July 26, 2025 • 30 mins
The Last Word, the Colts’ offseason radio show, returns for its final episode of 2025 as training camp kicks off. Matt Taylor and Casey Vallier break down the first three days of practice, including the quarterback battle between Daniel Jones and Anthony Richardson and the center competition between Tanor Bortolini and Danny Pinter. They also dive into the defense’s strong start under new coordinator Lou Anarumo. Plus, new safety Cam Bynum joins the show to share why he signed with the Colts and how he's fitting into the secondary.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
The NFL never sleeps.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
The roster is ever evolving, and it's all about finding
the edge. This is The Last Word, the off season
home of the Indianapolis Colts.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Hey, what's the good word? On a Friday?
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Thanks for joining in and welcome inside The Last Word
the off season home of the Indianapolis Colts. But off
season really no more because this is the first week
of Colts Training Camp, presented by Courson Fire and Security.
That's where we're coming to you from here tonight, live
from Grand Park up in Westfield, Indiana, the home for
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the seventh year of Colts Training Camp. Here the Indiana
Union Construction Industry Radio Studio. The mobile edition is in
full effect. Casey Vallee is here. I'm Matt Taylor. So
case this is our last off season Friday night show
if you will, because next week will be the first
full week Colts training camps.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
I got to make the most of it. The last
time I see you? Right? Is that what that means?
Unfortunately for you.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
That's not the case. A yeah, I have a hard
time getting rid of me not so fast. But big
theme of the week is the heat. Case, Holy my,
it is hot. Like this is like I don't want
to go outside to get the mail hot.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
That's what it's been the last couple of days here.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Yeah, it's one of those things where I think this
morning was the first time that I had literally sat
down and done nothing and already swept through my shirt
before practice started.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Kind of what you expect late July into August.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Yeah, but I'm gonna get away from that mental image.
I'm not gonna lie. We got to steer away from that.
I mean, we got to talk about something way more
appealing than you know, the.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
The dampness of your shirt case.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
I'm in the same boat, but that's a heck of
a way to start a show there, all right, We're
gonna do our best to veer away from that. As
the Colts began training camp this week, three practices in.
They did practice earlier today, ramping up a little bit
in terms of time. We're gonna recap at all what
we've seen so far. We're going to break down this
quarterback competition. We're going to discuss the other position battles
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that are starting to take shape, and we're also going
to hear from Colts Safety Camp bite them on segment
number two, and we're gonna talk offense here on segment
one and break down eventually what's going on with this
starting center battle between Tanner Bordolini and Danny Pinter. But
it's been a very busy week for the Colts. They
reported on Tuesday. First practice was on Wednesday. We had
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the Chris Ballard preseason State of the team, if you will.
The Colts are going to practice tomorrow as well, so
four straight days to start the workouts here in case.
What's been your what have been your early training camp reactions?
Speaker 1 (02:39):
What has stood out to you the most?
Speaker 4 (02:40):
I think the biggest thing that has stood out to
me is that the defense, with a new defensive coordinator,
kind of a complete shift in kind of the scheme
of what we've been used to the.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Last couple of years. They really hit the ground running.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
I mean it has been a pretty impressive couple days
from the defense. I think on Friday, the offense really
took some strides and I think they you know, really
stepped up what they did the first couple of practices.
But I think the first thing that I have noticed
is how well this defense, which I wasn't sure how
long it would take for them to really develop underneath
this LEU and orumo system. I thought maybe by you know,
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week two, week three of camp, we'd really see them
really humming.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
But I think it's been a pretty impressive start for
the defense, and that's been the biggest thing.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
You can already start to see these schematic yeah shift
in mindset. You're playing pressman de man. Guys are blitzing more.
They're just a little bit more, for lack of a
better term, overall aggressiveness. Already three days in the camp
and we're not even in the pads.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
One of the things I thought of today on Friday
when they when the first team portion started and I
saw Rodney Thomas out at safety, I was like, Oh,
is nit Cross on a veteran rest day? Is he hurt? No,
they're just playing the dime defense.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
That's one of the things that we knew we were
going to see, but we saw that early and often
on Friday. So that is something that it has been
impressive to see what this defense has done.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
All right, this quarterback battle Anthony Richardson Daniel Jones, it's
been the headline of camp.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
It's going to continue to be.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Those guys are splitting first team reps evenly in all
the main sessions. If you will seven on seven full
team periods, that's going to be the case going forward.
Shane Steike can explain this week, the Colts practices are
set up to focus on specific things like red zone
or third down or blitz pick up, so splitting the
reps evenly gives both quarterbacks the opportunity to work on
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those situations. The cults are going to be monitoring Richardson's
throwing volume, but it's not going to impact his availability
in team periods. They might scale that back, and I
really haven't seen that yet individual work or route on
air leading up to those seven on seven and team periods,
But those guys case, they're being heavily scrutinized every single day.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
The completion trackers are out, all the beat writers.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
How has Richardson looked to you so far after missing
the last two weeks of the off season workout program
back in the spring.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Yeah, I thought Richardson really he ended the week pretty well.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
I know we got other practice tomorrow, but I thought
today was probably his best day. Agreed, And you know
he's made those gradual increases in gradual steps the first days,
but I think Friday was probably his best day out here,
and that's what you want to see.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
He's got to ramp himself back up.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
We knew it's not going to be able to hit
the ground running and go out and be peak where
he's going to be at that, you know, that season mark.
But I think we're starting to see that gradual increase
and I think he's really starting to hit his form
here as we've gotten through kind of the first week
of camp.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Yeah, if you want answers already, you're gonna be waiting
a while. Yeah, you know, I think this is going
to go until the end of the preseason, but it's
just going to boil down a consistency, Right, the guy
that's the most consistent, especially inside the passing game, is
going to win this job. And I still think it's
a true battle and the totality of this camp is
going to determine the winner of this job, not just
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who has a couple of good sessions or a good
couple of days. And so far both guys have had
sort of their ups and downs inside the passing completely.
So that's the reality of the situation. When it comes
to quarterback. Let's talk about the center of attention. Danny
Penner and Tanner Bordolina like.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
What I like?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Nice you guys competing for that starting center job. I
would say outside of quarterback, that's probably on offense. Anyways,
the biggest positional battle that we have in this camp, Penners.
Going into year number six, he's played in sixty games.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
He started nine games throughout the forest of his career.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
Boridelini drafted last year as they're cutting grass right about
getting grass clipping in the faces, cup my nostrils here.
But as far as Bordelini goes, he started five games
last year, played in twelve.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Any idea who maybe has a little bit of a
leg up there or is it too early to tell.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
I mean, it's probably too early to tell, just because
we're seeing them really get installs and everything going right now.
But I would probably say I lean more towards Bordolini
is who I think is going to win the job.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
But I think it's too early to tell at this point. Yeah,
no question about that.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Speaking of Tanner Bordolini, he sat down with us earlier today,
in fact, right after practice as the winds starts to
pick up here at training camp. But this is good
Tanner Bordolini breaking down how much more comfortable he is
so far in this camp and year number two compared
to last year, when everything's thrown at you for the
first time.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
As a rookie.
Speaker 5 (06:58):
I think going in a year too, you feel a
lot better about what to expect in training camp. You know,
you have a playbook, you have a year under your
belt on that.
Speaker 6 (07:05):
You know.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
We're last year.
Speaker 5 (07:05):
It's like we are installing so much every day. It's
like drinking out of a fire hose. You're like, I,
I'm just trying to get everything down as much as
I can down. And you go out one play day,
I mess it up and like, oh my, like this
is not going the way I want to. But right
here too, you get a lot more comfortable going through
it all. You know, like, oh, well, I've ran these
plays before, I know the adjustments we got to make.
