Locked On Colts - Daily Podcast On The Indianapolis Colts - Fifteen Prospects Who Make Sense for Colts + Live Mock Draft 2.0

Episode Date: March 10, 2021

On today's episode, Evan is joined by Stampede Blue's Stephen Reed for another draft-centric deep dive. Who are some prospects who make the most sense for Indy? Evan unveils an extensive list of 15 prospects, Blue Stars and non-Blue Stars, who could be in play for the Indianapolis Colts in Round 1. No surprise, but four positions stand out: LT, EDGE, CB, and WR.Closing out the show, Evan and Stephen do their second version of a live mock draft for the audience. Do the Colts have an appealing trade offer to move back out of Round 1? Any prospects slip that fit Indy's criteria? This scenario plays out perfectly for the Colts. Who makes their way to Indy in Locked On Colts' live mock draft 2.0?This is a jam-packed episode you won't want to miss, Colts fans! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You are Locked On Colts, your daily Indianapolis Colts podcast. Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. Hello everybody, welcome back to the latest episode of Locked On Colts, part of the Locked On Podcast Network. And to those listening on WTHR.com, again, episode of Locked On Colts, part of the Locked On Podcast Network. And to those listening on WTHR.com, again, welcome into Locked On Colts. Really glad to be joining on board there over at WTHR. We're joined by a very frequent guest for those who have not listened to Locked On Colts before, Stephen Reed of Stampede Blue.

He's been on the show for the last couple of years. Almost each week it feels like talking through the Colts, whether it be regular season draft, free agency. Stephen's really my go-to guest, a friend of mine Stephen how you doing today is we're going to talk some more NFL draft I'm doing well Evan how are you doing doing great and I really appreciate coming up for today's episode Stephen because we're going to dive in like I mentioned the 2021 NFL draft and we've kind of gone into the draft loop a little bit the last couple episodes and it's going to be the same trend today as we're going to take a quick break from free agency and talk about the draft with how intriguing it's going to be for the Colts this year, keeping their first, second-round picks,

even after the Carson Wentz trade went down. And I made a list of 15 prospects who should be really sort of like a big board, so to say, whether it be unrealistic or very realistic. I think it's a whole spectrum from like 1 to 15 here. I feel like it's a guaranteed lock. One of these guys is going to be the pick. And no surprise, a lot of those feature key positions of need for the Colts. So let's dive into that first, and we'll do a live mock draft 2.0.

Our first one was last week. We're going to continue that trend here this week via profootballnetwork.com. But here's the list here, Stephen, about the 15 prospects who make the most sense to me as far as what the Colts could do in the first round of the NFL draft. And it's one that really stands out to me as far as needs go, like I mentioned. Left tackle, you have edge rusher on here as well. And you also have two, I think, underrated positions. I covered some of George Berman on yesterday's episode as well about cornerback.

When we heard about Greg Newsom from Northwestern his time they ran his pro day I feel like cornerback is an underrated especially they like Xavier Rhodes go and then wide receiver as far as best player available goes so here's the list starting at left tackle our guy Christian Derusall Steven starts it off from Virginia Tech and then the other four left tackles on the list Tevin Jenkins who has some versatility playing all over the office a lot from Oklahoma State Sam Cosme, a blue star prospect from Texas. He played left tackle for Texas as well. Dylan Radunz out of North Dakota State is a blue star prospect. Liam Eikenberg, the local kid from Notre Dame,

is a blue star prospect as well. He played left tackle for the Irish this past year. Then heading into the edge rusher list, Quiddie Paye of Michigan. The more I've watched of him, Stephen, the more I really do love his spin and D. I think he'd be unstoppable next to DeForest Buckner on the defensive line. And then rounding out the edge list here, Jalen Phillips and Greg Rousseau from Miami. Rousseau obviously opted out this past year.

We didn't see him play. He had a dominant registered sophomore year. Aziz Ojulari of Georgia. Jason Outway of Penn State, who were in a freakish time of a sub 4-4-40 for a 250-pound edge rusher. So a twitchy guy, and he's added to the list here because he really fits the freakish measurables that Chris Bauer goes for. And then going to cornerback here, three guys on the list here, J.C. Horn of South Carolina,

Greg Newsome of Northwestern, and Ifeado Melifonwu of Syracuse, a late riser from Syracuse. It makes a lot of sense. And then the two wire seers were out the list here, Stephen. Rashad Bateman, who I think is one of my favorite guys in this draft as far as best player available is a 21 from Minnesota and a Kadarius Tony from Florida. If they were to move on from two, I want more of a shifty guy on the outside can also play in a slot. Kadarius Tony makes some sense.

He was also played in senior bowl as well. So kind of went into the list there for the last couple minutes, Stephen. What's your thoughts on those 15 guys really covering offense tackle, edge rusher, corner, and wide receiver? I think all four are legit needs for the Colts this offseason. Yeah, that's a great list. It really nails down the main players that would be available, the Colts at 21, or even some of those guys, even with the tradeback scenario, they might be available to the Colts at 21 or even in some of those guys even with the

tradeback scenario they might be available there I think that's realistic though and I think your order of listing them is also realistic saying that offensive tackle being that the first kind of cog in the wheel for what the Colts are looking for and then going to edge rusher the edge rushing class as a whole is really interesting just because you you don't have that dominant edge rusher like you do most years where you've got that one guy that's going to be like your chase young that's the top five pick and it's it's almost a lock um that you've got one guy this year you don't have that so it's really interesting because like you said quitty pay is a guy that if he's there at 21 i could

really see the colts going ahead and taking a long long look at him um and the same thing like you mentioned with with the left tackle position christian derisaw he's kind of kind of our guy that we've talked about the most in terms of if he's there at 21 that's the guy that i think the colts don't trade back from. The cornerback position is really, really interesting because I listened to George in the podcast yesterday, and it's one of those things where Newsom's times really are kind of eye-popping. And you watch, and Daniel Jeremiah pointed this out, that Newsom just has really clean feet.

