Indianapolis Colts head coach Shane Steichen calls Jacksonville Jaguars Calvin Ridley one of the best while also explaining the huge role Michael Pittman is taking on with the Colts.
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00:00 He's an electric route runner.
00:01 I mean, for me personally, I think he's one of the best in the league as a route runner.
00:06 He's explosive, he's got great hands, and he can set up defenders.
00:10 The way he runs his route, he's kind of like a basketball player,
00:13 just like in and out of breaks with his feet.
00:15 So we gotta be on it with him.
00:17 Yeah, no, it's big.
00:18 Obviously, he's the leader in that room.
00:20 He's a physical player.
00:22 He can run the whole route tree.
00:24 I'm excited where he's at, but just from a leadership standpoint,
00:27 being with AR, talking through different things with him,
00:30 making sure they're on the same page, it's been really good to see.
00:33 You were saying he wants to be the guy that Anthony trusts,
00:36 like can just trust in any situation.
00:38 How important is it for a quarterback to have that in his receivers?
00:42 Oh, I think it's everything.
00:43 I mean, the trust factor with the quarterback receivers and tight ends
00:46 and running backs in the pass game is huge,
00:48 just making sure you're on the same page,
00:49 because all guys run routes just a little bit different.
00:52 So, depth might be a little different on certain things versus certain defenders,
00:56 you know what I mean?
00:57 So they just all gotta be on the same thing,
00:58 and body language is a big deal when you're throwing to those guys.
01:01 So just working through those things in practice
01:03 and making sure we're on the same page.
01:04 And he was saying it's even bigger for a young quarterback
01:07 because he just wants to take out --
01:09 like he's got so much going on already,
01:10 he wants to take stuff out that he has to think about.
01:13 Yeah, I think with anything, you got a leader like that
01:16 that wants to help him any way he can, I think it's big.