July 23, 2025 • 10 mins
Colts safety Nick Cross joins the show as training camp gets underway today! Cross details how he feels a lot more comfortable going into this year after a successful season last year as the full-time strong safety. Cross then talks expectations for the Colts defense this year after the coordinator change, detailing what Lou Anarumo can bring to the table as the leader of the defense. Nick and JMV talk about the success that the Pacers just enjoyed and how that can fuel the Colts to have success in this city. Finally, they discuss what the new additions to the Colts secondary will do to boost the entire defense!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, joining us now the Andy Moore Automotive Group, Hootline
Colts Safety. Nick Cross is at Grand par Okay, Nick,
thank you for the time.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
How are you.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
I'm good man, I'm good. Happy to be out here.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Yeah, well, I'm having I'm happy for you to be
on the show with us, and I'm happy for you
to be back. And I kind of want to play
off of that. I was thinking about you last night
when I found out you were going to come on
the show. You had a really nice year a year ago,
and I'm curious how you are as far as confidence
level and feeling going into this camp compared to the
way that you win when in this time a year ago.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
What's the difference?
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I mean, I think the masa is the same. You know,
you go out there, practice hard every day, you know,
tend to make the team. You know, at the end
of the day, nothing's guaranteed. You got to go out
there and earn it every single day. Last year, with
last year, this year, the whole new year and new year,
new experiences, new opportunities. So I just treated as such.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Did you have a Sometimes people tell me athletically speaking,
whether it's football, basketball, whatever, that you know the knowledge
that you gather with experience. There's just kind of a
switch that's flipped, so to speak. Did you did you
hit that a year ago? Was there a moment to
where you thought, yeah, you know what, I can play
and play consistently at a high level.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Here.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
I think it was just showing myself every week that
you know, I can go out there and play at
the high level. You know, every week was a new week.
You know, new new opponent, you know, new challenges. So
you know, at the end of the day, just going
out there and adapt into the different opponents, adapt into
the different you know, game plans we had and going
out there and still playing the high level every week.
You know, the confidence grew to be.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Able to go out there and do it the week
after Man, you cannot sidestep at all confidence, can you?
That is such a motivating and a juicing fact, or
just that confidence you get for playing well and I
mean consistently like you did a year ago, Nick, week
after week?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Can you?
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Yeah, I mean confidence. You know, at the end of
the day, it's about preparation. You nig gotta go in.
You gotta prepar You got to prepare the right way.
You gotta go out there. You gotta you know, put
what you you you think about in the practice and
then practice trans transfers over to the game. And you know,
then when you have the success, you know, it's from
the hard work. So they're trying to work hard and
you know transfer everything from you know, the film room
(02:09):
to the practice field to the game field.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
He is nick Cross as the Colts. They're in camp
at Grant Park and Westfield. He's kind of enough to
join us on the Andy More Automotive Group potline. So
a transition from one decordinator to another. Now what's that
been like? And I guess we'll start right now with
the book in terminology part of this.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
How does that work for you to this point?
Speaker 3 (02:31):
I mean the end of the day, you know, Colled
lou was a great coach, you know, great guy, you know,
great teacher, someone who you know, we spend a lot
of time together, have a lot of conversations, and you know,
it's just you know, at the end of the day,
you know, defensive defense, you know, terminology is different. You know,
philosophy might be a little different. So just learning where
he's coming from in Raymen readsons why he does things
and you know, trying to play it in his scheme
(02:52):
as best as I can.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Hey, Nick, can you let us in a little bit
on what philosophically speaking, as you brought up is different
from how you were playing. Let's just say this time
of year ago compared to lou Anarumo and where it's
going now and you're number one with him as your
defensive coordinator.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Uh, it's just you know, a lot, a lot, a
lot of things, a lot of things that you know
we might not have done last year. You know, still
incorporating some things, but you know, at the end of
the day, it's exciting to go and you know, learning
new defense and and be a part of some uh
something great.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
It feels like that with him in Cincinnati. And this
could be completely inaccurate, and you could talk about it
a little bit. It feels like there's more of an
emphasis on what you guys do in the secondary with
this defensive philosophy.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Is that true? Is there is there truth to that?
