Locked On Colts - Daily Podcast On The Indianapolis Colts - COLTS SQUAD SHOW: Indianapolis Colts' Stock UP or DOWN After Free Agency Waves?

Episode Date: March 20, 2026

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I'm Jake Arthur, and during NFL free agency, we're all winners, right? And I'm Zach Hicks, and the Colts finally sign a linebacker with a Pulse. Let's get it. And I'm Alan Pinkett, former Oiler. I didn't know anything about the Colts last year when I took this job, and I still don't know anything about them with all these free agent signings. Colts Nation, Rise Up. It's the Colts Squad, everything Indianapolis Colts every week.

covering all the big hits and game-changing plays from the Circle City, the way only the Locked-on podcast network can. It's time to squad up. The Colt Squad Joe starts now. All right, welcome to the Locked-on Colts Squad Show. I am Jake Arthur, Indianapolis Colts Beat Rider for Roundtable Sports, joined by the legendary Notre Dame Fighting Irish Running Back and former Houston Euler Alan Pinkett, and as well as my partner in crime on the Locked on Colts Daily show,

Zach Hicks. And today we are, it's crazy, but we're already like about two weeks into free agency. That seems pretty nuts. The Colts still very active. It seems like every other day, they make moves and bunches. So it keeps us on our toes. But tonight we're going to talk about some of the winners and losers from the Colts for agency through the first couple weeks, because whether you like the names they brought in, they actually have brought in several players as well as resigned several of their own. So we're going to talk about the winners and losers. whether or not the Nick Westbrook Akina and Akeem Davis Gathear moves really do anything for you, whether it kind of changes the plan of attack for the Colts moving forward,

whether or not we have any bold moves remaining that we think the Colts ought to make or if it's just kind of time to sail through to the draft or, you know, looking at the remaining needs and whether or not they can be fixed in the draft or if they have to be addressed with free agency. So let's talk about those winners and losers. first. Zach, when you look at this thing, there are some players who were ripe to be replaced, I would say, you know, putting it nicely, but maybe haven't been such yet.

But whether it's someone who you see this is just a real opportunity that they haven't been replaced or like they're in a great opportunity now or someone who they're going to be shown the door, you know, sooner or later, who really stands out to you as a winner or a loser? Yeah, I mean, I think because it's college basketball season, I think, to go with the layup here to start off. But Jalen Travis, I think at right tackle is probably the easiest answer. Now, we all anticipated this, right? When we all figured Bray and Smith was going to be leaving in free agency, and we figured

that like, hey, Jalen Travis is that next guy up. A young player who started the final month of the season looked pretty good in those starts. But it is rare for a fourth round pick, especially on the offensive line, to be given that kind of runway at such a vital position going into their second season. So there was always a potential that the Colts could go out there and sign another offensive tackle, maybe even bring back Brayden Smith on a one-year contract or, you know, target offensive tackle in the draft. And I know that door is still kind of open, but it feels like it's kind of squeaked open, not really like seriously open. Jalen Travis appears to be the Colts guy at right tackle going into this upcoming offseason.

And I think he's earned this opportunity. So in terms of like biggest winners, I know we kind of again anticipated this coming into the off-season. season, but it is kind of like official now that Jalen Travis is going to get that giant chance to start at right tackle come training camp. So I think obviously, like on paper, he's the biggest winner internally for the Colts going into this offseason. Well, if I had to pick the biggest winner and forgive me for stating the obvious, but it would be Alec Pierce. That's true. with a new contract, a contract that made him ship Michael Pittman off. It's too bad that they couldn't keep him here.

But $29 million is just a lot to pay for a complimentary piece. And I'm just looking forward to the increase in receptions potentially from Alec Pierce, not just used as a deep threat, but a guy who can be utilized running the entire route tree. And I think that they probably need one more receiver. And, I mean, we've mentioned Kine, but we don't know if that will be it. I'd be interested to see if the Colst can pick somebody up in the draft. But clearly, clearly the winner is Alec Pierce. And, you know, he's still got youth on his side.

And, you know, this is one of the things that happens when you've got a team that believes in you and you exceed their expectations. I think about it. We talked about A.D. Mitchell being, you know, the next great receiver. And I'm sure A.D. Mitchell was brought in to replace an Alec Pierce. all Alec Pierce did was elevate his game and make it so that he had tremendous value. And it reminds me of a story from when I played because I remember my third year in the league. I'm going back 40 years. But I thought that maybe I had a chance to play had Mike Rozier as a starter.

Alonzo Highsmith was there, but really wasn't playing the tailback position. And then there was me. And then I'm thinking, okay, going into my third year, I'm going to really get some playing time. And boom, the Oilers go and draft Lorenzo White in the first round. You know, and at first I thought it was the worst thing that could have happened. I thought I was going to be, you know, shipped out of the league. You know, I thought that definition for NFL was for real, which is not for long. But it ended up being a blessing in disguise.

I had one of my better years because when you get an influx of competition, competition brings the best out of you. And it brought the best out of me. It's the best thing that could have happened, you know. So having a contract here for Alec Pierce, and having all those other receivers there and having A.D. Mitchell, who was supposed to be his replacement, all it did was elevate Alec Pearson. So, yes, he is the biggest winner. Yeah, no, absolutely. I don't want to take one from Jake here, but just while we're on wide receiver,

I think we can also throw in Ashton Doolin as a big winner as of right now, because regardless of what else they do at wide receiver, he's going to be their next greatest veteran in that room on the outside, right, besides Alex Pierce. So even though they have Westbrookickekeen, even though they might draft a guy, Doolin will still be the guy who knows this system better than any other player who's going to be on the outside. So he's got the inside track of getting some serious snaps on the outside this next year. So I think we've got to throw Ashton Doolan in there as a winner as well. And I'll just throw in one more thing because there are some organizations that want to run you off after two or three years, especially because they don't want to make that pension contribution.

after four years. But, you know, I look at this Colts roster, and it looks like a place that does like veterans. They understand that veterans can create, you know, a culture of hopefully winning. But it's just good to see a team that likes veterans. I know from some of my old teammates over the years, I talked with, You remember this name's Steve Berline, who's a quarterback. Yeah. He really, really liked playing for the Broncos because he says the Broncos know how to treat veterans. Well, it looks like the Colts might know how to treat veterans too.