I know what to do, I know what to expect
out of practice. I know what I want to get
done in practice. And I think you're a lot more
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comfortable in those situations.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Yeah, twelve games last year, five starts. What did you
most learn about yourself and the league, what it's like
to be an NFL player last year?
Speaker 5 (07:36):
I think a couple of things won. The preparation that
you need to do on a week to week basis
is critical. There's a lot of work off the field
to put yourself in a position to succeed on Sundays.
I mean, I think having guys like Danny and Ryan
and you know ahead of me that help me, Like, hey,
what do you guys do outside of here to get
ready for games? They were really pivotal, and like, how
do I be efficient in my film studying and not
just watch a bunch of film and get really nothing
from it?
Speaker 6 (07:56):
Right?
Speaker 5 (07:57):
I think just learning that, Okay, you know, like you
are a better, Like you're really capable of blocking these guys.
You know. Obviously you get to the NFL, you're like, oh,
like this is nuts. You know, everybody's really good. You're
playing against some of the guys you've been watching on
TV since you were good. I remember playing Cam Hayward
was my first start lesson and this guy's been in
the league for like fifteen years playing at a high level.
You know, so I've been getting to block. I'm like, oh,
I can block him here. That's pretty cool. You know,
I'm really capable of doing this. I'm capable of doing it.
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At a high level and not just getting down that
consistency of being able to do it every day, every play.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
And with Danny, I mean it's been well documented. You
guys are kind of battling for that center position. How
important is that relationship because you know, from the outside
looking in, you're competing, you're battling against this guy. But
at the end of the day, for you, I mean,
he's your brother. He's a guy you're relying on. When
he succeeds, the team succeeds, same with you. You're both
looking for both of you to succeed. How important is
that bond to have.
Speaker 5 (08:43):
It's incredibly important because whoever wins the job, we want
our team and our unit to be the best when
we go out, right, So there's no ill wishes against
each other. We both talk every day about, Hey, what
could we have done better? What do you like that
I did?
Speaker 1 (08:54):
What I like that you did? What do we think
each other could do? Right?
Speaker 5 (08:57):
And I think that's the really cool part about it
is that you know, with there being that competition that
you know everybody wants to win obviously, right, but he's
still been extremely helpful to me and what I need
to do what I need to keep working on how
can I be better? You know, what are some things
that he's doing right now technique wise that are working
for him and that I might be able to incorporate.
Now again, we want our unit to beat the best
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it can be, so ever wins, we want to put
our group in that position.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
It's Tanner Bordolini with us big picture on that battle.
How tough is it to compartmentalize the intensity of it, right?
I mean it's it's every day, it's heavily scrutinized. How
do you deal with just managing how intense it is,
knowing that it's ongoing between now and.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
The start of the regular season.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
I think it's just something you got to know coming
in that it's gonna be tough, it's gonna be mentally draining,
But it's alas something that you dreamed about for a
long time, right, put a lot of work in to
get to this point. It's just something that you want
to keep putting that work on or work in to
achieve that dream. And that's kind of where I'm at now.
It's like, Okay, you've come this far, You've done look
at all the things that you've done. To this point,
to get here, how do we keep going to finish
the job we started long ago.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
It's Tanner Bordolini right there with us back here live
on the last word. We take that right after practice
today we're at Graham Park with Casey Valley.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
I'm Matt Taylor.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Really good perspective out of him, knowing that, hey, this
is a long it's a marathon in terms of this
position battle. This can be paralysis by analysis one hundred percent.
Overanalyze a bad rep or a bad session. I mean
that could just cripple you in terms of overanalyzing that
and one bad session leading into two and three if
you let it kind of eat.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
At you a little bit, right, And that's what I think.
I'm not saying.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
I know these guys super well, but when you talk
to Danny Pincher, you talk to Tanner Bordolini, I think
both of them have been able to really compartmentalize the
importance of every rep, but also not making every single
rep so incredibly meaningful that it carries on. So that
is one of the things that I think it's been
impressive to see these guys because they're battling them. But
from this point, it's been pretty even.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
Yeah, no question, And you're already starting to see some
cross training too. Danny Pinterer today was running with the
second team. Yesterday he was running with the first team
at center. But today Pinner was cross training at guard.
Wesley French was playing with the twos at center. So
perhaps maybe we see Tanner Bordolini do some cross training
at guard as early as tomorrow. We'll see, But based
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on how things are going, you would think that tomorrow
Saturday would be Danny Pinter's day to play center with
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Speaker 1 (11:28):
All right, time for a quick time out.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
When we come back, we're gonna chat on the defensive
side of the ball. Cam Binham is gonna join us
to talk about the Colts defense. So far, he's one
of the more prized possessions for the Colts in free agency.
He's going to be a big time edition in that secondary.
We're gonna talk to him about how he's fitting in
and what he thinks of the ceiling for the Colts
defense in twenty twenty five. That's coming up next here
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Speaker 6 (12:06):
I think it's the same every year. You know, prepare,
you know, make some I'm not the best of best
of my possible self, you know for this team. You know,
the same thing. Go back to my rookie year when
I was competing with Gardner for the starting job, you know,
just learning the offense master and the offense and just
being available for the team. I think that's the main
thing conversations was saying. Hasn't really changed much. He told
us that, Daniel, we're not going to compete. We let
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us know every day it's a competition. So we both
got a working of compete for that job, and whoever
wins it wins it.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
That's Anthony Richardson right there on how he's preparing to
win the starting quarterback job for the Colts. Pretty honest
about you know, the need to stay healthy and available
this season, only played in fifteen games in its first
two years. You couple that with his production that we've
seen on the field. That's why there's a quarterback battle
to begin with here in Indianapa.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
Yeah, there's some ways to think that. That is one
of the biggest things.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
You know, you could talk about the completion percentage, but
also not being able to put together a full you know,
like a collection of starts. You know, you get the
ups and downs in the momentum just it stops and
starts and all that.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
So that's part of it too.
Speaker 4 (13:07):
And they've talked about how important it is to get
a guy in here to make sure that he can't
be there for an entire season, and he has yet
to proven that. So that's what he's trying to change
this year.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
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Speaker 3 (13:19):
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let's talk about defensive observations. The defense, as we said
back in segment one, looks really strong. You're already starting
to see the new scheme take shape. They're contesting passes.
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I talked to Tom Manning right after practice today and
I said, hey, I know you want to talk about
tight ends, but I want to talk about the big
picture of what you're seeing on defense. He's talking about
how every single completion, every single blade of grass, every
single yard to the offense is gaining right now, is really.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Tough so far against this defense.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
No, I mean, the one word that I would use
to describe this defense to this point has been sticky.
You know, you're trying to evaluate the quarterback play and
it's sometimes I'm like, quarterbacks just don't have anywhere to
throw the football.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Passing sore minimal, They're minimal.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
So it's very very hard to kind of judge that
and That just speaks to kind of what we all
envision when you thought about this lou Anarumo defense coming over.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
That is kind of what we thought we would see.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
And that's where as I talked about the top that
I've been very impressed that this early on, the defense
has picked up that quickly.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
And justin Wally is the surprise call for me playing
right away with the starting defense, and the Colts are
feeling really comfortable playing him in both situations at corner
outside and kicking in to play Nickel as well. Well,
why do you think he's getting this much attention and
run right away over guys that have proven NFL experience
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on this team, most notably Jalen Jones. He's back healthy,
but it's Wally still getting I hate to use the
word preference, but he's getting a lot of run and
the culture taking a good hard look at how much
he can handle right away.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
I can't remember the guy's name, but when we talked
to his position coach from Minnesota, we were all ready
to run through again defensive defensive coordineer. We were ready
to run through a wall through him, and he just
did nothing but rave about what this guy was that
we were getting in Justin Walley, how he attacks every day.
