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Colts 30, Commanders 13: Reaction with Will & Dave Retherford (The Colts Report, 3.64) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:06
  [SPEAKER_04]: You are listening to a special edition of the Colts Report, Will and Dave Rutherford's Reaction to the Colts 30, the 13 win over Washington, in London.
• 0:17
  [SPEAKER_04]: It's only on the central Indiana Sports Report.
• 0:23
  [SPEAKER_04]: Welcome Colts fans, and guys, it's way better to be 2 and 2 than 0 and 2.
• 0:27
  [SPEAKER_04]: That's for sure.
• 0:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: it was one of those games where they look really bad in the first quarter Daniel Jones looked like a pumpkin really awful fumble on the second play of the game that really I think kind of set the tone for how that first quarter went took him a little bit to get out of that or get over that hump he was in just a bad headspace it looked like he mentally he seemed a little lost on the field checking in and out of things when he really shouldn't have anticipating
• 1:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: Greg I thought it was a game that we won in spite of our quarterback and that's not a phrase you typically love to use especially a week four when you should be starting to get some of the wrinkles out of the offense you know they scored 30 points so I'm not going to sit here in heart too long but you know that first quarter especially look like it was no chance that they were going to get to that point.
• 1:26
  [SPEAKER_02]: Well, Kudos to the defense, really.
• 1:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: That first quarter, they really kept us in the game.
• 1:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: They saved it for us, because we could have just as easily been down 14.0 instead of 6.0.
• 1:39
  [SPEAKER_02]: And now we're talking about a whole different type of game plan moving forward.
• 1:43
  [SPEAKER_02]: So honestly, the defense was really, really good all day.
• 1:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: I know we gave up a couple of big plays there, but overall an incredible day from the defense.
• 1:54
  [SPEAKER_02]: I also will say, I mean, I think this, this Washington team is pretty bad, and when they got down to a third string, a third string quarterback that had a few plays where he looked like he was capable, but for the most part, we made him look pretty bad too.
• 2:11
  [SPEAKER_02]: So overall, I agree with Will, I think the first quarter, like to kind of erase that, but you got to like the grit that they came back with the defense cup a minute and that sometimes has to happen.
• 2:23
  [SPEAKER_03]: and uh... and then a solid win from there uh... really beyond the first quarter it was just uh... a good game plan for the most part in a solid win against a pretty bad team yeah i would say that we talked about in the preview i did about damn plan i think being a uh... really bad decision maker as head coach and he proved that to be true went for it in uh... mindless territory in a situation that he kind of let the cult's offense get back in it gave me short field they were able to score touch down all the sudden a six o
• 2:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: lead for Washington got erased immediately and then they never really got the train back on the tracks from there.
• 2:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: It was kind of a gross win and it just felt like Washington had no chance of winning that game really at any point.
• 3:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: Once Cali a Maccass came in, it just was a situation that I think if you're a Washington fan, it's awfully disappointed about because Mario to awfully sharp in the first drive.
• 3:18
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think that's a game that they wish they could have seen
• 3:24
  [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, that's kind of hard to tell from a cult's perspective, exactly how much of this was cults, and how much of this would be washing, too.
• 3:32
  [SPEAKER_03]: there were times where the defense looked really good and then there were times where I felt like they got kind of got a little soft and coverage gave up some stuff on the underneath which is fine.
• 3:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: But in a situation where you're playing a jacks and bill, you're playing a Pittsburgh next week where you're playing a Houston again.
• 3:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: You know, when you're playing these top end AFC teams, that stuff doesn't work.
• 3:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: You get linked and dunk enough, you're going to end up giving up touchdowns.
• 3:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I think there's it's difficult to analyze this game because
• 4:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: you know, Cali a macus came off the bench, probably his parents weren't even in London.
• 4:04
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't think there was any chance they thought he was going to play.
• 4:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: And so you kind of put in this situation where you don't expect the ton out of him.
• 4:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: And you kind of hope that he can keep you in the game.
• 4:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: But their defense got a little soft against the run.
• 4:17
  [SPEAKER_03]: They got Taylor going the offensive line blocked offly well.
• 4:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think the colds kind of went running from there.
• 4:24
  [SPEAKER_04]: That offensive line is awfully good.
• 4:26
  [SPEAKER_04]: And, uh,
• 4:28
  [SPEAKER_04]: Lequan tried well 42 yards receiving.
