chof360 Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice chats with the Indianapolis Colts wide receiver from Super Bowl LIX Radio Row about the plusses and minuses of playing the receiver position and what the Colts need to do to improve next season. Michael joined chof360 Sports on behalf of Toyota.
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Nate T here from chof360 Sports.
I'm with Michael Pittman, receiver from the Annapolis Colts, on behalf of Toyota.
How are you doing today, Mike?
Good, good.
How about yourself?
I'm pretty good.
So one thing is that I've always been, I've always liked about your game is you do so much.
You line up on the outside, you line up in the slot, you're willing to block.
You're willing to do a lot of the stuff that people don't realize that goes in the receiver play.
What would you say is something that's underrated with playing a receiver that some people don't think about?
I'd say the underrated aspect is that people don't rely.
How creative receivers have to be or any type of route runner because you could run a super crisp route but that but like let's say that that DB has seen that route 3 times last week or you've already ran it in that same game and now like you have to put some extra sauce on it, right?
And I feel like people don't realize like you can't just go out there and have clean feet you have to be almost like deceptive with it, right?
So, so like that's an underrated aspect that I think people don't think about a lot is maybe an.
aspect of playing a receiver that maybe gets a little too much hoopla maybe for your liking because I know you're willing to do the dirty work so that's why I always appreciate you but maybe something that you're kind of like, right, that's not as cool as maybe some people think when a receiver doesn't get targets in a game, it doesn't mean he was getting locked down.
It just means that the game just didn't go his way.
There's been there like say there's been many times where I've seen guys be wide open for an entire game, and they just didn't get the ball and then people like, Oh, he got strapped up.
No, he just like he just didn't get the looks or there's.
to every single one day or something like that.
So no, I, I, I saw that you guys too because you guys have fairly a lot of talented receivers in your room and everything.
So what would you say maybe this next step for the Colts because you kind of guys said up and down year, some injuries.
I know you had your back and everything, but what was maybe one thing that you're focusing on or maybe that you think this offense or striking can really focus on this offseason and into next season.
So my first thing is just healing up, right?
and like just like, and like I'm in that process too like we're about halfway like which is good and everything after.
Was was a great, you know, the scams that came back good but as a team, I mean we just got to focus on finishing um and that's really what it comes down to, uh, and, and like we had some times where everything was clicking but we need to play complimentary football where offense and like defense like just playing good and for most of the year like our defense played well and we just weren't helping them out um enough and um I I feel like like when like we do that like we can put a whole game together and.
And uh win a lot of games.
Um, we're here with Toyota, the official automotive partner of the NFL who I hear have some pretty cool things in store for fans, uh, for NFL fans of the Super Bowl experience in New Orleans.
So tell us about that as well.
Yeah, so I've actually been working with Toyota for a year now, um, and I actually drive a Toyota Sequoia, which is my favorite car.
Um, yeah, and, and everything that, um, everything that they've done this year has been in support of the next of the, uh, next generation athletes and here at Super Bowl they actually have a Super Bowl experience where fans can go hop in cars with us via um AR technology.
Um, and it's like pretty cool stuff, so you know, like if people are here, like go ahead and check it out.
That's awesome.
Do a little car carpool karaoke on there.
This is Michael Pittman from the Annapolis Colts on behalf of Toyota.
I'm Nate Tice.
Thank you very much for watching.
Thank you guys.
