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Starting point is 00:00:00 Colts camp is a wrap. After 16 practices and a pair of preseason games, we'll tell you all about what we've learned about the Indianapolis Colts this summer on the latest episode of Locked on Colts. 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. All right, Colts fans, thanks so much for tuning in and making us your number one listen of the day.

Starting point is 00:00:53 This is your daily podcast covering your Indianapolis Colts, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. I'm Jake Arthur, and I'm joined today by our friend Andrew Moore. He filled in for me yesterday as I kind of felt like I was dying, and now he's in for Zach today. Zach had some family stuff that has him just kind of running around today. So Andrew's being generous enough with this time to hop on with us. Uh, you know, the three of us from horseshoehuddle.com and also Andrew from his show, a Colts podcast. Uh, but Andrew, where else can everyone find you? Yes. If you want to follow me directly, it's at Andrew Moore NFL on Twitter.

Starting point is 00:01:25 And I must be doing something right because you guys keep asking me to come back on the show. So, hey, I appreciate being back on and talking Colts football with you, Jake. Yeah, the people who are commenting seem to like you. I don't think they missed me much based on the latest show and you filling in for me, but that's all right. No, so yeah, Andrew is here with us today. And on today's show, we'll go through each position group on the Colts roster. And we're going to tell you a little bit about what we've learned from them in the last four weeks.

Starting point is 00:01:57 But first, before we get into that, we'll kind of start out with the news and notes portion of the day. Probably the biggest note from Wednesday's practice was Quidipe went down with a leg injury and real scary. You know, I looked at Andrew's notes from the day he was there checking things out, said, you know, you could hear a pin drop there in Westfield when it happened. Luckily, it's just a bone bruise. Should keep him out just a little bit of time. they dodged a huge bullet on that one Andrew oh yeah definitely because behind I mean you have Taequann Lewis

Starting point is 00:02:31 and Ndiaye Odengbo behind Quidipe but the Colts really have a lot invested in Quidipe this season they expect him to take a huge jump they expect him to pair with Yannick Ngakwe to create a fearsome tandem there on the edge. So, yeah, definitely it was scary when he did go down yesterday. The music went dead. Fans didn't say a word. And for the majority of the practice, I had one eye on what was going on on the field. The other eye was on Quidipe on the sidelines, seeing what exactly the trainers were doing and how he was being attended to. So good to hear that it's just a bone bruise. And I think Frank Reich even said today that Quidipe should be ready by the opener.

Starting point is 00:03:17 Yeah, we're a couple weeks away from that still. So, you know, hopefully no big news there coming out of that. And you kind of realize just how reliant Quidipe, how reliant they're going to be on Quidipe and Yannick Ngakwe when you look at the depth. Because if Pei goes down and it's Taekwon Lewis starting, well, shoot, he's really never been able to play a full season. And then you've got Dayo Odengbo, who's still pretty raw. And this is essentially his rookie season again um ben banagoo

Starting point is 00:03:48 you know if if he makes it you don't have you know you can't really put much in that if the audio denigbo is probably your next guy after taekwon that you can really put much stock in right and i think it it kind of shows mean, maybe you have some reservations about the depth of this defensive line for the Colts because we talked about the ends, but then after DeForest Buckner and Grover Stewart in the middle, a lot of those guys haven't really flashed either. So definitely something to keep an eye on as we head into the regular season. Yeah, I like this defensive end group as a whole, but not in the depth, but not at the expense of one of those two starters. It starts to look a lot different after that. So the next bit of news, so we knew Rodrigo or Rigoberto Sanchez

Starting point is 00:04:36 tore his Achilles, is out for the year. And so the Colts made it official on Thursday that they signed Matt Hawk, formerly of the Bills. He got booted in favor of the punt God over there in Buffalo. So, you know, it's not like he's just some hack. So the Colts got a pretty decent punter. I mean, it was the number one punter available out there. And so they pulled the trigger. And the kicking competition is over. Jake Verity was waived in order to bring in Matt Hawk. So Rodrigo Blankenship has won it. This is the second preseason kicking battle that he's really been in, I believe.

Starting point is 00:05:14 And, you know, he went into it with Michael Badgley. Last year, Badgley filled in for him after he got hurt. And they felt good enough about Badgley not to give it back. So that kind of leads me to believe you know this this thing until the regular season starts i don't really buy i don't buy it yet you know yeah and out of those two i mean blankenship was definitely better than verity throughout camp i mean you and i saw it firsthand blankenship well well everyone talked about verity's leg and sure he does have he does have a nice leg and can certainly make it from over 50 yards.

