Locked On Colts - Daily Podcast On The Indianapolis Colts - EXPLOSIVES: Indianapolis Colts Get Alec Pierce Back vs. Arizona Cardinals

Starting point is 00:00:00 The Indianapolis Colts roll into this week six matchup against the Arizona Cardinals, getting one of their prime playmakers back on the field. Let's get to it. You are Locked on Colts, your daily Indianapolis Colts podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network, your team every day. Thank you for listening to Locked On. on Colts, reminder that you can follow our show and hear new episodes, ad-free daily on Amazon music. And today's episode is also brought to you by FanDuel. Right now, new customers

Starting point is 00:00:39 can bet just $5. And if your first bet wins, you'll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app. Hello, everyone. My name is Zach Hickshaw, resident film nerd of horseshoe huddle.com. And my partner, Jake Arthur, is the credentialed crocs on the on the ground for roundtable sports. A sound on the ground. You know, you can hear them. You can see them. That is Jake Arthur. over there at Roundtable Sports. We're going to break down this Colts and Cardinals game one final time before the big game on Sunday. We're going to talk about the offense, talk about the defense, talk about special teams, because

Starting point is 00:01:11 that's now a big thing we get to talk about, and also give our final score predictions for the big game. But first, Jake, some news and notes when it comes to injuries. The Colts are getting fairly healthy, it looks like. Only players ruled out, Kenny Moore the second slot corner. He's been out for the last couple of weeks. Still wish the Colts will have put him on IR a couple weeks ago. but I digress.

Starting point is 00:01:30 We're not going to talk about that right now. And running back, Tyler Goodson, who's still dealing with a groin injury. He is going to be out this week as well. But everyone else, off the injury report, no questionable guys, no doubtful guys, nothing like that. Alec Pierce is back. Grover Stewart survived that early week scare with the biceps. Looks like the Colts are rolling into this game fairly healthy. And on the other end, the Arizona Cardinals, there's been a lot of speculation with their injury report.

Starting point is 00:01:55 It looks like the main guys, you know, the Mack Wilson is questionable. Murray, the quarterback is obviously the biggest one we're watching. He's officially questionable. We'll get more news about him. Obviously, like tomorrow night, we'll get that Schefter or rap or tweet at like midnight that says if he's trending towards playing. Their punter is also an injury report with the questionable designation. So that could be one to watch. I believe they had one more notable one on there. I think it was, oh, and Max Melton, that corner is also questionable. Those are really the big ones. The rest of them are kind of like rotational guys. Darius Robinson, the defensive lineman, I believe they took in

Starting point is 00:02:29 round one or late or early round two a couple years ago he is out this weekend as well but you know overall it looks like both these teams are coming in fairly healthy the big question obviously just comes down to kailer murray if he's going to play but for the coach you know you couldn't really ask for much better out of your injury report coming into this game yeah seven guys for arizona but they did have some important players clear the injury report uh you know you got like will hernandez in particular is one that i know is important will johnson Jonah Williams. Like they had starters on that O line,

Starting point is 00:03:02 a no line that is it great in past protection necessarily, but they're getting everyone back regardless. The Colts, as you said, it looks very promising. I mean, you're used to playing without Kenny Moore at this point. This is week three without him. The difference is Mike Hilton.

Starting point is 00:03:19 No, Mike Hilton. He's on practice squad IR now. So it's the Chris Lamont show. And honestly, like, I don't want to sound the bell too soon, but I don't feel too bad. about Chris Lamont's had a really strong preseason and I liked the brief action that I saw last week so Lamonts might be perfectly fine back there and if you're Arizona the only you're really only passing threats are Marvin Harrison and Tray McBride so great Greg Dorch is a

Starting point is 00:03:48 good player but they haven't exactly been feeding anyone other than those two uh so yeah health-wise looking real good there and then offensively for the Colts you just want to see what the plan of attack is. You know, there is some familiarity there, obviously, with their defensive coordinator in Arizona, as well as Jonathan Gannon. They were all, and Shane Stuyken, they were all together in Philadelphia. So they know each other plenty. And, you know, they're going to be cognizant of each other, but there's only so much you can change and disguise, you know, week to week. So I'm looking pretty forward to that one because Arizona does a lot of interesting things in the secondary with their coverages as well.

