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Welcome to the athletic football show.

I'm Robert Mays.

It's a special edition of the podcast coming to you on a

Sunday morning. I am looking out over the field at Lucasoil Stadium. My first NFL game of the year.

I am very excited to chat with our own Zach Kiefer. Zach, how you doing, man?

I feel honored. This is your first game live.

Yeah, I can't go on Sunday.

So I have very few opportunities. And this was perfect. It was three hours away. The culture playing on a Saturday. I might as well. I might as well go check it out. And I might as well have a conversation with you about it after it's over. Indy might have been your first training camp stop. One of the first ones.

Way, way, way back in August.

And here we are December 19th.

I mean, it's close, right?

Right. Indy might have been your first training camp stop. One of the first ones. Way, way, way back in August. And here we are December 19th. I mean, it's close, right? It makes sense. It is a quicker drive than you think it is. And this game did not disappoint. There was a lot to chew on from this. Let's start just with what this win means for the Colts. You asked Frank Reich about that afterward.

In your mind, what does this win mean for Indy, not only for this season, but kind of in the

grand scheme of things? Yeah, when you haven't beaten a team in 12 years, when it's been eight

straight losses to the former rival, I don't even want to call him rival anymore because

when you get your ass beat so many times, this meant a lot. You give the former rival. I don't even want to call them rival anymore because when you get your ass beat so many times

This meant a lot you give the game ball afterwards to the owner. That's how much this game meant to the city to the fans who have lost so many games in embarrassing fashion of the Patriots the Colts had to have this it's more than just one win in the win column it does move them up to the five seat in the AFC, but it kind of proves that they're legit in my mind. You beat the bills a couple of weeks ago. You lose to Tampa Bay. They need wins like this against good teams, and they just got enough Jonathan Taylor at the end. When I watched that game today, and Frank Gregg said this afterwards, I thought it was such an interesting thing for him to say, kind of at the end of his availability.

He said that we went toe-to-toe schematically with the smartest coach in the NFL.

And he kind of like slipped it in there.

And he could tell there was a point of pride for him.

And when I was watching that team today, when they got the block pond touchdown and when their defense is playing

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