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The Colts Report with Sam Frick & Mike Rich: Colts Get Sauce (2.78.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_00]: You are listening to the culturey port with Sam Frick and Mike Rich, only on the Central Indian Esports Report.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome back Colts fans to the Central Indian Sports Report for this week's Colts Report.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And it is a big one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm joined by Sam Frick of A&EC Sports and our Pacers guy, Mike Rich here to respond to a big trade, one of the biggest in Colts history, especially in season trades during Colt in edit.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One of the biggest trades in colds history, in particular, one of the biggest in-season trades ever, the only other one I can think of is the Eric Dickerson trade in 1987.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The colds acquire sauce gardener for two first round draft picks, and AD Mitchell, and now suddenly Sam, the colds have one of the best defensive backfields in the NFL.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I had just gone through my first class teaching, and so I was in between classes, and I looked her on social media.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I see saw scarner acquired by the Indianapolis Colts, and I went holy shit.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: What just happened there?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The Colts put on the who-dad's saws on the straight deadline, and unlike what in the world did the urs say sisters had up their sleeve, and this straight deadline, the saws guardner,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It was not a my bingo card whatsoever, I didn't think the coach would be going after a name this big in the defense of back to the deadline.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And when you think about this great, you got Saw Scartner, you got Kenny Moore, you got Crosse, you got the RS Ward camera button.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It just keeps going on and on.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's amazing, amazing battlefield on the defensive side.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So, obviously, it's a defensive trade.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We trade two firsts and a name Mitchell to gain.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But it was going to cost a lot of a lot to get a player of that caliber and it's all stronger.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: This could be one of the biggest acquisitions in cold history if we do it right.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Because obviously, you don't make this move.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Unless you think the cults are win-nality, right?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And they know they believe in Daniel Jones, and the next draft is going to be a quarterback heavy draft.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We are not worried about quarterback right now because we're going to sign down Jones to extension.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Anyway, we have the wide receivers, we got the best running back the NFL in Jonathan Taylor.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We have a pretty good offensive line.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: one would argue are defensive fronts not the best, but hey, if you're defensive back to one of the best of the NFL, it kind of makes up for that as well.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So I think overall look at this trade deadline.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We made that one move, but that one move was a seismic move that everybody's still talking about right now.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I feel like.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Christmas came six weeks, seven weeks early, early and half was cold.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, to get a player of this caliber, it is something, it's not in the cold's DNA to do much in the trade deadline to go this big and they're in it to win it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They're putting the pieces together,
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Like Sam said, we got a lot of good pieces in all aspects of that team.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think the, the cold defensive line is, is questionable that is one of the areas, but the secondary will improve, you know, the front defensive line.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: offensive line.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think it's one of the best in the NFL.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think our wide receiver room is pretty good.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think we have one of the best up and coming tight ends in NFL.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think his, I think Tyler Warren's impact has just been phenomenal as a rookie to come in and play as well as he has suit.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I, I'm just really kind of shocked at, you know, that the cult made the biggest splash at the trade deadline and it, you know, coming into this season.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: not even close.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I believe I had them at 2 and 7 Sam.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think you may be 3 and 6 or 4 and 5.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: None of us who did the preseason had anything like this.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And as Mike said, it's kind of like Christmas morning.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's Christmas morning that used a lot of credit to get all the Presence because they gave up a lot to get this two first round draft picks.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think Mitchell was not even part of the plans anymore.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think his immediate Benching after his mistake said to me that there was already an issue there because you don't bench somebody for one mistake.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So he wasn't part of the plan.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But two first round draft picks can be costly.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So this is a win now situation.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It has to
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And you hope that, you know, the first round draft pick next season at the end of it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So if it's 32 who cares, I wouldn't say who cares, even at 32, it's a pretty big deal.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's worth it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: If we're, if we're pick, if we're going to have the 30 second pick and next year's draft, it was, this was well worth the cost.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And he is that good.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He is worth every penny that you would pay on salary and in draft picks.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He is, I had someone tell me today that he wasn't that good.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So my immediate reaction was to go check the numbers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And the numbers say he is the best corner back in the league.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: My eyes tell me he's the best corner back in the league.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: His peers call him the best corner back in the league.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And again, you add him to Shavarius Ward, who's a top 10, I believe corner.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: hasn't been healthy very much, but when he's in there top 10, can he more top two or three nickel back without question?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And the combination of safety has been really good.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nick Cross is turned into quite a player.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So,
