Locked On Colts - Daily Podcast On The Indianapolis Colts - INDIANAPOLIS COLTS CAMP, Day 1: Anthony Richardson vs. Daniel Jones, Justin Walley with Starters?

Starting point is 00:00:00 The Indianapolis Colts quarterback competition kicked off today and each quarterback put up pretty typical stat lines for what we expected, but we had to go further than the numbers to see what really happened today. 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 all for tuning in and making us your first listen of the day. This is your daily podcast covering your Indianapolis Colts, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.

Starting point is 00:00:39 This episode is brought to you by Monarch Money. Take control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKDOWNNFL at MonarchMoney.com for 50% off your first year. Hello everyone, my name is Zach Hicks, your resident film nerd of HorseshoeHuddle.com. And my partner, of course, is Jake Arthur. Our credential boots on the ground. Those boots are gonna be worn out the rest of summer here.

Starting point is 00:01:00 I hope you're not wearing boots actually, Jake, not there with that heat. I don't know. The heat today was what we like to call dangerous. So no, I was not wearing boots. Yeah, we're going to go back to the Crocs intro going forward because it's going to make more sense. But we have training camp to talk about guys. Finally, the long wait is over. The Colts are back on the field.

Starting point is 00:01:21 It's just training camp. But look, it's something. It's football, something to get excited about. And we have this quarterback competition front and center. So we're gonna talk about the quarterback competition in just a second, but first to rattle off just some injury updates, the shortest injury list of the off season upcoming here

Starting point is 00:01:37 were just linebackers, Zaire Franklin missed today. Everybody else was a participant. I'm assuming that will change every other day the rest of training camp. But good news on the injury front, Jake, and some guys that we thought could miss some time from Samson, have you calm Daniel Scott, Jalen Jones, some guys who missed time in mini camp, all of them were back on the field. Jalen Carlis was another big one too. So good to hear that they were all back on the field. Right, Jake? Yeah, that's exactly right. So nobody's on PUP and Franklin was the only one who was out. Sorry, voices being weird. There we go.

Starting point is 00:02:12 Yeah, we already kind of expected that from him. Missed the first couple days at least while he recovers from that ankle. Yeah, all those guys who missed extended periods of time in the offseason program all back. You love to see Jalen Carlis back, especially if Franklin is going to still be out. There really weren't any new injuries. There was a period of time where Alec Pierce had to get like kind of stretched out on the side, but he came back after. But as is normal, like over these next couple days, there's probably going to be some guys popping up with soft tissue things. Like they're just throwing their bodies back into a position they haven't been in for several weeks. So, uh, so far so good. It's going to change, but I mean, at least they're going into camp.

Starting point is 00:02:55 Hold it. Yeah. I can't complain about that whatsoever when it comes to this Colts team. Now let's dive into this quarterback competition though, cause that's going to eat up all the headlines and it's what you guys want to hear about. So for the first training camp practice of the off season, it looked like Daniel Jones got the first run with the starters, but it was a fairly even split by everything I saw. But Jake, just dive into it,

Starting point is 00:03:17 give us all the info you can on Richardson versus Daniel Jones in day one of training camp. Yep, they each got a few sessions with the first team offense during 11 on 11s and seven on sevens, obviously it was Jones up first throughout the spring. It had been Anthony, but that's kind of to be expected. They're working Anthony back in. Now Chris Ballard had mentioned yesterday that they're going to watch Anthony's

Starting point is 00:03:44 volume as a passer, which just is a fancy term basically for pitch count. the Chris Ballard had mentioned yesterday that they're going to watch Anthony's volume as a passer, which just is a fancy term basically for pitch count. But what I like about what they're going to do Shane Stike and kind of explained today is

Starting point is 00:03:59 you're probably going to notice Anthony throwing a little less, but that's mostly going to be during likeal work, where they're just like throwing routes on air and stuff like that, which I think that's smart. That's inconsequential football, but they're still going to give him like the live reps with the teamwork and stuff. So I think that's smart.

Starting point is 00:04:17 That way he's not really missing out on anything that Daniel Jones gets to participate in. But yeah, and then each day, they're just gonna to basically rotate. So what we saw today, like everything that Daniel Jones got, Anthony's going to get that and then vice versa. They did get like even work, but like Anthony's going to go out there first tomorrow, I would assume.

