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Why?

I’ve really been thinking Mitchell lately but there is a glaring issue with that. It’s that with our scheme we don’t require a true lock down CB. It’s easier and cheaper to find a zone CB than a top tier press man CB. I don’t see Ballard spending a top pick at CB when edge rusher, WR, possible tightend or even a DT are sitting there unless it’s truly BPA

I would put some money on the fact neither of these players will end up being there at 15, but in this scenario they have both fallen and I have also won the lottery. Mitchell is a stud, if he wasn’t a small school prospect he wouldn’t get out of the top 5-7 picks. In my opinion he is ahead of Wiggins and had one of the best pre draft processes. Dude can ball and I don’t think there is any doubt, in my eyes he may be the best DB to come out since sauce. Bowers is a stud and no doubt a blue chip prospect who if he falls it will only be because of his position. He’s been touted as one of the best TE’s the past 2 seasons and I absolutely feel like he’s lived up too it. A little strength training and work with blocking and he will be a complete tight end. Both guys can be difference makers on our team. Which one are you going with?

I've got a suspicion Mitchell may go top 10.....

Sorry to hear about your loss. It was another golden retriever or a kid, so my wife got a puppy instead. Jokes on me though because I'm the only one that's been up with the puppy the past 3 nights lol She sleeps for 2-3 hours and then is back up. Gotta love crate training... Sister has her today so hopefully my nieces are playing with her enough that she will sleep a bit more tonight.

I apologize, I misread it as on a teammate and not against a teammate. Running on 3 hours of sleep thanks to a new puppy so my bad lol

Say's it right in the article and it came straight from Rodgers "In his first public comments since being suspended in June by the NFL for violating its gambling policy, former Indianapolis Colts cornerback Isaiah Rodgers Sr. confirmed the abundance of bets he was involved with, and that he won $1,000 for betting on then-teammate Jonathan Taylor."

He really should be suspended for life. That behavior is absolutely detrimental to the sport. He knew he was breaking the rules and continued to do it.

I guess I was talking just about his time with Indy not Dallas. He’s been a solid player for the boys but still not quite the Ed Reed type FS he was slated to be.

I did then, and still do now, feel like Hooker was a panic pick. They admittedly didn't bring him in until the very last moment because they didn't think he was going to fall. I don't think they did their due diligence on Hooker and when he fell to them they panicked and took him thinking a blue chip prospect they hadn't truly considered was there for the taking. He was uber talented and man did he flash, but injuries was his demise which was the question mark coming out of college. Maybe with a little more time they could have avoided the pick? I still wont hold his very first class against him though.

FWIW his PFF grade is absolutely insane. 2023 overall is a 91.5, a dip from his 22 season from 92.5.... for 2023 Coverage grade is 91.6, man coverage 88.7 zone coverage is 85.9. His competition isn't great so this week is huge for him. some other grades of guys at CB Cooper Dejean 2023 overall 77.4, coverage 76.8 man coverage 63.7 zone is 73.1 Nate Wiggins overall 81.6, coverage 82.9, man coverage 78.5, zone is 74 Terrion Arnold overall 88.3, coverage 84.9, man coverage 61.2 zone is 81.9 Kool-aid McKinstry overall 88.8, coverage 87.8, man coverage 74.7 zone is 83.8 Ennis Rakestraw overall is 80.7 coverage 78.7, man coverage 56.6 zone is 85.2 PFF is to be taken with a grain of salt still but that's insane for Mitchell to be graded that high.

I saw this the other day and have been pondering it. Pierce is asked to do the dirty work to open up the rest of the field for everyone else. He runs more vertical routes then anyone else in the league so DB's are likely keying up on that and anticipating a deep route. So he is open about 3 times a game for a deep bomb so that does still validate peoples thought of him being open frequently. All while keeping his DB and a safety away, allowing more space for everyone else.

Man having Richardson really did open things up for Steichen. You can see how the safety's actually had to respect the deep ball

Pitts is a weird case. He was always used as basically just a big WR in college and that is kind of all he is. He's not really a blocker, has a slender build and not overly physical. I'm not sure that he was drafted as a TE as more of a playmaker, he is still an insane match up in the pass game against a LB or a slot CB but all other TE duties he leaves plenty to be desired. I think Bowers comps closer to T.J Hockenson with more upside personally. T.J was probably the most complete guy, albeit with the lowest ceiling, out of any other 1st round guy. Although the Lions traded him away his yards and TD's are still great for a TE

I like Mallory, but he is just a vertical threat. His blocking is pretty bad and he's not a physical player at all where as Bowers is.

He's probably the only blue chip player that could fall to us in the draft and that's just due to position. Super well rounded guy and for sure a difference maker.

He can just hire Reich 🤣

Yawn 🥱 She’s deliberately leaving out the biggest reason the colts have truly been mediocre the past couple years, regardless of how many times it’s been stated it’s still true that QB has been our downfall. When Ballard felt that we were close is 2019 and 2020 he took bigger swings in free agency and took a hug swing at Buckner. River’s took us to the playoffs and retired. Then Reich got his way and got his QB that he couldn’t fix and because of that we didn’t have a first round pick to spend on a QB. We also were bringing on his salary and the we ended up with Ryan. You can see what Ballard thinks the direction of the team is headed based off of his free agency activity if you pay attention (I fully anticipate him being very active this year). In the prior years it was clear he wasn’t as confident and this past year he made it clear he wanted you guys to play so evaluate. This is a very narrow sighted written article IMHO. Personally though my biggest gripe with Ballard will always be making the trade for Buckner and signing Rivers instead of trading up for Herbert. That single move would have changed the Colts beyond anything we can fathom. That was what I wanted then, not a hindsight look either.

Sitting at 15 I really like Franklin for WR. Has speed, agility, good route running and really like the way he attacks the ball. Reminds me of St. Brown. I think he could replace Pittman with upside if that's the route we decide on. Which brings me to the thought process of should we tag Pittman and trade him?

The last time the Steelers won a play off game? 2016 Last time the colts won a playoff game? 2018 food for thought

QB, QB, QB, and QB again. I think the Pats are such an incredible example at this. They have had arguably the best head coach for over 2 decades and an incredible amount of success, however once their HOF QB leaves they began to fall into the realm of irrelevancy. Some teams have gotten incredibly lucky like the Ravens, Packers and the Eagles where they went from good QB to good QB. Every GM has a load of bad picks, heck the 49ers wasted so much capital to take a QB whose not even on their roster any more. Recency biased is happening here, some teams that are winning a lot right now weren't 6 years ago.

YOU should be called out for being either such a troll or a positive energy black hole. EVERY Single one of your post is negative in some way shape or form and usually is never constructive, just negative for the sake of negative no matter the case. Why don't you just take that black box and allow yourself to be happy we got a player in the third round that if a redraft would happen he would be a first rounder.

JFC dude, I hope you at least laugh when you're typing stuff up like this

So we are all living with the excuse of lack of talent in the back end for 2024, but what about last year when we had guys like Gilmore, Rodgers, flowers and he got to bring in his own guys like Facsyon and Rodney Mcleod. It was a bad year in all but we watched teams do the exact same things to us. He will be the reason we will lose games going into this season IMHO.

I am kind of hoping that him getting injured this year was the best thing for him. He really needed to sit and get the game down mentally but he is far to talented to sit. So he got forced to sit but hopefully it will allow him to become more cerebral. He wasn't finishing reads early on so hopefully being around the offense all season will have him set up well for next year.