And what he means by that is when Newsom's out in open space, he doesn't take a false step. So you don't see him like jab step one direction and be kind of off balance. He's got really clean feet. So he's very good at squaring up the running back or the wide receiver or whoever he is in coverage and being able to make a clean hit or make a clean play on the ball. And so that's something that I think is underrated with Newsom. And I think it's something that NFL people are seeing in his tape. And you're seeing him kind of shoot up that board because you're really kind of getting into the tape and seeing what he can do. And then the wide receiver position is interesting because outside of like a Devante Smith or

Jalen Waddell or Jamar Chase, everybody beyond that, it's really kind of pick your flavor. And it's similar to last year's class is you've got a lot of really talented guys, but they're all very kind of scheme specific, I think, more than guys that could just be like your dominant players. Like Devonta Smith, he reminds me so much of the way that Marvin Harrison would play and how he would just so smooth, just able to just run by guys you don't even know he's there, and then he's gone. But guys like, you know, you'd mention Rashawn Bateman. He's a solid choice there.

I'd throw in Terrace Marshall Jr. I think he's going to be a late riser, kind of like what Justin Jefferson was last year out of LSU. Both of them out of LSU, oddly enough. Yeah, I think that's a great list of 15 realistic options there for the Colts at 21. I feel like one name we haven't talked about who seems to really be on the rise lately when you look around the draft community, whether it be national experts or even like these sites that just cover regular mock drafts on a day-to-day basis.

And to me, that's Tevin Jenkins from Oklahoma State, who the Colts have reportedly met with. According to Justin Mello of the Draft Network, he had a Zoom meeting with the Colts, played left tackle and right tackle as well as played some inside. He really played all over the line for Oklahoma State over the last four years there. Did not play in the senior board.

I think he might have just declined his invite because his stock has risen so much. But what's your thoughts on Tevin Jenkins? He's not a guy we really cover much at all in this podcast. I don't think we ever have yet. He's been a late riser I think we prefer some other guys as well but the more you dive in the tape on Tevin Jenkins there's a reason why the Colts are maybe smitten by him possibly and other teams are in the NFL because he reminds me a little bit just nastiness wise of a Quentin Nelson like every time I watch a game of his he's mauling

a guy to the ground. He's just doing the most to the defensive lineman. I saw him against Texas, and Joseph Osai just got destroyed that whole game, and Edge Rusher's going to go on round two of this draft. Tevin Jenkins ate his lunch money up, and it wasn't even close. Like, he's a guy to me when you watch the tape. That's probably why he's such a late riser in this process and why he might be a top 25 pick. But what's your thoughts on maybe drafting a Tevin Jenkins of

Oklahoma State who played right tackle last year and transitioning to the left side? Tevin Jenkins is interesting because like you said, he's kind of a mauler style. He wants to humiliate you. He wants to just put you in the dirt and just crush you and crush your spirit. And you like that in an offensive lineman. There is some concern with his athleticism and being able to play over on the left side. The one interesting thing is, and the guys over the draft network broke this down pretty well. They mentioned that he does a lot of horizontal sets. So basically, this is something that Zach Hicks over at Stampede Blue, he had written a couple articles regarding the Mudd method.

It's attributed to Howard Mudd and Colts offensive line coach Howard Mudd. And it didn't matter really how you got a guy down or how you blocked a guy it just mattered that you blocked the guy and what Howard Mudd would do is he would have a very aggressive pass set for their offensive tackles and so what he'd do is he'd have his offensive tackles actually go and be aggressive and attack the defensive end and go horizontal and kind of cut off that angle for the defensive end versus coming vertical which means going straight back taking that that that initial step back and letting the defensive end get to you and be able to let them be the aggressor. So Tevin Jenkins would really fit in with the Colts' system,

the way that they've been coached, and Chris Stoush has coached them, kind of similar to the Mudd method. And that's kind of how the offensive line, especially the offensive tackles, have performed. More recently, Anthony Costanzo is different, obviously. He's a little bit more athletic he wasn't like an athletic freak but he was able to get in front of guys and do a more traditional pass set but you see this a lot with Braden Smith where he'll actually go out a little bit more he's

not quite as vertically goes a little bit more horizontal and meets the defensive end before the defensive end can really initiate contact and so Tevin Jenkins would fit really well with the Colts system in terms of running that type of a pass set and the blocking assignments in the Colts offense. So it'd be interesting. I wouldn't go against that. I would say 21 is probably a little high for him just because you are going to be transitioning

and it's going to be a projection from right tackle to left tackle. But I think if you can get him maybe, say, early round two on a tradeback or maybe even at 54, I don't think he'll be there at 54, honestly. I think he's going to go higher than that, but he'd be an interesting choice. And something that you guys brought up yesterday with George Bremer, and it's a very valid point, something that we've talked about before, is the Colts offensive line is so good from left tackle to right tackle. You have four above average to elite offensive linemen. You have time.

You can put in a guy in there to develop over there on the left side and still feel confident in the offensive line. And so you don't necessarily need a finished product there on the left side to still have that quality offensive line that you need to protect Carson Wentz. And I just thought that was a great point that Evan, you, and George had brought up and talked about the other day. Let's move on to the last point I wanted to discuss a little bit more in depth before we dive into our live mock draft.

And for the listeners out there who have not listened yet to the podcast and our live mock drafts, it's going to be a weekly occurrence here on the podcast. Steve and I will do it. It's a lot of fun. It's very interactive. So just stay tuned for that in a couple of minutes. But the last position I wanted to go into, I think it's under the radar as well, like cornerback is.

