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Colts-Seahawks Preview with Will Retherford & Sam Frick (2.110.2) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome Colts fans to the Central Indian Sports Report for a special edition of the Colts Report with Will Rutherford and Sam Frick.
• 0:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: Their preview of the Colts game in Seattle on Sunday, which playoff wise is a huge game.
• 0:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: But more than being a big game, I think it's more interesting than anything else what's going to happen.
• 0:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: I bring in Sam Frick of A&EC Sports and Will Rutherford of the Strictly Bias podcast to talk about, like I said, more of an interesting game than a big game.
• 0:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: And Will, the way I've kind of read this is that if Riley Leonard is good to go, Philip Rivers will not suit up on Sunday if he's not.
• 0:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: And it seems like Brett Ripon is the backup either way.
• 0:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're going to carry two on Sunday.
• 0:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: either Riley Leonard and Brett Ripon or Phillip Rivers and Brett Ripon seems like to me what's going on right guys.
• 1:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's kind of a mess.
• 1:05
  [SPEAKER_02]: What's they so?
• 1:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: To me, if I was the most the best situation you would want, it's filled Rivers comes in with that veteran leadership and he just provides a sense of surety behind Riley Leonard.
• 1:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: In any event, something would happen.
• 1:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: You would want Riley Leonard to be starting no matter what.
• 1:23
  [SPEAKER_02]: I like Phillip Rivers, but he's 44 years old with very little reps whatsoever.
• 1:27
  [SPEAKER_02]: You don't want him out there against Seattle of all places.
• 1:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: So I think the likely scenario is if Riley learned to go, we're stuck with Riley Leonard for this game no matter what.
• 1:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: We have a podcast called the College Football Report with Eric and Ryan Robinson and their Notre Dame fans and I spent all of last year bashing Riley Leonard as their quarterback.
• 1:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: But even though I was doing that, it was really clear that he is a really good athlete, and you can use things with them.
• 1:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: She's a plus athlete at the quarterback position.
• 2:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'll think there's any question about that.
• 2:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: That's a guy that had division one basketball offers.
• 2:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: You can see the athleticism.
• 2:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: And you sold even in that game in Jacksonville, which I would like to reiterate was a difficult situation for a rookie back up to come into.
• 2:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: You just lost your quarterback, your leader.
• 2:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: you knew it was in the killings injury when it happened like you knew it was a season under you and the pulse of the team was completely lost and in there for a minute if Michael Pittman doesn't get the outrageous offensive passenger fear is called he gets his first passing touchdowns a cold I thought he delivered a great ball and the interception was not an interception the tie should go to the receiver and it somehow went to the defensive
• 2:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: Riley Leonard played plenty well enough to be an effective backup because I thought he used this legs.
• 2:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: I thought he kept plays alive.
• 2:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: He saw the field well.
• 2:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: He didn't anticipate pressure when it wasn't there.
• 2:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: The safety was kind of a bad play, but the game was over at that point.
• 3:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's trying to just keep a play alive as long as possible.
• 3:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: You saw a lot of things in Riley Leonard that you like that you can use as a backup quarterback in this offense because
• 3:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, that's exactly what you do when you're huge underdogs as you get the defense of the other team, the offensive of the other team, guessing at what you're doing.
• 3:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: And right now, that's the kind of the one thing the cool to have going for him is that
• 3:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: Seattle is not going to know what to expect.
• 3:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: One thing we do know will is that Riley Leonard, we have a podcast called the college football report with Eric and Ryan Robinson and their Notre Dame guys and I spent all of last year blasting Riley Leonard is not good enough.
• 3:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: But the one thing that was obvious was he's a very good athlete.
• 3:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: Like I said, big game, as far as the playoffs get concerned, but more than anything, just get a, I'm just curious what's going to happen.
• 3:58
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I think that's the interesting thing about this game is that, you know, you see that this is the weird thing about this.
• 4:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: And Glenbury went from way 15 before when he mentioned this on ads.
• 4:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: He said, you know, everybody's talking about with Phil Revers and him coming in the cold.
