Locked On Colts - Daily Podcast On The Indianapolis Colts - LOCKED ON COLTS 1/28/20: Trying to solve the Colts' QB conundrum

Episode Date: January 29, 2020

On today's episode, George Bremer of The Herald Bulletin joins to go over all of your listener questions while also trying to solve a hard Colts puzzle. What will the front office do with the QB position this offseason?Philip Rivers continues to be linked to Indy, so is this interest real or not? Rivers would be an upgrade, but that means Brissett would have to leave via trade. The draft continues to be a realistic option with options like Justin Herbert and Jordan Love at No. 13 overall.Outside of the QB situation, we talk about how Indy would host an NFL Draft in the future and how the Colts could address their defense even further. Stay tuned for another fun episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, everybody. Welcome back into your latest episode of Locked On Colts, probably Locked On Podcast Network. Today, as always, we have Evan Sutter and our bi-weekly guests on the show here throughout the offseason, George Bremmer of the Herald Bulletin. How are you doing, George? Good. How are you doing? Doing good. Doing good. They kept coming on as always, and we're joining you guys on the Tuesday here, late January. It's kind of in the middle of the dead period of the offseason, I'd say, George, because there's not the combine yet. The Senior Bowl just wrapped up. I feel like this is kind of the time, the offseason, where you can kind of speculate as far as what could happen next for this Colts team, and I feel like first you

start off with the Senior Bowl. Obviously, every team needs their prospect at the Senior Bowl, but just how important is this event for a guy like Chris Ballard? Yeah, it's huge. You know, he's talked about it several times. He really likes this event because you get to see guys go against other, you know, draftable players. And so, you know, I think one of the things you hear scouts talk about a lot is that there's only a handful of plays in any given year that they can really sink their teeth into because, you know, if Clemson, for instance, is playing a FCS school you know,, that whole tape might not be worth it,

anything to them. There might not be one guy that they see the prospect go up against that they can really judge a talent level from. But you get the senior bowl, it's really, to me, I look at it as almost like the start of the NFL preseason. I think the game itself is sort of like a preseason game. You got NFL coaching staff there. Practices are run like an NFL practice. And so, you know, you get a chance to see sort of what the guy will look like in your building. And I think Chris Ballard really highly values that because it is sort of a sneak preview

of who they're going to be. You see him take, you know, usually three or four guys out of that game every year. And I wouldn't see any reason this year would be any different. Yeah, it was actually really interesting too because I was just following along on Twitter and also watching the press on ESPN NFL Network too. And I noticed a couple people on Twitter, I don't know if they're just NFL draft writers

that are at the press or whatnot, but they tweeted out a couple times pictures of Ed Dodds and Frank Reich watching the quarterbacks there. Jordan Love was also there, Justin Herbert. What was your impressions from watching those presses or games if you had the chance to, George, about Herbert and Love and if you had the chance to watch them much at all? Yeah, I didn't see a whole lot of it.

But from what I did see, it sort of confirmed a lot of what I felt like from watching them play during the season. You know, I think Herbert is probably a safer pick early on. I think he's further along right now as we sit and speak today. But I think that Love probably has the higher ceiling and the lower floor. So, you know, those are always things that you look at. You know, how do you want things to – what do you weight more than the other? I think if you're looking for upside, it's Jordan Love.

If you're looking for more consistency, it's Justin Herbert. But I also think there's a decent chance neither one of them is there at 13. I really would be surprised if Herbert is. I expect him to be the third quarterback who goes in the top 10. And then, you know, there's so much smoke right now around Jordan Love and the Colts. Not a big secret that Chris Ballard's been an admirer for a while. You start to see him link to Indianapolis more and more in mock drafts. And obviously, if there's a team picking below 13 that's watching this, and they are also feeling pretty good about that quarterback, you would think that they're going to try to work a way to jump up there.

It wouldn't surprise me to see that happen. To me, the draft is going to be very interesting in that regard because I think they're sitting in a spot at 13 where there could be a guy following me. I think Dwayne Haskins went 15th last year, I think, to Washington, so it's not certainly out of the question that you can see a quarterback fall into that spot and a guy that they might really like. But at the same time, there's enough QB needy teams above them and teams that might be willing to trade out to another team

that might be looking for one. It's always a crap shoot. And I think with those two guys, I think there's a good chance that at least one of them won't be on the board still in the Colts pick and then possibly both. Yeah, I'm really glad you brought that up, George, because after this week, Justin Herbert definitely, like, soared his stock up as did Jordan Love.