Starting point is 00:04:37 So they're just going to keep rotating. Um, I don't know that there's going to be much from us to take away from their split for probably the next week or so Yeah and it will really tell once the the game start get going and and I think when The last time the Colts had a true quarterback competition was back with Minshew and Richardson I think it was right after right before the first preseason game is when we got the announcement on who yeah I think might have been right after so maybe that timelines a little bit later this all season with it more of a high octane I

Starting point is 00:05:09 guess quarterback competition but we will see there now when it comes to how these guys performed in 11 on 11s you kept track of the numbers for that to keep in mind though just before I throw it to you for the numbers let's not overrate completion percentage in 11 on 11 guys. This is not me trying to be a defender or pro anybody here. This is purely that these numbers get thrown around every off season for every quarterback. You get, you know, just completion percentage alone is not the biggest indicator. But Jake, what were the numbers that you put down for the guys and what did your eyes tell you, I guess, aside from the numbers?

Starting point is 00:05:43 Yeah. So overall, I think these guys had a relatively even day. The numbers don't indicate it, but like watching it, I did not feel like one guy really separated themselves whatsoever. So now this is just during 11 on 11 Anthony was four of 11. Now there were at least three drops out of that group there. I've got here that, uh, yeah, it was Pittman, Taylor and Ashton Doolin each had drops. There were other instances where the past defense just did a really good job. Like

Starting point is 00:06:14 Charvarius Ward, like dove and stretched in front of Michael Pittman jr. To break one up. Um, Tyler Warren, you know, had Joe Bochy in between him in the ball and Bochy made a good ball and Bocci made a good place. Like the defense made a good play. The route runners were out there not maybe getting the greatest separation in the world. But overall, I think like you see early in training camp pretty much every year, there's timing issues. These guys are not really on the same page yet. There was also like an instance where it looked like Josh Downs cut outside and Anthony thought he was gonna

Starting point is 00:06:47 go inside, like just little communication, things like that, that really are not a big deal. They're not like indicative of being inaccurate or anything. And then the same thing with Daniel Jones. He was seven of eight in 11 on 11, so nearly perfect, but his seven on seven sessions were a little rougher than that. Now they were leaning into like runs and RPOs and first and second down stuff,

Starting point is 00:07:12 which Daniel should eat that stuff alive. It's like quick decisions, getting rid of the ball, short distances and things, stuff where he's going to really kind of accelerate there. So he looked efficient there and 11 on 11s. But he had a late throw in seven on sevens to the sideline to Josh Downs, where it just took too long to get there. And Kenny Moore read it the entire way and just jumped in front of it at the sideline and picked it off. There was another one where I think it was Austin Ajake got a hand up and Daniel had some heat on that one but Ajake

Starting point is 00:07:47 got his hand up and batted it down. So I almost want to throw the numbers out of this one because when you take sevens and elevens into play here both guys just had a day. Like it was the start of training camp and it felt that way. Yeah and so you would say just from your first day of watching that both guys were kind of fine, I guess. Is that kind of the way you put it? Yeah, there was nothing spectacular. Like Jones did have a really good play where he just he threw a go ball up the left sideline to Anthony Gould for about 30 yards. That was probably the best offensive play of the day. But then he also was on the wrong end of the best defensive play of the day where he threw that pick to Kenny, or he could even say Charvarius Fords play was really

Starting point is 00:08:32 good as well. So these guys are, they're still developing that timing and rhythm with their pass catchers. Because we also, I mean, Tyler Warren's gonna be a big part of this thing as well, and he hasn't really gotten involved yet. You know, there was that target to him that got broken up with Bochy right in front of them. But things are gonna develop,

Starting point is 00:08:52 but this very much felt like the first day of camp where not everyone's really clicking on all cylinders yet. Yeah, and a relatively short practice as well, right? You said it was only like an hour or so. Just an hour, yeah. So we didn't really get a ton. It wasn't a very physical practice, I'm assuming. Did they even have full pads on today?