• 4:11
  [SPEAKER_02]: And there's this, it's part of the, he called the biggest PR distraction in NFL history, because it's overlooking the fact that, well, Phil Revers has, I don't know, said prep for some reason, Phil Revers coming in to start with the colds.
• 4:26
  [SPEAKER_02]: We're at the precipice of a 71 collapse right now as we speak, and yeah, we're probably not going to make the playoffs.
• 4:37
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's likely we won't make the playoffs, but it tells you it leads us
• 4:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: probably learned to start because he's had the reps all season long, you don't want to be bringing in rivers just a few days or remove from being resigned and then having to come and try to win and give him a Seattle.
• 4:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think that's the interesting thing.
• 5:00
  [SPEAKER_02]: See, the thing is we haven't really taught the Edsters knows about this game yet.
• 5:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: We spent a lot of the time so far just talking about the quarterback situation because the depth at quarterback is so bare right now in terms of the the injury situation of the cults.
• 5:15
  [SPEAKER_02]: Tim Tibo has been a quarterback in the past when he was in Denver.
• 5:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: They made the playoffs.
• 5:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: They want to play after him with Tim Tibo, mind you against the Pittsburgh Steelers and even Washington.
• 5:24
  [SPEAKER_02]: The Washington, no neighbors at the time.
• 5:26
  [SPEAKER_02]: They had a quarterback that I can't even reverse.
• 5:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: They've got to be high in the key.
• 5:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: There we go.
• 5:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: They may have better take a high in key, right?
• 5:34
  [SPEAKER_02]: So it anything could happen on a football game.
• 5:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, okay, guys.
• 5:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: We'll get your predictions coming up here and just a minute about what to talk about a couple of other things.
• 5:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: And suddenly, Mooney wards out for the season, and maybe even have to reach higher.
• 5:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: And within about a year's time, the cold secondary is gone from a weakness to a strength to maybe a week this again.
• 6:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: You feel for him because I think there is some personal battles that he's had this season with death of his daughter last year, just absolutely tragic.
• 6:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: And then the concussions is a concerning injury for any human being.
• 6:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: Do you really want to see your brain get incapacitated at any level?
• 6:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: Do you want to see yourself in 40 years not be able to have cognitive thoughts and you struggle with Parkinson's these or...
• 6:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: Neurological issues know, like your brains, your most important asset, you get in one chance this life.
• 6:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: So I think you have to separate the human being, your various words from the football players, your various words and you hope that he can get healthy and continue this career because he is a asset for the cults.
• 6:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: The problem is he's just not really been that available.
• 6:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm sure he's a professional athlete.
• 6:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: He wants to be out there on the field.
• 6:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's just not been able to.
• 6:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: And obviously it's standard procedure.
• 6:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: Your third compassion, you're probably done for the season
• 6:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: you're really starting to flirt with danger at that point, and you already are with three.
• 7:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: The loss is unfortunate because they still have some tough wide receiver matchups, but you just want what's best for the person, Shavarius Ward, and you hope that he can find peace within himself to continue this NFL career.
• 7:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: And if not, then you shake his hand, you wish him well and say, you know, it's unfortunate that didn't work out, but we wish you the best.
• 7:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, we've got to add high hopes for him and hasn't worked out very well because of the injuries, but if he decides that he's had enough football, no one's going to blame him.
• 7:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: You know, I don't think you can.
• 7:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: You, you know, it's really easy to be the armchair for quarterback when you're not the man in the arena doing it.
• 7:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: You know, I, he's the guy out there putting his body on the line and for a kid's sport for a lot of money.
• 7:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm aware of that, but you know, you don't want to see anybody be
• 7:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: risking their life if they don't want to.
• 7:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: If they don't feel it's the right thing for their family and I think the brain injuries and the science that has come out, it's a very delicate situation because there's a fine line between playing the game of football and you know, living a healthy fulfilled life when you're 70 years old, too.
• 8:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: the they question right now.
• 8:22
  [SPEAKER_02]: Our secondary has been kind of up and down the souls of this whole season.