And the latest news about Philip Rivers, the Chargers moving on from him officially, according to Jay Glazer, I think that pretty much locks in Herbert at six at this point, I'd imagine. I think that's probably his floor at this point, if not in a trip scenario. So that means three quarterbacks probably go in the top six, including Joe Burrow, T uh, and then Justin Herbert. Do you think if you're in the cold situation, let's say hypothetically,

Georgia do love Jordan love, and he's their guy at 13. Do you think they had the chance? Do you think they had the patience to wait seven spots, possibly between six and 13 from the fall? Or do you think that they're okay moving? Let's say a third round pick or a second round pick plus 13 and move to, let's say 10 or seven to get a guy Jordan love.

So you can officially get him instead of waiting. Yeah, to me, that's going to be the big evaluation piece of this, and that's what's going to be interesting to see because, you know, we saw Washington last year sit tight and get Haskins, and then there was obviously people in that. You know, reports came out later there were people in the organization that did not want him. The owner really was kind of driving that from what I've heard

or what I continue to hear in that situation. But they sat tight. They waited and saw him fall there. We know that Ballard is confident enough to do that if that's the path that he takes. I think it's a deep enough draft. There's enough other talented positions in this prospect group that Ballard would probably feel confident that he

would get somebody that he would like at 13 anyway but I think the real question now is just how much does he like Jordan Love how much is he all in because they've got the ammunition to do it you know they've got two second round picks they certainly could move up into that 7 8 9 10 range if that's what they chose to do. But I think if he does make that move, I think even if he sits tight and takes him at 13, that's going to tell me that there's real conviction on his part. And like I said before, if he takes any quarterback at 13, my eyebrows will really raise because at that point, I think things will get really interesting for this offseason. At that point, you know that they're all in on this guy. Maybe not necessarily for 2020, but certainly for 2021 and beyond.

And I think that would be a move that would really get your attention if he takes anybody at 13. But if he trades up, if he goes up to 7, 8, 9, 10, something like that, we haven't seen him do that very often. We haven't seen him do it in round one, obviously. But he went up to get Kari Willis last year. We know that if he has that feeling, that conviction about him, he will do it. And so to me, if they do trade up to get Jordan Love,

that's going to be a big statement. At that point, I would think they're thinking that maybe he could start as early as 2020. They sit tight and take him at 13. Then it's probably more of a patient approach with him and letting him grow. But to me, that's one of the many really, really intriguing things about this off season watching how that turns out. George, just how intrigued are you overall about just what direction Chris Sparrow can

go in the first round of this draft? Because obviously there's no franchise quarterback anymore on the roster and you have so many needs to tackle wide receiver. There could be a chance when those elite wideouts drops 13 as well as defense tackles like Ken Law or Brown just how curious are to see what direction Chris Bauer goes because this 2020 draft and that first pick is going to really have a domino effect here for the next couple years oh absolutely I'm extremely interested to see first of all what happens in free agency because I think they will target a few guys you know they have the money to do it, and they have in the past.

I think that's one of the misnomers. I think a lot of people tend to think that they haven't gotten people because they haven't tried. Ballard, as we know, he's very – I don't think he's cost-conscious so much as he's very committed to his process. So once he sets a price on a guy, he's going to stick to that price. And so you're not going to see him win a lot of bidding wars. You're not going to see him panic, as I like to say. Some GMs will do and go above that number just to get it done. He's not the type of guy,

I guess, who will go into the offseason and say, I'm just going to throw a name out there. I've got to get Chris Jones no matter what. If I don't get him, it's a failure. That's not the way his process works. And so I think that's what you see more in free agency than anything else. Not that he doesn't check in on guys. And it's not that he isn't involved in talks at some point in the process. It's that once it reaches a point that he's not comfortable with, he is confident enough in his process and his evaluation and the way that he sets the table to walk away. Not every GM will do that. You know, guys will panic.

Guys will say, I have to have this guy. I'm going to go to whatever price. That's not Chris Ballard. But that being said, I think it's going to be interesting. There are guys, I mean, through Chris Jones out there earlier, I think he's a guy, obviously, he was chief, is in a position of need at that defensive tackle spot. There are guys out there at quarterback that they could look at. There's guys at wide receiver that they could look at.

I think you're going to see him at least dip his toes into that mark. It'll be interesting to see how that turns out. And then that's going to set the table for the draft. And, you know, I mean, first and foremost, we've got to get a decision on Anthony Casanzo. That, to me, is priority number one right now on the checklist. It might not be the most important thing overall in the offseason, but it's going to tell us what happens the rest of the way.

