August 8, 2025 • 40 mins
00:00 – 22:10 – Greg Rakestraw joins us to recap last night’s Colts preseason game: the injury to Anthony Richardson, secondary issues, Tyler Warren’s debut, the QB plan following the injury to AR, Spencer Shrader’s night, Hunter Wohler, Anthony Richardson’s injury and why Daniel Jones signed in Indy, Richardson not identifying that pickup on the play he got injured, the loss of Justin Walley and the sudden thinness in the secondary
22:11 – 40:34 - Colts announcer Matt Taylor joins us to discuss the injury to Anthony Richardson, what he saw on that play, things he liked and didn’t like last night, Justin Walley’s season-ending injury,
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You were listening to the best of the Fan Morning
Show on ninety three five and one oh seven five
the Fan. Good Friday morning to you. It's the Fan
Morning Show along with James Boyd and Kevin Bowen. Mark Dyton, Mark.
You made your way out to the golf tournament yesterday.
That was a lot of fun as well. Uh do
you have a good time? Do you everything you expected
to see?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Great time? Kevin was lighting it up on the longest drive.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
James was enjoying himself out at the Uh you know.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Shaking hands, kissing babies. Yeah, you know, James.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Can I just say though, Kevin Bowen undersells himself quite
a bit. I heard great stories from some of his
former high school teammates when they won the state tournament
out there at that golf tournament. Uh, Now only did
they hold you in high esteem and revere you, but
you you stripe some of those drives. You didn't know
I was watching. You striped some of those drives, dude,
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you man, there's a reason that he was on a
team that won a state tournament. He can play.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Oh no, Kevin, I feel like I interacted with a
couple of your teammates and they all were haters, which
let you know that they're a good teammates. You can't
get too much credit here.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
We're giving them all kinds of c.
Speaker 5 (01:04):
I've heard a lot to them. Would do a little
bit more. And Positive Light was able to get a
couple of airborne but also certainly had a couple of
our listeners that out drove me pretty significantly. So I
forget our winner's name, but he hit it three hundred
and twenty six yards and then I actually rode up
in the golf cart with him. He then stuffed at
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two about three feet and that team made eagle on
a whole. It was very impressed as to watch there,
so I should probably remember the dude's name, but he
absolutely pounded.
Speaker 6 (01:31):
One and beer. I do have a thank you to
Mark Dyton. Maybe a little bit later we can we
can get to.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Yeah, we'll talk more about this a little bit later,
but it was a great day yesterday. Well, we'll give
a shout out to all the sponsors and talk about
some of the stories, but right now we need to
hear some stories from on site. In Baltimore. Last night,
Greg Rakestraw had the play by play on Joe Wright's.
Speaker 6 (01:56):
And he's speaking to us. I swear he was on
my TV six hours ago.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
I know I fell asleep almost at the very end.
I did make it to pass the end of the
Fever game after that, though, but Greg Rakestraw joins us
now on the paylist Lookers hotline. Good morning, mister Rakestraw.
What are you working on? About three hours of sleep?
Speaker 7 (02:12):
Now, that is a full four hours of sleep, Thank
you very much. How are you today?
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I'm doing very well. Anthony Richardson, maybe not so great today.
I don't think it's going to be a long term
injury from the sounds of it. But what do we
know about a dislocated finger today?
Speaker 7 (02:27):
That's pretty much about what we know, and that seems
to be that's the case and not a break. And so,
you know, no official media availability today. Next one is
going to be tomorrow. I think originally Shane wasn't scheduled
to speak tomorrow. Maybe he will now because of the injury.
But again I think it's shorter term rather than longer term.
Maybe this affects the plan as to how much he
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was going to play this coming Saturday. I'm not sure
I'll be ready for that, but I also don't think
this is something that should carry into the regular season.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Greg.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
One thing that will carry on to the regular season, unfortunately,
is the injury to Justin Wally out for the old
torn ACL. How do you think that will impact this
team currently and also in the Lauren long term considering
the injury they already have on top of him with
Juju Brent and Jalen Jones with their hamstrings.
Speaker 7 (03:18):
The big winner right now is Sam Womack. You know,
obviously it went from you know, being waived by the
Niners at the end of last year's training camp to
then playing a lock last year for this football team,
to a guy that we thought might be fighting for
a roster spot and now he kind of pends on
as a starter. Now again, we don't know what Juju
Brent status is. We think the hamstring injury to Jalen
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Jones is relatively severe, but if he's healthy, he's probably
your best option of the guys you currently have on
the roster. And I don't think the Colts will go
out and get them the cornerback because again, they've got
experienced in terms of depth if guys are healthy, So find.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
How the big winner Sam Womack and and.
Speaker 7 (04:00):
You hate it for Wally because clearly he was a
guy that impressed the Coults before he was drafted and
backed that up with how he had played through Tuesday's practice.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
That is the voice of Greg Greg Stow. You obviously
heard him and Joe Wright's great work last night. Rake
are you did you and Joe Wrights driving the airport
together this morning?
Speaker 4 (04:18):
We are?
Speaker 7 (04:18):
I'm literally at Gate C nine as we speak, and
it is a virtual cavalcade of media stars. Both Anthony Calhoun,
Andrew Chernoff and Chris Whidleck are all on this plane
flight back to Indianapolis together. Not to mention some many
of our wonderful Cults television crew that we were given
the option to come out Monday with the team or
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come out Wednesday separately, but flew out Wednesday and then
we had to fly back separately as well, So hence
the early morning at BWI instead of landing at Indianapolis
at about two am last night.
Speaker 5 (04:51):
Well, those TV people aren't a one, a two and
a three boarding, then what are they really doing with
their TV status in this world?
Speaker 7 (04:57):
Great us and some of us forgot to check you
in last you know, until like late last night so
some of us are boarding C forty seven. Unfortunately this morning,
I'm gonna ruin somebody there. They need to get this
middle seat that's gonna be upy. I'm like, boy, sorry,
I need to sit there. My apologies.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
Hey, it's like you and I riding together to a
Notre Dame game. Rake, let's go in the positive category
last night. Give me a couple of things that you
thought stood out in that realm.
Speaker 7 (05:20):
Tyler Warren obviously looked the part last night, and he
was going to be a feature part of the attack
I think for the Colts going forward. But just simply put,
especially in a in a you know, short scenario, is
gonna play a quarter or two last night, and again
you worry about an injury. But J J T. Twoey
Mololau I thought he was outstanding. Left the game because
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of the knee issue. And again we'll see you know,
long term, short term, not exactly sure if that's going
to be yet.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
And and it.
Speaker 7 (05:47):
Shows you kind of the depth of the Colts skill
they have at the defensive end spot that he was
getting significant reps, you know, kind of later into the game.
But I thought last night was a really good night
for the Colts first two draft.
Speaker 5 (05:58):
Picks, assuming the Richardson injury does not keep him out here,
and again they practice Saturday through Monday, Thursday joint practice
green Bay preseason game week from Saturday, assuming he's not
out this week, Raake, don't you have to flip the
quarterback situation now? Like now Richardson will get the quarter
and a half of time that Daniel Jones was supposed
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to get in the green Bay game but ended up
getting last night.
Speaker 7 (06:22):
Absolutely, again, all depending on is he healthy enough to
go this Saturday, But yes, you have to give him
that level of playing time. If not this Saturday, then
the following Saturday against the Bengals.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Greg greg Strade joining us on the paylist Liickers Hotline
this morning. You had the call with Joe Wrights on
TV last night for the colts twenty four to sixteen
loss to the Ravens and of course the Richardson injury.
What do we think of Spencer Schrader last night? What
was the talk after the game?
Speaker 4 (06:48):
Mostly good?
Speaker 7 (06:49):
I mean, you know, you missed the one long one,
but if you're going to make three field goals in
your first game as the guy, that's pretty impressive. So
you know, we had this had last night, and it's
very unique. Obviously, you know, you can have it kind
of at that position. He played in four NFL games
last year for three different teams. It's got to be
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the answer to trere question someplace, right. But again, he
looked good in camp with the Colts last year. Three
out of four. You can settle for that most games.
So I thought Trader looked the part last night.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Raak last one I have for you.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
But the first pass of that game was intercepted by
Alex Johnson. So what'd you think of the play and
also the opportunity that that young man might have considering
the injuries to the cornerback room and what he's fighting for.
Speaker 7 (07:35):
Well, again, you said it, you know, frankly, a lot
of Honestly, there were many position battles in terms of
guys making the roster going into camp. You know, I
would have pointed to probably the backup linebackers. I'm like, hey,
there's kind of an open competition there, maybe for like
one extra defensive lineman at most, hey for a last
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offensive lineman, but like at running back and at tight
end and even at wide receiver especially, I kind of
have an idea who those guys are gonna be that's
gonna be on the roster cornerback. You didn't think that
was going to be the case, but now because of injuries,
it just might be. So Alex was a guy that
was on the practice squad most of last year, but
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when he last played at UCLA he had five picks
his senior season, and so maybe there's something there. So
for those guys that are third string on a roster
at this point, you are simply trying to showcase your skills,
either for this team to make a practice squad or
for somebody else. Good on that young man for taking
advantage of the opportunity last night.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Greg, one more question for you. I know he's a
seventh round draft pick. I know it's a preseason game,
but did I see Hunter Waller wearing the green dot
on his helmet in a preseason game as a rookie
seventh round pick.
Speaker 7 (08:52):
They think very highly of him, and Lara had a
great nugget about that in the broadcast last night, where
he ended up playing in three different defense schemes in
his days at Wisconsin, so he just kind of used
to quick change and sudden change. Obviously at the two
picks in the practice on Tuesday. One of those against
Lamar Jackson played a lot last night because you weren't
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going to play either Nick Cross or Cam Byron in
last night's game. So good on Hunter, and he just
seems like one of those guys because they have listed
him with both linebacker and safety, they will figure out
a role from the get on the field, and you
kind of back that up with what he's done so
far this week.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Get on that plane and good luck to everybody there.
We appreciate you. Travel safe coming home and we'll.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Talk to you soon.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Thanks fellas.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
There is Greig Greig Straw TV voice of the Indianapolis Cults,
joining us early on a Friday morning on his way
back to Indianapolis, and a quick question for you, KB Hunter.
Wahler's been a nice story in camp. It's been fun
to watch.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (09:49):
I thought, you know, probably a little bit of a
mixed back from last night. Again, I thought the runfits
are really poor in the first half.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
You know, he missed a tackle there early on a touchdown.
