Colts draft RB Jonathan Taylor - Round 2, Pick 41

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

https://twitter.com/zkeefer/status/1253832875134332930

At 41, Colts go with Wisconsin RB Jonathan Taylor.

Offense with their first two picks tonight. Not a coincidence.

Getting Philip Rivers some weapons.

https://twitter.com/JoelAErickson/st...32936224370698

The Colts are drafting Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor. I've watched a ton of Taylor over the years. Fast, great breakaway speed. Lots of experience running behind a powerful offensive line. Style's hard to describe; he can pick his way through holes and then take off.

https://twitter.com/jimayello/status...33426261741568

From everything I've read, Jonathan Taylor is the best pure running back in the class. An athletic freak who ran a 4.39 40-yard dash at 226 pounds.

https://twitter.com/JoelAErickson/st...33083100565504

Taylor's a very good receiver, too. Wisconsin highlighted that a lot last year. Paul Chryst clearly altered the offense to get him more receiving options.

https://twitter.com/jimayello/status...33871822598147

With the Fournette drama unfolding in Jacksonville, my guess is that the Colts felt like they had to jump the Jags to get Taylor.

https://twitter.com/jimayello/status...41241369952256

If there's an area of concern about Jonathan Taylor it's the immense workload he's already shouldered. In three years at Wisconsin, he ran the ball 926 times.

For reference, between 3 years in college AND 3 years in the NFL, Marlon Mack has run the ball 1,121 times.

https://twitter.com/JoelAErickson/st...42969423163393

Fumbles were an issue, too. Fumbled 18 times in three years, but. ...

But the Colts have Tom Rathman as a RBs coach, and he's famously intense about ball security.

https://twitter.com/HolderStephen/st...54911395217408

Regarding his fumbles, he emphasizes that the bulk of them came from his freshman year but he needs to put more work into "making sure that's shored up."

[Dam8610]

Hope the mileage isn't too high.

[jasperhobbs]

The drafting of Taylor tells me the colts will not be keeping Mack when he becomes a free agent.

[nate505]

As much as I like the pick, his mileage and fumbles are very valid concerns.

Other than that, he is a big strong fast guy with great running instincts, and behind this line that is lethal. Unless he starts fumbling the ball.

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by nate505

As much as I like the pick, his mileage and fumbles are very valid concerns.

Other than that, he is a big strong fast guy with great running instincts, and behind this line that is lethal. Unless he starts fumbling the ball.

Now I remember that the fumbles were why I had him blacklisted.

[Hoopsdoc]

Again, if you can get a guy with that type of production AND those measurables, you JUMP on him.

[daedge]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

Now I remember that the fumbles were why I had him blacklisted.

Meh. Most of them were when he fighting for extra yardage. The Colts will coach it out of him.