Starting point is 00:05:50 He's just nowhere near as consistent as Blankenship. And the last day that they kicked in practice, Blankenship went three for four with two makes from over 50 yards, while Verity went one of four. And I think as practice and as these competitions go along, you see skies that start to separate themselves. And Blankenship had just separated himself enough from Verity to make it a pretty easy decision by the Indianapolis Colts to go with Hot Rod. And I'm interested to see how Hot Rod does in the regular season

Starting point is 00:06:26 because before the Baltimore meltdown where he hurt his hip, and I think that really caused a lot of issues in that game, Blankenship was 9 of 10 to start the year. So you want to see what he has done. I know that Bubba Ventron has a lot of confidence in him, and they're looking for somebody that can be consistent and make those and so far that's what Blankenship has shown throughout training camp in the preseason yeah it was really weird because they they didn't kick much early on but in the first couple weeks of camp those guys were really dead even um and then it's like these last couple

Starting point is 00:07:01 weeks ever since Verity missed an extra point against Buffalo he just totally fell apart I think Tuesday it was was bad right it was not great like you said uh next piece out uh next piece of news out of the way so Frank Reich talked again on the last day uh he's he reiterated that the Colts starters will play about a half no Jonathan, no Naheem Hines, so I think we're all very, very fine with that. But on the other side of it, Todd Bowles said Tom Brady and any healthy Buccaneers player is going to play on Saturday. So you don't really expect to see Tom Brady in the preseason of a Colts game, but the Colts are playing Tom Brady on Saturday. Yeah, this is really going to be a dress rehearsal for what it's going to look like in the regular season. The starters are expected to play about about a half

Starting point is 00:07:50 for the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday night. And, and it does just because the Tom Brady is going to be out there on the field, it does bring a little bit extra juice to, to this game. Now, obviously the result doesn't matter, but you want to see see this is the game where you want to see the starters get start to get into a rhythm. You want to see the you don't want to necessarily see Matt Ryan in the offense go three or four possessions with 25 yards to show for it. You want to see them moving the ball down the field. You want to see these wide receivers improve from from what we saw in Buffalo, where it seemed like they couldn't really separate much outside of Michael Pittman Jr. And then on the other side of the ball, you want to see the defense come up with some stops on Tom Brady. You want to see them maybe be a little bit stiffer and not necessarily let the Buccaneers drive down the field and then have to stop them in the red zone. So it definitely is going to give these starters a chance to show their improvements throughout camp. And then the biggest thing is you don't want anybody injured.

Starting point is 00:08:50 You want to get out of this game clean and head into week one as healthy as you can be. But I do think it adds a little more excitement to the preseason finale this year. Yeah, and for the Buccaneers, I don't want to say it's surprising because they can't run from it, but some of their guys, especially on the offensive line, have just been dropping like flies. So, honestly, they probably do need to get Brady out there

Starting point is 00:09:11 with this new offensive line just to get him some reps together because Brady himself was away for, what, two, three weeks or something? So, yeah, it's iffy back there. And, again, what we saw from him in the road game last year, again, I'm fine with Jonathan in the road game last year, again, I'm fine with Jonathan Taylor. He might stop playing. They shut it down.

Starting point is 00:09:31 But from a defensive standpoint, everyone's going to want to raise their game because he's 600 years old, but it's Tom Brady. Everyone wants to play well against Tom Brady. Anyways, before we move on to checking out this roster and just kind of really digesting what we've learned about this team, let's talk about Dave. Hindsight is 2020 and you can't change the past, but what if you could get a little help from your future self? Maybe you'd ask to borrow a little cash?