Starting point is 00:04:31 Buda Baker, you know, they do the three safety stuff. So very interesting defense coming up for the Colts offense. Yeah, very different from what they just faced with the Raiders, where the Raiders were in base defense a lot. And even when they weren't in base technically, they had Jamal Adams come on the field to be their third linebacker, like Apex type moneybacker out there. So it is very different where we're going to see fewer linebackers,

Starting point is 00:04:53 more safeties on the field with the Cardinals. So let's get into this. The Colts offense versus the Cardinals defense, and I sound like a broken record at this point, because I say it every week because it's just the Colts plan of attack. But the only consistency that you can glean when looking at what the Colts want to do is they're going to come out early and they're going to throw the football. And when we look at the Cardinals, they're passing defense. It's weak on first and second down, and it's definitely weak in the fourth quarters for these teams coming back against them. But weak on first and second down. So I think the Colts early in this game are going to throw the ball a lot to really soften up.

Starting point is 00:05:26 that Cardinals defense before getting into Jonathan Taylor in the second half because the Cardinals do have, I think, like a top five, top six run defense on paper as well. So it's going to be much of the same from this Colts offense. They're going to come out here. They're going to have very unique personnel set. So I can't even predict, you know, 12, 13, 11 personnel, which one it's going to be this week. But I do know that they're going to come out throwing the ball pretty, pretty highly early. They're going to throw it at like a 70 to 75, 80 percent clip in the first half like they've been doing and once they soften up that cardinals defense it'll be the johnson taylor show and half two that's the that's the method that's worked for them quite a bit this year and i don't

Starting point is 00:06:05 expect that to change much on sunday yeah two guys for the colts who i'm i'm looking forward to getting involved obviously tyler warren uh the the titans tight ends had some success chigo quanko and gunner helm uh did a lot of really good things against the cardinals defense last week and you know earlier in the week we kind of build this or at least on the crossover i think versus Tyler Warren. That's just a very attractive marquee there. But also, Alec Pierce, I mean, welcome back. I think you're going to get some work because the Cardinals blew coverage on Calvin Ridley downfield a couple times in the fourth quarter. One of them wasn't a blown coverage. It was just Ridley, you know, on a go ball, beating his man down the field. But one of them was a post route

Starting point is 00:06:47 that he just, the safety came up instead of going with him. So definitely some opportunities there with the coverages they do use, you know, if they go three high or whatever, with getting Alec Pierce in those wide open areas of the deep field because we know he can pretty much beat anybody downfield. And the Colts have kind of missed that element a little bit the last couple weeks. So I think Alec Pierce getting out there, he's going to get at least one or two shots. And then you had mentioned the plan of attack normally is to soften things up with the pass, oddly enough, to milk things out with the run.

Starting point is 00:07:24 I do think they'll be able to run a little bit on Arizona as well. Now, they rank highly up there in yards per carry against and everything, like on paper. They're a pretty good run defense. But Tony Pollard and Ty J. Spears both had a little bit of success against them. And it wasn't anything crazy that Tennessee was doing. It was just hat on a hat blocking. And, you know, the Colts are willing to get weird with it when it comes to how they're going to scheme up the run game. So Jonathan Taylor, it may not come early, but by the end of the game, I think he's going to have a pretty significant run.

Starting point is 00:07:59 Yeah, and it'll be interesting to see how the Colts match with those three safety sets that the Cardinals like to throw out there because, you know, last week we saw the Colts go into a lot more 13 personnel and 12 personnel, which you would think the inverse when you're going against a team that wants to sit in base so much, throw 11 personnel out there, throw more receivers against their base linebackers. But the way the Colts use 13 and 12 personnel is if you're going to be in heavier. defensive sets. We're going to match that with heavier offensive sets and then throw off the play action against those linebackers make them have to cover our tight ends in space because what linebackers covering Tyler Warren right now. So I'm curious that the Colts come out with those heavier personnel sets and say, hey, you have three safeties on the field. We're going to run right at you with heavier tight end looks or if they come out strength on strength, 11 personnel versus them and just get more receivers on the field to eat against these defensive backs. It'll be a really interesting

