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Starting point is 00:00:00 The Indianapolis Colts are undefeated to start the 2025 season. Can they keep it up against a Tennessee Titans game this weekend? Let's get to it. You are Locked-on Colts, your daily Indianapolis Colts podcast. Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. Thank you all for tuning in and making us your your first listen of the day. This is your daily podcast covering your Indianapolis.

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Starting point is 00:00:56 Guys, we have our typical Friday show coming right at you. to talk about the offense, talk about the defense, and give our final takes and opinions about this Colts and Titans game coming up. We're also going to throw a little bit of change up at you guys and talk about some bold predictions and some statements that you guys have sent to us as well. So we're going to have some really fun stuff going on in this show. Before we get into talking about offensive defense, so we do have some injury updates from both of these teams for the Colts. Traverius Ward and Tyler Warren are both questionable. Ward has still not completely passed the concussion protocol. The last thing is

Starting point is 00:01:35 getting the clearance from an independent neurologist. So he's like on the cusp of being able to play. Hopefully we'll see him upgraded to active sometime tomorrow. And Tyler Warren is also questionable with that toe injury. Again, we'll see if he's able to have a full workload on Sunday. But questionable is better than inactive for sure as of right now. Tyler Goodson and Laiatu Lott, who are both back out there. And then for the Tennessee Titans, J.C. Latham and Sweat are out on the defense and offensive lines for them. Kevin Winston, their safety, their young safety is doubtful.

Starting point is 00:02:11 And then Brownlee, Snead, and Zitler are all questionable. So that's a lot of big name players there for Tennessee Titans. Jake, before we get into this offense, though, what are your thoughts on the injury report there? Good for the Colts that they haven't listed anybody out as of right now. Yeah, great for them that nobody is. out in that Traverius Ward. I mean, it looks like it's trending in the right direction.

Starting point is 00:02:32 There's nothing really physical on the field left that he has to do. He's got a couple full sessions in this week. Actually, I think a full week of full sessions. So that's good. Tyler Warren, that one is obviously, to me, we'll get more into it, but I'm going to imagine their strategy is to just run the hell out of the ball in this one. So if they feel at all like it would be worth it to let him just sit, I think this would be an okay game to do it.

Starting point is 00:03:00 But Waiatu-Latsu being back, that's huge. I mean, they obviously had no pass rush, just five pressures, and they were only hurries last week. So as far as injuries go, I mean, shoot, even Tyler Goodson, if they do want to run the ball heavily and they want to get someone other than Jonathan involved, you got Giddens, you got Goodson, you don't have to use that practice squad call up on a running back. So that's great.

Starting point is 00:03:22 And then you don't want to celebrate another team's injuries, but, God, Tennessee's got some big insin. out. Tevonre Sweat being their, you know, their nose tackle, the guy who replaced tear tart, like their big-time run stuffer. He's out. J.C. Latham, their right tackle being out, but also Zeigler at right guard being questionable, who hasn't really practiced this week. That could be the whole right side of their offensive line being out, the line that has allowed a league high 11 sacks. Brownlee is someone who has had to kind of step up or they were wanting to while Sneed's been out as well.

Starting point is 00:03:57 Now, Sneed did tell reporters that he was going to play, but he's yet to really handle a full workload yet. So it feels like a game where injuries are really going to allow the Colts to kind of smell blood and the water on this one. Yeah, for sure. So let's get into this Colts offense versus Titans defense. Titans defense is probably better than what some of the numbers say because the Titans offense has been so bad this year. But to start the year, the Tennessee defense is 27th and yards.

