July 31, 2025 • 20 mins
JJ Stankevitz opens this week's podcast with some observations and thoughts on the state of the Colts' quarterback competition one week into training camp, highlighted by Monday and Tuesday's practices at Grand Park. JJ is then joined by left tackle Bernhard Raimann for a conversation about his contract extension, what he's learned as part of the Colts' offensive line and his journey from Vienna, Austria to the NFL. JJ then opens The Colts Show Mailbag for a look at the Colts' cornerback depth, specifically with the strong showing rookie Justin Walley's had early in camp.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
What's up, Colts fans. I'm JJ Stankowitz. Welcome into another
episode of The Colt Show in Indianapolis. Colts podcast, coming
to you from Grand Park, where the Colts wrapped up
another day of training camp. We're tapping this on Tuesday.
Colts have a walk through on Wednesday and then a
night practice on Thursdays. This POD's gonna come out before
that night practice. Coming up later on the podcast, I
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had a chance to sit down with left tackle Bernard Ryman,
who signed a contract extension this week. He's gonna be
a stalwart on this Colts offensive line for years to come.
Really excited to share that conversation with you guys. I
also a'm gonna get into the Colts Show mail bag,
but you can submit your questions on cults dot com
slash mailbag, drop him here in the YouTube comments, or
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you can send them to me on social media. But
before we get to Bernard Ryman, a couple things I
want to get into from practice that I observed on Tuesday. Specifically,
really good day for both quarterback for Anthony Richardson and
for Daniel Jones. The same on Monday. Really, so you
got back to back good days for both quarterbacks, and
the key thing here is that the pads are on,
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so you know, I think maybe it was a bit
of a slow start in some ways for the offense
in the first four days of practice last week, where
you kind of had this ramp up without pads on.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Pads.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Come on Monday Tuesday, both quarterbacks look sharp, and the
thing that I noticed on Tuesday was that they both
looked very calm, kind of going through their reads, going
through their progressions and making good decisions with the football.
No turnovers for either quarterback today. And there are a
couple of reps down in the red zone. The Coults
are running a low red zone period, so kind of
almost like goal to go to start practice. Anthony Richardson
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on one of them, he had really quiet feet in
the pocket. He looked off a defender, bought a little
bit of time. You found Michael Pittman Junior for a touchdown.
On the next play, things maybe broke down a bit.
He kind of calmly back pedaled, found him well like
Cox in the end zone for another touchdown. Again, I
just kept writing down the word calm. And then for
Dan Daniel Jones, there is a period in seven on
sevens where he found Ady Mitchell on three consecutive plays,
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including one downfield. You're seeing both guys layer throws really
well to the second level. That's something Anthony Richardson needed
to work on, something he focused on this offseason. And
you're seeing a lot of completions. You're not seeing a
ton of balls hitting the ground because they were behind
a guy or because you know they're low or high.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
You're seeing accurate throws.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
And I think I talked about this last week that
the defense, the Colts defense has really challenged both quarterbacks
to have like accuracy plus. And I think early on
maybe you saw a lot of PBUs. You know, Treva
Aio's award was all over Kenny Moore, justin Wally those guys.
I think right now you're seeing that accuracy really show
up in a really nice encouraging way. Now we're a
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week into practice, so you don't want to draw any conclusions.
I think it's probably still too early to call who's
going to win this job and if it's gonna lead
to the result the Colts ultimately want when the regular
season opens on September seventh. But these last two days
have been very encouraging so again the both quarterbacks. You
want to see him build on that on Thursday night
and then into the weekend. Colts of an off day Friday,
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they'll practice again Saturday Sunday before getting on a plane
and going to Baltimore for joint practice next week with
the Ravens. I look a little bit more thoughts on
the Colts coming up in the mail bag, but let's
get to Colts left tackle Bernard Ryman right after these messages.
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Colt Show, We'll be right back. It is my pleasure
to be joined here on The Colts Show by Tackle
Bernard Ryman Bernard earlier this morning, we're taping this Tuesday.
You signed a contract extension with the Colts. First of all,
congratulations for seeing the work that you put in to
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get to this point from twenty twenty two to now.
It has been really cool, just you know, from from
above almost what what does this all mean to you?
What did that moment mean to you to put pen
to paper this morning and to get some stability here
with the Colts.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
I mean it means everything, honestly, Yes, when I when
you play football, you try to play for as long
as possible. And then ever since I got drafted, my
entire goal was to win football games for the Colts,
improve every day, and be here long term. And you know,
obviously this is just the beginning, because there's still a
lot of work ahead of us. But I'm I'm beyond excited.
