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Starting point is 00:00:00 It is the final mock draft. That brings us the hall that is going to change the trajectory of the Indianapolis Colts. Let's get to it. You are Locked on Colts, your daily Indianapolis Colts podcast. Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. All right. Welcome to Locked on Colts on the Locked On Podcast Network. I am Jake Arthur, the Indianapolis Colts beat writer for Roundtable Sports.

Starting point is 00:00:35 he is Zach Hicks of Horseshoe huddle.com and the architect of the indie draft guide by it now if you haven't already. Link in the bio. And today, Zach is going to bring us his final mock draft. We did mine yesterday. We're doing Zach's today. And of course, mentally, we are going to change these things six more times by the time that Friday gets here, I'm sure. This is what we felt most comfortable putting in concrete and presenting to you guys this week. Of course, as the draft gets here.

Starting point is 00:01:05 in just dozens of hours at this point. So, Zach, right off the bat, just like me, you traded back in the second round. So it looks like here, the Colts are trading with the Patriots, sending 47 to New England and getting an exchange pick 63, so you're going back 16 spots, and you're also getting a third round pick,

Starting point is 00:01:25 number three, or 95 in the third round. So lead us off here. Who are you getting at the 63rd overall pick? Yeah, when it came to this final, predictive mock draft I'm doing for the for the Colts this year. I kind of circled who I wanted in round two for the team. It was more so of where I was going to move back to get them. I highlighted like six different packages between 47 and 63.

Starting point is 00:01:50 But ultimately, I wanted to get Chris Ballard a similar draft pick trade to what he got and when he traded back in the Alec Pierce draft year, right, to get Barronhardt Reimann's extra pick. So get that like third round pick that's close to like the comp pick range. the Patriots go up their second and third round pick here. And I went with defensive end, Deny Dennis Sutton from Penn State, a player that just absolutely blew up the NFL combine with his height, weight, speed, just overall athleticism.

Starting point is 00:02:17 One of the few edge rushers that did the three cone, and he hit that below seven second three cone that we really want to see from guys. So 6.9 seconds on that three cone. He's got the bend. He's got the length. He's got the size. Former five-star recruit had over 20 sacks. college career at Penn State as well.

Starting point is 00:02:35 You know, he never fully broke out at the college level, like never had that year where it was like, oh, this is like a first team All-American across college football. But he was just rock solid in his entire career there. And as a pass rusher, there were some good moments and some good aspects to his game. Now, do I personally have him this high? No, I think there are some raw elements to his game. I think the run defense could be better, although I don't think his run defense is like worse than like Malachi Lawrence or even Gabe Ockis.

Starting point is 00:03:05 I think they're all kind of similarly bad run defenders at this point in their careers. So you're just betting on the traits and the upside. And he flashes some good things with the long arm, flashes some bend and wiggle to the outside. He actually showed some coverage chops as well in college. There was a really great interception he had against Riley Leonard and Notre Dame back in the college football playoff where he sunk into a window and picked off Leonard and got that huge play for Penn State in that game.

Starting point is 00:03:32 game. So, you know, I think there's a lot to like with Dennis Sutton. I think you're betting on upside. I think he's a squeaky clean product too, his production in college and Bill DeBallard Edge Rushers, which came out today as well while we're recording this. It dropped. He was the only perfect score across the board in the entire draft. So hit every single measurable, size, length, every athletic trade, very productive in college, played a lot of football. I just think this is a guy that Chris Ballard is very much going to covet. And if they go edge rusher on day two, I think this is their type of guy. Now, they might take him at 47 because it's so hard to project where these edge rushers are going, because this might be edge rusher like 10 off the board, but you still might

Starting point is 00:04:15 have to take him at 47, right? Because it's just so much, so many of those guys are clustered there. But deny Dennis Sutton, I just think checks so many boxes, even if he's not a finished product, check so many boxes for what the Colts look for and has the size that they're looking for as well. Yeah, I don't mind that. I do think it makes a lot of sense. Like, I've tried to rack my brain with all these tiebreakers of which edge

Starting point is 00:04:38 they might go with in the second round. And, I mean, you might as well go with the guy that hits all of their historic parameters that they go for. I mean, there's obviously logic to that. So let's go ahead and move along to the third round because you got a couple picks here. So, okay, we got to trade first. That's right. We got another trade. So you go back in the second and the third.