Starting point is 00:04:22 They're 24th in scoring, 31st on third down. they don't get much pressure. I think that's pretty legit for them. They have two sacks this year, very, very little pressure up front. Jeffrey Simmons is basically their only real pass rusher on the defensive line. So this Titans defense, I think they have some talent in the secondary. I don't think they're as bad as what the numbers say, but I do think that the issue here is their pass rush

Starting point is 00:04:46 and just overall consistency in the trenches. So for me, Jake, I think this is a big game. Like what you just said was the Colch just got to run the heck out of the ball. I think running the ball constantly getting those traps and whams going early where you're using the momentum of the defensive line against them. That is some area that Shane Steikens had a lot of success in the past against the Titans. So I think this should be one of those games where like if Daniel Jones throws for a buck 50 in this game or 200 yards maybe, like I'm still feeling fine because I think the coach should

Starting point is 00:05:19 be able to run the ball quite effectively in this one. Yeah, without question. You know, they're third from the bottom in yards per carry allowed. They're allowing five and a half yards per carry. Jonathan Taylor had 218 yards and three touchdowns in that late season matchup last year. I think the formula is pretty clear, especially since they're going to be without one of their best run defenders. It's not been going well for them against the run or just in general this year,

Starting point is 00:05:45 but we also have a very recent case where we know the Colts can run the ball against them pretty successfully. So, yeah, that would be my emotive. of attack. And again, yeah, if Daniel Jones only has 150 yards, but it's an efficient day where it's like 15 of 20 or something, you can absolutely live with that. Really just picking up the occasional chunk play and trying to convert some, any occasional third and longs that you have come up, totally fine with this being just a run heavy performance for them. Yeah, no, for sure. And I actually want to jump over to one of our bold takes that we got from one of our followers here.

Starting point is 00:06:22 Jay Aduna said big Josh Downs Day. He's been quiet. I don't really buy into the whole thing that he's been quiet to start the year. He was quiet in week one, but he was very loud in week two. He was the second best pass catcher on the Colts in week two behind Tyler Warren. So I don't think he's been quiet to start the year, but I do agree that this is the type of matchup that we see Josh Downs have a big game, even if we want to go back to that late season game that the Colts had against the Titans last year, where Jonathan Taylor ran them

Starting point is 00:06:49 to victory who was the other standout player in that game it was josh downs who had a long touchdown on a swing pass on a couple other big plays uh so i think downs is the type of guy the colts like to lean on in this matchup against the tennessee titans and i do think he's going to have a pretty good showing in this one so i like that that bold take or that prediction there by aduna there yeah i think with downs it's just you know he had the two catches in week one and i don't believe he averaged 10 yards for catching the last one so we haven't seen like him have that big play where he creates like a huge yard after catch player like runs the tight rope like we're used to seeing no touchdowns yeah i i think that's pretty much common and this

Starting point is 00:07:30 could be it again it's a game where if you're just looking to move the sticks with the passing game there you really have no better options than josh downs especially if tyler warren doesn't play uh so i'm i'm on board with that one i think josh downs could have a big day uh here's another one from uh jack's colt the colts won't punt again that one i'm not going to give them i do think maybe rigo punts a time or two only because that's not sustainable i'll give them that i think probably rigoberto sanchez finally gets some non-kick holding action this week i will take some some rego punts this week as long as we get more spencer strater extra points in this one let's get some extra point attempts from spencer schrader i don't like it when your kicker has more field goal

Starting point is 00:08:14 attempts than extra point attempts in the season. That means you're not finishing your drives. So I will take some rego puns. I'll let him get on the field a little bit for some puns if the Colts can let Schrader kick some extra points in this game. I say we talked about better red zone efficiency this week. So that's really what we want to see how the offense. All right. And then friend of the show, Ken and Casanko, regression game for the offense, but they pull it out. So what do you think regression means like in this game, if that is the case? Is it basically what we already described, the fact that they don't need to be high power? Yeah, I mean, I think there can be a regression game because right now we're

Starting point is 00:08:48 looking at their success rate be higher than pretty much everyone else in the league. They're the best first down team in football by a wide margin. And again, they haven't punted this year. So there's going to be some regression at some point. And it could happen this week against Tennessee Titans. I'm just, I don't know, I'm looking at this Titans defense right now. And they're already a terrible run defense. Now there's no Tevondre sweat this week and their team that doesn't get much pressure and again sweat is part of that defensive line probably the second best player on that defensive line he's not playing this week like i don't know like it would be shocking i think if they had a big regression week like i'm sure like them punting is part of regression and and maybe