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I mean, I'm my family's excited. I'm excited, and I'm
just beyond blessed to be a cult.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
What is the stability that you get, you know, to
to remain not just with the Colts, but like remain
in the community. When you know you've got your newborn daughter,
you've got a family here, to be able to you know,
stick around and know you're gonna be here for a while, it's.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
It's huge for us.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
I mean, we've really been taken in by this community here.
We've we've made some great friends in the neighborhood and
my wife's found her community through CrossFit, and we've made
some some really amazing friends here. And it means everything
to be part of this team and also part of
this Indiana community.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
I know it's kind of happened, you know, pretty quick,
But like, have you spent any time? Was there ever
a moment that you kind of reflected on the journey
that got you here, maybe in the last twelve hours
or so.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Honestly, I haven't had much time yet. It's kind of
been flying by.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
You this morning, you wake up, you you signed real quick,
but you already got pre practice to go to and
get your routine to do. But I mean, it's it
hasn't really hit me yet, to be honest. It's it's
it's it's an unreal feeling. It's it's really it's truly
a dream come true.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Was there ever a moment, like maybe when it was
you know, your your study abroad year in high school,
or early on in your career at Central Michigan, or
maybe even early on in your NFL career where you
realized like, hey, I can this is what I can
do career wise, and this is how like this is
how I can do It was there of that moment
where kind of hit you like, I'm pretty good at football.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
I can make a living out of this.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
I mean, I've always believed in myself and I've always
believed in hard work and doing things the right way.
But at the end of the day, there's there's so
many factors that play into it. So you just gotta
you know, you gotta thank God for the opportunities you get,
and then you gotta put the work in every single day.
So I just you know, that's what I did that.
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I took it day by day, tried to improve on
the little things, and yeah, that's that's what That's what
got me here.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
What's something that you can do in your fourth training.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Camp that maybe you you weren't able to even access
in like year one or year two of your NFL career, you.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Know, just trusting myself and then trying new things, trying
new techniques. It's it's obviously like you as a rookie
specifically you you try to not mess up, and but
that's always a bad way to play. So it's just
the freedom and then the experience that comes with with
each year and you can build on.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
That is there just like now, like different things you
can access just in terms of like I mean that
the time you have to get in your past set
and to block a guy is so short, just like.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Those playing over and over again.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Is there almost like is it almost like to the
point where it's like you're just reacting instead of thinking.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Yeah, absolutely, absolutely.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
I mean it's it's it's more and more natural each year,
and it's more comfortable. The game slows down a little bit,
but you know, you still work on those little things
every single day, so it's there's always work to be done.
But yeah, it's it's definitely gotten easier.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
I know this story has kind of been told a
little bit, but like how did you learn how to
play tackle? Because it was the pandemic when Central Michigan
switched you from tight end to tackle and you obviously
couldn't do a whole lot with anyone else in the pandemics,
Like how did you learn how to play tackle in
those early days?
Speaker 3 (08:49):
I mean, I've had some amazing coaches and you know,
teammates at Central Michigan that we'd have met up through
sooom with the coaches. So we just met up in
person with the players because we weren't allowed to do
team activities. But it was more just more so learning
by doing. And then obviously we only had six games
my my junior year and then twelve games to prove
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myself my senior year and it really wasn't an all
or nothing deal for me, but it all worked out.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Did Was there a moment maybe toward the end of
your career at Central Michigan where you like kind of
like I was asking about earlier, but like, were you realized, hey,
am I get drafted? Like was it when you played
LSU and you didn't give up a sack or you
played I think it was a missoo and you know
what a good game then like against some of those
bigger programs.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Yeah, obviously you think about it. But the job of
an offensive lineman is is consistency. I mean, it doesn't
help if you have two good games at the beginning
of the year and then the rest of the year
you just slack off. So for me, it was always
a one game at a time mentality, which it's how
it's supposed to be. I mean, that's that's the only
way you can play offensive line and and yeah, so
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that's that mindset never changed.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
How fortunate did you feel that you got drafted here
and you were able to come into a room with
Quentin Nelson, Brad Smith Ryan Kelly, some of these vets
who had been around and who had had set a
very high standard from the room when.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
He walked in.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
I mean, I've been my family and we're so fortunate
to be here. You know, rookie season, I got taken
right in by the Oline guys, by the veterans, like
you said, cue Brayden, Ryan. Obviously I had to do
my rookie duties and everything, but they really took care
of me. They took me in, they showed me their routines,
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they they opened up to me like they they really
showed me that I could trust them and that they've
really had the best interests for me and my family
in mind. And they were so selfless in their approach.
