Colts Select Hugh Thornton With 3rd Pick

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Anything to help protect Luck is a plus.

 

Projected O-line

 

LT: Castonzo

LG: Thomas

OC: Satele

RG: Thornton

RT: Cherlius

Slot Barrett Jones in at C and we have a winner!

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By this logic, no one that is drafted after the first round is going to start... Your logic is flawed, my friend.

Tom Brady is awful! He was drafted in the 6th round. If he was any good, he would have been drafted higher.

Duh!

[manning04]

I love this pick love seeing a Lineman actually able to get to the LB and lock him up. i can't wait to see this line go to work.

[vacolt16]

Check out the second video where Russ Lande, Director of Scouting for the National Football Post, being interviewed by a Big Ten Network reporter, talks about Hugh Thornton. Sounds like Thornton really has the tools and skills to be a very good starting guard.

http://btn.com/2013/01/24/senior-bowl-report-tracking-big-tens-nfl-prospects/

[james_zeigler1994]

I think you cold draft every G in this draft and still have them be better than who the colts had in the starting line last season and he was just drafted and you guys are already calling him a bust i'm going to make a point here you don't know really how good a player is until they are in there 3 or 4 year in the NFL because if you don't think about it and you cut him after one or two years then you have a good chance you just made a mistake and that player goes somewhere else and plays really well and has a great career.

[Drewp1]

I don't get into the draft that much. I watch to see who Colts pick, read about him or read the fine info from you guys. But Gacker, your making me feel like a draft expert! Backwards logic dude.

[Jay Kirk]

Anybody that does not like this pick just doesn't know anything about Thornton. He'll start day 1, barring injury.

I agree with this Brother,hes very versatile as well ,has played bouth guard positions as well as weakside tackle,thats an added plus IMO kind of a safety net for us

[jskinnz]

Did not start day 1. Was behind Fleener. He played, but did not start till Fleener got hurt.

You have really not distinguished yourself in this thread and this post is no different. Faulty assumptions and factual inaccuracies abound.

For your efforts, I give you a collective...

Dear God

[Mameluc]

Could have got Werner in 2nd round.  By him dropping that far, you have to ask why and no one did.  IMO, if we had not drafted him in 1st rd, he is still there in 2nd.

denver atlanta 49ers jags would all have tken him

[needanoline63]

I'm not sure I would look to the senior bowl footage of any of these players. Doesn't really tell you anything about how they can play lol. Almost like the probowl, IMO, of college.

How can the 1 on 1 linemen drills not tell you anything about how they play?!?! David quessenbury was one of the top 3 linemen I watched in those drills. I would have rather gotten him

[CardiacColts]

Thank you. If you step back and look at what happened so far this Off-season, you get mixed views. What grigson did in the 1st rd shows people that he does not even trust his own judgement. He brought in a Young pass rusher in FA (Sidbury), then drafts another before Sidbury can show if he can play or not. One of the reasons I have a wait and see attitude

I completely disagree that our first round pick shows Grigs not trusting himself. I think it just shows what Grigs' plan was all along, load up on run stuffers and pass rushers. We now have a mean looking D. Not to mention, Grigs and Pags have been very open about using Walden as an edge setter and cover guy. It was clear to the entire world that we needed another premier pass rusher and guess what? We got one. I think this highlights Grigs' ability to envision a plan quite a few steps before it unfolds and actually execute it. When they took Bjoern, it was literally an autopick. Not exactly what you would expect to see of a GM who is kicking himself. We now have an excellent D (on paper), and we just need a chance to prove it. Go grab Rambo for some safety depth and lets go take the league by storm.

[Balzer40]

How can the 1 on 1 linemen drills not tell you anything about how they play?!?! David quessenbury was one of the top 3 linemen I watched in those drills. I would have rather gotten him

 

 

 

You would have rather had Quessenbury to play guard??? I really wish people would take into account scheme fit before saying such things. Quessenbury is not nearly strong enough to play guard in our system. One of his major flaws is weak upper body and skinny legs. Not a good combo for a man blocking scheme.

[jaymzdean]

Quinton Patton in the 4th!

[jaymzdean]

By the way.. I love both picks. Both are beasts. We are indeed BUILDING THE MONSTER!! GO COLTS!

[House]

How can the 1 on 1 linemen drills not tell you anything about how they play?!?! David quessenbury was one of the top 3 linemen I watched in those drills. I would have rather gotten him

Why so excitable lol?

I prefer the tape from their own teams and their own systems. Tells me more how a guy adapts to schemes, and working as part of a unit.

Notice the carefully inserted "IMO" because everyone has different ways they evaluate players.

[Gavin]

You would have rather had Quessenbury to play guard??? I really wish people would take into account scheme fit before saying such things. Quessenbury is not nearly strong enough to play guard in our system. One of his major flaws is weak upper body and skinny legs. Not a good combo for a man blocking scheme.

I think there is a very good chance he starts day 1 but I dont think he is locked in there yet, Obviously you would think with what else we have to work with at RG Thornton would be a lock but he has to work on his technique, he reaches sometimes and stops moving his feet and hand placement is inconsistent

[AntonMcG]

I am shocked no one has made the "Hugh?" gag yet.

[Balzer40]

I think there is a very good chance he starts day 1 but I dont think he is locked in there yet, Obviously you would think with what else we have to work with at RG Thornton would be a lock but he has to work on his technique, he reaches sometimes and stops moving his feet and hand placement is inconsistent

 

 

 

Easily still better than we have on the roster now though for RG. He does need work on his footwork but those things should be easily correctable in a rather short time. It's just muscle memory and once he gets used to it after being worked with, he'll be fine. Like I said though, easily better than McGlynn and Reitz.