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think something might be missing is you're also taking in from a dysfunctional team, the jets are freaking awful.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They can't retain their talent, you've all of their talent, you put him in a system that is better prepared, better coached, is winning.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think that will
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think you'll see a different sauce gardener in Indianapolis and you did with the jets.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Mr. Michael Rich, you stole my thunder there because that's where I was going to say nets Even though we trailers two first-round pads remember this is the New York jet to historically speaking They are terrible at drafting players.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They're terrible developing players and so I've already seen some from CBS saying well that colds They spend too much.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's a robbery that jets won the train.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm late
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Who do you think you are to say that the New York Jets are winners of a blockbuster trade that historically doesn't go in their favor, unless anything Mitchell becomes Jerry Rice, and somehow those true drafts become Tom Brady or Patrick Behomes, I think you're fooling yourself to think that they've lost his trade already.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Now, could this be an even trade down the road?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Maybe, but the jets are going to have to prove me really wrong or saw starters going to have to be a horrible fit for the colds.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I don't see that whatsoever.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He is the best corner in the NFL.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He was even paid like the top corner in the NFL.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You're going to see the immediate impacts on this cold scene.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And that lock room is going to get extremely motivated.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: with this acquisition.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I cannot tell you how much of a media presence is going to be for the cold beyond the snowboard itself.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You will see an immediate energy and an energy boost coming out of this because saw starender is on his way to India as we speak and say there is going to be an immediate jump coming in for this cold-slot room that was already confident coming in.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Has to get some confidence, Mike.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: out definitely has to give the cult's confidence and that you can run office leaves in us they believe that we can go win this bowels have one of the best years of his career with the cult's he had a good draft he got the best tied in in the draft and it's paying dividend he did well in the off season with bringing in Daniel Jones he's a second year lineman or developing his lineman
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  [SPEAKER_02]: provided a line that can block for Jonathan Taylor to be the best running back in the NFL.
• 8:39
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think Bauer and Stike and have secured their position to their positions to this point of the season.
• 8:48
  [SPEAKER_02]: They have, I think the toughest part of their seasons coming up in the next few games.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They still got a lot of good teams ahead of them with King of City Chiefs to see Hawks.
• 8:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think the 49ers on Monday night a couple of divisional games, but I think that they have everything they need to When those games And Sam, you and I will talk more about the Falcons game in Germany coming up this weekend.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll find out what the plan is for sauce gardener
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think they need to be any hurry to add him to being the full corner.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're already pretty solid at the corners.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think the biggest surprise is, well, the biggest surprise is that they went out and got an all pro corner.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But also that they addressed that instead of defensive end when that was what we were expecting, defensive end or linebacker Sam.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yes, I do agree that I was surprised by that as well, but I do part of me does wonder if some of the depth from the defense of that field that we dealt with the injuries, I wonder if they were a little bit concerned about that going into the trade deadline, which is part of the reason why I think that's part of the reason why they also
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  [SPEAKER_01]: ultimately went for the trigger with the with saw start and because you know right those those corners and those defense events or no matter what it position is those those type of players don't come around don't grow on trees and so you get that type of player coming in to the Indianapolis colds like those are those are plays you normally don't get
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  [SPEAKER_01]: right all the hop, right that.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So I think to me, I think the coast took the, took the risk and say, look, if we want to make our deeper on the playoffs, we're going to have to be able to get this type of for all pro corner that could get us to an elite level that puts it in the best position to compete with the Kansas cities and the buffaloes of the world right now and then take our battles from there.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So I think to me, I think the cold kind of picked their poison a little bit in terms of what, what,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: What areas are we rather deal with the issues on the road and to me ultimately they decide to address the the depth of the defense of backfield more than anything else which to me ultimately in the day I think the trade itself worked out I think all right now has worked out pretty well for the cold now whether not the execution of it goes well that remains to be seen and I think to me that will really be tested when you see the cold make the truck the trip the drive to Kansas City.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: After the buy, we can, and we'll see what the soft starter can bring to a bait match of against the chiefs.