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September 8, 2025 11 mins

Kevin Bowen from The Fan Morning Show  joins to talk about the first Colts game of the season! 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's the Hammer and Nigel Show. My name is Nigel
Jason Hammer right over there. Final score Indianapolis Colts thirty three,
Miami Dolphins eight. Big blowout there, Lucas Oil. The Colts
win their first game of the regular season, which in
and of itself is quite an accomplishment for the Colts.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
Correct, some of the Colts players were ten years old.
But last time the Colts won an opener.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
So Hammer, the big question is Colts looked great, had
some positive I mean, it was a fun game to watch,
but they played the Dolphins.

Speaker 3 (00:31):
Which is it?

Speaker 2 (00:31):
You know, Dolphins could be ass Let's find out from
one of the guys that talk about this for a
living Kevin Bowen, part of the morning show over on
what oh seven to five The fan KB back for
another year breaking down Colts games with us.

Speaker 3 (00:45):
So what is it, Kevin? Are the Colts better or
are the Dolphins? Ass?

Speaker 4 (00:51):
Wow? That is a great, great question, very descriptive as well.
You know we have gone through and you know us
three have done these Monday combos for I don't know,
last three or four years.

Speaker 5 (01:01):
We've gone through so much, this.

Speaker 4 (01:02):
Absolute misery the Monday after the opener, Like I don't
even think.

Speaker 5 (01:07):
I'm ready to entertain that question.

Speaker 4 (01:08):
Fans can feel however they want today, if you want
to move Peyton Manning's statue to you know, Shapiro's this
parking lot and build Daniel.

Speaker 5 (01:17):
Jones statue out front, by all means, that was a
thorough you said, hass. All I know is that was
an app kicking.

Speaker 4 (01:24):
And yes, Miami might stink, and the Colts might be
the New Orleans Saints of last year who did this
in Week one, but nonetheless we haven't seen anything like that.
I mean, hell, all their wins last year were by
one score, all eight of them. Yesterday it was never
even close to a one score.

Speaker 5 (01:39):
Game, especially after halftime.

Speaker 4 (01:40):
So that was a thorough, surgical, clinical beatdown on both
sides of the ball.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
So let's start at the quarterback position here. A lot
of people thought it was a controversial decision to go
with Daniel Jones over Anthony Richardson. I know a lot
of calls and messages came into your show about that topic,
talk about why it looked like to be the right decision.

Speaker 4 (02:03):
Well, I think what you're gonna get with Daniel Jones,
there's certainly the hope is and you saw that play
out over sixty minutes yesterday. Is you're gonna get methodical,
you're gonna get ball control, You're going to get the
ball in the hands of playmakers, and then they're gonna
do a lot of the heavy lifting.

Speaker 5 (02:18):
After the catch.

Speaker 4 (02:19):
And Shane Stiken is very bullish on what he designs
up and the scheme of their offense. And again, I
think that was on full display outside of really one
ball that should have been picked. I mean, Jones was flawless.
He gave guys chances to make plays. It's not the flashiest,
you know, Josh Allen type of who Demi plays. But
at the end of the day, again, it's a very

(02:39):
efficient kind of think baseball analogy, more singles than doubles,
and if you can build enough hits up, you can
you know, get runners over and get them in.

Speaker 5 (02:46):
And I think that's what you saw.

Speaker 4 (02:48):
You saw a lot of scoring drives that were sustained drives.
You know, when you hear ball control that phrase, you
think of a running game a lot. And Jonathan Taylor
was fine, but really the ball control is Daniel Jones.

Speaker 5 (02:59):
Doing a whole lot of it. Again with that right
arm and letting guys make plays.

Speaker 4 (03:03):
So that is exactly I think what the Colts are
hoping for, and that's really what they got from him.

Speaker 5 (03:08):
Yesterday.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
I think Daniel Jones ruined a parlay you had with
Tyler Warren.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
Oh no, but Jonathan Taylor, oath Taylor was Jonathan Taylor
touchdown away from hitting that same game parlay, and that
that vulture Shanny Dimes comes diving in there himself.

Speaker 4 (03:24):
Kevin, I'm gonna say, hammer and I traded text that
the Tyler Warren over under three and a half catches,
that was the lock.