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Starting point is 00:11:20 Search for ultimate pro football preview 2022 on your Odyssey app, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, Andrew. So the biggest facelift that the Colts had this offseason was at quarterback. Out goes Carson Wentz and the absolute roller coaster that that was. In comes the older veteran, Matt Ryan, after 14 years in Atlanta. I'm going to say, you know, the biggest thing I've learned about quarterback this summer is Matt Ryan still got it. You know, the arm strength really wasn't an issue. You assume it's going to be with a guy that old, but just looking at his tape last year, he was one of the better deep ball throwers in the league. He still got it. And I think he is what this offense needs. They need a Phillip Rivers type, someone who's cerebral,

Starting point is 00:12:07 who can see everything before and after the snap and will dispense the ball to whatever position. He doesn't have someone he's locked on right away. Is that kind of the vibe you're getting? What have you learned from this quarterback group so far? So the thing I keep coming back to, and I think I've said it on here before, I've said it numerous times on a Colts podcast, is there's just a different feel about this offense this year. You're not going into every single play wondering if it's going to be a touchdown throw by Carson Wentz, if Carson Wentz is going to get injured, or if he's going to

Starting point is 00:12:44 throw a left-handed interception. That's no longer the worry when you're watching this Colts offense. Matt Ryan, it's just a, number one, it's a calming effect that you see on really the rest of the team, but the leadership, the leadership that he's brought to this team, how vocal he is with his wide receivers, consistently teaching them how he likes a route run where the ball is going to be on each play and as we've seen training camp go along the thing that i've noticed is that matt ryan isn't doing that as much because the wide receivers are catching on the timing is becoming prevalent they're they're not a they're not having to work through through those minute issues because it's

Starting point is 00:13:26 starting to become second nature to them, and they're starting to get familiar with one another. So, but yeah, I would agree on 100%. Matt Ryan was what this team needed, and I think you're going to see that right away in week one, just a different way this offense performs. You're going to see the ball come out a lot quicker. The weapons and wide receivers are going to get out into space and it's going to really gel with what Frank Reich wants to do on the offensive side of the ball. Yeah, I think this will look like kind of a mix between 2018 and 2020 when quarterback play, you know, the, the, the playbook was wide open, essentially. Like Frank Reich was able to really call whatever he wanted because of,

Starting point is 00:14:12 because of the mentality of the quarterback, you know? And it's, I don't know. It's just really going to be a lot, a lot different. Like how many times did you scream at your TV? Like here comes the blitz off the edge. And you were thinking NFL quarterback could see that, but it's like Carson had blinders on and could not see what wasn't, you know, what wasn't in his immediate view. So totally different feel. And there were just so many games last year, you know, they were,

Starting point is 00:14:40 had a razor thin margin for missing the playoffs, normal quarterback play would have won them at least two, three more games. And I think that's going to be the biggest thing that tilts them over the edge back into the playoffs this year is quarterback play. Yeah, I'd agree. Like I said, there's an adult in the room now, and people are looking at Matt Ryan, and Frank Reich is, is using him to his advantage rather than towards the end of the year when they were

Starting point is 00:15:10 trying to coach around Carson Wentz. Yeah. And then, so moving on to running back, you know, this, this isn't something we learned as much as something that was confirmed, but Naeem Hines is going to be a big part of the passing game. And I guess if there's something we learned, I'll say that I think he's going to have maybe a more dynamic role than what we've originally seen from him. Like, I think he might get some more classic receiver looks, just judging from some of the deep shots he's had from Ryan and just some of the way we've seen him be used. Like, it's not new to see him doing positional drills with receivers and running backs, but just from these 16 practices, you know,

Starting point is 00:15:55 it just seems like he's going to be used more as a dynamic weapon. And they're going to have him and Jonathan Taylor on the field at the same time because it's been really productive, really fruitful for them last year when they did that. And he had a career high in receiver snaps last year. So I definitely see that happening again. Yeah, and I think you just touched on it. I think we're going to see Jonathan Taylor and Naheem Hines on the field together quite a bit more. Whether it's both of those guys in the backfield whether naheem

Starting point is 00:16:25 hines is in the slot or he's even split out wide you and i have seen that a couple times throughout camp naheem hines is a weapon and and the colts the colts haven't hid that they're they're their plans for for naheem hines they have consistently said we need to get the ball in naheem's hands more often. And we've seen it pretty much every day throughout camp. And you saw it against Buffalo, even in the preseason game. They're going to make a concerted effort to make sure they get Naheem Hines the ball. And you're absolutely right.

