Locked On Colts - Daily Podcast On The Indianapolis Colts - INDIANAPOLIS COLTS: Are Contract Extensions Coming for Jonathan Taylor, Quenton Nelson?

Starting point is 00:00:00 Does a Jonathan Taylor extension makes sense for the Indianapolis Colts this off season? That and much more on another Q&A episode on Locked on 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. Welcome to Locked on Colts. I'm Zach Hicks. That's Jake Arthur.

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Starting point is 00:01:06 So Jake, without further ado, let's jump into some of these questions and wrap up this Q&A session before we dive into our positional previews next week. And our first one here comes from Beltway Rule over in the Everydayer Club. Do you think that Chris Ballard will have the authority to sign guys like Big Q or Jonathan Taylor to extensions? Or do you think Carly will order him or I guess ask him to wait, I guess. Order sounds a little weird there, but compel him, I guess, to wait just in case there's a regime change at the end of next season. And I'll be pretty quick with this, Jake. I don't think that that's kind of something that they're pushing down the line to Ballard. You know, I mean, obviously I think that Carla or say Gordon doesn't want him to be reckless this year with everything kind of being up in the air going forward.

Starting point is 00:01:49 But I don't think there's going to be some, you know, like, because at some point it's like, why do you even have the guy still here if you're going to hinder how he operates? Yeah. Right. So, yeah, if he wants to go like insane with this, like trade even more first round picks for other things because it's like that desperate. sure, then the owner could step in. But when it's something like extensions, especially for someone like Quentin Nelson, who regardless of what era of organization you're in, you want to have a guy like Quentin Nelson.

Starting point is 00:02:16 You have to pay somebody. Might as well pay a superstar offensive linemen to protect whoever is that quarterback. So I don't think there's going to be this like, you know, organizational, like restriction on certain things that they can and can't do. They want to be cautious. But one thing we can say about Chris Ballard, regardless of how you think of him, I don't think he's ever going to be a guy who tries to burn the future to save the present. He's never really been that player.

Starting point is 00:02:41 Like even the Sauce Gardner trade, they traded for a 24-year-old cornerback who has been a multiple time all-pro. It wasn't like we're trading first-round picks for like a 35-year-old because we're going all in. That was very much about the future as much as it was about the present. So I don't think Ballard's that kind of guy who's like short-sighted. And I don't think even with his back against the wall, he's going to be short-sighted. and give out some like egregious extension to guys who haven't earned it that'll hurt the team in the future. I think that he's going to be responsible like he always has been. And I think Carly Ursulae Gordon acknowledges that and won't kind of put these weird restrictions on him.

Starting point is 00:03:18 Yeah. Honestly, when it comes to Carly and even Jimmer say before her, they've really been the types to empower their people like Chris Ballard and stuff to kind of pursue these things. Or like if they're hemming and hawn and they're on the fence about something, usually they will be the nudge that they need to, you know, make that little aggressive step. Outside of like that calendar year of 2022 for Jim Mersey, that is. We have to always put that stipulation in there because he certainly did step in in 2022.

Starting point is 00:03:47 But yes, traditionally there is a little, there is more empowerment from the ownership here in Indy. Yeah. Like franchise altering things. I think they would maybe step in and be like, let's, let's look at this real quick. But again, Chris Powell is not really a guy that you have to police like that. You know, again, if anything, it's more of giving them the nudge to go forward with making such a move. So I don't think that Carly would pump the brakes on anything like that because I feel like everything Chris does is at least relatively reasonable.

Starting point is 00:04:21 It's like just whether or not it winds up being the right decision or working out. nothing is completely out of line. Like you said with the sauce gardener thing, two first round picks, yes, but there was no corner in this draft that matched Gardner. And he's a 24-year-old corner

Starting point is 00:04:37 who had already two all pros to his name. So it's like, it's a rich investment, but you're getting a guy that's like, he's already got a big footprint in the NFL. So, Quentin Nelson, especially,

Starting point is 00:04:49 that's the specific examples. Quentin and Jonathan Taylor, I don't think so. You know, Quentin, I think most people would be on board with number one, resetting the guard market with his next deal and making him a Colts lifer. So that's really not out of the question.