When Anthony Costanzo makes a decision whether he's going to play next season or not, that will tell you whether left tackle becomes a position maybe at 13, whether it becomes a free agency target. But even if he comes back, you mentioned defensive tackle. I think that three technique is a really big thing. There's a couple there's a couple guys AJ Espinosa comes to mind right away from Iowa a couple guys on the edge that they could look at this receiver group seems extremely talented I think there's guys there they could look at but even look at a guy like I think Isaiah Simmons from from Clemson who's kind of a multi-purpose tool on defense that might intrigue them if they have a good plan for him.

I really think that 13th pick, there's a lot of reason to be excited about it and a lot of intrigue around there. I think it's going to be a really fun offseason trying to watch the way that process unfolds. I think the last direct question you had for you, George, before we dive into a quick free-at-the-topic that's really picking up news lately, it's about just the defense and the philosophy that Chris Bauer uses for that end of the field.

And what really intrigued me in his end-of-season press conference, then going on in Dan Dock at Chicago for him with about 40 minutes, is that it's just like he really envies the rebuild that the 49ers did, that the Bills did, just going defense first and having – you don't really need an elite quarterback to win in this NFL. As you see with Jimmy Garoppolo, he's probably a top-ten quarterback. He's not really one who's going to carry the team, so to say, as we've seen so far in the playoffs.

I think at 13, like you mentioned there, Epinesa, Kinlaw, one of those guys. Do you think Chris Ballard's kind of tipping his hand, so to say? Maybe it's not really tipping his hand, but that he really does, like, hopefully wants to get that defense and that kind of level of a Buffalo, San Francisco eventually? Oh, absolutely. You know, he's talked about that from the day that he came in. He wants to be a really strong defensive team,

and he wants to particularly be strong up front. So I think defensive line is going to be addressed, whether it's through free agency, whether it's early in the draft. I think there's going to be significant capital spent on the defensive line during this offseason and probably most offseasons, quite honestly. I think that's something that he wants to do. To me, it was one of the more disappointing areas of the team last year. When you came into the training camp and while you were there,

you watched Denico Autry in training camp, you thought he was going to have a Pro Bowl season. He came out and he dropped in all the really important numbers. To me, one of the big ones is we know his sack numbers were down. Tackles for loss went from 13 in 2018 down to four this year. And I know that there were injuries and things that he was fighting through, but he actually played two more games than he did in 2018. That's a significant drop,

and I think that was one of the bigger disappointments on this team. But the defensive line as a unit, you know, outside of Justin Houston, who was exactly who they thought they were getting, I don't know if anybody played at a level to where they would have been expected to be this year. Maybe Kamoko Ture, but he got injured so early, and that was another factor in that. I think everybody else on some level, maybe Grover Stewart, I would take out of this conversation. He kind of stepped forward, earned a starting job, and really did a good job this year. But outside of him and Justin Houston, I don't know,

you could name a defensive lineman who had a good year this year and that's something that they did not feel very good about at all I think it's going to be a major focus of this offseason and particularly that three technique but everywhere on that defensive line the other thing about the defense as a whole that I think is interesting you've seen them sliding a little bit towards incorporating some of the Seattle elements. Just they did a little wide nine this year on and off of Ben Banigou. I think they want to do more of that moving forward. I think you're going to see them try to incorporate some of the secondary

techniques that the Seahawks use. They've been looking for long physical corners anyway. I think they're going to continue to do that. It's that Ed Dodds influence, I think, coming into the team. And so I wonder if that might get ramped up a little bit more this year too as they look for ways to improve a defense that, frankly, collapsed at the end of the year. You know, I wonder if they will be more aggressive

and take some of those Seattle elements along for the ride as well. Before we go on to the next segment of our show here, I wanted to tell you guys, we are not ready to subscribe to Locked on Colts. We are not going to be stopping at all throughout the offseason. We're going to have on great guests throughout this time, free and see the draft. Everything all about the NFL offseason is going to be included here

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really just the big news report from Dan Patrick earlier this morning. I assume you saw this as well, George, about Phillip Berbers. He's heard from a source that Phillip Ber Rivers has been connected to the Colts. And this is also on top of the Jeremy Fowler report, I believe three weeks ago at this point, about Phillip Rivers and the Colts being linked. So now there seems to be smoke behind this, George, with the Rivers to Colts connections.