Starting point is 00:09:27 some of the first downs don't go exactly their way but i would expect like high 20s and points this week i'd be shocked they can't hit that against this titans defense that is kind of down and out right now and they're not getting pressure they're not stopping the run uh for a Colts team where so much of what they do is built up in the trenches, this should be a week where the Colts O-Line is able to have some success. Yeah, I think regression only looks like statistically they don't need to be super well-balanced. Like, I think the run game is going to really carry it. And then again, I just don't, they're going to not have to be so explosive in the past game.

Starting point is 00:10:02 And I think that is how it will manifest. You hope to see, you know, good third down conversion rate and some success in the red zone. But also, this is a team that's. sustaining super long drives as well. So I think that's probably what we'll continue to see with probably a slight dip in the explosive offensive place. All right, guys. So here in a moment, we're going to talk about the defense because that has been the more

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Starting point is 00:11:14 and delivering in the run blocking game, the past blocking game, and as a past catcher. He is the reigning rookie of the week, and honestly, he's the leader right now to be the rookie of the year with how well he's playing. Yeah, so there you have it. When the pressure was on, Warren came through, no hesitation, no delay.

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Starting point is 00:12:50 We are talking Colts and Titans this Sunday at Nissan Stadium at 1 p.m. Eastern. And man, no matter how you look at it, either side of the ball for Tennessee, it's really not going great, Zach. So when we're talking Colts defense versus Tennessee offense, Tennessee is last in yards. They're 30th in points, and they're 31st on third down. They are last in yards for pass attempt as well, and sacks giving up with 11. And then in the run game, they're 23rd in yards per carry. So they're not blocking well, they're not passing well, they're not running it well. It's kind of like they have the super talented quarterback back there who's just getting very little help.

Starting point is 00:13:29 You're going to see flashes from Cam Ward. Obviously, at a play that only a few guys can make, Zaire Franklin thought it was not a great decision to throw it, which decision-wise probably not, but, you know, a guy like Cam Ward can make that throw. And then that's just the kind of almost magical stuff that a guy like Cam Ward can kind of pull out of nowhere. So you do have to be on your P's and Q's throughout the game if you're the Colts defense. But so when you look at this matchup, is there anything where you think the Colts defense might need to kind of heed caution at all? I think one thing is just like you said, Cam Ward is a special playmaker in the making. I think he's going to get there in terms of just being a guy who can operate off script

Starting point is 00:14:11 and ripping those seams and utilizing tight windows in a positive way for the offense. I think he's going to be there. So much of this game just kind of reminds me a lot of that Bears matchup against the Colts early last season, except the Bears probably had a slightly better defense than where the Titans are at right now with their defense. But when we look at how the Colts played the Bears last year with Williams back there, quarterback. I think it was his like third or fourth career start as well. And we saw him throw for over 300 yards, operate really well in the back field and gave the bears a chance to win that

Starting point is 00:14:43 game. But the bear struggles on the offensive line, the inability to run the football. And then ultimately, Williams just being a bit green and throwing some bad interceptions led to the Colts being able to win that game. I think we're kind of looking at a similar situation here where it's like Ward can be a good playmaker that can make some big plays happen. And he wouldn't even shocked me if he hit like 300 yards passing in this game. But overall, I just don't know if they have enough complimentary pieces on that side of the ball to go crazy and win this football game. They're just not playing like a cohesive unit. The offensive line is hurt and just not very good right now. The running game is suffering. And Ward is still trying to figure out

Starting point is 00:15:21 what he can be in the NFL and what he's going to do and how to operate with like the time he has in the backfield. So yeah, overall like a guy like Ward always scares you because of the playmaking ability because of his ability off script, but this Titans' offense feels like it's in a bad place outside of Ward and what Iommano is the receiver that he has a good connection with right now. Outside of that, they don't really have many bright spots on offense. And the last thing I'm going to do is give an offense like that some confidence, but this isn't the same old Colts defense.

