Locked On Colts - Daily Podcast On The Indianapolis Colts - Indianapolis Colts Lose Another to Tennessee Titans, 24-17

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Starting point is 00:01:05 entry first time users can receive a 100 instant deposit match up to 100 with promo code locked on that's prizepicks.com promo code locked on thanks again everybody this is jake arthur joined by the crestfallen zach hicks in rough shape today for the two of us from horseshoehuddle.com of course today we want to talk colts titans what happened why and what happened okay do we want to talk colts titans or do we know we don't we have to talk calls today we have to talk colts titans no so the colts um another home game another afc south matchup they lose 24 to 17 to the tennessee titans at home here in lucas oil stadium they now fall to oh sorry we got a phone call here don't worry that's just gonna go on the sideline um anyways again that's showbiz

Starting point is 00:01:59 baby like we like to say they're they're now one two and-1, including 0-2-1 in the AFC South. And that's just not, yeah. I don't feel like I'm allowed to answer that. That's obviously not a position they want to be in this early. It would have been good to win some of these games having so many front-loaded in the schedule, but they are just not doing well. Disaster. Yeah, they had some good news today. They got Shaquille Leonard back briefly. He made his season debut, had a big collision with Zaire Franklin in the first half.

Starting point is 00:02:35 He left, is now in the concussion protocol. That's not great. Jonathan Taylor looks like he banged up his ankle late in the game. He didn't come back. The two of them now, their next game is Thursday. So you might be without both of them. So, Zach, another stinker. What do you think?

Starting point is 00:02:55 I think stinker is the best way to describe it. I mean, it was just another extremely slow start for this team where they came out. I mean, in the first half, I mean the first quarter, especially, they look like they didn't belong on the field with the Tennessee Titans. I mean, they look like two teams playing completely different sports. The comparison I made is it looked like, I mean, it looked like an SEC team playing an FCS squad out there. Like it really just,

Starting point is 00:03:20 it looked like the Titans were just like getting their get right game against the Colts. And honestly the Colts are lucky that the Titans are such an atrocious second half team this year that they were able to kind of make this score look a little closer but yeah man this Colts team they went back to looking how they did in week two against the Jaguars and in another huge divisional game uh this one being at home and uh yeah i i don't really know what to say about this colts team at this point because like they're just really bad like they're really bad i mean outside i think the defense is fine like the defense is all right like it's it's not great but it's

Starting point is 00:03:58 it's a solid defense but this offense is so awful and they're not just awful. Like they can't move the ball. Like they move the ball. Fine. It's just so many turnovers. There are so many turnovers. I pulled this stat today just to kind of show what I'm talking about with the defense and the offense is the Colts defense this year has faced 14 total drives where the Colts offense has either gone for an out, like,

Starting point is 00:04:22 you know, turnover on downs or actually had a turnover. Right. Which by the way, before I even get to the stat, that's crazy. has either gone for an out like you know turnover on downs or actually had a turnover right which by the way before i even get to the stat that's crazy 14 drives in four games where the colts have either turned the ball over or you know turned it over on fourth down yeah the colts defense on those drives has allowed 48 points on 14 drives because you know short field that the other team's offense is coming with momentum. They're going to have a chance to score on the other 30 drives that the Colts defense has faced this year. They've only allowed 37 points.

Starting point is 00:04:50 The Colts defense has been fine. They're just getting constantly pushed against the wall by this offense. And, and they're not, you know, this defense, obviously you want them to step up after the offense has a turnover, but the offense has turned the ball over so much that the defense is just constantly going out there with their backs against the wall and it's just killing the entire team so i mean look if we're looking for things to blame here the colts defense is fine like yeah they could have looked better in the first half the run game could look better but this colts offense is an abject disaster uh even when they are moving the ball they're not

Starting point is 00:05:22 finishing off drives they're turning the ball over they're not finishing off drives. They're turning the ball over. They're looking bad in the red zone. I don't know. I think this Colts team right now looks like they're on their way to being one of the worst teams in football. Which is, it's so frustrating because it's hard for me to get on board with saying they're a bad team. But at some point, like if they keep showing you who they are, like they're making the same mistakes over and over. Like it's a broken record at this point, slow start turnovers defensively. Like you said, I agree. I think they're fine. I was talking with people after the game. I think it's a winnable defense. And like you said, it's always going to,

Starting point is 00:05:58 it's always going to look worse if their, their backs are constantly against the wall, but man, I mean, what else, what else can we say like matt ryan didn't really have an answer for the ball security thing after afterward which i mean how could you because he's fumbled out nine times and has lost about half of them to this point and five picks so far too right it's like yeah 14 potential like not all not all of those have been turnovers because some of the fumbles they've've regained them. But, like, that's nine fumbles and five picks in four games? That's crazy.