Yeah. Honestly, Alan, I think you're one of the big winners of Free Agency as well because you get to keep using the Labrador receiver nickname. That's huge. That's huge for the brand. It's huge for the show. I'm going to throw kind of, I guess, this one could cost me. some eye rolls, but, you know, he's, he's the cover image of the show today, JT, Tuamolo, Al. So he hasn't just been outright buried on the depth chart. If you think about it,

if the Colts would have pulled off a Trey Hendrickson while still adding Arden Key and Michael Clemens and who knows who else, you would have found yourself being like, well, where is Toa and Maloal going to get any snaps? You know, even if he, like, competed really hard in camp, you have Tommy getting some edge snaps occasionally. He had like over 100 last year. Colby Wooden, you know, is a guy who's maybe going to factor in his well. You would wonder where the role is for two of a low-out. So so far, I think there's still an avenue for him to carve out a role because he hasn't been outright buried.

And I think you could say the same for Austin and GK too, because, I mean, a GK would be your starting mic right now, I think, if the season started. Because I think Davis Gathe would probably be the will. but I wanted to give a couple of these, the littler guys shoutouts, Tuamolo and Austin and the GK. You're going into the draft golden, guys. Yeah, I would say JT. Tuomelow, as of right now, I don't know if we're going to go into the draft with saying that.

Sure, sure. Still have almost $30 million in cap space. And Chris Ballard has typically used up all his cap space every single offseason. So I'm assuming there's going to be other moves happening here that could bury him. But as of right now, yeah, JT. Toomelowow is in line to potentially be a starter. at this moment. We'll see how that looks by the end of the offseason.

In terms of losers, I think Jalen Jones is a pretty obvious one to throw in here. The additions of Cam Taylor Britt, bringing back Cameron Mitchell, Jonathan Edwards still here. And, you know, those aren't the most terrifying names if you're starting NFL corner.

But those are guys who beat him out last year, especially when it comes to Jonathan Edwards and Cameron Mitchell, we're getting more playing time than him for most of the year and especially Mitchell down the stretch as well. So those guys being back in the room And then you add Cam Taylor Britt, a guy with Lou Ann Rumo ties back to the Cincinnati Bengals.

And we know how Lou feels about his Cincinnati Bengals players. We have quite a few already on the roster. So I think all this is kind of saying that like a trade or a cut is probably coming for Jalen Jones at some point this offseason. Still only what, 23, 24 years old. He's had two seasons starting in this league. So there's still a good runway for him in this league. It's just probably not going to be with the Indianapolis Colts because he is just so buried on a very good cornerback depth chart. If everybody stays healthy in terms of Taylor, Britt, Wally, Sauce, and Mooney, and that's just on the outside, right?

They have Kenny Moore in the slot as well. So Jalen Jones probably won't be on the Indianapolis Colts next season, but we'll see if he makes it into training camp and gets his shot to still fight his way onto the roster. But a lot of mouths in that corner room right now, and it's kind of hard to divvy out those snaps in the training. training camp process of it all. And I've got to tell you, being in that type of position, you know, it's not, it's not the most favorite thing in the world because it's, they never tell you, they just keep bringing in people, but the writing is on the wall. And you can sort of see, I guess we'll have to wait until actual practice time, if it even gets to that. But when you start, when they start putting other guys in to take,

take reps that you would otherwise take, then you know, okay, they're getting ready to cut my ass, you know, so it's, we'll have to see what they do, although he's a veteran and he does have experience in this defense. But when they bring in, you know, some fresh bodies, some fresh legs, it's probably time right now to start talking to your agent about, a man, start looking and see what's out there because I don't anticipate being here. But you always, when you are in practice, put your best foot forward and you practice hard and you play as if you're going to be on the squad because you never know what's going to happen. You know, injuries always happen.

Or you might start, you know, the light goes off in your head and you start seeing things and the game slows down for you. I mean, you become more valuable. That can always happen. You know, so you continue to play hard, but you know the writing's on the wall. Yeah, I would throw Mackay Blackman in there as well. Yeah, that's another one. Yeah.

I know they like him. They traded for him, but just by proxy of Justin Wally being healthy, we know Wally's going to play a big role. And Cam Taylor Britt being around. I mean, they signed him for a reason. Like, he's a startable player in this league, let alone a rosterable player. So you've got to think that kind of diminishes Mackay Blackburn. and Jalen Jones a bit.

I would also put in there linebackers coach James Betcher. Your best player right now is again, Akeem Davis Gathe. And I wrote something up the other day. I think between like a GK Carlis, John Bullock and Joseph Bond, the linebacker room had like 150 snaps last year. And like all of them, but like five were a GK essentially. I think John Bullock got a few of them for, I think he was. with the Texans.

