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COLTS 31, CARDINALS 27: Reaction with Sam Frick & Mike Rich (2.57.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: Welcome back cold fans to the Central Indiana Sports Report to a special edition of the cold trip port with Sam Frick and Mike Rich.
• 0:16
  [SPEAKER_02]: We are talking about the Colts.
• 0:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: 31-27 win over the Cardinals.
• 0:23
  [SPEAKER_02]: Guys, there's plenty to criticize.
• 0:25
  [SPEAKER_02]: There's plenty to be concerned about.
• 0:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: But for right now, for the next 10, 15 minutes, I just want to talk about the culture, five and one, the best record in the NFL, Sam.
• 0:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: coming in.
• 0:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think we thought the folks would even get to that point.
• 0:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think I had four wins at the round eight game mark of the season.
• 0:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: They've already, it's seen in my expectations.
• 0:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: So I knew coming into this game, I knew Arizona was going to be a lot tougher game than the Raiders game for sure.
• 0:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think the way Arizona runs their offense does make them a pretty difficult team to play against even when she told me to reset and I don't love to tell we process a quarterback.
• 1:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: But the way they ran the offense of plays, I could tell Arizona is a, is a, is a, is a, is a, is a, is a, is a, is a, is a, is a, is a, is a,
• 1:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: is a competent offense.
• 1:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: So I think there were some, I think there's some validity behind the store being what it was, but clearly some concerns on the defensive front, but at the end of the day, I think what a matter of most was the bet.
• 1:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: We got the stops that we need in most, and our offense today.
• 1:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: We really can't criticize too much for our offense today, and for the most part, I thought we had a pretty solid offense that the game of all things considered.
• 1:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: And for me, Mike Colt, the game to me, is Jonathan Taylor.
• 1:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: He really took over, and especially in the second half of the game, TAT was just,
• 1:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: and a world of his own, and they he ran for over 100 yards in that game with a pair of touchdowns.
• 1:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: So he was he was pretty good today for the Colts.
• 1:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: Wait, Sam, I agree with you, completely Jonathan Taylor, you can make him the player of the game, but once again, that offensive line was so good.
• 1:47
  [SPEAKER_02]: It just completely dominated that game.
• 1:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: No complaints about the offense, Mike.
• 1:52
  [SPEAKER_02]: The defense, the defense had some issues clearly, but that might have been injury related, including an injury that happened in the pregame that you can't prepare for.
• 2:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: I, you know, without ward without Kenny Moore, you kind of understand, uh, we already know the front sevens not good enough to, to be competitive probably, and today, the defense of backfield wasn't very good either, but that was injury related.
• 2:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think there's I think Sam hit it on the head.
• 2:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think Arizona has a very competent offense and they played fairly well with their backup quarterback and losing one of their star receivers and they still kept it a game so injuries
• 2:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: to, to, you know, Kenny Moore and Ward, I think that definitely impacts this game and allows Arizona to score 27 points.
• 2:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, no complaints about the offense at all.
• 2:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: No, not at all.
• 2:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: And my player games going Nelson, because I thought John Taylor ran left so much and I thought Nelson just again had another fantastic game.
• 2:57
  [SPEAKER_02]: guys give me Tyler Warren is the player of the game not only six catches 63 yards in a touchdown but his blocking we saw play where Jonathan Taylor maybe the best running back in the league and everybody bit on Tyler Warren at the goal line and Jonathan Taylor just walked in because they were more concerned about Tyler Warren that's how much of an effect he has on this offense.
• 3:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: And it was good to have Alec Pierce back as well.
• 3:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: Some of the catchers he had, we're just phenomenal.
• 3:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: I just keep waiting for the shoot to drop on this team, but I just keep persevering.
• 3:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I didn't have them where they're at today.
• 3:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: No doubt, I don't think anyone did.
• 3:40
  [SPEAKER_02]: Now, you look at all the best case scenarios and I don't think Sam, the five and one was even thought of with the best case scenario.
• 3:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: No, I don't think so.
• 3:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: I thought at best, was maybe 500 at best.
• 3:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: And that, because I thought the schedule was decent enough to get to there, but I didn't think five and one was even remotely possible at all.
• 4:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: I want two plays from six and out.
• 4:04
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, sure.
• 4:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: We'll talk more about this on the culture report on Wednesday, but man, the preparation again.
• 4:12
  [SPEAKER_02]: The culture were prepared for.
• 4:14
  [SPEAKER_02]: They have six games in.
• 4:16
  [SPEAKER_02]: They've been prepared for every game.
• 4:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: Again, on Wednesday, we're going to have some issues with some coaching decisions in the game.
• 4:26
  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm going to, but you cannot complain at all about how prepared the offense and defense are for the games.
• 4:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: Great.
• 4:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: I have a question to you, too.
• 4:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: Does a lot of this have to do the fact that now that they have a quarterback that best fits Shane site in system now, they have the better way of figuring out how to prepare for each game because I feel like with Anthony Richardson the past not to be super critical, but in the past,
• 4:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: Anthony Richardson's inconsistencies have made it difficult to prepare for opponents.
