I did that already either you understand it or you don't 

We currently have pick 15--if Tua is still available, would you take a punt and pick him, with the thought he would miss his rookie season?

Well, I have not thought the team was bad since Ballard got a year under his belt and hired his own coach. They have had struggles...as any rebuilding does, but the Colts also lost their schemed for QB. Every team gets injuries, but the positions that the Colts have lost to injury are particularly important to the development of a new QB.   Let's just think about what if......   What if the Colts take a high draft pick at QB next year....and the guy faces what JB had to face in the two years he has been a starter. Few would get through and remain as a starter, unaffected career wise by the losses, the scrutiny, and the pressure. Verrrrrry few. Thank the stars that the Colts have a QB that is as tough as Jacoby Brissett is. He is double tough. I would take his toughness against ANY QB coming out in the draft. He may not be that guy, but he is the right guy right now.....and for the forseeable future, until that guy becomes a possibility. Just because there is  a few QB's slotted to go high in the draft, doesn't mean it is the right year to snag one.    In the meantime, keep adding pieces, and manage the cap. When the Colts name is called in the draft, I want them to take the player that they see is a franchise player....regardless of the position. If that is a QB, so be it. But let's not become a struggling franchise that passes on a golden player to grasp for a QB.

Depending on a series of decisions we make this off-season I wouldn’t rule out drafting a RB in the 4 rounds.  (I’m assuming by 5 picks you meant 4 rounds?  With 2 picks in R2, that’s the way the math breaks down.)    Just thinking out loud.   I think it’s way too early to rule most things in or out.     

115Malik HookerFSOhio State 246Quincy WilsonCBFlorida 380Tarell BashamOLBOhio 4137Zach BannerOTUSC 143Marlon MackRBSouth Florida 144Grover StewartDTAlbany State 5158Nate HairstonCBTemple 161Anthony Walker Jr.ILBNorthwestern   16Quenton NelsonGuardNotre DameFrom NY Jets 236Darius LeonardLinebackerSouth Carolina State 37Braden SmithGuardAuburnFrom NY Jets 52Kemoko TurayDefensive endRutgersFrom Baltimore via Philadelphia 64Tyquan LewisDefensive endOhio StateFrom Philadelphia via Cleveland 4104Nyheim HinesRunning backNC State 5159Daurice FountainWide receiverNorthern IowaFrom Kansas City via Cleveland, New England, and Oakland 169Jordan WilkinsRunning backOle MissFrom Philadelphia 6185Deon CainWide receiverClemsonFrom Oakland 7221Matthew Adams LinebackerHouston 235Zaire Franklin LinebackerSyracuse   34Rock Ya-SinCBTempleFrom New York Jets 49Ben BanoguLBTCUFrom Cleveland Browns 59Parris CampbellWROhio State 389Bobby OkerekeLBStanford 4109Khari WillisSMSU 5144Marvell TellSUSCFrom Cleveland Browns 164E. J. SpeedLBTarleton State 6199Gerri GreenDEMississippi State 7240Jackson BartonTUtah 246Javon PattersonCOle Mis   Right there are Ballards first 3 drafts.   Stars/game changers?   Nelson Leonard     Solid NFL players   Hooker Mack Smith Turray Hines Walker Willis   Potential good players Basham Steward Hairston Turray Ya Sin Banagou Campbell Tell   The rest are all meh to below average to injured.     So there you have it.  For being a draft guru, you cannot tell me that those 3 drafts are super, awesome, better than average.   They aren't.   So I think we need to put to rest that Ballard can build a super bowl team via mainly the draft. Based on his record so far, he is  average to slightly above average drafter ONLY,.