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IF the Colts somehow manage to end up with a top 5 pick in next years draft and have the option to draft back in order to pick up a possible extra pick in the first two rounds, then this is the type of kid they need to draft.

 

Connor Williams, LT. Texas Longhorns.

6'4" 315.

Age: 20

 

I rarely watch tape on offensive linemen coming into the NFL, but this morning I watched some film on Connor, and absolutely loved what I saw from the kid. If the Colts find themselves in the position to trade out of their pick, which hopefully lands them multiple first and second round picks, then this is the type of player I think this offense desperately needs. Especially Andrew Luck. This kid is a savage and uses his upper body strength to his advantage. He's a mauler. I literally watched him run through people like they were children. He would bring a toughness that this offense desperately needs, and protection to Luck's blind side. If we land two first round picks, then I wouldn't mind seeing the Colts use one of their picks on an offensive lineman, and the other on defense. Anthony Costanzo is struggling, so bringing in Williams to play LT in order to slide #74 to RT could end up making our offensive line significantly better. Gotta protect Luck and I believe Connor Williams is the right guy for the job. Plus, maybe he could fire up this unit in a way similar to Bob Sanders.

 

By running people over..

 

Thoughts?

 

 

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Looks like McGlinchey is the only truly elite LT prospect left in next years draft.  Not sure I want Williams now after suffering the knee injury.  There are a couple maulers in next years draft.  Crowder, Brown, and that giant from Washington State.  Also Quenton Nelson out of ND if we don't have top 10 pick.  Lol, would love to do what the Chargers I'd last year when they got Feeney and Lamp.  But, we get  Nelson and either Crowder or Hernandez.  Put them on each side of Kelly and that would be one nasty trio of interior linemen.  Of course that wouldn't solve the problem of having a bunch of average LT players currently on the team.  I have personally given up on Clark, but I do think Good and Haeg's stock is headed in a bullish direction.

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4 hours ago, bigt said:

Looks like McGlinchey is the only truly elite LT prospect left in next years draft.  Not sure I want Williams now after suffering the knee injury.  There are a couple maulers in next years draft.  Crowder, Brown, and that giant from Washington State.  Also Quenton Nelson out of ND if we don't have top 10 pick.  Lol, would love to do what the Chargers I'd last year when they got Feeney and Lamp.  But, we get  Nelson and either Crowder or Hernandez.  Put them on each side of Kelly and that would be one nasty trio of interior linemen.  Of course that wouldn't solve the problem of having a bunch of average LT players currently on the team.  I have personally given up on Clark, but I do think Good and Haeg's stock is headed in a bullish direction.

IMO McGlinchey is not the best O-lineman on his own team(check out Quenton Nelson, he's probably the best G in the class) , let alone the best OT in the country. I have at least 2 others ahead of him and I haven't even started watching O-line film of the less prominent prospects, where you might find some gems.

 

Meniscus tears are not a huge problem nowadays and players return from them seamlessly for the most part. I personally still have Williams as OT1 in this class.

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5 minutes ago, stitches said:

IMO McGlinchey is not the best O-lineman on his own team(check out Quenton Nelson, he's probably the best G in the class) , let alone the best OT in the country. I have at least 2 others ahead of him and I haven't even started watching O-line film of the less prominent prospects, where you might find some gems.

 

Meniscus tears are not a huge problem nowadays and players return from them seamlessly for the most part. I personally still have Williams as OT1 in this class.

I'm a Notre Dame fan hardly miss a game McGlinchey was abused by Georgia The kids name escapes me but he beat our top rated  LT every which way. I'd be hesitant taking him and I think Ballard will take an Edge like Key if we pick that high. 

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4 hours ago, akcolt said:

I'm a Notre Dame fan hardly miss a game McGlinchey was abused by Georgia The kids name escapes me but he beat our top rated  LT every which way. I'd be hesitant taking him and I think Ballard will take an Edge like Key if we pick that high. 

http://draftbreakdown.com/2017/09/12/mike-mcglinchey-vs-georgia/ 

 

He did have a few bad plays and sometimes he gets caught looking versus just going to the next level, but you can clearly see he has good technique, quick feet, and can get to the next level.  He will have a good career in the NFL for sure.  Is he the best OT in this years draft, I will say top 2 for sure.  It is still early though.

