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Originally Posted by sherck
As the title says, here is whom I hope that Ballard is looking at and can land a couple of them:
DE Trey Flowers, NE, 26
LB Jordan Hicks, PHI, 27
SS Landon Collins, NYG, 25
SS Adrian Amos, CHI, 26
CB Ronald Darby, PHI, 25
DE Za'Darius Smith, BAL, 26
DT Sheldon Richardson, MIN, 28
CB Steven Nelson, KC, 25
CB Bryce Callahan, CHI, 27
SS LaMarcus Joyner, LAR, 28
DT Timmy Jernigan, PHI, 26
DT David Irving, DAL, 26
So, my dream scenario is:
DE: One of Flowers or Smith (I am pretty high on Smith)
DT: One of Richardson, Jernigan or Irving
LB: Jordan Hicks or roll with Walker for 2019
SS: One of Collins, Amos or Joyner (I am pretty high on Amos)
CB: One of Darby, Nelson or Callahan
If we could do that and re-sign Geathers for Safety-3 duties while retaining Farley on the RFA tag, then I think our defense would be well poised to accept BPA defensive draftees at just about any position anywhere in the draft.
That is my wish list for free agency. What is yours?
Walk Worthy,
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I'd let someone else (probably the Jets and 49ers) overpay Flowers and Smith. I'd also add Kwon Alexander and Anthony Barr (as a DE) to your list. Also, I think Ballard targets Amos. He probably sees Collins as more name than game, with Amos being the opposite. Anyway, in my ideal world, these are the free agents the Colts would add (some positions have options):
QB: None
RB: None
WR: Golden Tate or Tyrell Williams and Dontrelle Inman
TE: None
OL: None
DE: Anthony Barr
DT: Tim Jernigan and Margus Hunt
OLB: None
ILB: Kwon Alexander or C.J. Mosley
FS: None
SS: Adrian Amos or Landon Collins and Clayton Geathers
CB: Pierre Desir
That's a lot of spending (my estimate is $60-70 million on that group), but it would allow the Colts to focus almost exclusively on BPA in the draft, with DE and DT being the biggest areas of need, followed by CB, S, and WR.