New Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo isn't rigid in how he wants to attack an opposing offense. He said he learned a lot while facing Joe Burrow every day in practice with the Cincinnati Bengals. What were his first impressions of the Colts' defenders?
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00:00You have a reputation for, you know, changing your scheme and system based on game plan. How did that develop?
00:07Well, I think, you know, I think you have to be flexible these days and multiple
00:11You know when you're playing the quarterbacks, especially on our side and the AFC
00:15You know going against Joe every day in practice
00:19you know trying to guard T and Jamar and guys like that and
00:23You know, it lends to not just hey, you're gonna be in this coverage
00:27You're gonna stay in that and it'll be a long day
00:30So and then going through the playoffs and things like that into the Super Bowl
00:35You know, you have to you have to keep those great quarterbacks off balance. I think you have to make them uncomfortable
00:40Even the best ones at times you're not gonna you're not gonna fool them all day. But if it's in the most critical situation
00:47That's what you're hoping to do. And and certainly that's we've had some success doing that
00:52I know you haven't had a chance to do a deep dive into the players, but just on surface level
00:57Just what were first impressions for you? Very excited both me to come and talk to them and them to come to talk to me
01:04so
01:05You know spoke to a number of them on the phone. Some guys have popped in and you know, just ready to go to work
01:12You know, I know we're still a ways away from that
01:14We're just starting but the guys have been super excited and so am I
01:18From a talent perspective, do you know much about these guys? Yeah. Yeah, absolutely
01:22I mean, I think you've got we've had pro bowlers at each level at some point in their careers. It all starts up front
01:30Those guys can affect the game more than anybody
01:33And we've got some good players up there and then as you go through the linebacking core and then the DB's
01:38There's certainly guys that can affect the game as well. So, you know, we're gonna jump into all that here and you know
01:43This is day two. I think so. We're we're hit the ground running