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Starting point is 00:00:00 The Colts had themselves a game on Saturday and pulled off the win, but it was actually what was said afterward that grabbed most of the attention. 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. Hello, everybody. We are live. Zach is here. Thanks for tuning in and making us your first listen of the, well, maybe your first listen of the day tomorrow.

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Starting point is 00:01:15 What's up, y'all? Jake Arthur here. Zach Hicks. You know the two of us from horseshoehuddle.com. We have been bringing you just our blood, sweat, and tears from training camp and everything from the Colts summer so far. So hopefully we can give you some educated opinions on what we've seen tonight from the Colts and bears Colts,

Starting point is 00:01:37 24 to 17 victory. I almost wrote them off at one point, Zach, I thought they were done for, but then a little, a little Sammy summertime magic came in with it. That's how it always goes. I was bummed because slinging Sammy did not have summertime strong. And I thought they were going to be just totally screwed about it, but they were not. So on today's show, we're obviously going to talk

Starting point is 00:02:01 about this game that just happened here. Uh, kind of the main takeaways, a lot of the things that were said by Shane Steichen and in the locker room after the game, who were kind of some standout performance from the offense and defense. So Zach, we'll just kind of go ahead and do some house cleaning here. Colts came out of this game relatively unscathed. Darius Rush had a hip injury. JoJo D Rush had a hip injury. Jojo Doman with a calf injury after being cleared from a concussion or screening for a concussion. So that, you know, not the end of the world.

Starting point is 00:02:35 Not starters, not really second team or primary guys for the most part. So not the end of the world. But what was said about some injuries afterward, Shane Steichen kind of cleared up Shaquille Leonard's injury. He missed practice Thursday, the second practice with the joint practice with the Bears. He mentioned that Leonard was in the concussion protocol. He got dinged up a bit against the Bears and he's, you know, he'll hopefully get cleared at some point, but there's really no word on exactly when.

Starting point is 00:03:08 Now, with the shorter schedule this week, I would imagine he does not play against the Eagles. It sounds like they want to get some of the starters some playing time against the Eagles, but if I had to guess, probably not Leonard. And then also Jonathan Taylor. So Jim or say, if any of you were watching the local broadcast,

Starting point is 00:03:27 Jim or say always speaks with the broadcast team during the home opener. And he mentioned that they're really excited to get Jonathan Taylor back. And then there really was not much elaboration afterward. So Shane Steichen said after, after the game, Jonathan Taylor is expected to be back with the team tomorrow, Sunday. But there's really no word on him being medically cleared or not. He has not been cleared yet.

Starting point is 00:03:53 So there's nothing on when he's going to practice. So he'll be back with the team after his extended or his excused absence from this week. But that doesn't mean that he's back and ready to play. So, Zach, I'm going to quit talking for a minute. What do you think? Yeah, you know, obviously, you know, you kind of led us into this show saying that like the most important thing about tonight was what was said after the game. And it kind of is those two things right there that Shaquille Leonard, we finally got some clarity about that concussion, that he's in the concussion protocol.

Starting point is 00:04:28 You know, it doesn't mean that, you know, it's a major injury. It's actually probably a good thing that it's not another thing to his back in this point of the offseason. But obviously concussions are a scary thing. You never want to say good thing, this is a concussion. So obviously a double-edged sword there. It's late at night, guys. I'm kind of fumbling over my words here. But yeah, you know, it's really interesting to see that.

Starting point is 00:04:49 And then obviously with Jonathan Taylor, you know, I didn't really take too much of what Jim Irsay said as in like, you know, I didn't take it as him saying like, oh yeah, he's back. Like we cleared this whole thing up. It very much read like, hey, we're excited to have him back at some point this season. I'm'm gonna put my faith in Chris Ballard to figure all that stuff out but when I was listening to the broadcast I didn't really hear anything noteworthy from Jim Irsay which is actually a great thing it's a great thing I'm so happy that I did not hear anything noteworthy from Jim Irsay

Starting point is 00:05:22 and I know I knew when he talked about Jonathan Taylor it was going to be this big spectacle like tweeted by Rappaport and Schefter and all that stuff but honestly it really wasn't anything too crazy he said he said you know we want him back this year we're expecting him back this year at some point we and I put my faith in Chris Ballard to get that that situation rectified so like you said those are the more important things of this game were only backups played but like I don't think we got too many crazy updates outside of just hearing that Jim or just hearing that Shaquille Leonard is in the concussion protocol and hopefully he can get through that pretty soon. Those are some things. Hopefully we get a little bit of clarity in the

