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I thought he was for sure going somewhere in the late 1st round. It'll be interesting finding out what these 'attitude' problems are about that apparently scared these GMs.

Do we go AD Mitchell?

Maybe I'm using incorrect terminology when saying he's an OLB (EDGE might be more appropriate, but I'm not sure what an EDGE encompasses compared to a 4-3 DE or 3-4 OLB ), but I definitely have seen seen him have more reps standing up than with his hand on the ground. He also was asked to play in coverage as well.

It seems most of his pass rush production has been as a standing OLB. He does have reps with his hand on the ground where he's produced as well, but he was asked to rush standing up most of the time. Hopefully that isn't a big transition for him, because it is for some people.

I agree. I definitely don't like some of the moves Ballard makes, but when he speaks he is usually pretty transparent.

I'd only want Deebo for maybe a 3rd round pick due to his contract, age, and health concerns. Still could be a fantastic weapon for a few years, but he was injured a ton last year.

Ballard admitting they were trying to trade up for a WR at least tells me that he is serious about wanting to add an elite weapon (not just good) to his team. Plenty of people, including myself, thought he wasn't serious about making that move, it would cost too much, etc. Maybe he calls up the 49ers for Aiyuk, who could fit that elite bill pretty well, and is still pretty young.

Out of the WRs left, the ones I like the most are AD Mitchell, Ja'lynn Polk and Jalen Coker.

I'd like to get Mitchell, but he's probably going at the top of the second. Not to big of a fan of any of the other WRs projected in the second round. Most of the top talent at that spot were taken in an extremely offense centered round 1. Based on what Ballard said in his presser, he does realize that this team needs an explosive pass catcher, which is why he wanted to trade up. Maybe a trade with the 49ers is an option here. It could help explain why Buckner's contract was restructured.

If they aren't better than Pierce, then I'd hesitate to say they're good lol.

I mean we did get the first defensive player off the board at 15. If he offered a lot to trade up it most likely meant that he wanted to get one of Nabers, Odunze, or MHJ. Who knows though, maybe we trade our second (and probably a bit more) for one of the 49ers WRs tomorrow.

Seems like Ballard tried to do a lot this off-season (signing Hunter, trading up), but it didn't work out. That sucks. I kind of wish he wouldn't have admitted that lol.

Sacks are just pressures that were finalized, no? The fact is that Paye/Dayo, who are a 1st rounder and a 2nd rounder respectively, are being demoted in the depth chart for this guy, which is what originally annoyed me with this pick as this essentially indicates that the front office missed on these guys (and Banagou). I don't know much about Latu himself or his talent, so I hope Ballard finally got this one right

While I agree that the Colts FO should be dinged for their past misses at DE (and they've been misses with high capital), it's not like DE is a spot that you should ignore a potentially elite player at, even if we're okay at the spot. I'm way more concerned about his injury over drafting a DE, albeit I'd prefer getting the top corner. Ballard's pass rides on how this team does with AR at the helm. If that doesn't turn out well, anyone who keeps supporting Ballard is crazy. We haven't seen how that looks like yet.