Speaker 5 (03:31):
That might be the easiest lock we have all year.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
Oh yeah, we gave that one out on your show
on Thursday, and that felt like free money. There's no
such thing as free money, but that came close. Hey,
talk about Tyler Warren real quick here, because fans like myself,
you know, we've been saying for years, we need an
NFL caliber tight end to help move the chains, not

(03:55):
a basketball player they're trying to turn into a tight end,
not some project ballard for all of those years, very
politely gave us the middle finger. Now here's a kid,
this Tyler warrencat boy. He seems like the real deal,
and it's making a big difference.

Speaker 4 (04:12):
Yeah, he's a stud, flat out. You know, Rookie tight
ends do not do that in week one. Hell, the Colts,
to your point, haven't had a tight end put up
those numbers. Seven catches for seventy six yards since Jeff's
Saturday was the interim head coach. That's not how long
we have to go back to. So it's been quite
humbling the tight end. And you know, again you can
watch the catches and watch the yards after catch and

(04:33):
watch him jump up in the air and catch it,
and it's all very evident, and obviously the stat line
backs it up. But go back and watch the Michael
Pittman Junior touchdown and it's a little football nerdy, but
you will see on that play Miami and giving Tyler
Warren a ton of respects. I mean, they are treating
him like, you know, whatever you would treat the first lady.

(04:54):
And all of a sudden there's Michael Pittman Junior wide
open down the right sideline and Daniel Jones process that
found Michael Pittman Jr. For the touchdown. Like Warren clearly
is already commanding.

Speaker 5 (05:08):
You know, big time pro Bowl level.

Speaker 4 (05:10):
Type of attention from the opposing defense, and despite that,
he still had again the biggest day of Colts sight
in is out in years, so amhert You and I
of course talked about it on Thursday. I thought Warren,
I thought three and a half catches was laughable. You know,
you saw us as a fullback on one play. The
Colts really have not had a skill player like this
in quite some time.

Speaker 1 (05:30):
Mentioned him just a minute ago. The running back Jonathan Taylor.
Your analysis. How important is he to the offense? I
think he had a really good game yesterday as well.

Speaker 4 (05:39):
Yeah, he carried the ball fifteen times in the first half,
which is a huge number for those kind of unfamiliar
with how running backs are utilized in today's NFL.

Speaker 5 (05:47):
He actually left the game late in the.

Speaker 4 (05:48):
Third quarter, kind of got hit in the neck area,
you know, from like a medical alarming standpoint. Shane Steken
down played a post game and he never like went
into the blue ten or win in the locker room.
He actually put his back on a one point that
I think someone was like, hey, the score is like
a million to zero, why don't you just take the
rest of the game off now? Up until that point,
they haven't used any other running back, which again is

(06:09):
kind of rare in today's league to not see a
little bit of a rotation there. So, you know, anytime
Taylor is not in the game, I think it gets attention,
not from just the betters or the fantasy footballers, but
you know, he's really, again a pretty unique running back
and that they play him a lot and give him
the ball a lot. So just something to keep an
eye on as the season moves along.

Speaker 2 (06:31):
Kevin Bowen with us part of the morning show on
one oh seven to five the Fan recapping that big
Colts win some of the other storylines coming out of
that game. Kevin, I thought it was interesting that when
they announced the Colts, like, there wasn't the usual starting lineup,
here's the offense or here's the defense.

Speaker 3 (06:50):
It was here's the Colts and they just ran out.

Speaker 2 (06:53):
That seemed like it was a little different, and maybe
that's part of the new leadership of the Orsay daw.

Speaker 5 (07:01):
Yeah, I was curious about that.

Speaker 4 (07:03):
I definitely need to look into that because I definitely
noticed that as well. You know, I think from a
halftime standpoint, it maybe maybe needed to add a minute
or two for the Ring of honor ceremonies.

Speaker 3 (07:12):
So I don't know.

Speaker 5 (07:13):
Yeah, I mean it sounds stupid, but I don't know.

Speaker 4 (07:14):
If the NFL rules mandate a then you need to
trim a little bit from the pre game.

Speaker 5 (07:18):
Or something like that.

Speaker 4 (07:19):
But yes, I cannot recall the last time that was funny.
I did think to myself, boy, I don't know who
on offense outside of Jonathan Taylor and maybe Tyler Warney
get a lot of big Daniel Jones before the game
was not going to get some resounding cheer right from
those in attendance. I actually thought it was one of
the smoothest traffic commutes I've ever had to a Colt's game,
and I was kind of curious what the atmosphere would

(07:41):
would be like. I think it got there, and certainly
when your defense, frankly, you know, they just need honor
Louien Arumo almost next Sunday with play Denver because I
thought that defense was outstanding yesterday.

