Draft Targets at #26 and #34

[VeveJones007]

Matt Miller @nfldraftscout
Montez Sweat stock bottomed out due to team medicals. Have heard from a few clubs that have him off the board. Of course it only takes one team, but the expectation now is he will drop. Could fall out of Round 1

Stephen Holder
This is 100 percent true. Have heard it multiple times. Teams are just not sure what to do. And before you ask, no, I don’t know where the Colts stand on Sweat. But they know what everyone else does.

I'm moving Montez Sweat down from sure-thing Top 15 pick to one of the pool of players who could be available & fits for the Colts at 26/34.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by VeveJones007

I'm moving Montez Sweat down from sure-thing Top 15 pick to one of the pool of players who could be available & fits for the Colts at 26/34.

So the one guy that Irsay tweeted about after his 40 may be available? I read somewhere Sweats condition is not as serious as Hurst’s last year. They had multiple opportunities to draft Hurst so I wonder if he is on the board?

Sweat falling means Burns moves up.

[VeveJones007]

“You want to filter out the guys you know just don’t fit.” He said athletic, schematic and character factors can all either help or hurt a certain prospect.
Speaking of: Ballard did say there are players that have what could be considered “character risks” on this year’s Colts draft board, but “we’re comfortable with them.”

That tells me Jeffrey Simmons is on the board.

[Coltsalr]

Originally Posted by VeveJones007

That tells me Jeffrey Simmons is on the board.

Wonder if that goes for Jachai Polite as well.

I think he has the potential to be a value steal if he gets into the right system where he can get good advice as opposed to the bad advice he’s apparently been getting from the idiots around him now.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by Coltsalr

Wonder if that goes for Jachai Polite as well.

I think he has the potential to be a value steal if he gets into the right system where he can get good advice as opposed to the bad advice he’s apparently been getting from the idiots around him now.

Polite didn’t interview well. I guess he rubbed a lot of teams the wrong way.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

Polite didn’t interview well. I guess he rubbed a lot of teams the wrong way.

I would take Baker off of the list, because reports are that he didn't interview well either.

This will be interesting to see what Eberflus and Ballard truly value at safety. I'm not high on Abram and Rapp and am higher on guys like Adderly and Savage. But there's also Deionte Thompson, Chauncey Gardner Johnson, Jaun Thornhill and Amani Hooker.

Various sites have them all ranked differently and they all have their warts, which I believe make them all early to late 2nd round picks.

[FatDT]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

Polite didn’t interview well. I guess he rubbed a lot of teams the wrong way.

I followed that and it seemed like the media over-covered it. I think he got some bad advice from his agent and flubbed it some, but I've read people talking about him falling to day 3 of the draft and I just don't see that at all.

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

Polite didn’t interview well. I guess he rubbed a lot of teams the wrong way.

Originally Posted by FatDT

I followed that and it seemed like the media over-covered it. I think he got some bad advice from his agent and flubbed it some, but I've read people talking about him falling to day 3 of the draft and I just don't see that at all.

Everything I read was that he was upset teams were showing him his bad plays and wouldn't break down the film they showed him with them. That's part of the draft (and the NFL) process. If he can't handle that, I'm not sure he's a good fit for the Colts.

[VeveJones007]

EDGE: Brian Burns
DT: Christian Wilkins
DT: Jeffrey Simmons (lower due to injury)
EDGE: Clelin Ferrell
S: Jonathan Abram
TE: Noah Fant
CB: Byron Murphy
WR: AJ Brown
WR: N'Keal Harry
WR: Marquise Brown (I think they place more value on larger receivers)
OL: Chris Lindstrom
RB: Josh Jacobs
CB: Deandre Baker
EDGE: Montez Sweat (heart condition)
DL: Jerry Tillery (my personal reservations that he isn't a great scheme fit)

I’m thinking about where on this list I would strongly consider trading down. Probably after Ferrell, which I think is fairly likely that him and the guys above him will be gone by 26. Wonder if Ballard could get NYG or DEN to move up from early in Rd2.