Starting point is 00:08:49 chess match between, again, Shane Steichen and Jonathan Gannon, two guys who go back quite a few years. I've worked together a long time, had some joint practices. I think, was it this summer? No, it was last summer. Two years ago, yeah. Two years ago. Okay. Yeah, so they had the joint practices a couple years ago as well. So these guys know each other. They get along pretty well, and I think it would be a really good chess match between the two. But, you know, when it comes to the Colts offense, not much to slow them down this year. And really the only team that we've seen slow them down is a team that just dominated the trenches. And when you're looking at what the Cardinals have up front.

Starting point is 00:09:21 You know, they have a good group of players like namewise, Baron Browning, Josh Sweat, Callias Campbell and his 400th season is still going at it. It's a good group namewise, but they haven't been as productive as you would like, especially in the past rush department. So I think the Colts are just going to get to their game plan, do what they've been doing, and move that ball forward. And ultimately, it's just about getting as much points on the board early. So I expect the Colts to take that ball first, go down the field with their past heavy

Starting point is 00:09:48 attack and get some points on the board to start the game. Just so, again, the Cardinals can feel like, hey, last week's collapse is not over. You know, you're facing a team that can keep scoring on you. Make them get in their heads early because they're going to come out and throw a good punch early. But if you can score on them when they're trying to do that, you can really deflate a team that is a bit undisciplined out there. Yeah, this is, you know, it's obviously a pretty decent defense from Arizona. It's the strength of their team, but I do just think the Colts have kind of the matchup busters for this one. You know, if you look at again last week, like there were some drops from

Starting point is 00:10:26 Elicio Manor and Tyler Lockett for the Titans that I just don't think Michael Pittman Jr. and Josh Downs are going to be dropping necessarily. You know, so I do think the Colts match up pretty well in this one. But honestly, the Colts defense against this Arizona offense, there's a lot to say, number one, because we don't even know who the quarterback is going to be, but we're going to be getting that in just a moment. When the opening whistle blows on a new repair, get your crew moving forward with supply house. Order today and see parts on your doorstep tomorrow. Over 280,000 plumbing HVAC and

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Starting point is 00:12:11 And we're focusing now on the Colts defense against the Cardinals' offense. So the first thing you think of, with the Cardinals' offense is obviously Kyler Murray, but he's got a foot injury that kept him out of practice Wednesday and Thursday. He was limited today, and Jonathan Gannon was relatively noncommittal, has basically said if he's healthy enough to play, he'll play, but they're going to monitor things over the next couple days. And I would imagine, like Zach said, by Saturday night, if you're the Cardinals, you'd probably like to make a decision. Quarterback is not one

Starting point is 00:12:43 to me where you want to go game time decision. Like, you want to put the bow on your preparation, whether it's going to be Jacoby Burset or Kyler Murray by at least Saturday night. So look at one of the two, obviously two radically different styles. Kyler Murray is, you know, obviously a guy who's going to be able to buy time, gets out of the pocket immediately, which with the foot injury, we don't know what that'll look like, but is able to kind of convert the busted plays a little bit more. Jacobi Burset is going to play a lot more in structure. He's going to get the ball out quickly.

Starting point is 00:13:15 He's going to hit the open man. guys are going to get sacked probably. So that's that's a big plus. And Kyler Murray and a relatively immobile Kyler Murray might get sacked a whole bunch of Zach. Yeah, I think the the biggest key, obviously, if Murray is playing in this game is to stay true to your rush lanes, contain him to the pocket because we've seen with him in his entire career that even if teams are playing that kind of contain him to the pocket style where there are no escape like lanes for him, he'll still try to escape. And that's when he runs into a lot of sacks and takes a bunch of sacks as a quarterback where sometimes you don't have that avenue to get out of the pocket and he still