Starting point is 00:06:30 Like, the Colts basically traded for, like, a non-mobile Daniel Jones at this point. Now, again, I'm not saying that's a one-to-one comparison. Like, Matt Ryan's moving the ball better. He obviously moves the ball better than Daniel Jones. But, like, these turnovers are insane. This is what I do on Madden right here. Right?

Starting point is 00:06:46 It's careless. I'm careless with it. So I don't know, man. This offense is a train wreck. It really is. Again, we can talk about the offensive line once again today, and it wasn't even all the offensive line's fault, but there were, of course, issues once again.

Starting point is 00:07:06 If you're looking at the defense in more detail you know they they did shut the titans out in the second half uh points wise but like you mentioned tennessee's a really bad second half team to begin with and they did all their work in the first half they didn't have to do anything in the second half right they they created an insurmountable lead i guess but yeah yeah it's i mean again to show you how much turnovers matter like the colts outpaced tennessee by over 100 yards of offense again like they just couldn't do it that no they had absolutely no run game today which means you can't really sustain drives you can't hold on to the ball very long like what you see is what you get, you know, what you're able to get out of the passing game is about it.

Starting point is 00:07:48 So every rushing attempt in this game by the Colts was a wasted down, like every like outside, I think Taylor had an 11 yard run in the second quarter, like late second quarter. Besides that, every single time the Colts called a run play, they were hurting their own offense. And I'm not even saying the passing game was helping it because the passing game again had the had the two turnovers

Starting point is 00:08:09 but like gosh man every single time they even lined up for a run and honestly like I don't think the O-line was that bad today like I'm not gonna let the O-line off the hook like the O-line was not good today but like they were playing against jeffrey simmons uh bud debris for the first quarter at least uh rashad weaver is a good player these linebackers were keying the runs obviously so i think the o-line was like it was probably their second best game of the year their best game of the year maybe for the o-line which was still not great it was just the the running running backs were not seeing holes i mean jonathan taylor's a huge part of that jonathan tay Taylor was struggling a lot.

Starting point is 00:08:46 Matt Ryan just could not stop turning the ball over. And then when the O-line did give up, like, pressures and stuff like that, they came at very costly times. I mean, Quentin Nelson gave up two sacks on third down in this game. One ended up being that huge fumble that turned into a touchdown for the Titans. So, yeah yeah this offense just cannot get out of its own way and it's not the young players it's not the young players at all like will like will fries came in today i thought he was okay like perfectly adequate

Starting point is 00:09:14 an upgrade over danny pinter alec pierce uh built off his last week and looked even better this week jelani woods looked really good kyle and grinson had a career best day. Like you are seeing these young players stepping up, but it's just all the veteran players that are just like the veterans on the offensive line, Matt Ryan, Jonathan Taylor. Like they all just did not come to play today. And the Colts got punched in the mouth for it. That is wild. Like when of all the head scratching or like table pounding things that have

Starting point is 00:09:43 happened this season, very few of them have been from like rookies or young guys where you're like, oh, yeah, well, they're going to do that. It's been it's been the guys you count on. I think that's why it's so upsetting. The Colts, of course, earned no prizes with today's performance. But that doesn't mean that you guys have to miss out on the winnings. If you haven't yet gotten into prize picks, you could have gone on and placed your odds on Matt Ryan exceeding expectations statistically and hitting 350 plus yards or Jonathan Taylor inexplicably having 42 yards against one of the

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Starting point is 00:12:02 Zach. So once again, the offense is what does the colton probably causes this loss you know the defense does enough they did get cut right through in the first half like whatever tennessee wanted to do they were able to but they completely shut them down in the second half like i said you know tennessee did almost nothing in the second half. But that offense just, you know, keeps stepping on their own foot and getting in the way. I mean, at this point, there's still just so much wrong with them, like offensive line, offensive line. And it doesn't that leads into the run game.