With Xavier Rhodes, if you were to walk it for A-2, the draft could be where they go for cornerback. But with the news today of Allen Robinson and Chris Godwin being tagged, Kenny Galladay was the other one of the top three who wasn't franchised. He's going to get a big, big contract somewhere. I would be stunned if it's Indianapolis at this point. But that does make T.Y. Hilton rise his stock a little bit in the market. I think it's fair to say he's probably between number four and number six

on the free agent list right now of wide receivers, depending on who you talk to on the NFL. And if T.Y.'s market gets a little too much for the Colts, we know Chris Bauer sets a price and does not go over that, even for guys of his own. So if T.Y. Hilton were to walk, Stephen, I would not be stunned at all, especially with the importance of adding weapons for Carson Wentz, making sure that the Wentz experiment works in India. I think there's a chance like if Rashad Bateman's there at 21 or if they want to find like a T.Y. Tide, like a Kadarius Toney, I would not be shocked if either

of those two guys are in serious consideration at 21 at T.Y. Luce. Yeah, Kadarius Toney is very interesting. He's more of a late riser kind of too, more recently at least. He's just that quick twitch, just electric kind of receiver. He's played a lot of slot down there at Florida. And so I'd be interested to see if he'd be able to play outside. That's the trouble with a lot of these college offenses is they'll put guys all over the field, which is good because it gives them experience. But a lot of times you don't see them, for example, against press coverage. And when you're a wide receiver making that transition to the NFL,

that's one of the biggest, most difficult challenges you have is trying to get off of press coverage. I've been scouting wide receivers for the Stampede Blue Draft Guide for the past two years. And that's honestly been my biggest mistake from when I first started scouting wide receivers to now is before I didn't take that into consideration. So when you play out of the slot, it gives you kind of a free release. And so Kadarius Toney has generally been played all over. He's more so than a slot receiver if i remember correctly out of florida um but he is just crazy athletic he's able to be used all over the he reminds me a lot of of how

they would use paris campbell um which is hopefully you know paris campbell become is healthy and the colts are able to get a lot of use out of him this year. And so that's a really interesting guy to me. Bateman's kind of that more traditional wide receiver that the Colts kind of have looked at. He's over six foot tall. He's a big guy. He's got good route running. He's just an overall good wide receiver. He doesn't do any, he's not poor at anything and he does everything above average very

well. Um, and so that's, yeah, Bateman's, Bateman's an interesting, interesting prospect. I wouldn't be against either of them at 21. Um, and, and again, what matters at this point is what the Colts do in free agency. Because I don't see them going after Kenny Galladay, given that he's going to be that high price. And honestly, T.Y. Hilton might have just been priced out with Godwin and Allen Robinson being tagged. It's going to, like you said, boost TY up the ranking a little bit. And I think that TY is going to give the Colts a shot to match it.

But Chris Ballard, as we know, sets his price and he doesn't go beyond that. Even for a guy like TY, who is a fan favorite that everybody knows and loves here. I think TY could be back, but it'd have to be a really team friendly deal and it'd have to be for something that the colts feel comfortable with giving him it's probably a shorter two-year two-year deal something like that um but if they don't sign somebody like ty hilton um or or another wide receiver in free, then a wide receiver becomes a very

important position for them and something that I think they would likely address pretty early in the draft because at that point, all you've got is Michael Pittman Jr. You're hoping Paris Campbell stays healthy. You've got Zach Paschal, who has been a reliable wide receiver three for you. You've got different guys that are able to step in and play. But you don't have a guy that you really feel confident with being your go to being your number one just yet. And Michael Pittman, Jr. I'm on record saying that I think that he can be a wide receiver one in the NFL, I think that he'll grow into that. But this is his second year, his first year was kind of middled with injuries.

That compartment leg syndrome thing was kind of crazy. And you hope that he grows in the offseason. I believe he will. But I think it makes a lot of sense for the Colts to go out and get more weapons for Carson Wentz. We've been telling you about Built Bar, the best tasting protein bar on the market for a while now. Built Bar is the amazing low-calorie, low-sugar, high-protein, high-fiber, amazing tasting protein bar with 100% chocolate on all the bars. Now is the time to find out which Bilt Bar is the best.

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news you need every morning under 20 minutes. Follow Locked On Today podcast where to get your podcast. Good stuff there on the draft. For those who are curious about Ketherius Tony or Rashad Bateman, go on YouTube, check out their highlights. I think they're very intriguing guys, especially if, like we're mentioning, T.Y. Hilton were to leave him free.

And so the draft could suddenly become a very intriguing option for the Colts to address wide receiver coming up here next month in April. But this is the fair part of the show now, Stephen. After we went into the list there and diving into some guys a little bit more in-depth, we haven't covered the show just yet. It's time for our live mock draft via ProFootballNetwork.com. The reason why we use PFN is because it's free, and you can use trades in there as well for free. So definitely we go with the PFN route, and we're on the clock here with the Annapolis Colts, Steven.

For those out there who, like I mentioned before at the top of the show, me and Steven run through a live mock draft, and we go through all seven rounds. There's trades on the board. There's guys we go through on each pick and decide who we're going to go with. So we are at the end of our pick here at pick 21, Steven. And we have two trade offers on the board. But first off, let me show you the people who are on the board right now for those out there wondering.

According to PFN's big board right now, Micah Parsons out of Penn State is there. Obviously, don't need a linebacker. You have Bobby Okereke and Darius Leonard. He slipped on the board a little bit. J.C. Horn, very intriguing prospect there, especially if we were to let Xavier Rhodes walk in for E&C. He's there out of South Carolina.

Aziz Ojulari out of Georgia, the edge rusher, is there. Another guy, Sam Cosme, the office tackle out of Texas, is there. Ifeado Melafonwu is there from Syracuse. Like I mentioned earlier, top of the show, a late rise in this process. He could maybe trade out until get him, but we'll have to see. Those are really the most intriguing guys on the list there.

You can also throw in Tevin Jenkins, Kadarius Toney as well. They're on the list as well as Jason Alway, the edge rusher, and Jalen Phillips, the edge rusher from Penn State and Miami respectively. So a couple of intriguing names on the board here. Some guys have slipped on the board. Some are right in their range. But let's of entry names on the board here. Some guys have slipped on the board. Some are right in their range. But let's get to the trade offers here, Steve. We have two on the board.

The first one is from the Denver Broncos, and this one really seems like it's in crisp out of the wheelhouse. We went over the prospects, and the board's still just there. Pick 21 would go to Denver. Denver would send the Colts pick 40, pick 71, and a 20-22 second-round pick. That seems like a pretty perfect offer for the Colts pick 40, pick 71, and a 2022 second-round pick. That seems like a pretty perfect offer for the Colts. Yeah.