Starting point is 00:13:52 tries to get out of there. And that can lead to some bad plays for his offenses. And what's kind of kept him from taking that next step as a player? Very, very talented quarterback who's done a lot of good things in his career. But I think Louana Ramon, this Colts defense kind of knows how they can contain him. Again, just keep him within that pocket, keep him within structure. And then if Chicoe Bressets the quarterback, then your whole plan of attack in terms of rushing lanes does change a little bit because you're not really scared of Jacoby Bresset breaking the pocket. He's not a big time athlete back there. So you can more so uncork your guys off the edge to go get him and really do some havoc there. But

Starting point is 00:14:26 yeah, I think the key really if Murray is in there, which I think you'll play, but we'll see. Again, it's going to really come down to like a big time decision tomorrow night. I think the key is you want to just get DeForest Buckner as isolated as possible. Have your edge rushers just contain the outside of that pocket and make sure Murray stays in there and do everything you can to unleash to Forrest Buckner because you've been having the notes here, Jake, that Jeffrey Simmons went crazy last week. Now, Jeffrey Simmons has been the best interior rusher in football this year. So Buckner is probably a step down from Simmons at this current moment, but I still think

Starting point is 00:15:00 you can replicate a lot of that by again, simulating pressure, mugging the A-gaps and stuff, getting it so there's only one hat on Buckner, and then Buckner can do some work and really get after Murray because he's going to be the key if Murray is in the game because you just again you don't want him escaping out the back of the pocket or escaping out the sides so you want your edge rushers to just kind of collapse it and then Buckner has to be your force player yeah you know between Froholt and I can't think of the other the other guy will Hernandez still is he still their start yeah will Hernandez's left guard I think but yeah there there's definitely some opportunities there there was even some moves that Simmons made to get into the backfield

Starting point is 00:15:39 that Buckner does like the swim move like he gotten there for I think one of his sacks so I think Buckner is going to have some productive day but this seems one like one where it's going to be a team based path rush with a guy like Murray I think if you're able to get a guy on the opposite side of your edges one on one and you kind of take your other part to push Murray into that that window you know what I mean like just going one-on-one to try and get them traditionally, I don't think is necessarily the best case. But if you're able to force him into a more higher pressure area of the pocket where you've got the better numbers there, I think that's probably the way to go. It's probably one where

Starting point is 00:16:25 you're going to see a lot of half sacks between guys. It's just one of those game plans where you ask your edge rush to bull rush and then create leverage with your hands and keep your chest plate clean because once he tries to bail you need to just be able to get off that block in a hurry and tackle him because that's just how he plays his quarterback you know it's kind of what they did against cam ward earlier this year and ward still broke the pocket a couple times like because they lost contain uh so the key is just being on top of it with your technique there on the outside yeah and and i don't think i think you obviously he he could do a lot of ad living and make can make a lot of special things happen but i think you just got to not freak out about that and just

Starting point is 00:17:04 commit to it when you're coming to him commit to him because he does a lot of play action a lot of bootlegs and stuff too just keep it coming because he is a guy as mobile as he is he doesn't really escape sacks within the pocket he does it you know when you break contain and you get outside uh so yeah your your integrity your rush integrity i think he's going to be pretty important in this one uh now the run game Arizona's been pretty productive now they're down to like their millionth running backs it seems uh tray benson is on i are, James Conner's on IR. You've got kind of a group thing here.

Starting point is 00:17:39 You got the dude who dropped the ball before the end zone. You got Bam Knight. Yeah, Bam Knight. And then you got Michael Carter. I think Bam Knight's kind of got the most juice of that group. Demarcato, you know, he obviously had the long run, but he was running through an albatross. He had to make one cut. And he passed the entire defense by the time he was at the one and a half level, basically.

Starting point is 00:18:04 So, yeah, they can run, but again, it's not, there's nothing cute about their run game. I think it's very hat on hat, just executing your, your blocks. So I think if the Colts fit the run well, that's, you know, throw Jermaine Pratton there is a good X factor this week, however much he's able to play. And if you just fit the run well, I don't think this Cardinals offense is necessarily going to mall you. You know, I think the Colts defensive front is good enough to where they should be able to contain the rush better than a lot of other teams have. Sort of. So I think my big issue, or not my big issue, my big concern, I guess, with this game. I don't think the Colts defense passing defense is going to struggle much in this game.