Starting point is 00:12:38 And even though I don't think the offensive line was as bad as it has been, it's now starting to look like Jonathan Taylor doesn't know how to run with this specific group in front of him yeah it's very reminiscent of when he was a rookie it looks like he's thinking too much and we've we've seen what it's like when he plays instinctively and it's just using his natural abilities he's the best running back in the league but right now it looks like he's having to think and look around too much. Yeah, and it's just two compounding issues. Like, yes, Jonathan Taylor is not playing well right now, and he's thinking too much instead of reacting or going forward.

Starting point is 00:13:13 He was very hesitant, kind of tiptoeing through holes. But this offensive line is also not getting the necessary push they need on these duo runs. You know, they're not displacing interior defensive linemen. They're not creating space for him to do what he does best, which is get to that second level and then go. But I do think it's not just the offensive line. Like you said, Jonathan Taylor,

Starting point is 00:13:34 as a result, has not played well. And I think there were a couple opportunities today where, you know, it was a one or a two-yard gain that could have been four, five, or six. But he was just too hesitant in the hole. He was kind of dancing in the hole. He wasn't really reacting to what was in front of him. So, yeah, this Colts offensive line and this Colts just run game has been awful since week one.

Starting point is 00:13:55 I mean, I think yards per carry-wise, Jonathan Taylor for his career is like over – is over five yards per carry. But this year – Oh, yeah. But this year – Oh, six. Yeah. But this year, if you – I mean year if you I mean if you take out

Starting point is 00:14:05 that week one performance against the Texans you're you're probably looking at what like a two point something guy or a low threes guy right now uh it's it's just been really bad all across the board there in the run game and and I do think this is where you know losing guys like Zach Paschal and Jack Doyle do kind of play a factor because even if the offensive line were struggling jack doyle was so consistent there at tight end and and zach paschal was such a great run blocker where these guys that are replacing them molly cock kyle and grant kyle and grants got beat a couple times in the run game today uh ashton dueling michael pitman jr they're just not zach paschal's caliber a run blocker so i'm not even saying it was like the wrong decision to let paschal go or you know jack doyle's retirement they can't do anything about but there really

Starting point is 00:14:48 wasn't someone brought in to replace that exact role and the colts are really kind of hurting there so it's it's kind of just a compounding thing of you know they're they're missing two impact players off the edge they're missing impact players in the run game on the offensive line and jonathan taylor is just not running like Jonathan Taylor right now. So like everything with the Colts offense, it's a disaster across the board. It's all bad. It's all bad, except for the young guys. I mean, the young guys, I think are fine.

Starting point is 00:15:15 Speaking of which, shout out to you. I mean, you've been pounding the Will Fry's drum since the summer, you know, saying that Danny Penner shouldn't just be handed the job that Will Fry's should be a candidate. And today the Colts finally made that move. Will Fries don't know if they're going to stick with it or not. I would hope so. But Will Fries appears to be the new starting right guard.

Starting point is 00:15:34 And he did pretty well. Like, yeah, of all the issues I saw, they weren't really coming from him. Right. I, you know, I don't want to come in here and sing his praises because there were a couple of times that he got beat. There were a couple of ones where I think he probably could have got called for like a holding, I don't want to come in here and sing his praises because there were a couple times that he got beat. There were a couple ones where I think he probably could have got called for like a holding but wasn't. But for the most part, it was better than what we saw last week. I mean, last week, Danny Pinter was getting steamrolled by Chris Jones.

Starting point is 00:15:54 And he looked like just a terrible starter out there where Will Fries, I think, looked more like an adequate start. Like he looked fine. Like he looked like how an average starting guard would look against Jeffrey Simmons. That's the way that I took it today. So I think Will Fries should be the guy going forward. I think we saw a lot more improvements in the passing game. The Colts were coming out, and they were having to throw the ball a lot in this game. And Will Fries held up pretty well against, again, one of the –

Starting point is 00:16:20 I mean, it's Aaron Donald at defensive tackle one, but Jeffrey Simmons is like – the next closest guy is Jeffrey Simmons. So for Will Fries to only get up a couple pressures, not really many sacks or anything like that, honestly the bigger issue was Danico Autry against Quinton Nelson today. Danico Autry was beating Quinton Nelson left and right, and Will Fries was – he was okay against Jeffrey Simmons. So, yeah, I think Will Fries was, was been, you know, he was okay against Jeffrey Simmons. So yeah, I think Will Fries had a very good debut and hopefully we see more of him at right