What we've seen in Cincinnati and the transition.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Here to Indy. I mean yeah, I mean I think
you know, of course, Los a dB guy at heart.
You know, he's been coaching dbs for for a long time,
you know. So you know, I think that that's where
you know, his heart is. And you know, it's good
to have somebody like that, you know, as the leader
of the defense, as the coordinator. So and I'm sure
(04:02):
he's going to bring it over, you know, here to
an extent and you know, building an expand on it.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Uh, Nick Cross kind of enough to join us on
the Andy Moore Automotive Group potline. So what's you work
on this off season here in preparation for the season
where you are right now? Anything in particular, anything new?
Or is it the same type of routine you've always
gone through?
Speaker 3 (04:25):
I mean pretty much the Saints you know, gets shown
fast and more explosive. You know, played a lot of
golf and uh, you know, just trying to make sure
to spend my time, you know, getting my body ready
for the season ahead as well as you know, take
some time to relax and enjoy myself.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Are you a hoops guy at all?
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Just a little bit, you know what I'm saying. You know,
play a little hoops, you know, play a little golf
and just you know, at the end of the day,
just enjoy my time, be able to chill out before
we get we get this show on the road.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Well, let's uh, let's go over this golf game a
little bit.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Are we improving with the golf game like we have
been improving obviously defensively with the colts.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Yeah. I mean, like I said, everything takes reps, Everything
takes yes time to be able to go out there
and do you got to go out You gotta take
your lessons, you gotta go to the driving rams, and
you got to go, you know, play the course. You know,
at the end of the day, you know, the swing
gets better every single time. You know, the direction of
which the ball is being hit gets better every time.
And at the end of the day, it's about, you know,
consistently taking those reps and going out there and applying
(05:24):
what you learn in the lesson to what you do
out on the course. So still a long ways to
go though, but you know we making our where there slowly,
but surely.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
You got a favorite course around here?
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Oh do I have a favorite? I probably said Crooked
Stick out here. Ye, Crooked Stick is really nice. I
played there a couple of times, and you know it's
a great course to go out there and play.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Do you allow do you allow yourself to take a
mulligan if you hit a bad shot.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Oh yeah, yeah, I mean one, two, three, as many
as I need, I think, you know, it's what.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
I'll usually try to do.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
So however many I need is what? Oh?
Speaker 2 (06:01):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
It's uh Nick Cross on the Eddy More Automotive Group potline. Hey,
did you watch the Pacers in the postseason at all?
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Nick?
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Oh? Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
What you think about that?
Speaker 1 (06:11):
And I want you to maybe talk a little bit
about that in terms of man, you saw the excitement
level and what the fan base can do around here
and obviously, you know that's a level of juice that
you would love to see with your football team this season.
What was it like watching the Pacers? You know, knowing
this is the market and watching the fan base respond
to their success this offseason.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
That's good, you know. You see Andy, you know, embrace
their air sports teams, embrace the success of their sports teams,
and you know, at the end of the day, definitely
exciting and promising to see what we can do and
they'll come to fall. You know, Pacers games were electric,
they were exciting, and you know, I'm not a football
games are going to be just like that.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
He has Nick cross with us before I'll let you go.
You have a couple of new teammates in the secondary.
Uh one is camp bond them. Your relationship with him
so far? How has that gone?
Speaker 3 (06:58):
I just think good? You know what I'm saying. You know,
Cam a great guy, great leader, you know, someone who
knows what he's doing. Play a lot of football when
he was in Minnesota. So just being able to go
out there and you know, play with him, it's been fun.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
And I know I've talked to him both. In closing here, Nick,
give me your impression on Mooney. Mooney's a dude right there.
Let me tell you.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Yeah, I mean, Mooney's good. You know what I'm saying.
You know, I remember when I was in college. I
went down to bat Movies and worked out with him
one time back when he was in Kentas City. And
you know, a great guy, you know, great knowledge of
the game, smart player, and you know, can make plays,
can make plays and run with any receiver and guard
a receiver. So it's excited to watch him play, excited
to have him on the team.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Yeah, you know Nick too.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
One thing he told me that I think is so
important with what you guys do. It's not only making
the plays, but let's just say, for example, you don't.