Starting point is 00:18:50 The Cardinals passing offense is a little too stagnant for me. They're too reliant on two players. And Murray is just too inconsistent as a passer. And if Preset's out there, we don't know what percent we're getting. So we could get the all pro percent like he showed in Cleveland for half a season or for or showed an indie for half a season or could get just the terrible percent that we've seen in other areas as well. So I can't even comment on him because he wakes up one morning and figures out if he's going to be good or not then. But if Carlin Murray's out there, he's just too inconsistent for me. But when it comes to the running game, the Cardinals are up there with the Colts actually in 12 and 13 personnel users.

Starting point is 00:19:25 They use a lot of tight ends on the field. And we've seen with the Colts this year. they do not match base personnel with heavier set usages. So we won't see them come out there with three linebackers on the field. And that could be an issue in the running game where you have more, you know, seven big body blockers out there versus a nickel or a dying defense. So guys need to be on it with their physicality, with their fits. And we've seen them struggle as a run defense this year and a lot of those type of plays.

Starting point is 00:19:51 So if the Cardinals offense is going to get anything going on Sunday, it's going to be in the run game with those heavier personnel packages. trade McBride and I think it's oh man who's the other time in who is it tip rhyman is yeah it's tip rhyman really good blocker a big big 10 blocker out of Illinois uh so yeah they do run the ball really well out of those heavier sets so that'll be my big concern because again the colts are not going to match it with heavy sets they're going to run their lighter boxes so players like nick cross players like germane pratt coming in here zire franklin they're going to be very very key to slowing down this cardin's offense because they can force them into

Starting point is 00:20:27 negative plays, they can force them into third and nines, third and tens. Then I feel a lot more comfortable, obviously, with this Colts defense because I think their passing defense has the advantage in this game. But the running game could give the Colts some problems. And it'll be on the Colts offense on the other side of the ball to score enough points early to make it so the Cardinals don't run the ball the rest of the game. Yeah, that's right. So obviously, Colts defense matches up quite well, but there are some things to be cognizant of. But you know what? Up next, we got to make our picks who is going to win the NFL season is in full swing i honestly can't even believe we're already in week six and fandle has got an offer that you don't want to miss

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Starting point is 00:21:41 Visit fandual.com to download the Fandwell app today and get started. All right, Zach, so this one to me, I feel like Arizona is a solid, it's solid competition. they you know they're two and three all of their contests have come down their one score games they could very well be five and oh they're a decent team but they are a bit hamstrung right now you know no no pun intended you know they're dealing with some injuries right now and uh i just i just think their strength the colts match up pretty well with them i'm not going to predict the type of blowout i predicted last week with colts raiders but i do think the colts probably win this one by multiple scores What do you think?

Starting point is 00:22:27 Yeah, I could definitely see that happening. I think the Cardinals are a feisty, scrappy type of team, especially for really in games. They're physical. They come down hill with great aggression. And I think they have a good plan for offenses that run a lot of play action, like the Colts do. We saw how they performed against the 49ers earlier this year.

Starting point is 00:22:45 I thought they had a very admirable performance in that showing. So, yeah, I'm with you. I think they're a much better team than the Raiders. I think this is probably the third best team the Colts have played all season, just behind the Rams and Broncos, who I think were on a different tier than them. But I still think this Cardinals team has some life in them. But ultimately, it just comes down to,

Starting point is 00:23:05 I just think the Colts are Mr. Fundamentals right now, you know, and on both sides of the ball, offense and defense. And I just think that's a horrible matchup for a team like the Cardinals who just make so many mistakes, self-inflicted wounds. Now, I could see a version of this where the Cardinals win because they can dictate some things

Starting point is 00:23:25 and force the Colts into some turn. But the way that this probably goes in my head on Sunday is the Cardinals make some mistakes early. The Colts being the home team, being the winning team, being the more poised team, just does their thing, moves ahead of the sticks, gets points on the board early. And then from there, it just becomes a control game for the Colts, which they've done so well this year. So, yeah, I'd have the Colts winning as well, but I wouldn't sleep on this Cardinals team, especially if turnovers pile up for the Colts. If they, you know, if the Cardinals take the ball away two or three times in this game, then certainly that could lead. to a Cardinals victory for sure. But ultimately, I just think this Colts team is operating in such a high level,