Starting point is 00:05:04 And Jonathan Taylor, kind of the same boat. Like he's one of the top five running backs in the NFL still. And he's going to be, he's 27 now, will be 28 in January. You could still give him like a two year deal or something and it be within reason. So with these two specific examples, I don't think. Harley would kibosh him whatsoever. Yeah, and then we kind of have a follow-up question here from Stephen Johnson over on Twitter. He says, if you had to put a percentage on it, which, like, what are the chances the Colts extend

Starting point is 00:05:36 Taylor or Nelson? This doesn't even say before the season. I think this is just in general, but kind of talk about it before the season and also kind of after the season. If we're putting all that together with Nelson, very, very surprised if he's not a Colts lifer or at least, you know, until like another, he's going to get another contract. I think with the Colts.

Starting point is 00:05:57 Like I put it at like 90% that he's going to get another contract with the Colts, 95% maybe. Jonathan Taylor, I'm kind of 50-50 on it. It's nothing to do with him as a player. It's just I think a lot of it does come down to how this next season looks because if he comes out here this season and misses six games due to injury, seven games due to injury, then I think the Colts probably do move on and probably should move on. But if he has another healthy season where he's again a top three running back in the league, then yeah, you probably extend him because while it is unlikely that a running back carries their production as they get closer to 30, we have seen some guys like Sequin Barclay, as he's gotten older, been pretty productive. Derek Henry has been productive into his 30s. So, you know, if a guy is showing that like he has these last two years or this year and in this past season, then I think you would be fine with extending him.

Starting point is 00:06:48 But I think the Colts need to see it one more time, or at least from my perspective, I need to see it one more time because there were a couple injury injuries. plague seasons before this last year that give me some pause with another extension. But I expect Nelson to be a Colts lifer. Taylor, we shall see. Running back shelf lives are tough to manage. But we shall see with Taylor in my opinion. Yeah, I think, you know, both have expressed interest in returning, which last time Jonathan Taylor was up for a new deal, that wasn't really his tone.

Starting point is 00:07:17 Not that he didn't want to return, but it was more so, you know, just expressing his value and frustration with running. back's not being paid in general. The tone's been a lot different this time around. And Quentin, I mean, he's put so much into this franchise and just wants to win. And he said himself, he's like, I just let my agent and the people in the background worry about that. So I don't really know that he's super outspoken about like they need, we need to win this year or else, you know, I'm looking to go elsewhere. I think both guys really would like to stay here within reason. And I think the cold. would like to to bring them both back within reason again obviously quentin i i would say that's like

Starting point is 00:08:02 95 percent you know what i mean and then taylor just because he's a running back i would still say it's favorable but put it more around 70 60 to 70 percent maybe i don't want to call it 50 50 but there's there is so much gray area that comes with it being a running back uh so it's hard to commit one way or another but i mean he's going to commit one way or another but i mean he's guy that takes care of his body. He's the big if with him has been wear and tear his entire career. And I mean, he's got a couple healthy seasons in a row. So I don't, I don't see why not unless obviously injuries kind of rear their head. Yeah. And we also had a follow-up question too in here about Quentin. And I actually saw this sentiment shared by a lot of people recently where it's like,

Starting point is 00:08:46 oh, we love Quentin, but we'd like to see him go to like a winning franchise if the Colts enter kind of a rebuild after this year. And I understand that sentiment, but like when a guy still at the top of this game, he's still going to get like top top money, right? Because that's just the nature of the business. And at the end of the day, these guys like getting that top dollar while they can because once you're out of the league, you don't have the opportunity to make that money. So I still think like ultimately if it came down to it, like sure, Nelson wants to win, but getting another top dollar contract in a market that he's lived in for the last, like over decade of his life at this point. I think that he would be very open to that over maybe going to a

Starting point is 00:09:25 contender at a lesser deal. Like that's why we don't see guys do that very often unless they're over the hill and kind of cooked. So Quentin Nelson, like, sure, I'd love to see him win, but I want to see him win here, you know. So I think it's it's about just keeping him on board because he's such a vital piece of everything. So, yeah, I think Quentin Nelson would want to stay in Indy. And that's just speculation here, but I'd be shocked if he, like, wanted out to go to a

