and also even locally here because it felt like settling for the safe option,

Starting point is 00:08:34 but the safe option is turned into the winning option in Indianapolis this year. And I think, again, the key when it comes to the storyline here is like, you made that all-in move to start Daniel Jones and it's worked so far. let's get back on track this week against the Las Vegas Raiders back at home to a controlled environment we can do a lot of our pre-snap stuff because we're not hearing that that Los Angeles crowd and you're not coming off a road trip to get out there so I think

Starting point is 00:09:00 this is a good moment for the Colts to just get back to what they want to do but coming up guys we're going to talk about those crucial matchups and Q already alluded to one of them there's a backup offensive lineman out there for the Raiders against the Colts defensive line that finally had a good week of pressure so we're going to talk about that in a couple of matchups here in just a moment but first the NFL season is here and fan duel has an offer that you don't want to miss right now new customers can bet just five dollars and get three hundred dollars in bonus bets if you win that's right pick a bet put down five bucks and if it hits you'll unlock three hundred dollars in bonus bets to use across the app it makes watching football

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Starting point is 00:10:57 throw it back out to you here. What is the most crucial matchup for you for the Raiders to get back on track this week? Well, I'm really interested to see what the Raiders' offensive line is going to look like against the Colts defensive line. Obviously, the Colts have some studs along that defensive line. They can get to the quarterback and also stop the run. And the Raiders have been struggling with their offensive line. They have had no consistency so far this season. Week one, they had their starting five out there. Week two and week three, they had a backup there in the right guard spot at Alex Kappa in for Jackson Powers Johnson. Week four, they get their starting offensive line back. They did really well against the Bears, right? We're able to run the

Starting point is 00:11:30 ball. They protected Gino really well. Great. They lose Colton Miller at the end of the game, left tackles. So now going into week five against the Colts, they're going to have their third version of the offensive line in five weeks. There's no consistency, and that's the one position, as you know, Zach, that's most important in football to have consistency as that offensive line. It's not just a individual thing. You've got to be able to

Starting point is 00:11:51 work together. You know, I always say one band, one sound. That's what the offensive line has to be. Now you got Stone Forsyth that's coming in, and the Raiders, you know, Pete Carroll had familiarity with them. They was in Seattle with together with each other, but he wasn't very good. I mean, let's just call a spade of spade. He wasn't very

Starting point is 00:12:07 good. So he's going to have to try to step up and really hold that spot down for Colton Miller, who's been their best offensive alignment so far this year, and that's not going to be easy. So now Gino's going to have to try to learn to trust him, and he's already been having a trouble, you know, keeping the ball, you know, in the Raiders' possession and not turning it over.

Starting point is 00:12:25 So that's going to be an issue. Ashti Genti now is going to have to try to run behind another version of the offensive line. It really comes down to the trenches. Like I know every game does, but to me, this one's really going to come down to the trenches. How quickly can Stone Forsythes get on the same page? with the rest of the offensive lineman.

Starting point is 00:12:41 Will that affect Gino? How much will affect him? And obviously, how much will affect Ashen Gentie as well. Yeah, and it also feels like a big time, too, because Gino likes to push the ball vertically. That's where he's been at his best going back to his West Virginia days back in college because he likes to throw the ball vertical. He has a great vertical pass.

Starting point is 00:12:58 And that's when they won their one game this year against the Patriots, what was Gino Smith doing, hitting that long ball, having big shots over the top. So when you have a backup left tackle in there, it makes it tougher to trust your pocket. to trust where you are going to be. And it seems like bad timing for the Raiders, too, because Laotu Latu, the Colts first round pick from last season is coming off a game where he had nine pressures, a sack, a

Starting point is 00:13:20 couple quarterback hits, and a 35% pass rush win rate against the Los Angeles Rams. I think the Colts are going to put him over top of a backup offensive tackle as much as possible in this one. So I think that is going to be one of the biggest individual matchups in this game, is how Forsyth or is it going to be Forsyth? Do we know that for sure right now or is it okay? I know they talked about Charles Grant a little bit as well. Yeah, Charles Grant's not ready yet. I mean, he's the third

