What motivates DeForest Buckner in Year 11 & after neck surgery | The Colts Show

JJ Stankevitz is joined by Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner for a conversation about what still drives him about football after a challenging offseason and a decade in the NFL, change on the D-line and goals for 2026.

0:00 Pod Intro 0:30 Buckner's recovery progress 2:23 Why Buckner is still playing 5:04 Appreciation for Indiana 7:15 New faces on D-line 9:26 Goals for 2026 10:27 Teammate trivia

JJ Stankevitz is joined from Grand Park by Colts right tackle Jalen Travis and defensive end Laiatu Latu following training camp practices. Travis discusses the opportunity ahead of him to cement himself as an NFL starter in his second year as a pro, what he did this offseason to prepare for it – including taking a salsa class – and his Next Is Now foundation. Latu then joins the pod to reflect on his football journey and what he learned at the annual Sack Summit ahead of Year 3 in the NFL for the former first-round pick.

Colts head coach Shane Steichen sits down with JJ Stankevitz for a conversation as players report to Grand Park for training camp on Tuesday. Steichen looks ahead to what to expect from quarterback Daniel Jones, several key position battles, how Josh Downs could be used and what he's looking for from the Colts' defense over the next month. Steichen also goes down a rabbit hole of how he plays Madden against his son...does he frequently win or lose the video game?

JJ Stankevitz and Larra Overton sit down for a bonus episode of the Colts Show with training camp beginning this week at Grand Park, with JJ and Larra looking at the five biggest storylines they'll be following over the next month in Westfield.

0:00 Pod Intro
3:34 Storyline #1: How's Alec Pierce's recovery going?
9:46 Storyline #2: How does Daniel Jones look?
15:52 Storyline #3: Is DeForest Buckner on track to play Week 1?
20:09 Storyline #4: Does the Colts' secondary make it hard to throw the ball in practice?
27:50 Storyline #5: Can Josh Downs get more involved in the offense?
30:40 Under the radar storylines
35:40 Training Camp breakout star predictions

Longtime Colts wide receiver and special teams ace Ashton Dulin sits down with JJ Stankevitz for a conversation about how he's made it eight years in the NFL despite being overlooked coming out of Malone University (which no longer has a football team) in 2019.

0:00 Pod intro
1:50 Replacing Michael Pittman Jr. in Colts' offense
5:28 Advice for young athletes
9:30 Loyalty to Colts & appreciation for the state of Indiana
13:48 Trivia - Guess in 5

For the fourth and final podcast from Colts Media Day, JJ Stankevitz is joined by rookie linebacker CJ Allen, defensive tackle Grover Stewart, kicker Spencer Shrader and wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine.

0:00 Pod Intro
0:32 CJ Allen
6:02 Grover Stewart
13:49 Spencer Shrader
25:33 Nick Westbrook-Ikhine

JJ Stankevitz is back for the third of four installments from Colts media day, with four players joining him on today's pod. The guys chat about things they've come to appreciate about living in central Indiana, how they draw inspiration from their favorite all-time athletes and plenty more (like Cam Bynum ripping an absolute dud of a pack of football cards).

0:00 Pod Intro
0:31 Cam Bynum
9:27 AJ Haulcy
18:39 Caden Curry
24:50 Jaylahn Tuimoloau

In the second episode of Colts media day interviews, JJ Stankevitz is joined by Bernhard Raimann (0:24), Mo Alie-Cox (6:51) and Tanor Bortolini (13:47). The guys open up about fatherhood, their appreciation for living in Indiana and relationships with their teammates.

All multi-year members of the Colts, the players chat about heading into the 2026 season with lessons from previous years, and how those can help them as the Colts look to break a five-season playoff drought.