Dam knows this. In fact he's told us god knows how many times that the Bears wanted Leonard and JT along w/ the #4 pick for the #1 pick. I think there was another injured, high priced Colts player that the Bears wanted as well, but I can't think of who that was.

What I heard is the Colts didn't want to trade Pittman which is why they didn't end up moving up. Either way, the Colts could have put a better offer together than the Panthers did if they wanted to get to 1.

It's an incredibly frustrating situation. It's easy to say what should be done with hindsight, I said what needed to be done with foresight. Hopefully Richardson comes out next year and lights the world on fire. That would make me forget about it.

Ha, that was my hypothetical conjured up scenario, it wasn't any rumor of anything that was discussed. I just hypothesized that Eberflus would be interested in those players, and it would've allowed the Colts to make some shrewder investments going forward. I wanted to trade up to 1 without giving up the 2024 1st rounder. Giving up two former All-Pros might have made it possible.

What I heard is that the Bears wanted a number 1 receiver to pair with Fields and they preferred Moore because they felt he was a better player than Pittman and he was also signed long term.

If that is true, then the Colts had no shot at trading to 1.

There you go harping again

We have Carolina’s owner Bidwell to thank for Stroud ending up in the division. If he had listened to Reich he would be in Carolina. I wonder who the Texans would have drafted if Stroud was off the board though.

I think you mean Tepper not Bidwell.

The #4 pick was more valuable than #9 in part because it could've been flipped again to another QB needy team to get into that same range. In this hypothetical scenario, after trading with the Colts to move to 4, if the Bears liked DJ Moore so much, they could've flipped from 4 to 9 and got him. You can say it was impossible, if they wanted it badly enough, they'd have found a way to make it happen.

That's not "harping", that's frustration. Ballard talked the talk then did not walk the walk. Could've won the division for the first time since 2014, instead the Colts have an injured QB and a lot of "what if"s.

Probably Young, which would've been incredible for the Colts.

I think they will be rare in the modern NFL.