• 4:30
  [SPEAKER_04]: That's good to see Seth McGowan 31 yards rushing maybe a couple of guys who couldn't interview it a little bit.
• 4:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: This receiving core looks really bad without Alec Pierce or Keenan Allen and I know Keenan Allen hasn't particularly been great until last week he really kind of turned it around.
• 4:49
  [SPEAKER_03]: But it was awfully interesting to see that Tyler warned and have a single target.
• 4:54
  [SPEAKER_03]: In the first quarter and a half it's like how do you come into a game plan where you're not getting your best.
• 4:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: playmaker the ball.
• 5:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: Josh Jones was really nowhere to be found.
• 5:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: He only had four targets on the day.
• 5:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I think some of that comes down to Daniel Jones really not playing well.
• 5:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: He played really poor.
• 5:10
  [SPEAKER_03]: I get the feeling that that first 15 was not the way Shane saw it going.
• 5:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: And then they kind of struggled to adjust there.
• 5:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: And then once they got that short field, they were able to put a nice drive together, a lot change.
• 5:21
  [SPEAKER_03]: And they did perform up to their standard.
• 5:24
  [SPEAKER_03]: I
• 5:27
  [SPEAKER_03]: He got saved his stat line with the rushing touchdown there at the end to, you know, making a two-score game.
• 5:33
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I guess Kudos to him for sending in, facing some adversity early and being able to overcome that.
• 5:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: But I'd really have liked to seem tired or worn get the ball a little earlier and a lot more often.
• 5:43
  [SPEAKER_03]: And then, you know, five receptions for 41 yards and he had the only had five targets.
• 5:47
  [SPEAKER_03]: So he's perfect on the day.
• 5:49
  [SPEAKER_03]: Just sometimes you got a...
• 5:51
  [SPEAKER_03]: be committed to forcing the ball to your guys in a situation where you're really short-handed done in the past catching a room.
• 5:59
  [SPEAKER_04]: I'm a little surprised.
• 6:00
  [SPEAKER_04]: They're not using the tie dances receivers more.
• 6:04
  [SPEAKER_03]: The other.
• 6:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: They brought in Moelle Cox a lot to block.
• 6:10
  [SPEAKER_03]: I didn't really expect to see a ton of drogaltry.
• 6:13
  [SPEAKER_03]: There were times they brought worn out and put Ogletree in and the issue
• 6:21
  [SPEAKER_03]: intentional in terms of we're not run the ball.
• 6:23
  [SPEAKER_03]: You know, it was pretty much warrants and we're going to run the ball and he was excellent in the run blocking game.
• 6:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm going to give him complete coup dows.
• 6:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: He did an amazing job of creating scenes and lanes outside of the sea gap for Jonathan Taylor.
• 6:36
  [SPEAKER_03]: I was very impressed by the way that he handled being isolated on deans.
• 6:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: And he did, you know, the Wamblocks, and he's been really good at for two years.
• 6:44
  [SPEAKER_03]: You saw him be really successful in letting Taylor get untouched through the first three yards of Lyash Grimbage and kind of get those legs turning, the way that we're used to seeing him run.
• 6:57
  [SPEAKER_02]: I just am not sure that I quite understand going into our game plan why Taylor's not more involved in the first quarter.
• 7:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think that's part of our problem.
• 7:05
  [SPEAKER_02]: We didn't get off to a very good start and part of that was because we didn't use Taylor at all.
• 7:10
  [SPEAKER_02]: We came out first drive, first couple of plays with past plays, you know, fumble the ball, end up though in an interception there into first quarter.
• 7:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's like once we established him and once we got him going,
• 7:24
  [SPEAKER_02]: Then the offense started to turn a little bit.
• 7:26
  [SPEAKER_02]: It wasn't a great day offensively, honestly, for the cults.
• 7:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: But in terms of yards and such, but they scored 30 points.
• 7:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I think a lot of that, I mean, two of those touchdowns are Taylor.
• 7:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I don't know, not quite sure I understand why we don't target him earlier on in games.
• 7:44
  [SPEAKER_02]: It seems like the game plan is always about trying to establish the past first and that continues to buy this, I think.
• 7:56
  [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, no reason not to come out and set the tone early.
• 7:59
  [SPEAKER_04]: One thing, the other one thing I wanted to point out, I know it's a backup quarterback, but really good day for the secondary three passes defended for ward and a lot of passes defended by the defense.