Starting point is 00:09:08 No, they can't go full pads for like, I think they have to have like at least three practices there, so you might be looking at like Saturday or Monday or something until they get the pads on. Okay, cool. So obviously today's practice is certainly something that we put in the data banks and, you know, it's something to evaluate throughout the off season,

Starting point is 00:09:25 but it is day one of what, three or four weeks of these things that we're gonna get here. This will become more identified as we go, but it seems from everything that you've said and everything I've seen from other people, it seems like both these quarterbacks were kind of exactly what we expected out of both of these quarterbacks in day one

Starting point is 00:09:42 of training camp, especially considering that they were doing first and second down work today Jones certainly has the advantage in first and second down work where Richardson will probably do a little bit better in the third down Work that you think is coming tomorrow, right? Yeah, I think so. They'll probably move into third down work and then like red zone stuff today Yeah, okay So Jones might have the advantage in red zone Jones might might have the advantage in a lot of training camp stuff because he set up. He ate in the red zone during OTAs and mini camp.

Starting point is 00:10:10 I will say that for sure. Yeah. So we will keep an eye on this quarterback battle for you guys, the rest of the off season, give you that daily update that you are craving here when you come over to our channel. But coming up, we have to talk about the rest of the offense. There weren't many guys that stepped up, but there were a few players that made some notable plays on day

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Starting point is 00:13:14 So the Colts want to do right by Danny Pinter, a guy who has been with them for a long time. I think he came in in 2020 as well. For the most part has done a really good job when he's had to be called on. You know, he had the hiccup in 2022 as right guard. But other than that, when he said to come in at center, he's been a very serviceable player. So I think they want to do right by him and let him compete for this spot. But I mean, for all intents and purposes, I think it's Tanner Bordellini's job to lose. He was the first team center out there today, as you would expect. We'll see if they just alternate day after day, they kind of did that during the spring. The tough part is that the pads aren't on yet either. So it's hard for us to tell who's doing well offensively, like offensive line wise, or even defensive line wise, until the pads are on and then they need to do the one on ones as well. Cuz a big thing that Pinter has to answer is just the lack of anchor that he's kind of always shown. He's not the biggest guy, he's not the thickest guy in the lower half of his body. So he does tend to get overpowered at times.

Starting point is 00:14:22 So we'll see if that's changed at all. But yeah, I mean, I guess Edge goes to Tanner Bordellini on day one. Yeah, and I do think Tanner Bordellini is going to be the one who wins this battle. But I like the coach calling it a competition just to keep the young guy hungry. Keep the young guy fighting for it, you know, as long as that's what it is. It's like a competition, but like Bordellini is going to get every chance. Then I'm perfectly fine with calling it what it is. It's like a competition but like Bordellini is going to get every chance. Then I'm perfectly fine with calling it what it is. Now again, if Bordellini plays well and we still give it to Pinter, then I'm with you Jake. What are we doing here? But I digress. I think that'll be Bordellini's job to lose. Chris Ballard when he talked the other day did mention another offensive

Starting point is 00:15:00 position that he was intrigued by. And again, the pads weren't on today. But from what you noticed today, was there anything that stood out about Jalen Travis and Blake Freeland when it came to that swing tackle position? Or were they both just running with the second team? One at left tackle, one at right tackle? That's exactly right. Yeah. And that's kind of what I've been looking for them so far. Now when you got like a week or so into it last year, you could see pretty early on it was going to be a rough time for Freeland. We haven't gotten that far yet. Freeland was from every time I noticed the second team left tackle with Travis

Starting point is 00:15:32 over it, right tackle. But you're right. I mean, how Chris Ballard pointed out, they think he's got very bright future in the NFL. So that, I mean, that may make them a little more eager to give him more opportunities. Obviously since Freeland has had a couple years of that now, but I don't know if this is going to be a thing where we can tell how it's decided. Because they're not really battling for one spot. I think they're going to be on opposite ends of the line all summer. And it's just going to be up to the coaches what they've seen on film

Starting point is 00:16:06 and like the practice film and I think the preseason games are going to weigh pretty heavily this year as well since there just seems to be more battles than in your past as to how that one's going to shake out but it does seem like Jalen Travis is the guy they would probably want to win that one. Yeah I would at least say that with when it comes to this battle, there can be a scenario where there's two winners of a battle, which is weird because one can be the backup left tackle. One can be the backup right tackle. Yeah, they'll probably both make the team. Right, right.

Starting point is 00:16:35 But like there is a scenario where say Freeland is actually pretty good all of a sudden, you know, like say like Chris Ballard said, he got bigger and stronger this off season. So if that holds true and he has a good preseason, there could be a world where he's the backup left tackle and Jalen Travis the backup right tackle this year. But we will see. I know swing tackles a big thing the Colts like to do. We'll certainly see throughout these training camp practices though.