Starting point is 00:16:58 I think we're going to see him in a more traditional wide receiver role in a lot of these situations, whether he's in the slot and you have the big guys like Pittman and Pierce on the outside or coming out of the backfield. But it's not a stretch to say that Naheem Hines could be second on this team in catches behind Michael Pittman Jr. I could easily see Naheem getting 80 to 85 catches this year, and that might even be on the low end depending on how often they go to him. So it's exciting to see because I think Naheem Hines truly is a playmaker, and I think the Colts offense is better when he's out there and getting touches. Yeah, I think that's almost a certainty that he'll be second on the team in receptions because I can't imagine anyone else getting that volume of targets. Looking at receivers,

Starting point is 00:17:50 it's a young group. I don't think there was a ton done during the summer to ease some of the concerns about it just because they are young and they still haven't, you know, they haven't really played games, but I think the scheme is going to help them get by. I think Frank knows how to use these guys. You know, we, we saw it with Alec Pierce, you know, give them, give them that slam. You know, we, that's not something we knew we were really going to get from him. We've, we've seen him kind of do deep digs and downfield shots and things like that,

Starting point is 00:18:25 but just things to get these guys open. As long as they can get a good release or beat man coverage, I think the scheme will get the ball in these guys' hands. Yeah, and I think that's going to help, number one, build their confidence because with a young group like this, with an unproven group, a lot of these guys they just need some confidence because and I think we've even seen that this preseason where Paris Campbell started out real hot and then he had a couple drops against Buffalo and then in

Starting point is 00:18:56 camp you didn't really hear about it much but over this last week or so Paris Campbell's kind of stepped his game back up and you're seeing him make more catches, less drops, being more productive. So I think as this goes along and these young receivers get more opportunities, it's just going to build their confidence. We already know the Colts are throwing everything they can at Alec Pierce to try to prep him and get him ready for a significant role. But I just think, I think the biggest thing is, is going to be health with this group because there isn't a lot of depth behind Michael Pittman, Jr. Alec Pierce and, and Paris Campbell, who you, you can, you'll never know if he's going to be available from one Sunday to the next. So if these guys can stay healthy and get plenty of snaps under their belt, I think

Starting point is 00:19:42 we're definitely going to see a progression because the talent is there. I really believe that seeing these guys in person and seeing everything that Frank Reich has talked about them, Reggie Wayne, the wide receivers coach has talked about them. It's just going to take some time. So, and I think when you have Matt Ryan, that's going to be consistently drilling them and being on their case about getting better combined with the fact that these wide receivers want to get better and want to show that I think it's a recipe for success. They just got to stay healthy because there isn't much depth behind those top three. And if you want to throw Ashton Doolin in there as the fourth wide receiver. Yeah, no doubt. No doubt. I mean, that's there. There's a lot to take in there with that group for sure, but kind of piggybacking off of those receivers and moving into the tight ends. This is a quick one. You

Starting point is 00:20:33 know, we didn't see really anything from Kylan Granson last year, but after what we've seen this summer, he ain't bad. Yeah, he's not, he's not too bad. And I think the Colts want to get him more involved. He has to be more involved at this point because you can't hide behind Jack Doyle and Mo'Ally Cox anymore. Mo'Ally Cox is going to be in that Jack Doyle role, the guy that's going to be there to do a lot of the blocking and be that third down security blanket. But for this offense to really take off

Starting point is 00:21:03 and what Frank Reich wants it to be, you need that dynamic tight end option. And we saw that 2018 with Eric Ebron. Now, Kylan Granson isn't on Ebron's level, but he, he definitely showed throughout camp. He's the guy that of the tight end group that can create the most separation. And I think we've seen in these preseason matchups, the Colts have tried to get him the ball more again to boost his confidence and get him ready for the regular season yeah yeah and then just another quick one the offensive line real quick before we move on you know out of this whole offensive line group the the starters you know Danny Pinter was probably the guy of the new couple starters you could be most confident in but honestly honestly, he might, if you're going to have a

Starting point is 00:21:45 concern about the starting five, it might be him at right guard. Matt Pryor's look good. He really has. And I think going up against Yannick Ngakwe every day in practice, and I wrote a story about this, how Yannick Ngakwe has been really, really talking with Matt Pryor and trying to coach him up, seeing what he sees, the little tells that Pryor is giving away, how Pryor and trying to coach him up, seeing what he sees, the little tells that Pryor is giving away, how Pryor can attack these speed rushers. Pryor's kind of gotten a trial by fire, and I think he's going to do just fine there. But Danny Pinter, he definitely seems more comfortable at center than right guard. It's still going to be a learning curve for him. But I think being next to a pro bowler in Ryan Kelly and a pro bowl talent in Braden Smith

Starting point is 00:22:27 that that that that certainly will help him and I think as he gets more games under his belt at the right guard position I think we'll start to see him progress as the season goes along yeah I don't think it's a big worry but I because I mean I mean, he's a smart guy. He seems to be able to adapt well, but it's, it's worth noting that it's probably going to take a little bit of time. And before we talk about the defense, let's ask, are you a betting man? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Okay.