Okay, so what's the other offer, too? Because I want to hear this one. But as of right now, with the guys on the board and that offer from Denver, I'm leaning towards making that trade. But I want to hear the other offer. Yeah, the other offer here is from Atlanta. I wonder who they're trying to get up and get as well. I think Denver and Atlanta might be vying for the same guy

with how many guys have slipped on the board, like a J.C. Horn or a Micah Parsons. But pick 21 would go to Atlanta. Atlanta would send 35 and 68. So top of the second-round pick, you move back 14 spots, you get pick 68. But to me, the five-spot difference here, even the three-spot difference in the second round, because they alternate picks each round when you have the same record, Denver throws in a 20-22 second-round pick, so they seem a little more desperate here to move the board. You move back and still get an early second round

pick. You still get a third round pick, the early one at that, 71, but you also get the 2022 second round pick from Denver, which Atlanta is not offering. I feel like to me, Steven, I'm leaning heavily towards Denver, but what's your opinion? What should we do? Yeah, I lean towards Denver for the same reasons. And when you think about it like this, the Colts traded away their third round pick and a future second round pick to get Carson Wentz. So in making this trade with Denver, you're effectively getting a third round pick and then getting that future second round pick from the Denver Broncos who are likely to have a worse record than the Colts. So you're probably going to get a little bit of a bump up in terms of your pick in the second round in 2022.

Yeah, that's the key here. So we're going to go ahead. We're in GM Chris Bauer's shoes. This is in GM Ed Dodd's shoes. We're going to take the Denver Broncos off for John. Always getting aggressive with the board. He has a pick 40, pick 71 and a 20-22 second round pick. It seems like the Washington football team special here, Steven, or New York Jets special that Chris brought up to pull off here. Denver with Drew

Locke, they could be in a position where if Drew Locke really bombs out next year, that could be like a pick 34, pick 36 type of pick for them in the second round. And that could really benefit with the Carson Wentz trade like we talked about earlier in the show. So we're going to accept that offer from the Denver Broncos here and move back about earlier in the show. So we're going to accept that offer from the Denver Broncos here and move back 19 spots in the draft to pick 40.

We're back up on the board, though. I'm going to go over the guys on the list here, but we do have a trade offer still on the board, and it's one from the Buffalo Bills. And, man, this one is really intriguing, too. At this point, even though it's moving back around 20 spots, you're really starting to stockpile some future picks here, in my opinion. But let's talk about the guys here on the board. Jason Alway, the edge rusher at Penn State,

is still there, very freakish, running a sub 4-4-40 as an edge rusher. So he's a very twitchy prospect. That's what Chris Bauer looks for off the edge there. Terrace Marshall Jr. of LSU is still on the board. Alex Leatherwood of Alabama. Jalen Phillips is slipping on the board a little bit, might be due to his injury history out of Miami. He's still there, the edge rusher. And Greg Newsome out of Northwestern is still there, as well as Rondell Moore and Liam Eikenberg. So there's a lot of guys that we still like on the board that are still here. Even Dylan Radunes, when you go a little bit further down the board,

is still there at pick 40. So we have about four or five different guys on the board here for the Colts. And you have to think, with that being said, looking at this trade offer from the Buffalo Bills, this is really, I think, going to pique your interest Steven pick 40 plus pick 247 so they get their seventh round pick the Coltswood in this trade to move back 21 spots to pick 61 but in return you get a 2022 second round pick again this time from the Buffalo Bills so it might be a late second round pick in next year's draft but at that point you going to have three second round picks and really

recoup almost all your value from the Carson Wentz trade if that were to happen. But what's your thoughts on the board there and the guys there and what the Colts could do in this situation? So my thoughts here that, that Buffalo bills trade is really, really tempting. My, my main concern is once you get past that, that Greg Newsome and there's a, there's like one or two more corners, um, that really could be able to play right away for you.

Um, I think there's a pretty significant drop off after, after Newsome. Um, the same thing with with Jalen Phillips you might be able to get some guys there a little bit later I'm actually believe it or not I'm actually leaning towards making the pick here and taking Newsome um versus trading back to the to Buffalo at 60 because I think that the difference in talent of what you've got here at 40 that's good that's about the same talent of guys you had at 21 so what we do or what chris ballard does is he ranks guys into tiers and he's got a first tier guy a second round tier tier guy and then you you go beyond that i think right now we're in that second-tier guy,

and if we trade back to Buffalo, we're going to drop out of that tier completely. None of these guys are going to be available to us at 60, maybe not at 54 either. And then we're going to get our late round two next year. And I feel like I'd rather make this pick and take a guy like a Newsome or a Jalen Phillips or a Terrace Marshall Jr. I've talked about him repeatedly on the podcast as being one of my

favorite wide receivers in this class. But I feel like the value here at 40 is too good to pass up and trade back and risk losing all of them and not having any of them there available for you at 54. Yeah, that's a very valid point. Those guys you mentioned will be off the board at 61. And that Buffalo pick, you can just say it's an early third round pick next year at that point. It's tempting to get some more future picks with the Carson-Wenstry on board. But like you mentioned, I think after the top 50 or so, we're going to hold to our 54. It starts to really go down a couple of tiers, in my opinion. I'm right there with you, Steven. So like the guys you just mentioned there, they can just go through the positions one more time. Terrace Marshall of LSU at wide receiver.

Rondell Moore is still there. Offensive tackle. Keep in mind the Colts could begin in 14 spots, so some of these guys could still slip down the board. Leatherwood, Eichenberg, Radunes are still there. So there's three guys we like at left tackle still on the board at pick 40. Going to defense here, Jalen Phillips from Miami is still on the board for them as well. And in cornerback, Greg Newsome seems like he might be the last guy here as far as a possible elite cornerback on the board for the Colts. And before we make this pick, Steve, we might as well just assume what happens at free agency because what they do in free agency is really going to tell us about what they're going to do in the draft as well. Assuming left tackle is going to be either way going to be

addressed early in this draft you have to assume cornerback and address you're going to play a huge factor in this what do you think the Colts do in free and see an edge rusher and a cornerback because in my opinion I think Xavier Rhodes that more I talk about the other guy other people on the podcast I think there's a good chance he walks in free agency the culture Koopa a compensatory pick in 2022 for him whether it be a team like a Denver or someone else that's going to pay big money for Xavier Rhodes who had a career best season in Indianapolis or you go for edge rusher which in my opinion it seems like a lock at this point with the way that the tags went Shaq Barrett Bud Dupree you have also Carl Lawson not getting tagged.