And I'm just beyond beyond blessed that I've had those
guys too, you know, work with and be taught.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
How have you kind of now taken on that, because
you know that's something that even like macnzalees and Tanner
Berdolini were talking talking about that.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
You know, the vets have really helped them out.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
You know, you got some young tackles like Jalen Travis
coming in, like, how have you now started to be
that guy in the room who is helping out those
younger guys because you're you're getting close to that vet
status in that room now.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
I mean it's it's important for all of us to
improve every single day. And you know, if I if
I see something, I try to help them out as
much as I can. Trust how you know, how I
feel certain things, how I see certain things, and how
it makes sense you know in my head m hmm,
because I know it's always good to get a different
perspective on things, even though it might be the same
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coaching point, but you know, just a different delivery can
sometimes help them out. And it's it helps out all
of us. It helps out you know, us is an
old line. We all improve together, but it also helps
out the whole team because then we can go under
the team compete periods and then in turn make the
D line better by by playing a better offensive line.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
So what is play next to Quentin Nelson maybe taught
you about what it takes to play off ffensive line
at a high level in this league.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
I mean just the mindset every single day he's his
preparation and his consistency is unmatched. I mean, playing next
to the best guard in the league is I mean,
I feel extremely fortunate to be able to do that.
But it's just him off the field is almost more
impressive than him on the field. The way he he
you know, handles himself, the way he cares about the team,
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the very the way he puts the team first above
everything else, that's just something that you know that it's
it's infectious. You know, it gets all of us to
to be better, to prepare better, to play better. And
he's he's truly, uh, you know, the best leader you
can ask in a room.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
What's something about playing offensive line in the NFL. That's
someone who doesn't play O line in the NFL, like
almost couldn't comprehend.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
Just some mental it is because it doesn't help if
you have, you know, a few good plays every game.
If you have a few bad plays, that's probably probably
gonna cost you to your job. So just the the
mental aspect of the game is so much more than
people think because obviously you only you see the physical
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aspect of it and like, oh, it's just people running
into each other all day basically, but it's it's just
so much more. It's so much technique and uh, so
many like you know a little details involved in it,
that the mental aspect is bigger than one might think.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
And like having to be mentally sharp for seventy five
snaps in a game, because, like you said, you if
you are great for seventy four of them, but one
of them you give up a sack, right, that's what
everyone's probably thinking about. But that's also what's probably like
keeping you up at night.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
Absolutely, I mean, that's that's just part of playing offensive line.
You You you're trying to be perfect as much as
you can. Obviously no one ever is, but you just
keep pushing that way, and yeah, try to try to
avoid those mistakes and be the best possible version of
yourself for your teammates.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
Last kind of topic for you, your kid from Vienna
in Austria who has now signed a very lucrative contract
extension in the NFL. Do you think I mean, this
is you know, getting a little ahead, but like, do
you think some kids back there might see this and
see a path to football that might not have existed
had you not you know, been this kind of front facing. Hey,
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you know, this guy is a really good player in
the NFL. Essentially you kind of blazing the trail for them.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
I mean, I really hope. So I think it gives
people hope, you know, people from Austria, from Europe, but
also kids in the United States. You know, if you're
in a smaller school, you don't you might not always
get the exposure that that some other kids might have
and out of high school. But I hope to just
see the hard work and doing things the right way
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does does pay off. And you know, and if you
if you get that that chance, you just gotta make
the most out of it. And I really do hope
it encourages someone to to to chase their dreams.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
I love that, whether you're a wing tea wide receiver
in Dalton, Michigan, or your kid growing up in Vienna, Austria.
Bernard Rhiman good example of free to follow. Thanks for
joining us here on the podcast.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
All right back here on The Colt Show and I'm
going to open up the Colts Show mail bag again.
Submit your questions on colts dot com slash mail bag,
hit me on social media, or in the comments of
this YouTube episode and this one I wanted to talk
about this. It's not totally a question, but it came
in the YouTube comments. Last week from at Naptown Sports
Junkies with z I believe the story of Wally is
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the biggest story coming out of training camp so far.