Texans or Buckner? I think it was Tampa. Yeah, he's with one of those two. But yeah, he's a special teams guy. And then Devin Barrosuit from the CFL. There he is. You know what I mean? Yeah, so if you're James Betcher,

you have one guy who's really started in the NFL before, and that's really it so far. But coming up next, guys, we're going to talk about a couple specific moves, some big moves that disrupted the daily recording of Locked on Colts yesterday when the Colts signed Nick Westbrook Aquina and Akeem Davis Gather.

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So head to fanduel.com to get started. That's fandul.com. Fandul, play your game. All right, welcome back to the Locked-on Colts squad show. Everybody thanks for joining us this evening. So two of the more notable for agent additions, the Colts have made from the outside, Nick Westbrook Aquina coming in to replace at least something

of what Michael Pittman Jr. vacated. And then Akeem Davis Gather coming in and being really your only linebacker with true experience. Zach and I kind of are getting the vibe. He's going to be your will linebacker throughout his career. We've been going back to Appalachian State. That's a guy that can rush the passer. It's been decent in coverage and defending the run.

Zach, you put something out, I think, today about how he actually really shown as a run defender, more than anything else most recently. So this is a guy who I think you just want to plop there at Will and let him do his thing, use them in a multitude of ways. But the addition of either of those guys, guys, a couple one-year deals there. Does it change anything for you and your strategy and how you continue to build up the receiver room and linebacker? No, it doesn't really change much for me. I don't expect either of these guys to be on much more than like the vet minimum deal,

if not the vet minimum deal. Maybe Akeem Davis-Gaithers on a little bit higher because he was a starter last year, but these are kind of just floor raisers more than anything else. Guys that just know how to perform in this league, guys who have done it before. and can fill a role for you. So you're not stuck with, and I mean this in all the love in the world, when Austin, the GK, you know, he's been fighting his way to make it on the roster. But so you're not starting guys who are like a GK, who are still kind of learning the whole NFL system and the whole NFL game at this point.

So, yeah, I think they just kind of raised the floor. I don't think Nick Westbrook-Akeena really does too much for me. More of a special teamer and more of a blocker can make a couple catches here and there in like the red zone, but it's kind of like a Zach Pascal type of situation. situation. You don't want him being your leading wide receiver like we saw in the early 2020s with the Colts or late 2010s, I think is what it was. But if he's like your fourth or fifth receiver and he's out there doing special teams and blocking, I think that's a valuable player to have on your team. I will say, though, Akeem Davis Gaither, I think does move the needle for me at least a little bit in the linebacker room. His past defense leaves a little bit to be desired. He can run. He can move a little bit, but he did struggle in one-on-one situations with tight ends and running.

back, especially on running back or on tight ends breaking vertical on him, had a couple touchdowns allowed to George Kittle and A.J. Barner last year. And those guys are very solid tight ends. I mean, Kittles been one of the best tight ends in football the last couple years. But you want to at least be a little bit more competitive on those routes. But where Davis Gather really stood out to me was in the run game. You know, as that will linebacker, as a player who it just uses his speed and his explosion and his ability to play the position to create opportunities for the defense. Last year, his average depth of target was 3.1 yards down the field, which was top 20

among all linebackers. It was actually just behind Zaire Franklin, but his mistackle rate was like half of what Zaire Franklin was. So you get a little bit more consistency there from that willbacker spot. He's going to do exactly what Jermann Pratt was doing for the Colts last year, which was playing Will, playing some Sam linebacker as well. If you can keep him clean, he's got such great explosion and speed that he can finish run plays really close to the line of scrimmage and be consistent about getting that ball carrier to the ground. But even if you do let like a tight end or a wide receiver leak out to block him, he's shown that quickness and that ability to get around the block to still like shed that and get in on the ball carrier as well.

So, you know, he's not the perfect player. He's not a guy who you're saying, okay, now our lineback room is done because we have him. But in terms of having like an early down, two down player who knows that. the system and can play that Will and Sam, just that outside linebacker role at a pretty high level and bring a little bit more speed than what Jermaine Pratt brought to them last year. I do think this is a positive move for the defense and I think he can be even better than what Pratt gave them. Where Pratt, again, a little bit of a plotter, a little bit of like a bigger linebacker that

takes on players in the hole and most of his tackles are coming like six yards down the field, you know, when it came to Pratt. Where Davis Gaither, you know, he's going to fire downhill. He's going to explode into the backfield. he's going to make more tackles around the line of scrimmage. There will be some mistackles here and there, but by and large, he's a really good willbacker to have. And I think he's a starting caliber willbacker in this league,

as long as you're having like a Hunter Woler come in for him on passing downs, which I think is what the Colts ultimate plan is. So while Nick Westbrook Akina doesn't really move the needle much for me on offense, I do think Akeem Davis Gaither does move it a little bit for me on defense because he is a starting caliber player. And he can bring that floor up to where your linebacker, has a guy who's capable of playing real NFL defensive snaps for you next year. So I like this signing.

If anything, like it tells me, like, if you're going to make any more linebacker additions and frequency, make it be like a green dot like Bobby O'Caricade type, or just go into the draft and target a player like that. Because I think Akim Davis-Gather is a starting caliber player in this league, and I think he can be a perfectly fine willbacker for the Colts next season. Well, I just got to let all of our listeners know how lucky I am because having you two guys, oh my God, you guys are just on top of all the signings, all the transactions, the film study, just the knowledge of all the different players.

I couldn't do it when I was playing. You had other things going on. I think God I had a scouting report, you know, but I've got to tell you, I'm the luckiest dude in the world because the stuff that y'all do, plus the fact that you do it every day. And I do try to catch y'all every now and then just to gain some more knowledge. But anyway, getting back to what you had talked about in terms of the signings, I think sometimes an organization. is trying to plug a hole and sometimes they're trying to solve a problem. And I think what they did with these players is plug a hole because, you know, they didn't have to really break the bank to sign them. And the benefit is they are veterans in this league.