Romeo Arcoir did not get tagged. I feel like there's a really good chance that Colts are going to scourge on Ed Rusher a little bit. I'd be shocked if it's like a Shaq Barrett type, but I would not be shocked. The three guys mentioned on the podcast last week, Bud Dupree, Carl Lawson, Romeo Arcoir. I feel like one of those three guys will be Colts. So in my opinion, I'm leaning towards Greg Newsome here because if they do let Xavier Rhodes walk, maybe they sound like a cheap veteran, like an Akela Weatherspoon, but he hasn't really proven to be a legit cornerback one in this league. You bring some healthy competition in for Rock Yassin as well. So you can have Weatherspoon, Yassin, and maybe Newsome battled

out for the top two boundary corner spots and whoever makes it gets in as a starter with Kenny Moore in the slot there. But what's your opinion on what the Colts should do with this pick? Yeah, I'm going to go – I think the pick should be Greg Newsome because I am going to go under the impression that Chris Ballard is going to aggressively attack the edge rusher position in free agency. I believe that he is either – he's signing. He may sign two addressers in, in Romeo acquire. I feel very confident in saying that he's going to sign Romeo. And it's, I don't have any insider source or knowledge.

It just, that feels like a Chris Ballard signing to me. And then I think he's going to sign one, one of Carl Lawson or Trey Hendrickson. Those are the guys that I think are most likely to be here. That's why I think that the edge rusher pick is maybe not as – it's not as important of a position in the draft, and it goes along with what Chris Ballich talked about in the past, saying edge rushers take two, three years to develop.

At this point, if they're able to get an address or in free agency, one of these, these top guys, that defensive line is the best in football. I feel very confident in saying that if they can sign either Carl Lawson, Romeo Acquara, Trey Hendrickson, and have DeForest Buckner and Grover Stewart, they have the best starting defensive line in football, which is Chris Ballard's dream. So I feel like you're right. I feel like Xavier Rhodes is going to go someplace and get paid more,

probably the New York Jets, because that's where all of the Colts' former defensive backs seem to go. So I tend to want to lean towards going after somebody like Greg Newsome here with this pick. We're going to lock in Greg Newsome from Northwestern today. For those who didn't know, he ran his pro day yesterday for Northwestern, a sub. I think it was an official 4'3", 7'40". For a guy his size of 6'1", has the length, has the tackling ability, the clean feet, like I mentioned at the top of the show, Steven.

That seems like a Chris Bauer prospect to me. So we're going to lock in Greg Newsome, pick 40, or to place Xavier Rhodes long-term as maybe your possible CB1 of the future for the Indianapolis Colts. So they're back on the board here at pick 54. And once again, Steven, this is a very active trademark right now. The Colts have two trade offers on the board with pick 54. Let's go through the list here of prospects who are available for them still

after taking Greg Newsome. So overall, looking at the list here of prospects who are available for them still after taking Greg Newsome. So overall, looking at the list here, Terrace Marshall is still there for them. You have another one on the list here. And Dylan Radunes out of North Dakota State. I get to remember that Ed Dodds went to his game at North Dakota State. Maybe it was for Trey Lance. Who knows? But he was at

Fargo, North Dakota for the only game this year. Just something to keep in mind there. Dylan Radunes is a Blue Star prospect. And you also go back to defense. Dylan Radun is a blue star prospect. And you also go back to defense. If you want to add an edge rusher, Jordan Smith, UAB, is there as well. So, to me, and you could also throw in tight end as well. We'll have to see what they do. I think John U. Smith makes a lot of sense free and see it.

Just for us a little bit, Brevin Jordan from Miami is still there, one of our guys talked about last week on the podcast as well. But, man, I have to wonder, Stephen, with T.Y. Hilton's future, you have Terrace Marshall, but also Rondell Moore staring at the face at 54. But before we get to that, we do have some trade calls right now for the Washington football team. And surprisingly, the Houston Texans are calling us to move up 13 spots in the draft. So for the Washington football team, their offer, very, very intriguing for the Colts. Once again, these are some great trade offers that are coming the Colts way right now. Pick 54 and pick 207, which for the Colts once again. These are some great trade offers that are coming the Colts way right now. Pick 54 and pick 207, which is the Colts' sixth-round pick.

They would move back 20 spots and get pick 74 and pick 82. So they gain – they lose a second-round pick. They gain two third-round picks, move back 20 spots in the process. So they give up a second and a sixth to get two third-round picks. And the Houston Texans here pick 67. You move back 13 spots, and they give you a two third-round picks. And the Houston Texans here pick 67. You move back to 13 spots, and they give you a 2022 third-round pick. So that would be a top – I have to imagine a top-of-the-line third-round pick in next year's draft.

What's your thoughts on the guys on the board there and also those trade offers? How far are we moving back with the Texans pick? 13 spots. So there's a chance that those guys uh like marshall and more and maybe we're dunes at left tackle they could be gone by them yeah where's the next pick because i know we made the trade back with atlanta was it 70 uh yeah let me check that give me one second while we look at the board here yes pick 71 so the colts pick again in uh in 17 picks okay so i feel like at this point we've got to go either i i'm very tempted to to trade back um just because as if people don't

know me or follow me on on the twitter machine or listen to anything, I very much am team trade back in terms of acquiring more shots at the board. In this situation, I feel like it might be better off taking either Terrace Marshall Jr. or Dylan Radunes here at 54. I don't think we're going to get a shot at either of them. However, I feel like somebody like a Deontay Smith at left tackle position is going to be available to us at 71. Him or a Brevin Jordan. That's really the risk that I run here.

So I feel like our best bet is to take somebody like a Terrace Marshall Jr. because I don't think that he's going to be, that type of receiver is going to be available after. I think he's the last one in terms of those top wide receivers. And I feel pretty confident in the Colts with a Deontay Smith there. I want to say he's probably like the 80 to 90th ranked prospect there for pro football network. So that's kind of where I lean right now.