Speaker 5 (09:59):
He was a part of some of those big runs
with Baltimore, really a lot of them. It seemed like
we're to the right side as well. Just a note
in case anyone wasn't out there with a pen and
paper trying to jot down everything.
Speaker 6 (10:11):
James, I counted about a.
Speaker 5 (10:12):
Half a dozen Colts Week one starters, and again I
say that a little bit in quotes, but Richardson, Warren, Bordolini,
Gonzalvez on offense, it's Tanner Bordelini met Gonzalvez, center and
right guard. Again Richardson up in the air obviously, So
about four on offense and then on defense maybe two
to three. Quitty paying laout to lat too, played a series,
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then they exited, and then camera Groan right now at linebacker.
He is listed as a starter. Jalen Carli is dealing
with an ankle injury, so we'll see how that plays
out the rest of the month. So yeah, six seven starters,
and again I say that, you know, a little bit
up in the air, but that was how the Colts
decided to approach last night.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
Yeah, And of course they'll be off today and they'll
get back to work in some afternoon practices next week,
including a joint practice with the Green Bay Packers.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
And we move.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
Along, JB. We see if guys continue to grow and
I don't know what the immediate future for Anthony Richardson is.
If it's a dislocation and no tendons were really badly injured,
then it's probably really sore for a few days and
it'll probably be back in the saddle soon. But it's
just another It's just always if it's not one thing,
the old Roseanne Rosanna Dan, if it's not one thing,
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it's another. With Anthony richards.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Yeah, he's injury prone. That's the reality of his two
plus years in the league. Even looking at this offseason.
He was injured in the spring, got injured last night.
And now I'm not saying he perhaps can't flip that
narrative a bit, but objectively speaking, he's been an injury
pune player and that has been more than anything. The inaccuracy,
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the immaturity that has been the biggest knock on him
throughout his first two seasons, that he just cannot be available.
And we've talked about on this show, and I feel
like others have probably talked about it at home. But
when we talk about the quarterback competition, a big reason,
I'm sorry, a big reason Daniel Jones came here was
because he was banking on the fact that Anthony Richardson
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could not stay healthy, and he's inaccurate. The first one
has already been true to a certain extent, and it's
giving him an opportunity to gain some ground in his
quarterback competition. Now, I will preference all that by saying
I don't think Anthony's had a major injury, and I
actually thought that during the game because I'm not an
expert here, But had he broken his finger, I think
the reaction would have been a lot more outward. He
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was kind of muted on the sideline, wasn't really you know,
freaking out. I saw some fans tweeting at me and
those even in attendance. I think Chris Woodlock was mentioneding
like he threw on the sideline A bunch just didn't
go back in the game. So it doesn't seem like
it's a big deal. But I can't blame anyone if
they look at Anthony and say we can't trust he's
got to stay healthy, because they haven't been able to
say that at all throughout his career. And really, if
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you date back to his high school days, he's never
really been a healthy player, you know, going back to
high school. Yeah, as he joined at I want to
say Florida, he had a you know, knee surgery, also
had hamstring issues, and obviously the NFL, he's had a
litany of things. So we'll see if that can change,
but I'm not so sure it will.
Speaker 5 (13:09):
Well, James, it comes back to the question for me,
who do you trust more if you're Shane Stiking.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
Which is such a loaded question, seriously.
Speaker 5 (13:16):
Right, and let's go to the play that Anthony Verson
got hurt on, and yes, if you look at that play,
you did have a rookie at right tackle, you did
have a rookie at tight end, you did have a
rookie at running back, and you had Tanner Bordolini, who
now is getting kind of his first real starting experience.
So clearly Richardson was not on the same page with
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any of them. If you watch the entire offense operate,
they all are operating in one manner and Richardson's doing
something totally different. And he took blame after the game
for not identifying that pre snap. So even if you
want to just say, well Richardson's you know, it's he's
glass and he can't stay healthy, et cetera, et cetera.
Change Siken has to look at it from a football
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sense too and say, guys, I couldn't trust him on
that play.
Speaker 6 (14:04):
What if that's a strip sack, it's a miracle held
onto the football, That is.
Speaker 5 (14:08):
A turnover in your own territory in the first quarter
of a game against a team that's better than you.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
On the road too.
Speaker 6 (14:14):
I mean, that's over at that point.
Speaker 5 (14:15):
I mean, like you know, when you play percentages of
football games and you have that type of mistake, it's over.
Speaker 6 (14:22):
And you know, this gets into I think a debate
that you know, Chris Boward over the last.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
Few months, James has talked about, now, maybe we shouldn't
have played Richardson, you know, early on, and you know,
hindsight's twenty twenty with that, et cetera, et cetera. But
it's like some of these game reps. You know, let's
say he starts Week one, that'll be his sixteenth career
start in the NFL. That's not even a full season, right,
So it's like, this is what's so difficult with Richardson.
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It's like, does he learn that play, that protection that
hot read? Does he learn that in a meeting room
or does he need to be on the field for
the ugly, harsh reality that he suffered last night to
truly learn it.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Yeah, because he put his hand on the hot burner
last night and he hopefully learns nothing. But again, do
you learn.
Speaker 5 (15:05):
That Monday through Saturday taking notes in a dim room
with a bunch of quarterbacks or do you have to
to Jeff's analogy, touch the stove. I mean, that's where
I just think it's so so difficult with him. But
to me, last night, Daniel Jones took a lead and
I don't know if it's all due to Richardson's injury,
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but how the play unfolded too. If you're Shane Steichen,
you can't overlook that to that point.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Indiana Injuries tweets at us this morning. As frustrating as
AR has been for fans, imagine how the coaching staff feels.
Maybe he doesn't miss any time with this one, but
how can Shane even trust his weekly game plan knowing
AR might not be able to execute it mentally, let
alone stay on the field.
Speaker 6 (15:50):
What does that account?
Speaker 2 (15:51):
I was gonna say, what's called.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Indiana Injuries probably probably started for this very.
Speaker 6 (15:57):
Recent That sounds like a dark life.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Yeah, so we Actually I was gonna say, uh, definitely
like that for him getting our wills mixed up. It's
okay with throw Will Smith in there too, Mark, But
in all seriousness, here's what.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Here's what Anthony Richardson has.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
To stay up outside of the console.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Okay, here's what Anthony Richardson's had to say about the
play and his perspective on it.
Speaker 4 (16:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (16:24):
I definitely looked at it. That's a tricky one because
it's five man pro hot from the backside. I just
got to get my eyes, you know, just be able
to react to that. But just five man pro is
just playing hot, you know, I just gotta be on
my p's and q'sh and come to that.
Speaker 5 (16:39):
You watch the play too, and DJ Giddons, for example,
his head kind of turns around.
Speaker 6 (16:44):
He realizes it, and I think he.
Speaker 5 (16:46):
Is expecting he's supposed to get the wall to come
to him pretty quickly. Ashton Dooland for example. Also, and
you know, Richardson looks left at the started that play.
As soon as he sees that end drop. That has
got to be a huge intenda of like oh whoa wa, whoa, whoa,
So what's happening here? I should at least scan and
get to that backside, and he obviously didn't there, so yeah,
just all I mean, part of me is like, should
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we dissect his two of three night? I mean, I
guess the one in completion he was laid on. It
was third and seven. I didn't love that play at all.
That to me is kind of Hey, third and seven
and field goal range, you just eat it. If you're
laid over the middle of the field on a third
and seven, yeah, it's not.
Speaker 6 (17:22):
Gonna end well.
Speaker 5 (17:23):
But part of me is like, Kevin, don't over dissect
three passes in a preseason game. But again, welcome to
life of Anthony Richardson. We have to get into the
weeds in such a small sample size, and it's equally
as exhausting as it is beyond frustrating for that coaching staff.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
I'm just watching this again and again and again, and he,
you know, he just never sees the guy coming and
it wasn't from his blind side either, and he just
missed the play completely. James, It's all there is to it.
Speaker 4 (17:53):
Just missed it.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
Yeah, you can't miss that. If you want to be
a starter in the NFL, you want to be the
guy can't miss that. So again, fortunately he didn't have
like a head injury because he got rock on that play.
And honestly, would you prefer to have a dislocated pinky
versus being concussed or something like that. But glad he
got back up. Glad that it doesn't seem like it's
a big, big deal. And we'll see where we go
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when we get back out there at Grand Park tomorrow,
because they do go right back into you know, a
pretty I guess, rigorous schedule. I would have imagine they
scale it back some tomorrow. But three straight practices out
there getting the heat, and I think that will tell
us a lot about one how his hand is doing,
and then two what their plan is when it comes to,
you know, the joint practices. And also the second preseason
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game against the Green Bay Packers. Who Mark loves anybody.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Else under the radar that you liked last night or
that made an impression on you, James, I thought.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
Joe Boschi had a pretty good night from a coverage standpoint.
I don't think any of the linebackers really looked that
good in the run schemes or run fits. I thought
that Cameron mcgrone actually took a pretty big step back,
and I was honestly wondering, like, man, is this a
position they're going to look back and say we should
have invested more here, because I didn't trust any of
those guys when it comes to run stop it yesterday
and the Ravens weren't doing anything really, you know, crazy,
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they were just running it down their throat. But on
a positive note, I thought, Joe Bachi again when it
comes to playing in space, making plays on the ball,
He's been able to do that drout training camp, and
he did it again.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Waldy.
Speaker 3 (19:21):
I think it was the third stringer for the Ravens.
But nevertheless, I mean, you play who's in front of
you and he had nice pick over there in the middle.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
Yeah, if you watch the start of the game, I'll
go to a corner that I know we mentioned late
in yesterday's show. And again the unst awful news with
Justin Wally tearing his acl in that Tuesday joint practice
with the Ravens. Now that precious third cornerback job is back.
I would say open at Jalen Jones currently out the
hamstring injury, Juju Brentz currently out the hamstring injury. You
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saw Alex Johnson number thirty five pickoff Cooper Rush. I
think that was the old supposed to be back shoulder
throat of the front shoulder, and Johnson made a great
play in the air on it. He also had a
nice pass reflection a little bit later in the game
on a third down. And again, it's not a household
name right now, but week one, when Miami will certainly
test you from a cornerback depth standpoint, it's one of
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the better pass catching groups you'll probably see this season.
Somebody's got to play big minutes not named Javari's hoarding
kennymore so, who is that? Is it going to be
Jalen Jones back healthy? Is it going to be Juju
Brent's back healthy? We are now under a month away
from the regular season opener. Alex Johnson undrafted two years
ago for the Giants. I mentioned that because the Colts
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brought over one of the Giants secondary coaches in the offseason.