Starting point is 00:13:46 round pick out of William and Mary. He's just not ready. But Pete Carroll told us on Monday that if Colton couldn't go, it'd be Stone. And then we talked to him on Wednesday as well. And so Stone's ready. He talked to Stone in the locker room. He said he's been in the system for three years so he knows what it's like. And I understand that. And I respect that. And I want the young man to have confidence because, well, if you don't, then you're already in trouble. But it's not, again, like I said, it's not an individual thing. It's not like he's a cornerback and he's just trying to learn how to play the

Starting point is 00:14:10 position. It's a left tackle and he's got to know what the left guard's doing. Left guard's got to know what the center's doing. The center's got to know what the right guard's doing. And the right guard's got to know what the right tackles doing. It's not just the individual thing. So that's why it's the bigger issue for me is how quickly can they get on the same page, get reps so they know what each other is doing without really saying a word, right? Having that kind of silent communication, it's not going to happen right away. That's for sure. Yeah, no, for sure. And I want to keep it in the trenches here because I think, like you said, man, like most games come down to how the trenches are won. That's how the Eagles won a Super Bowl last year.

Starting point is 00:14:42 They had the best trenches on both sides of the football. It led to that victory in the Super Bowl. But going to the other side of the ball, the Colts offensive line is coming off a game where they were just killed by the Rams defensive line. Jared versus Byron Young got after them all game long. And the Colts silent count was pretty much figured out by that defensive line by the second and third quarter. And it led to just a massacre up front. The Colts were able to put points on the board still, but it was not the prettiest game from just an operational standpoint on the Colts offensive line. And it doesn't get much easier this week because now you get Max Crosby a 1A pass rusher on the outside who moves around.

Starting point is 00:15:20 He got a – did he get the interception last week? I know he knocked the ball up in the air. Yeah, he got the interception, had multiple pass the fans. I mean, the dude was all over the field. He was an absolute madman on Sunday. Yeah, no, Max Crosby is always a madman. He's one of the best players in football. And then an emerging young player that you guys stole from us last year, Jonah Luwalu as well.

Starting point is 00:15:39 I've seen him having some good moments this year. So they have a good defensive line there with Vegas. And the Colts luckily are getting healthier on the offensive line. It looks like right guard Matt Consolves should be back this week. So their starting five should be back. But they need a rebound game against, again, Max Crosby. Jonah Luwalu for some reason that we couldn't keep him last year. It's very sad still to this day.

Starting point is 00:16:00 And other players on that D line, the Colts offensive line really needs to bounce back. Well, I'll tell you, man, that that's one of the strengths of this Raiders team is their defensive line, being able to get to the quarterback and then also being able to stop the run. And that's why I think that that's going to be such a huge challenge as well is what is that offensive line going to do against that defensive line to help free up Jonathan Taylor? This Raiders defense, if you look at it the way that they're built, they're literally built to stop the run. And if they do stop the run, they try to make a team one dimensional pin their ears back. So a guy like Max Crosby, Malcolm Coons, Tyree Wilson, and others could get to the quarterback. but you look at their linebackers, Jermaine Pratt, right?

Starting point is 00:16:35 You got Landon Roberts, right? You got Jamal Adams. These guys, Devin White. These guys are all guys that are short tacklers, veterans that know how to tackle. And they did a good job except for week three against the commanders where I don't know what that game was. And they don't either.

Starting point is 00:16:49 They just kind of chalked that up to a terrible game in D.C. But for the most part, they've been doing really good limiting teams when it comes to rushing. Matter of fact, the Bears only had two yards rushing in the first half of the game on Sunday at Allegiance Stadium, which is incredible because that's just not heard of. So that's where their butter is. That's how they butter their bread is by stopping the run

Starting point is 00:17:07 and having a very strong defensive line. So we'll see if they can get back to that. I know again, like I said, the Colts are going to want to run the ball and Jonathan Taylor leading the league in rushing right now is not going to be an easy out at all. Yeah, no, for sure. And one thing I really want to throw your way too is what the Colts do to set up their run game is they pass to set up the run, right?