He does every single thing correct. He'd wants you to
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take his daughter out, he'd want you to cut his grass,
he'd want you to do all this because everything he
does is proper and what he's supposed to do.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
And we have seen that, and this.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Coaching staff has talked about how smart, how quick he's
been able to pick up on everything, and it's just
translated to the field. It's interesting because when he was
drafting the third round, there were some people who had
him going as late as round six or seven or
being an undrafted guy, and the Colts select him in
the third round because they need him here and he
has proven that man that third round they may have
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gotten a steal in round three, maybe he could have
gone and gone sooner. So it's been very, very impressive.
Now we're going to see what happens when you get
the pads on. But to this point, Justin Wally has
been better than advertised. I would say, yeah, the interview
that you were alluding to that was Nick Monroe, like, yeah,
it's a coordinator from Minnesota.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
We talked him in the spring right after the draft.
He was great. Yeah, you're right.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
I mean, I mean, I'm a big IU football fan,
but after talking to him, I was like, I could
prove for Minnesota, and so.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
This guy's got to figure it out. Man, He's got
away with work, right.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
I was highly motivated coming out of that conversation. But yeah,
it's just a testament to what the Colts think of
Wally and how convicted they were when they drafted him
in the third round, when other people had, you know,
a day three graade on him. But he's certainly getting
high praise and does not appear to be going in
anywhere anytime soon within this secondary. Another guy who's loving
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this secondary, Cam Bining, a highly coveted free agent pickups
for the Colts here in the off season. He joined
us earlier this week here at training camp. He talked
about why he's excited to be on this Colts roster
and why he chose the Colts in free agency in
this past off season.
Speaker 7 (17:20):
Yeah, I'm excited to be here. Feels like home, just
being out here in Indianapolis. Thankfully was able to find
a place to live. So once I got set on
and everything furniture came in, I'm like, Okay, this is
officially my new home.
Speaker 8 (17:31):
And this training camp up here is super cool.
Speaker 7 (17:33):
This is my first time in my career going somewhere
else other than the facility to do training camp.
Speaker 8 (17:38):
So it's a cool little switch up.
Speaker 7 (17:39):
And this facility is insane, no doubt a doubt how
big it is, and just the fields and where the
fans are, just everything is set up super perfect and
it just makes a good experience for us as players
and also the fans.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
You talked about this during free agency, the infancy of
that period of time in the off season. You were
back home in the Philippines, that's where you make your
home in the off season. You're very press out of
your Filipino roots. How did you know being that far
away from not only Indianapolis but the United States? But
how did you know at that time that joining the
Colts and joining Indianapolis.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Was going to be the right move for you.
Speaker 8 (18:13):
There's a funny story, che gu Alusis.
Speaker 7 (18:17):
He came to the Philippines about two weeks before free
agency started, and he was joking around with me, like
you're going to be a coat and I'm like okay.
He's like, trust me, I've heard some things. He might
not He probably just and he was just messing around.
He's like he's talking about like, yeah, you're gonna be
a Colt, You're gonna love it. And I'm like, yeah,
we'll see what happens, just brushing it off because I'm
like everybody, all my friends will say that if they
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want me to join the team. So a few weeks later,
it ends up Coats are calling and they're the ones
that are coming hard after me and just the ones
that are really trying to get me to come here,
and I'm like, let's do it.
Speaker 8 (18:49):
And I was excited to join and become a cult.
Speaker 7 (18:51):
But having Chegu there for those few days in the Philippines,
that week in the Philippines he was there, I heard
a lot of good things about about Indianapolis as a city,
the fans, and just the team overall.
Speaker 8 (19:02):
So I felt like once free agency.
Speaker 7 (19:04):
Opened up, I felt like I knew a lot about
the Colts and just by asking him about his NFL experience,
so it was cool being able to, you know, learn
about the team even beyond free agency. So it was
an unbiased opinion here just telling me about the squad
and how much he loves it here.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
So one off season, in in a couple of days
of training camp in Do you still feel like you
made the right call.
Speaker 8 (19:24):
Yes, for sure, no doubt.
Speaker 7 (19:25):
I'm super happy here and just grateful the fact that
they've opened their arms to have me here, the staff,
to the players, to the city. Beyond grateful for everybody,
and I'm joining it so far, and I can't wait
to play my first game in Lucas Oil. I've never
been inside of that. Even the combine. It was COVID
year for me, so I was able to go in there.
So I was never able to go to Lucas Oil,
So that's been a dream of mine. So I'm excited
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for that.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Now.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
There has been a heavy emphasis put on this defense.
We talk about you and free agency, also Sharvarius Ward.
Then you look at the draft and you draft JT.
Tuamoloa in the second round, Justin Wally in the third round.
How much juices had get give you when you come
into a new environment and they are pouring all of
these assets into that side of the ball that you play.
Speaker 7 (20:05):
Yeah, it's cool just knowing that they're emphasizing the fact
that the defense needs to be strong, and the fact
that they're investing in it bringing me along, bringing Mooney along,
then drafting well and just the returning players that have
been here that are dogs already and have proven their
value on this team. So it's cool the fact that
the front office is seeing value and that we can
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be something, and just the expectation beyond anything else of
the type of players that are in this room.
Speaker 8 (20:33):
On the defensive side of the ball, we want to
be the best.
Speaker 7 (20:35):
And I feel the confidence and I feel that juice
from everybody and that attitude of we know that we're
going to be a solid defense and it's on us
to work this training camp to set a foundation and
weekend and week out during season have perfect preparation. So
we go into this game, every game, every single week
with no doubt that we'll be the best in the league.
Speaker 4 (20:53):
And you talk about that, you know, wanting to be
the best, and you come from Minnesota where the last
couple of years, I mean that defense has been easily
one of the top five top ten best defenses in football.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
How much have you been.
Speaker 4 (21:03):
Able to offer some of the other guys around this team,
you know kind of what those expectations are for what
you've experienced last couple of years.
Speaker 8 (21:09):
Yeah, just telling them the standard.
Speaker 7 (21:11):
That's probably the biggest thing, and first and foremost with
my leading by example, being able to go out every
single practice and practice as hard as I can.
Speaker 8 (21:19):
That's the foundation of everything.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
Even when I was in Minnesota, that was the mindset
and the collective mindset that we all had to be
able to go out there and practice to be the best.
But even beyond that, the you know, just telling stories
and good and bad experiences that I had, things that
happen on defense if I see a play, and just
being able to especially talk to the young guys. I
think that was one thing we had to rely on
in Minnesota. Every year we had young guys that had
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to play and make a big role. So for me
as a VET, I've seen that and I was a
rookie at one time that had to step in for
my veteran that missed a few games and I had
to go. And that's how I really made my market
in the league, being a young guy that came in
and bought out and that's how I stepped my foot
in the league. So me being able to help the
guys with you know, just telling stories and just answering
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questions and being there for the younger guys. I think
that can elevate the whole group because if there is
little to no drop off from the ones to the
twos and even from the youngest guys the rookies, that's
how you make a good defense and your depth and
just you know, the vets helping every single person on
the defense.
Speaker 3 (22:18):
Cold safety cambine them is our guest here. You know
you talked about your availability. Here's a nerdy stap for you.