• 8:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: The defensive line helped an awful lot too.
• 8:13
  [SPEAKER_03]: The forest buckler was awesome today.
• 8:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: Being able to get hands up, tip balls, deflect balls, really should have come down with another interception that can't bind them, let's slip right through his hands, actually ended up landing in an offensive lineman's lap and went for a first down.
• 8:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: And those are the type of plays where it's like,
• 8:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: We need to calm down with the football play under control and take advantage of the throws that we're given and it didn't feel like they did a great job of doing that today, you know, I
• 8:44
  [SPEAKER_03]: get this gut instinct that teams are going to continue to try to target Moni Ward in the short past game because is inability and ineffective this tackling.
• 8:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: Today, he was bailed out Antonio Williams ran right by him and went for a touch shot and he just he makes no effort to get off the block.
• 9:06
  [SPEAKER_03]: crack the near hip and make a tackle.
• 9:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: That's the stuff that's disappointed me.
• 9:09
  [SPEAKER_03]: And it continues to be the same trend with him that we've seen the whole year is he's not really interested in getting his head in there and trying to make plays.
• 9:18
  [SPEAKER_03]: I believe that can be a liability moving forward.
• 9:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: I saw it today.
• 9:21
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I know that I'm concerned about.
• 9:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: warranted penalty for sure, but I felt like they tried to throw the ball deep several times and we were able to to maintain and not not PI and that that's hard in this league.
• 9:44
  [SPEAKER_02]: So I felt like that was one of the things that that we can write home about today.
• 9:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, Washington had 10 penalties and and maybe that's a difference in the game quite frankly.
• 9:54
  [SPEAKER_03]: uh... just we were shooting ourselves in the foot and they did yeah i mean that uh... huge penalty they had an unsportsman liar unnecessary roughness is what it was called on the field it really should have been unsportsman like that allowed the cult to keep that first drive going that they scored on if they wouldn't take them to field goal um... with trader i think it was going to be fourth and seven and they were given a gift and they took advantage of it and i i think that washington has continued to show this presence of undisciplined
• 10:23
  [SPEAKER_03]: of being undisciplined in all aspects of their game and that's why they're losing football team.
• 10:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: That's why I think Dan Quinn's on the hot scene to get fired because it's been the same issues we've seen for three years.
• 10:35
  [SPEAKER_03]: They're not improving on.
• 10:36
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm glad the colds could be the recipient of that today.
• 10:39
  [SPEAKER_03]: Washington had 10 penalties for 84 yards.
• 10:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: That's not going to get it done.
• 10:43
  [SPEAKER_03]: Most games.
• 10:44
  [SPEAKER_03]: You're giving up almost a touchdown.
• 10:46
  [SPEAKER_03]: The penalty yardage probably going to struggle.
• 10:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I agree with what my dad said.
• 10:50
  [SPEAKER_03]: The colds were very disciplined.
• 10:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: A couple times they probably got away with a P.I.
• 10:55
  [SPEAKER_03]: or two, especially many words and third quarter on a deep ball.
• 11:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: But you know, we're going to sit here.
• 11:02
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I guess give a kudos to the secondary.
• 11:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: And really the linebacker stew for their role
• 11:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: past average.
• 11:11
  [SPEAKER_04]: And more snaps again for Bryce Betcher and Caden Curry and AJ Holsey as well.
• 11:18
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think it's a trend we're going to continue to see it feels like they're making a conceded effort to transition them into more of a starting role.
• 11:25
  [SPEAKER_03]: I did think that Keem Davis gave her played well today.
• 11:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think Carl Isles is kind of an interception today on Cali Marcus, so you know that's going to look a little bit on the stat sheet, but I do like the effort to get
• 11:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: better and I I really start to get worried about CJ Allen and his ability to play at this NFL level because it feels like a round two draft pick.
• 11:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: They don't feel any pressure to get him in the game and that that concerning to me.
• 11:59
  [SPEAKER_04]: And now we look forward a week until they go to Pittsburgh, not a very good Steelers team, but that is a tough place to play, but you picked that one up
• 12:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: absolutely couldn't agree more here to see how this Cincinnati jacks and bill game ghost because they have a chance to be tied for the division lead after a pretty bad o and two start so there's a lot to be excited about it that's Heinz field well it's a crusher now i know i'm not going to call that's the time it's Heinz field it's been a house a horse form so
• 12:33
  [SPEAKER_03]: hopefully they can they can overcome that they surely played their worst performance of the year up to that point in the season last year in Pittsburgh.