Starting point is 00:16:56 All right, let's get to the fun stuff now, Jake. The pass catchers. We touted on this show the other day that the Colts wide receiver room was probably the second best roster position on the team How did they fare against the number one position on the team? Which is cornerback and I heard the cornerbacks had a pretty good day. So how did the pass catchers do? All that hype for nothing all that The most productive receiver on the day was Anthony Gould and that was primarily with

Starting point is 00:17:25 the second unit. And you know, that's two summers in a row for Gould and we're starting to see kind of a track record now of like the veteran backup quarterback, we're going to classify Daniel Jones that as right now for this, this argument, finding Anthony Gould, you know, at all levels of the field, especially deep. So after the summer he had last year, if he capitalizes on that and does it again this the summer, I'm just I don't know how you fit him into an offense with that many mouths to feed, but I would like to see more

Starting point is 00:18:01 from Anthony Gould. I mean, he's going to be your return specialist, but like the guy's got juice and he's been proven it now for I mean, we're one day into his second summer and he just keeps doing it. Yeah. And speaking of Anthony Gould, and I know maybe he's a bad segue for this, but it kind of makes sense when it gets my ending here. Is there any guy on the bottom of the roster for offense at all? Like backups, quarterbacks like like we had bean time all last off season, which was fun. Were there any backup quarterbacks backup like players

Starting point is 00:18:29 who maybe won't make this team, but stood out to you and day one of practice or had like a good player too? So, uh, Salvin on all med and Tyler Goodson both had their moments today. Um, I don't watching this team. I do not know what the packing order is at running moments today. Um, I don't. Watching this team. I do not know what the packing order is at running back yet. They, they rotate it so much. Obviously Jonathan Taylor is going to be in there, but mixing in with, I felt like the first and second unit, we saw like all the running backs, except for you, Lucy Spentley, basically.

Starting point is 00:19:01 Uh, so we saw Ahmed go out there and catch a ball, Goodson catch a ball. So I mean, those are two guys who it's like, yeah, I mean, they're probably not going to make the roster, but practice squad maybe, but they're being involved with the two most important players on offense. And I think at a certain point if Richardson or Jones shows like a very high level of comfort with one of those guys, especially Goodson, who does so much on special teams. Is your backup kickoff returner right now? Like he may have a sneakier spot to the roster than we think.

Starting point is 00:19:35 I feel like we kind of hinted at that when we did our running back show recently. But I don't think it's it's just like a foreground and conclusion that he's going to off the roster because I do see Away from to make it because of special teams mostly I was literally about to jump in here and say I wouldn't call Tyler Goodson a for sure guy off the team because There's a world where he makes it over Cleo Herbert in my opinion So we will see how that transpires here the rest of the off season. I know they like Goodson quite a bit. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:20:05 Another, another one, Laquan Treadwell is maybe like the receiver in the NFL. Like, he, he was a former first rounder, but he really only looks at what he's going up against like backup defenses, but he does exactly what you would hope to see him do against backup defenses. So he is, he is always going to give us some entertainment in the summers because he is just so much better than his opponents, like the second, third units. But yeah, probably not going to make the team because they're just so deep at receiver already. Well, he's the perfect practice squad wide receiver.

Starting point is 00:20:42 He knows what he's doing. He's been around the league and he's better than most guys that you would have on a practice squad Even if he's not really like a roster type guy in a typical sense So Laquan Treadwell, I think he's a great offseason receiver to have especially for the confidence of your young wide receiver Your young quarterbacks throwing the ball. You can see the ball being completed to a player like Treadwell quite a bit So some good things there. We talked a lot about the offense already guys, but switching over to defense here for our final segment, we have a new development that happened today that is making us here on the show

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Starting point is 00:23:00 but we'll see, we'll see what the interest level is there. Perfect, perfect. But transitioning back to this cult training camp day, one of the biggest developments, honestly, in my opinion, the biggest development of the day was rookie quarterback Justin Wally getting starter snaps from day one and from you and I talking right before we jumped on for pretty much the entirety of the day. Now, I'm not calling this a win for us because it's still early and I still think Jaylen Jones is going to win the job like I've been saying all off season, but we have been saying on this show for months now that this coaching staff just needs an excuse for Justin Wally to get out there, put him out there at the starters or at least find some excuse to get him involved with this defense. And I guess they found their excuse because he was getting that first team rep today. Chris Ballard talked yesterday and called him, I think he called him like a pit bull, and he's ready to compete out there.