So you can expect a certain professionalism out of them that you wouldn't get with a rookie. and a certain urgency because, you know, when you start moving from team to team, your value doesn't go up. Your value goes down because, you know, getting cut. Yeah, if, you know, you get signed by another team, they know, well, they didn't last on that team. So we can wipe our hands of them if it doesn't work out. You know, so I think that they're plugging holes right now. I'm anxious to see the draft what position exactly will be with that second round pick.

And I think we talked about it on Tuesday. Will they fill a need or will they get the best player or will it be a combination of the two? And I think there's going to be a lot of good linebackers in this draft. I'm seeing some linebackers that the thought is they'll get drafted into first round. But there's going to be a lot more, especially after watching the combine this year, and just seeing all the size and speed and athleticism that these guys had. And, I mean, it's needed because the changes that have been made in the NFL favors a more athletic linebacker. You know, it probably, just in the last couple of years, it changed to where it made Zaire Franklin just a run stopper, not an all-around linebacker.

You know, but you need both in contemporary professional football. And it's probably going to be easier to find a kid out of college. But you're going to go through your groin pains with a rookie because the game moves fast. And, you know, as a player, you have to get over that while I'm into pros now type of thing and idolizing, you know, a player who's been in there for 10, 12 years. You know, you have to get past that point where it's like, wait a minute, they put their pants on the same way I do. I don't have to look up to the dude. Oops.

Sorry about that. Got to live live live live TV. but it takes a little while to get past that. Once you get past that and realize you're a professional, then you can go about your job doing your business. And that's why I like the fact that they're bringing veterans in because they've already gotten past that, oh, my God, that's, you know, so-and-so playing over there.

I looked up to him for years. Now, now, you know, you get a couple years, then now it's like, I'll knock his head off if I get. the opportunity. Yeah, and one thing I wanted to pick your brain about here, Alan, as long as your phone's not going to ring again here, we're going to make sure that we're good there. So much to put it on silent. No, no, you're all good. But, you know, we've seen a lot of players with Lou the last couple years with the Colts, or I guess the last year and a half, whatever, with the Colts where the second that one of his former players is not having the market that

they have expected or that they are like on a little bit of a down swing in their career, whether they had a setback or they got released or whatever, they're coming back to right they're coming back to the guy they know to rebuild back up their stock we saw with germane pratt mike hilton came back in here xavian howard came back here for a little bit now king davis gather there was talks of troy hendricksson like when back when you played allan i know free agency wasn't as like what it is now but that relationship with the coach and having like that coach that you know that knows you that you trust or whatever how big is that as a player and do you think that's factoring into a lot of these guys just being like you

know what, I'm not getting the big deal I want. Let me go back to Lou and I'll just do what I know what to do under a coach that trusts me. Well, I mean, the biggest thing about playing is availability. And, you know, the relationship between coach and player and NFL isn't always that great because it's more of a partnership. But it's an excellent lesson in the fact that You never burn a bridge because you don't know when you might encounter having this coach again. So you don't want to be on a team and dogging your coach if the coach is giving you an opportunity to play. Because that is, you know, if you have a good relationship. And I can see it happening more on defense because on defense they're sitting there and they're scheming

and they're looking for, you know, pieces that fit. And if you're that player that fits and the defense does well, all it does is make more money for that defensive coach. You know, so that coach is going to remember the guys that play the position the way they envision it being played, you know, so that they can get the praise about having a good defense. And so what I notice is you never burned a bridge, although I had a couple coaches in the pros. If I was on a bridge, I'd kick them off the bridge.

But the good ones that I had, you know, when I got cut from the Packers and I was floating around out there, the offensive coordinator, I guess Sherman was his last name. Mike Sherman. Yeah. So he actually made a call down to the Dolphins. He called for a couple of teams that I went to and got tryouts at. And, you know, I didn't make those teams, but it's because they had a player that they thought they were going to put on injured reserve and then they ended up not putting them

on injured reserve. but, you know, that having that relationship can, you know, elongate your career. Yeah. Yeah, it's really uncanny. I've never seen an assistant coach get that sort of gravity. Again, because, like, Lou Aniruma is not the head coach of the Colts. He's not the GM or anything, but my God, if that dude doesn't get every single player that he's ever wanted, like, again, like you mentioned, Zach, the Trey Hendrickson thing,

I think was probably a lot closer with the Colts than people realize before Baltimore was like, all right, let's go ahead and break the bank here. But it's, I mean, it's a good thing to have like that sort of networking and relationships. Like, yeah. Don't you just feel like Sam Hubbard's going to come out of retirement and try to save the day for him because the Colts don't have an edge rusher? All right. Don't, don't make jokes like that because Sam Hubbard, his final year was certainly not much great. But, yeah, I mean, I think part of it, too, though, is, I mean, all these guys outside of Hendrickton

are coming in here at vet minimum contracts, right? So you're much more willing to where if your defensive coach says, hey, this guy knows my system can play for me, this guy knows my system play for me, and oh, they're not going to cost you much of anything. They're going to be at the bottom of your top 51 payroll. It's much easier to say yes in that scenario. And also when your whole cornerback depth chart is dead

and you need somebody to come in. Like, oh, this corner used to play for me. And that's how Xavier Howard comes back off his couch. But nonetheless, I mean, it still takes two to tango and these players are willing to come back to their old coach because they see it as a way to build their careers back up. And I mean, I know Pratt's still a free agent, but I think it worked for Jermaine Pratt.