Starting point is 00:17:24 So they'll come out in 12 personnel, some heavier 11 personnel sets with receivers motioning into the backfield. and they will throw the ball at a 70, 75, 80% rate out of play action all first half long. Taylor will get like 6, 7, 8 touches in a first half. But where he does his damage is in that second half. So I would say one of the biggest matchups for not only the Raiders this week, but for any team that plays the Colts, is you've got to limit the passing in the first half

Starting point is 00:17:51 and make sure you go in a halftime, either tied or with the lead. Because if the Colts have a lead coming out of halftime where they just threw for 200 yards on you, it's all Jonathan Taylor. in the second half all Jonathan Taylor and it makes you go back into nickel it makes you go back in the dime because you're worried about the pass and then Taylor gets the rock so I think looking at it from the Raiders perspective and also from the Colts perspective is how do they match up early against the Colts passing attack because again the Colts are going to come out a lot of play action

Starting point is 00:18:17 dumping it off to Tyler Warren getting it out to isolation shots to Pierce and downs and and Michael Pittman Jr. over the middle so how well can those linebackers react to the play action and get back into their zones and take away those middle of the field shots of the Colts want to take early. Yeah, and that's going to be a question because the linebackers that I mentioned, they're really run stuffers. They're not really necessarily the ones that are household names when it comes to coverage, right? So that's going to be a hell of a chess match right there for Patrick Graham and company to see how they match up against the Colts. And I'm sure that they've seen what you're talking about on film and realize that they're going to have to adjust

Starting point is 00:18:50 a little bit. And, you know, the Raiders secondary is a little questionable as well. Eric Stokes has been their best corner so far. He's a little bit banged up. I think that he's going to try to go, but he left the game on Sunday against the Bears with a knee issue, like a sprain, and he says he's good to go, but he's been limited in practice so far this week. And, you know, Cayu Blue Kelly has been struggling a little bit as of late. He's the first-time starter for the Raiders, first-time starter in his career, period. And then they got a rookie in Dary and Porter who came in and got a little bit of relief for Eric Stokes when he went out last week. So he's a guy that many anticipate getting a lot of burn, but he's a rookie.

Starting point is 00:19:24 So, you know, how are they going to be able to match that up and try to slow down the passing attack? with those guys unless they're all on point. So I think, like I said, it's going to be a chess match between the Colts and the Raiders, obviously. Yeah, and one more match I want to throw up before we segue to our final segment is the Colts, as of this recording, like just earlier today, had a player retire, a starting player retire on their team. So now that outside corner spot with Xavier Howard stepping away from football is coming down to Mackay Blackman, who allowed over 100 yards in coverage last week, notably the game-winning touchdown where he fell down on that play.

Starting point is 00:19:55 That's where most of his yards allowed came on that one play. or undrafted rookie Jonathan Edwards out of Tulane, who was a guy that wasn't really on many people's radar whatsoever in this past draft process, surprisingly made the Colts roster. So those could be two guys fighting for a starting role for the Colts this week, which I think a big matchup will be Trey Tucker on the outside versus one of those guys. Or Gino Smith, again, a willingness to go down the field against some backup corners with Howard retiring. So that'll be a big matchup to watch.

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Starting point is 00:22:01 It's going to be challenging without their starting left tackle out there who's on IR right now. So they have to try to do that. Week one, Gino was able to throw the ball around the yard, did a really good job, and they won the game. But, you know, they know that that's not going to be sustainable. So they've got to be able to be balanced. Ashton Gentie really came around last week against the Bears. We'd like to see him continue to get lathered up and run like you know that he wants to. And you know that Pete Carroll wants them to.

Starting point is 00:22:26 And Chip Kelly's offense works better when he has a really good run game. So they've got to try to establish that. But like I said, it's going to be really difficult not having that key cog on that offensive line. So how do they adjust to that is going to be something to pay attention to, especially early on in the game. And it's funny you mentioned Johnson Taylor getting a lot of his carries in the second half. That's what the Raiders really want to do is have Justin Gentie get a lot of runs in the second half. That means that they're either winning the game or they're really close and they can stick to their game plan, right? If they have to air it out, that means they're coming back from behind.

Starting point is 00:22:54 So I think they have to be balanced as possible on the offensive side of things and get the ball out of hands of Gino Smith. When they are throwing the ball, get it out of his hands as quickly as possible just because, again, the offensive line, I think is going to be a little bit leaky. So offensively, that's what it's going to be balanced and quick hitters. I don't think there's going to be too many deep shots just because I don't think he's going to have the time to stand back there in the pocket. And then, you know, when it comes to the defense, they've got to have to stop the run, you know, whenever the Colts hit him with the run. If it's early, if it's late, whenever they're going to have to do that. They have to stop the run. And I think they're going to have to create a couple turnovers.