I know he just moved his family from California to Florida, so Tampa Bay has also been mentioned about a possible fit. But what's your thoughts on Phillip Rivers as a Colt, and what do you think of that possibility? Yeah, I think it makes sense. You know, I think we talked about it before a little bit. I think it makes sense that there would be interest, the tires would be kicked.

He's got a history with both Nick Sirianni and Frank Reich, and a pretty good one. I mean, if you look at the numbers, the three years that Frank Reich was with the Chargers, there were some really good things that were done. I think his completion percentage was really high all three of those years. He threw for well over 4,000 yards all three of those years. I want to say he led the league maybe in touchdown passes one of those years.

There's obviously a lot of other factors that go into play, but I think there's a comfort level, at least the potential of a comfort level with him and Frank Reich. I would think at this point in his career, that's something that would be very important to Phil Rivers. If I was him, I'm not necessarily speaking from any kind of source standpoint or anything like that, but if I was in his shoes and I knew I only had a few years left and I had to leave the only franchise I'd ever known, I think the fact that there's somebody that I've worked with before that I feel comfortable with on some level would play into it. I'm not saying it will necessarily for him, but to me,

there's some easy dots to connect there to interest. But I also think that there's a big leap from interest to action. It'll be interesting to see how that plays out over the next few weeks here, you know, leading up to free agency. Because there's lots of guys that the Colts have an interest in every offseason. But there's so many things that need to fall into place from money to, you know, the terms on the contract of years, just to the decision-making of Phillip Rivers himself. And, you know, I think there would be some complications here with jacoby brissett to me if they draft a guy uh you can go ahead and keep jacoby brissett on the roster and maybe even make him the starter in 2020 if you bring in a guy like philip rivers

for me from my standpoint i'm not speaking for chris ballard or anybody else for me personally i find it hard to see where Brissette fits in that scenario. I know he was the backup to Andrew Luck. I know that that was his role here. But he just signed a deal to get starter money for two years. Cap-wise, it could work. There's no doubt about that. And I'm sure on some level they wouldn't mind having a security blanket there

as a backup. It just, to me, it doesn't make a lot of sense to have Jacoby Brissett on the roster with a veteran starter. And if that's the case, I think you have some difficulty moving him. And my understanding is if he were to be released, there'd be a $12.5 million cap in it. So whatever you would sign a Phillip Rivers or whoever it may be for, you have to add $12.5 million onto that because of the GWS set. That's just one fact thrown out there. That to me is interesting. There's a million moving pieces like that.

So to get to the point from where there's interest to where there's a signing, it's a long road, but it doesn't surprise me that Rivers' name would come up. And I also, you know, I would point out, I think every free agent quarterback's name is going to get linked to the Colts at some point because every agent is going to want the Colts in that mix. There's a need there. Everybody's well aware of it. They're going to have more money than anybody else coming into the offseason.

Every agent is going to want the Colts associated with his quarterback's name. Yeah, I definitely agree with you there. And as far as Rivers goes too, George, I feel like it could be more of an agent-driven report too because they have the offensive line. They have his former coach and offensive coordinator there. They have all the pieces in place that Rivers would want there. Maybe they're floating out there. Maybe the Colts more so aren't the ones interested there.

Maybe Rivers is trying to drop interest from the Colts side of things. But if they were to go after Phillip Rivers, George, like you mentioned, Jacoby Brissett would be really an awkward fit there between him and Rivers. Also, I think adding the point, it would be either two things. They don't like Brissett at all. They have drafted quarterback two in April and have him behind Phillip Rivers for a year or two. Or you just don't like the 2020 draft at all from a quarterback standpoint.

So it would be one of those two things, right, George, as far as you don't like Jacoby at all or that, or you just don't like the 2020 draft at all from a correct standpoint. So it'd be one of those two things, right, George, as far as you don't like Jacoby at all or that, or you just don't like the 2020 draft class. Yeah, I think it would have to be one of the two. You're either just giving up on Jacoby Brissett, which I don't get that sense that they're to that point where they're just ready to cut and bait with him completely. But we'll see.

You know, maybe that will be the case. And then – or else you just did not like what you saw from the draft. You know, I think that would be the other – or you didn't feel like you would get the guy you want in the draft. I mean, that's another part of this too. You do your due diligence because if you feel like Jordan – let's just throw him out there because he's the most often connected name to this team.

