Dude, I said learn from it, but don’t dwell on it. Not sure how you misconstrued that, but I guess that’s what we do here.

Don't forget about about Jihad Ward coming back. Was playing very well before his injury. 2nd round pick in 2016 (Oakland). Change of scenery was doing him well.

Maybe because your first five sentences run completely counter to your 6th and final statement?

Honestly, how do the above and below follow the same logic?

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EJ Speed College Highlights

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Ward was a DE. Doesn't help the DT situation.

Ballard may not be done addressing the position this offseason. There may be some post draft cuts or training camp cuts that he brings in.

You do realize that the position that recorded the most sacks last yr was DT correct? I have no idea why you are so down on Autry Hunt Lewis and Turay

Need some depth at NT but other than that strengthening the LBs was pretty smart and I did not see that coming at all.

We added Houston who will attract a lot of attention and will free up some more one in ones for the 3 tech.

He addressed the dline last year. Can’t do it every yr

Agree here, I was all on board with picking two DTs early. I'm coming around on all the LB picks. Just stoked to watch this defense next year.

Turay is not a DT and should never take a snap there. The current DT group is Hunt, Autry, Lewis, Stewart, that's 4 guys, 2 of which are arguably DE/DT hybrids. That's razor thin depth at the position IMO.

Easy. You see what went wrong and you correct it, but you don't let it eat at you.

UT is ok. I'm not sold totally on the Autry/Lewis prototype,and I wonder how much time each will spend at DE. But they're ok. NT is a pretty big need IMO. Stewart isn't that good. Hunt does well but not as an every down player.

I agree with this to an extent, but I also don't think it's very hard to address. Bring in an Al Woods as a rotational piece to soak up some blocks on running downs. Those aren't hard to find, especially when you have a bajillion dollars in cap space. To me, that was always a "wait until after the draft" position to address.

I think people might be getting a little hung up on the DT position as it compares with the Dungy-era Colts. But there's a huge difference vs those teams: the DEs can (and are asked to) play much more disciplined vs the run. Ballard has emphasized DEs that are bigger and who set a better EDGE in the run game, which doesn't put the full onus on the DTs.

This draft will help one other place that hasn't been discussed much yet. I think all of this extra speed and athletic ability will be featured on special teams. I expect to see some improvement on the Colts kick-off and punt coverage teams. Maybe not at the beginning of the year. But as the season progresses, I expect to see some improvement. The first significant amount of reps for some of these guys will be on special teams.

And hopefully there is a returner within the draft class or UDFA's. I am sure they will give plenty of people a shot during training camp.

Pretty sure either Campbell or Hart won't have much of a problem beating out Rogers.

Campbell seems pretty good at returns.