It's forgetting about what you don't do to make sure
you don't make that mistake and you make the next one.
I think that's one thing that stuck out to me
as far as his level of confidence he has in
playing this game, and how important forgetting about that moment,
(08:04):
especially if it's bad and moving on.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Yeah. I mean the end of the day, any mistake
you make, whether it's on the field or in life,
you know what I'm saying, You got to address it
accountability and move forward. You know, you can't do on
the past. You know, the past of the past can't
change anything about. All you can do is go forward
and move forward and make better decisions, make better and
you know, make sure that you learn from us so
the next time that opportunity comes around, you've made the play.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Hey man, stay hydrated. It's going to be hot out
there the next couple of days. All right, Keep hydrated,
and best of luck to you during camp and keep
going at it as well as you did a year ago.
It was fun to watch you evolve in that secondary.
Keep doing what you're doing and we'll talk again soon.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Nick. Thank you, Yes, sir, appreciate you for having me.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
You got that Nick Cross right there are the Andy
Moore Automotive Group Hotline. I really appreciate the Colts mat
conti and hating the gang for doing that. Normally, I
don't get the opportunity until the night practice is to
actually get out there and do the live face to
face one on one interviews. But it's cool that they
set Nick up on the show. And Nick had a
really good season a year ago, and as he mentioned
(09:11):
lou Anarumo in your number one as the defensive coordinator.
They have an emphasis on the secondary. You know, obviously
it's a great deal. Everything starts up front and getting
after the quarterback, but there is an emphasis on the secondary,
as you could see in how they addressed the off
season as I mentioned with Mooney and with Binam bringing
(09:32):
them in in that secondary via free agency.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
That is a big deal.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
And Nick Cross kind enough to join us on the
Andymore Automotive Group potline. Let us take a break, we
shall come back. We'll go over Colts practice as they
continue moving forward at Grand Park. A little fever conversation
from the loss last night and a lot more for
you as well. Don't go anywhere this strain the app.
It's HD Radio, the Triple A Membership Lounge via YouTube
(09:57):
live and ninety three to five and one oh seven
five lan
Hey, joining us now the Andy Moore Automotive Group, Hootline
Colts Safety. Nick Cross is at Grand par Okay, Nick,
thank you for the time.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
How are you.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
I'm good man, I'm good. Happy to be out here.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Yeah, well, I'm having I'm happy for you to be
on the show with us, and I'm happy for you
to be back. And I kind of want to play
off of that. I was thinking about you last night
when I found out you were going to come on
the show. You had a really nice year a year ago,
and I'm curious how you are as far as confidence
level and feeling going into this camp compared to the
way that you win when in this time a year ago.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
What's the difference?
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I mean, I think the masa is the same. You know,
you go out there, practice hard every day, you know,
tend to make the team. You know, at the end
of the day, nothing's guaranteed. You got to go out
there and earn it every single day. Last year, with
last year, this year, the whole new year and new year,
new experiences, new opportunities. So I just treated as such.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Did you have a Sometimes people tell me athletically speaking,
whether it's football, basketball, whatever, that you know the knowledge
that you gather with experience. There's just kind of a
switch that's flipped, so to speak. Did you did you
hit that a year ago? Was there a moment to
where you thought, yeah, you know what, I can play
and play consistently at a high level.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Here.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
I think it was just showing myself every week that
you know, I can go out there and play at
the high level. You know, every week was a new week.
You know, new new opponent, you know, new challenges. So
you know, at the end of the day, just going
out there and adapt into the different opponents, adapt into
the different you know, game plans we had and going
out there and still playing the high level every week.
You know, the confidence grew to be.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Able to go out there and do it the week
after Man, you cannot sidestep at all confidence, can you?
That is such a motivating and a juicing fact, or
just that confidence you get for playing well and I
mean consistently like you did a year ago, Nick, week
after week?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Can you?
