Hmmm...we seem to have hit oretty well ladt year. Kelly, Haeg are both keepers with Clark and Ridgeway showing a lot of oromise.

Green? We will see. I hope he shows more in year 2.

Morrison? Good depth at the least.

Blythe and Bates? Depth at best but what do you expect out of 7th round draft choices?

I thought we did well last year.

Cheers,

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Isn't Bates with the Pats now?

It's a low bar if Clark and Ridgeway showed "a lot of promise"...

But what I was actually saying and didn't articulate well: this year, I'd feel good about a number of guys in the first round. Last year, there were only 2-3 guys I realistically wanted at that spot.

Draft report on one of the best 3-4 NT prospects in this year's draft. Most project him as being drafted in the 5th or 6th round.

Cheers,

I know what you're saying, but if this draft class is as deep as people say, wouldn't this be a draft where teams are less likely to package two or more picks for one?

There are a few scarce positions like QB and OT. If one or more QBs are gone, a team might get desperate.

Seems like a reasonable target in rd 5 or with the comp pick between rounds 4-5.

Like Veve said, this is a DEEP draft class for defensive talent.

This is not a deep class for QB, O-Line, or to a lesser extent WR.

If you are defensive set team but need offensive firepower, O-Line or receivers, then trading up to grab "the one" makes sense. Honestly, HOU is a QB away from contending.

If desired, we could find trade partners.

BTW, holy crud, I just saw mock draft by a national pundit that had Hassan Riddick going #5 overall. They are that in love with his combine performance and versatility to play ILB on 1st/2nd downs and OLB/Pass Rush on 3rd down.

Crazy.

Cheers,

Fair enough

I know this wont be very popular with most of you but I want G Forrest Lamp with pick 15

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Jarrad Davis is a name that I LOVE and I know I've been vocal about it.

He's been a guy I've been hoping might fall to us in the 2nd round, but with him throwing down a 4.56 40, I'm wondering if he might now be a late 1st rounder. If that's the case, then I'm okay with trading back in the 1st round to grab him then and hopefully getting some more value elsewhere to cover it up (including perhaps an early 2nd to hopefully grab an edge rusher).

Jarrad Davis replaced Antonio Morrison this past year. I'd love to see him have the opportunity to do so again. Morrison, speaking of, ran 5.1 40 last year at his Pro Day for comparison sake. An ILB running a 4.56 40 is incomprehensibly fast for us Colts fans. We simply NEED speed at that position and Jarrad Davis would provide it.

Teez Tabor is a name that's gotten some mention as being a 1st round pick, but with him running a 4.7 40, in addition to the off-the-field concerns, I don't see it anymore. He'd be fine as a 3rd rounder though, and he has a profile that just screams "DRAFT DAY FALL". How far he'll fall is anyone's guess.

I also like Marcus Maye from Florida, who apparently had a nice day today too. He'd probably be a very nice 4th round guy.

yep

that is pretty stupid

Ballard said today that he's not sure he sees the starting 5 for our OL currently on our roster.

Makes me wonder if he's leaning that way. There are no viable starters left in free agency.

It's either they draft a viable starter or sign a guy that hasn't proven himself worthy of being a starter.

I guess the only other possibility is they ditch one of their current starters. Maybe Ballard trades Castonzo or Mewhort? I dunno.

I already told you that I'm not a fan of Davis. For me the tape, just doesn't lie.

I'm surprised Tabor ran that slow. I've watched some of his tape too, and the biggest negative that sticks out, is that he's totally immune to getting involved in the run game. I get that. But...can it be fixed?

He seems decent enough in coverage though. I just like, even CB's, to play with a certain amount of toughness.

While I would not be disappointed in O-line early, my guess is that Ballard is not convinced about the combo of Haeg, Clark, Good and Schwenke. He knows that currently 2 of the 4 would need to be starters and that he does not see that.

Akso, it is insurance for needing to re-sign Mewhort next year if he wants too much.

Want defense more but I will not complain if a top pick is O-line.

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Just not 1st round.

3rd round at the earliest on OL, IMO.

Way too much value at ILB/OLB and we're still weak there to not capitalize IMO.

If there's some huge run on LB's then fine I guess, CB/OL in the 2nd round is acceptable.

You really haven't looked at the status of our CB's have you? We dont even have 2 starters to put on the field. Melvin is not an NFL starter. We do have OLB's via FA and ILB in Morrison that can at least play the position.

Protecting Luck is the number one thing this GM needs to consider. Luck has not been protected since he got here.

Can't go through another yr of him getting beat to death.