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and just looking at left tackle and free agency, it's a really bad free agency class for left tackles. But the one guy who makes so much sense to me if the Colts were to go to a veteran route is Alejandro Abel in a way. I think he's someone that we covered on on the show and in the past as well, Steven. The Pittsburgh Steelers left tackle. I went back and compared actually Villanueva and Ante Costanza over the last three years. Nearly identical PFF grades over that span. I think Costanza was one point higher. I think as well when you look over at Villanueva and his stats,

you see a guy who's given up a little bit more sacks than Costanza, but he's also playing as Quentin Nelson. So the PFF grade for Villanueva was 76.6 since 2018. Costanza was 77.5. The sack number is Costanza, seven sacks over that span. Villanueva, 10 sacks over that span. So pretty, pretty darn similar players, in my opinion. So if the Colts want to get like a plug-and-play left tackle

who's a veteran and a leader in the locker room, could be that Costanto 2.0 for them. He's the exact same age as him. He's actually a month younger than Anthony Costanto. I think Alejandro Bell in a wave on like a one or two year deal, like a two year $30 million deal makes a lot of sense to me. If they were to like Xavier Rhodes walk, especially, you could sign a veteran like Bell in a wave on free agency. And maybe you can tie your hopes to Deontay Smith, who is a Blue Star prospect, by the way. He played in the Senior Bowl with a team captain for ECU. You can have him develop behind Bell in the Wave for a year or two

and then take over once he's in the NFL strength and conditioning program, add some weight onto him. I think he's just 298 pounds. So let's say he adds like 15, 20 more pounds, sitting behind Bell in the Wave for a couple years and just learning the ins and outs of the NFL as a left tackle. That can make a lot of sense to me. So if the Colts in this scenario do sign Alejandro Vela and Nueva,

Steven, a guy that me and George talked about in yesterday's episode, I really liked the idea of staying put and taking that vertical thread, Terrace Marshall. I know some Purdue fans that they're from will be wondering here, listening on wthr.com, like why are you not considering Rondell Moore? And the reason why is I think Carson Wentz, he needs his big body guys. He already has Michael Cleven Jr., but I think we're both very bullish on Paris Campbell.

I think Campbell could play a very similar or identical role to Rondale Moore, in our opinion, in this situation. And I think I'm with you. Terrace Marshall won't be there at 67. He won't be there at 74, even 71 when we pick again from the Denver Broncos trade. So I'm pretty confident in saying Terrace Marshall Jr. is that vertical threat. He could be a very good route runner, explosive. Him and Pittman on the outside and then Campbell in the slot for Carson Wentz for the next six, seven, eight years is very appealing to me, especially a T.Y. Hilton where to leave a free agency. Yeah, yeah, I feel really confident in that. That's where I would,

that's where my gut says to go is Terrace Marshall Jr. Let's lock it in, Stephen. We are going to have Terrace Marshall Jr., the junior wide receiver out of LSU, off the board for them. So pick 40, Greg Newsome. Pick 54, Terrace Marshall, adding some speed on both cornerback and left tackle with Costanza retiring. You have to imagine maybe they go after an Alejandro Vela in a way that maybe take a developmental guy at this point in round three or round four. That can make a lot of sense to us.

But Newsome, Marshall so far. back on the board here at pick 71. Once again, this is a very active tree market tonight, Steven on the live mock draft simulator. We have two more trade offers for pick 71, which is the original tree. We have the Denver Broncos throughout today's podcast with our live mock draft.

The Seahawks here are offering pick one 29. This is a very aggressive move by Seattle, especially with the Russell Wilson thing in limbo. Pick 71 and pick 127, a third and fourth round pick from the Colts. You move back around 40, 50 spots though in this scenario, which really might throw us off a little bit. I don't know if we're going to be able to do this, but pick 129, so their fourth round pick, but you gain a second round pick in next year's draft. If Russell Wilson asksson asked out of seattle that could be a top 10 pick next year i mean who knows and then top second round yeah that's a that's pretty and the funny thing is that's a pretty seattle style trade um they they're very aggressive with their picks um and so yeah the dropping back 54 and having to get

a give up that third and fourth round pick for their fourth round pick like that that's a little bit much to me i i would want to know who is available um because that's gonna kind of because for example if no one of the left tackles we like is available or Brevin Jordan is available, then that changes my thought process because some of those guys I don't want to let go. And I know they might not be popular not to pick up an extra second-round pick from a potential top 40 pick next year. So that drop to 50 spots, though, is tough. Yeah, and then really quickly, the Tampa Bay won the tradeoff on the board.

Picked 95, so you have about 24 spots. You're getting a third-round pick in next year's draft. Technically a fourth-round pick. Tom Brady coming back, that'll be a late third-round pick. But looking at the board here, I mean, I'm ready to run up the car at this point. I'm ready to say no thanks to all these drafters. Hang up the phone on them because somehow, someway, Dylan Radun down North Dakota State is still here for us.

Oh, yeah. Oh, just – yeah. Why didn't you just tell me that? We could have saved ourselves like a minute in the podcast. Let's go – yeah, let's go ahead. Give me this quick and simple. Dylan Radun's out in North Dakota State for us here. Indianapolis Colts pick up their left tackle of the future in Dylan Radun's

early third round pick. Could be realistic. I've seen Radun's rise up a little bit, but in this scenario, he falls into us. And this is a perfect three pick so far, Stephen. Greg Newsome, Terrace Marshall, Dylan Radun's. You trade back and still get three guys who are really a consideration when you've got pick 21. So that really goes to show you how the sports fall. And you've got a future second round pick added in there too. Yeah, really incredible work we're doing so far

here on the PFN Live Simulator. Another trade offer here, pick 127, Steven, an active night here. But we've already covered offensive tackle. We got cornerback, we got wide receiver. So we can probably start going BPA at this point with a lot of these picks we do have another trade offer on the board here and it's one where i'm very intrigued by because this is i think right chris bauer the wheelhouse atlanta is calling us again we they got denied earlier in this in this trade scenario we went back into the first round we chose denver's offer instead with atlanta but atlanta is calling us back they want to move 22 spots here from pick 149 to pick 127. But they're also giving us two late fifth, early sixth round picks

and pick 181 and 189. So 127 for 149, 181, 189. I'm very much leaning towards doing that. What's on the board? That's the question. Yeah, that's the big question. Tight end here looking at that that's a need for us there's really not many guys here i i would maybe lean towards the colt at this point addressing tight end free agency whether it be johnny smith or someone else that the tight end board now is very bleak trey mckitty quentin morris nick

eubanks leading that out and if you look over at defense, maybe that's safety. You have Divine Diablo of Virginia Tech. Joshua Blutz out of Missouri leading the board there. Jacoby Stevens out of LSU. So if they want to get a third safety there, it can make some sense. We're looking at an edge. Yeah, an edge. That's a really good one to go for there. Victor Demujike out of Duke.

