Colts 2017 Draft Class

[BlueShoe]

Please Welcome the 2017 Colts Draft Class!

 

Overall	Round	Player	Position	College
15	1	Malik Hooker	S	Ohio St.
46	2	Quincy Wilson	CB	Florida
80	3	Tarell Basham	EDGE	Ohio
137	4	Zach Banner	OT/G	USC
143	4	Marlon Mack	RB	South Florida
144	4	Grover Stewart	INT-DL	Albany St. (GA)
158	5	Nate Hairston	CB	Temple
161	5	Anthony Walker Jr.	ILB	Northwestern

 

Nice looking group!

 

Good Job Ballard and company.

[Case]

What a draft 

[PrincetonTiger]

Love he class

[Smonroe]

Not sure Stewart makes the team, it's the one position on D that we have decent depth.  

 

Overall, slam dunk draft CB!!!

[throwing BBZ]

Checks the boxes.
A lot of developing to be done of course.  Hope. Go Colts! 

[SkyBane]

Is this what good drafting feels like? It's been so long I just...

[Samu-Rye]

This is the first draft in a long time,where I am happy, with the results. Not one pick did I go, "Who?" or "Why?"

[bananabucket]

[TKnight24]

 

[Yoshinator]

love it, great draft!

[strt182]

ballard probably licking his chops at the UDFAs

[CheezyColt]

I approve.

[dodsworth]

Everyone this board should be happy.

We got an offensive lineman, RB and

heavy on the defensive pickups. 

 

Ballard is a keeper by the way this

looks on paper.

[BOTT]

3 minutes ago, Samu-Rye said:

This is the first draft in a long time,where I am happy, with the results. Not one pick did I go, "Who?" or "Why?"

I liked Grigson's final draft for the most part.  Looks as though he drafted 3 starters for offensive line.

[dodsworth]

1 minute ago, BOTT said:

I liked Grigson's final draft for the most part.  Looks as though he drafted 3 starters for offensive line.

Yup, too little too late. Ballard looks to run

circles around Grigs by the way this draft looks.

[chad72]

RB was not nearly a hole as people thought out to be with Turbin re-signed, plus blocking TEs are dime a dozen in the UDFA market since we have our 2 receiving TEs in Doyle and Swoope. 

 

CB cupboard was thin, so we brought a starter and valuable depth. Safety coverage improved considerably. Pass rush got some young rotational legs to start with at least. Our potential fifth round ILB seems like one that could be a solid starter in this league.

 

Colts didn't have to stretch themselves or reach since most players presented themselves with great value where they were drafted. The Banner and Stewart picks - I will trust they did their work but they sure focused on D and a bit on the trenches. RB was the only skill position picked. What a refreshing change from the Polian and Grigson days. 

[Fluke_33]

1 minute ago, BOTT said:

I liked Grigson's final draft for the most part.  Looks as though he drafted 3 starters for offensive line.

I was surprised that it didn't save his job but glad it didn't.  This draft and the free agent moves is very impressive.  Lets hope they work out.

[LockeDown]

You can see Ballards vision for the team and it makes sense. Camp is going to be super competitive and exciting.

[chad72]

5 minutes ago, Fluke_33 said:

I was surprised that it didn't save his job but glad it didn't.  This draft and the free agent moves is very impressive.  Lets hope they work out.

 

WRs are getting bigger, so the Dungy day CBs won't work anymore, Ballard knew from witnessing Tillman, Vasher, Eric Berry and Marcus Peters what our secondary needed, bigger DBs that can take the ball away. Our secondary under Dungy did not take the next step till Marlin Jackson and Kelvin Hayden came along, who were our tallest CBs. Still, our scheme limited how well they could play. Big example was Tim Jennings, who was a new man in Chicago. It felt like we wasted the prime years of Peyton, Freeney, Mathis, thanks to a passive scheme on D. 

 

Now, Pagano is in the cross-hairs, he has the talent to work with right now, no excuses for 0-2 or 8-8.

[Fluke_33]

3 minutes ago, chad72 said:

 

Now, Pagano is in the cross-hairs, he has the talent to work with right now, no excuses for 0-2 or 8-8.

Pagano is supposed to be a DB whisperer so this could be a perfect draft for him to show what he can do too.

[austriancolt]

Ballard did a great job. Only pick that I really don't like is Zach Banner. 