Starting point is 00:16:49 guard going forward. Cause I do think this is the better move for the Colts. Yeah. One of the things that sucks the most about the Colts playing the Titans is, so I've been watching Quentin Nelson in practice since he was a rookie, the guy he's had the most trouble with as a teammate in practice that whole time was Danico Autry when he was here. And then professionally in gameplay, Jeffrey Simmons is probably the guy that he routinely faces that he's had the most trouble with. So Tennessee offers two guys who can beat Quentin Nelson. And a lot of teams don't really have one that can do it

Starting point is 00:17:25 with any regularity so Tennessee's an awful matchup for the Colts offensive line yeah and it's actually fascinating too because Quentin Nelson he wins with just relying on his athleticism and relying on so much power in his punch but Danico Autry probably has the strongest hands among any pass rusher uh in football so I mean the second Quentin Nelson gets out there to use his strong hands, Nico Autry has just clubs on there that he's able to get by. It was a good matchup. I do think Quentin Nelson won a good bit of them, but the ones that he lost were huge, impactful ones.

Starting point is 00:17:56 So ultimately, at the end of the day, as an offensive lineman, you can't lose those ones. And, you know, when you're getting paid $20 million a year, you can't get beat on a couple big ones like that by Danico Autry. So, yeah, just a bad day for Quentin Nelson at the end of the day. Yeah, not great, not great. But some guys who did have really good days, I thought the pass-catching group did really well, especially the Titans.

Starting point is 00:18:17 They've been good this year. They've been good. They've got to be a bigger part of the game plan regularly. The Titans came into this game with bracketing Michael Pittman Jr. That's why we barely saw him today. I mean, they had Fulton following him around the field, and then they had Kevin Byard kind of over the top on him for a lot of this game. And as a result, Alec Pierce looked really good.

Starting point is 00:18:37 Jelani Woods looked really good. Mo'Ali Cox had a huge day. Kylan Granson had a career-best day. Like, these other pass catchers – I mean, Paris Campbell and Ashton Doolittle made a couple big catches, too. Like, these pass catchers this year have been, like, the least of my concerns on offense. Right. And that was what everyone said was going to be their downfall. Right.

Starting point is 00:18:55 I even saw today after the game, people were saying, like, oh, sign a veteran receiver. I'm like, why? What about this game said the veteran receiver would save everything? Yes. Convince Emmanuel Sanders to come out of retirement. What about this game said the veteran receiver would save everything? Yes. Convince Emmanuel Sanders to come out of retirement. He'll fix Matt Ryan's fumbling and Quentin Nelson getting beat by Danico Autry. The pass catchers are a major plus right now through the quarter mark of the season.

Starting point is 00:19:20 Everything else on this offense is not a major plus right now. Yeah. He's needed this. This was a vintage Mo Alley alley cox performance we've seen it the last few years there's one or two games per year when jack doyle would be hurt or something where cox was featured and you're like oh wow why doesn't this happen more often he pops off for six catches 85 yards and two touchdowns this week um kylan granson had a great day you know it's funny, Kylan Granson had, you know, issues with ball security in hands. That guy makes, other than maybe Ashton Doolin and Alec Pierce,

Starting point is 00:19:53 he probably makes the most difficult catches on the offense. Like, he's been really good. And them using him on drags and allowing him to get yards after the catch has been huge. A week after getting his first two touchdowns of his career, Jelani Woods has just a terrific 33-yard catch, just steamrolling ahead. He was just a little bit of balance away from scoring on that, too. The Colts have some dangerous tight ends, man.

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Starting point is 00:21:40 Use promo code LOCKEDON15. They've been saving me again lately. I got a new shipment of Bilt Bars, and once again, they have replaced pretty much all my meals. I was laughing there because my wife texted me, and she was like, oh, I just need you to get me some of those Bilt Bars. That's verbatim exactly what she said, 100%. Well, let's get to this defense here, Jake, who I, I feel like I'd have to keep going to bat for this defense sort of, because like, it's a very, it's a very similar, you got a very different defense. What we've seen in years past, you know,

Starting point is 00:22:14 Matt Eberflus was so frustrating because his defense couldn't get off the field in the second half of games and they were struggling a lot, but they forced so many turnovers that they were just game changers. Where this Gus Bradley defense just doesn't force as many turnovers, and a lot of that's because Shaquille Leonard hasn't played, DeForest Buckner's been hurt, Julian Blackman's been hurt. But I feel like they're consistently keeping the Colts in these games. Again, they could be better off of the Colts' turnovers. You know, the Colts' offensive turns, they could be better at, you know, surviving the short field.