Starting point is 00:05:59 coming days. Uh, but really what got the party started for the day was Anthony Richardson and the starters not playing, which makes sense on both sides from the coach's side and why fans might be a little frustrated. But, you know, none of the other starters were going to be out there. The guys he's going to play with on Sundays, not out there, especially that offensive line. So what did you think of the decision not to start him? Yeah, you know, I want to start this by saying, I guess I could have tweeted some things that were a little insensitive to fans, because I just don't think the fan way like, because I was like, I don't understand people being upset about this decision, where I guess fans wanted to see Anthony Richardson in person. So I should have thought a little bit more about that. I'm sorry, guys. But I like to

Starting point is 00:06:42 think typically from an analyst point of view, because that's my job, you know, I think as an analyst, and Shane Steichen said it really well after the game, he said that, you know, we put more stock in those joint practices than do in the games, because, like, here's the way I can contextualize it, the joint practices, you are simulating real situations over and over again you know so you're doing high red zone low red zone you're doing full field drives you're doing two minute warnings you're doing third and long third and short fourth and short stuff like that stuff that you'll actually see in a game and you're doing a little bit more in joint practices than you are in uh pre-season games as well because the whole world's watching a pre-season game it's really just a couple teams

Starting point is 00:07:22 watching uh the joint practice so you, you know, you're, you're doing a little bit more in those joint practices. You're playing ones on ones for more than just like one series, you know, on, on the Wednesday practice, Anthony Richardson threw the ball like 25 times, like you're doing more of that. And like, that's, those are more meaningful reps than what you're going to get in the

Starting point is 00:07:40 preseason game. For two hours. Yeah. Two hours, two hours. So when you really get into the nitty-gritty of it you're looking at these joint practices you know Anthony Richardson threw around 35 to 40 passes over two days against the starting Bears defense where they're actually running the Bears defense and they're simulating real situations that he'll see

Starting point is 00:07:59 in real games that's more valuable reps than him getting two to three series in a meaningless preseason game against the Bears backups with the Colts backup offensive line. Like I get it. I get it. You want him to get the reps. You want him on the field because he just does not have that much game experience. But the only real difference between what was going on in practice and what would go on during a game is like getting him on a stadium in front of fans,

Starting point is 00:08:25 like in the stadium in front of fans, which like, look, this is a guy where I know he doesn't have a ton of experience, but like, it's not like he's going to get nervous playing in front of fans or anything like that. You know, it's, it's, it's a weird thing, but no, I think those joint practices, there's a reason why coaches value that more than they value preseason games. Cause they can do more than them. They can simulate more things uh so yeah i do think it's uh i do think it's a really good thing he got those joint snaps and i really don't think it's that big a deal that he didn't play in this game tonight yeah i don't think it's the end of the world but just me personally i think i would have played him in the starters just to drive uh just because he's a guy where you know

Starting point is 00:09:03 you've been not you but like you know the you've been, not you, but like, you know, the team has been preaching, this guy will be fine. He just needs reps, reps, reps, which he did get in the practices, of course. And honestly, the preseason games out here is a dumbed down version of what they just accomplished in the joint practices. But I just, I think it crosses a couple things off early. And this is going to sound stupid and on behalf of the fans for me, too. But like, I think just like getting those jitters of coming out in front of the fans

Starting point is 00:09:35 and doing all that stuff and playing in your home stadium and everything. I do think that getting that out of the way before the games count and just being week one, I do think that matters a little bit. You know what I mean? When you're looking for every competitive advantage, I think that's something, and it's a divisional game week one against the Jaguars. But otherwise, that's me putting on my stupid hat for a second. Not to say that that is stupid, but I totally, I get that. I understand that. Yeah. One thing I wanted to say, sorry, I didn't mean to that i understand that yeah yeah one thing i want to say sorry i didn't mean to cut you off there but one thing i really wanted to say real quick on that