Starting point is 00:15:52 This isn't Gus Bradley's defense where they're going to sit back and let these guys gain confidence. They're going to come after him. They're going to make him worried back there, and they're going to make this offensive line pay. So it should be a good. good bounce back week for the defense and hopefully they can get into how they were playing more late in that second half last week than how they looked to start the game. Yeah, I'm going to

Starting point is 00:16:11 count on, you know, lie out too lot to coming back and giving them a shot in the arm, especially I imagine, I've noticed he's lined up on the defense's left side a lot more often, really since the summer. So him against their backup right tackle, you're going to have DeForest Buckner against if it's Kevin Zitler or not, he's not 100% and it's a bicep injury. So it's probably going to affect the way he's able to block a little bit. But Buckner would have that advantage regardless if Zitler was at 100%. So Colts defensive line should look pretty good. And then if Charvarius Ward is able to clear the concussion protocol and play, I like those matchups a lot more because you just park Ward on Calvin Ridley. And then Xavier and Howard can handle Elyke Ilech,

Starting point is 00:16:54 and then in the slot, you got Kenny Moore versus Tyler Lockett, which should be a pretty good match up. So I like how the Colts can match up a whole lot better if you throw Ward and Latu into the mix here. Yeah, and I think they'll probably mix in a bit more man coverage this week than what they have in the first two weeks. A lot of their game play in the first two weeks, I think, has been, you know, two of throws a spot. So just get into our zone drops. And against Bo Nix with the shorthanded defense, it was we can't really play man coverage right now. We don't have Traverius Ward. I think we see a little bit more man this week have Ward over top of Ridley or ward or ward over top of iomenore and making cam ward the other ward go to his other targets

Starting point is 00:17:34 on the field and really like pinching that middle of the field making him have to just think an extra guess himself in the back field uh so i think we're going to see a bit more man i think we're going to see a bit more diverse blitz looks in this one as well uh to really make this rookie quarterback thing back there so i'm not terribly terrified of this titans offense it's just again a talented player like ward always gives you some some fear but it just feels like a bad situation for the titans because i think we all know that brian callahan's like the most likely coach to get fired besides the who the colts played in week one uh he just feels like he's lost that locker room already so it's kind of it's just like kicking an opponent while they're down i think in a lot

Starting point is 00:18:16 of ways and i think that's just going to be the big thing for the colts in this game is get out fast uh maybe get a turnover or really get a sack early and they might be ready to quit pretty early in this game. Yeah, and that's for sure. And a lot of our viewer and listener, hot takes, bold predictions here, kind of centered around the pass rush. Because again, the Titans' offense has given up the most sacks. And the Colts are looking for, like, can they rush the passer or not? And is it totally reliant on Laiatilatu? So Dom and let's see, Stefan Arbor and Landon, Sumon, all talked about the pass rush. Dom said Latsu is going to have his first multi-sac game.

Starting point is 00:18:57 We got one that says four sacks. We got one that says six sacks. Do you think the Colts are capable of this with the four-man rush? Or let's say to get four or five sacks, is it going to be because Lou mixed up a bunch of blitzes? Or how do you see that if they're able to crack that? Yeah, they're going to show a lot of sim pressure. I think they'll be bringing different guys.

Starting point is 00:19:17 They might do a lot of what they did against to it, where you see some defensive ends dropping into cover. it's just to change the looks that Ward is getting. But I think the most important thing for the cults is just finishing your sacks. The cults have struggled with this for years. Laotu Latu is one of the biggest contributors to this too. Finish your sacks. Like you're going to get opportunities.