Starting point is 00:24:01 especially at home, where a lot of their pre-snap process isn't an issue where they can just keep ahead of the sticks that can get those clean reads. They're looking for it's a lot quieter to get your play calls in. This Colts offense is just clicking on a different level at home this year. And we even saw them put up 29 against the Denver Broncos at home as well. So I think this Colts offense is going to get around 30 points like they've been doing. and this Colts passing defense, I think, is just playing at a good enough level right now where I don't think they're going to give up that much to the Cardinals.

Starting point is 00:24:32 Yeah, so a couple X factors for me, obviously, is that Arizona is prone to being undisciplined at times, you know, bad penalties and just issues with mental mistakes that, you know, cause turnovers. And it's not like necessarily a pattern. There are just some things that come together to be part of the larger picture. the drop in front of the end zone was one thing we we know here obviously that's just it's just a dumb thing that can happen but even like they had the interception that they fumbled when no one was touched and then the titans came and recovered it for a touchdown that stuff just comes together

Starting point is 00:25:11 to be part of a larger picture and so them being on the road also i think daniel jones being so in control of like his cadence and stuff too uh they could get a couple free plays like there's just a lot of tiny details that could shift in the Colts favor. I have them winning. I think I put it at like 27 to 13 or 2714. I'm pretty interested to see how Michael Badgley factors into things because Badgley's not, I mean, he's fine as a kicker throughout his career, but Spencer Schrader was playing at like an all pro level so far.

Starting point is 00:25:46 So replacing that, you want to see how it affects Shane Steichen's decision making as well, as far as like when they're willing to go for it and just straight up like if he's going to make his kicks like a 42 yard field goal is he going to convert that is he going to go two or three on extra points so that's kind of a little gray area thing where you're curious to see how that's going to go but still very confident in both the Colts offensively and defensively the return game has been pretty solid on kickoff returns all that I like them again about 2713 27 14 Yeah, I think I'd say 31, 20 would be my prediction for this one. I just, again, I think this Colts offense is clicking at such a high level. I don't know if this Cardinals defense is the one that's going to slow them down. And again, especially at home. I think the recipe at home is just too good for the Colts right now. But I do want to, I mean, highlight this comment here.

Starting point is 00:26:38 Jokes and a point says, you know, the season is kind of on the line for the Cardinals. And again, they play hard, they play fast, they play physical. So that can matter if the Colts are flat. And I completely agree. The Colts can't come out flat in this game. I just think the big thing for me is I haven't seen this Colts team really come out flat this season, especially at home. Again, it's only three games, but we've seen them come out ready to go no matter of the opponent. And that's why we've seen these lopsided games from the Colts.

Starting point is 00:27:03 So until they show me that they're capable of that letdown game, I'm going to keep believing in their ability to come out there and just put the foot on the gas pedal and keep going. So, yeah, this Colts team, I just think they're too mature for this moment right now. and I think that they're going to be poison in control of this one here against the Cardinals team that's coming off a very emotional loss against the Tennessee Titans, emotional for their head coach even, as we saw all week and stuff too. So, yeah, I just think this Colts team is ready for the moment. But Jake, since we have a couple minutes left and we like to throw this at the end of our Friday shows, what's our random prediction this week?