Johnson also comes over here and again he has kind
of been a fringe first or second unit guy here
throughout camp. So I know, by no means is it household,
And it's not discussing Anthony Richardson or Tyler Warren's knight,
but you could see him potentially not only making the roster,
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but playing a role here early in the season.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
All right, last night, twenty four to sixteen, the Ravens
get the win in the preseason. Of course, we're talking
about all the individual performances and evaluations, and I'm sure
that there was a lot of film and tape being
watched by the coaching staff after the game last night,
and we'll probably get more information. When do you guys
meet with the coaching staff? When do you hear from
Shane Stike?
Speaker 2 (21:15):
And again do we know, well, he isn't supposed to
speak tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (21:19):
Sunday is his scheduled day. He might yeah, I did mention, Yeah,
could speak after practice tomorrow. So yeah, it's supposed to
be assistant coaches after tomorrow's practice. But who knows if
Shane will provide an update on where things are at
with Anthony Richardson. It looked like he was gripping a
football sol Anthony cal who had that video running off
the field after afterwards, so we'll see. He mentioned after
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the game, Swollen expects to be a little bit more
sore today when he wakes up, but we'll see how
much he can practice Saturday, Sunday and Monday before Tuesday
and Wednesday off days.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
All right.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
To get your reaction, take the pulse of coult station
coming up in a moment here at two three nine,
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you saw, what you thought, who you liked to impressed you,
all those kinds of things. That's preseason game number one
in the books. We'll talk about it next ninety three
five one O seven five of the fan either you
guys ever dislocated a fingers? It's not fun, No, not.
Speaker 9 (22:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (22:16):
I saw James's dealing with a lot of people trying
to compare their injuries Anthony Richardson last night on social media,
and I was glad I was in part of that conversation.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
Yeah, let me just go on my rent real quick.
Anybody who mentioned that to me last night, you are delusional.
That is one of my biggest pet peeves in covering
professional sports is when a civilian tells me, well, you
know what, back in my day, I did X Y Z,
and I was fine.
Speaker 2 (22:38):
You are not playing a professional sport.
Speaker 3 (22:41):
You are just really probably doing something that ILL advise,
and you probably have to schedule. You know, is the
doctor in network if I blow my knee out? Like
every erson ain't dealing with that. So I hate people
do that. That is the dumbest thing. I broke both of
my fingers on my index hand actually on my right hand,
my inex finger, my middle finger playing basketball, and I
played through it. But like does it matter, No, it
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is not comparative, todanthy Ridson at all.
Speaker 5 (23:04):
Right over, And we did get a little bit of
news here before we get to Voice of the Colts
Matt Taylor, Jordan Schultz, NFL Insider reporting here. Anthony Richardson
declared out last night, of course with the finger injury.
Had all his X rays come back clean, and we'll
be back on the practice field in the coming days.
Again that from Jordan Schultz. Just remind everybody Saturday, Sunday,
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Monday afternoon practices for the Colts, Tuesday, Wednesday off day, Thursday,
joint practice with the Green Bay Packers.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Having said that, let's get to the payless Lookers hotline
right now. The Voice of the Indianapolis Colts, Matt Taylor,
joins us this morning. Matt, did you come out relatively unscathed? No,
injuries for you or or Buck last night, you okay.
Speaker 4 (23:47):
We are.
Speaker 9 (23:47):
We came out of it in good shape. Maybe just
a little bit higher, but that's not an injury. That's
more of a personal problem. But life was good to
get back to a game last night, but certainly some
some up and down, uneven plays and a lot of
stuff to sort out.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
What's the big takeaway you had from last night as
you think about it overnight, Well.
Speaker 9 (24:06):
I thought Daniel Jones when he came in in relief,
came in and.
Speaker 4 (24:09):
For the most part, I thought he looked pretty crisp.
Speaker 9 (24:11):
And I don't think his overall stat line is gonna
tell the whole story on how good I thought that
he looked because he had, you know, some bad plays.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
The Colts were forced into.
Speaker 9 (24:23):
He had some drops that uh, some some the skilled
players on offense, you know, didn't do him any favors
there in terms of secure in the past and getting
up the feel and things like that. So I think
his overall completion percentage is going to be a little
bit deceptive.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
But I just I was really impressed.
Speaker 9 (24:39):
With how he was able to able to because I mean,
he would he fully wasn't expecting to come in until
about you know, with three or four minutes I think left.
Speaker 4 (24:47):
In the in the in the half.
Speaker 9 (24:49):
Uh So to come in basically halfway through the first
quarter and be thrust into that position and come out
and perform and play well, I thought it was impressive.
Speaker 4 (24:58):
Just kind of speaks to his preparation, his.
Speaker 9 (25:02):
Professionalism, and just the way he was able to come
in and not let the moment. And that's it's a
preseason game, right, I get it, but it's still, you know,
a big time moment for him and his battle for
this starting job.
Speaker 4 (25:14):
Going into the regular season.
Speaker 9 (25:15):
So I was impressed with him, his athleticism, you know,
he kind of scrambled out of the pocket a couple
of times, used the speed to get a first down.
Speaker 4 (25:23):
Overall, I thought it was a good night for him.
Speaker 9 (25:25):
And it's just kind of tough to evaluate again with
his Anthony Richardson absence, you know, leaving the game early,
you know, with the hand injury or the finger injury
in this case, just kind of throws a wrinkle in
how you evaluate the quarterbacks because as of right now,
it's it's not going to be in apples to apples comparison.
If the cold stick to their playing coming up on
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Saturday against the Packers. I don't know how much this
will kind of change things in terms of the evaluation,
because the plan was for Anthony to play a quarter
and a half and Daniel to play a quarter and
a half. With this hiccup yesterday, I'm not sure if
they're going to change that up. Knowing that Daniel got
a lot of the reps, more reps than he probably
anticipated yesterday. So that's my big takeaway from last night
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is that, you know, Daniel Jones came in and was a.
Speaker 4 (26:14):
Total pro about it and looked pretty sharp.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
We have Matt Taylor on the line joining us on
the Pale Sickars hot line, and he is the voice
of the Colts. Mate, when you made the call and
you saw in the rich and kind of get lit
up on that play one, what's going through your mind
when he is kind of run off and at first
it looks like he's holding his shoulder kind of down,
but it turns out to be his hand. And then
did you just breathe a sigh of relief when you
find out that perhaps it isn't as big of an
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injury as it you know, look to be initially.
Speaker 4 (26:42):
Yeah, I mean when I when I saw a ninety
a jabo.
Speaker 10 (26:45):
Coming off the left edge there, I actually had a
really good shot of it because we were broadcasting yesterday
from the corner, and so he comes off the left
edge sort of like right down my side line.
Speaker 9 (26:56):
The Colts were coming towards me, if you will, in
that direction, and I saw him get a you know,
the clean, you know, Scott free release to Anthony Richardson,
and I'm thinking, oh God, get rid of it, just
throw it away, you know, don't take this hit. And
then he takes that wicked sack, goes down and I'm
thinking to myself, man, he's either you know, he's got
an upper body injury, you know, he took a you know,
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face mask to the chest, or maybe he's concussed. But
as soon as I thought I saw him leave the game,
I thought, this is the last thing that he needs,
you know, because we all know the injury history. He's
got four different injuries that have kept him out. He's
only played in fifteen games, you know, in two years,
he's missed seventeen games due to an injury. This is
the last thing that he needs, especially when you know
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he's been having such a good offseason. He's been so
much more intentional about everything, and you know, working out
with personal throwing coaches and just buying into the whole
concept of what it means and the extra steps that
you have to take to be a franchise quarterback and
you know, the face of an NFL team, and I
don't want to see that any of that be derailed
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as he competes with Daniel Jones to be the starting quarterback.
So all those things come flooding to your mind, and
then you don't know what's going on, you know, during
the game and how they're treating him over on the sideline,
so you don't find out until after the game that
it's thankfully not as severe, but you know, still hopefully
he doesn't miss any practice time. The cults are going
to practice, like you guys said, tomorrow, Ideally he get
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back out there and sort of resumed this competition.
Speaker 4 (28:27):
But I don't know if that's going to happen. Walk
to wait and see.
Speaker 9 (28:30):
But yeah, that's those are all the things that were
racing through my mind because he's a good kid, and
he's worked really hard this entire offseason, being much more
intentional about everything.
Speaker 4 (28:41):
You just want to see that come.
Speaker 9 (28:42):
To fruition and let the best man win the competition
based on Apples to Apple's comparison, and you know, both
guys get a fair shot at it.
Speaker 5 (28:50):
We appreciate Matt Taylor's work and obviously waking up after
what was a very long night for him. So mate,
thank you for that here on this Friday morning. One
thing you liked non quarterback division from last night. One
thing you didn't like non quarterback division from last night, Well, I.
Speaker 9 (29:08):
Liked the way that the secondary was battling. You know,
there's a lot of guys that were you know, kind
of thrust it into more playing time because of Justin
Wally's injury and that's just you know, sidebar, another gut punch,
another you know, one of those things where the Colts were,
you know, they were looking so good in the secondary
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in terms of the stockpile, number of quality depth pieces
that they had, and then all of a sudden, Wally's
out for the year with a torn acl and then
here comes Jalen Jones with.
Speaker 4 (29:39):
His hamstring that continues to linger. Same thing with Juju Brinch.
Speaker 9 (29:43):
Those guys haven't practice for a week plus and then
Wally's thing on Tuesday was just the last thing they
needed there. But they have brought in some reinforcements, you know,
guys like Trey Herndon and Duke Shelley and Chris Lamon's
and I thought all those guys played really well.
Speaker 4 (29:58):
And then here comes Alex Johnson as well, you.
Speaker 9 (30:01):
Know, kind of a veteran piece out of UCLA, makes
an interception, get the pass defense right out of the gate.
In the first half, those guys are making plays, they're
competing and just sort of branding themselves inside the lou
An Rumo scheme. So that was encouraging to see as
they try to, you know, potentially round out the back
end of that secondary.
Speaker 4 (30:23):
On the fifty three man roster.
Speaker 9 (30:25):
And then what I did not like was just the
penalties and obviously the special teams covered. You the Colts
last night allowed over two hundred and thirty kick return yards,
kickoff returns and punt return yardage. You know, and listen,
it's the preseason two, so there's a lot of you know,
throwing stuff.