Starting point is 00:10:08 is like i know i'm a hard person to ask about this because i hate preseason football i despise like i love seeing guys that i knew of like six years ago in college like doing something so i love that aspect of it but like preseason football is so fake football it's just yeah it's just a place for people to get hurt really in my mind so i just don't value preseason football but my big counterpoint to like the the get him reps get him reps he's gonna see like 2 000 reps this season he's gonna see a ton of reps this season and i know people don't want to hear that because that means you could go through the the lumps and bruises throughout the season but like he's going to get his reps getting 20 snaps in a preseason game is not gonna determine the future of Anthony Richardson it's gonna be those 2,000 snaps in the regular season or whatever the heck it's gonna be uh so like yeah I get it I get it get him on the field get him feeling like you

Starting point is 00:11:00 said getting the fan experience early on but like at the other day if Anthony Richardson is gonna work out or not it's about what he's going to do in those 2000 snaps in the regular season it's not what he's going to do in the 10 to 15 against the chicago bears after a week of joint practices most importantly you don't get guys injured because i would only put even even for a drive i would only put them out there if the starting o-line was out there and you don't have ryan kelly right now and brayden smith had been banged up as well so like at the end of the day it probably was the smartest decision but me just being me i think i would have tried to get a drive in there but i digress i get it i get it guys i get it i know i'm less snarky in person than i am

Starting point is 00:11:43 on social medias, but like I just I don't value preseason very much outside of just like getting your feet under you. And I think he's got his feet under him at this right now. So that's kind of where I am with it. But coming up, guys, we're going to switch gears, talk about the game that actually did happen, the players that did play in that game. And we're going to start with the Colts offense and slinging Sammy. We're going to obviously start with Sling and Sammy. But first, these days, every new potential hire can feel like a high-stakes wager for your small business. You want to be 100% certain that you have access to the best qualified candidates available.

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Starting point is 00:13:20 platforms that you listen to this show. All right, Jake. So getting to the offense you know look obviously we want to start with quarterback gardner minchu because he was a starter in this game but look the real mvp on offense was slinging sammy ellinger ellinger isn't it always it's always it's preseason football is a time for sam ellinger and he he balled out had a really good game i mean he had a couple misses here and there like the first couple uh series were not great for him but when the moment really called for it late in the game and it came down to you know the Colts needing two scores in the fourth quarter of course

Starting point is 00:13:55 preseason Sam Ellinger is going to come through and he definitely did I there was no doubt in my mind Jake he was going to get it done it really just came down to would the Colts defense hold the hold the Bears off the scoreboard and they did Sam Ellinger went down there and scored two touchdowns I thought he had a really good game I'm really really pleased with his development over the last couple seasons and I think we're at the point where like we can look at Sam Ellinger and say this is a good backup quarterback in the NFL. Like, I'm very impressed with his development the last couple years. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I think he's better than most teams' QB3s.

Starting point is 00:14:31 You know, he's, you know, for a QB3, he's a pretty solid option there. And, I mean, if you're really only hoping to see him during the preseason, then the man is just a slayer. Do you want him throwing deep down the boundary? Probably not. But everything else, you know, he's got a little magic to him. him throwing deep down the boundary probably not but everything else he you know he's got a little magic to him he can always uh bring the team back but no uh really nice day 9 of 14 for 124 yards uh basically a nine a nine yard per attempt average uh 92.6

Starting point is 00:14:58 passer rating that seems oh don't forget he also led the team in rushing 60 yards. Of course he did. I actually loved how he was used in the ground game. Like if you guys won just a little sneak peek. That's how I hoped he was going to be used last year when he got thrown into the fire. Yeah. If you guys want a little sneak peek of how Anthony Richardson can be used this year, just a little bit, because obviously you're going to do a little bit more with Richardson.

Starting point is 00:15:23 Like look at what Sam Ellinger was doing in this game tonight. A lot of read option, a lot of getting him in space on the move and letting him either have the decision to use his legs or to throw it. You know, it's a lot of that kind of stuff there. So yeah, I was, I was very, very happy with what Sam Ellinger was doing out there. Gardner, you had a good day too, but really happy to see Sam Ellinger doing the Sam Ellinger thing. Yeah, absolutely. And again, you know, you change his receivers around him every summer and he still does the same thing. So I'm pretty impressed by that because like, again, he didn't have Strawn out there. That's a guy he's been thrown to for three summers now. So pretty good. Running backs, not a lot to write home about except for uh jake funk the man on fire

Starting point is 00:16:08 preseason mvp two touchdowns in two games a two-point conversion i know you're just over the moon about this oh i love jake funk man but i honestly i really think he's a good practice squad back to have like yeah i don't think many teams are going to claim him for their 53 man roster he's a good special teamer like he had a really big tackle early in the game like I thought he did some good things out there and he's just a guy again athletic special teamer can catch the ball he's a little bit smooth as a runner like that's the guy you want to have as your practice squad running back and then if there's an injury you call him up like I think he's had a really good offseason so far, especially in light of everything that's going on at the running back position in Indy.

