Colts draft Vick Ballard, RB, Mississippi State

[MTC]

Discuss. It's a okay pick.

Most famous for this:

[KeyserSoza]

Why?

[Poster X]

The guy who fell... Really?!?

[Happy2BeHere]

Lol

[Captain Americolt]

4.65 40. So I read. Why this pick?? Nooooo

[CR91]

im guessing they felt sorry for him for what happen at their facilty

[Junior]

Confused why we went rb over Corner or linebacker but i guess Pagano likes what he sees in our DBs.

[austriancolt]

I don't understand that pick!

[T3KN3O]

Swing and a miss... well I guess that's to be determined. If they wanted a RB why not Polk?? Some good CB's left too.

[austriancolt]

Why not drafting Chris Polk if you want a RB?

[theking213]

I don't understand...

In Pagano I trust I guess

[Blackhawk4]

C+ at best...

[bahhummbug]

Lost at this point no idea.

[WesurehavesomeLuck]

Good pass blocking. good at running between tackles. Even though he is big he doesn't fun with a lot of power.

[Smonroe]

Okay, I'm confused. If we wanted to go RB, why not Polk or about 10 others ranked higher than him?

[HtownColt]

this guy has a 1.88 fumble percentage...not good not good at all

[haseo15]

Guess were still adding weapons would have loved to get Marvin McNutt.

[SilentHill]

Blocking RB... eh... I would have rather had some more defense now.

[chad72]

Okay, I'm confused. If we wanted to go RB, why not Polk or about 10 others ranked higher than him?

Or Cyrus Gray??? Is he still on the board???

[OllyDawes]

Hmm, could have gone for Polk but he had shoulder injury concerns.

[Happy2BeHere]

You all don't get it....his combine "fopah" was planned...it's a hidden scheme worked up to make a clear #2 pick available at round 5.....brilliant just brilliant

[Nobody]

Great. A slow, fumble prone RB... Why? We could've gotten Polk, or more importantly, Dennard or Minnifield!!!!

[achcolts]

really really really stupid pick tbh

[Smonroe]

Or Cyrus Gray??? Is he still on the board???

Yep. The guys at WalterFootball seem to like the pick:

170. Vick Ballard, RB, Mississippi State B+ Grade

Bill Polian couldn't draft running backs well ever since hitting with Edgerrin James in 1999. Donald Brown and Delone Carter aren't very good, so Vick Ballard could emerge as the starter eventually. This is the right range for him.

[Poster X]

Worst pick ever... I was ok up until now.

[colts52761]

should of drafted lamar miller earlier if we were going for a rb, i don't think we are even going to take db in this draft. the first pick we made i dont like

[Jason_]

I guess they weren't impressed with Cyrus Gray when they had him in. I'm not so upset about drafting a RB but I think RB could have waited until a later pick. I know we still have 4 picks left but now we wait until the end of the 6th for our next pick barring a trade. This guy didn't grade very well either. *shrug*

I'd have rather had Billy Wynn, Chase Minnifield, Alfonzo Dennard, or even Jerry Franklin, Lucas Nix, Nate Potter.

[B-B]

Don't understand this one either, but gotta trust Grigson I guess, kinda disappointed about no Defensive love

[Coltswarriors]

Interesting.. don't care for it much. I WANT A CB!!! ARGHHH

[ruksak]

This isn't bad for depth. Was expecting an O-lineman but they might wait for a UDFA for that, as well as some depth at CB from UDFA. From what I've seen I'm guessing they feel good about our O-line and DB starters.

[GoColts8818]

Swing and a miss... well I guess that's to be determined. If they wanted a RB why not Polk?? Some good CB's left too.

I'd guess because they liked this kid more than Polk.

[Andy]

I actually really like this pick. It gives us a good backup to Carter + Brown with the chance of getting into the rotation. He's a strong kid with a lot of upside. I would have liked Edwin Baker better, but this is a good 2nd choice.

[GoColts8818]

Worst pick ever... I was ok up until now.

JaMarcus Russell disagrees

[Andy]

Dont make judgements on a guy before he hits the field...

[LJpalmbeacher2]

First pick I'm not happy with.

[CCH]

Guess we're going all in on offense this year.

[colts52761]

is this guy even better than delone carter?

[Brooklyn Colt]

You guys are missing the point..none of the rbs we have on our roster are dependable pass blockers..this whole draft is all about giving Luck weapons and protecting him..I can see him and D. Brown getting the bulk of playing time..

[BleedingBlue]

i wanted miller 2 picks ago. polk if u go rb now.

[dgambill]

Wow I knew we would hear this. While I didn't look at him I kinda figured we would look at a RB somewhere with these picks. Polk has had two shoulder surgeries. The kid plays faster than he timed and he played in the SEC and was very very productive. I don't like his fumble issues but he will make a nice between the tackle runner.