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Colts Owner on the Sideline, Rodgers-McCarthy Tension, + DeMeco Ryan Taking Over Defense in Houston at 0-4 · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: So Indianapolis Colts owner Carly Ursae Gordon has been a
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  Speaker 1: topic of conversation for quite some time because she is
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  Speaker 1: on the sideline during the game. And some people feel
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  Speaker 1: like she may be meddling or that it's not a
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  Speaker 1: good look. And she might be the only owner that's
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  Speaker 1: on the field for most of the game, but it's
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  Speaker 1: not something she just started doing. Long before she was
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  Speaker 1: the primary owner of the Colts, she's routinely been stationed
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  Speaker 1: on the sideline during games, listening to a coach's headset
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  Speaker 1: and referencing a play sheet. This is how she explained
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  Speaker 1: why she's down there after the Colts' week four win
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  Speaker 1: in London over the Commanders. She said, I like to
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  Speaker 1: say on a good day, I have like a fifth
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  Speaker 1: grade reading level understanding of the game and just the
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  Speaker 1: basic concepts of what we're trying to do, depending on
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  Speaker 1: the week and depending on our opponent and depending on
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  Speaker 1: the situations. But I think then it just helps to
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  Speaker 1: understand and ask questions because I think one of the things,
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  Speaker 1: in my opinion, like being a good leader is about
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  Speaker 1: listening really to understand. And I think that's what the
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  Speaker 1: best teams do. So I've thought a lot about what
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  Speaker 1: she's doing and what her station on the sideline means
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  Speaker 1: to leadership means to ownership means. how it's received by
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  Speaker 1: the players, how it's received by the coaches. And I
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  Speaker 1: think that it is actually refreshing to see an owner
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  Speaker 1: who is not meddling, but is trying to understand the
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  Speaker 1: game from a hands-on perspective. I think a lot of
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  Speaker 1: owners think that they understand the game. They think that
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  Speaker 1: they know what's best for the team. They think they
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  Speaker 1: understand what their coaches are trying to implement, and they
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  Speaker 1: really don't. Now, I think at some point, once she
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  Speaker 1: feels like she does have a true understanding of what
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  Speaker 1: they are trying to do, that her being on the
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  Speaker 1: sidelines will become unnecessary. But the reality is very few
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  Speaker 1: people actually understand the game the way the players and
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  Speaker 1: coaches do, myself included. As fans, as media, as people
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  Speaker 1: who haven't played the game, there are just certain nuances
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  Speaker 1: and things about the being on the field, being in
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  Speaker 1: a coach's headset that cannot be articulated in post-game interviews,
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  Speaker 1: in breakdowns. Like it's just a different world. Things are
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  Speaker 1: flying around so fast. Somebody is injured. Somebody is dealing
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  Speaker 1: with something emotional on the sideline. They're trying to implement
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  Speaker 1: a new system. There's just things flying around and the
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  Speaker 1: system and what they are trying to do and her
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  Speaker 1: understanding of it I think goes a long way to
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  Speaker 1: put together a culture for an organization that she is
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  Speaker 1: the leader of and her wanting to understand truly what
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  Speaker 1: it is that they are doing, I think is a
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  Speaker 1: positive thing for the time being. I think that again,
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  Speaker 1: at some point, I don't think it'd be necessary for
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  Speaker 1: her to be down there, but while she is learning
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  Speaker 1: the game, what the coaches are trying to do, what
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  Speaker 1: the players are working on, I think it's important that
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  Speaker 1: she shows that kind of leadership and not be meddling
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  Speaker 1: or in the way while she's doing it. So the
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  Speaker 1: Steelers bet this season on the relationship between new head
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  Speaker 1: coach Mike McCarthy and his 2011 Super Bowl MVP quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. On Sunday, as Pittsburgh was losing to the
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  Speaker 1: Browns in Cleveland, the camera caught some curse words flying
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  Speaker 1: back and forth between coach and quarterback over the headset
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  Speaker 1: mid-play call. And it wasn't complimentary or encouraging. You don't
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  Speaker 1: need to be a lip reader to see that. McCarthy
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  Speaker 1: took the high road. He said, I think it's the
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  Speaker 1: reality of a 20 year relationship. I think the fact
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  Speaker 1: that we were able to sit and talk numerous things
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  Speaker 1: over the weekend and about a number of things, I'm
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  Speaker 1: hopefully not to put any pressure on my daughter. I'm
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  Speaker 1: getting to that grandfather age. I don't want to be
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  Speaker 1: saying type of words, but it's an emotional competitive environment.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's something we can definitely learn from. So
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  Speaker 1: he's saying almost grandfatherly, he understands it. And Aaron said,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a positive player. The teams are the
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  Speaker 1: best teams. I think Anytime you're seeing a fire of
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  Speaker 1: passion from all those guys, it's a good thing. And
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  Speaker 1: it needs to even be more probably. Accountability is an
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  Speaker 1: important part of this thing. So we're all accountable to
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  Speaker 1: each other. I get what Aaron is saying about a
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  Speaker 1: player-led team. Like the players have to carry out what
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  Speaker 1: the coaches are trying to establish. So from that perspective,
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  Speaker 1: I do agree. I do think that the coach needs
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  Speaker 1: to be the leader in And the best players need
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  Speaker 1: to be an extension of that coach's style and system
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  Speaker 1: and culture. Accountability is great, but the Pittsburgh Steelers are
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  Speaker 1: not in a culture-building state right now. They are in
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  Speaker 1: a win-now state. Aaron Rodgers has said that this is
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  Speaker 1: going to be his last season. They're very middle of
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  Speaker 1: the road. They're tied for third most interceptions. He's taken
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  Speaker 1: the most sacks in the league, tied with Baker, who
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  Speaker 1: is now injured. He has a passer rating of just
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  Speaker 1: under 82, which is 19th best. They're 13th in passing yards.