Starting point is 00:16:49 So I think he's doing enough to at least keep him around for this whole year, whether it's on the practice squad or what role there. But I think he'll be a good practice squad back to have for the Colts. For sure. And real quick, there's a ton of wide receiver stuff to talk about because it was a really interesting day for that group. James Washington and DJ Montgomery just signed 24 hours ago. I was shocked they were even playing.

Starting point is 00:17:11 I saw a wide receiver wearing 34, and I thought it was nuts that it was DJ Montgomery. Those two guys led the team in receiving. Washington, one of his specialties always since college has been like the deep ball, the big play, one catch, 42 yards, DJ Montgomery, two catches 39 yards. Those guys had a really nice little performance there. So, I mean, they joined camp really late, but like they're obviously already doing some nice things to perhaps clinch a

Starting point is 00:17:40 wide receiver five or six role. I think it's still pretty long shot, but you know, Juwan Winfrey did some really nice things, four catches, 24 yards, and a touchdown, which required great concentration because it was essentially in the defender's hands. Josh Downs, a couple nice catches. So, yeah, really good day.

Starting point is 00:17:58 What did you think? Yeah, no, I was really excited watching all these wide receivers step up because we've kind of talked about it quite a few times this offseason where it's like, if the Colts keep a wide receiver six, do they even have that guy on the roster? And now with Ashton Doolin being out for the season, now it's, oh, they're going to have to keep five receivers. Who the heck is that fifth receiver? And I think we've seen a lot of really good plays from Jawan Winfrey this offseason. Armani Rogers, we've seen a lot of really good plays from Jawan Winfrey this offseason. Armani Rogers, we've seen a lot of really good things from. Obviously, Mike Strawn, who didn't play in this game,

Starting point is 00:18:28 is a guy who's had a really good offseason. And then the two new guys coming in, James Washington and D.J. Montgomery, I think we've seen a lot of good things from all these wide receivers. So it's going to be really interesting to see how the Colts keep that fifth or maybe sixth wide receiver this offseason. You know, do they go special teams with Winfrey? Do they go experience with Washington or Strawn? Like, I think they can go in a number of ways with this.

Starting point is 00:18:49 So really, really positive development that we're actually looking at this wide receiver room being like, OK, we have a couple guys we could keep. Whereas a couple weeks ago, we were looking at it being like, oh, man, just cut all of them outside the top five. You know, like it's good to have this problem right here now yeah i also felt pretty similarly about will mallory as long as we're lumping pass catchers together uh he had a couple catches for nearly 30 yards as well you know you're looking for performance like that from him you know with kylan grant and wasn't out there today because he's basically tied in one. Ogletree, Mo'Ally Cox, Jelani Woods, they're all hurt right now.

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Starting point is 00:21:23 I know one guy that caught your eye, but for me, I thought Titus Leo was all over the place. I saw him involved in a lot of plays. And when you got a guy like Jannard Avery, who just went down for the season, that's exactly what you wanted to see from your rookie today. Yeah, I think my biggest takeaway watching the Colts defensive line was, you know, I like some of the guys that they have behind uh the starters at defensive end and defense tackle but I'm kind of like you know what if we're going youth at like every other position just keep the young guys you know keep the two young guys and you know you're going to bring up the other one here in a second uh but Titus Leo falls into that you know Titus Leo

Starting point is 00:22:00 a very athletic edge rusher where I think he's getting there. He's starting to put together a little bit of a pass rush plan, but it's still not there yet. But a really good run defender, great energy gets after it in the pass rush, just constantly going after it on every single play. I like Titus Leo. I think he's a he's a big stockier dude than I expected. He's a lot more sturdy in the run game than what I was expecting coming into this as well. So I think I kind of envisioned kind of a slender pass rusher. Right, right.

