Colts select Malik Hooker [Merge]

[BProland85]

1 minute ago, superrep1967 said:

Yeah, Green may get cut now unless again the competition. 

 

I highly doubt he's getting cut since he's still in his rookie deal for another 3 years. 

[csmopar]

2 minutes ago, JColts72 said:

Bad pick. Cannot tacke, perfect for this team. Allen fell right to them.

NFL network speculated earlier that allen may not be ready this season due to injuries 

[aReggie7]

I feel like there were better options. Hooker is inexperienced and the negatives that go along with that. I find the pick underwhelming but hope it works out well.

[COLTS449]

Screw what ESPN or NFL Network say.  Come on brothers. Hooker's a premier ball hawking FS. One thing we've been lacking for years. Now lets get Tim Williams, Joe Mixon, Gareon Conley, and Jourdan Lewis and like I said......ITS FREAKING ON. 4 1st RD talents, and 1 2nd RD talent. Immediate SB contenders.

[csmopar]

In before the fire Chris Ballard posts....

[jvan1973]

5 minutes ago, superrep1967 said:

Well not to burst your bubble but they didn't like him on ESPN. They said too many missed tackles and too inexperienced. 

Who cares?

[superrep1967]

Just now, ar7 said:

I feel like there were better options. Hooker is inexperienced and the negatives that go along with that. I find the pick underwhelming but hope it works out well.

 

That's how I feel I'm expecting the worst and hoping for the best. He might another LaRon Landry who couldn't tackle either. 

 

[OHColtfan]

Perfect fit for this D- missed tackles, missed assignments. Another project safety like Green. With so much better talent sitting there and so many more needs than a safety.

[superrep1967]

Just now, jvan1973 said:

Who cares?

Some of us might like me. 

[Rebelknight]

So what do we do with TJ Green? Does that mean Geatgers moves to ILB?

[AustexColt]

Pagano and his DB coach have their works cut out. If this guy is as bad as TJ Green, Pagano is GONE GONE. I see Pagano all over on this pick with Ted Monachino. Either the scheme is going to fix this or else. The way the draft is going we should get pretty good players.

[superrep1967]

Just now, OHColtfan said:

Perfect fit for this D- missed tackles, missed assignments. Another project safety like Green. With so much better talent sitting there and so many more needs than a safety.

 

Yeah, exactly. 

[Stephen]

6 minutes ago, COLTS449 said:

Good pick. Now lets get Tim Williams or Tyus Bowser in the 2nd, Joe Mixon in the 3rd, and Gareon Conley, and Jourdan Lewis in the 4th......And its on baby!!!!

 

Be best if Rueben Foster fell to the 2nd, and Tim Williams fell to the 3rd. Then my 2 corners in the 4th

Forget foster jarrad davis

[Catloaf]

At least it wasn't another WR.

 

But seriously.  He can be good but CB and LB were absolute critical needs that could have easily been filled.  Safety isn't going to get us much if we can't get any pressure on QB.

[JColts72]

3 minutes ago, csmopar said:

NFL network speculated earlier that allen may not be ready this season due to injuries 

Hooker has own injury history too.

[jvan1973]

5 minutes ago, superrep1967 said:

Yeah, Green may get cut now unless again the competition. 

That isn't happening

[PrincetonTiger]

Love the pick

[Jdubu]

3 minutes ago, TheMarine said:

Dammit, now we're gunna git busted for picking up a Hooker...

You can't arrest me, don't you know who I am, I am the Colts Hooker. Lol

[COLTS449]

I cant believe some of you guys don't realize we just STOLE a top 5-6 talent. He's Earl Thomas man. The tackling will improve and we're gonna have a top 5 FS for the next 8-10 years. SMDH

 

Plus you gotta love the name Hooker. LOL. But only a high class Hooker.  

[indyagent17]

Best player available, Allan has arthritis in his shoulders and you cannot take a player that high with that much of a medical risk. No one on here really believe he would fall to 15 so you have to take the best player available on defense. Nobody knows how Foster is going to fare with his injuries. 

[jvan1973]

1 minute ago, superrep1967 said:

Some of us might like me. 

Plenty of draft gurus had hooker inside the top ten.  

[a06cc]

I'm not to thrilled about the pick, but let's get behind our guy! Move on and wait for round 2. Go Colts!

[BCoop]

Wow. I can't believe the number of people that are viewing this as a bad pick. 

 

Some people just refuse to be pleased.

