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Green Light with Chris Long

Alec Pierce on Re-Signing with the Colts, Daniel Jones & Philip Rivers' Return

Green Light with Chris Long

Chris Long

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4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Alec Pierce of the Indianapolis Colts joins Chris Long on the Green Light Podcast. The Colts had a busy offseason bringing back Daniel Jones and Alec Pierce who revealed that one of the biggest selling points in returning to the Colts was QB continuity and Indy has it heading into 2026. Alec talks to Chris about the Colts season in 2025, the number of QBs he's received passes from, the feeling of getting the bag and the hit he took from the Texans' Jalen Pitre. All of that and more on today's episode. (00:00) - Intro (02:00) - Playing with Philip Rivers, Matt Ryan, Nick Foles and Joe Flacco (09:30) - Learning from WR Coach Reggie Wayne (15:00) - Toughest NFL DBs (18:10) - Colts' 2025 Season (19:10) - Jonathan Taylor, Tyler Warren and Colts Running Game (22:40) - Colts WRs (24:42) - Getting Paid (28:00) - Daniel Jones Leadership Have some interesting takes, some codebreaks or just want to talk to the Green Light Crew? We want to hear from you. Call into the Green Light Hotline presented by Zone Nicotine and give us your hottest takes, your biggest gripes and general thoughts. Day and night, this hotline is open: ‪(202) 991-0723‬ With the return of the Layup Line, make sure to check out the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1olmCMKGMEyWwOKaT1Aah3?si=YP1-ffQ3T_yUDRnJRhDtOw Check out Green Light's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can catch all the latest GL action: Green Light with Chris Long: Subscribe and enjoy weekly content including podcasts, documentaries, live chats, celebrity interviews and more including hot news items, trending discussions from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA are just a small part of what we will be sharing with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

So my first game ever was against Houston, and I ran a dig, and there was Petrie right there.

0:05.5

And he hit me so hard, my face mask back. I love play action. I love 12 personnel. I think 12 personnel, you get a few great matchups on the outside. It's usually one-on-one to kind of simplify its covers. I really love, like, establishing the run, and I think that's so cool. between Matt Ryan,

0:21.6

Nick Foles,

0:22.9

Philip Rivers, and Joe Flacko,

0:24.7

how many, establishing the run. I think that's so important. Between Matt Ryan, Nick Foles,

0:22.9

Philip Rivers, and Joe Flacko, how many years of NFL experience you think that that group has?

0:28.1

I mean, that's got to be at least 70 years, right? Joining the show now is, man, a guy that just

0:36.0

got paid. Alec Pierce, well-deserved. one of the best deep threats in football. And he's joining us, it looks like, from the indie facility. How you doing, bro? Good, how are you? I'm good. How's the off-season treating you? I know you got a little rehab going and all that stuff. Yeah, no, it's going well. We just, like I said, I'm from the facility. I'm fresh out of the, I'm sure you missed the uniform picture days, man. It was like a, they slap it on the back of OTAs. So, yeah, added like a good two hours of pictures and stuff like that. Oh, yeah, I remember those days. Are you a back row guy? Are you, where you at?

1:11.7

Oh, so we did that, not like the team photo, but the, you know, like when they do all the, you know, with the, just to still shots. And now, I mean, I don't know when you were playing, but now they do all these video shoots. and then I was in with like NBC and stuff, you know, recording like, like, oh,

1:27.8

Alec Pierce, Cincinnati and then, you know, all that, all that stuff.

1:30.6

So it was... And then I was in with like NBC and stuff, you know, recording like like, like, oh,

1:27.8

Alex Pierce, Cincinnati and then, you know, all that, all that stuff. So it's, it's, it's, it's a little bit tedious, but I know exactly what you're talking about. Dude, they used to make you. Yeah. Nothing feels weird than throwing your stuff on and you're not going out to play. Like, And then they're like hey do a pose like you would during the

1:45.1

game you're like this one they're like no a little bit more dramatic dude yeah i remember those days

1:50.9

dude i absolutely and i always forget to get a haircut or like trim my beard before it happens so

1:57.3

yeah so uh first off you've caught balls from i didn didn't do the math, but I have a list here.

2:04.8

It's like eight, ten guys in your career.

2:06.4

And between Matt Ryan, Nick Foles, Philip Rivers, and Joe Flacko, how many years of

2:13.0

NFL experience you think that that group has, dude?

2:15.9

Matt, right?

2:17.1

He said, Matt. I mean, that's got to be at least 70 years, right?

2:21.6

Probably low 70s.

2:23.0

I have it at 64.

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