This team is not going to revamp the D in one season so we better be prepared to out score teams in the interim

I'm well aware of the state of our CB'a.

Our pass rush and overall talent at LB is more dire.

Ok. I have. Simon and Sheard on the outside. Morrison and Spence on the inside. With Mingo Ayres as backups on the outside and Jackson as a backup on the inside


Who do you have as corners???

Who do you have playing RG?

Man I hope this is true

That LB corps still is average at best.

Beasley and Fowler had similar rises up draft boards. I don't think it's unreasonable.

They definitely need more sideline to sideline and coverage speed from ILB. I don't know if Davis is the right guy, but I like the idea of trying to address those needs.

It's still more stable than the CB corps

Yes, that's still a woefully undermanned LB corps. Combine that with LB being more essential to the defense in that it handles all phases and that's why it's ther more dire need.

The CB group isn't great shakes, I don't disagree, but the position itself and with Butler potentially able to compensate a bit, it's not as dire. There's no one bailing out our LB's. Fix that first.

I completely disagree

I'm not the biggest Raekwon McMillian fan, but he did run a 4.61 40.

Hassan Reddick ran a 4.52. I know Reddick might not be a pure ILB, but he also wouldn't be a pure pass rusher and he'd be able to use his speed in coverage.

Antonio Morrison ran a 5.10 last year and I doubt if oldass DQ Jackson could get under 6. I'm not sure if people (not you) realize how drastically Under-athletic we are at that position and how much adding a guy with speed would do for us.

Right now at CB we have Davis Melvin and Duke Williams Mathias Farley or . Tevin Mitchel. AND Davis is in a contract yr. I think this is the worst group on the team now

LB says hi.

Everyone knows that the corners suck. They absolutely need to improve there. They still need to improve at LB, too. You take BPA and work from there. As Irsay said today, you aren't fixing the defense in a single draft. Don't flip your shit if they go BPA and don't fully address CB in this draft. We can only evaluate after a few drafts.

Our LB's, particularly our starters, are as follows, our two starting OLB's are two nice role players (Simon/Sheard) that have proven themselves to be quite nice in role playing roles, but not as starters, and amongst defense and coaching staffs that are far superior to ours. I'm still bullish on them, but to act like we couldn't stand to pad our depth around is foolish. Our starting ILB's are Sean Spence, who's maybe an average starter at best, who has weaknesses where we need strengths and Antonio Morrison, who was below average, to put it as absolutely kindly as I can and isn't likely to ever become average.

Our CB's currently contain Vontae Davis, who's an above average starter at the very worst and top-tier when he's at the top of his game. He might not be that guy anymore, but like I said, he's still above average. Rashaan Melvin was an okay player last year. I don't love him and I know he isn't wonderful, but he's not a trainwreck on par with Antonio Morrison. Combine that with Darius Butler being able to help compensate from the Safety position, and the position isn't on total life support.

And again, by sheer virtue of pass rush being the biggest part of a defense in general, the LB's are a bigger need. They just are.

So who are your starting CB's? I showed who will start at LB

The Lbers have been addressed in FA the corners have not at all

Obviously, our roster is SCREAMING for a veteran CB to be signed even if we end up taking multiple CBs in the 2017 draft. And there are still a few available that I think could help us: Alterraun Verner, Corey White, B.W. Webb, Nickell Robey-Coleman.

However, at this point, since Ballard has not made a move in about a week, I would guess that none of them fit what he is looking for.

My guess is that Ballard is now going to wait until the "surprise" camp cut phase of free agency to find a veteran CB to come in and either start opposite Davis in 2017 or give a veteran "push" to a rookie who wins the job.

I don't think that we are going to get a solution to CB shortly; we will need to be patient until Week 1 of the NFL season to see what the "plan" ends up being.

But, even though we are "re-stocking" over the course of a couple of years, I would be surprised if no veteran CB is brought in unless we end up using 1-15 and then our 2nd or 3rd round picks on CB as well and they just kill it in camp.

Cheers,

I really think that Ballard trusts his scouting ability for corners. He probably has a couple that he's targeting in the draft, maybe early, maybe late.

Is this really an accurate number? 5.10 is crazy slow. For an ILB that is considered un-draftable by most, if not all teams.

Yet Grigson takes him in the 4th rd. Holy shit, I'm so glad that Grigson is gone.

Quality, not quantity. Vontae Davis is the best player the Colts have on defense. LB is manned entirely with average or worse starters. That's why LB is higher priority even now. I'd spend a 3 on CB, but nothing higher.

40 times don't matter, idiot.

JMO
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For LB, I like to see short area quickness over top 40 yd speed. 10-15 yards.