[Mameluc]

Easily still better than we have on the roster now though for RG. He does need work on his footwork but those things should be easily correctable in a rather short time. It's just muscle memory and once he gets used to it after being worked with, he'll be fine. Like I said though, easily better than McGlynn and Reitz.

anybody is better than Mcglynn

[BOTT]

anybody is better than Mcglynn

.....and Seth Olsen steps up to challenge that statement

[BlueShoe]

I have not read this entire thread so I am not sure if this was posted yet, but this is a good interview with Hugh, post drafted by the Colts:

 

 

He is very happy to be reunited with coach Gilbert.

[Mameluc]

.....and Seth Olsen steps up to challenge that statement

i stand corrected...man i had forgotten about him

[Gavin]

I bet Barkley goes to the Jags today or Alex Okafor, Jags need QB competition and a DE

[coltsfanatic24]

Great pick Thornton was considered  the 5th best guard in the draft by many scouts. Daniel Jeremiah said that he loves the pick and thinks he will start day 1 at RG.

[Gavin]

i stand corrected...man i had forgotten about him

I tried to but I cant get the image of him getting blasted by Idonije when Olsen was Pulling  happened in the 1st quarter in the early minutes I believe

[BlueShoe]

Hugh gets the call:

 

[HtownColt]

Agree with my assesment though? especially about his feet while engaged

Yea it's not very often though, it's a very easy fix for coaches at the NFL level, his intensity and aggressiveness shows, he definitely should kick McGlynn out fairly easily in camp

[NewColtsFan]

How can the 1 on 1 linemen drills not tell you anything about how they play?!?! David quessenbury was one of the top 3 linemen I watched in those drills. I would have rather gotten him

 

From everything I read,  Queesenbury is viewed as more of a zone-blocker...    

 

Thornton is seen as more of a man-blocker....

[BlueCollarColts]

We hope, but we know that is not going to be.  This OG will not start unless there are injuries.  Bad pick.

oh my bad, I had no idea you knew more about this player than Grigson, Why aren't you working in an NFL FO?

[Gavin]

Antoine Bethea is at the draft today......a sign that we are looking for a Safety or is he just there of his own free will

 

 

Brad Wells (BBS) ‏@StampedeBlue1m

Antoine Bethea (@Tweez41) is here at Radio City today.

[schwamm]

I've been asking why everyone keeps suggesting Donald Thomas is definitely slated for LG when most of his playing time in NE was at RG... now the Colts draft a guy who played predominantly at LG and LT, but everyone says he's slated to play RG...

I know there is a quote from Pags saying DT would play LG, but he also called players by the wrong name, so I don't put much stock in that.

If anyone can give me a logical reason why these two players would switch sides from what they are most experienced playing, I'd appreciate the education.

[Gavin]

I've been asking why everyone keeps suggesting Donald Thomas is definitely slated for LG when most of his playing time in NE was at RG... now the Colts draft a guy who played predominantly at LG and LT, but everyone says he's slated to play RG...

I know there is a quote from Pags saying DT would play LG, but he also called players by the wrong name, so I don't put much stock in that.

If anyone can give me a logical reason why these two players would switch sides from what they are most experienced playing, I'd appreciate the education.

we used LG as our Pulling Guard (because Mcglynn was more mobile then he was a power Guard) RG is your power Guard...Thornton. Thomas is the more mobile, more agile of the two

[schwamm]

we used LG as our Pulling Guard (because Mcglynn was more mobile then he was a power Guard) RG is your power Guard...Thornton. Thomas is the more mobile, more agile of the two

I asked for some logic, and you delivered, Gavin. So why is that different, or how is this sitch with the Colts different, than their previous teams?

Were the Pats and Illini playing opposite hand?

[Balzer40]

I've been asking why everyone keeps suggesting Donald Thomas is definitely slated for LG when most of his playing time in NE was at RG... now the Colts draft a guy who played predominantly at LG and LT, but everyone says he's slated to play RG...

I know there is a quote from Pags saying DT would play LG, but he also called players by the wrong name, so I don't put much stock in that.

If anyone can give me a logical reason why these two players would switch sides from what they are most experienced playing, I'd appreciate the education.

 

 

I'm pretty sure Pagano has already said Thomas will be the LG.

[schwamm]

I'm pretty sure Pagano has already said Thomas will be the LG.

I said as much in paragraph 2.

[Balzer40]

I said as much in paragraph 2.

 

 

 

I'm sticking with it till I see otherwise. The left side is the weak side and the right is the strong side. Doesn't make sense to switch him IMO.

[Gavin]

I asked for some logic, and you delivered, Gavin. So why is that different, or how is this sitch with the Colts different, than their previous teams?

Were the Pats and Illini playing opposite hand?

why is what different?

[Buck Showalter]

Antoine Bethea is at the draft today......a sign that we are looking for a Safety or is he just there of his own free will

 

 

Brad Wells (BBS) ‏@StampedeBlue1m

Antoine Bethea (@Tweez41) is here at Radio City today.

Shamarko Thomas!!!

[BlueCollarColts]

If pass rusher was a need then grigson messed up FA.  Sorry one way or the other can't have both.

why do you act like you know more than the Colts FO?

[schwamm]

I'm sticking with it till I see otherwise. The left side is the weak side and the right is the strong side. Doesn't make sense to switch him IMO.

??? But everyone is saying they are switching them? Thomas from RG with NE to LG for the Colts. Thornton from LG/LT with the Illini to RG for the Colts.