You know these things. You haven't missed a game since
twenty twenty two and in that time you played ninety
six point seven percent of all the defensive snaps.
Speaker 1 (22:34):
How much of your availability has helped.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
You grow into the player that you've become, to the
point where the Colts made it a real emphasis to
bring you in and we're very aggressive in doing so
in free agency.
Speaker 8 (22:46):
Yeah, that's availability is everything.
Speaker 7 (22:47):
You hear people say your best ability is availability, And
for me as a player, you can't develop unless you're
getting reps, and especially there's nothing like game reps. Practice
is one thing, but being in a real life game,
going against a different team, with the atmosphere and the
stress of the crowd and the games and the situation.
Speaker 8 (23:03):
That's the only way you'll grow.
Speaker 7 (23:04):
So for me being able to prepare, I think preparation
is the biggest thing for me, being able to prove
that I'm doing my part to stay healthy and to
sustain over the course of years.
Speaker 8 (23:14):
I've missed a game since my rookie year.
Speaker 7 (23:16):
I focus on my preparation, being able to be there
for my teammates and create a situation for myself that's,
you know, the best possible situation, me being healthy. And
I think when coaches are looking at me during free agency,
they're like, Okay, this guy can be reliable no matter
what the plays he's making. Everything beyond that, he's going
to be there. He's going to have the right preparation.
He's going to prepare to be healthy, prepare to know
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the game plan and everything. And I think that shows
in the game and also in the number that you
brought up about me being able to play every down
every single year.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
It's cam bine them with us.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
Hey, I know you got to run, but last thing,
coming over from Minnesota, you work twenty four in Minnesota.
Obviously you can't wear that here with the Colts. Yeah,
just because of the retired number standpoint. But you're wearing zero.
You're gonna be the first Colts player ever to wear
the number zero.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Why zero?
Speaker 8 (24:05):
The coolest number that was available one? It is a
single digit, you know. Now, I made a meaning to it.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (24:12):
After I got it, and like people ask me that question,
I got to say something cool.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (24:16):
So now that you ask the question, I'm like, all right,
it's a fresh start, starting from zero right right right here.
Speaker 8 (24:22):
I like that right at ground zero, building it up.
Speaker 7 (24:24):
Newborn baby at home, new place to live, just knew everything.
This is a season of new, new stuff and change
for me. So I think, yeah, that's a cool little
story after you go to zero. So yeah, I just
made that up right now, and God bless you for
doing I guess.
Speaker 8 (24:37):
That sounds good on the radio.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
Hell, yeah it does.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
I'm using that all yere right there, Cam bind Them
one of the more you know, positive guys the Colts
have on the roster.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
Infectious attitude. Man, welcome again to the cold Senter. Thank you.
I II things here in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 8 (24:50):
Excited, Let's do it.
Speaker 3 (24:51):
That's Cam bind Them from earlier this week up at
Colds training camp. Here on the last Word with Casey Valer.
I'm Matt Taylor. I was giving them a hard time
about number zero. But I'm not a zero guy, all right.
I mean I love Tyrese Halliburton, but pick a number.
But I know I'm old school, right, I mean Clint
Eastwood yelling at the cloud and get off my front porch.
I get it.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
But the number zero is so it's so new school.
I'm just not used to it.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
It's it's becoming more and more prevalent. And like I said,
he's becoming the first Colts player ever to wear the
number zero. He can't wear twenty four here because of
Lenny Moore. That's retired by the Colts. That's what he
wore with the Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 1 (25:27):
But yeah, I don't know. I'm not a zero guy.
I'm with you.
Speaker 4 (25:31):
It's funny because you know, having kids, we played on
an All Star baseball team this year. We got to
pick your numbers, and we had a zero. We had
a ninety nine, and I'm like, what are we doing?
I mean, I know, Aaron Judge, he's ninety nine. I get,
but I was the same way. I'm like, just pick
a number. Yeah, Like I was twenty two. That was
always my number growing up forever. So I'm like right
there in the middle. It's pick a number.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
But I like what he said, though, fresh Scart, I
get him zero. I can get on board with that. Absolutely. Hey,
the Colts have teamed up with Anthon Blue Cross and
Blue Shield. They recognized school teachers, administrators, nurses and staff
members who go above and beyond you know, a classroom quarterback.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
Absolutely, you do.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
Nominate yours at colts dot com slash classroom Quarterbacks.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
We're up against it.
Speaker 3 (26:12):
When we come back, though, we'll give you the Forum
Credit Union Question of the Week, and we're also gonna
preview what we're looking out for this weekend when the
Colts continue training camp. They're gonna practice tomorrow four to
five thirty up at Graham Park. We'll do all that
when we come back and close it out here on
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Speaker 1 (26:54):
Gotta ask you are you're a Netflix guy? You got Netflix? Yes?
Speaker 3 (26:56):
Yeah, I do, all right, Happy Gilmour two. Yeah, just
came out, came out today. Yes, how what's your eagerness
to lay eyes on that it will be watched by.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
The end of the weekend? For sure? I know that
for sure.
Speaker 4 (27:08):
Adam Sailor is always good for a couple of laughs, So,
you know, just something that I don't have to think about.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
I can put it on, get a couple laughs, and
be good to go.
Speaker 3 (27:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
I was looking at all the cameos from the golfers.
Speaker 3 (27:17):
You have Brooks Keepka, Colin Morikawa, Justin Thomas is in there, Scottie.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
Scheffler, Rory Bryson, Yeah, Bryson de Shambo is in there. So,
I mean it's just going to be like Cameo City
exactly right. I mean we know what to expect.
Speaker 8 (27:31):
It's I mean, it'll be good.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Yeah, I mean it'll be good. It'll be what it
is right exactly. You know, it'll be a good two
hour diversion exactly.
Speaker 3 (27:38):
All right the Forum Credit Union question of the week
is this case, what are you looking out for this
weekend the Colts continue training camp?
Speaker 1 (27:44):
What storyline are you looking to progress the most?
Speaker 4 (27:48):
So I'm looking out for the heat because it's probably
going to be hot to get tomorrow right there at
the peak of the day at four, But ultimately it's
going to be watching what happens at center. I'm going
to continue to watch this defense we talked about just Wally.
He has been impressive to watch. We saw a couple
of veteran rest days, so I'm assuming we're going to
get you know, we saw Buck and Kenny and Sharvarius,
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Ward and Grove kind of all rotate and have a
handful of days off. So I'm anxious to see if
that defense is in full force tomorrow and really see
what they look like, you know, with all the full
collection of pieces.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Yeah, i want to see about these sudden change periods
that we've.
Speaker 3 (28:23):
Been here now, Yeah, that's a good point. We're talking
about the physicality of camp. Yeah, the intensity of it,
the conditioning that we want to see. You know, Shane
Steike and mentioned we're going to see some sudden change periods.
We're going to see some two minute drills. These are
all things that you're trying to drill in an effort
to get off to faster starts to begin the season.
Having won a season opener since twenty thirteen, and you're
looking to close the season out better. Right, You're the
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Colts are five and nine record wise since twenty twenty
in weeks sixteen through eighteen. Oh man, right, So closing
out seasons. I think that all starts here in training camp.
I'm looking forward to seeing if we're going to see
any of that.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
Over the weekend.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
Yeah, there's that, and then I didn't mention and we
saw a little bit of it today. We do have
a kicking competition, so I'm anxious to see when that
kind of continues to ramp up. I think the best
competition for that is going to be out here on
an environment where you can dedicate a whole segment of
practice to that.
Speaker 3 (29:13):
Yeah, we saw that today Maddix Traheo and Spencer Schrader.
