AR to miss minicamp with injury to AC Joint in Throwing Shoulder

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Originally Posted by apballin

He’s done, Trey Lance 2.0

This is actually a really good comparison. Minimal experience in college, all world talent, but unable to stay healthy enough to develop that talent.

AR's injury definitely sucks. Was hoping (as I'm sure we all were) that AR would make some significant strides w/ a healthy offseason. Suppose we'll be finding out whether or not Jones' immense struggles at NYG was mainly due to surrounding talent or not.

As far as drafting Arch:

- He has 3 years of eligibility remaining, no monetary needs for himself or his family, plenty of NIL money coming in even if that weren't the case, and a family history of not leaving college early. So it's unlikely he'll be in the draft until at least 2027 if not 2028. Maybe if he wins a national championship and the Heisman in '25 and/or '26 then he comes out early, but anything short of that then my guess is he doesn't.

- Even if Arch does leave for the draft in '26 the Colts will probably not be bad enough to be in position to draft him. I suppose another 2022 implosion could happen, but that's pretty unlikely.

Morocco Brown no longer being with the Colts is interesting timing, given the AR injury. It's barely June...

Definitely interesting. I wonder if there's been a rift between Ballard and Brown w/ Ballard shifting to drafting more based on performance rather than solely based on physical traits.