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Originally Posted by IndyEdge32
Pass rushers can be found in free agency, top franchise rbs are much harder to come by.
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Welcome to ColtFreaks. But are you kidding me with this quote? "Franchise RB"? Who cares? We have Andrew Luck and TY Hilton and an OL that should finally be top-half of the league next season. We have two young WRs that, when healthy and developed, should be good players for the Colts for a long time. Our TEs are deep and capable. Our offense as-is will be top-5 capable, even with just Frank Gore and Robert Turbin back at RB. Yes, we will need one eventually. But hell no we don't need one in the first round.
Ezekiel Elliot made everyone lose their minds this year. Yeah, he was great. I think he probably made Dak Prescott look better than he actually was, they should've split that award. But Jordan Howard was 2nd in rushing, a 5th round rookie. Murray is a former 3rd rounder. Ajayi and Bell were 5th and 2nd rounders respectively.
Remember 2015's "franchise RB" that everyone lost their minds over? His name is Todd Gurley and he ran for less than 900 yards with a 3.2 YPC average in 2016. Well behind our own Frank Gore. Doesn't seem like much of an investment right now.
Have you seen our defense? We have zero linebackers that make a difference. Zero. Walden is an aging complimentary piece and the rest are just guys. We weren't just not sacking the QB, we weren't pressuring him. We weren't covering TEs or RBs. We weren't even attacking gaps and stopping the run. The middle third of our defense is DESTITUTE.
This idea that pass rushers, the leagues' second-most-rare commodity, are somehow easier to find than RBs is bonkers. You literally have two 5th rounders in the top 5 last season. Our offense would be marginally improved with even the best RB in the NFL added to the roster. No RB is going to be the focal point of this offense, we have Andrew Luck. But drafting a defensive playmaker could completely revolutionize our defense. Drafting a RB in the first would be a bad decision for this team.