Starting point is 00:04:59 All right. So the Colts get 3.84 and 5 160 from Green Bay in exchange for 3.78. So now we're sitting with the 84th pick here in the third round from the Packers. Who do you got next? Yeah. So I wanted to be active with the trades like Chris Ballard said in his press conference yesterday. These are the only two like pick for pick trades I did. I want to go too crazy with this. But I gave the Colts more shots in that round three to five. range, four shots instead of two shots like they currently have. So yeah, with this trade back here, they moved back to 84, and I took wide receiver,

Starting point is 00:05:33 Bryce Lance from North Dakota State. This was the pick I was agonizing over the most. I had three players circled here. I had Bryce Lance, the safety Jalen Kilgore from South Carolina, and also wide receiver Antonio Williams from Clemson, all is my three players I was debating. But ultimately, I landed on Lance because he's the height, weight speed guy, right? We know the Colts love height, weight speed, six, four, 200 pounds. Highly productive his last two years at North Dakota State as well,

Starting point is 00:06:00 over 1,000 yards in each season. Tested out of this world, there's a lot to like with his film. I think there is some rawness to him. He's a little bit skinny. You want to see him put on a little bit weight and play a little bit more physical through contact. But I think the Colts feel good about Ashton Doolin, being at least a split time guy, Josh Downs, getting more snaps on offense. So you can kind of let Lance marinate a little bit.

Starting point is 00:06:21 He also has special teams experience in his college career as well, was on kick and punk coverage, his first two seasons at North Dakota State. So you can kind of groom him that way and get him ready for the big time by the end of this season or into next season. I remember the Colts were very high on Christian Watson out of North Dakota State a couple of years ago. And while Lance isn't exactly like a one-to-one comparison to Watson,

Starting point is 00:06:44 that tall, lanky, leggy player that can win vertical. But I think Lance also can win over the middle of the field too. He had like a 65% contested. catch rate last year, which was one of the best in this draft class. Now, I was looking for more of a guy who could win against man coverage, and Lance was a little bit better against zone than man last year, but he still scored fairly well in both metrics. So yeah, Bryce Lance, I don't love the pick because I just couldn't find one that I absolutely loved here.

Starting point is 00:07:09 But I think Lance does check every Ballard box. And I think that SIGin's going to like the contested catch and the athleticism as well. So Bryce Lance from North Dakota State with my pick here at number 84 after the trade. back with Green Bay. There you go. That's how we know you got integrity because you're making the pick for the Colts not for you. So you've got this bonus pick now here from your earlier trade with the Patriots 95th overall. You've got denied Dennis Sutton so far and Bryce Lance. What are you filling next with this next pick? Yeah, I want to get that linebacker. That's the one that we're obviously missing on here. And the thing is you're missing out on a lot of linebackers when you don't

Starting point is 00:07:46 take one in round two in this draft. And it becomes kind of slim pickings after that. And one of player, I don't want to call this a reach because I think the NFL is going to be higher on him than a lot of like the consensus boards that we see out there. But I went with linebacker Keishon Elliott from Arizona State. You know, when you look at what Chris Ballard values at the linebacker position, he likes production at the college level. He likes early production, a guy who played a lot of football and just a guy who wreaks havoc on the defense. And when I look at Keishon Elliott, that's a lot of what I see. Right. And run defense as a blitzer, he is just a stat sheet stuff for the last couple years at Arizona State. He was the green dot in that

Starting point is 00:08:24 defense for I think the last two and a half seasons took on a leadership role, super high character, beloved in that locker room. I just think he fits everything the Colts are looking for at Mike linebacker. Like, yes, there are some concerns and coverage. Like there are with every single linebacker outside of Fred Warner in the NFL. But I just think that he gives you such a high floor. I think he fits a lot of what they're looking for. I think when it came to Bill to Ballard, He was only short in one testing measure and his arms were slightly shorter than the metric. But outside of that, he checked every single box, especially with snaps played in production overall in college. So I think he's the type of guy they're looking for.

