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00:03 - When you look at Jonathan Taylor,
00:04 he only played 11 games last year in 2022
00:07 because of an injured ankle.
00:09 There is injury concern for JT,
00:12 entering his fourth year in the National Football League.
00:14 But Cap, you made this point earlier.
00:16 You don't really think Indianapolis wanted to deal him
00:18 at any point this off season.
00:20 Now, as the regular season nears,
00:22 because he is their best offensive piece
00:25 to pair alongside a rookie quarterback in Anthony Richardson
00:29 under a rookie head coach in Indy, in Shane Steichen.
00:32 Six and a half is the win total for Indianapolis
00:35 entering the 2023 NFL season.
00:38 Cap, how do you see things going in Indy this year?
00:42 - It's interesting.
00:42 Last year at this time, the Jaguars,
00:45 no one believed them, not I either.
00:47 Vegas had them at, the Jaguars at five and a half
00:50 win total and we were all wrong on that.
00:52 Now, I think the Colts are somewhere
00:54 in that five to six win range.
00:55 Why do I say that?
00:57 And why don't I think they'll be higher?
00:59 Taylor's not gonna be available
00:59 for at least the first four games.
01:01 Dion Jackson and Evan Hall are gonna back,
01:05 are gonna fill in until Zach Moss comes back
01:07 from his broken forearm.
01:08 Zach Moss would have been the number two running back.
01:11 Remember they acquired him at the trade deadline
01:12 the Colts did from the Buffalo Bills.
01:14 He's a grinding type back.
01:15 Until then, it's Jackson, who here last week in Philly
01:18 for the joint practice with the Eagles.
01:21 He was their first backup.
01:22 Evan Hall backed him up.
01:23 Evan Hall, by the way, really good last year
01:25 in terms of catching the ball at Northwestern.
01:27 He had a great 55 reception so he could help
01:29 the Colts in that area.
01:30 But when you look at this situation,
01:33 were they really good?
01:34 They have a rookie quarterback.
01:35 Nobody knows how well he could do,
01:37 though he's got a lot of upside.
01:38 Nancy Richman's gonna be fun to watch.
01:40 Outstanding defensive line, extremely shaky at cornerback.
01:44 They're a bottom five, bottom seven cornerback group.
01:47 Great defensive line.
01:49 Offensive line's decent.
01:50 They've got a brand new left tackle in Bernard Ryman.
01:53 They lost one of their guards for the season,
01:54 Danny Pinter, to a broken ankle.
01:56 That worries me.
01:57 They only have four, as I said earlier,
01:58 they only have four receivers on the active roster.
02:01 Watch out for Josh Downs, a rookie slot receiver
02:03 in North Carolina.
02:04 I know they're very high on him,
02:04 but on paper it looks like a five or six win team.
02:08 Yeah, I don't see them getting seven.
02:10 That would surprise me.
02:11 For them to do it bad, Anthony Richardson
02:14 would have to play a lot better than most people expect.
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