 

Nelson is a stud and I would love to have him but we desperately need a LT.  FA allows you to find a G easier than a T in my opinion.

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4 hours ago, stitches said:

IMO McGlinchey is not the best O-lineman on his own team(check out Quenton Nelson, he's probably the best G in the class) , let alone the best OT in the country. I have at least 2 others ahead of him and I haven't even started watching O-line film of the less prominent prospects, where you might find some gems.

 

Meniscus tears are not a huge problem nowadays and players return from them seamlessly for the most part. I personally still have Williams as OT1 in this class.

I like Nelson that's why I mentioned him in the post along with Hernandez and Crowder and pulling a double elite guard draft move like the Chargers did last year.  I'm probably one of the few that would love to spend some early round picks on more interior gems to put on each side of Kelly.  Obviously, we need a couple elite edge rushers and a LT.  I keep hearing Ballard believes in being strong in the trenches and the Colts are definitely not strong up front on the offensive line of the ball.  It will be interesting to see how Ballard approaches filling the offensive line needs (draft, FA, or combo).  Guess it depends on whose available in FA.  For some reason, I was thinking Trai Turner and Gabe Jackson were UFA next year.

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6 minutes ago, bigt said:

I like Nelson that's why I mentioned him in the post along with Hernandez and Crowder and pulling a double elite guard draft move like the Chargers did last year.  I'm probably one of the few that would love to spend some early round picks on more interior gems to put on each side of Kelly.  Obviously, we need a couple elite edge rushers and a LT.  I keep hearing Ballard believes in being strong in the trenches and the Colts are definitely not strong up front on the offensive line of the ball.  It will be interesting to see how Ballard approaches filling the offensive line needs (draft, FA, or combo).  Guess it depends on whose available in FA.  For some reason, I was thinking Trai Turner and Gabe Jackson were UFA next year.

Both Turner and Jackson have agreed to extensions.

 

I would love to see a stud LT early and then a Guard and some solid D players.  I am curious to see what we do in FA though.  I am hopefully on a CB to replace Vontae, assuming we do not re-sign him.

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5 hours ago, akcolt said:

I'm a Notre Dame fan hardly miss a game McGlinchey was abused by Georgia The kids name escapes me but he beat our top rated  LT every which way. I'd be hesitant taking him and I think Ballard will take an Edge like Key if we pick that high. 

Yep, that's the one game that is still in my mind from the previous week. Davin Bellamy beat him twice for sacks with the exact same handswipe to the outside. Lorenzo Carter was causing him troubles too. I think he got lucky several times that the refs didn't call holds on him... again - to the same move to the outside. I think he will have trouble with speed rushers in the NFL. I started watching Notre Dame vs Harold Landry the other day too, but Boston College's coaches were being stupid and keeping Landry on the sidelines supposedly to keep him fresh for the 4th Q... and the game was decided by that time so I stopped it and didn't watch. I'd love to see how McGlinchey did vs him.

 

58 minutes ago, DaColts85 said:

 

http://draftbreakdown.com/2017/09/12/mike-mcglinchey-vs-georgia/ 

 

He did have a few bad plays and sometimes he gets caught looking versus just going to the next level, but you can clearly see he has good technique, quick feet, and can get to the next level.  He will have a good career in the NFL for sure.  Is he the best OT in this years draft, I will say top 2 for sure.  It is still early though.

 

Nelson is a stud and I would love to have him but we desperately need a LT.  FA allows you to find a G easier than a T in my opinion.

My biggest problem with him in this one was his 1 on 1 pass blocking - he was getting beat to the outside consistently. He allowed 2 sacks(one of them strip sack to ice the game), several QB hits and IMO should have gotten several penalties for holding too.