Starting point is 00:22:49 But, I mean, we've seen the last two weeks and week one against the Texans as well, the Colts have had chances to come back in those games because of the defense. The defense has really stepped up in the second half of these games. The pass rush has looked good. I think the coverage has been pretty fine. The guys are making tackles. Like, I don't have many issues with the defense right now and I think anyone putting blame at Gus Bradley's feet uh for this loss or yeah for this loss at all I think that's just wrong I think Gus Bradley has been perfectly fine for the Colts this year oh yeah I gosh like of all the things again of all the moments that

Starting point is 00:23:22 I've wanted to pound the table watching this team, it's rarely been because of the defense. They have their moments where the opponent just seems to have the perfect recipe, but that's going to happen. It's an offensive game. Defenses always have their backs against the wall for the most part. But shoot, I mean, I think my only gripe really is, I mean, I think the pressure was good again today. They just need to finish more. Yeah. Which do you blame a defensive coordinator for that?

Starting point is 00:23:49 Like. No, exactly. It's the player. Like Ngakwe almost got Tannehill, but he was going for the swipe rather than taking him down, which is fine. I have no problem with that, honestly. He's trying to make a play.

Starting point is 00:24:01 I thought Buckner was getting after it a bit. Quid pay obviously got yeah yeah dio got a sack dio dio's starting to turn it up a little bit he's making more he needs more playing time that's you know what gus bradley never mind i'm out on you you need more dio dio i think i i swear he probably had like 10 to 15 snaps today, and he had a sack and a tackle for a loss. He looked good. I'm perfectly fine with Buckner not playing Thursday and just giving Dio a full game of snaps because I just want to see more,

Starting point is 00:24:34 especially if the season is going to be a disaster anyway. Give me more Dio. I need to see more Dio. But, yeah, I thought some of the young players on defense looked good today. Mm-hmm. And so something interesting they did do early in the game was so Shaquille Leonard was out there with Zaire Franklin and it was EJ Speed basically the the best linebacker so far this year has been Bobby Okereke and he was not out

Starting point is 00:24:59 there to start the game like it's something strategic i'm sure based on the matchup with tennessee but it's it's i didn't love it it seemed odd i mean he eventually got out there but it's like what are we doing yeah i think it was about i think the issue was probably about having your two like because i have franklin and ej speed are extremely fast physical linebackers yeah i guess and i guess it was basically okarake was playing the position that leonard was gonna play so it was kind of tough to make that adjustment there but yeah i'm with you like at the end of the day you got to get your better players out there and and honestly bobby okarake was probably more suited for this game than than shaquille leonard was we saw on

Starting point is 00:25:39 that first drive i mean shaquille leonard looked out of place and and then the touchdown reception for robert woods was because shaquille leonard Leonard did not robot back to the crosser and didn't help out his safety over the top. And that's what happens when you miss all offseason and when you have a new scheme coming in, a scheme that's going to ask you to do drastically different things than you did in the past one. So, you know, wide open touchdown because they inserted Shaquille Leonard in there. And I'm not saying that's not bound to happen with with, you know, getting Leonard back out there and you can't bench Leonard. But I would have liked to have had Bobby O'Kerrick out there maybe in that spot or, you know, in there for Franklin or speed. And I think maybe that touchdown doesn't happen. But, yeah, that was a weird one. Some of the rotation things have been a little weird this year. I'm not going to lie. But again, I do stand by my,

Starting point is 00:26:25 my thing that I do think this defense has played fairly well. And I don't have many issues with the defense right now. You mentioned getting your good players on the field. We did see Isaiah Rogers get out there naturally, not because of injury, which was good. And we'll talk more about this on the next show with Naheem Hines and being a good player and not being on the field but we're already past the offense that's that's for that's for a later show that is but no defense wise uh something i i think i see it here you have it written out a little bit but uh the run game for instance was an issue today uh derrick henry derrick henry looked like derrick henry today looked really good uh and i know some people are going to be like, oh, what happened to this Colts defensive line in the run game?