Starting point is 00:09:03 And if they really want to come out of this draft with a mic, I think he checks a lot of those boxes for them. So Kishon Elliott from Arizona State, get your green dot guy, get a young player that is just respected and beloved everywhere that he's been. And I think you can go from there. And you can take more of like a speed like coverage guy or like a heightweight speed guy on day three. But lock in that Mike linebacker, lock in your starter here in round three. I think Elliot makes a lot of sense for them. Yeah, I like that. I think I especially like the match with Akeem Davis Gather.

Starting point is 00:09:33 You get kind of a couple decently sized athletic guys. I think that does pretty well for the Colts there. All right, guys, coming up next, we are fitting in more of these because Zach has been wheeling and dealing. So we've got a few picks to making rounds four and five as well. as rounds six and seven as well. You know that feeling around the dinner table when you're starving, maybe a little hangary, and somehow there's nothing in your fridge.

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Starting point is 00:12:46 traded back in each of the second and third rounds. He got Edge, denied Dennis Sutton, of Penn State first. Wide receiver Bryce Lance out of North Dakota State next. And then linebacker Keishon Elliott out of Arizona State with his second pick in the third round. That moves us forward to the fourth round with the 113th overall pick. Zach, who you got? Yeah.

Starting point is 00:13:06 So the fourth round, the last couple of years, has been the Tony Sparano Jr. round of the NFL draft for the Colts. And I'm going to keep that trend going this year. I went with offensive linemen cage, Casey from Boise State. I wanted to get an offensive tackle here. And while I do think Casey could play tackle in a pinch in the NFL, he's probably more of an interior player can play either guard spot. And then in a pinch, again, he can play some tackle and fill out there. But I just think he screams Tony Sparano Jr.

Starting point is 00:13:34 He's a durable, well, not durable. He's a reliable long-term starter at the college level. Durability is actually one of the biggest concerns. I don't know why I started with that. He is a guy who has started a lot of games at the college level of Boise State, play tackle at a very high level for them, really strong arms, really strong grip strength, good player in the run game, technically sound player. Reminds me of like guys that they moved inside in the past, like a Will Fries, for instance,

Starting point is 00:13:58 where they can move inside and be productive NFL players on the interior. So KHKCC, I just think, is rock solid. And if you can get a rock solid player to fill out your depth and maybe be an occasional spot starter, I think that that is your type of guy you're looking for. Now, he didn't test super well this all season. And like I said, the durability issues have been there. so that's why he's falling to round four. But getting a guy who can be a people mover,

Starting point is 00:14:22 just a down-home guy who I think fits the indie vibe very well. I think KH Casey just screams Indianapolis Colt in a lot of ways. So round four, I think that's good range for him. I think that's right around where I had him in the indie draft guide as well. So I think that he could be a really solid like Will Fry's type of player that, you know, who knows, maybe the Jalen Travis thing at right tackle doesn't work and you have to kick and solve us back out there, KHKCCC could step in and be a potential starter at right guard.

Starting point is 00:14:49 Upgrade that depth over Dalton Tucker a little bit behind the interior of the offensive line and maybe a little bit of tackle as well. So KHKCCCI, I like a lot. Competitive player, started a lot of games, good hands and good grip strength. I think he could be a good find here in round four. I was waiting to make that comment about upgrading over Dalton Tucker, but you beat me to it there, of course. So let's move on now to, you know, we're going, we did fourth round.