So Justin Wally has he has taken a hold of
that third cornerback job, which by the way, is a
starting cornerback gig. In Luanna Rumo's defense, he has not
given it back.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Now.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
A couple injury updates we'll get to. I think we'll
learn more on Thursday from Shane Steichen with some other
corners in that room. But as it relates to Justin Wally,
like this guy, it's not just a training camp. The
moment he stepped into the Colts facility on fifty sixth
Street after being drafted, I think you saw a lot
of people looking around and being like, you see what
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we got in this guy? Like I think you know,
Chris Ballard down to lou Anarumo, scouts, other coaches, they
all knew, Hey, this guy's got something to him. That's
why they took him in the third round. And you know,
some people might have said, oh, the Colts are reaching
for this guy, but they never felt like that. They
felt like they had to get this guy. And I
think right now you're seeing why. And the big thing
I want to talk about with Wally, and this kind
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of relates to the rest of the cornerback competition too,
is the Colts are going to play a lot more
dime personnel this year, so that means you're playing with
six defensive backs on the field. I think the way
that's going to play out is probably four cornerbacks, Nick
Cross and Cambinam. So you've got Kenny Moore of the
second in Traveri's Ward locked into those kind of top
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two spots, and then justin.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
Wally's right, there is this third guy.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
You know, we'll see what Jalen Jones, Juju Brents, how
those guys come out of camp. But what Wally brings
you is sort of what Kenny Moore the second and
Travarious Ward bring you, which is inside outside flexibility. So
that means Wally can go he can play in the
slot and he can play outside. That's a lot harder
to do than you might think. It's almost like playing
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two different positions because like inside at corner, you're dealing
with a lot more space and guys have two way
goes where you can have, you know, an inside release
can take you all the way across the field, and
an outside release can take you all the way up
the field, Whereas when you're playing on the outside, you're
not dealing with as much space. You can use the
sideline almost as an extra defender, but you're dealing with
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a lot more physicality. So being able to kind of
toggle between those two positions is something that you know,
Kenny Moore the second and Travarious Ward have worked at
their entire careers justin Wally did it at Minnesota and
we're already seeing.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Him do it in practice with the Colts.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
Where on days where Travarious Wards at a rest day,
you've seen Wally go outside, when Kenny Moore the seconds
at a rest day, Wally's gone inside. And when both
those guys have been out there, Wall been on the outside.
But the larger point here is the Cults are gonna
need all these corners to play, and that they're getting
this out of Wally to start camp is really good.
He had a really nice pass break up today. There
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was a passer. Daniel Jones was with the first team
and there was a good pass rush, so Jones wasn't
able to get the ball to Michael Pittman Junior over
the middle, maybe on time because of the pass rush,
and that allowed Wally to kind of get an extra step.
He batted the pass down. Really nice play by number
twenty seven out there, but just really quick on dime.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
So I looked this up.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
From twenty twenty one to twenty twenty four, the Colts
were last in the NFL. They only played sixty one
snaps out of dimes. That's less than one snap per game.
They were playing with sixty b's on the field. The
Cincinnati Bengals, with lou An Arumo as their defensive coordinator,
were about league average. They played the sixteenth most snaps,
but they played five hundred and nine snaps out of dimes.
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So you're looking at about seven and a half snaps
a game out of dime that the Bengals played versus
the Colts barely play one. This is going to be
a bigger part of this team's defense this year, and
to you know, to get there, you got to have
the personnel and the emergence of Justin Wally in camp
isn't just solidifying the Colts when they're a nickel, which
is probably gonna be their base defense this year. Anyway,
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but it's solidifying maybe what lou an Aruma can do
more of out of dime. And you know, with the
idea that Travarius Ward can travel with the team's top player,
top receiver, if that guy lines up in the slot,
you're gonna need two guys who can play outside. If
that guy lines up outside, you're gonna need two guys
who can play inside. And having Wally and Kenny Moore
the second being able to do that, to have that flexibility,
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that could be huge for what lou Anarumo wants to
do with this defense, playing different coverages out of dime,
whatever it might be. So I'm with Knaptown's sports as
junkies with the z's in there outside of the quarterbacks,
I think justin Wally has been one of the biggest
stories to come out of training camp through the first week.
So again, really good question, really good comment. Really you
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can get your questions in again at colts dot com,
slash mailbag, on social media at JJ Stankobitz for both
of those on Instagram and x and then indie YouTube
comments for this episode. Gonna have a fun show next week.