Starting point is 00:23:49 This coaching staff, this front office, they love Justin Wally. And it was shown today when they got him out there for starter reps in his first training camp practice with the Colts. Yeah, and I can't really take that as a win because I admittedly was very skeptical when they drafted him you liked it after you watched him you know you liked it right away. But I have reported all off season that any opportunity this team has taken to talk about him even unprovoked they have taken it like scouts coaches, front office people I heard each level of the organization kind of rave about the guy.

Starting point is 00:24:27 And it kind of came to fruition today. Now again, this is just the first day. But Jalen Jones is a guy who has been a starter for two years. And I felt pretty comfortable that like, yeah, he was gonna be the starter, but at some point they may try and find a way to get Justin Wally in there. the starter, but at some point they may try and find a way to get Justin Wally in there. But to see him out there with the ones right away on the first day, they could wind up alternating this like quarterback is because Chris Ballard mentioned Juju in there as well. I think it's significant because I mean, if you think about how often do we see guys early

Starting point is 00:25:04 in camp out there with the first unit, not only with the first unit, but being like the first guys out there, each new session of 11 on 11s and seeing the vast majority of reps, and they don't wind up being the starter by the end. I mean, they drafted this guy, they've raved about this guy. He is handpicked by this new defensive coaching staff. I mean, I think there's a pretty good chance he winds up being your your week one starter out there against the Dolphins. Again, that's not to say Jalen Jones couldn't because this could be kind of a moot point if he comes out there tomorrow and gets most of the snaps and then it just keeps going back and forth. But I just my experience watching how NFL practices work, I think that is significant. Yeah, no, I completely agree. If you guys want to see just more of an in-depth breakdown on why Wally might be getting this opportunity early, I did write an article for HorseshoeHuddle.com. Definitely go check that out. I laid it out there kind of my argument for Wally getting that starting role to start the season and why the Colts might view it that way. But transitioning away from our boy Justin Wally for just a second talking about other guys who made an impact today. I saw a lot of Charvarius Ward love across the Colts beat writers. What was your take on on Ward today?

Starting point is 00:26:24 guy is like fully he's like full go now because during the spring they kind of ramped him up a little bit but he was out there doing you know team drills and everything and I love him going up against Michael Pittman jr. like that is that sandpaper against sandpaper you know what I mean like those are two of your toughest players on either side of the ball and they get to go head-to-head every day there's gonna be times where either guy kind of kind of gets the edge, but today it was Charvarius Ward. Something I love, he has a trait that I really love in certain corners and it's something the Colts don't usually get a lot of. He plays the ball not the receiver. That is why he gets so many pass breakups. He's had picks.

Starting point is 00:27:05 He is why he was once an all pro. And after practice, he was like, I'm going to prove this year that that all pro season wasn't a fluke. So this guy is juiced and ready to go. But no, the Colts have had a lot of passive corners that they're going to give up the completion. They may get the tackle right away, but they're giving up that completion. He doesn't want to give up a yard. And I love that. That's something we've seen from guys like Xavier Rhodes, Stefan Gilmore, the Colts kind of have that gritty,

Starting point is 00:27:39 hopefully dominant veteran corner back in the fold. Like I've got to imagine he's going to fall in line with Gilmore, Rhodes, Vonte Davis. He's going to be in that line of like really, really good, Pro Bowl level Colts cornerbacks. And God is that something they've really needed. I was I think he's going to be a step above those guys. Maybe not go or because if he can just match what Gilmore gave the Colts that

Starting point is 00:28:01 year, maybe a little bit more juice. Yeah. Yeah, it could be pretty great there. What about other guys on defense? So you said a lot of pass breakups, a lot of hands on balls. What were some other guys that really stepped up today? Yeah. So big Grove had to bat a pass at the line of scrimmage, of course. Now, Daniel Jones ruined it by catching it. So he ruined Grover's path. And one of Daniel Jones completions that you led off the show was was to himself. Like, come on, we don't need that. Get out of here.