Neither guy unfortunately was able to make good from distance
at the range of over fifty plus. I think they
both missed from about fifty three yards out. Hey, visit
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Speaker 1 (29:39):
Again.
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Speaker 1 (00:18):
Hey, what's the good word? On a Friday?
Speaker 3 (00:20):
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full effect. Casey Vallee is here. I'm Matt Taylor. So
case this is our last off season Friday night show
if you will, because next week will be the first
full week Colts training camps.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
I got to make the most of it. The last
time I see you? Right? Is that what that means?
Unfortunately for you.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
That's not the case. A yeah, I have a hard
time getting rid of me not so fast. But big
theme of the week is the heat. Case, Holy my,
it is hot. Like this is like I don't want
to go outside to get the mail hot.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
That's what it's been the last couple of days here.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Yeah, it's one of those things where I think this
morning was the first time that I had literally sat
down and done nothing and already swept through my shirt
before practice started.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Kind of what you expect late July into August.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Yeah, but I'm gonna get away from that mental image.
I'm not gonna lie. We got to steer away from that.
I mean, we got to talk about something way more
appealing than you know, the.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
The dampness of your shirt case.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
I'm in the same boat, but that's a heck of
a way to start a show there, all right, We're
gonna do our best to veer away from that. As
the Colts began training camp this week, three practices in.
They did practice earlier today, ramping up a little bit
in terms of time. We're gonna recap at all what
we've seen so far. We're going to break down this
quarterback competition. We're going to discuss the other position battles
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that are starting to take shape, and we're also going
to hear from Colts Safety Camp bite them on segment
number two, and we're gonna talk offense here on segment
one and break down eventually what's going on with this
starting center battle between Tanner Bordolini and Danny Pinter. But
it's been a very busy week for the Colts. They
reported on Tuesday. First practice was on Wednesday. We had
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the Chris Ballard preseason State of the team, if you will.
The Colts are going to practice tomorrow as well, so
four straight days to start the workouts here in case.
What's been your what have been your early training camp reactions?
Speaker 1 (02:39):
What has stood out to you the most?
Speaker 4 (02:40):
I think the biggest thing that has stood out to
me is that the defense, with a new defensive coordinator,
kind of a complete shift in kind of the scheme
of what we've been used to the.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Last couple of years. They really hit the ground running.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
I mean it has been a pretty impressive couple days
from the defense. I think on Friday, the offense really
took some strides and I think they you know, really
stepped up what they did the first couple of practices.
But I think the first thing that I have noticed
is how well this defense, which I wasn't sure how
long it would take for them to really develop underneath
this LEU and orumo system. I thought maybe by you know,
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week two, week three of camp, we'd really see them
really humming.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
But I think it's been a pretty impressive start for
the defense, and that's been the biggest thing.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
You can already start to see these schematic yeah shift
in mindset. You're playing pressman de man. Guys are blitzing more.
They're just a little bit more, for lack of a
better term, overall aggressiveness. Already three days in the camp
and we're not even in the pads.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
One of the things I thought of today on Friday
when they when the first team portion started and I
saw Rodney Thomas out at safety, I was like, Oh,
is nit Cross on a veteran rest day? Is he hurt? No,
they're just playing the dime defense.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
That's one of the things that we knew we were
going to see, but we saw that early and often
on Friday. So that is something that it has been
impressive to see what this defense has done.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
All right, this quarterback battle Anthony Richardson Daniel Jones, it's
been the headline of camp.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
It's going to continue to be.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Those guys are splitting first team reps evenly in all
the main sessions. If you will seven on seven full
team periods, that's going to be the case going forward.
Shane Steike can explain this week, the Colts practices are
set up to focus on specific things like red zone
or third down or blitz pick up, so splitting the
reps evenly gives both quarterbacks the opportunity to work on
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those situations. The cults are going to be monitoring Richardson's
throwing volume, but it's not going to impact his availability
in team periods. They might scale that back, and I
really haven't seen that yet individual work or route on
air leading up to those seven on seven and team periods,
But those guys case, they're being heavily scrutinized every single day.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
The completion trackers are out, all the beat writers.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
How has Richardson looked to you so far after missing
the last two weeks of the off season workout program
back in the spring.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Yeah, I thought Richardson really he ended the week pretty well.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
I know we got other practice tomorrow, but I thought
today was probably his best day. Agreed, And you know
he's made those gradual increases in gradual steps the first days,
but I think Friday was probably his best day out here,
and that's what you want to see.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
He's got to ramp himself back up.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
We knew it's not going to be able to hit
the ground running and go out and be peak where
he's going to be at that, you know, that season mark.
But I think we're starting to see that gradual increase
and I think he's really starting to hit his form
here as we've gotten through kind of the first week
of camp.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Yeah, if you want answers already, you're gonna be waiting
a while. Yeah, you know, I think this is going
to go until the end of the preseason, but it's
just going to boil down a consistency, Right, the guy
that's the most consistent, especially inside the passing game, is
going to win this job. And I still think it's
a true battle and the totality of this camp is
going to determine the winner of this job, not just
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who has a couple of good sessions or a good
couple of days. And so far both guys have had
sort of their ups and downs inside the passing completely.
So that's the reality of the situation. When it comes
to quarterback. Let's talk about the center of attention. Danny
Penner and Tanner Bordolina like.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
What I like?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Nice you guys competing for that starting center job. I
would say outside of quarterback, that's probably on offense. Anyways,
the biggest positional battle that we have in this camp, Penners.
Going into year number six, he's played in sixty games.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
He started nine games throughout the forest of his career.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
Boridelini drafted last year as they're cutting grass right about
getting grass clipping in the faces, cup my nostrils here.
But as far as Bordelini goes, he started five games
last year, played in twelve.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Any idea who maybe has a little bit of a
leg up there or is it too early to tell.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
I mean, it's probably too early to tell, just because
we're seeing them really get installs and everything going right now.
But I would probably say I lean more towards Bordolini
is who I think is going to win the job.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
But I think it's too early to tell at this point. Yeah,
no question about that.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Speaking of Tanner Bordolini, he sat down with us earlier today,
in fact, right after practice as the winds starts to
pick up here at training camp. But this is good
Tanner Bordolini breaking down how much more comfortable he is
so far in this camp and year number two compared
to last year, when everything's thrown at you for the
first time.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
As a rookie.
Speaker 5 (06:58):
I think going in a year too, you feel a
lot better about what to expect in training camp. You know,
you have a playbook, you have a year under your
belt on that.
Speaker 6 (07:05):
You know.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
We're last year.
Speaker 5 (07:05):
It's like we are installing so much every day. It's
like drinking out of a fire hose. You're like, I,
I'm just trying to get everything down as much as
I can down. And you go out one play day,
I mess it up and like, oh my, like this
is not going the way I want to. But right
here too, you get a lot more comfortable going through
it all. You know, like, oh, well, I've ran these
plays before, I know the adjustments we got to make.
I know what to do, I know what to expect
out of practice. I know what I want to get
done in practice. And I think you're a lot more
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comfortable in those situations.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Yeah, twelve games last year, five starts. What did you
most learn about yourself and the league, what it's like
to be an NFL player last year?
Speaker 5 (07:36):
I think a couple of things won. The preparation that
you need to do on a week to week basis
is critical. There's a lot of work off the field
to put yourself in a position to succeed on Sundays.
I mean, I think having guys like Danny and Ryan
and you know ahead of me that help me, Like, hey,
what do you guys do outside of here to get
ready for games? They were really pivotal, and like, how
do I be efficient in my film studying and not
just watch a bunch of film and get really nothing
from it?
