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Colts Cast: Picking the Playoffs - Wild Card Round Jan 04, 2020

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Though the Indianapolis Colts failed to make the playoffs, that doesn't mean that the games won't be interesting enough to discuss them. Matt Danely goes through each game on Wild Card weekend and gives his picks for Saturday, and Sunday's games. Saturday AFC Matchups 4:35 pm ET on ABC - (5) Buffalo Bills @ (4) Houston Texans 8:15 pm ET on CBS - (6) Tennessee Titans @ (3) New England Patriots Sunday NFC Matchups 1:05 pm ET on FOX - (6) Minnesota Vikings @ (3) New Orleans Saints 4:40 pm ET on NBC - (5) Seattle Seahawks @ (4) Philadelphia Eagles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Colts Cast: Deciphering Chris Ballard's end of season press conference with Chris Blystone Jan 04, 2020

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As he does at the end of each season, Chris Ballard sat behind a microphone for over an hour to give his thoughts on the Indianapolis Colts 2019 season in review. Ballard, through his own recollections and through the team's local beat writers, was upfront and realistic in his end of the year discussion about the team and how the season turned into a 7-9 result after beginning at 5-2. Ballard spoke, and was honest about Jacoby Brissett, his play, his lack of consistency, and the offense's poor performances throughout the year. He touched on providing the offense, and coaching staff with more weapons, how impressed he was with the offensive line's play, and much more. Ballard also touched on who he felt had very big off-seasons coming up, who he thought was on this roster and was the best at his position in the league, and how he evaluated each position group. Ballard was also quite reflective and honest about what he saw as his failures this year. Taking specific leadership for granted, and putting too much stock in youth at positions that needed a veteran presence was one that he spoke about that really got to him this year. Ballard revealed a lot of his true feelings about his performance along with the team, and Matt Danely and Chris Blystone go through some bullet points of the lengthy press conference and what they felt was warranted, what they agreed with and disagreed with from Ballard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Afternoon Pancakes Episode 26 Dec 31, 2019

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Happy Holidays! Have a great New Year! Jared and Stephen wax for nearly two hours about the Colts 2019 season, the upcoming draft & free agency period and look around the league. Stay safe out there! Don't drink & drive! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Colts Cast: A look back at Week 17; Colts latest moves & looking to the future Dec 31, 2019

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The Indianapolis Colts dropped their season finale in Jacksonville similarly to how they've been playing since the midway point of the season. The Colts finished this disappointing season 2-7 down the stretch, and between injuries, poor quarterback play, an unbalanced group of skill position players, and dramatic issues with the special teams unit. As the season has wrapped up and the Colts finish 7-9, Matt talks about several aspects of the team's season today. First, we discuss the Week 17 game briefly, then move on to discussing the difference between the Colts and another team in similar circumstances that was able to get past the injuries and common issues the Colts could not and what it was that got them through those issues. Additionally, we talk about the roster in general, and what holes have opened up this season that were thought to be non-issues heading into the season, or even throughout this troubled year. And finally, we have a conversation about what the team is facing this offseason, a few contract extensions that recently took place, as well as the future contracts the team signed following the official end of their season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Colts Cast: Colts finish home schedule with big 38-6 blowout of Panthers Dec 23, 2019

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The Indianapolis Colts were able to put up a resounding 'W' in their Week 16 matchup with the Carolina Panthers at Lucas Oil Stadium Sunday afternoon. Most of the Colts success Sunday was due in large part to the return ability put on display by Nyheim Hines as he was able to return two punts for touchdowns, and another 40 yards to set up a touchdown as well. The Colts defense was good in the red zone, and the offense was able to score on three of their five trips as well. Outside of that, the Colts' passing game was average at best, and filtering out two big runs by Marlon Mack (30 yards) and Jordan Wilkins (38 yards), along with a 24-yard scramble and 37 total rushing yards from Jacoby Brissett, the running game (113 yards at 4.1 YPC) was also pretty average against the worst rushing defense in the league. Chase McLaughlin was 5-of-5 on extra points, and made his only field goal attempt, so it's nice to not be speaking about that as an issue the day after a game, and the Colts special teams in general were very solid collectively. Jack Doyle was punched in the face, the team picked off rookie quarterback Will Grier three times, sacked him five times, and Quenton Nelson was placed in concussion protocol just to name a few of the story lines following the Colts final game in Lucas Oil Stadium for the 2019 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stampede Radio: Talking Colts vs Saints, Pro Bowl Nods, and Where This Team Goes From Here Dec 18, 2019

