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@VikingsFanInChennai who do you want for the Vikings? If you had your choice of the 3 - Maye, Daniels, McCarthy? Who do you pick?

Any worries about rumored shoulder issue?

I knew I had a favorite last year, but I thought I would be good with whoever the Colts picked... and this was until the odds for the Colts picking Levis hit -4000 or something of the sort about half an hour before the draft and my heart completely dropped. In a way I'm happy the odds-makers completely missed on this one... it showed me how I really felt about those players and made me even more appreciative for us drafting Richardson an hour later. So... you would be good with any of them... but who do you REALLY want? On your question... if I had to guess, most Colts fans haven't watched this QB draft extensively. I know I haven't. So his statistical profile doesn't scream 1st rounder so... possibly why not many people really like him. Also keep in mind that this is compared to the other 3. 2 of them have been crowned as the next big thing for a while now and the third one won the Heismann with some exceptional performaces throughout the year.

I will post a few mock drafts from people who are really highly ranked in The Huddle Reports' mock draft competitions over the last few years: Brendan Donahue(tied for highest score over the last 5 years) https://www.sharpfootballanalysis.com/analysis/2024-nfl-mock-draft-brendan-donahue/ Interesting things: -Vikings trade up to 5 for McCarthy -Colts get Brock Bowers at 15. Eddie Brown(tied for highest score over the last 5 years) https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/2024-nfl-mock-draft-eddie-brown-s-final-first-round-projections/ar-AA1nCo1i Interesting things: - JC Latham at 5 to the Chargers(Jeremiah has the same pick) - Rome Odunze to the Giants at 6, Nabers to Atlanta at 8 - Philly trades up to 12 for Quinyon Mitchell - Colts get Brock Bowers(seems to be a trend...) David P. Woods(3d highest score over the last 5 years): https://www.thescore.com/nfl/news/2900023 Interesting things: - Vikings trade up to 5 for McCarthy(seems like this is the current divide - this pick will be either Latham to the Chargers or Vikings trade up) - Odunze to Giants at 6!!! Nabers to Atlanta at 8. Second one with those specific picks. - Colts get Quinyon Mitchell Ben Standig (3 times Huddle report mock draft champion!): https://www.benstandig.com/post/ben-standig-s-2024-nfl-mock-draft-final Interesting things: - Vikings trade up to 5 for McCarthy - Colts TRADE UP to 8 for Odunze!! Interesting.... Sean Green(Last year's Huddle report mock draft co-champion): https://www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com/2024/04/23/2024-nfl-mock-draft-sean-green-final-mock-draft/ Interesting things: - Nabers goes 4 to Arizona, MHJ 6 to Giants - Chargers go Taliese Fuaga at 5. - Colts get Quinyon Mitchell

Murphy IMO is not a Ballard type only on one count really - he's not long enough. He's short and squaty... he's bit like Grady Jarrett. But I disagree that he's not rangy or athletic. He's really athletic and really explosive for his size... but yeah... if I had to bet... I would bet against us drafting him.

I was waiting for his mock today. Some interesting picks but nothing quite as exciting as him predicting the Texans trade up to 3 and them getting Stroud and Anderson. The most interesting one is him giving JC Latham to the Chargers at 5. I expect them to get an OT but I thought it would be Alt. Lets see... Another interesting thing - Brian Thomas Jr drops all the way to 28 to the Bills. There has been some rumors about him having a shoulder issue that would need to be addressed surgically at some point. Possible he falls. Latu falls to 27 too... I guess health related again. Worthy and Mitchell go 31 and 32 to the 49ers and the Chiefs... Urgh!

Marshawn who?

Miami? Philadelphia?

Agree with a lot of this... Sometimes I even wish he would be less physical and make a few more business decisions, like TY used to make. Because Worthy would regularly try to run over people or gain extra yards with the knowledge he will suffer a hard hit and he still does it. There are some very ugly reps where he gets thrown around by defenders like a ragdoll, because he didn't slide down or go out of bounds and I can't help but think... he should probably have spared himself that one.