Daylon Hayes out of Notre Dame. Shaka Toney out of Penn State leading the board there. And Ellerson Smith out of Northern Iowa. I feel like some of Notre Dame, Shaka Tony out of Penn State, leave the board there and Ellerson Smith out in Northern Iowa. I feel like some of those guys might be there still in 20 or so.

I think they might be there. Yeah. Where are you leaning here? I would do the trade back. Let's do it.

Let's lock it in. That adds two more picks to the board for the Colts and that's right in Chris Brown, the wheelhouse, my opinion.

So we accepted that trade. The Colts will be back up on the board here and it's the second, another trade offer. My goodness, this is just a really active night here and our live mock draft simulator but back on the board here with edge rusher this makes me think

ellerson smith is still there he was in our last mock draft from oran iowa senior bull guy blue star prospect very athletic very twitchy he could be a project edge rusher for them and he could hit for them as well safety you still have divine di Divine Diablo there, Joshua Bledsoe, Jacoby Stevens are all still there. And as well, if you want to add some offensive line depth, they have Robert Hainsey on their game. He's still there as well. This trade from San Francisco is very intriguing to me. You can move out seven spots. That's all you have to move back here. So some of those guys could still be there for you. Pick 149 and pick 247. So that's the Colts' seventh-round pick item on this. You move back seven spots, get pick 156 and pick 182.

So you move up almost 40 spots with your last pick to lose seven spots right now. Where are we at with Ellerson? Is he the top addresser available at Ellerson's math? There's four more guys ahead of him. I make the trade back then. Let's do it. Yeah, let's go ahead and do it.

I mean, they add some more value here. So we're going to lock that in, pick 149, 247 for 156, 182 from San Francisco. And we're back up on the board here and just seven picks for the Annapolis Colts. And he's still there. So you want to lock in Ellerson Smith out of Northern Iowa? Yeah, I think that that's, I mean, as people have now realized, that's one of the guys that I really like as somebody that was targeted the past couple of rounds, looking at that couple of picks

and just kind of hedged our bets that he might still be there. And lo and behold, we got lucky and he's still there. Let's move on now. Eight more picks now. The Colts really have stockpiled some mid-round picks in this draft, so it's right in Chris Bauer's wheelhouse. Back up at eight picks at 166. And let's look at maybe some offensive line depth or a safety here, a third safety.

Jacoby Stevens out of LSU is one of – I like Jacoby Stevens a lot. He's still there for us. And you look at offensive line depth, Robert Hainsey is still there. So there's a couple of intriguing guys. Tight end, still the same guys on the board there, so you can maybe get one in the later rounds. I feel like to me it's your Jacoby Stevens

or you add some offensive line depth. What's your thoughts? I'd be interested to see what's available at the cornerback position. Yeah. Right here. Just because I feel like that's a depth position that the Colts might address with multiple picks. We do have Benjamin St. Joost out of Minnesota, a rangy long

corner. Kerry Vinson out of LSU. Thomas Grant out of Oregon. Shamar Jean Charles and Demondor Lean were about six, seven spots on the board on the cornerback list. Maybe you can get one of those guys later on in the draft. So it looks like here those are the guys available at cornerback list, and you can get one of those guys later on in the draft. So it looks like here those are the guys available at corner. Yeah, I feel like maybe probably Jacobus Stevens is probably going to be our best bet there. And the reason why I say this is because the Colts play a lot of three safety sets on defense, probably more than people realize.

So they're probably going to be looking for somebody that can sub in and be that kind of safety sub linebacker that they really like to have in their defense. So that's why I kind of lean towards taking another safety here in the middle rounds. Back up on the board again. I did not realize that this fell this way for the Colts and these tradebacks, but they had back-to-back picks now at 181 and 182.

So 10 picks later, the Colts are picking again at back-to-back slots. So they're really stacking up here in the mid-rounds at 181, 182. So back-to-back picks here, you really have to pick it later. Robert Hainsey on there. Dame is still there. Looking at corner, you have Chamars, Gene Charles, and Dima Dorelin were still there. Kerry Vincent from LSU is also there.

Defensive line depth, we can go over there just to check out what's over there. Mustafa Johnson out. Colorado leads the way. Tight end, it's stillSU is also there. Defensive line depth, we can go over there just to check out what's over there. Mustafa Johnson out. Colorado leads the way. Tight end, it's still the same guys there. Trey McKitty, Quinn Morris, Nick Eubanks, they're still on the board. This is really BPA for the Colts in this scenario, Stephen. Where are you leaning for back-to-back picks? Offensive line depth, for sure.

So I kind of lean probably Hainsey there there let's just go ahead and take robert hainsey i mean you have back-to-back picks here might as well if that's your guy yeah all right we're back on the board 181 we also have wider receiver i just want to throw it out there i know the colts maybe like double dipping i know they just drafted terrorist marshall but josh amit or bb is still there i was gonna ask yeah he's he he's just floating there for us at 181 just to take a stab on him. I know that's adding two more wide outs after drafting two last year, but we might as well take those mid-round shots and see what happens. But you have Amitabh still there leading the wide receiver board.

The tight ends are still there. And you also have at corner, you have Gene Charles, Lean War, and Kerry Benson all still there. Yeah, I think I lean towards Amitabh Bibi because he's just such a dynamic playmaker. If he can get some refinement, he can really be one of those surprise guys that just blows up. I wouldn't be stunned by it. Amitabh Bibi is a guy that we've talked about on the podcast before. Go back and check it out if you have not listened yet.

He's a Colts fan. Very athletic, 47-inch vertical jump, very explosive, long-ranging receiver. And in the mid-rounds, the BPA, take a shot on a guy with high upside to what happens. That's what the Colts do here with Amir Bibi. Again, the Colts back up here

in nine picks with the way they manipulate this draft. I think we've done a really masterful job of that so far. Really stacking up picks here in the mid to late rounds. So back up on the board here, we've drafted two wide outs.