[Colts_Fan12]

Great pick!! i never expected to see him available at 15. We finally might have a ball hawk at FS and hell yes safety was a need Green blows and butler is on a one year deal you don't pass on a top 5 talent at FS cause you have an ancient player on a 1 year deal 

[chad hugo]

Project player, he will struggle in his first year but will get better over time

[chad72]

If run D is improved, teams have to throw on us. If you are expecting a free safety to be your best tackler, there is something clearly wrong with that defensive philosophy, my dear fellow fans!!! Deion Sanders wasn't a great tackler either, but he could cover. Instead of a jack of all trades, we got someone very good at playing center field. 

[csmopar]

1 minute ago, JColts72 said:

Hooker has own injury history too.

I know. I'm a tad confused too on that but i still like it. Kid has instincts, the rest can be taught

[JColts72]

5 minutes ago, masnerj said:

Ballard said he wants a guy that has elite traits and has playmaking - turnover creating ability. That is the definition of Hooker right there. Yes he is kind raw and is inexperienced, but with time and experience he can shore up those tackling issues and hopefully stay healthy with NFL trainers. 

 

I am 100% ok with this pick but he might look lost at times in his first year in the league. He is only a 1 year college starter but certainly has all the talent in the world to be an all pro. 

Who wants a player to develop? We need instant D starters.

[Jason2176]

Stop ragging on this guy.....There were prognosticators at one point earlier in the year that were referring to him as an Ed Reed Type of Safety......I think we'd all take that!!!!

 

Btw Jon Allen and Reuben Foster are falling because of Injury reasons...Chronic Arthritic Shoulders on Allen and Foster is failing drug tests and is injury prone too because of his play...think Bob Sanders 2.

[Trace Pyott]

Bump this thread in a year or two but I'm not exactly feeling this pick. I think we should of went corner or pass rush, or even guard. I dunno about using a first round pick on a guy who's only starred for a year.

 

 

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[BCoop]

2 minutes ago, Rebelknight said:

So what do we do with TJ Green? Does that mean Geatgers moves to ILB?

 

I wouldn't worry about that honestly. Even if Green develops into a weapon, we spend so much time in the Nickel that all 3 will spend considerable time on the field.

[JColts72]

Just now, csmopar said:

I know. I'm a tad confused too on that but i still like it. Kid has instincts, the rest can be taught

Harris was there also. Need sackers.

[COLTS449]

He's no freaking project. He's a day 1 starting major impact player. These comments are stupid. And Green wont be cut til maybe 2 years from now as he

just sucks a double S

[csmopar]

1 minute ago, chad72 said:

If run D is improved, teams have to throw on us. If you are expecting a free safety to be your best tackler, there is something clearly wrong with that defensive philosophy, my dear fellow fans!!! Deion Sanders wasn't a great tackler either, but he could cover. Instead of a jack of all trades, we got someone very good at playing center field. 

Well said. I'm guessing we go LB/CB tomorrow

[needanoline63]

Haven't seen much people on here mention his injury history . Bad pick

[chad72]

3 minutes ago, JColts72 said:

Who wants a player to develop? We need instant D starters.

 

There is no sure thing in the draft, that is a load of nonsense. Plus, we are several players away from being a SB contender, so you take the guy with the biggest upside here. That was clearly Hooker at that point.

 

Ballard played free agency for the pass rush with Simon and Sheard, he got pretty much ZERO outside help for the secondary, lost Adams and re-signed Butler, that was it. 

[James]

Can't belive people complain about getting one of the best defensive players available at a position of need. Like what the ....

 

It is the near perfect pick, which allows us to play Clayton closer to the line and be the enforcer he can be. Clayton will do most of the tackling while allowing Malik to use his range and ability to make plays.

 

Great, great pick! Ballard is the real deal.

[a06cc]

I'm not upset, I just feel there were better options. 

[ColtsUrUs]

11 minutes ago, superrep1967 said:

Well not to burst your bubble but they didn't like him on ESPN. They said too many missed tackles and too inexperienced. 

 

You are quoting people on ESPN that has no GM experience at all. Except if it was Polian. Other than that everyone mock draft is in the pits. 

[bradgt04]

12 minutes ago, ColtsBleedBlue said:

Wanted Reuben Foster, Yet We Got A Guy Who Had Two Surgeries

Same here.  I still love the pick and the dude is a ball hawk.  Can't wait to see him and geathers dominate