It looked like he was on the outs. And now I assume he's going to be at least a starter, a rotational player next year for another team. Yeah, coming up, the Coltson made a bunch of modest moves, but do they have one more big attempt at a swing left in him? We'll talk about it in just a moment. What have sports were traded like markets? Now you could put your sports IQ to one.

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but whether or not it actually changes and then going into the draft. But now we're talking about, do the Colts have any more bold swings left of them? we don't know the extent of all the ones they they went out for we know they were pretty involved in tray hendrickson we've heard that they are sniffing around you know jonathan grenard right now they're a team to watch there they have players they're going to maybe try and send out anthony richardson senior is still out there we've kind of talked about jalen jones being an option as well whether it's kind of a big fish the colts are going for or something else kind under the surface there.

What bold move would you like to see the Colts still make, whether it's before the draft or just before the season begins, what have you? Yeah, I mean, look, I think they're going to make some move happen at Edge Rush, and it's going to be a fairly big move. We've got to keep in mind that the Colts have almost $30 million in cap space. And, you know, traditionally the thinking is, oh, you have to put $7 to $10 million aside for your draft class. The Colts don't because they don't have a first round pick.

most of that $7 to $10 million comes up with their first round pick. They don't have that this year. So they only have to put aside like I think it's like $4 to $5 million for their draft class this year to sign all those guys. So they have a lot of usable cap right now. And they still have wiggle room. They haven't extended Quentin Nelson yet. They have the potential to extend Jonathan Taylor as well if they wanted to open up more

cap space as well. So they have a lot of avenues to make even more cap space, but they have a lot of usable cap. it's just a waiting game right now. Like when it comes to the trade market, I think that's where they prefer to get one of these edge rushers. I think they prefer a Grenard or Josh Sweat over anything that's still available on the open market.

But it takes two to tango. You know, it's hard to get these trade deals done because like if you're Minnesota, you want to win now, right? Like you just fired your GM. Your coach is probably feeling a little bit of the heat, even though he won that little internal battle that they had there. And they're rolling out Carson Wentz versus Kahn. Tyler Murray versus J.J. McCarthy as a quarterback battle. So trading away a very good edge rusher,

just for a couple of picks that probably don't like sway your, your win total next season is a hard thing to come by. Like you got to see if that relationship is salvageable first. And if you, if you get that cap space back, like, what are you going to do with it? You know, so there are a lot of layers to this. Same with Josh Sweat down in Arizona. They probably know they're not going to be the super competitive team, but it's hard to part ways with a good edge rusher, you know, in this League. So I think the Colts have offers out on players like that, maybe Kavon Tibido as well with the New York Giants, but it does take a lot to get trades done. I think ideally the Colts want to go that route, though. They want to get one of those edge rushers. And then if they don't, they'll wait

until the draft passes and the comp pick game is fully passed with that Monday after the draft. And they can go get a Judavian clown. They can go get, you know, a Joey Bosa, whoever the top edge rushers are on the market, that can just be certified bucket getters. is what I keep calling them. Like the old guy on the court that can just, you know, he can barely move nowadays, but he will still drop 20 on you. Like that's the kind of certified bucket getters that I would call,

like your Cam Jordan, your Joey Bosa's, your Jadavian clownies. And they would be upgrades over what Quitty Pay was for the Colts last year. So I fully expect a splashy move coming at defensive end still this offseason. It just remains to be seen what that splashy moves going to be. Because I don't think they want to sign, one of these free agents who are marginal, like, I want to say marginal upgrades. Like they would be upgrades, but they're not like long-term solutions in risk losing a

fourth round pick in the comp pick formula next year. So that's why we're not seeing that kind of movement. And I think they really do want to get one of these trades done. It just takes two to tango there with those. So I do expect something coming with edge rusher. They're not going to go into the season with JT to them a low hour, Arden Key, as their starting defensive end. They're going to make another move.

It's just what will that, move B will be the big question. Well, thank you for answering my question because I was going to start out by saying, well, how much cap space do they have? Yeah. If you said 30 million and that 30 million and they don't have a first round draft pick. So yes, I do anticipate them going after someone. And, you know, every team, they choose where they want to put most of their assets.

And with the Colts, I feel like they want to put most of their assets. on offense. That's why they pay $116 million to a receiver. That's why they pay so much to Daniel Jones coming off into the Achilles. But you can't ignore the other side of the football. And they do need to make a splash there. You need to have somebody that's going to strike fear in other offenses. You know, so having that room under the cap to be able to, you might have to overpay to get them. But when you talk about the two to tango, if it's in a trade, what are the Colts willing to give up? You know, because, you know, other teams aren't willing to help you. other teams is like, okay, my trash is your treasure, you know, type of thing.

And who is it that the Colts could give up to get, you know, a splash player? So we have to start thinking that way. I don't think they would want to take somebody off with the office line. I don't know if they want to use another receiver because they need a receiver. and I can't think of anybody on defense. If they were doing a heads-up trade, it would have to be picks in a trade, picks in a player to get somebody good enough

to make up that money you have in the cap to get a worthy player, a game changer, someone that can come in and start, someone that can light this defense up. But the coach clearly to me, have made the decision that we're going to put most of our money on offense, and we're going to go and score, and we're just going to have to outscore everybody

because the defense will hopefully maybe be a bend but don't break, but it's not going to be like a Seattle defense. It's not going to be like a Texan defense, where you can tell that they spent money on that side of the football, putting pressure on the quarterback. So you can still win that. way, you know, of course, it always goes back to that you've heard the saying defense wins championships, you know, but offense has a say in that too. Well, I think the best way that that saying

should be rebranded is offense gets you into the playoffs. And then once you're in the playoffs, defense wins championships. I like that. Because you have to have a top 10 offense to even make the playoffs. But then once you're there, it's whoever has the best defense plus the offense that's already in the top 10. But yeah, I think what their whole plan is on defense right now is even if we're going younger, even if we're going faster, it's more guys that fit what Lou Anarumo wants to do. So they can still maybe avoid some of that bend don't break by having guys that actually fit what this defense wants to be next season.