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Starting point is 00:26:00 Chris Williams, who's just coming off injury, Byron Cowart. It's a lot of young guys. Some guys have some starting experience, but that's one of the positions I'm going to be watching intently on Saturday night is the interior of this defensive line after DeForest Buckner and Grover Stewart, how they can respond, how they can handle going up against a run, an offensive line of the Buccaneers and a running back like Leonard Fournette. So it's going to be interesting to watch because, again, not a lot of proven pieces behind there. I feel like the talent is there.

Starting point is 00:26:33 The athletic ability definitely is. But you've got to put it all together. So that's definitely something to watch this weekend for the final preseason matchup. Yeah, that's exactly what I was going to say. The talent is there. You can see exactly why they drafted Curtis Brooks and Eric Johnson, for example. RJ McIntosh has been good, but he hasn't played in a couple years.

Starting point is 00:26:54 So there is talent with these guys that are just relatively unproven or haven't played much. Looking to a linebacker, I'd say the Colts did well in the undrafted free agent market. I mean, the starters, especially with Shaquille Leonard out, EJ Speed and Zyre Franklin look fine, but JoJo Doman and Sterling Weatherford has been up in the last couple weeks. Forrest Ryan has had his moments. I think the Colts did really well in that area. Colts are very strong at the linebacker group. And I think if you're talking about guys

Starting point is 00:27:25 that are drafted free agents that have a chance to make this roster, Jojo Doman and Sterling Weatherford have to be right there at the top. They've not only shown that they can handle defensive duties, but they've been good on special teams as well. And I think there's the big question surrounding this linebacker group, and it's going to be the big question until he returns, is number one, when is Shaquille Leonard going to be back and how will he perform once he is back? Because we've already heard from Frank Reich that when he does return, he probably isn't going to be at 100%.

Starting point is 00:27:57 So it might take a little bit before we see Leonard back at his maniac form. But that's the heart and soul of the defense right there. And I think the Colts are wanting him back as quickly as possible. Yeah, I mean, even if he doesn't start on Pup, like you said, it's going to take him a little while. So even if for that reason, it seems like one of the undrafted guys probably has earned a spot. And then looking at cornerback,

Starting point is 00:28:23 you know, there's been a few takeaways but my biggest one is stefan gilmore is still that dude absolutely i mean seeing him in person there just he he never panics no matter where you are in the down he's he's he never panics it seems like he knows what route the receiver is going to run before the play even happens. And the battles with him against Michael Pittman Jr. and against Alec Pierce in practice have been really fun to watch. So he takes the secondary to a new level. Colts haven't had a talent on the outside like him since Vontae Davis back in 2014.

Starting point is 00:28:59 So you combine him with Kenny Moore, and the Colts have two legitimate Pro Bowl cornerbacks. And it makes makes other teams give pause before they throw in either one of those guys directions yeah no kidding I mean if he stays healthy that's this is just going to be enormous for this defense it really can't be understated and then behind the corners at safety despite this group looking a lot different than it did a year ago you know there was carrie willis anderson dayho played a ton of snaps there's jaleel adai it looks vastly different

Starting point is 00:29:30 but i think this safety group looks even better short term and definitely long term oh yeah this this group is actually one of my one of the ones i'm most excited to watch throughout the 2022 season not because jul Julian Blackman coming back from the Achilles does not to have look to have any lingering effects from that injury he's fast he's explosive he's making play after play in training camp and I think this scheme where you have Julian Blackman in that single high look is going to be really beneficial for him and then that rookie that rookie Nick Cross who's all over the field whether it's against the run making plays on third down he's he's really shown that that the moment's not too

Starting point is 00:30:11 big for him and i think the colts have a potential to have one of the best young safety duos for for many years to come with blackman and cross very excited about both of them. No doubt. Like with how much Cross looks more mature than I think any of us thought as a player. And Blackman doesn't even look like the Achilles happened. So they're going to be all right. And Rodney McLeod, obviously a very large upgrade at the third safety. I think that's it for us today, guys. We'll be back with you after the game on Saturday to break down all of the action against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Follow our work on horseshoehuddle.com on social media.

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