Starting point is 00:27:09 I don't really think it was much of the defensive line. I kind of said going into this matchup that the Titans this year have been doing a lot of stretch runs, a lot of outside runs and stuff like that. A lot of misdirection as well. So I had to watch the film, but I think a lot of it was the linebackers just not filling their gaps. Some of it was, again, Shaquille Leonard first game back. It's going to be tough to kind of pick up that speed against a really, really good run team in the Titans. But yeah, I didn't think the defensive line played too poorly. I do think the downgrade from DeForest Buckner to Byron Coward is very noticeable in the run game. But I think Grover played well. I think Quitty looked fine in run defense.

Starting point is 00:27:47 Some of the linebackers made some plays, but at the end of the day, it's a tough, tough team to defend the run against. And holding Henry for, what was it, like 22 carries for like 105 yards or something, like, yeah, you'd want to be a little bit better, but like, I don't think that's losing football. Yes, they got gashed a little too much in the first half.

Starting point is 00:28:05 Like, I'm not going to defend that, but like, I don't think that's losing football. Yes, they got gashed a little too much in the first half. Like, I'm not going to defend that. But, like, I don't know. I don't think it was too awful. Again, the defense really reigned it in there in the second half, and it looked good. Yeah, you expect that. Like, when you're facing Garrett Kenner, you almost give him the 100. You spot him the 100 yards because you know it's going to happen.

Starting point is 00:28:21 And you say, how are we going to win outside of that? So, they've won in those scenarios before. I'm not worried about it. I did want to give a shout-out to two smaller DBs who, you know, this Colts defense, they embrace facing a huge, enormous cheat code like Derrick Henry. Rodney McLeod and Isaiah Rogers being two kind of smaller guys, especially Rogers, man, he made a hard tackle for a loss

Starting point is 00:28:44 against Derrick Henry. It had to be counted as a solo tackle and Rodney McLeod came in and gave him a big hit on a drop. And man, it's, it's good to see that attitude from guys. Cause like Brandon face on earlier in the game, probably made a business decision when he, when he got skirted by Derrick Henry on that, on that touchdown run, that wasn't a great deal.

Starting point is 00:29:04 No, that was bad. That was bad. The only thing I will say about Gus Bradley's defense still from what I'm seeing and this isn't me again saying that Gus Bradley's infallible like Gus Bradley is this amazing defensive coordinator is calling great games but honestly a lot of the issues I've seen this year have been just from players not performing the right assignment in coverage or something like that. Again, the Robert Woods touchdown was Leonard not getting back on his robot that he should have done off of the play action. The second touchdown was, again, the linebackers just not feeling the space behind them. I do think overall the game plan has been good. I think we have seen these last two weeks the defense really adjust to Gus Bradley's scheme and play some good football. So I have some optimism for the defense

Starting point is 00:29:50 going forward, but if the offense are going to still just kick them into a corner constantly, then I don't know how much confidence I can really have in the defense. Now, you know, we said all week going into this game, like, oh, if the Colts offensive line could just figure it out, I'm not too concerned about this entire team. Now it's like, we said all week going into this game, like, oh, the Colts offensive line could just figure it out. I'm not too concerned about this entire team. Now it's like if the Colts offense can just not be a disaster for the entire game, if they can just not be a negative asset for an entire game, I'm feeling pretty good. But I just don't. I mean, we're four weeks in and the offense has been a negative asset in all four games.

Starting point is 00:30:23 Yeah. Small ask, right? Just don't be just don't be a disaster. Right that's that's all i've got um the the colts will be back at it already on thursday so for our next show um you know we'll lay this one to rest a little bit and then we've already got to turn the page because the colts are on thursday night football prime time denver broncos on the road and you know what just like with last week when they beat the chiefs, this is a weird game that they tend to win. So I would not as bad as they look sometimes,

Starting point is 00:30:52 I will not be surprised if the Colts go in to mile high or whatever weird thing it's called now and beat the Broncos. So beautiful eight, eight and one season coming for the Colts. And we're going to be here with you guys through it all through all eight wins, eight losses and the one tie. So I hope you guys are ready for it. Follow us on social media at Jake Arthur, NFL at Zach kicks to an at locked on Colts on Twitter.

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