But they need that edge rusher in there. So I still think that splash is coming. And just again, just to remind everybody, Chris Ballard typically, again, we call him bargain bin Ballard. We make fun of him for being cheap. he spends all his cap space every off season. The Colts in season never have like 30 million in cap space. They usually use up that cap space one way or another,

whether it's keeping Sam Sanebukon at $10 million last year and Taekwon Lewis made over $7 million last year, like whether it's stuff like that or however they structure it, they use up their cap space. Having almost $30 million, there are moves coming. One way or another, there's going to be something. Like whether it's the edge rush or whether it's something else, they have to use this money because they they almost always do yeah and i think for me what i

would i'd like to see these are hardly bold because they should be expectations first and foremost but go ahead and move anthony richardson we know he's on the block so that's not a big mystery but jalen jones has really just been someone we've speculated about but you move those guys you create what about eight million in cap space between those two go get your edge rusher because you're probably you're going to have to trade for someone at this point. If you just settle for, we added Janadian Clowny and someone in the third round, then it goes to show that you really kind of crap the bed when it came to addressing your pass rush in the off season.

But also like in the draft, this is a win now season. Let's see them be aggressive. Let's see them be bold. You know, if there's someone who, you know, I think it was someone in the everydayer club kind of put this scenario out. there you got some like really really good players you're coveting that are there at like 40 and you know move up from 47 and go get one of those guys if you think they're like a true difference maker i just want to see the colts back up their words with actions so far because

they've said this is a win now off season and they have made they've made some significant moves like retaining daniel jones and alec pierce that was significant but we haven't seen anything really outside of that other than the sheer volume of outside players they're bringing in. I mean, you're bringing in several veterans, but it's like that doesn't wow you. That doesn't catch people's attention. It's just like you got some capable guys. But kind of the latest talk about the Colts lately has been, are they better than they were last year? And so far it's no.

A lot of positions have kind of taken a slight upgrade or downgrade. I mean, obviously there's still more free agency to go. the draft is coming, but back up those words with actions, because, like, jobs are on the line, you would think this offseason. It's like, let's, let's see them get a little bold here. Yeah. Part of it, though, is you just can't, you can't be too crazy with this stuff, right? Like, you don't want to make bad business decisions just for the sake of being aggressive. So I think part of the holdup with, like, these offers for these edge rushers is the Colts probably don't want to include that 47th overall pick. It's their highest value pick.

They're going to probably need a green dot linebacker with that pick. So they probably don't want to include that second round pick where I'm assuming that's where the conversations are starting with these edge rushers. So the Colts are trying to package probably something around their third round pick plus Jalen Jones and something else for one of these edge rushers. And then it's kind of just that waiting game to see who blinks first. And I don't want the Colts to go crazy and say, no what, never mind. Screw the picks. Let's offer the second round pick because you do need to draft well. and get young talent on this roster.

And it sucks to overpay in a trade. We saw that with the Carson Wentz trade, how they gave up a first and a third for a quarterback who was on his last legs. We even kind of saw the Soss Gardner trade, getting up two first round picks for a corner. It wasn't overpay. It was an aggressive overpay. And we'll see how it works out for them.

But sometimes you can be too aggressive and kind of hurt yourselves in the long term by just burning picks. So I understand the measured aggression. that they're going with right now, it just all comes down to can they get something done, though? You know, can they get, you know, one of these guys for a third and some change? I think that would be very valuable for them. Well, in terms of being aggressive, how about pulling on Mike Ditka when he was with the Saints and gave all his picks to get Ricky Williams, you know, so maybe he could do something like that.

But I think the scenario you put out sounds best. You use the third round pick and a current player to get somebody, you know, but someone's going to be sacrificed on the team. And the other thing that makes me think about how aggressive Ballard will be is this is year two under Carly. And we don't know how patient or impatient. she is in terms of, and I mean, Ballard's probably lucky because Carly hadn't been to enough league meetings to get to know all the other people that are there. I know she's been there. I know

that just from you guys, she's participated in some league meetings, but it's been from afar. but now, you know, the buck stops with her. So how much patience is she going to have and or impatience, which, you know, flows down to Ballard saying, I got to be all in this year. I can't, you know, put stuff off for two years now. Yeah. I would say she's probably a big part of this measured aggression approach where there is still aggression.

And, I mean, they're paying a lot of upfront money for Daniel Jones and Alex Pierce, right? It's a lot coming out of the overall. owner's pocket. But you got to keep in mind they're about to get a fourth round pick and a six round pick and comp formula next year. And your hot seat GM, you don't want him just throwing that away just because he's on the hot seat. So I think the owner is driving a little bit of this, like, hey, you know, do your thing, add talent to this roster, but don't burn all of my future picks just because you might not be here next year. I do think it's kind of that measured aggression approach right now. You can still be very aggressive within that, but there's still like that

measured aspect to it. Speaking of measured aggression, the Colts do still have some needs to address, but can they be done in the draft? We're going to talk about that in just a moment. Welcome to the five-hour energy flavor draft with 18 different flavors to choose from, including new options like confetti craze, fruity rainbow, or cotton candy. There is something for every single person. The board is set.