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  Speaker 1: They're tied for 10th in touchdowns passes. That's okay. I
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  Speaker 1: don't really love where the Steelers are right now. I
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  Speaker 1: am in no way surprised because I do not think
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  Speaker 1: that Aaron Rodgers did a spectacular job last year. I
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  Speaker 1: didn't really love the Mike McCarthy hire, even though I
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  Speaker 1: do like Mike McCarthy. It seems like more of the same.
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  Speaker 1: I don't have high expectations for them this year. They
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  Speaker 1: have Indiana at Tampa Bay and New Orleans and Paris.
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  Speaker 1: Those are three very winnable games for the Steelers, so
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  Speaker 1: they could be in a much better position over the
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  Speaker 1: next three games. But let us see how this all
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  Speaker 1: plays out. And finally, the Texans are in a deep
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  Speaker 1: hole at 0-4, so it Major changes need to happen.
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  Speaker 1: And Houston made one on Wednesday. Head coach D'Amico Ryans,
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  Speaker 1: who was the Niners defensive coordinator before taking the head
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  Speaker 1: coaching job for the Texans. He will step in to
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  Speaker 1: call plays for the Texans defense on Sunday. The matchup
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  Speaker 1: is against the Titans, who are also 0-4. So really
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  Speaker 1: bad battle of the 0-4s. And they are coached by
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  Speaker 1: two-time former Niners defensive coordinator in Robert Sala. So there's
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  Speaker 1: really a lot going on with both of these teams,
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  Speaker 1: but to focus particularly on the Texans who had major expectations.
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  Speaker 1: Three of their four losses came after the offense scored
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  Speaker 1: the go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter. The Texans
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  Speaker 1: defense had a players-only meeting after losing to the Bengals
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  Speaker 1: in week two. In week three, the defense forced three
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  Speaker 1: turnovers against the Colts and still gave up a winning
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  Speaker 1: field goal. And then in week four, against the Cowboys,
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  Speaker 1: the defense gave up a winning touchdown pass from Dak
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  Speaker 1: Prescott to CeeDee Lamb. It's probably too little too late,
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  Speaker 1: but you have to try something. You definitely don't want
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  Speaker 1: to go 0-5. It essentially means that you are out
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  Speaker 1: of the playoffs. They're pretty much out of the playoffs now.
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  Speaker 1: Only one team has ever done it. And so it's
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  Speaker 1: not good odds as it is. And it's just crazy
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  Speaker 1: because their defense was so good. So the drop-off is
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  Speaker 1: just tremendous. And as I just went over, these are
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  Speaker 1: last second, you know, finish the game, play until the
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  Speaker 1: time is off the clock type of losses. So it's
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  Speaker 1: not that they are not putting up numbers on offense.
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  Speaker 1: It's not that they aren't forcing turnovers. It's not that
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  Speaker 1: they're not in these games. They're not getting blown out.
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  Speaker 1: It is a... detail and final seconds issue, which is
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  Speaker 1: really crazy. Now they started 0-3 last year and had
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  Speaker 1: a fierce turnaround, but the 92 Chargers are the only
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  Speaker 1: team that has ever gone 0-4 and gone to the playoffs.
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  Speaker 1: So CJ Stroud said after the Cowboys lost that last
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  Speaker 1: year's bread isn't going to feed us this year. And
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  Speaker 1: that is an excellent quote. They have at Tennessee, then
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  Speaker 1: Jacksonville and London and the New York Giants. If they
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  Speaker 1: can get it on track, With this win against Tennessee,
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  Speaker 1: if they can win at Tennessee, there may be some
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  Speaker 1: hope left for them. But this is a must-win game
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  Speaker 1: for both the Texans and the Tennessee Titans with a
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  Speaker 1: lot on the table for the Texans, including C.J. Stroud's
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