I'm not gonna be in Baltimore with the team. It's
my kids first week at kindergarten, spending some quality family
time back here in Indy. But Lara Overton's gonna have
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you covered from Baltimore next week, as well as Amanda
Foster on Colts dot Com. We'll have some fun stuff
coming up on the podcast next week as well.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
For Bernard Ryman, who is a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
It was a pleasure for him to join me here
on the podcast, and again, congratulations to him on his
contract extension. I'm JJ Stankovitz. Thank you for watching this
episode of The Colt Show. Give us a five star
review wherever you get your podcasts, subscribe to us on YouTube,
and we'll talk to you next week.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
So look
What's up, Colts fans. I'm JJ Stankowitz. Welcome into another
episode of The Colt Show in Indianapolis. Colts podcast, coming
to you from Grand Park, where the Colts wrapped up
another day of training camp. We're tapping this on Tuesday.
Colts have a walk through on Wednesday and then a
night practice on Thursdays. This POD's gonna come out before
that night practice. Coming up later on the podcast, I
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had a chance to sit down with left tackle Bernard Ryman,
who signed a contract extension this week. He's gonna be
a stalwart on this Colts offensive line for years to come.
Really excited to share that conversation with you guys. I
also a'm gonna get into the Colts Show mail bag,
but you can submit your questions on cults dot com
slash mailbag, drop him here in the YouTube comments, or
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you can send them to me on social media. But
before we get to Bernard Ryman, a couple things I
want to get into from practice that I observed on Tuesday. Specifically,
really good day for both quarterback for Anthony Richardson and
for Daniel Jones. The same on Monday. Really, so you
got back to back good days for both quarterbacks, and
the key thing here is that the pads are on,
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so you know, I think maybe it was a bit
of a slow start in some ways for the offense
in the first four days of practice last week, where
you kind of had this ramp up without pads on.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Pads.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Come on Monday Tuesday, both quarterbacks look sharp, and the
thing that I noticed on Tuesday was that they both
looked very calm, kind of going through their reads, going
through their progressions and making good decisions with the football.
No turnovers for either quarterback today. And there are a
couple of reps down in the red zone. The Coults
are running a low red zone period, so kind of
almost like goal to go to start practice. Anthony Richardson
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on one of them, he had really quiet feet in
the pocket. He looked off a defender, bought a little
bit of time. You found Michael Pittman Junior for a touchdown.
On the next play, things maybe broke down a bit.
He kind of calmly back pedaled, found him well like
Cox in the end zone for another touchdown. Again, I
just kept writing down the word calm. And then for
Dan Daniel Jones, there is a period in seven on
sevens where he found Ady Mitchell on three consecutive plays,
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including one downfield. You're seeing both guys layer throws really
well to the second level. That's something Anthony Richardson needed
to work on, something he focused on this offseason. And
you're seeing a lot of completions. You're not seeing a
ton of balls hitting the ground because they were behind
a guy or because you know they're low or high.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
You're seeing accurate throws.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
And I think I talked about this last week that
the defense, the Colts defense has really challenged both quarterbacks
to have like accuracy plus. And I think early on
maybe you saw a lot of PBUs. You know, Treva
Aio's award was all over Kenny Moore, justin Wally those guys.
I think right now you're seeing that accuracy really show
up in a really nice encouraging way. Now we're a
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week into practice, so you don't want to draw any conclusions.
I think it's probably still too early to call who's
going to win this job and if it's gonna lead
to the result the Colts ultimately want when the regular
season opens on September seventh. But these last two days
have been very encouraging so again the both quarterbacks. You
want to see him build on that on Thursday night
and then into the weekend. Colts of an off day Friday,
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they'll practice again Saturday Sunday before getting on a plane
and going to Baltimore for joint practice next week with
the Ravens. I look a little bit more thoughts on
the Colts coming up in the mail bag, but let's
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to be joined here on The Colts Show by Tackle
Bernard Ryman Bernard earlier this morning, we're taping this Tuesday.
You signed a contract extension with the Colts. First of all,
congratulations for seeing the work that you put in to
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get to this point from twenty twenty two to now.
It has been really cool, just you know, from from
above almost what what does this all mean to you?
What did that moment mean to you to put pen
to paper this morning and to get some stability here
with the Colts.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
I mean it means everything, honestly, Yes, when I when
you play football, you try to play for as long
as possible. And then ever since I got drafted, my
entire goal was to win football games for the Colts,
improve every day, and be here long term. And you know,
obviously this is just the beginning, because there's still a
lot of work ahead of us. But I'm I'm beyond excited.
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I mean, I'm my family's excited. I'm excited, and I'm
just beyond blessed to be a cult.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
What is the stability that you get, you know, to
to remain not just with the Colts, but like remain
in the community. When you know you've got your newborn daughter,
you've got a family here, to be able to you know,
stick around and know you're gonna be here for a while, it's.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
It's huge for us.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
I mean, we've really been taken in by this community here.