Speaker 6 (07:56):
Right?
Speaker 5 (07:57):
I think just learning that, Okay, you know, like you
are a better, Like you're really capable of blocking these guys.
You know. Obviously you get to the NFL, you're like, oh,
like this is nuts. You know, everybody's really good. You're
playing against some of the guys you've been watching on
TV since you were good. I remember playing Cam Hayward
was my first start lesson and this guy's been in
the league for like fifteen years playing at a high level.
You know, so I've been getting to block. I'm like, oh,
I can block him here. That's pretty cool. You know,
I'm really capable of doing this. I'm capable of doing it.
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At a high level and not just getting down that
consistency of being able to do it every day, every play.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
And with Danny, I mean it's been well documented. You
guys are kind of battling for that center position. How
important is that relationship because you know, from the outside
looking in, you're competing, you're battling against this guy. But
at the end of the day, for you, I mean,
he's your brother. He's a guy you're relying on. When
he succeeds, the team succeeds, same with you. You're both
looking for both of you to succeed. How important is
that bond to have.
Speaker 5 (08:43):
It's incredibly important because whoever wins the job, we want
our team and our unit to be the best when
we go out, right, So there's no ill wishes against
each other. We both talk every day about, Hey, what
could we have done better? What do you like that
I did?
Speaker 1 (08:54):
What I like that you did? What do we think
each other could do? Right?
Speaker 5 (08:57):
And I think that's the really cool part about it
is that you know, with there being that competition that
you know everybody wants to win obviously, right, but he's
still been extremely helpful to me and what I need
to do what I need to keep working on how
can I be better? You know, what are some things
that he's doing right now technique wise that are working
for him and that I might be able to incorporate.
Now again, we want our unit to beat the best
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it can be, so ever wins, we want to put
our group in that position.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
It's Tanner Bordolini with us big picture on that battle.
How tough is it to compartmentalize the intensity of it, right?
I mean it's it's every day, it's heavily scrutinized. How
do you deal with just managing how intense it is,
knowing that it's ongoing between now and.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
The start of the regular season.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
I think it's just something you got to know coming
in that it's gonna be tough, it's gonna be mentally draining,
But it's alas something that you dreamed about for a
long time, right, put a lot of work in to
get to this point. It's just something that you want
to keep putting that work on or work in to
achieve that dream. And that's kind of where I'm at now.
It's like, Okay, you've come this far, You've done look
at all the things that you've done. To this point,
to get here, how do we keep going to finish
the job we started long ago.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
It's Tanner Bordolini right there with us back here live
on the last word. We take that right after practice
today we're at Graham Park with Casey Valley.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
I'm Matt Taylor.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Really good perspective out of him, knowing that, hey, this
is a long it's a marathon in terms of this
position battle. This can be paralysis by analysis one hundred percent.
Overanalyze a bad rep or a bad session. I mean
that could just cripple you in terms of overanalyzing that
and one bad session leading into two and three if
you let it kind of eat.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
At you a little bit, right, And that's what I think.
I'm not saying.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
I know these guys super well, but when you talk
to Danny Pincher, you talk to Tanner Bordolini, I think
both of them have been able to really compartmentalize the
importance of every rep, but also not making every single
rep so incredibly meaningful that it carries on. So that
is one of the things that I think it's been
impressive to see these guys because they're battling them. But
from this point, it's been pretty even.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
Yeah, no question, And you're already starting to see some
cross training too. Danny Pinterer today was running with the
second team. Yesterday he was running with the first team
at center. But today Pinner was cross training at guard.
Wesley French was playing with the twos at center. So
perhaps maybe we see Tanner Bordolini do some cross training
at guard as early as tomorrow. We'll see, But based
(11:09):
on how things are going, you would think that tomorrow
Saturday would be Danny Pinter's day to play center with
the ones. As this position battle is ongoing. Hey, Colt
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Speaker 1 (11:28):
All right, time for a quick time out.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
When we come back, we're gonna chat on the defensive
side of the ball. Cam Binham is gonna join us
to talk about the Colts defense. So far, he's one
of the more prized possessions for the Colts in free agency.
He's going to be a big time edition in that secondary.
We're gonna talk to him about how he's fitting in
and what he thinks of the ceiling for the Colts
defense in twenty twenty five. That's coming up next here
(11:51):
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Speaker 6 (12:06):
I think it's the same every year. You know, prepare,
you know, make some I'm not the best of best
of my possible self, you know for this team. You know,
the same thing. Go back to my rookie year when
I was competing with Gardner for the starting job, you know,
just learning the offense master and the offense and just
being available for the team. I think that's the main
thing conversations was saying. Hasn't really changed much. He told
us that, Daniel, we're not going to compete. We let
(12:27):
us know every day it's a competition. So we both
got a working of compete for that job, and whoever
wins it wins it.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
That's Anthony Richardson right there on how he's preparing to
win the starting quarterback job for the Colts. Pretty honest
about you know, the need to stay healthy and available
this season, only played in fifteen games in its first
two years. You couple that with his production that we've
seen on the field. That's why there's a quarterback battle
to begin with here in Indianapa.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
Yeah, there's some ways to think that. That is one
of the biggest things.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
You know, you could talk about the completion percentage, but
also not being able to put together a full you know,
like a collection of starts. You know, you get the
ups and downs in the momentum just it stops and
starts and all that.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
So that's part of it too.
Speaker 4 (13:07):
And they've talked about how important it is to get
a guy in here to make sure that he can't
be there for an entire season, and he has yet
to proven that. So that's what he's trying to change
this year.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
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let's talk about defensive observations. The defense, as we said
back in segment one, looks really strong. You're already starting
to see the new scheme take shape. They're contesting passes.
(14:03):
I talked to Tom Manning right after practice today and
I said, hey, I know you want to talk about
tight ends, but I want to talk about the big
picture of what you're seeing on defense. He's talking about
how every single completion, every single blade of grass, every
single yard to the offense is gaining right now, is really.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Tough so far against this defense.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
No, I mean, the one word that I would use
to describe this defense to this point has been sticky.
You know, you're trying to evaluate the quarterback play and
it's sometimes I'm like, quarterbacks just don't have anywhere to
throw the football.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Passing sore minimal, They're minimal.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
So it's very very hard to kind of judge that
and That just speaks to kind of what we all
envision when you thought about this lou Anarumo defense coming over.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
That is kind of what we thought we would see.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
And that's where as I talked about the top that
I've been very impressed that this early on, the defense
has picked up that quickly.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
And justin Wally is the surprise call for me playing
right away with the starting defense, and the Colts are
feeling really comfortable playing him in both situations at corner
outside and kicking in to play Nickel as well. Well,
why do you think he's getting this much attention and
run right away over guys that have proven NFL experience
(15:10):
on this team, most notably Jalen Jones. He's back healthy,
but it's Wally still getting I hate to use the
word preference, but he's getting a lot of run and
the culture taking a good hard look at how much
he can handle right away.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
I can't remember the guy's name, but when we talked
to his position coach from Minnesota, we were all ready
to run through again defensive defensive coordineer. We were ready
to run through a wall through him, and he just
did nothing but rave about what this guy was that
we were getting in Justin Walley, how he attacks every day.
He does every single thing correct. He'd wants you to
(15:45):
take his daughter out, he'd want you to cut his grass,
he'd want you to do all this because everything he
does is proper and what he's supposed to do.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
And we have seen that, and this.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Coaching staff has talked about how smart, how quick he's
been able to pick up on everything, and it's just
translated to the field. It's interesting because when he was
drafting the third round, there were some people who had
him going as late as round six or seven or
being an undrafted guy, and the Colts select him in
the third round because they need him here and he
has proven that man that third round they may have
(16:15):
gotten a steal in round three, maybe he could have
gone and gone sooner. So it's been very, very impressive.