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Yeah, I mean confidence. You know, at the end of
the day, it's about preparation. You nig gotta go in.
You gotta prepar You got to prepare the right way.
You gotta go out there. You gotta you know, put
what you you you think about in the practice and
then practice trans transfers over to the game. And you know,
then when you have the success, you know, it's from
the hard work. So they're trying to work hard and
you know transfer everything from you know, the film room
(02:09):
to the practice field to the game field.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
He is nick Cross as the Colts. They're in camp
at Grant Park and Westfield. He's kind of enough to
join us on the Andy More Automotive Group potline. So
a transition from one decordinator to another. Now what's that
been like? And I guess we'll start right now with
the book in terminology part of this.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
How does that work for you to this point?
Speaker 3 (02:31):
I mean the end of the day, you know, Colled
lou was a great coach, you know, great guy, you know,
great teacher, someone who you know, we spend a lot
of time together, have a lot of conversations, and you know,
it's just you know, at the end of the day,
you know, defensive defense, you know, terminology is different. You know,
philosophy might be a little different. So just learning where
he's coming from in Raymen readsons why he does things
and you know, trying to play it in his scheme
(02:52):
as best as I can.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Hey, Nick, can you let us in a little bit
on what philosophically speaking, as you brought up is different
from how you were playing. Let's just say this time
of year ago compared to lou Anarumo and where it's
going now and you're number one with him as your
defensive coordinator.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Uh, it's just you know, a lot, a lot, a
lot of things, a lot of things that you know
we might not have done last year. You know, still
incorporating some things, but you know, at the end of
the day, it's exciting to go and you know, learning
new defense and and be a part of some uh
something great.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
It feels like that with him in Cincinnati. And this
could be completely inaccurate, and you could talk about it
a little bit. It feels like there's more of an
emphasis on what you guys do in the secondary with
this defensive philosophy.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Is that true? Is there is there truth to that?
What we've seen in Cincinnati and the transition.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Here to Indy. I mean yeah, I mean I think
you know, of course, Los a dB guy at heart.
You know, he's been coaching dbs for for a long time,
you know. So you know, I think that that's where
you know, his heart is. And you know, it's good
to have somebody like that, you know, as the leader
of the defense, as the coordinator. So and I'm sure
(04:02):
he's going to bring it over, you know, here to
an extent and you know, building an expand on it.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Uh, Nick Cross kind of enough to join us on
the Andy Moore Automotive Group potline. So what's you work
on this off season here in preparation for the season
where you are right now? Anything in particular, anything new?
Or is it the same type of routine you've always
gone through?
Speaker 3 (04:25):
I mean pretty much the Saints you know, gets shown
fast and more explosive. You know, played a lot of
golf and uh, you know, just trying to make sure
to spend my time, you know, getting my body ready
for the season ahead as well as you know, take
some time to relax and enjoy myself.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Are you a hoops guy at all?
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Just a little bit, you know what I'm saying. You know,
play a little hoops, you know, play a little golf
and just you know, at the end of the day,
just enjoy my time, be able to chill out before
we get we get this show on the road.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Well, let's uh, let's go over this golf game a
little bit.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Are we improving with the golf game like we have
been improving obviously defensively with the colts.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Yeah. I mean, like I said, everything takes reps, Everything
takes yes time to be able to go out there
and do you got to go out You gotta take
your lessons, you gotta go to the driving rams, and
you got to go, you know, play the course. You know,
at the end of the day, you know, the swing
gets better every single time. You know, the direction of
which the ball is being hit gets better every time.
And at the end of the day, it's about, you know,
consistently taking those reps and going out there and applying
(05:24):
what you learn in the lesson to what you do
out on the course. So still a long ways to
go though, but you know we making our where there slowly,
but surely.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
You got a favorite course around here?
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Oh do I have a favorite? I probably said Crooked
Stick out here. Ye, Crooked Stick is really nice. I
played there a couple of times, and you know it's
a great course to go out there and play.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Do you allow do you allow yourself to take a
mulligan if you hit a bad shot.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Oh yeah, yeah, I mean one, two, three, as many
as I need, I think, you know, it's what.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
I'll usually try to do.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
So however many I need is what? Oh?
