Why does the focus need to be on defense?

[natagu23]

Originally Posted by Wyatt

I've always heard that OG is the easiest position on the OL to fill late in draft or FA, wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to draft one in the 1st, with our highest pick since Luck

We need a run mauler if we do go guard.

I would like to see us go after Larry Warford in free agency

[HoosierinFL]

Originally Posted by indycolts2

Not sure a high draft pick should be used on o-line this year, not with what we saw over the last handful of games from the young players they were starting. Great o-lines don't just happen overnight, a little continuity from one year to the next helps. Either I'm blind or the o-line did actually have some significant improvement over the last quarter of the season.

I think so too, plus they could very much be helped out by a smarter offensive scheme that doesn't involve shotgun snaps followed by 3-4 step drops.

[sherck]

My only point about selecting an O-Lineman anywhere early would be my most likely scenario where someone that the Colts graded as a low 1st round OT was available with their 2nd round pick and they felt like the kid was a plug and play starter at RT.

Or, the Colts trade down to lower in the first round, pick up extra 2nd/3rd/4th round picks and then select one of those OTs whom they think is an immediate starter.

We don't need more guys on the O-Line. Between Reitz, Good, Haeg and Clark, we have a lot of guys that might end up being anywhere from NFL average to NFL good. We need (perhaps) better guys who come into the top of the depth chart, are day one starters (like Ryan Kelly) and can turn into NFL great in a year or two.

Cheers,

[natagu23]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oal9T61thY0

Great Breakdown of Dalvin Cook. Brett Kollmann knows his football.

I still would like to go defense with our first pick, but im listening...

Cook is a little light in the pants, but man is he dynamic.

[FatDT]

Stop it. You know better.

[Blue Thunder]

If the new GM goes rb in round 1 he's no better than old GM.....unless he gets 3 starters on defense in FA......THEN he can do whatever he wants

[HoosierinFL]

So I don't follow college ball at all, so I don't know anything about these RBs except that they are considered the top 2 prospects at that position. So the Cook video is interesting but damn, I watched his breakdown on Fournette. Holy shit that guy is a beast. I say we go defense still but if we ended up in a position to take him (I know we won't) I wouldn't be mad at all.

[Hoopsdoc]

By all accounts, Ballard is a smart guy and was highly sought after as a GM candidate. Then he decided to keep Chucky Clapsalot and I started to wonder. However, I still think he did that because all the good candidates were already gone and he knows he'll get a mulligan for next year anyway.

I still have total confidence that he knows what he's doing. That's why I don't expect a skill position O player at all in the first 4-5 rounds. He needs defense, defense, defense, and more defense.

Cutting the rotting carcass of DQ was a good start.

[Spike]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

By all accounts, Ballard is a smart guy and was highly sought after as a GM candidate. Then he decided to keep Chucky Clapsalot and I started to wonder. However, I still think he did that because all the good candidates were already gone and he knows he'll get a mulligan for next year anyway.

I still have total confidence that he knows what he's doing. That's why I don't expect a skill position O player at all in the first 4-5 rounds. He needs defense, defense, defense, and more defense.

Cutting the rotting carcass of DQ was a good start.

I believe Irsay made the decision to keep Pags, at least for one more year. I don't think Ballard had a choice, at least not this year. In Irsay's press conference when he announced the firing of Griggs, he stated that Pags would be the coach for 2017.

[natagu23]

Originally Posted by Blue Thunder

If the new GM goes rb in round 1 he's no better than old GM.....unless he gets 3 starters on defense in FA......THEN he can do whatever he wants

Yep.

We could sign 2 or 3 defensive starters which could allow us to draft a RB in the first.

Tak vs Dalvin Cook. I'd take Cook assuming Barnett is off the board.