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I love Ballard’s response. Completely out of character for him and felt he let his true feelings come through. Never been a fan of anonymous sources, especially when used against someone’s character.

Same school he coached at I believe

I’m guessing the new DL coach weighed in on this guy.

Solid pick! Man, I’m really liking this draft so far. This guy can play both tackle spots and guard. He is a great addition as depth and may even compete for a starting spot soon enough

Looks like the Colts have killed it these first two rounds. Who needs free agency lol.

Still some really good players available

Guess I will have to trust their judgement on this one. Thought Turner was the better guy.

Wow. I’m excited. I hope we get Turner

Going to be some QB bust coming in the next few years. No way this will work out well with teams reaching

That a great trade idea that could work for both teams. I do believe MN traded this year and next 2nd round picks for #23. Would mean they don’t pick until 3rd round this year and 4th next year. Not sure how stacked that team is to absorb two years of now high picks.

The Detroit Lions already did something similar hiring Matt Millen as GM. I believe he was a TV analyst. I also think the Raiders did that with Mayock or whatever his name was. I know that time in Detroit was super rough and the Raiders under Gruden weren’t successful either. Not sure if either had a background in coaching or the front office before. I highly doubt Madden will ever land anyone a job with an NFL team. It just not close enough to translate to the real world dealing with humans. Similar to me being a guitar player and everyone wanting to see how good I was at Guitar Hero. Nothing about that game was for musicians…it was for normal people to pretend they were musicians. Just like madden is for everyday people to play GM. It’s a game.

I prefer a team full of good football players and 3 “stars” at QB, DE and RB/WR positions. When rosters are top heavy with highly paid 5-6 star players they can have holes in other positions. It’s definitely a balancing act of choosing the right guys and I’m glad it’s not my job.

If the Colts pick a WR in the first, I hope they go with someone with consistent proven production in college. The WR position is very tough in the NFL and prolongs development for those learning the position. I would prefer a player that can impact games through his rookie contract and not start to “break out” year three or four. I have no idea how to determine that so easier said than done.

I just think it’s a couple years too soon for that type of trade. If we had a top 12 defense and AR had played great last year I would be liking every post you have about trading up. I just see that type of capital as two starters and a key backup. One of the picks would probably not pan out but if the colts could hit on two starters and one of them is pro bowl capable, it’s better for the team now. I like how you’re thinking though.

While that may play a small part of it but I doubt enough they won’t execute a trade back. It would only allow moving back one spot.