Starting point is 00:19:35 John Ojoe or Oli Udo, I think, let me be starting at right tackle. These are like journeymen, like fringe, rosterable guys. You've got to be able to get past those guys and get pressure. So if it's Latu over there, if it's a blitz, if it's, you know, whatever, they have to finish their sacks. in this game if they want to be able to win because Ward will make you pay if you miss a sack and lose your rush lane he'll get out of the pocket by time and like we saw with bow nicks last week on that long throw to troy franklin he'll be able to deliver passes just like that so a big thing for the colts are just finishing their sacks lining up their target in the back field and making plays happen but yeah i think they're perfectly capable of getting that much it's just again will they finish those plays that's the that's always been the question for the colts the last couple years yeah as to say i think lots who got in the backfield recently couldn't finish Tommy got in the backfield couldn't finish yeah this is a team that can get in the backfield they just really struggle to finish and then a

Starting point is 00:20:31 couple more predictions said they thought cam ward might absolutely cook the Colts so we'll see we'll see yeah I could see a big passing yardage output from him it's just again they have a lot of things just working against them and I think that Lou is just going to throw so many different curveballs in the secondary it's going to be tough for him to be consistent in this one like Again, if you tell me he has like a Caleb Williams type game that Williams had against the Colts last year where it was, what, 300 yards passing like under 60% completion percentage and two picks, I could see a game like that. I just don't know if it's going to be. I think one of our people said 400 yards. Like I don't know about all that there, but I think that person is their down bat. No, they weren't. They were a Colts fan. I just think they might be a little good in it right now. I get it. I get it. But yeah, Ward's a very talented player. He's going to be a really good player. this league it's just it's so early this is the best time to play a young quarterback so just keep throwing curveballs at him and and see what he's ready for as a young player yeah all right guys so without further ado we're going to tell you here in a moment exactly how we think this game

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Starting point is 00:23:30 spot. You'll be happy you did. Square. See you in the neighborhood. All right, every dayers, welcome back. We are talking Colts and Titans. Again, that game is at 1 p.m. in Nashville at Nissan Stadium on Sunday. That's 1 p.m. Eastern time. So what do we think here, Zach. This one, initially, I thought it had trap game on it. You know, we've even got someone here that their bold prediction here was that this was a trap game for the Colts and they were feeling a little bit sad about it, so to speak. But I don't think Tennessee, I don't think there's anything you can really hang their hat on right now and say like, this is why they beat the Colts. I just, this feels like one where, again, I mentioned the top, the Colts just pound the

Starting point is 00:24:16 heck out of the ball and get out of there like a quick ball game get in get out yeah i think for the colts this is a game where you got to show that you're for real you know if you want it like i think in week one they kind of showed like hey we're above a team like the miami dolphins we are more than capable of stomping a team this year and then week two showed they could go toe to toe with a playoff caliber team like the denver broncos this week is all about just taking care of business and making sure that you're here to stay as a legit contender this year at least a contender for the Because if you want to make the playoffs, you've got to win your division games and what better than to start the game, start the season in the division against the team that had the first overall pick last year. I think the Tennessee Titans have a decent thing building.

Starting point is 00:24:59 I think they have some solid pieces on their team. Jeffrey Simmons, one of the best players in football. Cam Ward, I think, has the goods at quarterback. But it's still, they're still a long ways out. There's still the team that finished with that first pick last year. And I envision them being a top 10 pick yet again this year. So if you're the Colts and you're serious about making the playoffs this season, this is a game you can't take lightly and you've got to win.

Starting point is 00:25:22 Like just come out here, win this game, get to a good start in the division, go to 3 and O and officially win the month of September with a winning record and carry that into the rest of the year. So yeah, every divisional game is certainly a trap game because divisional games are different. There's a different edge to them. There's different competitiveness to it. But when you look at this Colts team, they're going against the Titans team that shouldn't be on the same level as them.