Speaker 2 (06:01):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
It's uh Nick Cross on the Eddy More Automotive Group potline. Hey,
did you watch the Pacers in the postseason at all?
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Nick?
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Oh? Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
What you think about that?
Speaker 1 (06:11):
And I want you to maybe talk a little bit
about that in terms of man, you saw the excitement
level and what the fan base can do around here
and obviously, you know that's a level of juice that
you would love to see with your football team this season.
What was it like watching the Pacers? You know, knowing
this is the market and watching the fan base respond
to their success this offseason.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
That's good, you know. You see Andy, you know, embrace
their air sports teams, embrace the success of their sports teams,
and you know, at the end of the day, definitely
exciting and promising to see what we can do and
they'll come to fall. You know, Pacers games were electric,
they were exciting, and you know, I'm not a football
games are going to be just like that.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
He has Nick cross with us before I'll let you go.
You have a couple of new teammates in the secondary.
Uh one is camp bond them. Your relationship with him
so far? How has that gone?
Speaker 3 (06:58):
I just think good? You know what I'm saying. You know,
Cam a great guy, great leader, you know, someone who
knows what he's doing. Play a lot of football when
he was in Minnesota. So just being able to go
out there and you know, play with him, it's been fun.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
And I know I've talked to him both. In closing here, Nick,
give me your impression on Mooney. Mooney's a dude right there.
Let me tell you.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Yeah, I mean, Mooney's good. You know what I'm saying.
You know, I remember when I was in college. I
went down to bat Movies and worked out with him
one time back when he was in Kentas City. And
you know, a great guy, you know, great knowledge of
the game, smart player, and you know, can make plays,
can make plays and run with any receiver and guard
a receiver. So it's excited to watch him play, excited
to have him on the team.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Yeah, you know Nick too.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
One thing he told me that I think is so
important with what you guys do. It's not only making
the plays, but let's just say, for example, you don't.
It's forgetting about what you don't do to make sure
you don't make that mistake and you make the next one.
I think that's one thing that stuck out to me
as far as his level of confidence he has in
playing this game, and how important forgetting about that moment,
(08:04):
especially if it's bad and moving on.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Yeah. I mean the end of the day, any mistake
you make, whether it's on the field or in life,
you know what I'm saying, You got to address it
accountability and move forward. You know, you can't do on
the past. You know, the past of the past can't
change anything about. All you can do is go forward
and move forward and make better decisions, make better and
you know, make sure that you learn from us so
the next time that opportunity comes around, you've made the play.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Hey man, stay hydrated. It's going to be hot out
there the next couple of days. All right, Keep hydrated,
and best of luck to you during camp and keep
going at it as well as you did a year ago.
It was fun to watch you evolve in that secondary.
Keep doing what you're doing and we'll talk again soon.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Nick. Thank you, Yes, sir, appreciate you for having me.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
You got that Nick Cross right there are the Andy
Moore Automotive Group Hotline. I really appreciate the Colts mat
conti and hating the gang for doing that. Normally, I
don't get the opportunity until the night practice is to
actually get out there and do the live face to
face one on one interviews. But it's cool that they
set Nick up on the show. And Nick had a
really good season a year ago, and as he mentioned
(09:11):
lou Anarumo in your number one as the defensive coordinator.
They have an emphasis on the secondary. You know, obviously
it's a great deal. Everything starts up front and getting
after the quarterback, but there is an emphasis on the secondary,
as you could see in how they addressed the off
season as I mentioned with Mooney and with Binam bringing
(09:32):
them in in that secondary via free agency.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
That is a big deal.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
And Nick Cross kind enough to join us on the
Andymore Automotive Group potline. Let us take a break, we
shall come back. We'll go over Colts practice as they
continue moving forward at Grand Park. A little fever conversation
from the loss last night and a lot more for
you as well. Don't go anywhere this strain the app.
It's HD Radio, the Triple A Membership Lounge via YouTube
(09:57):
live and ninety three to five and one oh seven
five lan
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