If you feel like Jordan Love has moved up enough that he's not likely to be there at 13, you go and you get Phillip Rivers, and then if you're surprised on draft day, hey, you got Jordan Love as well. Signing Rivers wouldn't at all preclude them from, from drafting a quarterback. I think that's another reason why they could do it for me. It's more on the Jacoby Brissett side of things. Let's close things out here,

George, with our mailbag to close out today's show. It's a Twitter Tuesday here. So we're gonna go to our Twitter account here, locked on Colts. And the first one here is from Lucas Robbins. And he asks, with Las Vegas hosting the draft this year, doing it in front of the Bellagio,

to me, Georgia looks kind of ridiculous with the way they're doing, going really over the top here. But if Indianapolis were ever to host the NFL draft, George, where would they put it at, and how would you go about doing it? Would it be the 500 track, Circle Center Mall, the Convention Center? Where would you put it at? That would be an interesting one wouldn't it i think they i think there is some interest on indianapolis part in hosting the draft it wouldn't surprise me uh if in the next couple of years the combine moves out to la as it's been

long rumored to the new complex out there and if one of the things that the nfl does to kind of give a salve to indy is to move the draft, you know, very quickly here thereafter for a year. I think the city has done such a really good job over the years with these big events. And I think this would be really unique, something I've never seen before. I hadn't even thought about it until you mentioned it. But personally, I think it would be a lot of fun to do it out at ims if you could make it work uh with roger penske and get all the deals signed into place and maybe even use cars in some fashion the way they're using boats out in vegas i think it would be a very interesting very indiana kind of thing to do you've been a listener of this podcast i'm sure you've heard all the great

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We'll get our team to help your team achieve Locked On Advertising success. Once again, text the word advertising to 33777 or visit lockedonpodcast.com slash advertising. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Yeah, that'd be pretty cool. Maybe after the draft goes, like they get drafted,

they ride in a pace car around the laps for the fans or something. That'd be pretty cool. I don't want to mind that, but, uh, next question here as well as from Lucas. And he asked what's one under the radar for Asian that you could see the Colts skipping up and making an impact this off season.

If you thought of that, you haven't really, uh, spent a lot of time yet looking into that, really just starting kind of that process to see who's out there. He's not under the radar at all, but I really think if he is on the market, I mentioned him earlier, I think Chris Jones is a guy that makes sense for so many reasons.

He's a guy that Ballard was involved with bringing into Kansas City. There's a relationship there, much was involved with bringing into kansas city so there's a relationship there much like there was with justin houston i think that helps out giving ballard confidence to give one of those big contracts knowing a guy that well uh but you know i i would keep an eye on some corners because i think they're always looking for depth there uh i think tight end it would be an interesting spot if they see an athletic, pass-catching type of tight end that they could grab kind of underneath the radar. Obviously, receiver is going to be that way. And whether it's the draft or free agency,

they need to add depth on the offensive line. I think Ballard mentioned that during his interview with Dockage, and especially tackle. Whether Andy Sanzo's back or not, I think they could be in the market to find a swing tackle. It's something that Joe Haig's done a good job with the last couple years, but both him and LaRaven Clark, I think, are scheduled for free agency. There's a chance either one of them come back.

I think whether it's the draft or free agency, they've got to go and find depth at offensive tackle. Next question here as well. Which rookie from last year's rap class in 2019, do you expect the biggest drum from in year two? I think the easy answer here would be Paris Campbell because of the injuries, right? Yeah.

As I said, that one's real easy. It's Paris Campbell because I think that the few times you saw him on, if you had yourself last, as I go back to the Pittsburgh game and he had a ton of yards all over the field in the return game, carrying the ball, catching the ball. But he was still rusty, and you can tell he dropped it a couple times. He hadn't really been out there very often.

I think he's a guy that could really make a huge leap. The other guy to keep an eye on, I think, is E.J. Speed. Ballard's mentioned him a couple times already in the offseason. You've got to remember, this is a guy who was a wide receiver, who they're moving to defense. It was a big learning curve for him. But I think he's a guy that they feel like can have a role for this team in the near future.

Next question from Theo Zacher. He asks, if the Colts are able to draft either Jordan Love or Justin Herbert, how quickly do you believe that they will be given an opportunity to start? Yeah, I kind of touched on that a little bit at the beginning. I think Herbert would be a guy who to start? Yeah, I kind of touched on that a little bit at the beginning. I think Herbert would be a guy who could compete day one. I really do. And I think if he were to fall into the Colts' lap or they were to go up and get him,

I think he's a guy that they would be open to that idea. I think he's more NFL ready, more polished, has more of his game together. Jordan Love, I think, is a guy who definitely could start in year one, but I think he's a guy who would do well in that Patrick Mahomes kind of role, you know, sitting behind a veteran, watching for a year, and then taking over once he's ready and has some experience under his belt. Next one here from Clayton Patterson.