• 4:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: Now that you've spent from Daniel Jones every game, it's so much easier to prepare for every team.
• 4:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: And then we have a deep fence like we have right now with our new defensive coordinator.
• 5:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think that sense of consistency across the board makes it that much easier to prepare for each team, which is why we have looked like the better team almost every game.
• 5:08
  [SPEAKER_02]: I felt like they never gave Anthony Richardson a chance to succeed.
• 5:12
  [SPEAKER_02]: I never felt like they put him in the right positions.
• 5:15
  [SPEAKER_02]: I didn't think that the play calling was creative last year.
• 5:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: This year has been very creative.
• 5:21
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think I saw they were nine for nine on touchdown drives inside the morning in the last couple of weeks and they're playing at the one yard line.
• 5:34
  [SPEAKER_02]: It was so well drawn up that the Cardinals had no chance to stop it, and that's the kind of stuff I'm talking about.
• 5:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: I just didn't see that last year.
• 5:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: No.
• 5:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: And these close games that they're winning, the blowouts that they're having, that's what really good teams do.
• 5:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: They find a way to win games like this.
• 5:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: Starting this game, they should have won this game.
• 5:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: And heck, I think Riley Leonard was the backup today because Anthony Richardson got injured with a band.
• 6:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and you're nearby trees in the pregame play it out that could be and but again, it's just a sign of He's just injury prone.
• 6:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: I snapped in the eye with a with a band with a rubber band.
• 6:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I don't know I just hope Daniel Jones can stay upright and it's it's playing that way where Daniel Jones is going to get a contract
• 6:30
  [SPEAKER_02]: out of this so you sure would think so I'm not sure it's the right thing to do but it's going to happen it's what so the cult now five and one best record in the league there are still some teams that are four and one that have to play today but and Buffalo tomorrow
• 6:56
  [SPEAKER_02]: But right now, they're sitting alone with the best record in the league.
• 7:00
  [SPEAKER_02]: This makes them also four and no at home.
• 7:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: And we talk about point difference, old lead the league ahead of Detroit.
• 7:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: But that brings me to this point, Sam.
• 7:09
  [SPEAKER_02]: I said in the fourth quarter when the colds went behind, they've played five games and they haven't seen this situation yet, where
• 7:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's a game they're supposed to win, and they're behind an offense that's had its way with the defense, let's prove it and go down and score a touchdown, and that's exactly what they did.
• 7:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: So, yes, it was not their best game, it was probably their worst game of the year, to be honest.
• 7:33
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think they probably played over all their worst game of the year, and again, the granus salt being Kenny Moore and Shrevarius Ward probably their best two-pins of players out.
• 7:44
  [SPEAKER_02]: but they figured out a way to get it done.
• 7:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: And, you know, they did that against the Broncos as well.
• 7:50
  [SPEAKER_02]: But I thought even today, that was kind of another test that they passed.
• 7:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: I agree and I would argue the Ram's name was probably the sloppy game of the two, but Arizona was definitely probably from it from over all games You know, I probably the worst game of the year for sure and they just like the Ram's name even though we lost that game Both those games that we were behind and showed signs that we may be going the wrong direction the game.
• 8:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: We found a way to respond in a team moment
• 8:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think that's the biggest difference that we're seeing this year compared to last year.
• 8:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: We're working a creative office of playing, calling finally now we're showing the sense of resiliency, which we did not see that in the past, which is a good site for a good team.
• 8:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: I can't believe I'm saying this last year at this point, Greg would have never believed that I was saying this, but I am so glad they kept changing stuff and this coaching staff has been
• 8:44
  [SPEAKER_02]: They have been flawless.
• 8:45
  [SPEAKER_02]: They've come out to play every game.
• 8:47
  [SPEAKER_02]: They have looked like they're ready to play out of the gate every single week.
• 8:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and the thing about it is too dreaded as we get further on the schedule, the winds that we keep stacking up, it's only going to help us when we start playing more on the road and have to play some of the tougher teams.
• 9:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: Getting these winds already this early season is a good sign that the culture are showing improvement that we have not seen in a very long time.
• 9:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: And hey, by the way, folks, Seattle Beach, Jacksonville today is a little bit of questioning now in the vision race as well.
• 9:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: And that was my point that was going to be my next point was that they gained a gain on game on Jacksonville today.
• 9:24
  [SPEAKER_02]: Hey, let me point out something else to you.
• 9:26
  [SPEAKER_02]: They are three games ahead of the chiefs and they are four games ahead of the Ravens.
• 9:33
  [SPEAKER_02]: Who ever gets that?
• 9:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: Wow.
• 9:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's just crazy.
• 9:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: Hey.
• 9:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and the game has season that.
• 9:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: It wouldn't have ever even.
• 9:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: thought that.
• 9:45
  [SPEAKER_02]: That was impossible.
• 9:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 9:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: I need or not, it's all possible.
• 9:50
  [SPEAKER_02]: They're head of the bills in the standings too, at least for another day.
• 9:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: Please another day.
• 9:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: If we don't have miles, it's just the episode long.