Starting point is 00:15:13 We're going to fifth round now. This is kind of the money rounds where Chris Ballard really starts to make his hay a little bit, especially with this next position. You're bringing us a linebacker again? Yeah. You know, I think my bold prediction for the Colts is within their first four to five picks, they're going to take two linebackers in this draft. I do think they're going to load up on linebacker quite a bit.

Starting point is 00:15:32 Linebacker debt chart needs a lot. And one thing I love from Chris Ballard's presser that he had yesterday is he said that in the past, they've taken a lot of speed and toughness guys on day three and just said, like, let's see what they have, right? And I love that because my like 10 mock drafts I did to prepare for this. I gave them Jack Kelly from BYU in every single one at pick 156. So I'm sticking with that here. Linebacker Jack Kelly from BYU. Highweight speed guy flies to the football.

Starting point is 00:16:00 One of the best blifting linebackers in all of college football last year. He's going to slip because he's not, I guess he's not a height weight speed guy, right? Because he's a speed and weight guy. The height is a little bit shorter. Not the greatest length in the world. Yeah. And there's just really not much there when it comes to coverage as of right now. But when we're looking at round five, I think he projects exceptionally well as a special teams player.

Starting point is 00:16:21 He's an absolute animal with great speed. And then you can get him out there in that like Austin Ajiket role on third downs that that quote's had last year where it's like, hey, go up there and mug the center and we'll do some fun things with blitzing you or maybe pulling you off into like a flat coverage. Like you're not going to get this crazy coverage assignment is either blitz or don't blitz and drop into like a shallow coverage. I think they could do that with Kelly. So, yeah, Jack Kelly, he is one of my favorite day three players for the Colts. I think he's going to be an awesome special team or at worst. And I think he could be like a spot starter type player at best. So when you're looking at speed and toughness at linebacker on day three, like Ballard mentioned,

Starting point is 00:16:59 to me, that just screamed Jack Kelly, 240 pounds and running like he does and testing the way he does. And the production, I mean, he had nine sacks last year at BYU. I think that's the type of guy the Colts are going to value in this draft. So Jack Kelly, it's my favorite day three draft pick for the Colts, I think. Yeah, I think at worst there, you get a special team's demon. We're going to go ahead and move on now, just four picks later. Now, this one I think is, it's probably my favorite value pick in your entire mock. Who do you got for us here in the fifth round with the 160th pick?

Starting point is 00:17:31 Yeah, you know, the Colts have nine safeties currently on their roster, so it's hard to take a safety. Can't have enough. Yeah, I can't add enough. But Chris Ballard did specifically call out the safety depth in this. class and I think one player they're going to be very high on is safety Robert Spears Jennings from Oklahoma. I know in the indie draft guy, Jake, you projected him more as like a box safety around the line of scrimmage guy. He did play some free safety last year at Oklahoma and played a little bit over the top. So he's got the speed athleticism and the experience to play

Starting point is 00:18:02 a little bit more of the safety role. But like you mentioned in there, he is much more comfortable around the line of scrimmage. He's a physical player. I think Dane Bruegler and his, the beast, that came out last week, which is outstanding. He mentioned how Robert Spears Jennings is very Nick Cross like and how he plays. And I was thinking like, okay, cool, that's what we need here in Indy, right? Like another Nick Cross type of player. So I think he could be like an early down starter at strong safety. He could plug in the box very well, a good tackler, good at running the alley.

Starting point is 00:18:32 And then if you have to take him off the field on third downs, like that's fine. You know, you have Hunter Wool or he has some other guys that could get on the field. but I think he could compete for that strong safety role. I think he could go well alongside Cameron Bynum. And you're looking for height,weight speed guys, I think on day three at the 160th pick, which I acquired in that tradeback with Green Bay. I think Spirce Jennings is a safety of the Colts are really going to like. Yeah, I really like that.

