Quenton Nelson (G-ND) Rd #1 Pick #6

[smitty46953]

Quenton gets call from Colts ...

http://www.colts.com/videos/videos/Q...4-d261d1d997f0

[GoBigBlue88]

I just can't get with an OG at 6.

Look, Nelson may well be a very good player. May be an All-Pro. There's no sure thing at any position, OL included (cough Jonathan Cooper or Chance Warmack cough), so I won't say for sure. I won't be surprised if he's very good.

But let's say Nelson is amazing and the RG/RT situation is still Slauson/Haeg or something like that. Luck is still in mortal danger, and defenses will still shut down your run game because it will be so damn easy to load up on the left side. Does a great OG really have any impact, in that situation?

Let's say Reich's scheme emphasizes quick passing decisions. Isn't an OG's impact neutralized in that situation?

I guess I just look at a lottery OG as a total luxury pick in today's NFL. Is the difference between Nelson and Hernandez or Wynn, for instance, really that big? Is Nelson really going to make more plays for the Colts than a Roquan Smith or Tremaine Edmunds?

The only way you can sell me on an OG that high for the Colts is by telling me this is a cultural statement and trendsetter, and even that feels a bit elusive as a justification.

I still think Day 2 is set up to go very well, and again, none of this is saying Nelson will be a bad player. But I am just philosophically opposed to an OG at 6 the same way many of you are opposed to a RB at 6.

[smitty46953]

I understand your feelings, for one I would now take Hernandez in 2nd put at right guard. We would have one heck of a OL ... With the front 7 the Jags and Texans have we need it in my opinion...

[GoBigBlue88]

Originally Posted by smitty46953

I understand your feelings, for one I would now take Hernandez in 2nd put at right guard. We would have one heck of a OL ... With the front 7 the Jags and Texans have we need it in my opinion...

And I would have no problem with Hernandez, because he'd be an OG taken in the 2nd round

Really, at this point, if the whole idea is that the Colts are investing heavily to protect Luck, they may as well find a RG and/or RT. It doesn't make sense to spend the 6th pick on a guard and leave 2/5 of your line totally inept.

[Dam8610]

Not-so-bold prediction: Both Roquan Smith and Tremaine Edmunds will make more All-Pro teams than Quenton Nelson.

[smitty46953]

https://www.indystar.com/story/sport...lay/550995002/

[nate505]

If he's a HOF type guard, and most scouts tend to believe he is, I'm fine with the pick. Would have rather had Smith by a little bit, but I have no issues whatsoever with a sure fire OL talent, even if it is a guard.

Plus by all accounts he's very passionate about the game and has a great work ethic to go with his talent. All that sounds good to me.

[smitty46953]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

Not-so-bold prediction: Both Roquan Smith and Tremaine Edmunds will make more All-Pro teams than Quenton Nelson.

K, you don't like the pick, knew that months ago ... bet Andrew Luck is slightly pleased?

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by smitty46953

I understand your feelings, for one I would now take Hernandez in 2nd put at right guard. We would have one heck of a OL ... With the front 7 the Jags and Texans have we need it in my opinion...

Sure, why not, let's lose every game 56-49.

[Oldcolt]

You have to be shitting me. After all the bitching on this board about Luck being killed. About the running backs having zero holes about how soft this team is the complaint is that we draft the best offensive lineman, maybe the best player in the draft but he is a guard? He seems to provide dominance at a position we haven’t dominated in ever. He also provides a locker room and game day nastiness that we desperately need Ballard is building thru the trenches. He said he would and he is sticking to his philosophy. I love the direction he is taking this team. Love the pick.