2019 NFL Draft Day 2
 

Decided to get this thread started. Several really solid options still available on Day 2. Here’s a quick list:

S: Chauncey Gardner-Johnson
S: Nasir Adderley
CB: Byron Murphy
CB: Justin Layne
CB: Rock Ya-Sin
CB: Lonnie Johnson
WR: AJ Brown
EDGE: Chase Winovich
DT: Dre'mont Jones
EDGE: Jaylon Ferguson
EDGE: Oshane Ximenes
S: Taylor Rapp
WR: Riley Ridley
WR: Deebo Samuel
WR: Terry McLaurin
WR: Paris Campbell
RG/RT: Cody Ford
RT: Jawaan Taylor (knee)

If there’s a decent trade offer, I expect Ballard to considering moving from 34 back towards the middle of Rd2.

I’d love to come out of tomorrow with something like Ferguson or Winovich, Jones, Rapp, and one of the receivers or corners.

I like Hakeem Butler too

Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

Mecole Hardman is another name to watch. I could see Ballard valuing a guy with great return ability after seeing the impact from Hill and Hester.

If they stay at 34, I have a hunch they’ll go with Ferguson.

Not sure if you all listened to the press conference, but I believe he is looking to trade back again. I could see Miami or Cincy wanting to get to Drew Lock

Also as I added in the other thread.

Jawaan Taylor is still on the board.

D'Andre Walker
Juan Thornhill
Amani Hooker
Anthony Nelson

Of names not already listed

RB Darrell Henderson
RB. David Montgomery
CB. Greedy Williams
DE. Zach Allen
EDGE Ben Bangu
Edge LJ Collier
OT Dalton Risner

Stay as far away from Zach Allen as possible. He's a bust in the making.

Good players left, but damn DL is really tapped out.

In a DL heavy draft too. That sucks

Colts must think more highly of Turay and Lewis than we do.

Not saying they're right or wrong, but they have made investment in the DL previously. Let's hope we get more ROI than we did last year.

LJ Collier was.taken yesterday

Definitely hoping they don't go OL early.

It still feels weird saying that.

I like Renell Wren too

Wow. That's surprising. I guess the Colts are really high on Jaylon Ferguson? That's the only thing that makes sense to me at the moment.

I have to assume they're higher on Turay/Lewis than we are, as well.

Also, isn't Jaylon Ferguson a character concern?

In this range I like him more. End of 2nd to middle of 3rd preferrably. With maybe another receiver too who isn't such a developmental prospect.

Winovish, Brown, Samuel/McLaurin, Rapp (rumors about a hip injury by Gil Brandts yesterday) and one of the corners. I would be very happy.

Rennel Wren in there too

Talent in general is really tapped out. I get that the FO clearly didn't want to risk Sweat's heart condition. But the price of trading back into the 1st for a top pass rusher should've been higher.

Yes there are still some names to be interested in.

CB - Byron Murphy, Greedy Williams, Rock Ya-Sin

S - Nasir Adderly, Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, Amani Hooker, Taylor Rapp

WR - DK Metcalf, Hakeem Butler, Deebo Samuel, AJ Brown, Kelvin Harmon,
Riley Ridley, and Parris Campbell

DE - Chase Winnovich, Jachai Polite, Jaylon Ferguson,

DL - Dre'Mont Jones, Renell Wren, Charles Omenihu, Trysten Hill

OL - Jawaan Taylor, Dalton Risner, Cody Ford, Greg Little, Elgton Jenkins

Ballard talked a lot this offseason about adding to the DL rotation and wanting it to be 8 deep. Even if you count Turay and Lewis as part of that rotation, I count 6 reliable DL pieces, only 2 of which are DTs, and that's if you count Autry as a full DT, and 3 of which are 30+ (Houston, Hunt, Autry, Sheard, Lewis, Turay). Adding 2 quality DL in this draft is nearly mandatory unless you want the position to be a huge problem moving forward. Yet another reason trading out with Montez Sweat sitting there gift wrapped to you doesn't make sense.

I think Ballard wanted Simmons. Mentions him going at 19.

https://www.indystar.com/videos/spor...nd/3584463002/

After that he must have the DT's graded similarily.

We have other guys who were playing fine for us last year....Ward, Muhammad. I am very interested in seeing Lewis develop along with the hoped for progression of Turay. I am not saying we shouldn't make further selections, but i thought Jihad Ward played really well in the limited playing time last year. In his 6 games he had 3 sacks.