Now we're going to see what happens when you get
the pads on. But to this point, Justin Wally has
been better than advertised. I would say, yeah, the interview
that you were alluding to that was Nick Monroe, like, yeah,
it's a coordinator from Minnesota.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
We talked him in the spring right after the draft.
He was great. Yeah, you're right.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
I mean, I mean, I'm a big IU football fan,
but after talking to him, I was like, I could
prove for Minnesota, and so.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
This guy's got to figure it out. Man, He's got
away with work, right.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
I was highly motivated coming out of that conversation. But yeah,
it's just a testament to what the Colts think of
Wally and how convicted they were when they drafted him
in the third round, when other people had, you know,
a day three graade on him. But he's certainly getting
high praise and does not appear to be going in
anywhere anytime soon within this secondary. Another guy who's loving
(17:04):
this secondary, Cam Bining, a highly coveted free agent pickups
for the Colts here in the off season. He joined
us earlier this week here at training camp. He talked
about why he's excited to be on this Colts roster
and why he chose the Colts in free agency in
this past off season.
Speaker 7 (17:20):
Yeah, I'm excited to be here. Feels like home, just
being out here in Indianapolis. Thankfully was able to find
a place to live. So once I got set on
and everything furniture came in, I'm like, Okay, this is
officially my new home.
Speaker 8 (17:31):
And this training camp up here is super cool.
Speaker 7 (17:33):
This is my first time in my career going somewhere
else other than the facility to do training camp.
Speaker 8 (17:38):
So it's a cool little switch up.
Speaker 7 (17:39):
And this facility is insane, no doubt a doubt how
big it is, and just the fields and where the
fans are, just everything is set up super perfect and
it just makes a good experience for us as players
and also the fans.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
You talked about this during free agency, the infancy of
that period of time in the off season. You were
back home in the Philippines, that's where you make your
home in the off season. You're very press out of
your Filipino roots. How did you know being that far
away from not only Indianapolis but the United States? But
how did you know at that time that joining the
Colts and joining Indianapolis.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Was going to be the right move for you.
Speaker 8 (18:13):
There's a funny story, che gu Alusis.
Speaker 7 (18:17):
He came to the Philippines about two weeks before free
agency started, and he was joking around with me, like
you're going to be a coat and I'm like okay.
He's like, trust me, I've heard some things. He might
not He probably just and he was just messing around.
He's like he's talking about like, yeah, you're gonna be
a Colt, You're gonna love it. And I'm like, yeah,
we'll see what happens, just brushing it off because I'm
like everybody, all my friends will say that if they
(18:37):
want me to join the team. So a few weeks later,
it ends up Coats are calling and they're the ones
that are coming hard after me and just the ones
that are really trying to get me to come here,
and I'm like, let's do it.
Speaker 8 (18:49):
And I was excited to join and become a cult.
Speaker 7 (18:51):
But having Chegu there for those few days in the Philippines,
that week in the Philippines he was there, I heard
a lot of good things about about Indianapolis as a city,
the fans, and just the team overall.
Speaker 8 (19:02):
So I felt like once free agency.
Speaker 7 (19:04):
Opened up, I felt like I knew a lot about
the Colts and just by asking him about his NFL experience,
so it was cool being able to, you know, learn
about the team even beyond free agency. So it was
an unbiased opinion here just telling me about the squad
and how much he loves it here.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
So one off season, in in a couple of days
of training camp in Do you still feel like you
made the right call.
Speaker 8 (19:24):
Yes, for sure, no doubt.
Speaker 7 (19:25):
I'm super happy here and just grateful the fact that
they've opened their arms to have me here, the staff,
to the players, to the city. Beyond grateful for everybody,
and I'm joining it so far, and I can't wait
to play my first game in Lucas Oil. I've never
been inside of that. Even the combine. It was COVID
year for me, so I was able to go in there.
So I was never able to go to Lucas Oil,
So that's been a dream of mine. So I'm excited
(19:47):
for that.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Now.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
There has been a heavy emphasis put on this defense.
We talk about you and free agency, also Sharvarius Ward.
Then you look at the draft and you draft JT.
Tuamoloa in the second round, Justin Wally in the third round.
How much juices had get give you when you come
into a new environment and they are pouring all of
these assets into that side of the ball that you play.
Speaker 7 (20:05):
Yeah, it's cool just knowing that they're emphasizing the fact
that the defense needs to be strong, and the fact
that they're investing in it bringing me along, bringing Mooney along,
then drafting well and just the returning players that have
been here that are dogs already and have proven their
value on this team. So it's cool the fact that
the front office is seeing value and that we can
(20:27):
be something, and just the expectation beyond anything else of
the type of players that are in this room.
Speaker 8 (20:33):
On the defensive side of the ball, we want to
be the best.
Speaker 7 (20:35):
And I feel the confidence and I feel that juice
from everybody and that attitude of we know that we're
going to be a solid defense and it's on us
to work this training camp to set a foundation and
weekend and week out during season have perfect preparation. So
we go into this game, every game, every single week
with no doubt that we'll be the best in the league.
Speaker 4 (20:53):
And you talk about that, you know, wanting to be
the best, and you come from Minnesota where the last
couple of years, I mean that defense has been easily
one of the top five top ten best defenses in football.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
How much have you been.
Speaker 4 (21:03):
Able to offer some of the other guys around this team,
you know kind of what those expectations are for what
you've experienced last couple of years.
Speaker 8 (21:09):
Yeah, just telling them the standard.
Speaker 7 (21:11):
That's probably the biggest thing, and first and foremost with
my leading by example, being able to go out every
single practice and practice as hard as I can.
Speaker 8 (21:19):
That's the foundation of everything.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
Even when I was in Minnesota, that was the mindset
and the collective mindset that we all had to be
able to go out there and practice to be the best.
But even beyond that, the you know, just telling stories
and good and bad experiences that I had, things that
happen on defense if I see a play, and just
being able to especially talk to the young guys. I
think that was one thing we had to rely on
in Minnesota. Every year we had young guys that had
(21:43):
to play and make a big role. So for me
as a VET, I've seen that and I was a
rookie at one time that had to step in for
my veteran that missed a few games and I had
to go. And that's how I really made my market
in the league, being a young guy that came in
and bought out and that's how I stepped my foot
in the league. So me being able to help the
guys with you know, just telling stories and just answering
(22:03):
questions and being there for the younger guys. I think
that can elevate the whole group because if there is
little to no drop off from the ones to the
twos and even from the youngest guys the rookies, that's
how you make a good defense and your depth and
just you know, the vets helping every single person on
the defense.
Speaker 3 (22:18):
Cold safety cambine them is our guest here. You know
you talked about your availability. Here's a nerdy stap for you.
You know these things. You haven't missed a game since
twenty twenty two and in that time you played ninety
six point seven percent of all the defensive snaps.
Speaker 1 (22:34):
How much of your availability has helped.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
You grow into the player that you've become, to the
point where the Colts made it a real emphasis to
bring you in and we're very aggressive in doing so
in free agency.
Speaker 8 (22:46):
Yeah, that's availability is everything.
Speaker 7 (22:47):
You hear people say your best ability is availability, And
for me as a player, you can't develop unless you're
getting reps, and especially there's nothing like game reps. Practice
is one thing, but being in a real life game,
going against a different team, with the atmosphere and the
stress of the crowd and the games and the situation.