We've we've made some great friends in the neighborhood and
my wife's found her community through CrossFit, and we've made
some some really amazing friends here. And it means everything
to be part of this team and also part of
this Indiana community.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
I know it's kind of happened, you know, pretty quick,
But like, have you spent any time? Was there ever
a moment that you kind of reflected on the journey
that got you here, maybe in the last twelve hours
or so.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Honestly, I haven't had much time yet. It's kind of
been flying by.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
You this morning, you wake up, you you signed real quick,
but you already got pre practice to go to and
get your routine to do. But I mean, it's it
hasn't really hit me yet, to be honest. It's it's
it's it's an unreal feeling. It's it's really it's truly
a dream come true.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Was there ever a moment, like maybe when it was
you know, your your study abroad year in high school,
or early on in your career at Central Michigan, or
maybe even early on in your NFL career where you
realized like, hey, I can this is what I can
do career wise, and this is how like this is
how I can do It was there of that moment
where kind of hit you like, I'm pretty good at football.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
I can make a living out of this.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
I mean, I've always believed in myself and I've always
believed in hard work and doing things the right way.
But at the end of the day, there's there's so
many factors that play into it. So you just gotta
you know, you gotta thank God for the opportunities you get,
and then you gotta put the work in every single day.
So I just you know, that's what I did that.
(07:18):
I took it day by day, tried to improve on
the little things, and yeah, that's that's what That's what
got me here.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
What's something that you can do in your fourth training.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Camp that maybe you you weren't able to even access
in like year one or year two of your NFL career, you.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Know, just trusting myself and then trying new things, trying
new techniques. It's it's obviously like you as a rookie
specifically you you try to not mess up, and but
that's always a bad way to play. So it's just
the freedom and then the experience that comes with with
each year and you can build on.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
That is there just like now, like different things you
can access just in terms of like I mean that
the time you have to get in your past set
and to block a guy is so short, just like.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Those playing over and over again.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Is there almost like is it almost like to the
point where it's like you're just reacting instead of thinking.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Yeah, absolutely, absolutely.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
I mean it's it's it's more and more natural each year,
and it's more comfortable. The game slows down a little bit,
but you know, you still work on those little things
every single day, so it's there's always work to be done.
But yeah, it's it's definitely gotten easier.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
I know this story has kind of been told a
little bit, but like how did you learn how to
play tackle? Because it was the pandemic when Central Michigan
switched you from tight end to tackle and you obviously
couldn't do a whole lot with anyone else in the pandemics,
Like how did you learn how to play tackle in
those early days?
Speaker 3 (08:49):
I mean, I've had some amazing coaches and you know,
teammates at Central Michigan that we'd have met up through
sooom with the coaches. So we just met up in
person with the players because we weren't allowed to do
team activities. But it was more just more so learning
by doing. And then obviously we only had six games
my my junior year and then twelve games to prove
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myself my senior year and it really wasn't an all
or nothing deal for me, but it all worked out.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Did Was there a moment maybe toward the end of
your career at Central Michigan where you like kind of
like I was asking about earlier, but like, were you realized, hey,
am I get drafted? Like was it when you played
LSU and you didn't give up a sack or you
played I think it was a missoo and you know
what a good game then like against some of those
bigger programs.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Yeah, obviously you think about it. But the job of
an offensive lineman is is consistency. I mean, it doesn't
help if you have two good games at the beginning
of the year and then the rest of the year
you just slack off. So for me, it was always
a one game at a time mentality, which it's how
it's supposed to be. I mean, that's that's the only
way you can play offensive line and and yeah, so
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that's that mindset never changed.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
How fortunate did you feel that you got drafted here
and you were able to come into a room with
Quentin Nelson, Brad Smith Ryan Kelly, some of these vets
who had been around and who had had set a
very high standard from the room when.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
He walked in.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
I mean, I've been my family and we're so fortunate
to be here. You know, rookie season, I got taken
right in by the Oline guys, by the veterans, like
you said, cue Brayden, Ryan. Obviously I had to do
my rookie duties and everything, but they really took care
of me. They took me in, they showed me their routines,
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they they opened up to me like they they really
showed me that I could trust them and that they've
really had the best interests for me and my family
in mind. And they were so selfless in their approach.