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In this episode the guys are down by one without Jim, but they soldier on to talk about the ugliness that was Colts vs Saints. They then talk about where the team goes from here including dealing with some of the overreactions found on Colts Twitter, and discuss the Colts Pro Bowl players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Afternoon Pancakes Episode 25 Dec 17, 2019

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This week on Afternoon Pancakes, we discuss at length our poor outing against the Saints on Monday Night Football, look ahead to the remaining games and spend most of the podcast talking about the draft and spitting out conspiracy theories right and left. Conspiracies included are reasonable possibilities of the Colts trading in to the first overall pick and taking Joe Burrow first overall. Did you hear it from us first? Lets us know! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Colts Cast: Colts eliminated from playoff picture, embarrassed by Saints on MNF Dec 17, 2019

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The Indianapolis Colts came into their Monday Night Football matchup with the New Orleans Saints with very slim odds to earn a playoff berth. After their performance in the Superdome, it was obvious that the Colts did not deserve to play in the postseason. Thus, with the 34-7 loss, the Colts were eliminated from contention in embarrassing fashion. The Colts were dominated by Drew Brees and the Saints' offense, as he broke Peyton Manning's career touchdown record as well as Philip Rivers' mark for the most accurate game in NFL history with a 97 percent completion rate (29-of-30). Meanwhile, Jacoby Brissett and the Colts' offense were never able to get anything started to combat what the Saints were able to do throughout the game. Of their 8 possessions, the Colts punted on 6, turned the ball over on downs once, and were only able to score on their final drive of the game. The Colts were 3 of 12 on third down opportunities, totaled 205 yards on the night, and were only able to get a piece of Brees twice (zero sacks), and also only ran for 46 yards which is considered to be the team's identity. It was ugly. Brissett was inaccurate, and has put truly disgusting back-to-back first halves against the Bucs and Saints (11-of-31), and has yet to prove to Colts' fans that he deserves to be given the keys to the franchise as the team's quarterback of the future. After such a disappointing loss, and performance in general, there will continue to be a lot of questions asked between now and the NFL Draft about how the team can improve to become legitimate playoff, and Super Bowl contenders. It certainly feels like they're further away today than they were at the beginning of the season. The Colts sit at 6-8, and finish the season against the Carolina Panthers this Sunday, then against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 17. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Colts Cast: Colts face uphill battle in New Orleans on Monday Night Football Dec 14, 2019

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The Indianapolis Colts will have another tall task Monday night when they travel to New Orleans to face the 10-3 Saints on Monday Night Football. The Saints have one of the top scoring offenses in the league, one of the best pass rushes as well, and the bad news for the Colts is that they don't do so well when their opponent possesses such skills. The Colts will be without Kenny Moore, Another issue lies with the Saints being one of the highest passing yardage offenses in the league. The Colts have given up an average of 410 passing yards per game over the last three games, so yeah, that's not an ideal matchup for the Colts either. On the other hand, the Colts are better offensively on third down, and significantly better defensively on third downs. The Colts also hold a sizable advantage in the red zone on both sides of the ball. The Colts have to keep the Saints scoring down as they regularly hit the 30-point mark, however, when they don't when they don't, they have barely gotten into double digits. For the Colts sake, they should hope that Matt Eberflus and Frank Reich can dial up the gameplan the Jaguars, Rams, Cowboys, and Falcons did earlier in the year. In those games, the Saints averaged 10.75 points per game. It may be unlikely the Colts can pull out such a massive win, but there's definitely a chance that they can leave New Orleans with the major upset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Afternoon Pancakes Episode 24 Dec 10, 2019

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Today on Afternoon Pancakes, Stephen and Jared take a long look at the Colts most recent loss in Tampa Bay, look ahead to New Orleans, and have a long discussion about the Patriots' latest scandal. Additionally, Jared interviewed Pat McAfee today and has a report up on the website today that includes a contest for the upcoming Cheez-It Bowl. https://www.stampedeblue.com/2019/12/10/21004874/the-2019-cheez-it-bowl-featuring-pat-mcafee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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