Speaker 8 (23:03):
That's the only way you'll grow.
Speaker 7 (23:04):
So for me being able to prepare, I think preparation
is the biggest thing for me, being able to prove
that I'm doing my part to stay healthy and to
sustain over the course of years.
Speaker 8 (23:14):
I've missed a game since my rookie year.
Speaker 7 (23:16):
I focus on my preparation, being able to be there
for my teammates and create a situation for myself that's,
you know, the best possible situation, me being healthy. And
I think when coaches are looking at me during free agency,
they're like, Okay, this guy can be reliable no matter
what the plays he's making. Everything beyond that, he's going
to be there. He's going to have the right preparation.
He's going to prepare to be healthy, prepare to know
(23:39):
the game plan and everything. And I think that shows
in the game and also in the number that you
brought up about me being able to play every down
every single year.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
It's cam bine them with us.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
Hey, I know you got to run, but last thing,
coming over from Minnesota, you work twenty four in Minnesota.
Obviously you can't wear that here with the Colts. Yeah,
just because of the retired number standpoint. But you're wearing zero.
You're gonna be the first Colts player ever to wear
the number zero.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Why zero?
Speaker 8 (24:05):
The coolest number that was available one? It is a
single digit, you know. Now, I made a meaning to it.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (24:12):
After I got it, and like people ask me that question,
I got to say something cool.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (24:16):
So now that you ask the question, I'm like, all right,
it's a fresh start, starting from zero right right right here.
Speaker 8 (24:22):
I like that right at ground zero, building it up.
Speaker 7 (24:24):
Newborn baby at home, new place to live, just knew everything.
This is a season of new, new stuff and change
for me. So I think, yeah, that's a cool little
story after you go to zero. So yeah, I just
made that up right now, and God bless you for
doing I guess.
Speaker 8 (24:37):
That sounds good on the radio.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
Hell, yeah it does.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
I'm using that all yere right there, Cam bind Them
one of the more you know, positive guys the Colts
have on the roster.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
Infectious attitude. Man, welcome again to the cold Senter. Thank you.
I II things here in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 8 (24:50):
Excited, Let's do it.
Speaker 3 (24:51):
That's Cam bind Them from earlier this week up at
Colds training camp. Here on the last Word with Casey Valer.
I'm Matt Taylor. I was giving them a hard time
about number zero. But I'm not a zero guy, all right.
I mean I love Tyrese Halliburton, but pick a number.
But I know I'm old school, right, I mean Clint
Eastwood yelling at the cloud and get off my front porch.
I get it.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
But the number zero is so it's so new school.
I'm just not used to it.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
It's it's becoming more and more prevalent. And like I said,
he's becoming the first Colts player ever to wear the
number zero. He can't wear twenty four here because of
Lenny Moore. That's retired by the Colts. That's what he
wore with the Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 1 (25:27):
But yeah, I don't know. I'm not a zero guy.
I'm with you.
Speaker 4 (25:31):
It's funny because you know, having kids, we played on
an All Star baseball team this year. We got to
pick your numbers, and we had a zero. We had
a ninety nine, and I'm like, what are we doing?
I mean, I know, Aaron Judge, he's ninety nine. I get,
but I was the same way. I'm like, just pick
a number. Yeah, Like I was twenty two. That was
always my number growing up forever. So I'm like right
there in the middle. It's pick a number.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
But I like what he said, though, fresh Scart, I
get him zero. I can get on board with that. Absolutely. Hey,
the Colts have teamed up with Anthon Blue Cross and
Blue Shield. They recognized school teachers, administrators, nurses and staff
members who go above and beyond you know, a classroom quarterback.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
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Speaker 3 (26:06):
Nominate yours at colts dot com slash classroom Quarterbacks.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
We're up against it.
Speaker 3 (26:12):
When we come back, though, we'll give you the Forum
Credit Union Question of the Week, and we're also gonna
preview what we're looking out for this weekend when the
Colts continue training camp. They're gonna practice tomorrow four to
five thirty up at Graham Park. We'll do all that
when we come back and close it out here on
the Last Word ninety three five one oh seven five
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Speaker 1 (26:54):
Gotta ask you are you're a Netflix guy? You got Netflix? Yes?
Speaker 3 (26:56):
Yeah, I do, all right, Happy Gilmour two. Yeah, just
came out, came out today. Yes, how what's your eagerness
to lay eyes on that it will be watched by.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
The end of the weekend? For sure? I know that
for sure.
Speaker 4 (27:08):
Adam Sailor is always good for a couple of laughs, So,
you know, just something that I don't have to think about.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
I can put it on, get a couple laughs, and
be good to go.
Speaker 3 (27:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
I was looking at all the cameos from the golfers.
Speaker 3 (27:17):
You have Brooks Keepka, Colin Morikawa, Justin Thomas is in there, Scottie.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
Scheffler, Rory Bryson, Yeah, Bryson de Shambo is in there. So,
I mean it's just going to be like Cameo City
exactly right. I mean we know what to expect.
Speaker 8 (27:31):
It's I mean, it'll be good.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Yeah, I mean it'll be good. It'll be what it
is right exactly. You know, it'll be a good two
hour diversion exactly.
Speaker 3 (27:38):
All right the Forum Credit Union question of the week
is this case, what are you looking out for this
weekend the Colts continue training camp?
Speaker 1 (27:44):
What storyline are you looking to progress the most?
Speaker 4 (27:48):
So I'm looking out for the heat because it's probably
going to be hot to get tomorrow right there at
the peak of the day at four, But ultimately it's
going to be watching what happens at center. I'm going
to continue to watch this defense we talked about just Wally.
He has been impressive to watch. We saw a couple
of veteran rest days, so I'm assuming we're going to
get you know, we saw Buck and Kenny and Sharvarius,
(28:09):
Ward and Grove kind of all rotate and have a
handful of days off. So I'm anxious to see if
that defense is in full force tomorrow and really see
what they look like, you know, with all the full
collection of pieces.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Yeah, i want to see about these sudden change periods
that we've.
Speaker 3 (28:23):
Been here now, Yeah, that's a good point. We're talking
about the physicality of camp. Yeah, the intensity of it,
the conditioning that we want to see. You know, Shane
Steike and mentioned we're going to see some sudden change periods.
We're going to see some two minute drills. These are
all things that you're trying to drill in an effort
to get off to faster starts to begin the season.
Having won a season opener since twenty thirteen, and you're
looking to close the season out better. Right, You're the
(28:45):
Colts are five and nine record wise since twenty twenty
in weeks sixteen through eighteen. Oh man, right, So closing
out seasons. I think that all starts here in training camp.
I'm looking forward to seeing if we're going to see
any of that.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
Over the weekend.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
Yeah, there's that, and then I didn't mention and we
saw a little bit of it today. We do have
a kicking competition, so I'm anxious to see when that
kind of continues to ramp up. I think the best
competition for that is going to be out here on
an environment where you can dedicate a whole segment of
practice to that.
Speaker 3 (29:13):
Yeah, we saw that today Maddix Traheo and Spencer Schrader.
Neither guy unfortunately was able to make good from distance
at the range of over fifty plus. I think they
both missed from about fifty three yards out. Hey, visit
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I'm Matt Taylor.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
Again.
Speaker 3 (29:40):
This is our last edition in the offseason, if you
want to call it that. With training camp having already
begun of the Last Word, we are going to transition
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and beyond bits your case here we go, absolutely, Casey Value.
Speaker 1 (30:02):
I'm Matt Taylor.
Speaker 3 (30:03):
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