Speaker 4 (30:43):
At the wall and seeing what sticks.
Speaker 9 (30:45):
And some of these guys that are trying to cover
these kicks and punts aren't going to be here in
the regular season, so you have to factor that into
it too. But of course, you know, from a scheme standpoint,
it's it's still basically going to carry over under you know,
special teams coordinators and special teams units.
Speaker 4 (31:01):
So they've got to hash that stuff out. And then
the penalties too.
Speaker 9 (31:04):
The Colts last year were they were the I think
the third most disciplined team in the NFL in terms
of third fewest penalties and the fewest penalty yards, and
last night they had a whopping nine of them and
just some you know, false starts on offense, silly mistakes.
You know, you had some holding penalties by some receivers
and and things like that, and defensive pass interference stuff.
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It's kind of your typical preseason game from last night.
It's kind of choppy.
Speaker 4 (31:31):
There's good, there's bad.
Speaker 9 (31:32):
And there's some gray area in between that you really
don't know, you know, what you're looking at as a
fan because you don't know, you know, personnel, what they're
trying to, you know, just see what works and stuff
like that. But overall, I thought it was a typical
preseason game night, a lot of good, lot of bad,
and hopefully the Colts can smooth that out coming up
on Thursday in a joint practice against the Packers, and
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we'll see what the plan is going forward for the
starters coming up next Saturday.
Speaker 6 (31:58):
You heard that voice last night.
Speaker 5 (31:59):
That is Taylor, the voice of the Colts, and we
appreciate him with us here on this Friday morning. May
take going back to quarterbacks for just a second. You
know you brought up obviously the original plan was to
have Daniel Jones get the bulk this coming week against
Green Bay. I guess a week from Saturday. Technically, I
think you have to flip that if it's going to
be a true competition. But let's go here. Do you
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think in the back of Shane seconds mind, the thought
process was name a starter after that Green Bay game
and then maybe let him dress rehearsal it up a
little bit against Cincinnati or how do you how did
you kind of view the rest of this month in
regards to the quarterback competition before last night.
Speaker 9 (32:37):
Yeah, that's a good question, and I don't I don't know.
I don't know how this.
Speaker 4 (32:42):
Was ultimately going to play out.
Speaker 9 (32:44):
I mean, in my mind, dating back to the spring
when Anthony got banged up, and wasn't able to or
had the shoulder aggravation and wasn't able to finish out
you know, the offseason workout program. I thought to myself,
then this is going to go all the way until
heck they could they could, you know, use that final
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preseason game in Cincinnati. Plus there's you know, eight or
nine more days until you play the Dolphins in Week
one of the regular season. You could use that time
to to continue the evaluation until you have to make
roster cuts.
Speaker 4 (33:17):
Obviously, So I don't. I don't know. That's a really
good question. I don't.
Speaker 9 (33:22):
I don't know if if they were going to use
the Packers game to announce or you know, use that
final evaluation to announce the starter and then give that guy,
you know, substantial reps, maybe play a full half in Cincinnati.
I don't from a Gamesmanships standpoint, I'm just you know,
playing Devil's advocate. I don't. I don't know why you
would do that either, because you know, wouldn't you hypothetically
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want to make Miami weight as long as possible to
to you know, game plan and know who the Cults
are going to roll out there starter wise in the
regular season. So you know, I don't know how last
night factors into it too. You know, the monkey range
that throws into the equation.
Speaker 4 (33:59):
So it's a good question.
Speaker 9 (34:00):
I don't have the answer for it, And based off
of you know, Richardson's you know, overall absence from last night,
I don't.
Speaker 4 (34:08):
Know if they have an answer for it too.
Speaker 9 (34:09):
I think they're gonna let it play out and just see,
you know, the work that both guys get in and
then the joint practice in the preseason and you know,
maybe there's more they need to see against Cincinnati and
let that play out too. So that's a long winded
way of saying it's kind of TBD, and you know,
it's it's it's it's ongoing. And that's what I said
going into the training camp period. I said, if you're
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looking for an answer, I got bad news for you.
You're not going to get one, and you're probably not
gonna get one soon. And I still don't know if
you're going to get one at the end of the preseason.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
May te last one from me.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
I am curious because you have to know all the
players on the roster, and we joke about this in
the media all the time that you probably know where
every guy on the roster went to school, whether they're
the top player like Quentin Nelson or DeForest Buckner or
their last guy trying to make the team. What did
you think of one of those guys trying to make
the team Alex joh in his interception last night and
what that could do perhaps in a banged up cornerback room.
Speaker 9 (35:05):
Yeah, you know, he's the second year guys with the Giants.
Last year, I was a practice squad player for some
of the season for them, and you know, he's one
of those guys that you know he's he's playing more
because of those injuries. And I just thought that last
night he competed and he battled and he made the
most of his opportunity. I mean, that can play from scrimmage.
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They're going after him, they're catching them over there on
that sade pattern that go route on the sideline, and
he just battles his tail his tail off and he
makes should be a one handed interception snag. And that's
what you have to do in the preseason. You know,
we talk about this all the time. You know, if
like you're a back into the roster guy or an
undrafted free agent, you know, you kind.
Speaker 4 (35:47):
Of just tell those guys if the coach.
Speaker 9 (35:49):
Is going into the preseason, just keep it simple, don't
try to do too much, but just show us why
you're here, show us why you know we claimed you
or you know why we brought in you know, show
us your traits, give a reason for us to continue
to evaluate you and to you know, think long and
hard about keeping you on the fifty three man roster
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and give us some good depth. And that's exactly what
he did last night. So Herbert did that, you know,
to a degree. A DJ Giddens, you know, he ran
really hard. Tyler Goodson ran really hard.
Speaker 4 (36:21):
There's a lot of guys last night.
Speaker 9 (36:23):
From you know, just an individual microcrossm standpoint played well
and helped themselves even though the team aspect of things
was kind of chopping up and down. I thought there
was some really good individual performances and defensively, especially in
the first half.
Speaker 4 (36:37):
Johnson's name, you know.
Speaker 9 (36:39):
Definitely rises to the top of really good individual performances
and a guy that stood out last night.
Speaker 1 (36:45):
Matt as always, thanks for getting up early after I
assume you came back like last night, but we appreciate
you being on the show.
Speaker 9 (36:50):
Today, thank you, my pleasure voice anything for you. I
would have got up at seven am to do this.
Speaker 4 (36:55):
I would have done the whole show with you. Yes,
come on, Lord, probably not be awake, but i'd be there.
Speaker 5 (37:01):
Expecting beer all of a sudden when I just seen
tomorrow Westfield after that comment.
Speaker 1 (37:06):
Yeah, you'll be co hosting after the third preseason game,
just letting you.
Speaker 4 (37:09):
Know, Hey, that's all good.
Speaker 9 (37:11):
Anything I can do more, you can do?
Speaker 6 (37:14):
All right?
Speaker 2 (37:14):
How fun?
Speaker 6 (37:15):
They man?
Speaker 1 (37:15):
Matt Taylor relatively untouched by the mind of Mark Dykeden
so far.
Speaker 2 (37:19):
It sounds like, so that's that.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
That would be good about having him come in.
Speaker 5 (37:22):
We'll be bringing the energy tomorrow on the mic four o'clock.
Speaker 6 (37:25):
They are they gonna go like real tomorrow? James Boyd,
Are you expecting Sunday to be more of the real one?
Speaker 2 (37:32):
Probably Sunday. I would think you want to.
Speaker 3 (37:36):
Kind of ease back into things, especially for the guys
who haven't practiced or played over the last couple of days.
I don't know how wise it would be to just
kind of hit it full throttle after playing the game
less than forty eight hours before that. So that's something
to keep in mind. One player I do want to
give a shout out to. I feel like I haven't
talked about him very much about the show this morning
with J T. Twomlowow. He looked legit yesterday. Now get
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that he went up against some of the reserves for
the Ravens, and which I should say, there were a
lot of reserves in that game, but some of the
deeper reserves. But nevertheless, I mean for the second round
pick NFL preseason debut, he put up a heck of
a stat line. Two tackles for loss, a sack, he
had two QB hits, pass deflection.
Speaker 2 (38:17):
Force, fumble, you name it.
Speaker 4 (38:19):
Now.
Speaker 3 (38:19):
He did leave that game with a knee injury, but
I believe Indie Stars Nyakin spoke to him. Doesn't sound
like it's going to be a big deal. Kind Of
got banged up there, but nothing to really worry about.
But as far as his disruptiveness, I like what I saw.
Speaker 5 (38:32):
Yeah, And you know what, Yeah, he was a guy
that i'd single that when we went around the horn
for you know, kind of good moments, I'd say, are Yeah,
I don't know, quarterbacks so important. It's probably unfair to
say this, but probably the biggest news item from last
night was justin Wahley's torn ACL. I mean again, this
occurred tuesday in the joint practice. This is your third
round pick out of Minnesota, corner, undersize corner. The Colts
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were very high on him, Several other NFL teams were
very high on him and James since day one he walked.
Speaker 6 (39:03):
In that door.
Speaker 5 (39:04):
Not a single member that Colts organization has been hesitant
in offering public praise for him.
Speaker 6 (39:09):
That is very rare.
Speaker 2 (39:11):
He's the guys who don't do that.
Speaker 5 (39:12):
I cannot recall a time I've seen a Cults draft
pick as a rookie receive this much public praise. Now
he plays a position at corner where on paper you
didn't have like an immense amount of urgency to draft
a corner. Now, with how the injury situation has played
out his obviously ACL, the hamstring injury for Jalen Jones,
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the hamstring injury for Juju Brents, Now, the depth is
really being tested there. So you just feel offul with
the kid. Obviously, he was a four year starter in
the Big Ten. The thought was he could come in
and play and start as that third corner in a
very important role. And again lou Ane Rumo wants to
be in more sub packages. He wants more defensive backs
on the field here. So yeah, just awful, just awful.
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And you need Jalen Jones and or Juju Brent's back
to health quickly. Guys like Samuel Womack number thirty three,
Alex Johnson who had the early interception, number thirty five,
Jonathan Edwards number thirty nine, undrafted free agent out of Tulane.
Speaker 6 (40:08):
Flipped those say it again.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
Flip those numbers thirty nine for Johnson.
Speaker 5 (40:13):
Thirty five Edwards, all of those guys, thank you need
to be ready. And I mean week one Tyreek kill
John new Smith and Jalen Wattle.
Speaker 6 (40:22):
That's a deep pass catching group.