Starting point is 00:18:57 He's got great size. He's got really good athleticism. He's a safety, but his mentality. I think he plays a lot like a linebacker loves to hit. But again, you mentioned, like, a lot of those guys are kind of clunky. they're just lacking something athletically, and he's really not. I do think, like, he'd have a little bit of a battle to, you know, they've got Wooler, they've got, you know, these guys, they keep trying to fit in, kind of cut from that Robert

Starting point is 00:19:23 Spears Jennings cloth. But, I mean, the fifth round here, I think he's got the upside to be like a much higher value player. So I like that one quite a bit. I think he fits exactly what they've been looking for all offseason, really. So, all right, guys, we got. to make hay here soon. Round six and seven are coming at you fast. Matt Derry here from the Lockdown Lions podcast. You know, life insurance is one of those things you don't really think about

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Starting point is 00:20:51 I moved him to Philadelphia for their fifth round pick, pick 178. I also added the last pick that the Colts had in this draft, their seventh rounder, pick 254. So I'm going to finish my draft with only nine draft picks, Jake. I couldn't go crazy like you. At 11. Yeah, and get up to 11. I think nine is the sweet spot I'm trying to hit in all of my mock drafts.

Starting point is 00:21:12 So I took a cornerback here. So in exchange for Kenny Moore, we took a corner. But I wanted a height, weight, speed guy on the outside with Justin Walley moving inside. And I went with Charles Demings, the cornerback from Stephen F. Austin, a guy that you've talked about a lot more than I have, this draft cycle, Jake. And I just, I think he projects really well as just like a guy you want to work in this pressman system that the Colts have. Now that the Colts play like this crazy press man defense that you think of like in the early 2010s, but they probably play more man coverage than most teams around the league.

Starting point is 00:21:44 And that's why you saw a lot of these like bigger corners on the outside for them. So I think getting a player like Demings, who's over six foot, has long arms, like hits the press coverage like arm threshold. We look for of like 32 inch arms. I think he has everything that projects well to being a competitive press man corner. I'm more than willing to get this guy. in the system and just see what he can do. Add that competition with Jonathan Edwards, with Mackay Blackman, with some of these other guys they have at the bottom of the roster and see

Starting point is 00:22:14 if they can earn a spot behind their outside corners in Mooney Ward and Soss Garner, because who knows, like, you know, when that next guy up is going to have to be on the field. So I think Demings is just a really interesting project to throw in there. And he probably goes like alongside that Jonathan Edwards type of like realm of player, you know, where it's like, this guy's big, he's fast, he runs well, he's competitive. Let's see what he can do in our system. So get another player like that in here, and you're bound to at least find something, I think, hopefully, right?

Starting point is 00:22:44 Just throwing shots here in round five. This is still round five, but throwing some shots on day three of the NFL draft. Yeah, and I know a lot of people are going to think corner might be redundant, but it's really not. Like, Cam Taylor Britt is not a guaranteed thing whatsoever, even though he has history with Lou. and there's really nothing wrong with competition and upgrading, like you said, over Jonathan Edwards, Cameron Mitchell.

Starting point is 00:23:09 Like those are fine young players, but like if you get a guy that even ascends over them, that's great because you know you're going to see the fourth and fifth corner at some point in the season for the Colts. It just always kind of breaks that way, unfortunately. So moving on here, we need some beef in the middle sack. we need someone who can, you know, provide Buckner and Grover Stewart a little more, you know, breathing room. Have you given that to us quite yet? Well, yeah. Hopefully you're not looking for that in round six of the NFL draft. But I think this is more like a competition for Tim Smith, see who can win out.

Starting point is 00:23:47 Or I guess also with Derek Nottie. I guess the colds like Derek Nottie more than we do, Jake. So those three guys competing for the back-up nose tackle spot. But I went with David Gusta, the defensive tackle from Kentucky. I believe he was at Shrine this off season and really good athlete on film, really good mover. I think that he's a player that can excel in some of the gap shooting stuff that the Colts do and just kind of get through the line of scrimmage and then react and redirect running backs. He has tested really well when it comes to not only his athleticism, but also just his pure strength,

Starting point is 00:24:20 which kind of led to me comping him to an old favorite of mine, Stephen Pye, back in the day, who played for Washington back when I was a fan of them. It just reminded me so much like the short arms and a guy who just had so many on the bench press. I think Pia hit like 40 plus. I think Gusta got pretty close as well to that number, which doesn't mean that this guy is like stronger than everybody else, but it does kind of lead you to think that there's some potential in there. Like Pai was a pretty productive rotational player in the NFL for a couple years.