Starting point is 00:09:47 winner when, like, if you're going to get like a top contract from the Colts, why would you want to move when you've been in indie for such a long time? Yeah. Without question. Again, the guy's just experienced so much here that I feel like he probably wants to see it through and at least see them get back to the playoffs. Like, right, it's tough to just completely start over. But coming up, guys, we're going to get to more Q&A, kind of general vibes on the team, specifically what we might want to be looking for the summer as well as kind of some stipulations on what might raise or affect Anthony Richardson's trade value even further. Running a business shouldn't feel like you're trying to connect a bunch of systems that were never designed to work together. One app for accounting, one for inventory, another for sales, and somehow none of them talk to each other. That's where Odu comes in.

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Starting point is 00:11:49 continuing our Q&A from yesterday. I mean, everyone kind of sent in so many questions. We want to keep the good vibes rolling. But before we move on, don't forget to check out the Everydayer Club for ad-free audio episodes, as well as access to a group chat with other listeners at the show, as well as Zach and myself. Just tap the link in the show notes. Or go to lock down cold stuff, supercats.com to join today. Again, a lot of these questions are from people in the Everydayer Club. We obviously want to make sure we prioritize those guys for sure.

Starting point is 00:12:18 Speaking of which, this next one is from our guy, Melbourne, which of these preseason activities is going to prove the most significant for all of the roster changes, moves and position battles, the game results, like the preseason game results, or the joint practice? Zach, what do you think? Yeah, Melvin's been obsessed with this this offseason. I know he's asked this question quite a few times,

Starting point is 00:12:39 and it's a good question. I think the joint practices always hold a little bit more value than the preseason games, mostly because the joint practice, and Jake, you've been to a lot of these. I've been to two of them, actually, and my time covering the Colts as well. You know, in the joint practice, is you can simulate a bunch of different situations, right?

Starting point is 00:12:57 You can go to specific two-minute drills, you can do specific red zone stuff, you can really get these guys into, like, game-like situations. And while it doesn't have, like, the same game feel, it's the best way to simulate it where when you get into these preseason games, you know, any guy with a scratch on his body is going to be held out of that game. You're not really running much of your true playbook,

Starting point is 00:13:18 where I think in the joint practices, you do open it up a little bit more because it's more confined and more just isolated there. So yeah, I do think you get more value out of the joint practices. It does suck for fans because you can actually directly watch the preseason games where with joint practices, you're mostly relying on what other people said and saw in those practices. But I do think for these coaches and for these players, the joint practices build up a lot. Now, preseason certainly matters as well. I'm not trying to say it doesn't matter at all.

Starting point is 00:13:49 It's nice to get your legs moving a little bit, especially for the guys who are at like the bottom of the roster, you're fighting for those final couple spots, showing out in the preseason certainly matters. But in terms of like who's going to start, who's going to take big snaps, who's going to get a bigger role this year, I think the joint practices are what you're going to be looking for. Yeah, I think especially this summer because let's go ahead and assume Daniel Jones is not going to play in the preseason, even if he's physically available to, I don't think the goals are going to risk that at all. but in joint practices, they can do whatever because he can't be hit.

Starting point is 00:14:25 They could put him in as close to a game simulation as possible without the risk of him, at least getting hurt, taking a physical hit. Now, can something always happen non-contact, of course, but it's a way for them to get a ton of work against a different team for Jones without the risk, with a lesser risk of injury. So the Colts always feel joint practices are incredibly invaluable. That's why, I mean, Frank Reich believed in them. Shane Steichen essentially maxes out their availability within reason every summer.

Starting point is 00:14:59 In recent years, they've always done it with two teams, and they've usually done about three joint practices each summer with two teams. So the Colts fully believe that joint practices are where it's at over preseason games. Yeah, yeah, for sure. Next question here from Jesse in the Everyday Air Club. Are there any parts of this Colts team that you are very confident in going into the year? I think this is a great question because, you know, this cold team, I think there's a lot up in the air, right? Especially with health of certain players and the depth at some spots.