Speaker 5 (40:24):
So and they don't have Tim Boyle or no no
no this time right too likely to be starting.
Speaker 6 (40:30):
So yeah, just really really unfortunate for Wally
You were listening to the best of the Fan Morning
Show on ninety three five and one oh seven five
the Fan. Good Friday morning to you. It's the Fan
Morning Show along with James Boyd and Kevin Bowen. Mark Dyton, Mark.
You made your way out to the golf tournament yesterday.
That was a lot of fun as well. Uh do
you have a good time? Do you everything you expected
to see?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Great time? Kevin was lighting it up on the longest drive.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
James was enjoying himself out at the Uh you know.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Shaking hands, kissing babies. Yeah, you know, James.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Can I just say though, Kevin Bowen undersells himself quite
a bit. I heard great stories from some of his
former high school teammates when they won the state tournament
out there at that golf tournament. Uh, Now only did
they hold you in high esteem and revere you, but
you you stripe some of those drives. You didn't know
I was watching. You striped some of those drives, dude,
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you man, there's a reason that he was on a
team that won a state tournament. He can play.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Oh no, Kevin, I feel like I interacted with a
couple of your teammates and they all were haters, which
let you know that they're a good teammates. You can't
get too much credit here.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
We're giving them all kinds of c.
Speaker 5 (01:04):
I've heard a lot to them. Would do a little
bit more. And Positive Light was able to get a
couple of airborne but also certainly had a couple of
our listeners that out drove me pretty significantly. So I
forget our winner's name, but he hit it three hundred
and twenty six yards and then I actually rode up
in the golf cart with him. He then stuffed at
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two about three feet and that team made eagle on
a whole. It was very impressed as to watch there,
so I should probably remember the dude's name, but he
absolutely pounded.
Speaker 6 (01:31):
One and beer. I do have a thank you to
Mark Dyton. Maybe a little bit later we can we
can get to.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Yeah, we'll talk more about this a little bit later,
but it was a great day yesterday. Well, we'll give
a shout out to all the sponsors and talk about
some of the stories, but right now we need to
hear some stories from on site. In Baltimore. Last night,
Greg Rakestraw had the play by play on Joe Wright's.
Speaker 6 (01:56):
And he's speaking to us. I swear he was on
my TV six hours ago.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
I know I fell asleep almost at the very end.
I did make it to pass the end of the
Fever game after that, though, but Greg Rakestraw joins us
now on the paylist Lookers hotline. Good morning, mister Rakestraw.
What are you working on? About three hours of sleep?
Speaker 7 (02:12):
Now, that is a full four hours of sleep, Thank
you very much. How are you today?
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I'm doing very well. Anthony Richardson, maybe not so great today.
I don't think it's going to be a long term
injury from the sounds of it. But what do we
know about a dislocated finger today?
Speaker 7 (02:27):
That's pretty much about what we know, and that seems
to be that's the case and not a break. And so,
you know, no official media availability today. Next one is
going to be tomorrow. I think originally Shane wasn't scheduled
to speak tomorrow. Maybe he will now because of the injury.
But again I think it's shorter term rather than longer term.
Maybe this affects the plan as to how much he
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was going to play this coming Saturday. I'm not sure
I'll be ready for that, but I also don't think
this is something that should carry into the regular season.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Greg.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
One thing that will carry on to the regular season, unfortunately,
is the injury to Justin Wally out for the old
torn ACL. How do you think that will impact this
team currently and also in the Lauren long term considering
the injury they already have on top of him with
Juju Brent and Jalen Jones with their hamstrings.
Speaker 7 (03:18):
The big winner right now is Sam Womack. You know,
obviously it went from you know, being waived by the
Niners at the end of last year's training camp to
then playing a lock last year for this football team,
to a guy that we thought might be fighting for
a roster spot and now he kind of pends on
as a starter. Now again, we don't know what Juju
Brent status is. We think the hamstring injury to Jalen
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Jones is relatively severe, but if he's healthy, he's probably
your best option of the guys you currently have on
the roster. And I don't think the Colts will go
out and get them the cornerback because again, they've got
experienced in terms of depth if guys are healthy, So find.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
How the big winner Sam Womack and and.
Speaker 7 (04:00):
You hate it for Wally because clearly he was a
guy that impressed the Coults before he was drafted and
backed that up with how he had played through Tuesday's practice.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
That is the voice of Greg Greg Stow. You obviously
heard him and Joe Wright's great work last night. Rake
are you did you and Joe Wrights driving the airport
together this morning?
Speaker 4 (04:18):
We are?
Speaker 7 (04:18):
I'm literally at Gate C nine as we speak, and
it is a virtual cavalcade of media stars. Both Anthony Calhoun,
Andrew Chernoff and Chris Whidleck are all on this plane
flight back to Indianapolis together. Not to mention some many
of our wonderful Cults television crew that we were given
the option to come out Monday with the team or
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come out Wednesday separately, but flew out Wednesday and then
we had to fly back separately as well, So hence
the early morning at BWI instead of landing at Indianapolis
at about two am last night.
Speaker 5 (04:51):
Well, those TV people aren't a one, a two and
a three boarding, then what are they really doing with
their TV status in this world?
Speaker 7 (04:57):
Great us and some of us forgot to check you
in last you know, until like late last night so
some of us are boarding C forty seven. Unfortunately this morning,
I'm gonna ruin somebody there. They need to get this
middle seat that's gonna be upy. I'm like, boy, sorry,
I need to sit there. My apologies.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
Hey, it's like you and I riding together to a
Notre Dame game. Rake, let's go in the positive category
last night. Give me a couple of things that you
thought stood out in that realm.
Speaker 7 (05:20):
Tyler Warren obviously looked the part last night, and he
was going to be a feature part of the attack
I think for the Colts going forward. But just simply put,
especially in a in a you know, short scenario, is
gonna play a quarter or two last night, and again
you worry about an injury. But J J T. Twoey
Mololau I thought he was outstanding. Left the game because
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of the knee issue. And again we'll see you know,
long term, short term, not exactly sure if that's going
to be yet.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
And and it.
Speaker 7 (05:47):
Shows you kind of the depth of the Colts skill
they have at the defensive end spot that he was
getting significant reps, you know, kind of later into the game.
But I thought last night was a really good night
for the Colts first two draft.
Speaker 5 (05:58):
Picks, assuming the Richardson injury does not keep him out here,
and again they practice Saturday through Monday, Thursday joint practice
green Bay preseason game week from Saturday, assuming he's not
out this week, Raake, don't you have to flip the
quarterback situation now? Like now Richardson will get the quarter
and a half of time that Daniel Jones was supposed
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to get in the green Bay game but ended up
getting last night.
Speaker 7 (06:22):
Absolutely, again, all depending on is he healthy enough to
go this Saturday, But yes, you have to give him
that level of playing time. If not this Saturday, then
the following Saturday against the Bengals.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Greg greg Strade joining us on the paylist Liickers Hotline
this morning. You had the call with Joe Wrights on
TV last night for the colts twenty four to sixteen
loss to the Ravens and of course the Richardson injury.
What do we think of Spencer Schrader last night? What
was the talk after the game?
Speaker 4 (06:48):
Mostly good?
Speaker 7 (06:49):
I mean, you know, you missed the one long one,
but if you're going to make three field goals in
your first game as the guy, that's pretty impressive. So
you know, we had this had last night, and it's
very unique. Obviously, you know, you can have it kind
of at that position. He played in four NFL games
last year for three different teams. It's got to be
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the answer to trere question someplace, right. But again, he
looked good in camp with the Colts last year. Three
out of four. You can settle for that most games.
So I thought Trader looked the part last night.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Raak last one I have for you.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
But the first pass of that game was intercepted by
Alex Johnson. So what'd you think of the play and
also the opportunity that that young man might have considering
the injuries to the cornerback room and what he's fighting for.
Speaker 7 (07:35):
Well, again, you said it, you know, frankly, a lot
of Honestly, there were many position battles in terms of
guys making the roster going into camp. You know, I
would have pointed to probably the backup linebackers. I'm like, hey,
there's kind of an open competition there, maybe for like
one extra defensive lineman at most, hey for a last
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offensive lineman, but like at running back and at tight
end and even at wide receiver especially, I kind of
have an idea who those guys are gonna be that's
gonna be on the roster cornerback. You didn't think that
was going to be the case, but now because of injuries,
it just might be. So Alex was a guy that
was on the practice squad most of last year, but
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when he last played at UCLA he had five picks
his senior season, and so maybe there's something there. So
for those guys that are third string on a roster
at this point, you are simply trying to showcase your skills,
either for this team to make a practice squad or
for somebody else. Good on that young man for taking
advantage of the opportunity last night.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Greg, one more question for you. I know he's a
seventh round draft pick. I know it's a preseason game,
but did I see Hunter Waller wearing the green dot
on his helmet in a preseason game as a rookie
seventh round pick.
Speaker 7 (08:52):
They think very highly of him, and Lara had a
great nugget about that in the broadcast last night, where
he ended up playing in three different defense schemes in
his days at Wisconsin, so he just kind of used
to quick change and sudden change. Obviously at the two
picks in the practice on Tuesday. One of those against
Lamar Jackson played a lot last night because you weren't
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going to play either Nick Cross or Cam Byron in
last night's game. So good on Hunter, and he just
seems like one of those guys because they have listed
him with both linebacker and safety, they will figure out
a role from the get on the field, and you
kind of back that up with what he's done so
far this week.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Get on that plane and good luck to everybody there.
We appreciate you. Travel safe coming home and we'll.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Talk to you soon.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Thanks fellas.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
There is Greig Greig Straw TV voice of the Indianapolis Cults,
joining us early on a Friday morning on his way
back to Indianapolis, and a quick question for you, KB Hunter.
Wahler's been a nice story in camp. It's been fun
to watch.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (09:49):
I thought, you know, probably a little bit of a
mixed back from last night. Again, I thought the runfits
are really poor in the first half.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
You know, he missed a tackle there early on a touchdown.
Speaker 5 (09:59):
He was a part of some of those big runs
with Baltimore, really a lot of them. It seemed like
we're to the right side as well. Just a note
in case anyone wasn't out there with a pen and
paper trying to jot down everything.
Speaker 6 (10:11):
James, I counted about a.
Speaker 5 (10:12):
Half a dozen Colts Week one starters, and again I
say that a little bit in quotes, but Richardson, Warren, Bordolini,
Gonzalvez on offense, it's Tanner Bordelini met Gonzalvez, center and
right guard. Again Richardson up in the air obviously, So
about four on offense and then on defense maybe two
to three. Quitty paying laout to lat too, played a series,
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then they exited, and then camera Groan right now at linebacker.