[BOTT]

7 minutes ago, chad72 said:

 

WRs are getting bigger, so the Dungy day CBs won't work anymore, Ballard knew from witnessing Tillman, Vasher, Eric Berry and Marcus Peters what our secondary needed, bigger DBs that can take the ball away. Our secondary under Dungy did not take the next step till Marlin Jackson and Kelvin Hayden came along, who were our tallest CBs. Still, our scheme limited how well they could play. Big example was Tim Jennings, who was a new man in Chicago. It felt like we wasted the prime years of Peyton, Freeney, Mathis, thanks to a passive scheme on D. 

 

Now, Pagano is in the cross-hairs, he has the talent to work with right now, no excuses for 0-2 or 8-8.

Don't expect too much too soon.  Colts can challenge for the afc south.

[Luck is Good]

This draft class is great. I can't put into words how excited I am for this next season. There's hope once again for the Colts! And that hope could very well become reality

[MTC]

[colts52761]

i like the draft.  Not sure about hairston??

[dodsworth]

I can't remember a draft I'm more 

excited to see on the field! I'm 

totally stoked that we finally have

a GM that 'gets it'

 

[HOF19]

I LIKE THIS A LOT !!!!!>>>>>>>Saints Draft: Focus on Ohio University DE Tarell Basham by Roy Anderson1 week ago..... If the Saints do go for a double dip, or even a single, then Tarell Basham is a name on which Who Dat Nation should keep its collective eye.

The go-to for me with Tarell Basham is Ohio University’s 2016 matchup with Tennessee in Knoxville. For Basham: one sack, 1.5 tackles for loss and 4 tackles total. 

Basham  pulled off a sack going up against Western Michigan’s Taylor Moton in 2016.  Moton is one of the top rated tackles coming out in this draft.Tarell Basham has sleeper written all over him and it would behoove the Saints to give him a strong look

[NewColtsFan]

 

The last 3 days were the work of a real pro.    Chris Ballard hits a home run in his first draft!

 

Loved all the picks.....      no second guessing from me....

 

Now,  I'm going to sit back and watch and hope that the coaches can turn some of these prospects into professionals....

 

Thanks you Chris Ballard!!        

[Dingus McGirt]

6 minutes ago, MTC said:

Ooops...when i first glanced, I thought you were giving the draft a D grade.  LOL

[Architects08]

Hooker and Basham are the only picks Im excited about. Hopefully the rest can prove to be solid draft picks.

[RockThatBlue]

Really good draft.

[SkyBane]

3 minutes ago, SanDiegoColt8 said:

Hooker and Basham are the only picks Im excited about. Hopefully the rest can prove to be solid draft picks.

No hype for the best cover corner in the SEC in Wilson?

[RomanianColtsFan]

I predict 50% success rate, guys to get a 2nd contract, including restricted FA tenders.

[GoColts8818]

Outstanding draft on paper.  Time will tell if paper translates to the field.

[aReggie7]

Hard to complain about this draft for the Colts. Sure some guys will not pan out but it's hard to argue with these picks.

 

Luckily for the Colts this was a good draft in some areas of need. They could sit back and truly (what seemed like) take who they thought was the best player available while still filling a need.

 

It's interesting to get a better sense of Ballard's philosophy for the roster. He clearly wanted guys with traits that stand out.  Banner is boom or bust imo. A guy like Hairston has desired size but there were more polished (but smaller) cornerbacks the Colts could have taken today. I'm not mad about this.

 

Thankfully Anthony Walker Jr appears to be an ILB who can play all three downs. Pagano seems to really like the big thumpers (like D'Qwell Jackson and Antonio Morrison) but this team needs guys who can hold up on third down. It looks like Walker has the potential to.

[HOF19]

Just now, GoColts8818 said:

Outstanding draft on paper.  Time will tell if paper translates to the field.

That's the best point of view you can have on the NFL Draft every year.......GO COLTS !!!!!!!

[BR-549]

5 minutes ago, RockThatBlue said:

Really good draft.

Well at least much better than we have been experiencing.  No real head scratchers at least... I am happy.

[BR-549]

47 minutes ago, bananabucket said:

LOL..

I really didn't want to see that head again, but.... that is funny.

[Albaby]

I'm stoked!  It's going to be kind of strange to look forward to seeing our D march onto the field during games.

[Indyfan4life]

13 minutes ago, SkyBane said:

No hype for the best cover corner in the SEC in Wilson?

Exactly. People always find a way to complain.