We've drafted some offensive line depth. We've added a left tackle. We've added as well, like a top of the line corner and Greg Newsome is safety and Jacoby Stevens has really been a great draft so far for the Colts. Back on the board at 189, we still have guys on the board at corner like Shamar Jean Charles, Demondor Leemore, if you want to take another stab at depth there.

Linebacker Derek Barnes out of Purdue leads the way there. And Justin Hilliard of Ohio state tight end it's still the exact same guys there really is a lot of big slide for the tight ends here in this draft so what's your thoughts on this scenario here at 189 I Smart Gene Charles out of App State right that's correct I want to lean there just because that's where the new DBs coach, the new DBs coach is out of App State, I believe. All right, yeah, yeah. Right, James Rowe. So, yeah, I forgot. I absolutely forgot the name of it.

I would have said it. Thankfully, you've got me covered. So that's kind of where I want to lean on this one, is just to double dip at the cornerback position, double dip at the wide receiver position, because those are positions that I don't think the Colts are going to address really hard in free agency. I could see Chris Ballard doubling up.

Let's lock in Shamar Jean-Charles, another App State reunion here with James Rowe. He gets his guy here in the late sixth round. And this is the last Colts pick. They moved 40 spots from where they were going to be previously at 247. They're on the board here with their last pick of the draft early in the seventh round – excuse me, in the sixth round. So no seventh round pick for the Colts with how they traded the picks so far

in our live mock draft. At pick 207, very intriguing here what the Colts have. It's their original sixth round pick on the board here. Tight end might be something we go for here. A late stab in the dark at tight end, see what happens. We don't know what's going to happen in free, and see maybe they add a Johnny Smith or a Dan Arnold or a Gerald Everett. But they have Quentin Morris still there, Nick Eubanks out of Michigan.

You also have Luke Farrell out of Ohio State. So you have a lot of intriguing tight ends here. We also have a couple running backs. It looks like you have Puka Williams out of Kansas, Master T out of Ohio State if you want to take a stab at a running back. And then defense at linebacker, you have Derek Barnes, Errol Thompson out of Mississippi State, Justin Hilliard out of Ohio State. Where are you leaning with our last pick here? I lean towards Nick Eubanks, the tight end out of Michigan, because I feel like that position

is going to be addressed. Once you get past Tommy Trimble out of Notre Dame, which is probably going to be in that third round range, you're just kind of taking a stab at tight ends. So I tend to think if I'm going to take a tight end, I'm going to take a guy that is athletic, that's got a lot of potential. And so that's kind of where I want to go with my last pick is Nick Eubanks. Derek Barnes out of Purdue is really tempting just because I think that he's a Chris Ballard-style linebacker. And he's going to be a good pro, I think. I think he's going to get underdrafted. But I feel like going with Nick Eubanks here is probably more so the pick.

Let's lock in Nick Eubanks tight end on Michigan there for our last pick of the draft. So this is a haul here, Stephen. Nine picks that the Colts have made in this draft. So they originally started off with six. They gained three and add nine in a future 2022 Denver second-round pick in this scenario. So ten picks they've added here, a future one that could be top 40

in next year's draft. Let's go through it real quick. Greg Newsome, the corner out of Northwestern. Terrace Marshall, the wide receiver out of LSU. Dylan Radunes, the offensive tackle on North Coast State, slips to 71. Then they're up on the board again in around 80 picks. Ellerson Smith, the edge out of Northern Iowa. They really stacked up some mid-round picks here.

They had four picks in 30 selections. Ellerson Smith, the edge out of Northern Iowa at 156. Jacoby Stevens out of LSU, the safety at 166. Robert Hainsey for some offensive line depth, the offensive guard swing tackle at Notre Dame. Josh Amitabh at 182. So Hainsey and Amitabh back-to-back picks here, wide receiver. And in 189, Shamar Jean Charles, the cornerback out of Appalachian State,

the coaching connection with James Rowe. And in 207, Nick Eubanks, the tight end out of Michigan. And like I mentioned before, the 2022 Denver second round pick is where you move back 19 spots originally from 21 to 40 and gaining that pick with Denver. What's your overall thoughts on that haul? I mean, that's a monster haul there. I love it.

Like, if this is how this draft pulls out for the Colts, goodness gracious. Like, I would be so excited those first three picks are absolute fire um with Greg Newsome, Terrace Marshall Jr. and Dylan Radunes like you address your three three huge holes with guys that are all can be day one starters and in that process you get an extra second round pick the next year like to me that that first trade really kind of set up our entire draft and really gave us the pieces that we needed to move around and take some flyers on guys like an amita bb and and take hansy and upgrade the offensive line take the the flyer on the corner from App State, Gene Charles.

I feel very confident in this haul. I think that if this is – I think the Colts and Chris Ballard would be beyond ecstatic to come away with something like this. Start off with Greg Newsome and Terrace Marshall Jr., Dylan Radunes, and pick up Denver's second-round pick, which could be a top-40 pick. They could be in that bottom-10 rung next year, depending on how their season goes. Von Miller's a free agent there in Denver. They've got questions at the quarterback position.

Add in, the AFC West is becoming a monster of a division with Kansas City and the Los Angeles Chargers with Justin Herbert. They're no slouches. The Las Vegas Raiders, they're a tough out. Denver could be a bottom 10 team next year. That means the Colts would have just an absolute haul out of this draft and to add that little cherry on top of the 2022 round two pick for Denver. Great stuff here, Stephen.

Our live mock draft 2.0 was a major success for the Colts. They get nine picks in a future second round pick. Like you mentioned, it could be a top 40 pick from Denver. You add just, I think, three day one starters when Terrace Marshall, their second pick, Greg Newsome with the first pick, and Dylan Radunz with their third pick at left tackle. Really some great stuff we did today.

Colts fans, if you haven't already, go ahead and follow Stephen on Twitter at NiceReadSteve and go read and listen to his work, as always, over on Stampede Blue. Stephen, really appreciate the time today. Thanks, Evan. Have a great one.