He is listed as a starter. Jalen Carli is dealing
with an ankle injury, so we'll see how that plays
out the rest of the month. So yeah, six seven starters,
and again I say that, you know, a little bit
up in the air, but that was how the Colts
decided to approach last night.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
Yeah, And of course they'll be off today and they'll
get back to work in some afternoon practices next week,
including a joint practice with the Green Bay Packers.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
And we move.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
Along, JB. We see if guys continue to grow and
I don't know what the immediate future for Anthony Richardson is.
If it's a dislocation and no tendons were really badly injured,
then it's probably really sore for a few days and
it'll probably be back in the saddle soon. But it's
just another It's just always if it's not one thing,
the old Roseanne Rosanna Dan, if it's not one thing,
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it's another. With Anthony richards.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Yeah, he's injury prone. That's the reality of his two
plus years in the league. Even looking at this offseason.
He was injured in the spring, got injured last night.
And now I'm not saying he perhaps can't flip that
narrative a bit, but objectively speaking, he's been an injury
pune player and that has been more than anything. The inaccuracy,
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the immaturity that has been the biggest knock on him
throughout his first two seasons, that he just cannot be available.
And we've talked about on this show, and I feel
like others have probably talked about it at home. But
when we talk about the quarterback competition, a big reason,
I'm sorry, a big reason Daniel Jones came here was
because he was banking on the fact that Anthony Richardson
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could not stay healthy, and he's inaccurate. The first one
has already been true to a certain extent, and it's
giving him an opportunity to gain some ground in his
quarterback competition. Now, I will preference all that by saying
I don't think Anthony's had a major injury, and I
actually thought that during the game because I'm not an
expert here, But had he broken his finger, I think
the reaction would have been a lot more outward. He
(12:30):
was kind of muted on the sideline, wasn't really you know,
freaking out. I saw some fans tweeting at me and
those even in attendance. I think Chris Woodlock was mentioneding
like he threw on the sideline A bunch just didn't
go back in the game. So it doesn't seem like
it's a big deal. But I can't blame anyone if
they look at Anthony and say we can't trust he's
got to stay healthy, because they haven't been able to
say that at all throughout his career. And really, if
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you date back to his high school days, he's never
really been a healthy player, you know, going back to
high school. Yeah, as he joined at I want to
say Florida, he had a you know, knee surgery, also
had hamstring issues, and obviously the NFL, he's had a
litany of things. So we'll see if that can change,
but I'm not so sure it will.
Speaker 5 (13:09):
Well, James, it comes back to the question for me,
who do you trust more if you're Shane Stiking.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
Which is such a loaded question, seriously.
Speaker 5 (13:16):
Right, and let's go to the play that Anthony Verson
got hurt on, and yes, if you look at that play,
you did have a rookie at right tackle, you did
have a rookie at tight end, you did have a
rookie at running back, and you had Tanner Bordolini, who
now is getting kind of his first real starting experience.
So clearly Richardson was not on the same page with
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any of them. If you watch the entire offense operate,
they all are operating in one manner and Richardson's doing
something totally different. And he took blame after the game
for not identifying that pre snap. So even if you
want to just say, well Richardson's you know, it's he's
glass and he can't stay healthy, et cetera, et cetera.
Change Siken has to look at it from a football
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sense too and say, guys, I couldn't trust him on
that play.
Speaker 6 (14:04):
What if that's a strip sack, it's a miracle held
onto the football, That is.
Speaker 5 (14:08):
A turnover in your own territory in the first quarter
of a game against a team that's better than you.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
On the road too.
Speaker 6 (14:14):
I mean, that's over at that point.
Speaker 5 (14:15):
I mean, like you know, when you play percentages of
football games and you have that type of mistake, it's over.
Speaker 6 (14:22):
And you know, this gets into I think a debate
that you know, Chris Boward over the last.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
Few months, James has talked about, now, maybe we shouldn't
have played Richardson, you know, early on, and you know,
hindsight's twenty twenty with that, et cetera, et cetera. But
it's like some of these game reps. You know, let's
say he starts Week one, that'll be his sixteenth career
start in the NFL. That's not even a full season, right,
So it's like, this is what's so difficult with Richardson.
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It's like, does he learn that play, that protection that
hot read? Does he learn that in a meeting room
or does he need to be on the field for
the ugly, harsh reality that he suffered last night to
truly learn it.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Yeah, because he put his hand on the hot burner
last night and he hopefully learns nothing. But again, do
you learn.
Speaker 5 (15:05):
That Monday through Saturday taking notes in a dim room
with a bunch of quarterbacks or do you have to
to Jeff's analogy, touch the stove. I mean, that's where
I just think it's so so difficult with him. But
to me, last night, Daniel Jones took a lead and
I don't know if it's all due to Richardson's injury,
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but how the play unfolded too. If you're Shane Steichen,
you can't overlook that to that point.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Indiana Injuries tweets at us this morning. As frustrating as
AR has been for fans, imagine how the coaching staff feels.
Maybe he doesn't miss any time with this one, but
how can Shane even trust his weekly game plan knowing
AR might not be able to execute it mentally, let
alone stay on the field.
Speaker 6 (15:50):
What does that account?
Speaker 2 (15:51):
I was gonna say, what's called.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Indiana Injuries probably probably started for this very.
Speaker 6 (15:57):
Recent That sounds like a dark life.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Yeah, so we Actually I was gonna say, uh, definitely
like that for him getting our wills mixed up. It's
okay with throw Will Smith in there too, Mark, But
in all seriousness, here's what.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Here's what Anthony Richardson has.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
To stay up outside of the console.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Okay, here's what Anthony Richardson's had to say about the
play and his perspective on it.
Speaker 4 (16:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (16:24):
I definitely looked at it. That's a tricky one because
it's five man pro hot from the backside. I just
got to get my eyes, you know, just be able
to react to that. But just five man pro is
just playing hot, you know, I just gotta be on
my p's and q'sh and come to that.
Speaker 5 (16:39):
You watch the play too, and DJ Giddons, for example,
his head kind of turns around.
Speaker 6 (16:44):
He realizes it, and I think he.
Speaker 5 (16:46):
Is expecting he's supposed to get the wall to come
to him pretty quickly. Ashton Dooland for example. Also, and
you know, Richardson looks left at the started that play.
As soon as he sees that end drop. That has
got to be a huge intenda of like oh whoa wa, whoa, whoa,
So what's happening here? I should at least scan and
get to that backside, and he obviously didn't there, so yeah,
just all I mean, part of me is like, should
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we dissect his two of three night? I mean, I
guess the one in completion he was laid on. It
was third and seven. I didn't love that play at all.
That to me is kind of Hey, third and seven
and field goal range, you just eat it. If you're
laid over the middle of the field on a third
and seven, yeah, it's not.
Speaker 6 (17:22):
Gonna end well.
Speaker 5 (17:23):
But part of me is like, Kevin, don't over dissect
three passes in a preseason game. But again, welcome to
life of Anthony Richardson. We have to get into the
weeds in such a small sample size, and it's equally
as exhausting as it is beyond frustrating for that coaching staff.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
I'm just watching this again and again and again, and he,
you know, he just never sees the guy coming and
it wasn't from his blind side either, and he just
missed the play completely. James, It's all there is to it.
Speaker 4 (17:53):
Just missed it.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
Yeah, you can't miss that. If you want to be
a starter in the NFL, you want to be the
guy can't miss that. So again, fortunately he didn't have
like a head injury because he got rock on that play.
And honestly, would you prefer to have a dislocated pinky
versus being concussed or something like that. But glad he
got back up. Glad that it doesn't seem like it's
a big, big deal. And we'll see where we go
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when we get back out there at Grand Park tomorrow,
because they do go right back into you know, a
pretty I guess, rigorous schedule. I would have imagine they
scale it back some tomorrow. But three straight practices out
there getting the heat, and I think that will tell
us a lot about one how his hand is doing,
and then two what their plan is when it comes to,
you know, the joint practices. And also the second preseason
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game against the Green Bay Packers. Who Mark loves anybody.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Else under the radar that you liked last night or
that made an impression on you, James, I thought.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
Joe Boschi had a pretty good night from a coverage standpoint.
I don't think any of the linebackers really looked that
good in the run schemes or run fits. I thought
that Cameron mcgrone actually took a pretty big step back,
and I was honestly wondering, like, man, is this a
position they're going to look back and say we should
have invested more here, because I didn't trust any of
those guys when it comes to run stop it yesterday
and the Ravens weren't doing anything really, you know, crazy,
(19:09):
they were just running it down their throat. But on
a positive note, I thought, Joe Bachi again when it
comes to playing in space, making plays on the ball,
He's been able to do that drout training camp, and
he did it again.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Waldy.
Speaker 3 (19:21):
I think it was the third stringer for the Ravens.
But nevertheless, I mean, you play who's in front of
you and he had nice pick over there in the middle.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
Yeah, if you watch the start of the game, I'll
go to a corner that I know we mentioned late
in yesterday's show. And again the unst awful news with
Justin Wally tearing his acl in that Tuesday joint practice
with the Ravens. Now that precious third cornerback job is back.
I would say open at Jalen Jones currently out the
hamstring injury, Juju Brentz currently out the hamstring injury. You
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saw Alex Johnson number thirty five pickoff Cooper Rush. I
think that was the old supposed to be back shoulder
throat of the front shoulder, and Johnson made a great
play in the air on it. He also had a
nice pass reflection a little bit later in the game
on a third down. And again, it's not a household
name right now, but week one, when Miami will certainly
test you from a cornerback depth standpoint, it's one of
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the better pass catching groups you'll probably see this season.
Somebody's got to play big minutes not named Javari's hoarding
kennymore so, who is that? Is it going to be
Jalen Jones back healthy? Is it going to be Juju
Brent's back healthy? We are now under a month away
from the regular season opener. Alex Johnson undrafted two years
ago for the Giants. I mentioned that because the Colts
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brought over one of the Giants secondary coaches in the offseason.
Johnson also comes over here and again he has kind
of been a fringe first or second unit guy here
throughout camp. So I know, by no means is it household,
And it's not discussing Anthony Richardson or Tyler Warren's knight,
but you could see him potentially not only making the roster,
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but playing a role here early in the season.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
All right, last night, twenty four to sixteen, the Ravens
get the win in the preseason. Of course, we're talking
about all the individual performances and evaluations, and I'm sure
that there was a lot of film and tape being
watched by the coaching staff after the game last night,
and we'll probably get more information. When do you guys
meet with the coaching staff? When do you hear from
Shane Stike?
