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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.

Completely understand but I could at least stomach the Colts doing everything they can to protect AR and let him work. If a franchise tackle is there when they pick and clearly BPA, it makes sense. I don’t think the Colts will go this route but I do recognize the possibility. After the presser it looks like the Colts will trade back so there will be a lot of picks before the they make their first selection. This makes it nearly impossible to predict which way they may go. Chances are I won’t know who the majority of the players the Colts pick anyways. Going to sit back and enjoy the show and see what happens.

I do believe the Chiefs offered Hill a decent amount of money. Dolphins were willing to offer 30m a year plus draft capital. I can’t remember but I thought Hill was willing to take less from the Chiefs until the Dolphins went big and he couldn’t say no.

I agree. Unless an offensive weapon is BPA, I would prefer the Colts go defense or OL if everyone is graded really close

It was also 13yrs ago. The trend since has been to trade for an established receiver. Hill, Adams, Diggs, Jones, Brown, Hopkins, Cooks, Beckham Jr etc all have been blockbuster trades. The Falcons trading two 1st, a 2nd and a 4th for a rookie is by far the exception.

I really like the idea of using day 3 picks to move up on day 2. I think this team needs quality over quantity and would rather walk away from the draft with 5 players in the first four rounds than 8-9 bc we got more late round picks trading down. I would even be ok with moving down in the first if the draft board says the players we want are valued in the 20s and it nets a 3rd or 4th.

Not directed at you but in general. I don’t understand the talk about getting rid of Ballard. If he was going anywhere it would have been before last season. He picked the new coach and together picked the hopeful franchise QB. No way they will make a regime change unless Irsay wants to completely clean house. New GM would want his coach and maybe even a different QB, we would have to start over. Only chance the whole team isn’t blown up is if they would promote from within and that would probably be worked out before we would ever know it’s happening. Ballard, Steichen and AR are the guys for the next 2-3yrs minimum and they will do whatever they can to win with this group.

When we drafted Paye I predicted he would be a 6-8 sack a year guy with maybe 1-2 seasons he has a career type year and reaches double digits. We have a new DL coach and maybe he can get more out of him. I feel Paye is performing right around his ceiling. Good but not great player. There is room for him on this roster even on a 2nd contract if paid as #2 or top end rotational player.

If they are rolling it over until next year, maybe it’s part of the plan with all the three year extensions to make a couple splashes in FA or trades while AR is on his rookie deal. Maybe wants to make sure AR is good to go and works out his rookie ways this year. Idk but just a theory.

I feel if MAC was going to be a cap casualty it would have already happened. Ballard is known to do right by his players and would most likely have cut him at the beginning of the league year allowing time to find a new team. Now that may change at final roster cut downs but until then, they plan for MAC to play this year.

Go Colts! The front office is telling us fans this roster is ready to compete with AR. This team looks like it’s being setup for a three year run. I fully believe they will do some moves during the draft to add quality players instead of acquiring more picks on day 3. Pure speculation on my end but I’m anticipating 4 players will be taken in the first three rounds.