• 9:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: But either way, the cold, it's seeing expectations to me is the highlight of the season so far is that they overcome the season struggles of getting over the hump.
• 10:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: And now, best reckoning, I felt everybody's got their eyes on the cold.
• 10:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: It could also be a caveat too, Greg, and Michael, because now that the colds have all this attention, that means from here on out, every team is playing us is going to give us our best efforts.
• 10:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think the next game is going to be a great test going back west.
• 10:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think the Chargers beat them, but hey, I've been wrong all year.
• 10:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: So let's keep it up.
• 10:34
  [SPEAKER_02]: I was going to say next as we as we head out.
• 10:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: Once again, I got to just point it out.
• 10:39
  [SPEAKER_02]: The Colts are five and one.
• 10:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: I. The Colts guys are.
• 10:44
  [SPEAKER_02]: five and one.
• 10:45
  [SPEAKER_02]: All right, at the Chargers on Sunday as of right now ESPN analytics gives the Colts a 47% chance of winning that game.
• 10:55
  [SPEAKER_02]: Then the Titans at home, if you can win those two, you're seven and one heading to Pittsburgh.
• 11:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: Oh man, that would be huge because the way Pittsburgh's playing right now defensively that that's probably Jimmy one of our tougher games of the year without question, which means as we get closer to the halfway mark of the season and whatnot, the emphasis on upgrading on defense is going to be even louder.
• 11:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: I've told I've said it's all year long.
• 11:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: We need help in the edge rushing position because we start playing it, it seems like Pittsburgh that has these lines.
• 11:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: We need that help and
• 11:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think that's where I think tree Henderson or just somebody in the edge rushy position or the defense of back position we need to get that address is if we can at some point this year.
• 11:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: So the fact we're winning games with the amount of flaws we have is a good sign we just got to continue to improve and when it we can up ground defense and hopefully we can stay healthy as well so far we've been pretty fortunate all things considered.
• 11:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: But we want to make sure we can try to avoid the injuries as much as possible, too, because that's been part of the reason why we've been successful is we've had not as much turnover as one would expect.
• 12:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: But right now, it's just continue to stack up the wins, get a good offense of play going going and just build a win from here, because as we get to Pittsburgh and whatnot, then we're going to start playing some tougher competition.
• 12:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: But again, as we start wrapping up this episode, the bait take away from me today is we found
• 12:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: They gave us a ball game.
• 12:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: We found a way to win in a key moment.
• 12:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: It gets a team that we needed to win.
• 12:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: Remember on Wednesday, we will have our Colts report where we'll break down the film.
• 12:40
  [SPEAKER_02]: We'll talk a little bit about the chargers coming up and then on Friday at evening, we will release our Colts chargers preview.
• 12:48
  [SPEAKER_02]: We will be joined again probably by Sam.
• 12:51
  [SPEAKER_02]: Hopefully by Mike, by Will Rutherford as well, we'll get Will Rutherford's thoughts on another Colts win on Monday's strictly bias with Will Rutherford.
• 13:02
  [SPEAKER_02]: And everybody, thank you for listening.
• 13:05
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• 13:12
  [SPEAKER_02]: If you're talking about Central Indiana Sports every single day, my greatest final thoughts.
• 13:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm super pumped about this team.
• 13:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: We are just so fortunate to live in the state of Indiana, it is always, every team we have
• 13:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: All of these teams in this state are just a lot to be doing.
• 13:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: And then we have Purdue coming right around the corner.
• 13:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: And we got blood to today during the broadcast about, you know, we're going to have those teams in Purdue and so just super, super excited for sports fans in this state.
• 13:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, let's, I'd love to see us win a championship.
• 13:58
  [SPEAKER_02]: Mike, it's not just the winning, the teams are really easy to be proud of.
• 14:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: The hard, the effort, how a Berkner's probably at this game.
• 14:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: I don't know if I was going to play.
• 14:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: Taylin Clark was probably going to do it.
• 14:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: Just the support of the professionals and all of our sports supporting each other.
• 14:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's just awesome to see it.
• 14:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's an awesome experience.
• 14:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: I hope you continue to stack up the lens like Sam said.
• 14:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: The next four games I think we have an opportunity to win each other.
• 14:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: Take your phone, Pam.
• 14:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: It just goes back to what we talked about.
• 14:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: Cools, it's taking expectations.
• 14:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: When we didn't, when nobody thought they were going to do some Daniel, Freakin' Jones does it again.
• 14:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: And the colds are in a position best truck in the NFL.
• 14:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: When the cold wins, when a lot of these teams, all these expectations are not performance expectations.
• 14:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: The colds have been hit.
• 14:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: the epitome of consistency so far this season in a season full of inconsistencies.
• 14:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: And it's stated the end of where there's a lot of excitement of teams all over the all the sports right now.
• 15:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: Lots of excitement, a lot of tension about Indiana as all four right now.
• 15:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: And now the polls continue to bolster that momentum into the latter half of 2025.
• 15:13
  [SPEAKER_02]: And here on this central Indiana sports report, we're talking about all of it.
• 15:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: Thanks, guys.
• 15:21
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