Speaker 2 (21:15):
And again do we know, well, he isn't supposed to
speak tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (21:19):
Sunday is his scheduled day. He might yeah, I did mention, Yeah,
could speak after practice tomorrow. So yeah, it's supposed to
be assistant coaches after tomorrow's practice. But who knows if
Shane will provide an update on where things are at
with Anthony Richardson. It looked like he was gripping a
football sol Anthony cal who had that video running off
the field after afterwards, so we'll see. He mentioned after
(21:42):
the game, Swollen expects to be a little bit more
sore today when he wakes up, but we'll see how
much he can practice Saturday, Sunday and Monday before Tuesday
and Wednesday off days.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
All right.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
To get your reaction, take the pulse of coult station
coming up in a moment here at two three nine,
ten seventy. You want to call in, tell us what
you saw, what you thought, who you liked to impressed you,
all those kinds of things. That's preseason game number one
in the books. We'll talk about it next ninety three
five one O seven five of the fan either you
guys ever dislocated a fingers? It's not fun, No, not.
Speaker 9 (22:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (22:16):
I saw James's dealing with a lot of people trying
to compare their injuries Anthony Richardson last night on social media,
and I was glad I was in part of that conversation.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
Yeah, let me just go on my rent real quick.
Anybody who mentioned that to me last night, you are delusional.
That is one of my biggest pet peeves in covering
professional sports is when a civilian tells me, well, you
know what, back in my day, I did X Y Z,
and I was fine.
Speaker 2 (22:38):
You are not playing a professional sport.
Speaker 3 (22:41):
You are just really probably doing something that ILL advise,
and you probably have to schedule. You know, is the
doctor in network if I blow my knee out? Like
every erson ain't dealing with that. So I hate people
do that. That is the dumbest thing. I broke both of
my fingers on my index hand actually on my right hand,
my inex finger, my middle finger playing basketball, and I
played through it. But like does it matter, No, it
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is not comparative, todanthy Ridson at all.
Speaker 5 (23:04):
Right over, And we did get a little bit of
news here before we get to Voice of the Colts
Matt Taylor, Jordan Schultz, NFL Insider reporting here. Anthony Richardson
declared out last night, of course with the finger injury.
Had all his X rays come back clean, and we'll
be back on the practice field in the coming days.
Again that from Jordan Schultz. Just remind everybody Saturday, Sunday,
(23:26):
Monday afternoon practices for the Colts, Tuesday, Wednesday off day, Thursday,
joint practice with the Green Bay Packers.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Having said that, let's get to the payless Lookers hotline
right now. The Voice of the Indianapolis Colts, Matt Taylor,
joins us this morning. Matt, did you come out relatively unscathed? No,
injuries for you or or Buck last night, you okay.
Speaker 4 (23:47):
We are.
Speaker 9 (23:47):
We came out of it in good shape. Maybe just
a little bit higher, but that's not an injury. That's
more of a personal problem. But life was good to
get back to a game last night, but certainly some
some up and down, uneven plays and a lot of
stuff to sort out.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
What's the big takeaway you had from last night as
you think about it overnight, Well.
Speaker 9 (24:06):
I thought Daniel Jones when he came in in relief,
came in and.
Speaker 4 (24:09):
For the most part, I thought he looked pretty crisp.
Speaker 9 (24:11):
And I don't think his overall stat line is gonna
tell the whole story on how good I thought that
he looked because he had, you know, some bad plays.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
The Colts were forced into.
Speaker 9 (24:23):
He had some drops that uh, some some the skilled
players on offense, you know, didn't do him any favors
there in terms of secure in the past and getting
up the feel and things like that. So I think
his overall completion percentage is going to be a little
bit deceptive.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
But I just I was really impressed.
Speaker 9 (24:39):
With how he was able to able to because I mean,
he would he fully wasn't expecting to come in until
about you know, with three or four minutes I think left.
Speaker 4 (24:47):
In the in the in the half.
Speaker 9 (24:49):
Uh So to come in basically halfway through the first
quarter and be thrust into that position and come out
and perform and play well, I thought it was impressive.
Speaker 4 (24:58):
Just kind of speaks to his preparation, his.
Speaker 9 (25:02):
Professionalism, and just the way he was able to come
in and not let the moment. And that's it's a
preseason game, right, I get it, but it's still, you know,
a big time moment for him and his battle for
this starting job.
Speaker 4 (25:14):
Going into the regular season.
Speaker 9 (25:15):
So I was impressed with him, his athleticism, you know,
he kind of scrambled out of the pocket a couple
of times, used the speed to get a first down.
Speaker 4 (25:23):
Overall, I thought it was a good night for him.
Speaker 9 (25:25):
And it's just kind of tough to evaluate again with
his Anthony Richardson absence, you know, leaving the game early,
you know, with the hand injury or the finger injury
in this case, just kind of throws a wrinkle in
how you evaluate the quarterbacks because as of right now,
it's it's not going to be in apples to apples comparison.
If the cold stick to their playing coming up on
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Saturday against the Packers. I don't know how much this
will kind of change things in terms of the evaluation,
because the plan was for Anthony to play a quarter
and a half and Daniel to play a quarter and
a half. With this hiccup yesterday, I'm not sure if
they're going to change that up. Knowing that Daniel got
a lot of the reps, more reps than he probably
anticipated yesterday. So that's my big takeaway from last night
(26:11):
is that, you know, Daniel Jones came in and was a.
Speaker 4 (26:14):
Total pro about it and looked pretty sharp.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
We have Matt Taylor on the line joining us on
the Pale Sickars hot line, and he is the voice
of the Colts. Mate, when you made the call and
you saw in the rich and kind of get lit
up on that play one, what's going through your mind
when he is kind of run off and at first
it looks like he's holding his shoulder kind of down,
but it turns out to be his hand. And then
did you just breathe a sigh of relief when you
find out that perhaps it isn't as big of an
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injury as it you know, look to be initially.
Speaker 4 (26:42):
Yeah, I mean when I when I saw a ninety
a jabo.
Speaker 10 (26:45):
Coming off the left edge there, I actually had a
really good shot of it because we were broadcasting yesterday
from the corner, and so he comes off the left
edge sort of like right down my side line.
Speaker 9 (26:56):
The Colts were coming towards me, if you will, in
that direction, and I saw him get a you know,
the clean, you know, Scott free release to Anthony Richardson,
and I'm thinking, oh God, get rid of it, just
throw it away, you know, don't take this hit. And
then he takes that wicked sack, goes down and I'm
thinking to myself, man, he's either you know, he's got
an upper body injury, you know, he took a you know,
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face mask to the chest, or maybe he's concussed. But
as soon as I thought I saw him leave the game,
I thought, this is the last thing that he needs,
you know, because we all know the injury history. He's
got four different injuries that have kept him out. He's
only played in fifteen games, you know, in two years,
he's missed seventeen games due to an injury. This is
the last thing that he needs, especially when you know
(27:40):
he's been having such a good offseason. He's been so
much more intentional about everything, and you know, working out
with personal throwing coaches and just buying into the whole
concept of what it means and the extra steps that
you have to take to be a franchise quarterback and
you know, the face of an NFL team, and I
don't want to see that any of that be derailed
(28:01):
as he competes with Daniel Jones to be the starting quarterback.
So all those things come flooding to your mind, and
then you don't know what's going on, you know, during
the game and how they're treating him over on the sideline,
so you don't find out until after the game that
it's thankfully not as severe, but you know, still hopefully
he doesn't miss any practice time. The cults are going
to practice, like you guys said, tomorrow, Ideally he get
(28:24):
back out there and sort of resumed this competition.
Speaker 4 (28:27):
But I don't know if that's going to happen. Walk
to wait and see.
Speaker 9 (28:30):
But yeah, that's those are all the things that were
racing through my mind because he's a good kid, and
he's worked really hard this entire offseason, being much more
intentional about everything.
Speaker 4 (28:41):
You just want to see that come.
Speaker 9 (28:42):
To fruition and let the best man win the competition
based on Apples to Apple's comparison, and you know, both
guys get a fair shot at it.
Speaker 5 (28:50):
We appreciate Matt Taylor's work and obviously waking up after
what was a very long night for him. So mate,
thank you for that here on this Friday morning. One
thing you liked non quarterback division from last night. One
thing you didn't like non quarterback division from last night, Well, I.
Speaker 9 (29:08):
Liked the way that the secondary was battling. You know,
there's a lot of guys that were you know, kind
of thrust it into more playing time because of Justin
Wally's injury and that's just you know, sidebar, another gut punch,
another you know, one of those things where the Colts were,
you know, they were looking so good in the secondary
(29:29):
in terms of the stockpile, number of quality depth pieces
that they had, and then all of a sudden, Wally's
out for the year with a torn acl and then
here comes Jalen Jones with.
Speaker 4 (29:39):
His hamstring that continues to linger. Same thing with Juju Brinch.
Speaker 9 (29:43):
Those guys haven't practice for a week plus and then
Wally's thing on Tuesday was just the last thing they
needed there. But they have brought in some reinforcements, you know,
guys like Trey Herndon and Duke Shelley and Chris Lamon's
and I thought all those guys played really well.
Speaker 4 (29:58):
And then here comes Alex Johnson as well, you.
Speaker 9 (30:01):
Know, kind of a veteran piece out of UCLA, makes
an interception, get the pass defense right out of the gate.
In the first half, those guys are making plays, they're
competing and just sort of branding themselves inside the lou
An Rumo scheme. So that was encouraging to see as
they try to, you know, potentially round out the back
end of that secondary.
Speaker 4 (30:23):
On the fifty three man roster.
Speaker 9 (30:25):
And then what I did not like was just the
penalties and obviously the special teams covered. You the Colts
last night allowed over two hundred and thirty kick return yards,
kickoff returns and punt return yardage. You know, and listen,
it's the preseason two, so there's a lot of you know,
throwing stuff.
Speaker 4 (30:43):
At the wall and seeing what sticks.
Speaker 9 (30:45):
And some of these guys that are trying to cover
these kicks and punts aren't going to be here in
the regular season, so you have to factor that into
it too. But of course, you know, from a scheme standpoint,
it's it's still basically going to carry over under you know,
special teams coordinators and special teams units.