Starting point is 00:24:51 And that's kind of what I see with Gustav. I think he can be a rotational player. he's not like a Grover Stewart or like a DJ reader that's just going to eat up space on the interior. But if you have a gap shooting, especially when the Colts go to their three, four, their five-man fronts, I think he can do a lot of cool stuff with that. So I think there's some potential there. And in round six, you're taking shots on athletic profiles. I think he can be a guy that projects well to being like a rotational nose tackle and get him and Tim Smith competing with each other and may the best guy win and see what you got between those guys.

Starting point is 00:25:23 Yeah, the sixth round is like the fifth or sixth round is where I keep finding myself adding the defensive tackle. You know, it's, I feel like it's never the same guy, but like Gus is definitely a good option. Plus that gives us a good option for, you know, headlines and stuff if you do it. I can't wait to use Magusta as soon as they take him. Like I have, see, that's how my mind works. You get players with cool names and I just put it right in the chamber ready to use good headlines. I got you a lot of good headlines, honestly. Like, if you're looking at some of the players I've taken,

Starting point is 00:25:57 Jack Kelly, the same name as the lead from newsies for all of you musical fans who are also fans of the Colts, you know. Like you like show tunes? Yeah, if you like show tunes or whatever. Bryce Lance, the brother of Trey Lance, you know, the second one is, you know, second time is a charm type of headline there. Cage Casey sounds like a W.W.E. name. Like, I think we got some good ones here in this. Put in linemen in a cage.

Starting point is 00:26:20 I like it. Right. Robert Spears Jennings can spear guys. We got a lot working for us. Right. And this last one here with my final pick in round seven, we got a Canadian here, Delby Lemieux. French Canadian.

Starting point is 00:26:34 French Canadian. Delby Lemieux, Interior Offensive Lyman from Dartmouth. So I had to get some of my small school picks here at the end of the draft. And I was looking for, you know, we talked about this yesterday when you did your final mock. It seems like with Tony Sprano Jr. He likes the bigger guards, guards who are like six foot six, three hundred. 310, 320. He loves ginormous offensive tackles, right?

Starting point is 00:26:56 Dylan Travis, and they viewed Gonzalez as a tackle, who was 6-6, 320-something pounds as well. But I think at center, he likes the movers. He likes guys who can fly good athletes, good competitive, smaller guys like a Tanner Bordellini. So I was looking for guys like that. And I know Alabama Center is like 280 pounds. I didn't want to go that small.

Starting point is 00:27:17 Rilesford. Right, yeah, I don't want to go there. but Delby Lemieux, I thought, I believe it was that he was either at Shrine or Senior Bowl. Was he at the Senior Bowl? Yeah, Senior Bowl. And I was watching those film practices and I was like, I think there's something here with this guy. I think I slapped like a fifth round gray on him initially after the Senior Bowl purely because that was the only film I had of him. And it was competitive.

Starting point is 00:27:39 It was athletic. I mean, he looked square. He looks solid. And I think this is a guy that the Colts would be high on just because he fits a lot of the molds that they look for at center. He's a good athlete. He's a good competitor. I think he's smart in past protection. And I believe they always think that they can build up the strength when it comes to a center.

Starting point is 00:27:59 Like they have a Tanner Bordellini who's slowly getting there with his anchor and his power. So, you know, when you're looking for the backup center, I'm looking at all these like really good athletes, smaller guys like Logan Jones. That's a big one. Sam Hect, if he were to fall out of day two, I don't think he's going to. But if he did, that would be another one. Delby Lemieux is the guy like if you get to like the round six, round seven or undrafted free agent range.