We also have Grover Stewart and Hassan Ridgeway, who have both seen significant playing time, although i am less certain of their future success with the Colts.

So i would say we have 10 guys who have all seen significant playing time throughout their careers. They may not all be starters, but they are not scrubs with no experience either. They are exactly what you need for depth.

This is why I think they'll end up staying put at 34 and taking Ferguson, possibly Winovich. Ferguson really fits their mold of a big, strong, athletic end with good production.

Ward looked really good in those few games last year, but I'm not setting much store in Stewart and Ridgeway.

I'd be shocked if Ballard didn't come out of today with at least one more piece on the DL.

I think Ballard was being honest when he said they have players #16-70 ranked very close together. He was hoping that one of the top 15 would drop (most likely Simmons), but he was more than happy to move back when he couldn't get one of those players.

I think he'll be open to moving down from #34, but like last year with Leonard and Smith, I think he'll just stay put and take whichever guy they like most.

If I had to bet, I'd go with yet another trade:

@RapSheet
There could be fireworks early tonight: If the #AZCardinals go CB at No. 33, the #Colts should be able to get a ton at No. 34 in a trade. Lot of top OLs on the board, including Jawaan Taylor, Cody Ford and Greg Little.

Not really. He was arrested when he was 18 for a fight outside a McDonald’s. Just had a $189 fine. Has been “a model citizen ever since,” but we all know that’s agent speak. However, lending credibility to that is what he’s doing now:

https://apple.news/ApSbAwfJJRXi8P0aAqoQrdA

Interesting retweet by Holder

https://twitter.com/RNBWCV/status/1121735626691362816

Basically, looking forward and as measured separately under four different "yardsticks", the Colts have positioned themselves to have more draft assets than any other team.

Of course, this analysis ignores the fact that we don't have a 1st (though it also ignores the 2nd we picked up next year).

REALLY looking like it could be another trade:

@nfldraftscout

Couple of "What I'm Hearing" notes:

* Run on WR is expected early tonight

* Cody Ford & Jawaan Taylor expected to be in today's top 10 picks

* Byron Murphy will go early, maybe at 33 even

* Colts could trade back AGAIN and keep playing the board

That is also why I made the comment last night that I think the Colts will try to move up from Pick 89. Try to grab one more player from that bracket.

If they could make 4 selections from that group of players, it has the potential of being a very solid draft class, even if they don't have a pick in the top 30 selections.

It doesn't ignore it, becuase it is specifically focused on what teams have remaining in this draft.

It appears the strategy is to grab as many of these next-tier players as possible. Looks like Ballard didn't get the chance to pick what he considered top-level so he's taking the volume approach. I disagree on some of the players he punted on at 26 (Sweat, Tillery) but overall I get the approach and it makes sense. Lots of possibilities for a

- WR like Deebo Samuel (seems like a tough Anquan Boldin/Golden Tate-type, I like him) to compete for WR2

- safety to compete for the starter job (not convinced any safety after Abram has enough talent to win it outright)

- DL that can add to the rotation, there are still lots of good prospects.

- OL that can challenge for a starting spot and improve depth at center

- CB that can challenge for snaps, I don't think our corner depth chart is set at all this year though I like our players.

- RB to to add another wrinkle in Reich's offense.

Broncos or Bucs could be interesting possibilities to trade up and get Lock. If we traded with either of them, we wouldn't drop too far if we take their pick, plus getting whatever additional pick from them.

Looking like Cards may go Byron Murphy:

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-pick-tonight/

Makes sense. Might even find a team where the Colts can move down like 8 spots in Rd2 and then swap 3rds to get #89 closer to #70.

Colts could find upgrades at the following positions today alone:

WR 3/4
DL 3/4
EDGE 3/4
SS 1/2
CB 4

I'm pretty confident in saying that after tonight, this will be the deepest Colts roster of the last 10 years. Possibly since they've been in Indy since Polian's rosters were more top-heavy. Mind that I said "deepest" and not "best."

I agree and depth isnt a bad thing. Also the best rosters dont always make it to the SB. We've seen that happen to the Colts.

I am good with trading back from where we were. However I dont want to go nuts and keep trading back, at some point i want ballard to actually pick some good players.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

By day 3 he will own every pick in the 7th round.