• 12:40
  [SPEAKER_03]: Daniel Jones really did not play well.
• 12:43
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm not getting against the Steelers so hopefully we're able to bounce back and get to a three and two start.
• 12:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: That would be really nice considering where they began the season.
• 12:53
  [SPEAKER_02]: Absolutely, I think we probably, you know, when we look at the season preview at the beginning and we were looking at kind of how the schedule was unfolding to be tuned to at this point in time, I think we probably all would have been pretty happy about that.
• 13:06
  [SPEAKER_04]: So, but next Sunday's the game I said is the one game I know for sure they're going to lose on the schedule.
• 13:15
  [SPEAKER_02]: I certainly think we're going to go there as underdogs, but it's not like Pittsburgh's many things special so far this year and.
• 13:22
  [SPEAKER_02]: You were gonna have to play better than we did today.
• 13:25
  [SPEAKER_02]: We'd be the bad team today.
• 13:27
  [SPEAKER_02]: In fact, we'd be a bottom five team for sure in the NFL today.
• 13:34
  [SPEAKER_02]: Pittsburgh will not be that.
• 13:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: So we're gonna have to play better.
• 13:37
  [SPEAKER_02]: We did did much better in the and the red zone this day of three for three this this week.
• 13:43
  [SPEAKER_04]: Spencer Schrader feel undefeated on his kicks.
• 13:46
  [SPEAKER_04]: Love it.
• 13:47
  [SPEAKER_03]: Guys absolutely nails.
• 13:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: I was gonna give a quick shout to him.
• 13:51
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think there's at least some things to look forward to as we continue to march forward and again, we'll go in as underdogs next week.
• 13:57
  [SPEAKER_02]: But I don't think we go in as a team that can't win if we put things together and play our best game and we're at least trending that way.
• 14:06
  [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, the Steelers aren't very good.
• 14:07
  [SPEAKER_04]: That's for sure.
• 14:08
  [SPEAKER_04]: I've seen in the last two weeks.
• 14:09
  [SPEAKER_04]: They're not a great football team, but at home, coming back from Europe, yeah, it's
• 14:17
  [SPEAKER_04]: One of those games, you just, ESPN analytics gets the call to 48% chance of winning that game.
• 14:23
  [SPEAKER_04]: So it kind of tells you where the Steelers are, but if you win that one, then you get Tennessee the next week.
• 14:30
  [SPEAKER_04]: Things can really change fast.
• 14:32
  [SPEAKER_02]: Absolutely.
• 14:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: Honestly, I think 48% chance of winning next week is almost too good.
• 14:40
  [SPEAKER_04]: and of course we will break down the film later this week on the culture port and preview that steelers game as well so please join us make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss any of that.
• 14:51
  [SPEAKER_04]: And guys enjoy the rest of the day a football and thanks for joining me.
• 14:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yep, appreciate that.
• 14:57
  [SPEAKER_03]: Thanks.
• 15:03
  [SPEAKER_04]: Thank you so much Will and Dave.
• 15:05
  [SPEAKER_04]: Thank you so much for listening as I mentioned.
• 15:09
  [SPEAKER_04]: Will and Able will be back later this week.
• 15:11
  [SPEAKER_04]: He'll break down the film and talk about the positives and negatives from Sunday's win.
• 15:18
  [SPEAKER_04]: And later in the week, a preview of Colts Steelers coming next Sunday.
• 15:23
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• 15:28
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• 15:37
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• 15:42
  [SPEAKER_04]: Thanks again.
• 15:42
  [SPEAKER_04]: Alright, I just think that the bingles are going to go to the... Well, they were just in the Super Bowl like three years ago, but they don't look like that to you, right?
• 16:03
  [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, they're the bingles, as you mentioned before.
• 16:06
  [SPEAKER_04]: and now that your Mark Chase is out.
• 16:11
  [SPEAKER_04]: Anyway, it's now time to do the outro.
• 16:16
  [SPEAKER_04]: The Colts Report and the Central Indiana Sports Report both products of ITG media, and I love you, Susie.
• 16:24
  [SPEAKER_03]: Okay.