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Have they addressed them? Have they gotten more dire in the last couple weeks? But let me just throw a few of them out there real quick, Zach. So edge rush are still a prime need. Linebacker still a prime need. Essentially the front seven minus. interior, I think is fine. And then receiver, still, you know, we talked about Akina doesn't totally do it.

So you kind of need something. And then offensive line depth is another one we've kind of discussed as well. So what are your biggest needs? And do you think they can just be addressed in the draft or do they have to do more in free agency with them? Yeah. I mean, the type of defensive end they want is probably something they have to address outside of the draft.

Like, even if you're actually good at drafting the position at the position, at the, at the position that Chris Ballard has not been good at drafting, right? Like he has struggled at defensive end throughout his entire career. But even if you're like the best the best defensive end drafter in the history of the sport, it's hard to get production in year one out of a second or a third round rookie at that position, right? So you're not going to get what you need in the draft at defensive end. So I do think going out and trading or getting a clowny or getting whoever it is

would be the upgrade they're looking for at the position. So, you know, that they can't really fill in the draft. But I think all their other ones, they probably could. I mean, like a first team linebacker where you probably need starters at those spots. I think the other spots just need depth in competition. Like we look at strong safety and free safety even as well. Like just adding more depth to that position room, I think makes a lot of sense. I think going to just the offensive line in general, they just need more depth across the entire offensive line.

Backup running back could use more competition. even at receiver like I prefer them to get a starter but if they gave me a guy who I think can fill a pretty good role for them and then you're just doing it by committee at wide receiver I think that can be perfectly fine with how the offense rolls through Jonathan Taylor, Tyler, Tyler Warren and Alec Pierce next season. So, you know, I think really outside of linebacker, linebacker and Edge are kind of the two that you need new starters, right? Like Edge, you need that like legit other guy alongside Laotu Latu and then linebacker you need a green dot guy.

They just don't have a green dot guy currently. So as long as they can get one of these trades done for one of these edge rushers and they can get a green dot guy at 47, I think the rest of the draft can just be a lot of these like competition, depth and filling out your roster type players. Then you make a couple more like just signings after the draft when the comp pick formula is lessened up. And you can go into the season with a roster that's ready to go. But it really does hinge on getting that starter at edge and that green dot linebacker. Those are the two biggest needs for the Colts right now. Yeah, real quick.

I'm going to jump ahead of Allen real quick. As you've heard us talk about green dot a lot, that's essentially your Mike linebacker that calls this. Right. We say it on the daily show a lot and everything. Akeem Davis Gator, we're kind of projecting you be the will, just a free run and chase type of player

that Lou can kind of do different things with, but you need a replacement for Zaire Franklin, the green dot. They literally have a green dot on the back of their helmet that indicates they are the one that receives the radio transmission and feeds the defense to their teammates. So that is what we're talking about. The Colts have only had three green dots in the Chris Ballard era.

So in the going on 10 years, they've only had three different green dots. It was Anthony Walker very, very early on. Then it became Darius Shaquille Leonard for the next couple of years after that. And then once Leonard had his fall off and was replaced by Zaire Franklin, it had been Franklin since 2021. So they're looking for their fourth green dot. and one thing that you notice about all those previous green dots, all guys that had been drafted by Chris Ballard.

He likes to draft that position. So I do think that they're going to be looking for a guy with that kind of experience from the college level, whether it's at 47, whether it's in the third round, whether it's an early day three pick. I hope it's not an early day three pick, but whether it's any of that, I do think that they are looking for like a younger player to be that green dot next year alongside Akeem Davis Gaither or maybe alongside another rookie.

I think they could draft two guys at linebacker potentially. But they are looking, I think, for a young green dot type player to play that Mike linebacker position. Well, here's one thing I would say. The folks that listen every day know what the hell of green dot is. We talk about it so much. We can have that answer key next to the thing there, Jake. You know, and in regards to, you know, how they have to divvy up money to fill the need of edge and linebacker, think about it like this. the highest paid linebacker is probably the 25th highest paid edge rusher.

You know, so the, so when it comes to edge, if you're not drafted in like the first five for an edge rusher, maybe first 10, then you better go get somebody who's already playing that is on the cusp of breaking out. And then you can use your pick on linebacker because I don't think in the Leromano coach defense that the linebacker play is more essential than pressure coming off to edge and coverage on the back end. You know, you know, so you want an athletic linebacker, but it doesn't have to be an all-pro caliber linebacker. So I sort of see them, you know, probably through the draft getting that linebacker, although I'm sure they're going to draft more depth at offensive line and also on defense. It looks like they're trying to take care of depth with these signings right there. But in terms of getting that badass dude who will just change the game,

you know, they're going to probably have to get a current player for that to happen. And as far as needs on offense, you know, I mean, there's things that they need. But you know what I'd love to really see is another tight end comparable to Tyler Warren. Okay. You know, I just think that I think about the Ravens when they had a couple tight ends and how much damage they did, but they could still stretch the field. but I just think about the brutality on offense you could have with two or three tight ends coming at you

and that defensive backfield having to tackle tight ends all damn game. You know, and, you know, just beating up the other team with a Jonathan Taylor running and then all of a sudden, boom, you go over the top to Alec Pierce. So I kind of like, I don't know if, you know, coach Steichen, you know, has in his repertoire, you know, 12 or 13 personnel that he can throw at somebody. But I think it would be a nice twist. And especially when you get late in the year and you get in bad weather, you know, if you have a defense that's relying on speed and

timing, in good field position, good field conditions. You know, of course, they don't have to go that many places colds and Colts play indoors. But, you know,