Starting point is 00:25:46 And Shane Steichen's never lost to the Tennessee Titans. Obviously, things can always change, but just establish who you are early in this game. Make the Titans feel that they are that number one overall pick team that they were from last year. Get out to an early lead and just go from there. I'm not saying coast, but like go from that. This should be a game where like, again, if you're serious about making the playoffs, it should be closer to week one than week two. Obviously, we'll take either result of winning the game, but it should be close.

Starting point is 00:26:13 to week one than week two if you're a serious playoff team this year yeah without question like i i know division games are different even if the talent level is if there's an albatross in between it like the colts have swept the titans last two years but the games have generally been pretty close like i think there's a couple o t games in there as well so these these games should be close i don't necessarily think this one will i just think the way the colts are playing right now and the way the titans are playing they're going to have to have a game where they show a little something first. I have the Colts winning 2717 on this one, and I don't usually love to give out you know, multi-score difference predictions like that, but I'm pretty confident in saying

Starting point is 00:26:54 knocking on all the wood and about to probably sound like an idiot in a couple days. I think the Colts should control this one really, really well. I think they're really good at running the football. This offensive line has kind of shown that it should be for real. They're really get it running the ball the the titans defensive line is banged up i mean it's i think it's a pretty clear recipe here i think they win comfortably again 27 to 17 and then oh yeah on the defensive side of the ball you're getting lot too back you hopefully are getting charvarius ward back and then in the secondary everyone can kind of get back to where they need to be in their own spots and yeah i i feel really good about this one yeah and to play like slight devil's advocate here like the i think the only way this could go

Starting point is 00:27:38 wrong for the Colts is one their whole office offensive system right now has been predicated on pre-snap motion and just getting as clear a picture as possible it's tougher to do that on the road and this is their first road test of the year so we're going to see how for real this offense is if they can survive and thrive in a road environment and then on the other hand you know again this this Titans offense has that one difference maker in the quarterback who can make some big play So if things can actually click for them on offense, I think they can put up some points. But overall, I'm with you, Jake.

Starting point is 00:28:12 This is a game the Colts should win. They have everything in their favor. They have a more talented roster, a more ready to win roster. There's really no reason they should lose this game. And I'm going to pick against them, though, because I have to. I'm required to.

Starting point is 00:28:27 I'm 0 and 2 in my picks so far this year. The Colts are 2 and 0 in those games. And until they prove me right, I guess, I had to keep picking against the Colts. So I have it. 27, 26 Titans in this game. And I'm hoping to move to 0 and 3, Jake. And if I move to 0 and 3, you better believe I'm going to pick it against them the next week as well.

Starting point is 00:28:47 And the next week and the next week, I'll ride this thing 17 and no. I'll go 0 and 17 if I have to this year to get the Colts wins. I'm wearing the socks backwards and I'm doing the ice dance before every game. But realistically, I think this is a game where, like, again, if the Colts want to be more than what they've been in the last couple years, which is that fringe, like, nine and eight eight nine type team if you want to be a real playoff team that can maybe win the division this year take care of business like no more playing around here take care of business against a titan's team that should not be on the same level as you if they can't do that then i think we might be looking at again that same eight and nine nine and eight type team uh they got

Starting point is 00:29:26 to take care of business on sunday yeah this is all about again taking care of business and taking advantage of what you're being gifted. Cincinnati, Joe Burroughs on IR, Houston, they're 0 and 2. Like you are being gifted at least the 7th seed if you just simply take care of the games you need to take care of. And this is a prime example of it. Also, I have a five-hour drive ahead of me. Please don't make me drive that long just to see an ugly game, at least when.

Starting point is 00:29:57 So I have positivity you write about. I would really like that. Yeah, I will say, I don't care how it looks. win the game that's all that matters right now but yeah big opportunity for the colts on sunday we'll be able to cover it for you guys here on the channel post game on sunday come here for the colt squad show to give all of our emotional reactions and want to thank you guys as always for making locked on culture first listen of the day the NFL season is finally here so if your next listen get a double dose of locked on NFL podcast Tyler the madman rolling gives you a shot of espresso to start

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