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4 minutes ago, stitches said:

Yep, that's the one game that is still in my mind from the previous week. Davin Bellamy beat him twice for sacks with the exact same handswipe to the outside. Lorenzo Carter was causing him troubles too. I think he got lucky several times that the refs didn't call holds on him... again - to the same move to the outside. I think he will have trouble with speed rushers in the NFL. I started watching Notre Dame vs Harold Landry the other day too, but Boston College's coaches were being stupid and keeping Landry on the sidelines supposedly to keep him fresh for the 4th Q... and the game was decided by that time so I stopped it and didn't watch. I'd love to see how McGlinchey did vs him.

 

My biggest problem with him in this one was his 1 on 1 pass blocking - he was getting beat to the outside consistently. He allowed 2 sacks(one of them strip sack to ice the game), several QB hits and IMO should have gotten several penalties for holding too.

Based on this one game did he look great, no, but he did not look completely terrible.  When watching this I am looking at all his intangibles that will make him great at the next level.  Consistency is important and this game did not help that cause for now but I would still not worry about him being bad based on this one game.  I would welcome him with open arms next year!

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If his medical comes back he is. He's a bull in the run game. Too bad the Panthers extended  Turner. A right side  of Kelly , Turner, Conor would be a mean dynamic to deal with.

 

Orlando Brown is terrible. Look at the you tube film on O-Lineman he gets abused time and time again.

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On 9/22/2017 at 11:11 AM, stitches said:

Yep, that's the one game that is still in my mind from the previous week. Davin Bellamy beat him twice for sacks with the exact same handswipe to the outside. Lorenzo Carter was causing him troubles too. I think he got lucky several times that the refs didn't call holds on him... again - to the same move to the outside. I think he will have trouble with speed rushers in the NFL. I started watching Notre Dame vs Harold Landry the other day too, but Boston College's coaches were being stupid and keeping Landry on the sidelines supposedly to keep him fresh for the 4th Q... and the game was decided by that time so I stopped it and didn't watch. I'd love to see how McGlinchey did vs him.

I think Landry lined up mostly on the other side.

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I might be in the minority, but I don't see a top 5 pick for Indy this season. I think if last year's squad was an 8-8 team, then this year's should end up somewhere near there.

 

Somebody suggested to me, that, if JB lights up a couple of opponents before Luck comes back that he thought we could get a 1st round pick for him, but I don't see that, either. Not because I don't think Jacoby can put up big numbers... it's certainly possible. Just because this is a bad year to try to trade him due to circumstance...

 

I think Alex Smith, Cousins, and Brees all have a significant chance to be playing for different teams next season. Then there are a bunch of quality QBs in this draft class. 

 

I do like the idea of adding an OL early in the draft.  

Right now, id say our biggest needs are

1. ILB x 2

2. RT (or LT and move AC)

3. Edge (pass rush specialist)

4. OG

5. RB (early down power runner/Gore replacement)

 

If you told me that WR was a bigger need than an early down RB, I might agree, although it's difficult to tell with inexperienced QBs on the field... Aiken is constantly open, but he and JB can't get in synch. Moncrief disappears for large portions of every game. T.Y. is amazing, but can sometimes be game-planned into irrelevance if there isn't another guy who is legitimately feared by DCs. 

 

 

 

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I had two offensive tackles as of recently graded as good enough to be potential franchise left tackles in the future. My 1a was Trey Adams and he just tore an ACL and won't be coming out for the draft this season. My 1b was Williams, who has had a knee injury too but not so major. 

 

We have a big void at RT right now, and the free agency class for tackles impending is looking like it sucks. Big time. So landing Williams in the 1st round of the draft sounds like a dream scenario, as he's a player whose resume warrants a high draft pick and he happens to be at a position of desperate need. 

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By the time the draft gets here there will be a lot of names mentioned.  Now Williams, if he declares, might be looked at as the top I think McGlinchey gets picked before him, and there will be others that still are worth a pick in the 2nd round.  Same with Guard.  If it came down to us actually drafting OL in the 1st, I want Quentin Nelson over anyone.

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Defense first. Pass rush and two new ILB's please. In that order. There is simply no pass rush outside of Simon. He needs a partner. Until then teams will flood the middle of the field all day long. Because the ILB's cannot cover. And the QB has all day to wait. Nope, it's Defense first for next year's draft and FAs. In the meantime, let's wait and see what the O line does the rest of the year. I was surprised at the good job they did last week. 