12, 13 personnel can travel. It doesn't matter what the weather is. But it's just one of those, the offense could be a tone setter. If they had that one little stud, tight in. And I guess I'm a little intrigued by the signing they just made with tout, although I don't expect him to play a down this year. Don't, you know,

if he did, you know, let's say this tout comes in and does play and make an impact. Ballard wouldn't win GM of the year. He'd win a Pulitzer Prize for that type of thing. But I like that style of thinking outside the box to bring in a more athletic tight end. I just think it would really like this offense up. Yeah, I would have been completely on board with you, Alan, but then they re-signed Ogletree and Moecox, and so I don't know if there's much more. No room now. I would love a guy who can do a little bit more than just block or just catch. So like more than what,

like I'm, I love Moe-A-Cox being the tight end too. I think he was one of the most underrated players on the team last year and was very, very vital to what they did and was why the cult were able to run a lot of 12th personnel. Ogletree and Will Mallory are both just so much like their own type of thing. Right, right. Mallory is a good pass catcher,

but can't get on the field because he can't block. Ogletree gets on the field because he can block. But gosh, do not throw him the football, you know, like outside of, What was that one game? I remember he beat like an all-pro quo.

I think he beat Trent McDuffie for a touchdown against the against the Chiefs. Yeah, it was his first catch of the year. And it was like he moths a really good corner for it. Yeah, he like, he crossed the face of Trent McDuffie. But outside of that,

he's been struggling as a pass catcher. It's a very deep tight end class too. I would love to really get into this tight end class and get like a third tight end. And, you know, Oval Tree is not making much so you could probably justify it. But I think, you know, this kind of brings me my overall point with the offseason. here. And this is something I've wanted Ballard's

to do for a long time. Signing a lot of these guys near the vet minimum or just like guys who have been there and done that, I think the way the off-season should be used is make your couple swings. Get a lot of guys like this who are hungry and know what they're doing and can fill a role if need be.

And then you get your draft class in here. And it's just a free-for-all. It's a fair game, right? Like, if Akeem Dave Gather comes in here and he's the best of the bunch out of all your drafted players and all that, fine. You start him. But if two drafted guys beat them out, you can cut him. Who cares?

He's making the vet minimum. You know, same with Ogletree at tight end. Same with Nick Westbrook Aquine at wide receiver. Same with Juanier Thomas and Jonathan Owens at safety. Like, I think you can draft it all these positions too because who cares if you cut these guys? They're on vet minimums, right? No harm, no foul on one year contracts. But I think this is how you should be building out your roster compared to what Ballard

has done in the past, right? where it's been like so many like our camp battle here at safety is a seventh round pick, a fifth round pick and three UDFAs. We'll see who fights it out there. It's like get some veterans in here. And if they beat out the veterans, awesome. That's great. But like at least put a veteran for them to beat out instead of like, oh, we have to start

this guy just because, you know, he beat out that undrafted free agent from three years ago that he was competing with. It's like, yeah, of course he beat him out. It's an undrafted free agent. played special teams. So I think the culture doing a good job of getting like I know these bodies aren't sexy that we're hearing like these names, right, the Jerry Tilleries, the Derek Notties and Juan Ye Thomas. Like all these players are not like the sexy big names that we want, but it allows them to have a little bit more flexibility in the draft, which I think is very, very vital.

And I hope we get 20 more of these names announced, you know, some offensive linemen, some more receivers, more running backs, like keep doing this. And then may the best man win. If you have to cut half your draft class because they get beat out by these guys, so be it. You know, like that's what competition is for. But like at least up the competition in camp. So it's not just a bunch of undrafted free agents fighting it out for like the bottom of your roster, not saying that undrafted free agents shouldn't make teams, but make them earn it. Make them have to beat out of Jonathan Owens.

Make them have to beat out of Nick Westbrook-Akeena. Like make the competition a real competition. So that's why like I will, I'm okay with any signing at a one-year contract. won your contract, get them in here. Because if they don't make it, you can just cut them and start the younger guy who beat him out. Like there's no harm, no foul. So keep bringing in even more of these guys. I'm all for it.

Yeah, I'm here for it, too. It makes too much sense. I feel like when you see, it wasn't a rebuild this year, but when you see this much turnover, usually the best guys are bound to play because it's kind of a fresh slate for everybody. But I wanted to touch real quick before we head out on Allen's two tight end thing. That's kind of something I've been thinking of recently because they kind of have an opportunity to transform their offense a little bit. You have the excuse of Daniels Achilles. Michael Pittman is out.

So why not pair another really dynamic tied in with Tyler Warren? This all stems for me watching Kenyon Siddique the other night and getting just three with jealous rage that the Colts are not going to be able to get him because that dude is an absolute demon. But, you know, like Nate Bo Kercher is a guy I vouch for, a guy who, like, he's not even close to being as good as Tyler Warren, but like he blocks and he catches and he stretches the field. He can create yards after, he doesn't have to leave the field. You know what I mean? You can have guys like that who are multifaceted and it just makes your offense so much more dynamic. And without having Michael Pittman Jr. and having Akina in there instead, it's kind of a boom or bust offense because Akina, the down. field aspect is his game.

He's not going to go, you know, the five-yard slant and get crushed over the middle and hold onto it like Pittman does. But like, it's going to be a little more feast or famine. And so to have another tight end out there, I think really it's pretty intriguing. It's a Shane, what do you got kind of thing, you know? Now you finally, you didn't used to have a tide in here. Now you have too many. So try and figure it out.

But I'm intrigued by that one. I like your thinking, Alan. All right. Think of Eli Raritan. He could be there. Sixth round, six seventh round. Okay, okay. We're going to hold you to that.

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