Colts have 5th pick -- guaranteed a top 6 draft pick (updated 1/1/23)

[JColts72]

2 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

Oh my what a great day.

Triple play would be no Jeff.

[Nesjan3]

And with the 4th overall pick, Colts trade out of the first haha! Jk hopefully not

[chickenMan]

Get on the phone with Chicago ASAP. We want that #1 pick, we can’t risk people trading above us with Chicago or AZ

[#12.]

It's still going to be interesting to see how it all plays out - first two picks almost guaranteed to be QBs now. Chicago's pick is definitely up for sale. 

[JColts72]

Seattle and Texans still getting QB before us perhaps?

[OffensivelyPC]

Just now, RollerColt said:

[#12.]

One other benefit - with Miami forfeiting its first rounder, our 2nd is almost another first rounder now.

[Indyfan4life]

2 minutes ago, JColts72 said:

Seattle and Texans still getting QB before us perhaps?

I really don't think Seattle will go QB.

[richard pallo]

We are guaranteed to pick one of the top 3 quarterbacks as long as one of the teams in front of us picks another position.  That’s without trading up.

[ChuggaBeer]

2 minutes ago, Indyfan4life said:

I really don't think Seattle will go QB.

I disagree.   

[Happy2BeHere]

Currently 2 of the 3 teams ahead of us in the draft don’t really need QB’s. It’s possible we get one of top 2 QB’s if those teams don’t trade out of their spots. 

[csmopar]

3 minutes ago, Indyfan4life said:

I really don't think Seattle will go QB.

I don’t either, I think they trade back

[ChuggaBeer]

2 minutes ago, csmopar said:

I don’t either, I think they trade back

Why would they do that?   They need a QB.   Geno is ok as a transitional QB but he is not their future 

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6 minutes ago, Indyfan4life said:

I really don't think Seattle will go QB.

i think they go QB not in the first round .  i think they go after a project guy like richardson in the second to sit behind smith and take a elite defender in the first

[IrsaysArmy]

What’s it going to take to get to #1 in the draft. Would next years 1st and maybe a 2nd.

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1 minute ago, ChuggaBeer said:

Why would they do that?   They need a QB.   Geno is ok as a transitional QB but he is not their future 

the pete carroll way is through defense and running the ball .  i think they do take a QB but its a project QB like richardson to sit behind smith .   i think the seahawks went 9-8   this year  if they can take a generational defensive player and another good player with their second first they would be better .    

[Happy2BeHere]

If the colts are really sold on young/stroud I think they should trade to that #1 spot if the bears are willing to make a deal. This way you get who you really want and take a swing. Otherwise if they are happy with one of those two guys I think they just sit where they are. 

[New Zealands #1 Colts Fan]

And to think if Texans hadn't converted the miracle 4th and 20 plus 2 pt conversion, we would be picking 6th.

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Just now, Happy2BeHere said:

If the colts are really sold on young/stroud I think they should trade to that #1 spot if the bears are willing to make a deal. This way you get who you really want and take a swing. Otherwise if they are happy with one of those two guys I think they just sit where they are. 

i would be fine taking levis at 4 .  as long as they get someone  at QB , if ballard passes on a QB irsay will throw him out head first

[Indyfan4life]

Just now, coming on strong said:

i would be fine taking levis at 4 .  as long as they get someone  at QB , if ballard passes on a QB irsay will throw him out head first

No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.

[richard pallo]

Just now, Indyfan4life said:

No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

[azcolt]

3 minutes ago, IrsaysArmy said:

What’s it going to take to get to #1 in the draft. Would next years 1st and maybe a 2nd.

Too bad Luck and Manning aren’t available.  But we need to go for broke if either of the top guys is thought to be worth it. Yet, we don’t want to repeat the Jets mistake when we traded back so they could draft an expensive flop qb at #3.

[buccolts]

2 minutes ago, richard pallo said:

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello.....

Cool!

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2 minutes ago, Indyfan4life said:

No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.

to get stroud or young you have to trade up and give up a 1st .   so lets say the colts do this and end up bad again next year and miss out on a  much better QB prospect because they have no 1st round pick .    that is the risk of trading up  you can take levis and if he is a bust you have a chance to get the number 1 pick next year when you have so much more talent at QB coming out . 

 

that is why i am on the fence about trading up right now .

[Dobbinblitz]

5 minutes ago, coming on strong said:

i would be fine taking levis at 4 .  as long as they get someone  at QB , if ballard passes on a QB irsay will throw him out head first

I would hope that after these last few years that Irsay has already delivered the edict  that QB is the only option at that high of a pick. 

[krunk]

I don't see us getting Young at all.  Not with Ballard making the pick because he's going to go with 

the guy that has the measurables that he likes. I can't see him picking a 6ft 190lb QB

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5 minutes ago, richard pallo said:

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

people dont get you cant just look at stats when drafting a QB you need the whole picture .   josh allen fell off his last year in college just like levis .  16 touchdowns 6 picks his last year that is why he fell to 10 .   he was talented but not lighting it up in stats .    levis is 19 touchdowns 10 picks   he has crazy arm talent though .

[AKB]

Ponies unite! 

 

Good job Denver. 