Starting point is 00:27:36 We were so close with the kick return touchdown last week, Jake. We were so close. When it happened, I was like, oh, the victory laps we're going to take after the show. then it got called back. Although we did say Anthony Gould returning a touchdown last week, but still, if we would have got kick return touchdown, that would have been crazy. But I did say dueling big plays on offense. We saw 55 yards from him, you know, I think we're getting pretty decent with some of these

Starting point is 00:28:01 here. So what's our random prediction of the week here, Jake? Big man touchdown on the defense. So someone from the defense of front seven. This is kind of with the caveat that it's going to be Kyler in there. you have to I'm sure every defensive front seven that goes against him is instructed to get those hands into the passing lanes because obviously he's short all the Kyler short jokes ha ha ha but like it's legitimate like he's a shorter quarterback and the Colts already are pretty active with getting their hands of passing lines especially Grover Stewart his his tips have caused like a couple interceptions already this year he's blocked a kick so I think there is going to be a big man touchdown. Don't know who, but a Colts member of the defensive front seven is going to get some sort of tone down. You could have been on the, I think I just influenced you too much over

Starting point is 00:28:56 the years, Jake, where I always push you to go crazy and crazy with your, now you just keep going crazy with all of them. It's very specific. Because you could have just had a pick six or a full return for a touchdown. And that would have been pretty out there. You know, that's a pretty big thing. But no, big man touched. How big are you talking? Does it have to be a defensive lineman? Well, there's someone from the front seven because I don't, I don't. I don't. I what I'm envisioning in my head is a tip yeah like a tip of the line that leads to an interception and then just going the other way so that could be anybody like we have to give it to lay out too lot too we have to give it to lay out too lot don't won't it heal your heart for it

Starting point is 00:29:32 to be grover seward though just to see him going in for a tutty like oh my god I don't know if he can make it it have to be like in the own 20 yard line intercede I don't think he can go 50 yards of the ball I think he'd have to go like 15 yards but sure I'll take it Take it. I will take it for sure. Yeah, I like that defensively. I was going to say something like two interceptions for the linebackers in this game, mostly off of tip balls at the line or something that get knocked up. So I'll go to the offense and let's go with the crazy attempt of predicting which Colts offensive skill player has a big week. Let's go back to Tyler Warren for this week because Warren has, I don't want to say he was a decoy the last two weeks, but he's got a lot of attention from defense's the last two weeks. we saw a particular last week that led to Josh Downs having a really big game for the Colts. I think this is going to be one where they're going to want to get those runs after catch for Warren, especially if they can get him away from Buda Baker's side for any moment of time. I think they're going to try to get a lot of run after catch for him.

Starting point is 00:30:32 Again, undisciplined defense. You want to do more play action like naked boots and get around the outside and you can just dump it into the flat to Warren, get Warren up the field. So let's go with, let's go with Warren having a pretty productive show. showing here and then real quick as well jokes jokes in point had another comment how will how will germane pratt play fine i think you'll be fine i think we'll get out there four tackles one for loss or one of the interceptions we've mentioned oh i'll take i'll take a one tackle for a loss but i think he's going to get there on the early downs i think he'll be mostly out there to fit the run i think

Starting point is 00:31:05 on third downs they'll go back to their dime looks that they've been doing um so as long as he's just not botchy bad as like last week then i think he'll be fine he's not not going to be a big role this year at all. Like he's just going to be that second linebacker that has to fit against the run a lot. So, yeah, I think it'll be perfectly fine. I don't really have many concerns with them. I don't have many hopes for him either. Just kind of, I think he'll be fine.

Starting point is 00:31:30 But yeah, Jake's going out on the limb saying big man touchdown. So knowing us, Jake, it'll be a big man touchdown, but then it'll be illegal hands to the face on the defense and then it'll get called back because that's just our luck with these predictions here. Just heart wrenching. It'll have to be like quitty pay because. it would be almost hilarious for the Colts starting defensive ends to have just as many or more interceptions as they do sacks at this point in the season.

Starting point is 00:31:55 So let's call it quitty on that one. Yeah, no, for sure. But yeah, going back the last couple weeks, Jake said in the Rams game that we were going to have a huge A.D. Mitchell game over 100 yards. He had 90 with the fumble at the whole line. Yeah, which, by the way, someone on Facebook saw, like, I clipped that earlier in the week. and someone found that and said this age like milk and I was like, he like had 95 yards

Starting point is 00:32:20 and would have had a touchdown. Yep, yep. And then I had mine last week, the kick return touchdown. I got called back. So we always paint around the corners is what we do, Jake. So we know there's going to be a big man interception this week or Warren's going to have like the second most receiving yards on offense.

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