Colts Cover 2 Podcast

Indianapolis Star Colts insiders Joel A. Erickson and Nate Atkins break down an ugly game the Colts won 23-17 over the Jaguars to keep themselves in a muddled AFC playoff race. Indianapolis takes a look at the Colts offense, Jonathan Taylor, breakout games from Kwity Paye and Dayo Odeyingbo and a group of cornerbacks that played pretty good football against No. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence.

The Colts have reached—and passed, given that the NFL now plays 17 games—the halfway point of the 2021 regular season, and IndyStar Colts insider Joel A. Erickson introduces new IndyStar Colts insider and Cover-2 co-host Nate Atkins, taking stock of who the Colts are at this point, where they’re headed and what’s a concern heading into the back half of this season.

Join insider Joel A. Erickson and sports editor Nat Newell as they recap the Colts victory over the Jets.

IndyStar Colts beat writer Joel A. Erickson brings in guest host Zach Hicks of SI Colts to get deep in the weeds, halfway through the season, and talk about Carson Wentz, the Colts’ commitment to the running game, the implications of the 2021 season so far and Indianapolis head coach Frank Reich.

Fresh off of a disheartening, ugly loss to the Tennessee Titans, IndyStar Colts insider Joel A. Erickson and IndyStar sports editor Nat Newell take a look at Carson Wentz’s worst game, Frank Reich’s worst game, the lack of running calls and where this might go from here.

IndyStar’s Colts insider, Joel A. Erickson, teams up with guest host and long-time podcast listener Gary Cooke to talk about a monumental Titans matchup, the problems Tennessee presents and the storylines lingering for the Colts this season that have ramifications for the future. Gary’s been a Colts fan since they arrived in Indianapolis in 1984, and he’s got plenty of good questions for Joel.

Join insider Joel. A. Erickson and deputy sports editor Nat Newell as they recap the Colts' win over the San Francisco 49ers and look ahead to Tennessee.

In this week’s edition of the Colts’ Cover-2 podcast, IndyStar Colts beat writer Joel A. Erickson goes to guest host Kennan Kosenko, a Colts fan in southern California, to get the scoop on what looks like it’ll be a wet, rainy, windy Sunday night in Santa Clara, and they break down the matchups that make them nervous, most notably 49ers star Nick Bosa lined up across from a struggling Eric Fisher.

Indianapolis obliterated a hapless Houston team 31-3 at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday, and IndyStar’s Colts beat writer Joel A. Erickson and editor Nat Newell break down their first impressions of what it means, what might be something Indianapolis can build on and what might be a mirage.

Three days after the Colts’ horrifying collapse in prime time, IndyStar Colts insider and Noblesville’s Collin McCollough, director of B/R Gridiron, take a hard look at the Colts’ past, present and future on both sides of the football, breaking down the ways this Indianapolis team might get better in the moment and the problems that have persisted for four seasons now.