Starting point is 00:22:31 I honestly gun to my head. I'm just like, you know what? Titus Leo, I would keep over like the Klee Korean guys and, and Jenard Avery, even when Jenard Avery was healthy, like just,

Starting point is 00:22:41 just give me the young guy, give me the young guy who can play the run a little bit and it's pretty sturdy off the edge I just want to see what he can do and I'd rather have him on the roster than you know some veterans that we've had around the league for a while yeah and like Han mentioned here I mean if if they could find space for Ben Banigou the last couple years they could find space for a guy like Titus Leo but moving on to the linebackers I think this was another good chapter in this search for linebackers, I think this was another good chapter in this search for linebacker for man. Grant Stewart was out there making some nice plays.

Starting point is 00:23:11 Jojo Doman did a couple nice things on defense and special teams before he got hurt. But Cam McGrone for the first time caught my eye tonight. I thought, you know, him and Nick Cross especially teamed up on a pair of really nice plays early in the game. One where they snipped out a screen pass down behind the line of scrimmage, and then they teamed up to kind of break up a pass like one or two plays later. So I was impressed with that duo, but again, I'm pleased to finally have noticed something from Cam McGrone, and he got a lot of playing time today. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:23:45 You know, the Colts linebacker room is looking a lot better than what we expected going into this all season. Not that we expected bad. It's just like, again, if you asked me a month ago, I'm like,

Starting point is 00:23:54 I don't know if Shaquille Leonard is going to be playing. I, I feel good about Zyra Franklin, EJ speed, but I don't know how I feel about the rest of the group. And now we're through two preseason games and I'm saying, Hey, Grant Stewart looks like he should be a special teams captain like Patrick's here saying in the comment section like if you're taking away that like like his Zyra Franklin's a starter now

Starting point is 00:24:13 right so he's not gonna be your special teams captain anymore like you probably give it to Grant Stewart Grant Stewart your special teams ace right now uh so yeah I think he's had a phenomenal preseason he's just all over the field. And unlike in that first game, which I think is a testament to just how safe he is on the roster now, that first game he played pretty much the entire game. This game that we just saw, he only played the first quarter, I think,

Starting point is 00:24:38 or the first couple series. He did not play much of the game because I think he's pretty safe on the roster at this point. Really fun player to watch, though. You might have to get in some Sam snaps during the season as well just because he just gets after it on every single play. Doman did some good things with special teams where he got hurt. Cameron grown, like you said, I thought had a really good game as well. So yeah, I'm feeling pretty good about this linebacker group. I wish I could say the same about every other position group on the roster, but linebacker group I'm feeling pretty good about this linebacker group. I wish I could say the same about every other position group on the roster,

Starting point is 00:25:07 but linebacker group I'm feeling pretty good about right now. Richard Smith did say the other day that they think their linebacker depth is better this year than it was last year. I mean, Shaquille Leonard playing, yeah, for sure. But I mean, I think he met the guys behind the starters. But I mean, I think there's bigger question marks this year, but they like those guys quite a bit. And then looking at the DBs, this was another one. Lots to note here.

Starting point is 00:25:34 Nick Cross, another big game. This guy is just stacking days, stacking days. Had a big pass breakup. I think he had a sack too, didn't he? Or was it Denbo? That was Trevor Denbo that had the sack. Yeah, so Denbo had the sack. Denbo had his own pass breakup, just flying into the flat, had a sack later in that drive for a nine-yard loss, forced a third and long, and then they had to punt the next play. So that was a big one. Jalen jones this guy another one he is he seems pretty locked in

Starting point is 00:26:08 to like that cornerback four or so spot like he's definitely in the second unit with um with the outside boundary spot i think he is pretty dang safe as you would say at this point special teams too had a really nice punt coverage tackle so that guy's blowing up another peaks and valleys for uh for um Darius Rush right now which is to be expected so what did you think from from the young secondary yeah you know obviously I want to go in on Nick Cross and Trevor Dembo but Jalen Jones man that's the guy I really want to talk about right now and I'm glad we have a couple minutes here at the end to talk about him. He was phenomenal in this game. Like,

Starting point is 00:26:47 like I know he, he gave up a couple of catches. Like if you look at the stats afterwards, it's going to be like four catches or whatever on six targets or seven targets. But every single reception that he allowed, he was right there. Like he was right there.