Starting point is 00:28:22 I think he's the type of guy they could have competing with Jimmy Morrissey in camp and see what they have. So Delby Lemieux, I don't know if he's going to be a pick in this draft, but if he does, I could see the Colts here. I mean at 249 that's basically undrafted free agency. It's the very, very end of the draft.

Starting point is 00:28:38 I think he makes a lot of sense for the Colts. Yeah, it could just be teams are looking to, you know, lightning in a bottle like Jason Kelsey, he was 6-3-2-95, really athletic. You get a center that can go everywhere that you need them to go pulling any of which direction. There's some logic to that if you get a guy that is able to get out and lead blocked on the boundary and, you know, quickly get over there.

Starting point is 00:29:02 Well, think about who, like one of the arguably the best center in football, right, was a dude in Miami last year, that really tiny guy. He was like 280 pounds. Aaron Brewer. Yeah, Aaron Brewer, right? He was a backup in Tennessee for a couple years at like 285 pounds. He goes to Miami. He gets closer to 300,

Starting point is 00:29:19 but he was universally seen as like the best center in football by most people. I think, you know, Brandon Thorne had him as like the best center in football last year. Had him up there for protector of the year. So I think at center, it's more so about how you move and how you react to strength rather than being like this pure like muscle center that can move guys.

Starting point is 00:29:38 And I think Aaron Brewer and even guys like Tanner Bordellini and Creed Humphrey, who's a little bit smaller as well, they opened doors for a guy like Delby Lemieux. So, yeah, I like Lemieux for what he is. And I think he could be a good backup. I think he could fill the Danny Pinter void pretty well. So I think that's a guy that I could see the Colts realistically ending the draft with. I like that.

Starting point is 00:29:57 All right. So let's go over this one more time real quick, guys. So I'm not going to mention all the trades and everything, but we got nine picks here. Edge, denied Dennis Sutton, receiver, Bryce Lance, linebacker, Kishon Elliott, Offensive Lyman Cage Casey, linebacker Jack Kelly, safety, Robert Spears Jennings. You got corner Charles Demings. You got defensive tackle Dave Gusta and interior offensive lineman Delby Lemieux. Is there any that, like, you hated making, but you just felt it was really necessary?

Starting point is 00:30:29 Or on the flip side, like you loved it. Like in the mid-round, you felt it was a huge steal. Yeah, I mean, I love some of the mid-round guys like Jack Kelly and Robert Spears Jennings. Like, I loved those two picks for the Colts in particular. Kishon Elliott, I took him a bit earlier that I'd like, but I do like his fit with the Colts. The first two, I don't love with where I took them. Like, I'd probably have Bryce Lance, like an early day three guy and deny Dennis Sutton probably like more round three. But in this draft, like you have to bet on those traits early. And I think those traits are going to go

Starting point is 00:31:02 earlier than than not. And this one, I was looking at some of the testers in this class. And like corner, for instance, didn't test like no corners tested very well in this class. Like, there's not many great testers in this like great athletes in this draft. So, When you have guys like Lance and you have guys like Dennis Sutton, especially with how productive both of them were in college, I think they're just going to go higher than where you'd like to take them. And you have to bet on developing those traits a little bit more. So, yeah, I took them a bit higher than I'd like. I mean, you saw with Sutton, I traded back quite a bit to take him because that's more so where I feel comfortable with him. But I do think they just fit the Colts very well.

Starting point is 00:31:39 And we could see a scenario where those are the two picks for the Colts in their first two picks without any movement, right? 47 and 78, it wouldn't shock me whatsoever if those were the two guys. So I did my best to still accumulate some other picks, but I think those are two guys that I could see the Colts very much liking. And I think they're going to go earlier than we expect. Yeah, I just think this is probably going to be a pretty unpredictable draft. Like, no one can even come close to figuring out what's going on in the top 10, let alone like the top 50, top 75 right now.

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