 

Let's Ride

[Restinpeacesweetchloe]

7 minutes ago, coming on strong said:

to get stroud or young you have to trade up and give up a 1st .   so lets say the colts do this and end up bad again next year and miss out on a  much better QB prospect because they have no 1st round pick .    that is the risk of trading up  you can take levis and if he is a bust you have a chance to get the number 1 pick next year when you have so much more talent at QB coming out . 

 

that is why i am on the fence about trading up right now .

I don’t think colts are taking another QB a year after drafting one in the top 5.

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9 minutes ago, krunk said:

I don't see us getting Young at all.  Not with Ballard making the pick because he's going to go with 

the guy that has the measurables that he likes. I can't see him picking a 6ft 190lb QB

levis fits ballards mold so well ......  huge measurables great work ethic and character plus ballard wouldnt have to trade up for him .  i dont know if ballard views young or stroud high enough to start dealing out future number 1s when our team needs draft picks to fix the holes on the team . 

[Indyfan4life]

7 minutes ago, coming on strong said:

people dont get you cant just look at stats when drafting a QB you need the whole picture .   josh allen fell off his last year in college just like levis .  16 touchdowns 6 picks his last year that is why he fell to 10 .   he was talented but not lighting it up in stats .    levis is 19 touchdowns 10 picks   he has crazy arm talent though .

So because Allen turned it around that means Levis will too? It doesn't just work like that. If we take Levis and he craps the bed, I don't want to read a single post of "yeah, well I guess maybe we should have done what it took to get Stroud or Young."

[Dobbinblitz]

3 minutes ago, coming on strong said:

to get stroud or young you have to trade up and give up a 1st .   so lets say the colts do this and end up bad again next year and miss out on a  much better QB prospect because they have no 1st round pick .    that is the risk of trading up  you can take levis and if he is a bust you have a chance to get the number 1 pick next year when you have so much more talent at QB coming out . 

 

that is why i am on the fence about trading up right now .

Good points, but there is no guarantee the Colts would give up on the “Bad “ QB pick after only one year with the organization, and draft another Qb soon or we remain outside the top 10 of the draft- slippery slope fore sure.
I would hope that if the team comes to the conclusion that one of these quarterbacks is a true franchise QB that they sell out to get him.

It is the best  way to start to dig themselves out of the current mess.

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stroud scares me a bit he is on a elite offense and when i watch his highlights a lot of his throws are first reads into wide open lanes .  i doubt he is even considered top 5 if he was on a kentuky or another team with average talent

[krunk]

1 minute ago, coming on strong said:

stroud scares me a bit he is on a elite offense and when i watch his highlights a lot of his throws are first reads into wide open lanes .  i doubt he is even considered top 5 if he was on a kentuky or another team with average talent

I mean how many top 5 picks are on bad offenses?

[Stephen]

2 minutes ago, Dobbinblitz said:

Good points, but there is no guarantee the Colts would give up on the “Bad “ QB pick after only one year with the organization, and draft another Qb soon or we remain outside the top 10 of the draft- slippery slope fore sure.
I would hope that if the team comes to the conclusion that one of these quarterbacks is a true franchise QB that they sell out to get him.

It is the best  way to start to dig themselves out of the current mess.

Levis would atleast make the offense exciting. I mean would you rather pick richardson at 4

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1 minute ago, Indyfan4life said:

So because Allen turned it around that means Levis will too? It doesn't just work like that. If we take Levis and he craps the bed, I don't want to read a single post of "yeah, well I guess maybe we should have done what it took to get Stroud or Young."

the truth is we dont know its all guessing i am using allen to suggest just stats dont tell the whole story .  how many air raid QBs put up massive stats and went to the nfl to fail ?   to get stroud of young you might have to trade away next years first and more and that will gut this team if we get another top 5 pick and dont get to use it next year because we traded it away . 

 

its all risks but staying put and taking a QB is the best for the future because then if the QB fails we get another top pick next year when the prospect are even better .

 

if the colts had the number 1 pick without a doubt i would want them to take young but we dont and need to trade up .  so ballard needs to make sure if we do trade up its the right guy or we are set back and have no chance of doing anything for two to 3 years .  we would have be in the broncos situation watching the team tank without the pick in the draft .

[Stephen]

The worst case scenerio would be trading back and missing out on all the top quarterbacks. They you have to worry about getting mayfield or carr

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2 minutes ago, krunk said:

I mean how many top 5 picks are on bad offenses?

i think luck had  very poor wrs  coby fleener was one good tight end out side of him luck was throwing to below average talent .

[richard pallo]

3 minutes ago, coming on strong said:

levis fits ballards mold so well ......  huge measurables great work ethic and character plus ballard wouldnt have to trade up for him .  i dont know if ballard views young or stroud high enough to start dealing out future number 1s when our team needs draft picks to fix the holes on the team . 

I actually think Levis is the best quarterback prospect in the draft.  So if we draft him I’m elated.

[Dobbinblitz]

1 minute ago, Stephen said:

Levis would atleast make the offense exciting. I mean would you rather pick richardson at 4

No. Richardson full of potential, but a complete gamble. I don’t think you roll the dice with that high of a pick. They all have question marks, but Richardson is a total projection based on Physical traits and potential in my opinion.

I think some team will take an early shot on him; and I hope it is not the Colts.