And I'm just beyond beyond blessed that I've had those
guys too, you know, work with and be taught.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
How have you kind of now taken on that, because
you know that's something that even like macnzalees and Tanner
Berdolini were talking talking about that.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
You know, the vets have really helped them out.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
You know, you got some young tackles like Jalen Travis
coming in, like, how have you now started to be
that guy in the room who is helping out those
younger guys because you're you're getting close to that vet
status in that room now.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
I mean it's it's important for all of us to
improve every single day. And you know, if I if
I see something, I try to help them out as
much as I can. Trust how you know, how I
feel certain things, how I see certain things, and how
it makes sense you know in my head m hmm,
because I know it's always good to get a different
perspective on things, even though it might be the same
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coaching point, but you know, just a different delivery can
sometimes help them out. And it's it helps out all
of us. It helps out you know, us is an
old line. We all improve together, but it also helps
out the whole team because then we can go under
the team compete periods and then in turn make the
D line better by by playing a better offensive line.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
So what is play next to Quentin Nelson maybe taught
you about what it takes to play off ffensive line
at a high level in this league.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
I mean just the mindset every single day he's his
preparation and his consistency is unmatched. I mean, playing next
to the best guard in the league is I mean,
I feel extremely fortunate to be able to do that.
But it's just him off the field is almost more
impressive than him on the field. The way he he
you know, handles himself, the way he cares about the team,
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the very the way he puts the team first above
everything else, that's just something that you know that it's
it's infectious. You know, it gets all of us to
to be better, to prepare better, to play better. And
he's he's truly, uh, you know, the best leader you
can ask in a room.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
What's something about playing offensive line in the NFL. That's
someone who doesn't play O line in the NFL, like
almost couldn't comprehend.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
Just some mental it is because it doesn't help if
you have, you know, a few good plays every game.
If you have a few bad plays, that's probably probably
gonna cost you to your job. So just the the
mental aspect of the game is so much more than
people think because obviously you only you see the physical
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aspect of it and like, oh, it's just people running
into each other all day basically, but it's it's just
so much more. It's so much technique and uh, so
many like you know a little details involved in it,
that the mental aspect is bigger than one might think.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
And like having to be mentally sharp for seventy five
snaps in a game, because, like you said, you if
you are great for seventy four of them, but one
of them you give up a sack, right, that's what
everyone's probably thinking about. But that's also what's probably like
keeping you up at night.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
Absolutely, I mean, that's that's just part of playing offensive line.
You You you're trying to be perfect as much as
you can. Obviously no one ever is, but you just
keep pushing that way, and yeah, try to try to
avoid those mistakes and be the best possible version of
yourself for your teammates.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
Last kind of topic for you, your kid from Vienna
in Austria who has now signed a very lucrative contract
extension in the NFL. Do you think I mean, this
is you know, getting a little ahead, but like, do
you think some kids back there might see this and
see a path to football that might not have existed
had you not you know, been this kind of front facing. Hey,
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you know, this guy is a really good player in
the NFL. Essentially you kind of blazing the trail for them.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
I mean, I really hope. So I think it gives
people hope, you know, people from Austria, from Europe, but
also kids in the United States. You know, if you're
in a smaller school, you don't you might not always
get the exposure that that some other kids might have
and out of high school. But I hope to just
see the hard work and doing things the right way
(14:50):
does does pay off. And you know, and if you
if you get that that chance, you just gotta make
the most out of it. And I really do hope
it encourages someone to to to chase their dreams.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
I love that, whether you're a wing tea wide receiver
in Dalton, Michigan, or your kid growing up in Vienna, Austria.
Bernard Rhiman good example of free to follow. Thanks for
joining us here on the podcast.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
All right back here on The Colt Show and I'm
going to open up the Colts Show mail bag again.
Submit your questions on colts dot com slash mail bag,
hit me on social media, or in the comments of
this YouTube episode and this one I wanted to talk
about this. It's not totally a question, but it came
in the YouTube comments. Last week from at Naptown Sports
Junkies with z I believe the story of Wally is
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the biggest story coming out of training camp so far.