Starting point is 00:28:28 Sometimes you need, I mean, sometimes in a group project, you got to get the job done yourself. Like, that's how it feels. No. So there was that one Ward had the pass breakup. Kenny had the really heady play where he got the interception off Jones in front of Josh Downs on the sideline. Bocce had a pass breakup. Yeah, there were several guys who were just harassing the ball, which I like to see comments from some of the players after practice was just that what Lou Enri Moe's defense throws at you, like having the same personnel and pre-snap looks out there.

Starting point is 00:29:07 And then the coverages transforming after that, basically. Yep. You know, you think it's one thing because you just saw it, but then after the ball snapped, it's something completely different. They're already noticing all the tweaks that he's making to the defense. I mean, it's working so far through one day

Starting point is 00:29:25 because I would say the past defense won the day. Awesome. That's awesome. That's great to hear. Any other news and notes with the defense in general? Like do you have anything else that stood out like rotation wise? I know we're also looking at that D line rotation. I know it's tough today cause there weren't full pads,

Starting point is 00:29:40 but anything kind of significant or changed across there? Well, defenses notoriously rotate just so much early in camp. But one thing that I'm pretty eager to see continue is Laiatu Lattu. So all throughout the spring and today, he has gotten a lion's share of reps with that first team. Like I think we could probably declare a lot to officially a starter opposite of Quiddy pay. Um, again, behind those guys, there was a lot of rotating. It was, uh, I believe it was Eric Johnson and Tommy were the next step or Neville Gallimore. Uh,

Starting point is 00:30:21 we're the next step on the interior with Tommy and Tim Smith after that. Gallimore were the next step on the interior with Tommy and Tim Smith after that. So Tycoon Lewis was next up with Samson, have you come on the second, second group? It was good to see. Have you come back out there? So that means like Isaiah land and JT to a Malo hour. We're going to have to kind of work their way up a little bit. I don't know how well land can kind of crack that, you know, just cause the guys they have above them. But Tumaloa obviously is going to be given opportunities to grow since he was an early draft pick for them.

Starting point is 00:30:50 But I know it's a good day, you know, special teams wise, what everyone wants to hear. They didn't do a whole lot of special teams. They just kind of worked on kickoff returns. It was an enormous line of guys returning kicks. It was Anthony Gould, Tyler Goodson, DJ Giddens, Ashton Doolin, DJ Montgomery, Coleman Owen, A.D. Mitchell, and Khalil Harbour. So if you're an offensive skill position player, you probably got to return a kickoff today.

Starting point is 00:31:16 One day Laquan Treadwell will get his chance back there. One day he will. I, side note though, with DJ Giddens, so considering you have Khalil Harbour as well, like this is not gonna be a high volume year for DJ Giddens. So considering you have Khalil Herbert as well, like this not going to be a high volume year for DJ Giddens, but considering he has that phone booth agility to be able to make guys miss in the box, I'm kind of intrigued by him as a kickoff returner because like, yes, there's guys out there returning kicks who have like speed out in space, but you have to be able to make guys miss in tight quarters as well.

Starting point is 00:31:47 So while Gould is still going to be the kickoff returner, if we see Giddens return the ball at all this year, that could be interesting. Yeah. And then one more quick question. Just we're almost out of time here. So just real quick. Cam McGroen getting the start today in place of Zaire Franklin. And he stand out from McGroen. We thought Bocce would be the backup Mike, but it looked like McGrone might just be the third overall linebacker

Starting point is 00:32:08 on this team right now. Could be. Yeah. So McGrone was the first guy in there in place of Zaire Franklin. We did also see Bocce and Ajaka out there. Aloubi was pretty firmly with the second unit. I'm just that's just surprising. Just from this previous regime and we saw, you know, they trusted him more and more and he got more responsibility, more playing time as as the last couple years went on. But no, it's it seems like McGrone might be your next linebacker so far, which they've developed him in house, they seem to like

Starting point is 00:32:40 him a bit. But I still feel like McGronean and Botch are probably the next guys up. Awesome. Awesome. Well, that's all we have for today, guys. Make sure you're coming back to practice tomorrow, right, Jake? Practice tomorrow. Yeah, they got a lot going on. So they're going four straight days. I think Sunday is their next day off. Okay, awesome. So we will have you guys covered here on Locked on Colts after every one of those practices there. So you guys get the low down on this quarterback competition, this center competition, which you guys are all chomping out the bit for. And obviously this outside corner competition and much more. I do want to remind you guys though, before we get out of here, the Locked On NFL Top 100 is here, voted on by the NFL host of Locked

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