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11 hours ago, Hoose said:

Defense first. Pass rush and two new ILB's please. In that order. There is simply no pass rush outside of Simon. He needs a partner. Until then teams will flood the middle of the field all day long. Because the ILB's cannot cover. And the QB has all day to wait. Nope, it's Defense first for next year's draft and FAs. In the meantime, let's wait and see what the O line does the rest of the year. I was surprised at the good job they did last week. 

 

The O-line has been bad for the Luck's entire career, we tried doing nothing this past off season and things have only gotten worse, not better. 

 

However I agree about the ILBs! I'm not sure that they'll have to be first round picks, but we need multiple new players on our roster there. 

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On 9/19/2017 at 10:46 AM, Dark Superman said:

IF the Colts somehow manage to end up with a top 5 pick in next years draft and have the option to draft back in order to pick up a possible extra pick in the first two rounds, then this is the type of kid they need to draft.

 

Connor Williams, LT. Texas Longhorns.

6'4" 315.

Age: 20

 

protection to Luck's blind side.

Thoughts?

 

 

I don't think he's bad. Seems really heavy on his feet though and very slow. That would be a problem vs speed rushers and run blocking on a stretch play. If we trade back to get this guy and we pick up and extra first, I would be 100% fine with another oline man. The more Luck is protected, the better the offense will be. Easy top 5 if he gets sacked less than 3 times a game. 

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On 10/24/2017 at 2:50 PM, DougDew said:

Williams is too short to be an elite NFL LT, unless his arm length defies his height.

 

He's listed at 6'6"....     if true,  that should lead to an acceptable arm length...

 

But we'll know for sure (Height and arms) at the Combine....

 

 

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3 minutes ago, NewColtsFan said:

 

He's listed at 6'6"....     if true,  that should lead to an acceptable arm length...

 

But we'll know for sure (Height and arms) at the Combine....

 

 

Here is a question for you as you are a knowledgeable fan. If Barkley is available would you take him or go with the best Pass Rusher on the Board? Or take Connor?

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Just now, 2006Coltsbestever said:

Here is a question for you as you are a knowledgeable fan. If Barkley is available would you take him or go with the best Pass Rusher on the Board? Or take Connor?

 

This won't be popular,  but I'd stay away from Barkley.     Not that he isn't talented,  he is.    But this is another loaded class of RB's,  which means we should be able to get a good one in the 3rd or 4th round.      I regret to say yet again that we need another top OL,  and a tackle, hopefully a Left Tackle.     AC can move to the right side.

 

And we should sign one or two top free agent guards to shore up the interior.

 

But the rest of the draft needs to be spent on DEFENSE.      When I had hoped that the OL was fixed THIS YEAR,  then I had planned on a defensive minded draft next year.      Now, we'll have to take two high picks to spend on a tackle and a RB and that only sets back the building of the D.

 

Very disappointing.  

 

 

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1 minute ago, NewColtsFan said:

 

This won't be popular,  but I'd stay away from Barkley.     Not that he isn't talented,  he is.    But this is another loaded class of RB's,  which means we should be able to get a good one in the 3rd or 4th round.      I regret to say yet again that we need another top OL,  and a tackle, hopefully a Left Tackle.     AC can move to the right side.

 

And we should sign one or two top free agent guards to shore up the interior.

 

But the rest of the draft needs to be spent on DEFENSE.      When I had hoped that the OL was fixed THIS YEAR,  then I had planned on a defensive minded draft next year.      Now, we'll have to take two high picks to spend on a tackle and a RB and that only sets back the building of the D.

 

Very disappointing.  

 

 

I love Barkley but we need major help on D, I think Mack is going to be Good. We definitely need to protect Andrew. If we took Connor I would be ok with it.

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5 hours ago, NewColtsFan said:

I think Mack will be very good,  but I simply don't think he's an everydown back.

 

 

 

 

 

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He`s not an every-down back. The Colts would be wise to invest in another back in the offseason. However, to many pressing to go round #1 for an RB. I honestly thought the O-line would be a strength this year, but it`s worse than last season. Has to be a top priority come draft day.

 

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