Speaker 4 (31:01):
So they've got to hash that stuff out. And then
the penalties too.
Speaker 9 (31:04):
The Colts last year were they were the I think
the third most disciplined team in the NFL in terms
of third fewest penalties and the fewest penalty yards, and
last night they had a whopping nine of them and
just some you know, false starts on offense, silly mistakes.
You know, you had some holding penalties by some receivers
and and things like that, and defensive pass interference stuff.
(31:27):
It's kind of your typical preseason game from last night.
It's kind of choppy.
Speaker 4 (31:31):
There's good, there's bad.
Speaker 9 (31:32):
And there's some gray area in between that you really
don't know, you know, what you're looking at as a
fan because you don't know, you know, personnel, what they're
trying to, you know, just see what works and stuff
like that. But overall, I thought it was a typical
preseason game night, a lot of good, lot of bad,
and hopefully the Colts can smooth that out coming up
on Thursday in a joint practice against the Packers, and
(31:54):
we'll see what the plan is going forward for the
starters coming up next Saturday.
Speaker 6 (31:58):
You heard that voice last night.
Speaker 5 (31:59):
That is Taylor, the voice of the Colts, and we
appreciate him with us here on this Friday morning. May
take going back to quarterbacks for just a second. You
know you brought up obviously the original plan was to
have Daniel Jones get the bulk this coming week against
Green Bay. I guess a week from Saturday. Technically, I
think you have to flip that if it's going to
be a true competition. But let's go here. Do you
(32:21):
think in the back of Shane seconds mind, the thought
process was name a starter after that Green Bay game
and then maybe let him dress rehearsal it up a
little bit against Cincinnati or how do you how did
you kind of view the rest of this month in
regards to the quarterback competition before last night.
Speaker 9 (32:37):
Yeah, that's a good question, and I don't I don't know.
I don't know how this.
Speaker 4 (32:42):
Was ultimately going to play out.
Speaker 9 (32:44):
I mean, in my mind, dating back to the spring
when Anthony got banged up, and wasn't able to or
had the shoulder aggravation and wasn't able to finish out
you know, the offseason workout program. I thought to myself,
then this is going to go all the way until
heck they could they could, you know, use that final
(33:06):
preseason game in Cincinnati. Plus there's you know, eight or
nine more days until you play the Dolphins in Week
one of the regular season. You could use that time
to to continue the evaluation until you have to make
roster cuts.
Speaker 4 (33:17):
Obviously, So I don't. I don't know. That's a really
good question. I don't.
Speaker 9 (33:22):
I don't know if if they were going to use
the Packers game to announce or you know, use that
final evaluation to announce the starter and then give that guy,
you know, substantial reps, maybe play a full half in Cincinnati.
I don't from a Gamesmanships standpoint, I'm just you know,
playing Devil's advocate. I don't. I don't know why you
would do that either, because you know, wouldn't you hypothetically
(33:44):
want to make Miami weight as long as possible to
to you know, game plan and know who the Cults
are going to roll out there starter wise in the
regular season. So you know, I don't know how last
night factors into it too. You know, the monkey range
that throws into the equation.
Speaker 4 (33:59):
So it's a good question.
Speaker 9 (34:00):
I don't have the answer for it, And based off
of you know, Richardson's you know, overall absence from last night,
I don't.
Speaker 4 (34:08):
Know if they have an answer for it too.
Speaker 9 (34:09):
I think they're gonna let it play out and just see,
you know, the work that both guys get in and
then the joint practice in the preseason and you know,
maybe there's more they need to see against Cincinnati and
let that play out too. So that's a long winded
way of saying it's kind of TBD, and you know,
it's it's it's it's ongoing. And that's what I said
going into the training camp period. I said, if you're
(34:32):
looking for an answer, I got bad news for you.
You're not going to get one, and you're probably not
gonna get one soon. And I still don't know if
you're going to get one at the end of the preseason.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
May te last one from me.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
I am curious because you have to know all the
players on the roster, and we joke about this in
the media all the time that you probably know where
every guy on the roster went to school, whether they're
the top player like Quentin Nelson or DeForest Buckner or
their last guy trying to make the team. What did
you think of one of those guys trying to make
the team Alex joh in his interception last night and
what that could do perhaps in a banged up cornerback room.
Speaker 9 (35:05):
Yeah, you know, he's the second year guys with the Giants.
Last year, I was a practice squad player for some
of the season for them, and you know, he's one
of those guys that you know he's he's playing more
because of those injuries. And I just thought that last
night he competed and he battled and he made the
most of his opportunity. I mean, that can play from scrimmage.
(35:27):
They're going after him, they're catching them over there on
that sade pattern that go route on the sideline, and
he just battles his tail his tail off and he
makes should be a one handed interception snag. And that's
what you have to do in the preseason. You know,
we talk about this all the time. You know, if
like you're a back into the roster guy or an
undrafted free agent, you know, you kind.
Speaker 4 (35:47):
Of just tell those guys if the coach.
Speaker 9 (35:49):
Is going into the preseason, just keep it simple, don't
try to do too much, but just show us why
you're here, show us why you know we claimed you
or you know why we brought in you know, show
us your traits, give a reason for us to continue
to evaluate you and to you know, think long and
hard about keeping you on the fifty three man roster
(36:10):
and give us some good depth. And that's exactly what
he did last night. So Herbert did that, you know,
to a degree. A DJ Giddens, you know, he ran
really hard. Tyler Goodson ran really hard.
Speaker 4 (36:21):
There's a lot of guys last night.
Speaker 9 (36:23):
From you know, just an individual microcrossm standpoint played well
and helped themselves even though the team aspect of things
was kind of chopping up and down. I thought there
was some really good individual performances and defensively, especially in
the first half.
Speaker 4 (36:37):
Johnson's name, you know.
Speaker 9 (36:39):
Definitely rises to the top of really good individual performances
and a guy that stood out last night.
Speaker 1 (36:45):
Matt as always, thanks for getting up early after I
assume you came back like last night, but we appreciate
you being on the show.
Speaker 9 (36:50):
Today, thank you, my pleasure voice anything for you. I
would have got up at seven am to do this.
Speaker 4 (36:55):
I would have done the whole show with you. Yes,
come on, Lord, probably not be awake, but i'd be there.
Speaker 5 (37:01):
Expecting beer all of a sudden when I just seen
tomorrow Westfield after that comment.
Speaker 1 (37:06):
Yeah, you'll be co hosting after the third preseason game,
just letting you.
Speaker 4 (37:09):
Know, Hey, that's all good.
Speaker 9 (37:11):
Anything I can do more, you can do?
Speaker 6 (37:14):
All right?
Speaker 2 (37:14):
How fun?
Speaker 6 (37:15):
They man?
Speaker 1 (37:15):
Matt Taylor relatively untouched by the mind of Mark Dykeden
so far.
Speaker 2 (37:19):
It sounds like, so that's that.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
That would be good about having him come in.
Speaker 5 (37:22):
We'll be bringing the energy tomorrow on the mic four o'clock.
Speaker 6 (37:25):
They are they gonna go like real tomorrow? James Boyd,
Are you expecting Sunday to be more of the real one?
Speaker 2 (37:32):
Probably Sunday. I would think you want to.
Speaker 3 (37:36):
Kind of ease back into things, especially for the guys
who haven't practiced or played over the last couple of days.
I don't know how wise it would be to just
kind of hit it full throttle after playing the game
less than forty eight hours before that. So that's something
to keep in mind. One player I do want to
give a shout out to. I feel like I haven't
talked about him very much about the show this morning
with J T. Twomlowow. He looked legit yesterday. Now get
(37:58):
that he went up against some of the reserves for
the Ravens, and which I should say, there were a
lot of reserves in that game, but some of the
deeper reserves. But nevertheless, I mean for the second round
pick NFL preseason debut, he put up a heck of
a stat line. Two tackles for loss, a sack, he
had two QB hits, pass deflection.
Speaker 2 (38:17):
Force, fumble, you name it.
Speaker 4 (38:19):
Now.
Speaker 3 (38:19):
He did leave that game with a knee injury, but
I believe Indie Stars Nyakin spoke to him. Doesn't sound
like it's going to be a big deal. Kind Of
got banged up there, but nothing to really worry about.
But as far as his disruptiveness, I like what I saw.
Speaker 5 (38:32):
Yeah, And you know what, Yeah, he was a guy
that i'd single that when we went around the horn
for you know, kind of good moments, I'd say, are Yeah,
I don't know, quarterbacks so important. It's probably unfair to
say this, but probably the biggest news item from last
night was justin Wahley's torn ACL. I mean again, this
occurred tuesday in the joint practice. This is your third
round pick out of Minnesota, corner, undersize corner. The Colts
(38:56):
were very high on him, Several other NFL teams were
very high on him and James since day one he walked.
Speaker 6 (39:03):
In that door.
Speaker 5 (39:04):
Not a single member that Colts organization has been hesitant
in offering public praise for him.
Speaker 6 (39:09):
That is very rare.
Speaker 2 (39:11):
He's the guys who don't do that.
Speaker 5 (39:12):
I cannot recall a time I've seen a Cults draft
pick as a rookie receive this much public praise. Now
he plays a position at corner where on paper you
didn't have like an immense amount of urgency to draft
a corner. Now, with how the injury situation has played
out his obviously ACL, the hamstring injury for Jalen Jones,
(39:33):
the hamstring injury for Juju Brents, Now, the depth is
really being tested there. So you just feel offul with
the kid. Obviously, he was a four year starter in
the Big Ten. The thought was he could come in
and play and start as that third corner in a
very important role. And again lou Ane Rumo wants to
be in more sub packages. He wants more defensive backs
on the field here. So yeah, just awful, just awful.
(39:55):
And you need Jalen Jones and or Juju Brent's back
to health quickly. Guys like Samuel Womack number thirty three,
Alex Johnson who had the early interception, number thirty five,
Jonathan Edwards number thirty nine, undrafted free agent out of Tulane.
Speaker 6 (40:08):
Flipped those say it again.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
Flip those numbers thirty nine for Johnson.
Speaker 5 (40:13):
Thirty five Edwards, all of those guys, thank you need
to be ready. And I mean week one Tyreek kill
John new Smith and Jalen Wattle.
Speaker 6 (40:22):
That's a deep pass catching group.
Speaker 5 (40:24):
So and they don't have Tim Boyle or no no
no this time right too likely to be starting.
Speaker 6 (40:30):
So yeah, just really really unfortunate for Wally
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