Starting point is 00:23:27 I think if Daniel Jones puts a ball in harm's way, they have to go get it. The Raiders have never been a team in the last four or five years that have been just dominant when it comes to creating turnovers, but they need to find a way to get the ball. Go see ball, get ball. They need to do it a couple of times, give that offense maybe a couple short fields and take advantage of it. So it's really not a hard recipe, but it's not the easiest recipe when you know you're going on the road to face a team that's actually playing a really good ball this year.

Starting point is 00:23:51 Yeah, no, you said it best there. on the road going to a dome team that has been very comfortable at home this year. I think in the Colts, what, two home games this year? They've had, what, 32 points scored, I think, in the two games this year combined, or 32 points per game scored in the two games combined. So, yeah, this Colts team is scoring really well at home. And I think that's going to be my biggest key right here. My number one key is the Colts offense is getting back on track,

Starting point is 00:24:13 getting the process rolling again, getting those penalties out of your system, the pre-snap calls out of your system, getting everybody healthy, get back to what was working in those first three. games and just shake that Rams game out completely. When it comes to the defense, I think the biggest key is just making Gino Smith hold that ball just a tick longer than what this Raiders offensive staff wants him to. They know, as well as we know, that that left tackle is going to be exploitable, so they're going to want quick hitters, they're going to want screens, they're going to want to get that

Starting point is 00:24:40 ball out of his hand. So as much as Lou Ann Rumo can disguise blitzes, show five, bring four, show five, bring six, show four, bring six, you know, change as much as the picture as possible, drop guys into coverage late. So Gino Smith has to go from one read to two read, make him hold it point one, point two, point three seconds longer. And that could be the difference between getting five sacks or one sack in this weekend. So I think that's going to be a huge one. And then I think the biggest one, another big one for the Colts here is just get points on the board early. You know, we talked about how the Colts plan of attack is Shane Seichen says that he wants to throw to score,

Starting point is 00:25:15 run to win. Essentially what that means, though, is it's throw to set up the run, throw to soften the defense and set up that run in the second half you can only really do that if you are leading or you're in a pretty close game there going into the second half last week they felt like they were trailing not like trailing but they were really like kind of suffocated a lot on offense all game long and they got away from the run get that lead early go out there score on your first drive score on your second drive and put this raiders team distance from you show them that they're the one and three team and you're the three and one team early when you're the home team and you can really demoralize your opponent. But I think this Colts team, it's really just about getting back

Starting point is 00:25:53 on track, getting to where they were in those first three games, and washing out all the lady unluck in week four that they just had everything going against you, the bad bounces, the weird drops at the goal line, the holding penalties, get all that back here, back at home in week five. Yeah, and one more thing for the Raiders, they just can't beat themselves. Right. That's one of the things. And you talking about the mistakes that the Colts made, that makes me go back to Gino Smith turning the ball over. The Raiders getting dumb penalties at the worst times. They're not a good enough team to overcome that.

Starting point is 00:26:23 They're just not, right? And some teams, they find ways to overcome it. If they have 10 penalties and go for 100 yards and a couple turnovers, sometimes they're able to still win that game, the Raiders aren't in that category. So they have to make sure that they play a clean game. They can't turn a ball over at a rapid pace like Gino's been doing. And they definitely can't have dumb penalties that put them behind the sticks or give their

Starting point is 00:26:43 opponents, you know, first downs when they don't need to have first down. So got to play a clean game as well. Yeah, absolutely. Both these teams kind of don't have that. margin for error where they can lose a turnover battle and still win games. Last week was the first time all year the Colts lost the turnover battle, and it resulted in their first loss of the season. The Raiders all season have struggled with that turnover battle with Gino Smith leading

Starting point is 00:27:03 the NFL and interception. So that's going to be a big key for this game just for both teams. But that is all we have for today, guys. I will say, though, for anyone thinking that this could be a one-sided affair with a three-in-one team and one-three team, never count out a team with Max Crosby and Ashton Gentie and Brock Bowers, even if he is a little banged up to start the year. Never count out the team that has the superstars on their team. So I think this is going to be a good showing here for both these squads.

Starting point is 00:27:27 The must win game like every game is for both teams, but for completely different reasons. The Colts want to get back on track. The Raiders want to salvage the season and roll into the Titans with a chance to go 500 to start the first six games. So I think we're going to get a good one here on Sunday, guys. We appreciate you all tuning in to this crossover, though. Thank you for making Locked on Colts and Locked on Raiders. your first listen today and every single day.

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