Starting point is 00:27:00 Tested or he stopped it instantly. Yeah. Yeah. The only one I would probably like get on him for is on that slant on third and short in the red zone. He could have pinched that a little bit tighter, but he was still again, right there.

Starting point is 00:27:12 He was a millisecond away from knocking that ball away. So it's hard to get really complacent or get really upset about that, but had a really, really good pass breakup on a deep pass to Dries Fountain, had a really nice pass breakup, crashing downhill from zone coverage on a tight end I I really am high on this player right now and I don't think the long speed has really shown up at all like the long speed concerns really haven't shown up at all like even his gunner snap he looked like a legit gunner getting down there

Starting point is 00:27:39 despite being like a 4-5 4-6 type uh 40 time guy. So I honestly, right now, again, gun to my head, I think Jalen Jones is your third outside corner over Juju Brents, over Darius Rush. And again, I think Juju Brents will get up there at some point. Like I'm not saying bench Juju Brents by any means, but if the games were to start tomorrow, the real games were to start tomorrow, I would have Dallas Flowers and Daryl Baker Jr. as my starters.

Starting point is 00:28:06 And then Jalen Jones would be the guy I'm rotating in there. That's the guy I want to get on the field right now because he looks like how Rakia Sin looked in that final season before he got traded away, where it's just like he's just always right there, always right there to make a play on the ball. So obviously I want to give shout-outs to Trevor Denbobo and Nick Cross they had really good games Ronnie Harrison had a really good game as well but just watching this yeah force fumble but just watching this game like my biggest takeaway was like Jalen Jones could play and I already knew this like Jalen Jones

Starting point is 00:28:38 the player that if you watch college football you knew that he could play but 21 year old that plays like a 10-year NFL vet I'm really really impressed with his game and and to answer Patrick's question here like from the day he's been drafted to now he has propelled up this this depth chart and a lot of it has to do with him being healthy but also just him continually getting better I'm really really impressed with him and one of the youngest overall players on the entire team too so stock is way up for Jalen Jones probably more so than any other player on the team right too. So stock is way up for Jalen Jones, probably more so than any other player on the team right now. I want to sneak one more player in here before we

Starting point is 00:29:10 hop off because it's someone I saw you tweet about and we don't get to talk about him enough because he hasn't done a ton. But Adetomi Adebore, you noticed some good things from him tonight, huh? Yeah, Adetomi, he's a guy, once he figures out how to shed blocks he's gonna be so good he's gonna be so so good he's a menace uh if you were just like watching the trenches like in detail you can see that he's driving his guy back on every single pass rush snap it's just once he gets the guy back in that position he doesn't know how to get past that block and get off it yet he's just not there yet still a a younger player, still kind of coming into it on a little bit. He had a really nice stunt on the Titus Leo sack that led to that sack.

Starting point is 00:29:50 Honestly, you should probably give him a half sack on that one. It's the whole reason why the sack happened. So yeah, I think Tommy had a great game. And I think really when you go into the details of watching him these last two games, you're seeing a player where, okay, in a couple years, he's going to be a legit pass rusher. He's just not there yet, but he can definitely be there one day. Yep. I like it. It's good to finally hear a little more about him. I mean, you've talked already that defensive tackles, it takes a little bit to get there. It's kind of like how tight ends take a while on the offensive side of the ball. But guys, I think that's it for us tonight. Every dayers, the Colts are done with training camp, but they're not done with preseason practice. I guess you could say they're going to be going to Philly. They have a joint practice with the

Starting point is 00:30:35 Eagles before finishing up the preseason next Thursday. I won't be out there in Philly. I'm not traveling for this one, but like Nate Atkins and Mike Chapel, I think are both going out there. So they'll have you guys all plugged into all the practice notes and everything. Um, but yeah, we'll still be doing shows covering everything that we hear and everything. Uh, other than that, if you don't already follow at locked on Colts at Jake Arthur, NFL, and as that kicks to on Twitter, also be sure to subscribe to us on YouTube and wherever you listen to your podcasts We would absolutely love your ratings and reviews as well That helps us get up the charts

Starting point is 00:31:10 And with that we will see you guys on Monday

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