[Daniel Jeremiah on Penny Hart]

Daniel Jeremiah on The MTS Podcast:

 

"Andy Isabella was my 188th player in this draft and went with the 62nd pick, he went to the senior bowl, couldn't catch anything, couldn't get out of a break, Penny Hart was better than him and he went undrafted."

 

The receiver room has a lot of talent in it. Could Penny realistically make the 53 man roster?

[My grade on this 2019 draft won't be a high as I hoped.]

1 hour ago, HOF19 said:

Wanted offensive lineman in 4th or 5th round .

 

Why should the Colts care about what you want? You’re pretty irrelevant in their evaluation and drafting of players.

[Colts draft Bobby Okereke, LB, Stanford]

Certainly fits the type of LB the Colts want.

 

Looks like a very good player.

[Colts draft Parris Campbell, WR, Ohio State]

1 minute ago, krunk said:

Funchess is a deep threat due to his size. Especially over the middle and deep out/deep comeback.

 

Yeah, Funch can go deep too. 

 

WR looking really solid if Cain if ready to go.

[Colts draft Parris Campbell, WR, Ohio State]

When Andrew gets Parris the ball in space it's over for the defense.

 

People may think we now have two deep threats, but that's not correct. 

 

We have three.

Deon ran in the low 4.4 and at Clemson he showed that he can also beat DBs deep.

 

Good luck covering all our weapons.

[Colts draft Ben Banogu, LB, TCU]

I'm hearing he could play multiple positions, not just DE in our 4-3 defense. Linebacker potential too.

[Colts draft Parris Campbell, WR, Ohio State]

Great pick. Can't wait to see how Frank and Nick use him.

 

Having TY to teach him route running is an added bonus.

[Colts draft Ben Banogu, LB, TCU]

Don't know him = dont like the pick.

 

Right?

 

I trust Ballard.

[Colts draft Rock Ya-Sin, CB, Temple]

Love his play and attitude.

 

He fits exactly what the Colts wants in a player.

 

 

 

[Possible 2nd Round Trade Down]

1 minute ago, csmopar said:

Huh? Explain please

 

Probably just based on them picking Jacobs and Abram, who the Colts like.

 

Doens't mean anything. If the Colts really liked Abram they would have just taken him at 26 before the Raiders got the chance. 

[2019 Week 1 (Chargers): Q Nelson vs J Tillery]

6 minutes ago, Irish YJ said:

he was a match for Q his last year at ND. 

reports stated they always were competitive. 

not saying Q hasn't improved, or isn't much better than JT, but if anyone knows Q's moves, it's JT.

 

All Pro NFL lineman vs rookie 

 

I'm betting on Q.

[2019 Week 1 (Chargers): Q Nelson vs J Tillery]

He is no match for Big Q.

[Colts trade out of first round]

3 hours ago, Wyldhorsefan said:

Relax no, except for Houston, I'm not impressed.

 

You being impressed is the last thing on Ballard’s mind. You’re irrelevant in that aspect.

[Colts trade out of first round]

Just now, Mr_486lo said:

Highly disappointed. Sweat was right there

 

 Do you trust Ballard?

 

If Sweat was on his board, he wouldn't have traded down. 

 

[Colts trade out of first round]

1 minute ago, Maniac said:

Montez Sweat was there...

 

Who likely wasn't on their board.

[Colts trade out of first round]

2 minutes ago, Dustin said:

Wow what terrible value

 

Nonsense.

 

 

[If We Go WR Round 1]

Hollywood is a player who would be amazing and TY’s eventual successor.

 

Deebo Samuel and AJ Brown are other guys I like very much.

[Colts in talks with Inman]

Did well, but he is JAG for me.

 

Funchess and a draft pick together with the Cainster are enough.

[Colts are signing Justin Houston [Merge]]

8 minutes ago, MacDee1975 said:

 

Provide a link that shows his 2019 contract terms with the Colts.

 

Is it that hard to comprehend that he is under contract? 

 

He is currently at the Colts facility training (and making holes in walls).

 

Multiple people are telling you what's correct, and you keep being stubborn. 

 

Quit belly-aching.

[Colts are signing Justin Houston [Merge]]

1 minute ago, MacDee1975 said:

 

No, he isn't.

 

He is.

[Colts sign Devin Funchess (Merge)]

That's actually very decent.

 

He has some incentive to be great too.

[CB Pierre Desir Re-signing]

4 minutes ago, Superman said:

 

Seriously.

 

Guess it doesn't matter, but good for him getting a new deal and staying in Indy. 

 

What’s your problem with Desir?

[Official complaints about Free Agency thread (merge)]

Just now, HarryTheCat said:

And if throwing a ton of money around could win you a Super Bowl, the Jags would be home, polishing their Lombardi and flashing their bling-rings around right now. 

 

And bar biased ref with disgraceful calls favouring the Pats in the AFCCG against the Jags would have gone to the Super Bowl and likely won it. 

 

Also see Rams this year. It’s a valid approach.

[Official complaints about Free Agency thread (merge)]

3 minutes ago, Stephen said:

Luck would break the td record with the browns wr combo

 

Can you call Ballard for me?

[Official complaints about Free Agency thread (merge)]

Building the Chiefs and now the Browns. The Browns have more talent than the Colts have. Slowly but surely. How did that just happen? They have a better defense, including a star pass rusher in Myles Garrett. The Colts don’t. They have better playmakers on offense with a very good young QB.

 

They way Dorsey is acquiring talent for them is impressive. 

Dorsey simply gets it: draft picks are overrated. Proven talent >>> draft picks. That’s why they have Odell and we don’t. 

 

Ballard is getting scraps with Funchess, but Dorsey is getting top class WR in Odell.

What a shame. Would have loved to see TY, Odell, Ebron etc.

 

When it's time to upgrade the talent of the Colts in free agency Ballard has done a good job at this time last year, but if he was willing to overpay just a little the Colts perhaps to have landed some quality players that could help the Colts even more. Or if he didnt value these draft picks so much we could have had Odell, who will

be better than anyone at 26!

 

The Colts were reportedly in on Landon Collins, Adrian Amos and Preston Smith, but Ballard couldn't close either (couldn't with Norwell or Jeffery either). Given the reasonable contracts of Amos and Smith that's a little disappointing to me. This is free agency, and I know Ballard has a set price on players.. but come on, if you want to add talent you have to overpay a little when it comes to certain free agents.  Happy to not pay Collins that amount, but the other two... that hurts. You have to admire Ballard's steadfast approach, but I wish he would be a little less stubborn.

 

It's funny. The Colts have almost every advantage. 

 

- Top 5 QB

- Winning program

- Top quality GM (just not a closer of Free agents that's highly sought after) and coaching staff to develop

- Reportedly a great culture

- Top quality stadium to play in

- State income tax is decent

- A lot of cap space to make moves

 

Love his drafting in '18, but developing draft picks take time because you're not going to get rookie All Pros every draft (no, it likely won't happen, and I'm expecting the '19 draft to be somewhere between '17 and '18 in terms of quality). Luck is not getting any younger. I'm afraid Chris Ballard's Ted Thomson approach to free agency is going to leave Luck with a wasted career because the Colts like the Packers with Aaron Rodgers (ask Packers fans about that philosophy) didn't bring in sufficient talent through free agency and the draft.