Since after I posted my bold prediction in our no. 15 pick thread and got tons of replies on it, I decided to post a separate thread where we all unload our unpopular takes/bold predictions/hot takes about the draft tomorrow. So ... here we go... Here's mine: - Chargers take Joe Alt at 5 and this an avalanche of OT picks and trade ups for OTs - Colts trade back in the 1st and take Xavier Worthy - Not sure this fits... but... only 4 QBs go in R1. - At least 8 OTs go in R1 ,,, Might add other ones as we go...

Who do you think that is? Second bold prediction - we trade back with another team coming up for an OT...

My bold prediction... Joe Alt goes 5 to the Chargers... this triggers avalanche of OT picks and trade ups for OTs...

I honestly will not believe this until I see it happen. Or unless it's super cheap... like... if it cost a 3d to move from 15 to 9 for Odunze or Nabers(if he falls), or if it cost a 4th to move from 15 to... 11? for someone like Bowers? But again... I just don't think it happens.

I think St. Brown is better WR than Pittman too... another reason he's getting paid more.

Amon-Ra St.Brown just got 4/120M deal... highest paid WR in the league. WRs are highly sought out and highly paid! What would this mean for Aiyuk, Lamb, JJ? They are going to break the market. IMO this is another reason you should be looking at the draft to get your high end WRs,

One day before the draft mock from me:

The talk + lack of a player who fits all his criteria, makes me think we don't take CB in R1... and possibly at all... followed with probably adding some vet presence in FA after the draft.

Whatever his health scare was I wish him quick recovery. Jim is far from a perfect person and far from a perfect owner, but his heart seems to be in the right place and the love and support this fanbase is showing him(which is not the norm in the league) is an indication that for the most part the fans consider him a good owner of the franchise.

Yeah... I don't buy it... BUT... if there is someone you might have to take seriously about something like that... it's Jeremiah. Remember how he absolutely killed that last mock with predicting the exact trade and exact picks for the Texans? Lets see if he has similarly good sources on the Colts...

Agreed. Chloe is missed and I hope she returns for the draft. We all love the Colts and football and there is room under the sun for variety of opinions without people being rude to eachother. I know people are passionate about their opinions and things can get heated once in a while, but it's good to remember at the end of the day we are all fans of the same game/team and we want the best for that team.

Yah... well... you probably caught it on one of its last days on my profile. I usually put "my guy" in the draft as a profile pick during draft season and then change it to my favorite Colts pick after the draft. I guess the hope is still alive that I keep it for a while?

It's been... a while. Maybe December? Or January? Not sure... but it's been months

Too much hype... hm... I'm not sure about too much hype but I think a lot of people are glossing over the pressure-to-sack thing about Jayden Daniels. He's Will Levis levels bad at it. I think Dallas Turner is overrated if we are talking about him going top 10(no. 8 to Atlanta)... No idea what the situation with Latu's medicals is... but I can't believe he's not a consensus top EDGE in this draft. He's so damn good technically... My personal sleeper I think is Malik Washington, WR, Virginia. I think he's massively underrated. IMO he has day 2 talent and you rarely if ever hear about him. Who else... I haven't really gone too deep into this draft to have deep sleepers. I like someone like Jalyx Hunt at EDGE... I like Pearsall at WR, but people are projecting him at R2 so... not too underrated.

Because both Byron Murphy and numerous OL that could be there for us at 15 have the talent to be that "great player you don't miss on even if you don't have the need" in this specific draft. This doesn't mean it's not a core value... we are just talking about this specific draft so we are looking for players who might fit that description and surprise us... I get it that you don't like when people here try to read stuff into what Ballard is saying, but again... just let people have fun with it. It's not that serious. That's part of the appeal of discussions like this - trying to read the mind of the decisionmakers of your team before the draft, guessing what they might do... what they would never do. You know what... we've been getting pretty good at it actually. Last year for example, in Dr.T's contest... there were numerous people who did extremely well... talking about guessing 4-5 picks right. Do you know how hard that is? Out of 1000+ players in the draft to guess about 40-50% of your team's picks? And this is without any inside information... just following your team and knowing their tendencies and yes... sometimes reading stuff into what they say and applying apparent core principles they have to the specific draft.