He’s Anquan Boldin with speed. He will be the greatest Colts WR since Marvin Harrison.

I just listened to the first podcast of the Jeff (Rickards) & Big Joe Show. SMH. Pure "white guys talk about sports" radio. Dude sounds like JMV on quaaludes and he has a goofy laugh that he forces too much. It's the first show and it has to get better, but it isn't close to what it used to be.

So you miss Grady's "I'm too cool for you cuz I'm friends with athletes" schtick?

Yep. A lot.

I think Grady was just a great counterbalance to Big Joe. The two worked REALLY well together.

Joe would say something like "well, actually the offensive line played pretty good" in 2017.

Grady would just say "Joe...Joe. C'mon, man."

It made for good radio when one checked the other, honestly. Plus, a lot of the little flourishes like Pop Quiz/Willy Wonka were Grady's ideas.

Venturi would sell you a hamburger on Thursday and call it a hot dog the next Tuesday.

Who do you recommend?

I mean, Venturi's not bad in terms of Xs and Os (he doesn't do anything a number of other people couldn't do, but he does it well enough), but my point was more that he never keeps the receipts on what he says, says dumb shit, and then pretends he said the opposite all along. He toots his own horn a lot, and he's not exactly Tony Romo. You could put ESPN's Matt Bowen on and get the same if not better.

The problem with Indy is more that it's a small media pond. If you don't have exposure or attention set outside of Indy, the options are pretty limited, especially for certain things. I'd say Horseshoes with Holder is a pretty informative podcast, but it's irregularly-published and hasn't really found an identity yet. I like the guys on Chopping Wood but Indystar makes it a pain in the ass for Android users to get that podcast, so I don't bother.

There just aren't a lot of great local options in Indy radio. Small market. Given that, I tend to listen to JMV interviews and Query & Schultz myself.

On a scale of 1 to stick-an-ice pick-in-your-ear-canal, how terrible is trying to listen to a Matt Danely-hosted podcast?

I don't really have any issues with the guy himself. I just think it's weird that he has a podcast and I don't even know who he is, quite honestly. That's not trying to be mean. I just genuinely don't. I know who random Colts Twitter guys who just tweet and don't write/podcast/etc. are more than I know who Danely is.

I've listened to his podcast. I personally just find that he says some strange things. Like, if I were to insta-podcast after a game and just basically translate my 10-20 postgame thoughts I write on here after games, I doubt that he would touch on more than 1-2 of them and instead would reinforce something that makes me think "that's a really odd thing to say / dwell on / etc."