Starting point is 00:15:29 Personally, I'm very confident the offensive line like I have been in every year with Tony Sparano Jr. coaching that front. I just think that he's going to get those guys ready. I think at worst, they're going to be an above average unit with the potential to being a top five unit if things go right for them. I think this offensive line is going to be in a good place, especially like Bordellini was playing at a all, not an all-price. like a Pro Bowl level in the first half of last season. Gonsolvis, I thought, had a really strong, like, first season at guard, first season of his life at guard.

Starting point is 00:15:58 So with those guys, like the natural progression forward for both of them, I do feel like the offensive line is going to be a position of strength for the Colts this year. Pretty confident Jonathan Taylor, at least as a running back and, like, as a runner with the ball in his hands, I thought we saw a lot of good things from him. And he's only, you know, as long as he can stay healthy, I think he's still just getting better. So I'm very confident there. And then defensively, like, again, the hell of the hell. health is the biggest question, but I am confident in this secondary if they stay healthy.

Starting point is 00:16:25 If they stay healthy, I'm very confident in that group. It's just I'm not confident in the health, you know, but I'm confident in the talent that they have back there, right? Like, their starting group of defensive backs is as strong as I've ever seen in my time covering the Colts. And I even like some of the debt players they have in like Hunter Woller and Jonathan Edwards as well. So I think there's a lot of talent there in the secondary.

Starting point is 00:16:46 It's just can Mooney Ward give you 17 games? can you give you like 14 games even? Like I'd be pumped with any of that kind of reaction or that kind of result this next season. Can Justin Wally give you a full season? That's another question there. So I think that there are real health questions in the secondary, but if they're healthy, I think they're one of the better secondaries in the league. Yeah, I'll specifically speak to safety because that's,

Starting point is 00:17:10 it's one of the groups they've paid the most attention to this off season. When you look at the starters like Cam Bynum, we know we should have confidence in him. he can make tackles. He doesn't shy away from that. He takes the ball away. Career high four interceptions last year. You can even have him blitz and he does it relatively effectively. A.J. Halsey, you know, I've not shied away on my feelings about Halsey.

Starting point is 00:17:36 I really loved him coming into the draft. Physical, rangey player with just uncanny ball skills. And then I think, again, health permitted, but safety, was pretty healthy last year. Louina Rumo should be able to do just about what he wants, safety, because Halsey is versatile. Bynum's versatile. Hunter Woller is this guy that you want to move down into being the dime linebacker.

Starting point is 00:18:03 You want to be able to use his athleticism. He's got ball skills as well. Wanya Thomas, Jonathan Owens. Like, you're going to get heavy contributions on special teams from these guys. But with Owens, I mean, you could see his versatility like playing nickel or something like. that, you know, behind Wally, if anything were to happen to Wally. So I really like the versatility of this safety room. And then, like you mentioned, offensive line, I mean, this was, I mean, these five,

Starting point is 00:18:32 there were injuries that had guys in and out. But really, this was the O line through the final quarter of last season. Jalen Travis, I mean, he's the newcomer technically, but he started the last four or five games. Gonzalez going into year three, Bordellini, like there's not much to be concerned about with the starting offensive line. I mean, depth, you could have your questions about it. But as far as the starters go, I feel pretty comfortable about the O line.

Starting point is 00:19:02 I want to fit one more of these in here real quick, and it's an Anthony Richardson one, so we've got to get to it. This is from our guy, Melbourne, as well. What are your feelings and knowledge about Anthony Richardson and staying on the 53-man roster past his August payout of $4 million. So Anthony on the third day of training camp is due his roster bonus essentially of, you know, $4 plus million, which will lessen his price for any buying team in a trade offer. So I think that's one factor.

Starting point is 00:19:34 Anthony becomes cheaper. His contract gets almost cut in half because the Colts would likely pay that roster bonus. So he becomes cheaper. He's not $10 million anymore. And if he's healthy and doesn't look injured or doesn't look like the eye is an issue, I think those things all come together to give him a little more trade value than he had a month or two ago. Yeah, I completely agree. I still don't know if he's going to.