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Mike, any thoughts on not addressing defensive end or linebacker?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I just don't think you're gonna get everything you want.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And one of the best players at his position was available and why not take the best player at that position that is available at this time.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm hoping that our defensive line and defensive end and our linebackers are gonna be serviceable for the rest of this season and be able to benefit from the secondary that's going to be back in them up.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think next year's draft is where they're going to have to dress defensive end and there's a lot of good defensive ends coming out next year in the in the twenty twenty six draft.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think this will definitely help the past rush.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think Sam a bit.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One of the most important aspects of the second half of the season is the development of Leotu Latu.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We've got to get more out of him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He has looked a little better in the last few weeks.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's key, isn't it?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that's my point when I said, I think they kind of pit their battles by saying, hey, look, let's take care of the development of our frontline, and then let's address the depth and our defensive batch field deadline.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So they said, look, we have a lot of top and a defensive battlefield, but we know we've been dealing with injuries.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Let's get some assurance.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Let's get the best player available.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And then let's see, we nearly ought to, to elevate his name a little bit.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And you said it best, right?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think he's gotten a little better recently.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But I think the coach know they want to be
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  [SPEAKER_01]: at the upper echelons of the NFL at the end of the day, you got to be able to stop the quarter bets in the passing game at the end of the day.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think they addressed it by getting the top player available at the trade deadline and saw scarred or not.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Whether or not we get to the off to a lot to at his best and some of the other guys up front of their best defensively, that remains to be seen as a whole another discussion for another time.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But the point being is the end of the day is the cults.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: did something that the, that press baller teams don't usually do is a swan for the fences and they swan big time.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We're talking massive, massive, massive, massive acquisition today, something that I've never seen before in an Indianapolis Colts team.
• 13:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: So this was a good day to be a Colts fan, especially if you are wanting some, some big, big splashes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Mike, you remember the day that the Colts traded for Dickerson?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It was all the sudden, the cults went from four years and Indianapolis of being and after thought to the NFL to day one being a factor in the NFL and it was so exciting.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This feels a little bit like that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It does.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It feels a little bit like that.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm excited to see what's going to happen with the defense.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: the cult swung for the fences here and big rest, big reward if they this pays off.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I mean we're looking at it a good run in the playoffs and a good defense to start next year.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm excited.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And remember, he's also under contract for three years.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So we are, he's still under our control no matter what happens this year too.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So that's huge not only for the short term, but also for the immediate long term, or the cold is having some type of insurance as well, which is to me, I think that's part of his wife, feel very good about this train either way.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: you're not just having him just for the rest of this year and I think they got a pro-rated rate on him this year.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think it was 1.25 million towards his salary or something like that.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So that wasn't too bad.
• 15:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: I am concerned about how much it's going to hit the salary cap when you got a sign of quarter back next year, potentially.
• 15:14
  [SPEAKER_02]: Alec Pierce's contract is up and
• 15:21
  [SPEAKER_02]: So I think Quentin Nelson's got one year left on his contract so just looking at contracts that are coming up in the head again I think they're doing this for let's win now.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: We have an opportunity.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: We have a hot team.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: We have a lot of motivation We have the pieces so let's go for it
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One of the thing I don't know if anyone's talked about this, but great guy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Another guy who fits into the culture of what's going to be going on in Indianapolis with the colds fever and pacers.
• 15:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: Not only good teams, but fun teams to watch and good people to cheer for and sauce gardener fits into that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Really great guy.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So Haliburton is going to have a sauce gardener jersey next week.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I would've been in confession protocol right so he was going to go back to practice tomorrow.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think if he was still a jet hopefully he is practicing with the cult tomorrow and ready to be able to play in Berlin this weekend.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if he'll get all the snaps but he should definitely be able to contribute.
• 16:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: Sam Mike, thank you so much.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Everybody, we will be back on Friday to preview the Colts Falkin's Game in Berlin.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks again to Sam and Mike.
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