Speaker 2 (07:53):
Hey, real quick, you mentioned that, you know the crowd.
I thought I was there. You know, I got a
sunburn from sitting where I was. The the sun was
shining right through here. I got cooked, man, I looked
every bit like somebody from Beechgrove, Indiana.

Speaker 3 (08:06):
Absolutely.

Speaker 2 (08:08):
But the one thing I will say, I did not
see as many Dolphin jerseys as years past.

Speaker 3 (08:16):
When the Dolphins have came in.

Speaker 2 (08:17):
Maybe it was just opening Day, maybe it was some
other reason. I don't know, but I didn't see as
many visitor jerseys.

Speaker 4 (08:26):
Yeah, and you know, Miami it kind of walked into
the season a bit similar as Indy, like, Okay, what's
the future of this franchise? You know, head coach GM
not as much quarterback, although to it certainly was humbled
yesterday in that start there, So I don't know if
that had much to do with it.

Speaker 5 (08:42):
You know, one thing I know we talked.

Speaker 4 (08:43):
About, you know, maybe a little bit more in the preseason,
the Colts having a certainly on paper, they have a
huge opportunity here.

Speaker 5 (08:49):
Earlier in the year I predicted them the geto Alfio
four and two start.

Speaker 4 (08:52):
Obviously, I think could look like yesterday looked like from
just a domination. But you know, they're gonna get Denver
here at home. That's kind of a coin flip game.
They'll get a rookie quarterback in Week three, They've got
the Raiders and Cardinals in early kickoffs for the West
Coast teams coming up in Week five and six at home,
so this schedule is a little bit more backloaded, so
I think it's definitely paramount they get off to.

Speaker 5 (09:15):
A good start.

Speaker 2 (09:16):
Last thing here before we let you go, Kevin, your
thoughts on the halftime ceremony, Jim Ursay going in the
ring of honor. Peyton spoke pretty much all of the
guys that are still with us or not working somewhere
right now, we're there, sons Marshall Falk and Eric Dickerson.

Speaker 3 (09:34):
I believe all the guys were there.

Speaker 4 (09:36):
I thought it Zilli tase Fly. I thought the whole day,
you know, the the pregame honoring. For example, they had
that Eastern choir saying the national anthem. They also sang
at Ursay's funeral, you know, just a little thing like
they had these bottled cokes in the press box, which
there they always loved, and you know, people obviously have
the shirts on for the boss, and you know, bobbleheads

(09:56):
I think went to the sweet ticket holders and things
like that. So they honored him, I thought, again in
a very respectful manner.

Speaker 5 (10:04):
Now that Peyton did a nice shot at half time.

Speaker 4 (10:05):
Obviously, Carly the oldest daughter, spoke afterwards. You could hear
Kayln Jackson, the youngest daughter's emotion in that postgame locker room.

Speaker 5 (10:13):
But Jim Mercy would be the first to.

Speaker 4 (10:15):
Tell you the real way you honor me is by
playing good football, and certainly they did that complimentary football,
and that to me is probably what had Jim er
say smiling down through that open roof more than anything.

Speaker 3 (10:27):
What's coming up on the Big Show tomorrow morning.

Speaker 4 (10:30):
Yeah, we have Kenny Moore the second on our show
late today, so for those that miss it, we'll probably
rerack that coming up at the seven o'clock hour for
those up and early entire Tony Kats in the morning
to flip on over to us around seven point thirty,
but yes, we'll do that.

Speaker 5 (10:45):
And the Fever have their final game of season.

Speaker 4 (10:47):
They clinched the playoff spot, so they will start that
coming up here this weekend. So it's been a really
impressive story around the Kaylyn Clark injuries.

Speaker 5 (10:55):
That have marred her season. So we'll talk a little
Fever as well.

Speaker 2 (10:58):
Check them out on the Morning show. So one O
seven five. The fan that is Kevin Bowen KB, great job,
my friend. We'll talk again next week.

Speaker 5 (11:06):
You bet boys excited you to starting again. Talk to
you next Monday.

Speaker 3 (11:09):
It's The Hammer and Nigel Show.
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