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The Indianapolis Colts have been busy. I mean, this entire season. Daniel Jones has looked good, and they just decided to trade for Sauce Gardner, gave up two picks. Is this enough? To get them over the hump, did they give up too much?
What can we expect? Is Ballard behind on the line? Is this why he's doing this? Is Taylor in the MVP conversation to talk about all things Colts as they get ready for their matchup in Berlin against the Atlanta Falcons? Joining us right now is Mike Chappelle.
You can catch Mike on Fox 59 covering all things Indiana sports and the Colts. Mike, thank you for the time. My pleasure. What's going on?
Well, we know what's going on. The Indianapolis Colts, big move at the trade deadline, bringing on Sauce Gardner. We know that he just spoke to the media, introduced, and he's happy to be a cult. Are the Colts happy to have him, the fan base? Did they feel that they gave up too much?
What say you? One thing.
Well, we'll see. I mean, i i i if if they go on and make a good run in the playoffs and are successful for a couple of years. This was a good deal. This all this all revolves around whether or not Daniel Jones is the right guy to be the quarterback. If he is, it's a good move and and you know.
Their first eight games in their seven and one, they played well. Pittsburgh, I hope, was an aberration. I think it was an aberration. And if the quarterback doesn't work, then it's this this is a bad move. Because you can't have th these kind of ex expenses with Not only Sauce Gardner, but Mooney Ward and Cam Bynum.
You know, th those are both sixty million dollar contracts.
So th this this is going forward with these guys believing that what what they've seen from Daniel Jones the first eight games gives him stability there. And then you start building around that which which they're doing.
So No, I think everybody's excited and optimistic, and we'll see. You just. It it it as long as Jones plays well, Then, this is a pretty good team.
Now, is it a Super Bowl team? I don't know. I still think Buffalo is the best team in the AFC. I just do. But the rest of the AFC is just like a bunch of teams that you you kinda like.
you know, Baltimore is in such a hole that they can't afford to lose a game they sh you know, that that they shouldn't lose. And Kansas City right now is not even the playoff. You know, they're on the outside looking in.
So, this was a perfect time to do this. They're getting a player that's twenty five for crying out loud. Yeah. His cap numbers very good for the next couple of years.
So I understand why they did it, and we'll know in about a year or two whether this is the right move to make. Mike Chappelle is here with us from Fox fifty nine in Indianapolis. You talk about Daniel Jones, and this is an indictment. This move would have been made if he wasn't performing well. What's impressed you about Daniel Jones?
We've seen him have success with the Giants. What's impressed you up until now? And what is an area that you still think he could improve on?
Well, what's impressed me th th this this reminds me if like like for the Giants fans. What was it, twenty twenty two when they made the playoffs? He had a really good year, took carry the ball, and he had Saquon Barkley. Who who gave him a real what was it, thirteen hundred yards and whatever it was, ten or twelve touchdowns.
So so the Jones didn't have to do more than what he could do. And that's what these first eight games were. I mean, he had Jonathan Taylor. who thrust himself and MVP talk or Offensive Player of the Year talk and And he still is again, wi w w with the baggy in Pittsburgh, but I've been impressed by him. And it always comes out wrong, but He he he's not a game manager.
But he's managing this offense really well. 70% completion. getting the ball where it needs to go and again until Pittsburgh. Protecting the ball before the game, before Pittsburgh, they had nine sacks and three turnovers. And that's what They believe, and I tend to believe them too, that that's the real Daniel Jones that we've seen here.
And I realize the Giants fans. Say, yeah, you guys just saw what we've seen.
Well, we'll see. And we don't know.
So but but when he plays like he did the first eight games, This is a pretty good team. They're not asking you to do too much. Again, he had protected the ball, and he's getting the ball down the field. His yards per attempt. was pretty impressive.
Again, I understand their optimism, and we'll see if that works. Mike Chappelle here with us on the JR Sport Re Show. We have to see if it works. If it does, if this Indianapolis Colts team, I don't know, wins a playoff game, what does that mean for his future moving forward? Are they going to just say, Oh, we got to keep you for the long run?
What are your thoughts? Yeah, I I thought i in all honesty, when they made the trade and gave up two first-round draft picks and A.D. Mitchell, who He's got a chance to be a really good receiver. Things didn't go well here, but he's got a chance to be really good. But That the trade told me that they believe Gango Jones is their guy.
Which means, again, unless this thing just makes a really u-turn and and goes south. Yeah, oh th th th they're gonna resign him. or retain him, however you want to put it, because they could always franchise tag him.
Next year, which is I think it's like $49 million.
So that's a huge investment. But it it told me they were going to re-sign Jones. Anna told me they're they were going to re-sign. Alec Pierce, uh the their number two receiver here. which I realize New York I didn't care about.
But but uh it it it told me again, the only reason you make that move Is that you think you've got the quarterback situation solved, which they haven't had here since Andrew Luck? Retired.
So uh th that's what it tells me now, whether again then the argument or the discussion is wh what's the contract? Is it Is he going to be that next fifty million dollar guy? I don't think so. But Sam Darnold got a pretty good contract, was it thirty three, thirty five million, whatever. I think that's more likely.
And that probably depends on What type of success they had? Did they squeak into the playoffs? Did they win the division? Did they win a playoff game? Did they get to the championship game or the Super Bowl?
His his asking price probably Dovetails with what they do in the playoffs. If they get there, they've not gotten there at all. since 2020. But again, in my mind, the dra making that trade said he's our guy or they wouldn't have made the trade. Yeah, Mike Chappelle is here with us.
