Why Jonathan Taylor is ELITE & O-line dynamics with Tanor Bortolini

Larra Overton steps in for this week's podcast and sits down with Colts center Tanor Bortolini for a look at what's made Jonathan Taylor dominant for years, what the special sauce of an offensive line room is in the NFL and plenty of Wisconsin talk.

0:00 Pod Intro
0:35 OTAs & offseason progress
2:27 O-line dynamics
4:11 What makes Quenton Nelson special
7:32 Jonathan Taylor, from Wisconsin to Indy
9:55 "The Wisconsin Waterfall"
13:13 Best dips, ranked

On this episode of The Colts Show, JJ Stankevitz is joined by Colts safety Hunter Wohler to talk about overcoming the season-ending foot injury that derailed his rookie campaign in training camp. Wohler opens up about the journey back to full health, what it means to be back on the field and how being a late-round draft pick still drives him every day. The conversation wraps up with a fun discussion about Midwestern tropes and some familiar regional stereotypes.

0:00 Pod intro
0:59 Getting back on the field
1:37 What is the most challenging part of the rehab process
3:12 Whether it hit him that he had a really good camp in 2025
4:20 How being a 7th Round pick shapes who he is
7:28 How he stayed engaged with what Lou and the defense were doing while he was sidelined
9:46 He never lost a football game while playing varsity football in high school
13:18 Blind ranking midwestern tropes

JJ Stankevitz is joined by Colts quarterback Riley Leonard for a look into how the second-year QB is handling the opportunity ahead of him during OTAs, and where he feels he's grown the most after his rookie season. Leonard also discusses his impressions of Daniel Jones & Tyler Warren and what playing one year at Notre Dame meant to him before he and JJ draft their golf foursomes from anyone in Colts history...with Riley making a STRONG pick first overall.

0:00 Pod intro
0:26 Previewing OTAs
2:46 Inside the life of an NFL backup QB
5:54 What he learned in starting Week 18
8:00 No. 1 thing he learned about Daniel Jones
12:53 A fact about Tyler Warren that'd surprise people
14:25 What Notre Dame meant to him
16:39 Colts golf foursome draft

JJ Stankevitz is joined on this week's podcast by rookie linebacker Bryce Boettcher, who was selected in the fourth round of the 2026 NFL Draft...and the 13th round of the 2024 MLB Draft. Boettcher explains what it felt like to get drafted after his two-sport path (0:47) and what it was like facing Tyler Warren in college (6:45). JJ and Bryce then run through five questions to get to know him (7:52).

JJ Stankevitz is joined by Colts defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo for a conversation about eight members of the 2026 Colts that begins with one word to describe each. JJ and Lou also get into where defense has evolved over the last few decades, and what it takes for a playcall to go from whiteboard concept to hitting the field on Sunday.

0:00 Pod intro
1:36 CJ Allen
4:12 A.J. Haulcy
6:15 Sauce Gardner
9:33 DeForest Buckner
12:19 Laiatu Latu
14:12 Cam Bynum
16:48 Justin Walley
19:30 Shane Steichen
21:24 Defensive design & playcalling process

JJ Stankevitz is joined by Colts kicker Blake Grupe for a look into how he successfully stepped in late during the 2025 season and didn't miss a kick, including making a franchise record 60-yarder in Seattle (1:12), Grupe discusses the Colts' upcoming kicker competition between him and fellow ex-Notre Dame kicker Spencer Shrader (7:48) and why playing multiple sports helped his journey as a pro athlete (14:25), and also why the 5-foot-7, 156 pound Grupe uses his size as motivation for how he operates as an NFL player (17:26). Finally, the guys blind rank the top five objects to kick that aren't a football (22:02).

JJ Stankevitz is joined by Colts second-round linebacker CJ Allen and third-round safety A.J. Haulcy to get to know each of the team's first two selections in this year's NFL Draft. JJ discusses how each of them made it to this point in their careers, how they'll continue forward and what inspires both of them on and off the field.

0:00 Podcast intro
2:00 CJ Allen joins the pod
7:45 A.J. Haulcy joins the pod

JJ Stankevitz is joined by Colts Senior Player Personnel Scout Todd Vasvari to reflect on his draft experiences with the Indianapolis Colts. They discuss the art of bluffing while scouting players like Robert Mathis (2:04), how the transfer portal is impacting small-school prospects (11:22) and the difference between mock drafts and teams' internal boards (21:00).

Todd also shares a favorite draft story about running back Joseph Addai (16:46) and wraps up by naming his "Mount Rushmore" of Colts Day 3 picks from his 28 years with the team (25:22).