Starting point is 00:19:57 I don't think he's going to. And if he does, I think he'd be like the game day inactive type player. So, yeah, I do agree. I think the trade value certainly goes up a little bit, at least maybe closer to where the Colts want to be able to move Anthony Richardson once they eat that $4 million come August. All right, guys. So coming up, we have got some more Q&A. It looks like, you know, the, the UFL is starting to disperse some of its players across the NFL. We got asked about that. And then some other things, you know, we know about Daniel Jones. We know about Alec Pierce. What else should we be paying attention to the summer?

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Starting point is 00:22:18 There's no way that Chris Ballard and the rest of the staff actually thinks that can all be repeated with a worst wide receiver core, an older Jonathan Taylor, who just finished last year on a downward slope, and Daniel Jones coming back from two-leg injuries and Alec Pierce coming off of a surgery as well, right? Do you think they really believe that, or are they just blowing smoke? So, Zach, honestly, from ownership down, pretty much most of their decisions leading into this year are based on recapturing that magic from the eight and two start. I mean, do you think that's legit or do they have, you know, do they have a little more practicality to them, do you think? I mean, I don't think it's about being like, okay, we're going to start this next season, eight and two as well. We're going to be the best team in football again. But I think it's about being a playoff caliber team like they were to start last season. maybe it's not going to be at like as high of a level.

Starting point is 00:23:11 But I certainly think that there's a lot of things that project well for this cold steam. I mean, talking about like Jonathan Taylor's downward trend last year, it really was just because they had to run only out of the shotgun the entire part of the season because they had a quarterback who couldn't move back there in Phillip Rivers. So I still think Taylor was fine down the stretch. It's just they literally could not run a real NFL offense with Philip Rivers back there. They'd do whatever they could to put together something that could kind of work. And it kind of did, you know.

Starting point is 00:23:39 In terms of Jones, Jones has always been recovering from injuries. So he's used to this kind of stuff here. And also the wide receiver room. I've been very vocal about, I just don't think it's that worse, like much worse than it was last year. If anything, I think it's around the same level. I don't think Pittman really added much to the overall offense. So I think there are a lot of ingredients to recapturing what was good last year for them. The biggest question really is Daniel Jones coming off the Achilles injury.

Starting point is 00:24:06 It's the Achilles recovery. and what he looks like early in the season. But the other stuff, like the wide receiver room doesn't really concern me. Taylor's downward trend last year doesn't really concern me at all. I think that they have all the ingredients to still be good as long as Daniel Jones's Achilles is ready for week one and he can still do everything, or at least at like 90% of what he was able to do last year. So as long as that answer, that question gets answered, honestly, there's no excuse for them not to be as good in offense as they were to start the year with Daniel Jones last year. Yeah, I mean, Jones health is obviously the big thing.

Starting point is 00:24:41 But with Taylor, I think you're right. I mean, running out a shotgun. And also, like I mentioned earlier, the offensive line had some injuries they had to deal with as well. And defenses know they can just play a half court defense against Philip Rivers. He's not going to push the ball down for a lot. So their offense became predictable. It was just kind of up to Philip to take what the defense was giving them a little bit. And then receiver like we talked about yesterday.

Starting point is 00:25:06 I mean, you like Pittman. wasn't, it sounds so bad. He wasn't useless. Like he still brought something to the offense, but the guys who were going to be absorbing that workload are just more explosive than he is. So you kind of have some give and take, but overall the Colts receiving court could be more productive this year. So yeah, I think it was really about retaining the ingredients and identifying some areas like on defense where, God, you know, if we're going to be banged up, then the guys on the field can't be old and slow, you know, I think that's kind of, what they looked to address. And I think they did it for the most part. But that kind of brings us

Starting point is 00:25:44 to our next question here again for Melbourne, who's banging the drum here from the everyday air club. With the preseason coming, what should we really be looking at other than the big topics of Daniel Jones, DeForest Buckner's neck, as well as Alex ankle cleanup? And also when they're, like, I think you really need to find out if the edge room is a problem or not. Like, are you going to have a pass rush or not this year. I think that is like the next biggest factor that we really need to find out about. Yeah, I mean, I think Edge is really the big question. Obviously, like, can Jalen Tumalo? I'll step up and be that guy. Is Arden Key capable of starting? Do they go out and get a veteran, whether it's trade or free agency? Like, that'll be the big question throughout.