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Well, they made the trade. The offense has been moving. You got Jonathan Taylor, who's one of the best backs in the entire NFL, if not the best back, at this so far. That 365 is paying out before the final whistle. Check out Bet365's unrivaled early payout offer.
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Available now wherever you get your podcasts. We know they made the trade for Sauce Gardner because the pass and defense hasn't been up to snuff. Is there any other or are there any other holes or concerns you have about this squad moving forward? What keeps them away from being, oh my god, they can really push forward towards the Super Bowl? Yeah, barring another injury someplace.
Uh we gotta little bit of a semi-shock today where DeForest Buffner there. defensive capital, who's one of the top, I don't know, five Interior tackles in the league. is out with a neck injury, which is sort of a surprise here.
Something like that could could hold them back. You know, it's kinda like that whack a mole where you where you Solve one issue and then another one pops up. Hopefully, this is not. a long term thing with him. And also they've got like right now The their other starting corner is is is Mooney Ward, who they paid the big money for, and and he's in concussion protocol.
But they on IR with the concussion. I think the expectation is he'll be back. After the buy. In my mind, the only thing that really holds them back i is an injury, like a Buckner. to to where they don't have that type of player to to to replace him.
He's just he's just that good. But I just think again this is a good team. When everything works right with the offense and the defense, the defense has been okay. I still don't like their linebackers. They need better.
linebackers, but that's something that they'll deal with in March and April. But again, barring injuries that would really mess things up. I think this is a playoff team. And the only thing that messes us up is themselves by not playing well. Primarily offensively, because this offense has been pretty good, 32 points a game.
When they do their job. They're pretty good. and they're not good enough to do what they did in Pittsburgh for crying out six turnovers is is ridiculous. You have six turnovers, you're not gonna win. I think most of it's on them.
If they play well, I like their chances.
Well, we we know there's a good portion of the country, even though it's going to be early, they they're going to have the the spotlight on them as they get ready to take on uh the Falcons in Germany. What do you expect America to see or learn in that game as the the Colts have the spotlight on them? Yeah, offensively, will they bounce back? I think they will. But until you do, you know, there's questions.
And again, it all comes back to. Daniel Jones, I'm sure the Giants stand by said, Yeah, see, there you go. That's that's the guy we know.
Well, and the only way for Jones on the offense to say, no, that's not us, is to go out and play well. And I think probably overseas is a hard place to do it because your schedule's messed up and You know, the games are some sometimes ugly. And it's hard to know what you're getting with the Falcons. They They they're they're good enough to beat Buffalo and they're bad enough to lose to Miami.
So it's just hard to know what you're going to get. They got great talent, great marquee talent. But I want to see how this offense comes back and plays I think the defense will be okay, but I want to see how this offense plays because that's what's going to carry this team. to wherever they go.
Well, Mike, you had mentioned Andrew Luck's name. We know that the organization has pretty much been in flux since his sudden retirement back in 2019. And here we are, all these years later. The team, the organization, could be in flux, the passing of Jemerse, and here we are now. What are your thoughts uh as it relates to the organization, the cults, just being stable at this point in time, and maybe being stable into the future?
I think they're very stable. The one thing that maybe nationally people don't understand is that Tim Hercy had been Uh L lesser in the picture the last I don't know, a year and a half. Because of his health. And Carly Ursay, uh His daughter, Carly Ursula Gordon, She's really, really been... Having a heavier role.
Oh, yeah. She's the one of the three daughters. She's the one that's really. involved with running the team. And I don't know how far you want to go back the last five, six, seven years.
She's heavily involved. She's learned. She's been in meetings. People see her on the sidelines. Headset.
It's funny. People see her on the sidelines with a headset and make a big deal. We've seen that. We've seen that. Forever.
So it's in it's in great hands. uh stable hands, nodule hands. And she was fully endorsing this move. Uh, I think her father would have done the same thing.
So, no, she it's in good hands because of her. And her sisters and Carly and Chris Ballard are a good. Tan them right now. But you have to win. This is a bottom line business and again they've not won the AFC South since two hundred new twenty sixteen and not made to play us since since Philip Rivers was here in in twenty twenty.
So They need to win. I like the combination. I like the vibes. They can change so quickly as as we know with injuries or a bad loss or whatever. But I I I don't think whatever happens will be because of bad leadership.
I think they're in very sound hands. And again, nationally, people may not know that with Carly, but She she's she's she's learned from her father Learn learn what to do and maybe what to avoid, like Jim Ercy did with his father. Yeah. So uh the the cults are in very good hands as far as management going forward.
Well, that's good. It's good to see them uh have a quarterback right now. It's good to see Daniel Jones playing well. It's good to see the optimism uh back in Indianapolis. Hey, Mike, thank you for the time.
Tell everybody where they can follow you or your work on T V, online, on air. Fill us in.
Well, I'm I'm in Chapel fifty-one. on Twitter and then w uh I I post on Fox 59 and CBS4 and Indy so Tune in, we can always use readership and followers. Yeah, we appreciate that. Mike, you you gonna have a couple of beers on well, you gotta cover the game. You gonna have a couple of beers from Bratworth.
What you doing with the the game in Germany? I did not make the trip. The things going on here, I did not make the trip. I've made a few trips overseas, London and Tokyo. This one, I did not make.
So now I've got to set my alarm for Eight o'clock to get up for that early game on Sunday, but we'll get by. It's always great. These overseas games, but boy, they start early in the morning. Yeah, well you still have even more reason to have a beer, Mike. Even more reason.
In my own living room, I'll do that. Yeah, have a kosh. Hey, Mike, we appreciate the time, okay? We'll catch you soon. Stay in touch.
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