He asks, is there any way that the Colts believe that they could just get weapons like a Jerry Judy or Justin Jefferson for a Phil Rivers or Jacoby Brissett? Yeah. Oh, absolutely. And I think, you know, I think wide receivers very much in play at 13. I think had Andrew Luck not retired, well, first of all, Colts probably wouldn't be picking 13s, but had he not retired, I think that would be the position we're all talking about right now. I think that was the plan that Ballard had gone into.

I had heard a couple times during the draft process last year that part of the reason that he really only went after Funchess in free agency was that he really, really liked this wide receiver class and that they were planning on getting involved with that. I don't know how heavily. I don't know if they'd go after two receivers or not not i don't think it'd be out of the question completely i think there's enough other needs though other places that that i don't know that they go that early where you would get like judy and jefferson but i could definitely see them taking a receiver at 13 and then coming back in the third or fourth round and getting another guy who they feel like could help next question here from from J Louise 138. And he asked, how curious are you to see George?

Will the Colts go BPA on the draft or quarterback? Because there could be a Ken law available or do they, how much do they trust their evaluation of the quarterbacks? I pretty much what the question is, George is, does Chris Bauer believe that they can spend a 13th pick on Jordan love or some other quarterback ahead of, let's say like an elite defense talent. Yeah. And that's kind of what we were talking about before. He would have to have really great conviction. He would have to feel like that guy either is the guy right now or will be very soon.

I don't think he's going to take a lottery ticket, so to speak, a scratch-off kind of a guy at 13. If he grabs a quarterback at 13, it will be because he believes that that is the future quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. Whether that's September or whether it's 2021 or 2022, that part can vary. But I cannot see him just sort of taking a flyer on a quarterback, especially with so many other needs. I mean, when you look at Javon Kinlaw, you look at this receiver group, potentially an offensive tackle could come into play there. And we know his philosophy has always been best player available. Anyway, I think he's more guy who is,

he would rather take a guy a little too soon who he completely believes in like Darius Leonard. A lot of people thought he took him too soon. Then he would let a good player slip by. And so to me, it all comes down to that unknowable part. How much does he like Justin Herbert? How much does he like Jordan Love? If that conviction's there, and they go at 13, like I said, that to me will be a big, loud statement to everybody

that this is the quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts. This is the franchise guy. But I don't think he would lose any sleep at night if he walked away from the QB class in the first round and took another position than he did. Last question to Milback here from the spoken word for you, George. And he says, any names emerging for our defensive line coach so far? Surprising it's taken this long. Yeah, no, that's been all quiet on that front.

Obviously, they've been interviewing guys. Frank Reich said at the Senior Bowl that something could be coming soon. I wonder, too, if it's not tied into that other position that Reich mentioned. To me, that's really interesting that they've talked about another coaching spot potentially being added to this coaching staff. And so I don't know if maybe that's a tandem thing. They're waiting to announce them together or how that might work. But that, to me, is something really to watch.

What is that position and who might that guy be? All righty, George, can't let you go here before because we're not going to be talking again before this ends. And it's a cerebral come up here. The chiefs and the 49ers. I've been waffling back and forth myself today. I've been pretty heavy chiefs for the first few days, but then over the last few days,

I've been thinking just the 49ers are the better overall team, but the chiefs have that quarterback in my homes here with the huge edge there. So where are you leaning? Yeah. You know, I'm with you. I think it's going to be a great game.

I really do. And I've been going back and forth but I picked Kansas City at the beginning of the year way back in in September and so I feel like I can't abandon that pick now uh and it really is Mahomes he's the reason I picked him then and he's the reason I think I just feel like if he's got the ball at the end of the game he's one of those guys Tom Brady uh you know Ben Roethlisberger the guys we've seen win Super Bowls because they had the ball last I feel like Patrick Mahomes is one of those guys yeah definitely agree through there if I had to lean her now I'd probably say the four the Chiefs probably won by three or four

points but it's gonna be a really really good game I think it's gonna be a shootout too but George it's gonna be a really fun offseason here for the Colts and it's gonna be one of the more intriguing ones in the past few decades or so I'd say so you guys can follow George on Twitter at GM Bremer read his content over at the Herald Bulls thanks again George appreciate the time no problem anytime thanks a lot