So Justin Wally has he has taken a hold of
that third cornerback job, which by the way, is a
starting cornerback gig. In Luanna Rumo's defense, he has not
given it back.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Now.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
A couple injury updates we'll get to. I think we'll
learn more on Thursday from Shane Steichen with some other
corners in that room. But as it relates to Justin Wally,
like this guy, it's not just a training camp. The
moment he stepped into the Colts facility on fifty sixth
Street after being drafted, I think you saw a lot
of people looking around and being like, you see what
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we got in this guy? Like I think you know,
Chris Ballard down to lou Anarumo, scouts, other coaches, they
all knew, Hey, this guy's got something to him. That's
why they took him in the third round. And you know,
some people might have said, oh, the Colts are reaching
for this guy, but they never felt like that. They
felt like they had to get this guy. And I
think right now you're seeing why. And the big thing
I want to talk about with Wally, and this kind
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of relates to the rest of the cornerback competition too,
is the Colts are going to play a lot more
dime personnel this year, so that means you're playing with
six defensive backs on the field. I think the way
that's going to play out is probably four cornerbacks, Nick
Cross and Cambinam. So you've got Kenny Moore of the
second in Traveri's Ward locked into those kind of top
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two spots, and then justin.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
Wally's right, there is this third guy.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
You know, we'll see what Jalen Jones, Juju Brents, how
those guys come out of camp. But what Wally brings
you is sort of what Kenny Moore the second and
Travarious Ward bring you, which is inside outside flexibility. So
that means Wally can go he can play in the
slot and he can play outside. That's a lot harder
to do than you might think. It's almost like playing
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two different positions because like inside at corner, you're dealing
with a lot more space and guys have two way
goes where you can have, you know, an inside release
can take you all the way across the field, and
an outside release can take you all the way up
the field, Whereas when you're playing on the outside, you're
not dealing with as much space. You can use the
sideline almost as an extra defender, but you're dealing with
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a lot more physicality. So being able to kind of
toggle between those two positions is something that you know,
Kenny Moore the second and Travarious Ward have worked at
their entire careers justin Wally did it at Minnesota and
we're already seeing.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Him do it in practice with the Colts.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
Where on days where Travarious Wards at a rest day,
you've seen Wally go outside, when Kenny Moore the seconds
at a rest day, Wally's gone inside. And when both
those guys have been out there, Wall been on the outside.
But the larger point here is the Cults are gonna
need all these corners to play, and that they're getting
this out of Wally to start camp is really good.
He had a really nice pass break up today. There
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was a passer. Daniel Jones was with the first team
and there was a good pass rush, so Jones wasn't
able to get the ball to Michael Pittman Junior over
the middle, maybe on time because of the pass rush,
and that allowed Wally to kind of get an extra step.
He batted the pass down. Really nice play by number
twenty seven out there, but just really quick on dime.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
So I looked this up.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
From twenty twenty one to twenty twenty four, the Colts
were last in the NFL. They only played sixty one
snaps out of dimes. That's less than one snap per game.
They were playing with sixty b's on the field. The
Cincinnati Bengals, with lou An Arumo as their defensive coordinator,
were about league average. They played the sixteenth most snaps,
but they played five hundred and nine snaps out of dimes.
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So you're looking at about seven and a half snaps
a game out of dime that the Bengals played versus
the Colts barely play one. This is going to be
a bigger part of this team's defense this year, and
to you know, to get there, you got to have
the personnel and the emergence of Justin Wally in camp
isn't just solidifying the Colts when they're a nickel, which
is probably gonna be their base defense this year. Anyway,
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but it's solidifying maybe what lou an Aruma can do
more of out of dime. And you know, with the
idea that Travarius Ward can travel with the team's top player,
top receiver, if that guy lines up in the slot,
you're gonna need two guys who can play outside. If
that guy lines up outside, you're gonna need two guys
who can play inside. And having Wally and Kenny Moore
the second being able to do that, to have that flexibility,
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that could be huge for what lou Anarumo wants to
do with this defense, playing different coverages out of dime,
whatever it might be. So I'm with Knaptown's sports as
junkies with the z's in there outside of the quarterbacks,
I think justin Wally has been one of the biggest
stories to come out of training camp through the first week.
So again, really good question, really good comment. Really you
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can get your questions in again at colts dot com,
slash mailbag, on social media at JJ Stankobitz for both
of those on Instagram and x and then indie YouTube
comments for this episode. Gonna have a fun show next week.
I'm not gonna be in Baltimore with the team. It's
my kids first week at kindergarten, spending some quality family
time back here in Indy. But Lara Overton's gonna have
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you covered from Baltimore next week, as well as Amanda
Foster on Colts dot Com. We'll have some fun stuff
coming up on the podcast next week as well.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
For Bernard Ryman, who is a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
It was a pleasure for him to join me here
on the podcast, and again, congratulations to him on his
contract extension. I'm JJ Stankovitz. Thank you for watching this
episode of The Colt Show. Give us a five star
review wherever you get your podcasts, subscribe to us on YouTube,
and we'll talk to you next week.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
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