Starting point is 00:26:26 But outside of that, I mean, for me, like the big topics of preseason and just, you know, training camp are going to be which guys can solidify like the bottom five or six spots on the roster like you know at the bottom of linebacker like west weeks versus austin ajieke right for that that special teams role jonathan edwards versus cameron mitchell versus jalen jones at the bottom of corner however they're going to figure out that safety position because there's a hundred of those guys uh in their wide receiver what is the bottom of the wide receiver depth chart look like those will be big topics especially on this show because that's the type of stuff that we talk about uh for sure um And then in terms of like, I guess like roster battles for like starting jobs.

Starting point is 00:27:06 I mean, there are some minor ones like Halsey versus Woler, but we think Halsey's probably going to win that. Betcher versus Akeem Davis Gaither is going to be an interesting one that I think will be one that you'll have your eyes on in particular this off season. And then at wide receiver, like what happens at the other starting wide receiver spot? Is it going to be dueling? Is it going to be a veteran? Is it going to be Westbrook Aquina? Like those will be the big topics for sure, the rest of the off season. Yeah, and I mean, I just talked about edge, but I think one thing we kind of bypassed pretty quickly is I don't think we expect much from Caden Curry and George Gumbs this year.

Starting point is 00:27:43 I mean, number one, they're low men on the totem pole when it comes to an edge rotation. But I think if either of them were to be able to crack the rotation regularly, I think they'd be a very pleasant surprise. Because Lou Aniromo and I assume Marion Hobby as well, they're not going to throw a rookie in there that's not actually contributing. So those are guys who we kind of, we don't talk a lot about them right now, but I think if they could be a pleasant surprise, then that would be awfully helpful for this Colts group. So this last one here for today, Ethan Callahan from Facebook, are the Colts looking at any UFO players?

Starting point is 00:28:20 So there's been 20 plus UFO players that have signed with NFL teams this week. I think they just had their championship within the last week or so. So their season is done. I looked at a list on Bleacher report of like several guys who, you know, keep an eye on these UFO players who might sign with NFL teams. Most of them did. But I looked at some guys who, you know, kind of just maybe fit some positions that Colts might be interested in for practice squad spots or so.

Starting point is 00:28:47 A couple guys who I believe are not signed yet. Let's see, a lacoon lay Fadakasi, linebacker, and Cam Gill, Edge. the other guys who we were familiar with already are off the board. You know, Denzel Mims and Hakeem Butler, like those guys. What about Jason Bean? Is he still on the board? He could find his way back. Jason Bean.

Starting point is 00:29:09 Is he going to be East and Stick is the question? He's better than Easton Stick. Give me some Jason Bean. Give me the magic being back here in Indy. But yeah, no, UFO guys, I mean, you can count on one hand the amount of guys who have gone to the UFL and then come back to the NFL and been like very productive players. I think was PJ Walker, the UFL or was he a different one of those. He was, yeah, yeah, I think he was UFO.

Starting point is 00:29:35 Or like the USFL before they combined or whatever became the same thing. He was in one of those sub-leagues, yeah. But yeah, no, he, he was NFL went to that minor league, you know, whichever one was. Alternate league and came back to the NFL and actually did some things. Yeah, and he had that Hail Mary with the, with the, Panthers after he came back. But yeah, I mean, I love the UFL stories.

Starting point is 00:29:59 I wish that more of these guys had real shots, but a lot of these guys are really signing on to be like the 90th guy in training camp. The Colts are a CFL team anyways. They go for the CFL guys. They do like the CFO. Rob Carter Jr. I think they had another one in air.

Starting point is 00:30:14 Adjo, adjo last year was the one they had out of the CFL. So the Colts do like the CFL a little bit more, I think. But we'll see just to round out a roster, but I wouldn't put much stock in these UFO guys for the Colts or for any of these teams really across the league, unfortunately. That is all we have for today, though. Thank you all for tuning in to Lock on Colts. We back yet again next week.

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