• 8:25
  [SPEAKER_02]: You see, Fred, when our deepens of backfield is healthy and consistent, it's one of the best in the NFL.
• 8:32
  [SPEAKER_02]: That's why we went after Saul's gardener the way we did it.
• 8:34
  [SPEAKER_02]: Was we knew the potential was there?
• 8:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: We have not seen that all season long.
• 8:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: So what does that secondary look like going into the Seattle game?
• 8:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: Does Saul's gardener play it this week?
• 8:45
  [SPEAKER_02]: I have not heard anything yet on that.
• 8:47
  [SPEAKER_02]: And more importantly, our defense of front has to be better.
• 8:51
  [SPEAKER_02]: So even if our secondary is still going to have the injury issues that we have, our defense of front is going to have to be going to have to step up this week.
• 8:58
  [SPEAKER_02]: One way or another, no matter if it's offense, defense, special teams, we need to find an edge somewhere because right now we're game beat often in the 50-50 balls right now consistently in the last few weeks.
• 9:12
  [SPEAKER_02]: The beat with this game, it's going to come down to defense and playing a little bit cannon mouse with their possessions.
• 9:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: They're going to have to limit those Seattle possessions, winning the line of Scrimm but it's going to come down defense and I'll be honest for as much as we struggle offensively that really to true the matter as well as our defense has been going up the last few weeks and it has to be better.
• 9:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: Alright guys, let's get your previous.
• 9:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'll go first.
• 9:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't see the cult matching up well with Seattle on offense or on defense either side.
• 9:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think Seattle's going to control this game.
• 9:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think it's going to be a blowout.
• 9:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'll say 23 to 13, the cult's final way to get 13 points with Riley Leonard.
• 9:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: 23 to 13 is my pick, Sam.
• 10:01
  [SPEAKER_02]: Um, it's slightly similar store.
• 10:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think the cools will find some success.
• 10:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: Offensive, at least more so than what you have read, but I do worry a little bit that our defensive front is just not going to make enough plays when it mattered most to get the stocks we need.
• 10:15
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I think to me if we're going to win this game, we're going to have to hold Seattle below I'd say below 27 points to potentially have a chance to win this game.
• 10:23
  [SPEAKER_02]: I don't know, I don't know if we have enough offense or production for Ryan Leonard to win that game and then I think our defense has a bit consistent all year.
• 10:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm gonna go Seattle 24, 24, 18.
• 10:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: All right, well, the moment of truth, you're not really gonna stick with the Colt area.
• 10:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: No, I am.
• 10:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: I absolutely am.
• 10:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: I've been hot to draw on this prediction the entire week, and I'm going to continue it.
• 10:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: My broccoli's cooked.
• 10:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: I am ready to eat it, and I'm just going to say the culture win in this game 23 to 20.
• 10:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: Greg, I think it's going to be a gross, gritty nasty type game.
• 11:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: You're going to be on the edge of your seat in the whole time.
• 11:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: The culture going to force a couple turnovers.
• 11:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think that Seattle ultimately gets a chance to go
• 11:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: and the cults force to turn over, they get the ball and they fly back a long flight back to Indianapolis.
• 11:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: Happy ready to go on to Monday and foot ball against the 49ers.
• 11:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think you're out of your mind will, but I kind of hope that you're right and it's going to be fun to find out what happens.
• 11:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's awfully hard to win for in a row.
• 11:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's awfully hard to continue this run, that the C-Ox have been on.
• 11:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: The culture still professionals get in paid too.
• 11:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: Their job stops the battle.
• 11:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think that gets awfully forgotten.
• 11:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: In the NFL media, we just say, oh, look at the record, look at the cult situation.
• 11:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's game over.
• 11:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: The cult have a lot to play for.
• 11:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: They want to play for Daniel Jones.
• 11:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: They want to play for Jim or say they want to play for the Steve and the Inapples.
• 11:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: And they definitely don't want to be a part of the team that had the biggest let down in NFL history.
• 11:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: All right, thank you guys so much.
• 11:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: Appreciate it as always.
• 12:00
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• 12:15
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• 12:17
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